读《仙后》前要掌握的40个英文单词
Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I
埃德蒙·斯宾塞在《仙后》中反复使用、又不在英语最常用4000词之内的40个单词。先学会它们，前几章会读得轻松很多。每个单词都附有音标、释义和原书例句。
knight/ˈnaɪt/骑士, 爵士书中出现223次
… justice, and energy shown by his countrymen were aptly portrayed under the allegory of a mighty spiritual warfare of the knights of old against the power of evil.
doth/ˈdɔθ/做书中出现86次
"In which that wicked wight his dayes doth weare."
unto/ˈəntu/到, 对, 直到书中出现69次
But forth unto the darksome hole he went,
hart/ˈhɑɹt/雄赤鹿, 雄鹿书中出现65次
That glorious fire it kindled in his hart,
shield/ˈʃiɫd/盾, 防卫物, 保护者书中出现62次
Upon his shield the like was also scor'd,
thou/ˈðaʊ/汝, 你, 尔书中出现58次
Yet, till that thou thy poeme wilt make knowne,
wight/ˈwaɪt/人书中出现45次
That everie wight to shrowd it did constrain,
goodly/ˈɡʊdɫi/漂亮的, 颇大的, 不错的书中出现45次
Was nigh beguiled with so goodly sight:
thee/ˈði/你书中出现44次
To thee that art the sommers Nightingale,
grace/ˈɡɹeɪs/优雅, 风度, 慈悲书中出现39次
The grace and dignity of his bearing was enhanced by a face of tender and thoughtful expression in which warmth of feeling was subdued by the informing spirit of refinement, truthfulness …
dread/ˈdɹɛd/可怕的, 可怖的书中出现37次
And thou most dreaded impe of highest Jove,°
sore/ˈsɔɹ/悲伤的, 痛的, 引起痛苦的书中出现35次
His Lady sad to see his sore constraint,
beast/ˈbist/畜生, 动物, 野兽书中出现35次
As her slow beast could make; but all in vaine:
heavenly/ˈhɛvənɫi/天上的, 神圣的, 天国似的书中出现34次
And with them eke, O Goddesse heavenly bright,°
nigh/ˈnaɪ/在附近地书中出现33次
"Renownèd Spenser, lie a thought more nigh
nought没有, 零, 无书中出现33次
Who nought aghast his mightie hand enhaunst:
allegory/ˈæɫəˌɡɔɹi/寓言书中出现33次
First among the poetic geniuses of the Elizabethan period came Edmund Spenser with his Faerie Queene, the allegory of an ideal chivalry.
wondrous/ˈwəndɹəs/令人惊奇的书中出现32次
He is enamoured of Gloriana, having seen her in a wondrous vision, and is represented as journeying in quest of her.
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/高兴, 愉快书中出现31次
Add to this intense delight in life, with all its mystery …
fierce/ˈfɪɹs/凶猛的, 猛烈的, 热烈的书中出现29次
As one for knightly giusts and fierce encounters fitt.
noble/ˈnoʊbəɫ/高贵的, 高尚的, 贵族的书中出现28次
The whole land was saturated with an unexpressed poetry, and the imagination of young and old was so fired with patriotism and noble endeavor that nothing seemed impossible.
feeble/ˈfibəɫ/微弱的, 衰弱的, 无效的书中出现27次
Shed thy faire beames into my feeble eyne,
sorrow/ˈsɑɹoʊ/悲伤, 哀惜, 不幸书中出现27次
But beeing unable to performe it by reason of the hard Enchauntments, after long sorrow, in the end met with Britomartis, who succoured him, and reskewed his love.
virgin/ˈvɝdʒɪn/处女的, 贞洁的, 纯洁的书中出现24次
Most like that virgin true, which for her knight him took.
wont/ˈwoʊnt/惯常的, 易于...的书中出现23次
Ay wont in desert darknesse to remaine,
behold/bɪˈhoʊɫd/看到, 注视书中出现23次
Did never mortall eye behold such heavenly grace.
sword/ˈsɔɹd/刀, 剑, 战争书中出现23次
Much of the machinery and properties used in carrying on the story, such as speaking myrtles, magic mirrors, swords, rings, impenetrable armor, and healing fountains, is supernatural.
stanza/ˈstænzə/诗节书中出现22次
If we include within the sphere of Spenser's influence also those who have made use of the stanza which he invented, we must add the names of Burns …
wretched/ˈɹɛtʃɪd/可怜的, 不幸的, 卑鄙的书中出现22次
Die is my dew; yet rew my wretched state
dwell/ˈdwɛɫ/居住, 居住, 存在书中出现22次
But if of daunger which hereby doth dwell,
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/战栗, 颤抖书中出现22次
And their greene leaves trembling with every blast,
earthly/ˈɝθɫi/地球的, 俗世的, 可能的书中出现21次
The first two Hymns are early poems, and the two latter maturer work embodying Petrarch's philosophy, which teaches that earthly love is a ladder that leads men to the love of God.
wicked/ˈwɪkəd/坏的, 邪恶的, 缺德的书中出现21次
That soone to loose her wicked bands did her constraine.
mighty/ˈmaɪti/有势力的, 强大的, 有力的书中出现21次
The mighty impulse of this New Learning culminated during the reign of the Virgin Queen in a profound quickening of the national consciousness, and in arousing an intense curiosity to know and to imitate the rich treasures of the classics and romance.
hight/ˈhaɪt/名叫书中出现20次
The false Duessa, now Fidessa hight,
plight/ˈpɫaɪt/困境, 窘境书中出现20次
In this sad plight, friendlesse, unfortunate,
thence/ˈðɛns/从那时起, 从那时以后, 从那里起书中出现19次
… had bene by an huge dragon many yeers shut up in a brazen Castle, who thence suffered them not to issew: and therefore besought the Faery Queene to assigne her some one of her knights to take on him that exployt.
stout/ˈstaʊt/结实的；矮胖的；勇敢的；激烈的书中出现19次
The Champion stout
dragon/ˈdɹæɡən/龙, 凶暴的人书中出现19次
All the characters—the knights, ladies, dwarfs, magicians, dragons, nymphs, satyrs, and giants—are the conventional figures of pastoral romance.
till/ˈtɪɫ/直到, 在...以前, 迄书中出现19次
To this criticism, Mr. Saintsbury remarks: "Not, perhaps, till the Orlando has been carefully read, and read in the original, is Spenser's real greatness understood.
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