quoth 中文意思是什麼

quoth 解釋
vt. 及物動詞 〈古、謔〉說 (=said) 〈第一人稱和第三人稱的直說法過去式,用如 quoth I [he, she] 我[他,她]說。
偶然也用如 quoth we [they] 我們[他們]說。
常置於主語前,插在引用語句的前後或當中〉。
Q- the raven, 「Nevermore」. 老鴉說:「決不!」
  1. Of that house a. horne is lord. seventy beds keeps he there teeming mothers are wont that they lie for to thole and bring forth bairns hale so god s angel to mary quoth

    彼在此院設有床位七十張,孕婦臥于床上,強忍陣痛,生下健壯嬰兒,即如天主派遣之天使對瑪利亞所言者。
  2. Put beurla on it, littlejohn. quoth littlejohn eglinton

    小個子約翰埃格林頓說:
  3. Ho ! ho ! ’ quoth he, ‘ that ' s for me, ’ and soon rooted it out from beneath the straw

    「喔喔! 」他說道, 「那是我的! 」他很快就將它從稻草堆里挖出來。
  4. " but there is yet time, " quoth brissenden. " who knows but what you may prove the humble instrument to save him

    「不過也許還來得及, 」布里森登說, 「你這個不算高明的手段說不定還能救他。
  5. I see it now, the forces of entropy breaking our companionship apart. and it cannot come too soon, quoth this raven

    海爾達利:現在我懂了,渾沌的力量拆散了我們。而且說來就來,這烏鴉如是說。
  6. Quoth one paper : " we have received a letter from a gentleman who wrote a poem just like it, only better, some time ago.

    一家報紙說: 「前不久我們收到一位先生寄來的信,他寫了一首詩,很像布里森登,只是更加高明。 」
  7. Ask your pardon, sir, you would be very wrong, quoth silver. you would lose your precious life, and you may lay to that

    「恕我直言,先生,你這樣做會釀成大禍的, 」西爾弗說, 「你將會失去你寶貴的生命,你可以相信我的話。
  8. You may be a treasure, ’ quoth master cock, ‘ to men that prize you, but for me i would rather have a single barley - corn than a peck of pearls

    「或許你是個寶貝」 ,公雞大人說, 「對於人類來說,他們會珍惜你,但在我看來,我寧可要一粒大麥也不想琢一粒珍珠。 」
  9. And as such, quoth mr. larry, whom the counsel learned in the law had now shouldered back into the group, just as he had previously shouldered him out of it - as such i will appeal to doctor manette, to break up this conference and order us all to our homes

    「正因為如此, 」羅瑞先生說。熟悉法律的律師又把他擠回了圈子,跟前不久把他擠了出去一樣- 「正因為如此我要向曼內特醫生建議停止交談,命令大家回家。
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