单词 | 在脖子上 |
释义 | 〔halter〕A bodice for women that ties behind the neck and across the back, leaving the arms, shoulders, and back bare.三角背心的颈部系带:系在脖子上穿过后背的女式三角背心的颈部系带,使得胳膊、肩膀、后背裸露〔fraise〕A ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century.高领:16世纪戴在脖子上的领子〔abracadabra〕"Abracadabra,” says the magician, unaware that at one time the thing to do with the word was wear it, not say it. Abracadabra was a magic word,the letters of which were arranged in an inverted pyramidand worn as an amulet around the neck to protect the wearer against disease or trouble.One fewer letter appeared in each line of the pyramid,until onlya remained to form the vertex of the triangle. As the letters disappeared, so supposedly did the disease or trouble.While magicians still useabracadabra in their performances, the word itself has acquired another sense, "foolish or unintelligible talk.”巫师没意识他所说的"Abracadabra"一词曾一度只是被用来佩带,而不是谈及。 Abracadabra 是一巫术用语,其字母可被排成倒金字塔形,当作护身符戴在脖子上可保护佩戴者免除疾病和灾难。金字塔形的每一行少一个字母,直到三角形顶端只剩a 一个字母。 当字母消失时,疾病和灾难也被认为是消失了。但现在的巫术师在表演时仍使用abracadabra , 于是这个词就带上了另一种意义,“愚蠢或无意义的话语”〔amulet〕An object worn, especially around the neck, as a charm against evil or injury.护身符:尤指套在脖子上的缝制物,作为咒符以避开邪恶和伤害〔ruff〕A distinctive collarlike projection around the neck, as of feathers on a bird or of fur on a mammal.翎颌:围在脖子上的领状明显突出物,如鸟的羽毛或哺乳动物的毛〔lanyard〕A cord worn around the neck for carrying something, such as a knife or whistle.系刀绳:绕在脖子上用于挂物品特别是挂小刀或哨子的短绳〔tiki〕A Maori figurine representing an ancestor, often intricately carved from greenstone and worn about the neck as a talisman.毛利人的一种通常用绿岩精细雕成的代表一个祖先的小雕像,戴在脖子上作为护身符〔albatross〕Sense 2, after the albatross in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, which the mariner killed and had to wear around his neck as a penance 第二种释义,源自 albatross 在 古舟子咏 中,其作者为萨谬·泰勒·柯勒律治,诗中的水手杀了信天翁后不得不将其吊在脖子上以示赎罪 |
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