| 釋義 |
Smithfield:1. (lit.“smooth field”) district or open space north ofSt. Paul’s Cathedral,London,cattle and horse market down to 1855 (The horses sold there had a poor repu-tation.) 司密斯菲爾德，倫敦圣保羅大教堂北面地名，過(guò)去為牛馬市場(chǎng)。
△2H.IV.1.2.55 (50): “He's gone into Smith-field to buy your worship a horse.”他到司密斯菲爾德給你老爺買馬去了。
2.i.e. a cattle market in olden times,used as a placeof execution where heretics were burnt in the 16th century ( It is now the central meat market ofLondon.) 司密斯菲爾德，古時(shí)為牲口市，16世紀(jì)時(shí)曾用為燒死異教徒的刑場(chǎng)。
△2H.VI.2.3.7: “The witch in Smith-field shall be burnt to ashes.”女巫要在司密斯菲爾德被燒為灰燼。
3. i.e.scene of the encounter between Richard II andthe rebelling peasants and the murder of Wat Tyler in1381司密斯菲爾德，1381年理查二世在此與造反農(nóng)民會(huì)見(jiàn)及農(nóng)民領(lǐng)袖瓦特·泰勒被殺.均在此處。
△2H.VI.4.5.10 (9):“But get you to Smithfield and gather head，”但是你可以到司密斯菲爾德去召集一支兵力。 |