hodman

hodman

1. a hodman is an architect, a jockey is a sportsman, a wood-louse is a pterigybranche.

刷墙的叫做建筑师，赛马的叫做运动员，土鳖叫做鼠妇。

2. Shall the architect explain his plans to every hodman on the works?

只要陶匠瞭解他的技巧，泥土的无知有何相干？

3. 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，尽管每天只是爬上爬下梯子，但这种机械动作在某种 程度上也要运用智力，无论如何加以训练，恐怕最聪明的狗或大象也不会爬梯子。

4. 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，尽管每天只是爬上爬下梯子，但这种机械动作在某种程度上也要运用智力，无论如何加以训练，恐怕最聪明的狗或大象也不会爬梯子。