| 釋義 |
Pissing Conduit:i.e. popular name of a conduit,orcommon fountain,which ran with a small stream,near the Royal Exchange in the City of London 撒尿水管(倫敦市內(nèi)一個(gè)公共噴泉,因流水細(xì)小,故有此俗名)。 △2H. VI. 4.6.1: “And here,sitting upon LondonStone,I charge and command that of the city’s costthe Pissing Conduit runs nothing but claret wine thisfirst year of our reign.”我坐在這倫敦石上發(fā)出指示和命令:在我統(tǒng)治的頭一年,“撒尿水管”只準(zhǔn)流出紅酒,費(fèi)用由市里負(fù)擔(dān)。 |