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| 释义 | 〔Waters〕American blues singer and musician whose band shaped the hard-edged, electric Chicago blues sound of the post-World War II era and exerted a tremendous influence on British and American popular music. His many blues classics include "Long Distance Call,” "Mannish Boy,” and "Got My Mojo Working.”沃特斯，穆迪： 美国蓝调歌手及音乐家，他的乐团在第二次世界大战后期发推出猛烈的电子芝加哥蓝调，对英美流行音乐产生了极大的影响。其众多经典蓝调作品包括“长途电话”、“大男孩”和“弹起我的吉他”〔Fuchs〕German-born physicist who worked on the development of the atomic bomb in Britain and the United States and was imprisoned (1950-1959) for passing scientific secrets to the Soviet Union.富克斯，克劳斯·艾米尔·尤利乌斯：(1911-1988) 出生于德国的物理学家，致力于英美核武器发展的研究。曾因向苏联提供科学机密被监禁（1950-1959年）〔imagism〕A literary movement launched by British and American poets early in the 20th century in reaction against Victorian sentimentalism that advocated the use of free verse, common speech patterns, and clear concrete images.意象主义：在20世纪早期由英美诗人发起的反对维多利亚式伤感主义的一场文学运动，主张使用自由体、普通的语言模式和清晰具体的影象〔Eco〕Italian writer best known for his novels, includingThe Name of the Rose (1981). He has also written extensively on semiotics and British and American popular culture. 艾可，温贝尔多：意大利作家，因其小说而著名，包括《玫瑰的名字》 （1981）。在记号语言学和英美大众文化方法方面也有丰富的著述 〔Perry〕American naval officer who led the fleet that defeated the British in the Battle of Lake Erie (1813) during the War of 1812.佩里，奥利弗·哈泽德：(1785-1819) 美国海军军官。在1812年英美战争期间，他曾率领美国海军在伊利湖击溃英军(1813年）〔Pensacola〕A city of extreme northwest Florida onPensacola Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico. Originally settled by the Spanish in 1559, the city passed back and forth between the Spanish, French, and British until it was captured by Andrew Jackson in 1814 during the War of 1812. It formally became part of the United States in 1821. Population, 58,165. 彭萨科拉城：美国佛罗里达州西北一城市，濒临墨西哥湾的一个海湾佩沙科拉湾， 西班牙人于1559年首先在此定居，它曾由西班牙人、法国人和英国人轮番控制直到1812年爆发的英美战争中由安德鲁·杰克逊率军于1814年占领为止，并于1821年并入美国。人口58,165 〔gringo〕The wordgringo is an offensive term in Latin America for a foreigner, particularly an American or English person.But the word existed in Spanish before this particular sense came into being.In fact,gringo may be an alteration of the word griego, the Spanish development of LatinGraecus, "Greek.” Griego first meant "Greek, Grecian,”as an adjective and "Greek, Greek language,” as a noun.The saying "It's Greek to me" exists in Spanish,as it does in English,and helps us understand whygriego came to mean "unintelligible language" and perhaps, by further extension of this idea,"stranger, that is, one who speaks a foreign language.”The altered formgringo lost touch with Greek but has the senses "unintelligible language,” "foreigner, especially an English person,”and in Latin America, "North American or Britisher.”Its first recorded English use (1849) is in John Woodhouse Audubon'sWestern Journal: "We were hooted and shouted at as we passed through, and called ‘Gringoes.’”在拉丁美洲，gringo 一词是对外国人， 尤其是英美人的不尊敬的称呼。但在有这一特定含义之前这个词已存在于西班牙语之中。事实上，gringo 也许是 griego 一词的变体， 而后者则是西班牙语对拉丁语中Graecus “希腊的”一词的发展。 Griego 开始作形容词时意为“希腊的”； 作名词时意为“希腊，希腊语”。在西班牙语中也有“这对我来说象希腊语一样”的说法，这同英语中一样。这就帮我们理解为什么griego 开始有“胡说八道”的意思， 随着这层意思地延伸，就指“陌生人，即一个讲外语的人”。gringo 的变体已与希腊毫无关系而却有了“胡说八道”、 “外国人，尤指讲英语的人”等含义；在拉丁美洲它更指“北美人或英国人”。此词有记载的第一次在英语中的运用（1849年）是在约翰·伍德豪斯·奥杜邦的西部游记 中： “我们走过时四周都是叫喊声、怪叫声和‘外国佬’的叫骂声”〔bluejacket〕An enlisted person in the U.S. or British Navy; a sailor.英美海军的水兵：在美国或英国海军服役的人；海军 |
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