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发表于 2016-7-10 18:11:48
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methink(seem to
me,据我看来);quaff(drink,痛饮),quoth(said,说);obscure(darken,使黑暗);slay(kill,杀害),smite(strike,重击),sojorn(lodge
or
dwell,旅居),speed(hasten,促进);tarry(remain,逗留),trow(believe,相信);vanquish(conquer,征服);wax(grow,渐增)
列举以下诗行为例:
1、Behold her, single in the field,
Yon solitary Highland lass!
(Wordsworth)
behold=see
看!那边的田野里,
苏格兰姑娘她独自一人。
2、Oh! Quickly string the harp,
I yet can brook to hear.
(Byron)
brook=bear
啊!快调好竖琴琴弦,
我还能耐心倾听。
3、Let not the dark thee cumber.
(Herrick)
cumber=distress
不要让黑暗使你疲累。
4、Him have we seen the greenwood side along,
While o’ver the heath we hied.
(Gray)
hie=hasten
当我们匆匆走过石南丛生的荒地,
我们在绿树丛边看见了他。
5、Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken.
(Coleridge)
ken=know
我们对人与兽一无所知。
6、And then methought it did appear a violet dropping dew.
(Byron)
methought=seemed to me
随即我以为,真降过一阵紫色的露珠。
7、Then changed, I trow, was that bold Baron’s brow.
trow=believe
我相信,那勇敢男爵的表情已有变化。
代词
aught(anything,任何事物);naught(nothing,没有什么);thou,(you,你【主格】),thee(you,你【宾格】),thy(your,你的),thine(your,你的【在元音或h之前】);yonder,yon(that,在那儿的物或人),ye(you,你们)
列举以下诗行为例:
1、Tell me, thou star, whose wings of light,
Speed thee in thy fiery light.
(Shelley)
thou=you【主】,thee=you【宾】,thy=your
你,星星,告诉我,谁的光亮翅膀,
在你的灼热光亮中使你疾翔……
2、I saw thee weep.
(Byron)
thee=you
我看见了你在哭泣。
2、Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head on high…
(Goldsmith)
yonder=that
临近那蒺藜,它高高昂起了它的头……
连接词:
albeit(although,尽管、虽然);
ere(before,在……以前)
When in one night, ere glimpse of morn…
(Milton)
ere=before
在一个夜晚,瞥见晨曦之前……
前置词:
anent(concerning,关于),amidst(among,在……当中),athwart(across,横跨);
betwixt(between,在……中间)
She drew her casement curtain by, and glanced athwart the glooming
flats.
(Tennyson)
athwart=across
她拉开窗帘,
目光横掠过阴郁的旷野。 |
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