| 释义 |
calf’s-head，capon，woodcock:Types of stupidityand folly小牛头，阉鸡，山鹬——愚蠢呆笨的代表之物。
△Ado.5.1.158 (154):“I’ faith,I thank him,hehath bid me to a calf’s-head and a capon,the which ifI do not carve most curiously,say my knife’s naught.Shall I not find a woodcock too?”是的，谢谢他的好意；他请我去吃小牛头和阉鸡，如果我不把它切得好好的，就说我的刀不中用。说不定我还要吃一只呆鸟呢？ (按：这些话意在挖苦班尼狄克让他去干傻事。) |