TO ROBERT GAMBLE CABELL I

 TO

ROBERT GAMBLE CABELL I

 

  "He loved chivalrye,

  Trouthe and honour, fredom and curteisye.

  And of his port as meek¹ as is a mayde,

  He never yet no vileinye ne sayde

  In al his lyf, unto no maner wight.

  He was a verray parfit gentil knyght."

 

1 meek   

adj.温顺的，逆来顺受的

参考例句：

• He expects his wife to be meek and submissive.他期望妻子温顺而且听他摆布。
• The little girl is as meek as a lamb.那个小姑娘像羔羊一般温顺。