• n. （軍樂中與鼓同奏的）橫笛
• vi. 吹橫笛
• vt. 用橫笛吹奏
• n. (Fife)人名；(意、葡)菲費；(英)法伊夫

來自德語Pfeife, 管，橫笛。擬聲詞，模仿吹笛的聲音。

fife (n.)

1550s, from German Pfeife "fife, pipe," ultimately from Old High German pfifa; the English word is perhaps via Middle French fifre (15c.) from the same Old High German word. Imitative. German musicians provided music for most European courts in those days. As a verb from 1590s. Agent noun fifer is recorded earlier (1530s). Fife and drum is from 1670s.

1. Princess Alexandra was to inherit the title of Duchess of Fife.

亞歷山德拉公主將會繼承法夫女公爵的爵位。

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2. And there it ends -- everywhere, that is, except in Fife, the seagirt peninsula north of Edinburgh, Scotland.

愚人節在4月1日正午正式結束 -- 在世界各地都是如此, 只有一個地方例外, 那就是位于蘇格蘭愛丁堡北部被海水包圍的法夫半島.

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3. Feeling good about yourselfis essential to feeling good about fife.

良好心態是享受生活的保證.

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4. Everyone could see the way Fife wanted to play the game.

每個人都看得出來,法夫想要規規矩矩地進行比賽.

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5. Macbeth had entertained a jealousy of Macduff, the thane of Fife.

麥克白對麥克德夫 —— 伐夫地區的大鄉紳一直心存妒意.

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