| 釋義 |
stewn. (lit.) stew-pan,cauldron; fish-pond; brothel,house of prostitution 燉肉鍋，大湯鍋；魚塘；妓院，窯子。
△2H.IV.1.2.57(52): “I bought him in Paul’s,andhe’ll buy me a horse in Smithfield; an I could get mebut a wife in the stews,I were manned,horsed,and wived.”(Proverb: “Who goes to Westminster (i.e.notorious for bad characters) for a wife,to Paul’s for a man,or to Smithfield for a horse,may choose awhore,a knave and a jade.”)我在圣保羅大教堂買到他，他又要在斯密斯菲爾德為我買一匹馬；如果我再到窯子里找一個老婆，那么我就仆人、馬匹、老婆全都有了。 |