n. knavery,naughty jokes,lewd jesting 恶作剧，下流玩笑。 △Rom.2.4.154 (145):“What saucy mer-chant was this,that was so full of his ropery?”这是什么无礼的家伙，满口的下流话？ rope-tricks: (blunder for) rhetoric: (with a play on)“tricks that deserve hanging” 修辞学，“花言巧语”一词的讹读，并开玩笑地暗指“足以招致绞刑的恶作剧”。 △ Shr.1.2.113(112): “an he begin once,he’ll rail in his rope-tricks，”只要他一开口骂人，他就会骂出 一连串好听的来。