The Walrus and the Carpenter
/ðə ˌwɔːlrəs ən ðə ˈkɑːpəntə(r)/
/ðə ˌwɔːlrəs ən ðə ˈkɑːrpəntər/
- a famous nonsense poem in the children's book Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll. It describes how the walrus and the carpenter persuade some young oysters (= a type of shellfish) to come with them, and then they eat them. The poem's best-known lines are:
“'The time has come', the walrus said,'To talk of many things:Of shoes – and ships – and sealing-wax –Of cabbages – and kings.’”海象和木匠:刘易斯·卡罗尔(Lewis Carroll)的儿童读物《透过窥镜》中的一首废话。它描述了海象和木匠如何说服一些牡蛎,然后将它们吃掉。这首诗最著名的台词是: