《仲夏夜之梦》词汇表

[1]Midsummer Night：Midsummer-day （6月24日，仲夏）的前夕。

[2]Athens ['æθinz]：雅典。

[3]whomsoever they pleased = anyone whom they pleased. they 指 the citizens。

[4]upon a daughter's refusing = when a daughter refused.

[5]empowered = given power or authority; authorized.

[6]refractory = disobedient.

[7]put in execution：施行。

[8]Egeus [i(:)'dʒi:əs]：伊吉斯。

[9]did come：did用于加强语气，意思是“真的……；的确……”。

[10]Theseus ['θi:sjəs]：忒修斯。

[11]Hermia ['hə:mjə]：赫米亚。

[12]Demetrius [di'mi:-triəs]：狄米特律斯。

[13]Athenian [ə'θi:njən]：雅典人。

[14]Lysander [lai'sændə]：拉山德。

[15]justice = administration of the law; trial.

[16]put in force = put in execution.

[17]Helena ['helinə; he'li:nə]：海丽娜。

[18]moved not：没能感动（= did not move）。16世纪英文里的否定结构，常把副词 not放在动词后面。

[19]consider of it：这里加of 是古时候的用法，今已不通用。

[20]dismissed =allowed to go.

[21]in four days：四天以后。in 是表示时间经过的前置词。

[22]this law not extending…= as this law did not extend.

[23]steal out of = fl ee secretly out of.

[24]without = outside of; out of. 古语。

[25]betraying = revealing; disclosing.

[26]haunt = place frequently visited.

[27]Oberon ['əubərən]：奥布朗。

[28]Titania [ti'tɑ:njə]：提泰妮娅。

[29]sprites = fairies; elves.和spirit 同语源。

[30]changeling boy：changeling —般是指欧洲神话中仙人在半夜把人家聪明美丽的孩子偷去后，留下来替

换的那个妖童，此处则指提泰妮娅换来的孩子。

[31]Ill met = We have ill met. 古时人们见面，一般都打招呼说 well met，此处是反语。

[32]skip hence：skip = hurry; to hasten. 前面省略了 let us。hence 一般是因此（therefore）或从此（from now）的意思，此处是古语，意思是离开这儿（away from here）。

[33]forsworn：是 forwear的过去分词。forswear = deny by oath. 发誓，否认。

[34]Tarry = Wait.

[35]am not I thy lord? = am I not thy lord?

[36]Puck [pʌk]：迫克。

[37]Robin Good-fellow['rɔbin 'ɡud'feləu]：好人罗宾。

[38]skimming the milk = skimming the cream from the milk.

[39]butter-churn：提取黄油用的搅奶器。

[40]brewing copper：酿啤酒用的铜质深罐。

[41]in the likeness of = in the outward appearance of.

[42]crab = crab apple.酸苹果树（crab tree）的果实，很小，焙熟后放在啤酒里，把酒弄温了再喝。

[43]goody =（married）old woman of low class. goodwife 的变形。

[44]gossips = persons, mostly women, who delight in idle talk.

[45]hold one’s sides：捧腹（大笑）。sides 指两胁。

[46]Love in Idleness：三色堇（= wild pansy; the heartsease）。idleness一般作“懒惰”解，此处作“轻浮”（trivility）解，此词的意思是逢场作戏的爱情（=love without serious intention）。

[47]even though = even if.

[48]meddling = mischievous.

[49]busy = given to interfering.

[50]to his heart = heartily.

[51]diverted = amused.

[52]expostulations = earnest and kindly protests.

[53]know = recognize.

[54]dexterously = skillfully.

[55]bower：此处语义双关，既有“卧室”（a bedroom）的意思，也作“树荫”（a shady recess）解。

[56]her coverlet … snake = her coverlet was the enamelled skin of a snake.

[57]cankers：尺蠖（ =canker-worms），专吃花蕊的害虫。

[58]for = in order to get.

[59]that：间接格中的关系代词，指 owl。

[60]come not = may not come，虚拟语气。

[61]Philomel ['fi ləmel]=nightingale.

[62]Come = May come，虚拟语气。

[63]nigh = near. near 本来是 nigh 的比较级。our lovely lady 是 nigh 的宾语。

[64]sung their queen asleep = sung their queen to sleep.

[65]What thou seest …dost：thou 是 you 的古语。这里，thou 比 you 含有更亲切的意味。thou 后面的动

词，一般都加上 -st 或 -est 的语尾。例：you see = thou seest; you saw = thou sawest; you take = thou takest; you do = thou dost (doest). 注意，还有以下例 外：you shall = thou shalt; you are = thou art;

you will = thou wilt; you were = thou wast (wert); you have = thou hast; you had = thou hadst.

