Houyhnhnms n. 慧骃国(格列佛游记中的国家之一);具有人类理性的马匹
- Gulliver's Travels. You know? The Houyhnhnms?
格列佛游记,你知道吗?慧马国。 - Me too, and he wanted us to discuss about which kind of human you want to be, yahoo or houyhnhnms?
我也是,他要我们讨论,我们想成为哪一种人,野胡或者是慧马? - But, if these censures were better acquainted with the noble and courteous disposition of the Houyhnhnms, they would soon change their opinion.
但是,如果这些责难我的人对“慧骃”的高贵、有礼的性格有更深的了解,他们马上就会改变自己的看法。
houyhnhnms[ noun ]
a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where intelligent horses ruled the Yahoos
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