| 釋義 |
roperyn. knavery,naughty jokes,lewd jesting 惡作劇，下流玩笑。
△Rom.2.4.154 (145):“What saucy mer-chant was this,that was so full of his ropery?”這是什么無禮的家伙，滿口的下流話？
rope-tricks: (blunder for) rhetoric: (with a play on)“tricks that deserve hanging” 修辭學，“花言巧語”一詞的訛讀，并開玩笑地暗指“足以招致絞刑的惡作劇”。
△ Shr.1.2.113(112): “an he begin once,he’ll rail in his rope-tricks，”只要他一開口罵人，他就會罵出 一連串好聽的來。 |