| 釋義 |
threea. Phrases:
three branches: three distinctions or three parts con-sisted in an act (imagining the act,resolving to carryit out,and carrying it out to the end) （一件行為的）三個分支，三個區(qū)分，三個部分(指想做一件事，決定做一件事，徹底做完一件事)。
△ Ham. 5. 1. 11: “and an act hath threebranches-it is to act,to do,to perform.”一種行為有三個分支——一是干，二是做，三是行。(按：丑角甲在此故意混淆概念，“干”、“做”、“行”意思一樣，無所謂“區(qū)分”。)
three fingers: breadth of three fingers. i. e. severallayers of fat (A finger,used as a measurement. wasthree-fourths of an inch.) 三指厚，（指） 幾層肥膘。
△1H. IV. 4. 2. 80 (73):“No,I’ll be sworn,unless youcall three fingers in the ribs bare.”我發(fā)誓，當然不是，除非你把肋骨上帶著三指厚的肥膘叫做是瘦。
“Three merry men be we”： the refrain of an old song“我們是三個快活的人。”一首古老歌謠中的疊句。
△Tw. 2. 3.84 (76):“Malvolio’s a Peg-a-Ramsey,and ‘Threemerry men be we.’” 馬伏里奧是“拉姆西的佩格”，“我們是三個快活的人”。
three parts: three voices 三部合唱。
△Shr. 3. 1. 61(60):“My lessons make no music in three parts.”我這個音樂課并不需要三部合唱。 |