| 釋義 |
maidenheadn. 1.state or quality of being a maiden,maidenhood.virginity,chastity 處女身,處女時(shí)期,童貞,貞潔。 △Tw.1.5.232 (215): “What I am,and what I would,are as secret as maidenhead.”我是什么人,我要做什么,就像貞操一樣秘密。 △Rom.1.1.29 (25):“Ay,the heads of themaids,or their maidenheads,take it in what sense thou wilt. ”對(duì),處女的頭,或處女的身,隨便你怎樣解釋。 △Rom.1.3.2: “Now,by my maidenhead at twelveyear old,”我指著我十二歲時(shí)的童貞來(lái)發(fā)誓。 △Rom.3.2.136: “I'll to my wedding-bed,/ And death,not Rome-o,take my maidenhead !” 我要去睡上我的婚床,把我的童貞,不是獻(xiàn)給羅米歐,而是獻(xiàn)給死亡! △ 2H. VI.4.7.129(121):“There shall not a maid be married,but she shall pay to me her maidenhead ere they have it.”任何少女休想嫁人,除非她把她的處女貞操先獻(xiàn)給我,然后別的男人才能享有。 △H.VIII.2.3.23: “By my troth andmaidenhead,/ I would not be a queen.”我以我的信仰和童貞起誓,我不愿意做王后。 2. ( abstract for concrete) virgin,maid 處女,少女。 △ 1H.IV.2.4.401 (361): “if there come a hot Juneand this civil buffeting hold,we shall buy maiden-heads as they buy hobnails,by the hundreds.” 要是來(lái)一個(gè)炎熱的夏天,而且這場(chǎng)內(nèi)戰(zhàn)還繼續(xù)下去的話,我們就可以像人家買馬蹄釘一樣成百地買大閨女。 3. untried state,early stage,beginning 無(wú)經(jīng)驗(yàn)狀態(tài),最初階段,開(kāi)始。 △1H.IV.4.1.57: “A rendezvous,a hometo fly unto,/ If that the devil and mischance lookbig / Upon the maidenhead of our affairs.” 要是我們的事情一開(kāi)始就受到魔鬼和惡運(yùn)的威脅,總還有一個(gè)退身處,一個(gè)可以逃避的巢穴。 Maidenhead梅登黑德英國(guó)東南部伯克郡城鎮(zhèn)。位于泰晤士河畔。劃船游樂(lè)中心。游覽勝地。有電器設(shè)備制造業(yè)。人口:49 038(1981)。 |