| 釋義 |
Vulcan:(Rom. myth.) god of fire,often representedas a blacksmith(羅馬神話)烏爾岡,火神,常被描繪為一個鐵匠。 △Tw.5.1.56(52):“Yet when I saw it last,it wasbesmeared/As black as Vulcan in the smoke of war.”不過我上次看見他的時候,他的臉涂黑得像是戰(zhàn)云彌漫中的烏爾岡一般。 △Ado. 1. 1. 191(183): “or do you play the flou-ting Jack,to tell us cupid is a good hare-finder andVulcan a rare carpenter?”i.e. are you mocking us bysaying that blind Cupid can catch hares or that blacksmith Vulcan is a carpenter?再不然,你是信口開河,嘲弄我們,說盲目的丘比德善于搜尋野兔,而鐵匠烏爾岡是個出色的木匠嗎? △Ham.3.2.89(84):“Vulcan's stithy.”烏爾岡的作坊。 |