pumpkin eater是什么意思?

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pumpkin eater是什么意思?
pumpkin eater是什么意思?

pumpkin eater是什么意思?
英国的一首童谣:
Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater,
Had a wife and couldn't keep her;
He put her in a pumpkin shell,
And then he kept her very well.
Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater,
Had another, and didn't love her;
Peter learned to read and spell,
And then he loved her very well.

翻译是:
彼得彼得,吃南瓜的人,
娶了老婆养不活她,
把她养在南瓜壳里,
这次她可满意啦!

彼得、特吃南瓜,
有个情人却不爱她,
彼得学会了读和写,
爱她爱得没办法.

看得出来“Pumpkin Eater”其实就是“养不起老婆的男人”的意思.因为那童谣里说吃南瓜的人,那个吃南瓜的男子,是留不住自己的妻子的.这本书的男主角王庇德整部书里怎样都留不住他的太太,所以他就是一个吃南瓜的人.

小说<吃南瓜的人>或<食南瓜的人>
不过交给我译的话,我就把它翻成:南瓜爱好者/南瓜杀手!哈.

太太的苦闷
a 1964 British film which tells the story of a woman who finds herself with unfaithful husband

养不起老婆的男人