Little Miss Muffet (小瑪菲小姐)

Little Miss Muffet
Sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey;
Along came a spider
Who sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away.

小瑪菲小姐
坐在一個小草墩上,
吃著她的凝乳和乳清。
忽然來了一隻蜘蛛,
坐在她旁邊,
然後就嚇跑了瑪菲小姐。

⭐ 單字

sat 坐 (sit 的過去式)
tuffet 草墩;小草丘
curds 凝乳
whey 乳清
spider 蜘蛛
beside 在旁邊
frighten 使害怕

⭐ 片語

sit down 坐下
frighten someone away 把某人嚇跑
curds and whey 牛奶分離後形成的兩部分
  • curds 凝乳(像起司的部分)
  • whey 乳清(液體部分)

Little Miss Muffet 是一首非常古老且著名的英語童謠,一般認為在 19 世紀初(約 1805 年) 就已經出現在英國的童謠集中。這首童謠內容十分簡短,描述一位小女孩坐在草墩上吃著凝乳和乳清時,一隻蜘蛛突然出現在她身旁,把她嚇得跑走了。

🎵 𝑼𝒌𝒖𝒍𝒆𝒍𝒆 𝑪𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔

[Em]Little Miss [A7]Muffet
[D]Sat on a [G]tuffet,
[Em]Eating her [A7]curds and [D]whey;
[Em]Along came a [A7]spider
Who [D]sat down be[G]side her
And [Em]frightened Miss [A7]Muffet a[D]way.