| 釋義 |
peppervt. 1. sprinkle with pepper,pelt with shot,finish,make an end of 撒胡椒粉,開槍(開炮)連擊,消滅,結(jié)果。 △1H.IV.5.3. 36(35): “I have led my ragamuffins where theyare peppered;”(Falstaff has led his soldiers into heav-y fire in order to have them killed and then pocketthe pay of the slain—a common abuse among Eliza-bethan captains.) 我把我那一幫破爛叫花子帶到炮火最猛烈的陣地上,全消滅了。 2. make it hot for,punish decisively,make an end of,i.e.slay 使…不好過,狠狠懲罰,結(jié)果,(即)殺死。 △1H.IV.2.4.215(191): “Nay,that’s past praying for,I havepeppered two of them.”不,禱告也不濟事了,我已經(jīng)結(jié)果了他們當(dāng)中的兩個。 |