| 釋義 |
remaindern. remnant殘余物。
△H.VIII.5.4.21 (5.3.20):“You see the poor remainder”，(He holds up ei-ther a broken remnant of a cudgel,or perhaps a cudg-el of more moderate size,with the jocular pretencethat the rest of it is worn away.)你看看剩下來的這可憐的一截兒。
remainder biscuit: ship’s hard dry biscuit left in storeat the end of a voyage （一次航海結(jié)束時(shí)）船上所剩余的餅干。
△ As.2.7.38:“his brain,/ Which is as dry as the re-mainder biscuit/ After a voyage，” (A dry brain wasthought to have a good memory.)他的腦筋，就像航海過后剩下的餅干那樣干燥。(按：當(dāng)時(shí)認(rèn)為腦筋干燥則有好的記憶
力。) |