getting

n.
1. acquisitions 获得物。
△H.VIII.4.2.55:“And thoughhe were unsatisfied in getting，”虽然他这个人贪得无厌。
2. begetting 所生的人。
△Ado.2.1. 337(322):“I wouldrather have one of your father's getting.”我倒愿意要个你父亲所生的人做丈夫。
3. earning by labour (with play on “begetting”，i.e.his wife’s children) 自力挣得(双关：自己生出来的——指：孩子)。
△As.3.3.57(55): “Well,that is the dowry ofhis wife，’tis none of his own getting.”哼，那是他老婆带来的嫁妆，又不是他自己弄出来的。