medlarn.
1. medlar-tree,whose fruit,resembling a small apple,is the latest of fruits to ripen and one of the earliest torot (With a pun on “meddler”.)枇杷樹(與meddler“愛管閑事者”同音雙關(guān)。)
△As.3.2.125(117):“I'll graff itwith you (i.e. with the forwardness of the clown).and then I shall graff it with a medlar.”我要把你(指：小丑的放肆脾氣)接種在這樹上，再把它和愛亂纏的枇杷接種在一起。
2. small apple-like fruit (proverbially “never good tillthey be rotten”); (vulgarism for) female sexual organ枇杷；(粗話，指)陰戶。
△Rom.2.1.34: “Now will he situnder a medlar tree. / And wish his mistress werethat kind of fruit . As maids call medlars. when they laugh alone. ”現(xiàn)在他一定是坐在一棵枇杷樹下，希望他的情人是一顆枇杷，也就是少女們私下開玩笑時指著什么說的那種枇杷。 medlar歐楂(Mespilus germanica)薔薇科灌木或喬木。原產(chǎn)歐洲西南部和亞洲中部。株高6米，葉卵圓形，具齒，長15厘米，花白色，五瓣。果實(shí)褐色，球形，直徑5～6厘米，味酸甜，供生食或制果凍。 |