| 釋義 |
sirrahn. 1.ordinary form of address to inferiors (對下人的通稱)小子,家伙,來人。 △Shr.Ind.1.74:“Sirrah,go see whattrumpet ’tis that sounds.”喂,去看看外面吹喇叭是什么人來了。 △Com.2.2.213 (209):“Sirrah,if any ask youfor your master,/Say he dines forth,and let no crea-ture enter.”喂,要是有人要見你的主人,就說他出外吃飯去了,不許任何人進(jìn)來。 △Gent.2.1.7: “How now,sirrah?”怎么啦,你這家伙? △L.L.L.1.1.279 (281): “But,sir-rah,what say you to this?”但是,小子,你對這個有什么話說? △Wiv.1.1.283 (271): “Go,sirrah,”喂,你去吧。 △Ado.4.2.14 (12):“Yours,sirrah?/I am a gentle-man,sir,”(Conrade is insulted at being called “Sir-rah”.)小子,你的名字呢?——我是一位紳士,先生。(康拉德被稱為“小子”,感到受了侮辱。) 2. used as a term of comradeship and familiarity be-tween servants (仆人之間的親切稱呼)伙計。 △1H.IV.1.2. 199 (179): “and,sirrah,I have cases of buckramfor the nonce,”伙計,我還有幾套粗麻布袍子以備這回使用。 △2H. IV.2.1.6 (5): “Sirrah ! Where’s Snare?”伙計!絞索在哪里? △H.VIII.5.4.31 (5.3.30):“Keep thedoor close,sirrah.” 把門關(guān)緊,伙計。 3. familiar form of address used by parents to children(父母對兒子的一種親切稱呼)小子。 △ Lr.1.2.85 (77):“Go,sirrah,seek him;”去,小子,找他去。 4. (form of address used to chlidren) little fellow (對小孩子的用語)小家伙。 △Mac.4.2.30:“Sirrah ,yourfather’s dead,/ And what will you do now? How willyou live?”小子,你爸爸死了,你現(xiàn)在怎么辦? 你怎么生活? 5. term of address used to express disrespect and scorn(表示鄙視不敬的稱呼)小子,小伙子。 △1H.IV.1.3.118:“But,sirrah,henceforth/Let me not hear you speakof Mortimer.”但是,小伙子,從今以后你再也不要向我提起摩提麥了。 △1H.VI.3.1.61: “Plantagenet,I see,musthold his tongue,/ Lest it be said,‘Speak,sirrah,when you should;’”普蘭納琪奈特,我看,你還是不要開口,否則人家會說:“小子,等你該開口的時候再說話吧?!?/p> |