hodman

基本解釋

Shall the architect explain his plans to every hodman on the works?
衹要陶匠瞭解他的技巧，泥土的無(wú)知有何相乾？
The stupidest hodman,who repeats from day to day the mechanical act of climbing a ladder,performs a function partly intellectual; so much so,indeed,that the most intelligent dogor elephant could not,probably,be taught to do it.
最愚笨的小工，盡琯每天衹是爬上爬下梯子，但這種機(jī)械動(dòng)作在某種程度上也要運(yùn)用智力，無(wú)論如何加以訓(xùn)練，恐怕最聰明的狗或大象也不會(huì)爬梯子。
The stupidest hodman, who repeats from day to day the mechanical act of climbing a ladder, performs a function partly intellectual; so much so, indeed, that the most intelligent dogor elephant could not, probably, be taught to do it.
最愚笨的小工，盡琯每天衹是爬上爬下梯子，但這種機(jī)械動(dòng)作在某種程度上也要運(yùn)用智力，無(wú)論如何加以訓(xùn)練，恐怕最聰明的狗或大象也不會(huì)爬梯子。
” Shall the architect explain his plans to every hodman on the works?
衹要陶匠瞭解他的技巧，泥土的無(wú)知有何相乾？
a hodman is an architect, a jockey is a sportsman, a wood-louse is a pterigybranche.
刷牆的叫做建築師，賽馬的叫做運(yùn)動(dòng)員，土鱉叫做鼠婦。