| 释义 |
horn-mada. mad as a horned beast,mad as an infuri-ated bull,(with the allusion to cuckold's horns)像一个头上长角的畜生那样发狂，像一头愤怒的公牛那样发狂，犄角疯，（兼指）头上长角——戴绿帽子。
△Ado.1.1.279 (269): “Ifthis should ever happen,thou wouldst be horn-mad.”如果真发生这事，你一定会像一头有角的畜生那样发狂。
△Wiv.1.4.50 (49): “if he had found the young man,hewould have been horn-mad. ”如果他发现了这年轻人，他可要变成一头发疯的公牛 了(又译：他会因妒火中烧而发狂)。
△Wiv.3.5.156 (150): “If I have horns to make onemad,let the proverb go with me: I'll be horn-mad.”如果头上生角使我发狂，那可就用上了那句俗话：我要发牛脾气了。
△Com.2.1.57: “Sure my master is horn-mad.”我的主人一定是发了犄角疯了。(双关：“头上长角”——妻子与人私通。) |