The House that Jack Built
/ðə ˌhaʊs ðət ˈdʒæk bɪlt/
/ðə ˌhaʊs ðət ˈdʒæk bɪlt/
- a traditional nursery rhyme in which there are lots of verses, each one adding an extra line to the one before. It begins like this: “This is the house that Jack built.This is the maltThat lay in the house that Jack built.This is the rat,That ate the maltThat lay in the house that Jack built.”
一种传统的童谣，其中有很多诗句，每一节都在前一首诗的基础上添加了一行额外的诗句。它是这样开始的：“这是杰克建造的房子。这是杰克建造的房子里的麦芽。这是老鼠，它吃了杰克建造的房子里的麦芽。”