| 釋義 |
hiltn. sword hilt. i. e. the pommel,handle and shell of a sword劍柄(包括圓頭,把手和護(hù)手三部分)。 by these hilts: a common oath 憑這把劍柄起誓。 △ 1H.IV.2.4. 233 (206):“Seven,by these hilts,or Iam a villain else.”i.e. I am no gentleman. (To swearupon one’s sword,as a kind of cross,was an old formof oath.)憑這把劍柄起誓,他們是七個(gè)人,要不然我就是個(gè)奴才hilt to point:The test of a well-tempered sword (bil-bo) was that it could be so bent. 劍柄觸著劍尖——淬火鍛造精良的寶劍可以彎成圓弧,作為一種測(cè)驗(yàn)。 △Wiv.3. 5. 115(111):“hilt to point,heel to head.”劍柄觸著劍尖,腳跟碰著腦袋。 hilt[hilt]n.刀柄,把/v.裝柄 (把)手 |