| 釋義 |
wild-fowln. (blunder) wild beast （訛用）野獸。
△Mid.3.1.33 (31): “for there is not a more fearful wild-fowl than your lion living；”因?yàn)槭郎显贈(zèng)]有比一頭獅子更為可怕的野禽了。(Bottom說話慣用錯(cuò)字，把“野獸”說成“野禽”。)
wild-goose chase: a horse-race in which two horseswere started together and the riders who fell behindhad to follow the leader wherever he went (like a flight of wild geese)追大雁(一種賽馬游戲，落后者必須追隨領(lǐng)先者所走的路線)。
△Rom.2.4.77(71):“Nay,if ourwits run the wild-goose chase,I am done，”不，如果我們比聰明是追大雁、跑野馬，我承認(rèn)我輸了。 |