| 釋義 |
sprayn. 1.shoot,twig 幼芽,嫩枝。 △3H.VI.2.6.49: “But sethis murdering knife unto the root / From whence thattender spray did sweetly sprin g,”而且把他那兇狠的刀殺向萌發(fā)那條嫩枝的老根。 2. twig,branch,i. e. dependant 嫩枝,樹枝,(比喻)依附者。 △2H.VI.2.3.45: “Thus droops this lofty pine,and hangs his sprays;”這棵高大的松樹就這樣倒了,它那些枝條也低垂下來。 3. offshoot; illegitimate offshoot,bastard 萌蘗枝條,(比喻)旁系子孫;非法旁系子孫,私生子。 △H.V.3.5.5: “shalla few sprays of us,”(The Dauphin means that theEnglish are merely illegitimate descendants of theFrenchmen who seized England at the Norman Conquest.)我們的一些旁支野種。 spray[sprei]n.水霧,噴霧器,枝狀飾v .噴射 ‖ spray painting噴彩 |