[66]Do it for thy true-love take = Do take it for thy true-love. take it for = think it. true-love =

sweetheart.

[67]But to return to …：话又回到⋯⋯。这是不定式动词独立短语。

[68]the death she wasdoomed to = the death towhich she was doomed to.

[69]hazarding her life = expose her life to risk.

[70]it so fell out = it happened that.

[71]Had he fi rst seen = If he had fi rst seen.

[72]could not love … too well：强调句型。怎么爱都不过分；十分痴情。

[73]for poor Lysander：下文 to be forced …to run after … leave … 的事实上的主语。

[74]chance = event; occurance. 古语。经常指：unfortunate event; mishap。

[75]keep pace with = go at equal speed with.

[76]dejected = disheartened low-spirited.

[77]forlorn = hopeless.

[78]Good sir：称呼前面冠以good，表示好感或亲热。

[79]Upon this = As soon as he heard this.

[80]telling her she … = telling her, that she …

[81]as much …as：跟……一样。这里的 does 代替上半句中出现的动词和动词后的有关成分，即 much excelled… in beauty。

[82]for her sweet sake：for her sake本来就够了，加上 sweet 表示可爱的，莎士比亚原剧中用的是 for thy sweet sake。

[83]gentleness = good breeding; gentlemanliness.

[84]what was become of Lysander：此处的was，现在一般用had。

[85]the person fi rst intended = the person who was first intended.

[86]made love to = courted.

[87]potent = powerful.

[88]knew not = did not know.

[89]fell to high words = began to use angry words.

[90]it is you have … = it is you that have …

[91]set Lysander on to … = instigated Lysander to…

[92]your other lover …foot：与后面的 him同格。

[93]celestial = heavenly.

[94]on the same sampler wrought = wrought on the same sampler. wrought = worked.

[95]Ay = Ah! Oh! 古语。

[96]do = go on!

[97]counterfeit = pretend.

[98]use = treat.

[99]shadows = spirits.

[100]jangling = quarrelling.

[101]sport = fun; diversion.

[102]to fi ght in = in which

they should fi ght.

[103]taunts = insulting gibes; sarcasms.

[104]See you do this = See that you do this.

[105]so weary they can go … = so weary that they can go …

[106]About this quickly = Be about this quickly. About = Engaged in doing.

[107]clown = peasant; rustic. 剧中的丑角也叫clown，在莎士比亚原剧中指织工波顿。

[108]This fellow … true love = I will make this fellow my Titania’s true love.

[109]and clapping an ass's head = and Oberon clapping an ass’s head. clap = place; put.

[110]what angel is that I see? = what angel is that which I see?

[111]rate = grade; rank.

[112]Pease-blossom：pease = pea. 这里是古语或方言的用法，现代英语中，pease 是 pea 的复数。

[113]walks = paths.

[114]gambol = skip about.

[115]amiable = lovable.

[116]and kiss = and let me kiss.

[117]kill me the red humble bee = kill for me the red humble bee.

[118]take care the honeybag… = take care that the honey-bag …

[119]break not = should not break; do not break.

[120]what is your will? = what do you wish to be done?

[121]methinks：（无人称动词） = it seems to me.古语。

[122]what will you have to eat：have 后略顿，不要把 have 和 to 连接起来读。

[123]venturous fairy shall seek = venturous fairy who shall seek. who shall seek = whom I will make

seek.

[124]I had rather = I would rather; I wish rather to.

[125]I pray = please.

[126]mind = desire; inclination.

[127]wind [waind] = embrace.

[128]lavished = bestowe

[128]lavished = bestowed generously.

[129]which = the changling boy, 是下文 refuse 的直接宾语。例：Refuse him money. 拒绝给他钱。

[130]loathed = felt disgust for.

[131]history = course of affairs.

[132]adventures = events.

[133]grass-plot = space covered with grass.

[134]amends = compensation

[135]presently = instantly.

[136]his love for Hermia：上文 recovered 的宾语。

[137]spirits = feelings; sentiments.

[138]and which … she began to perceive： which 是 were sincere的主语。she began to perceive 是插入语。

[139]pretensions = claims; rights.

[140]prevail upon = persuade.

[141]revoke = withdraw; cancel.

[142]being the same day = the day being the same day.

[143]condemned = sentenced.

[144]were invisible spectators of = had been looking invisibly at.

[145]through = by.

[146]sports = entertainment.

[147]any = any persons.

[148]as judging：as 可省略。