n. one of the radiating bars of a wheel (車輪的)輻條。
△Ham.3.3.19:“To whose huge spokes tenthousand lesser things / Are mortised and adjoined,”在它那極大的輪輻上,千孔百眼裝上了千萬(wàn)種小物件。
spoke
vb. pa.p.
1. spoken說(shuō),說(shuō)出。
△Tw.1.5.119(112):“Thou hastspoke for us,madonna,as if thy eldest son should bea fool;”小姐,你幫我們這一行說(shuō)了話,好像你的大兒子將來(lái)也要做小丑一般。
△Rom.1.4.1: “What,shall this speechbe spoke for our excuse? / Or shall we on without a-pology?”(When uninvited maskers wished to attend aparty,it was customary for them to send ahead a mes-senger,sometimes dressed as Cupid,to make a formalspeech announcing their arrival and explaining theirintrusion.) i. e. shall we deliver this speech excusing our uninvited appearance,or shall we enter without a-pology?怎么,我們就拿這一番話作為借口,還是根本不道歉昂然直入呢?
△ Rom.2.2.88: “fain deny / What I havespoke,”愿意把我方才說(shuō)過的話全都否認(rèn)。
△Ham.1.1.45:“It would be spoke to.”它要人對(duì)它說(shuō)話。
△1H.IV.3.1.11:“And you in hell,as oft as he hears / Owen Glen-dower spoke of.”希望你下地獄,當(dāng)他每次聽見有人說(shuō)起歐文·格蘭道爾的時(shí)候。
△2H.VI.3.1.183: “Far truerspoke than meant.”你說(shuō)出的話比你心里想的要真實(shí)得多。spoke of: spoken of被說(shuō)起。
△ Shr.2.1.193(192):“Thy virtues spoke of”. 你的美德被人說(shuō)起。
△1H.IV.4.1.84:“There is not such a word / Spoke of in Scot-land as this term of fear.”恐懼這個(gè)名詞,在蘇格蘭從來(lái)沒有人說(shuō)起過。
spoke withal: spoken with聽(人)談話。
△R.III.3.7.56 (57): “I think the Duke will not be spoke withal.”我想公爵不愿接見人。
2. recited背誦。
△Rom.1.4.7:“faintly spoke / Afterthe prompter,”i.e. feebly recited after the prompter.跟著提詞人有氣無(wú)力地背誦。
3. requested,bespoken被請(qǐng)求,被約定。
△Mer. 2. 4. 5:“We have not spoke us (= for ourselves) yet of torch-bearers.”我們還沒有約好拿火把的人。
spoke to: asked,requested,engaged被要求,被請(qǐng)求,被約定。
△H.VIII.1.3.66:“For I was spoke to,with SirHenry Guildford / This night to be comptrollers.” 因?yàn)槲液秃嗬ぜ獱柛5戮羰恳呀?jīng)被邀請(qǐng)做今天晚上的典禮官。