| 釋義 |
tonguesn. (pl.)
1. foreign languages,knowledge of foreign languages外國語，外國語知識。
△Gent.4. 1. 33: “Have you thetongues?”你懂得外國語嗎？
△Tw. 1. 3. 99 (92): “Iwould I had bestowed that time in the tongues，”i. e.in the study of foreign languages. 我真該把那些時間用在學(xué)習(xí)幾種外國語上面。
2. foreign languages. (punning upon) tongs外國語，（雙關(guān)）卷發(fā)鉗。
△Tw. 1. 3. 102 (95):“Then hadst thou hadan excellent head of hair.” (Sir Toby puns upontongues and tongs which were at that period pro-nounced alike.)那么你就會有一頭很好的頭發(fā)。(按：托比爵十將發(fā)音相近的“外國語” tongues和“卷發(fā)鉗” tongs故意混淆以雙關(guān)取笑。) |