| 释义 |
clippern. one who clips bits off coins剪削钱币（以取利）的人。
△H.V.4.1.247(227):“but it is no Englishtreason to cut French crowns,and to-morrow theKing himself will be a clipper.”(to cut Frenchcrowns; ❶clip French gold coins:
❷ kill Fren-chmen.) i.e. It is treason under English law for anEnglishman to clip off bits from English coins,butnot so for him to clip French coins or to cut offFrench heads. 但是英国人砍法国的“大头”并不算是犯什么大罪，而且国王本人明天也要削“大头”呢。 |