【pumpkin eater是什么意思?】

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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.
======以下答案可供参考======
供参考答案1:
小说或不过交给我译的话，我就把它翻成:南瓜爱好者/南瓜杀手!哈.
供参考答案2:
太太的苦闷a 1964 British film which tells the story of a woman who finds herself with unfaithful husband
供参考答案3:
养不起老婆的男人