| 釋義 |
constablen.
1.peace-officer,policeman 治安官，警察。
△Rom.1.4.40:“dun’s the mouse,the constable ’s own word.” (while the policeman is waiting to catch an offenderand afraid of alarming him by any noise,he would bidhis companions lying in wait keep quiet like mice.)“別動(dòng)”，這是警察的口頭語。(按：警察埋伏在暗處，準(zhǔn)備抓犯罪者時(shí)，往往提醒同伴〈像耗子似的〉安靜。)
2. the Constable of France,i. e. principal officer ofthe King’s household,commander-in-chief of the ar-my法國大元帥。
△H.V.2.4.0.s.d.: “Enter theFrench King,the Dauphin,the Dukes of Berri andBritaine,the Constable,and others.”法國國王、太子、貝利公爵、布列塔尼公爵及大元帥等上。
Constable of France: commander-in-chief of theFrench army法國軍隊(duì)總司令，法軍元帥。
△H.V.DramatisPersonae.(見于《亨利五世》劇中人物表。)
Lord High Constable: principal officer in the royalhousehold宮廷警衛(wèi)總管。
△H.VIII.2.1.102: “When Icame hither,I was Lord High Constable / And Dukeof Buckingham;now poor Edward Bohun.”(His fam-ily name was Stafford,but he inherited the title ofLord High Constable from the Bohuns through the fe-male line.)我來的時(shí)候還是宮廷警衛(wèi)總監(jiān)和白金漢公爵，現(xiàn)在不過是可憐的愛德華·布恩。 constable[?k?nst?bl]n.警察
‖ constable police警察
constable wick警察管轄區(qū)
constabulary adj.警察的，警官的n.保安隊(duì)，警察 |