Chapter 11

 Bid adieu, adieu, adieu,

    Bid adieu to girlish days,

Happy Love is come to woo

    Thee and woo thy girlish ways—

The zone that doth become thee fair,

The snood upon thy yellow hair,

 

When thou hast heard his name upon

    The bugles¹ of the cherubim

Begin thou softly to unzone

    Thy girlish bosom² unto him

And softly to undo³ the snood

That is the sign of maidenhood⁴.

1 bugles   

妙脆角，一种类似薯片但做成尖角或喇叭状的零食； 号角( bugle的名词复数 )； 喇叭； 匍匐筋骨草； （装饰女服用的）柱状玻璃（或塑料）小珠

参考例句：

• Blow, bugles, blow, set the wild echoes flying. "响起来，号角，响起来，让激昂的回声在空中震荡"。
• We hear the silver voices of heroic bugles. 我们听到了那清亮的号角。

2 bosom   

n.胸，胸部；胸怀；内心；adj.亲密的

参考例句：

• She drew a little book from her bosom.她从怀里取出一本小册子。
• A dark jealousy stirred in his bosom.他内心生出一阵恶毒的嫉妒。

3 undo   

vt.解开，松开；取消，撤销

参考例句：

• His pride will undo him some day.他的傲慢总有一天会毁了他。
• I managed secretly to undo a corner of the parcel.我悄悄地设法解开了包裹的一角。

4 maidenhood   

n. 处女性, 处女时代

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