| 单词 | 镇上 |
| 释义 | 〔wolf〕"The town's big shots were . . . wolfing down the buffet"(Ralph Ellison)“镇上的重要人物…正在狼吞虎咽地吃着自助餐”(拉尔夫·埃利森)〔run〕Run me into town. Run the garbage over to the dump.把我送到镇上。把垃圾运到垃圾筒内〔shivaree〕Shivaree is the most common American regional form of charivari, a French word meaning "a noisy mock serenade for newlyweds"and probably deriving in turn from a Late Latin word meaning "headache.”The term, most likely borrowed from French traders and settlers along the Mississippi River,was well established in the United States by 1805;an account dating from that year describes a shivaree in New Orleans: "The house is mobbed by thousands of the people of the town, vociferating and shouting with loud acclaim . . . many[are] in disguises and masks; and all have some kind of discordant and noisy music, such as old kettles, and shovels, and tongs. . . . All civil authority and rule seems laid aside" (John F. Watson).The wordshivaree is especially common along and west of the Mississippi River, giving it an unusual north-south dialect boundary (most dialect boundaries run east-west in the United States).Alva L. Davis and Raven I. McDavid, Jr., callshivaree "one of the most widely distributed folk terms borrowed by American English from any European language.” Some regional equivalents arebelling, used in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio; horning, from upstate New York, Rhode Island, and western New England; andserenade, a term used chiefly in the South Atlantic states. Shivaree 是 charivari 这个词在美国的最普通的地方形式， charivari是个法语词，意思是“一种为新婚夫妇演奏的喧闹的嘲弄式小夜曲”，这个词本身可能是从一个意思为“头痛”的后期拉丁文演变而来。这个词极有可能是从密西西比河沿岸的法国商人和拓居者那儿借用而来，到了1805年这个词已经在美国深深地扎根了；一份可以追溯到这一年的记录描写了新奥良的演奏这种小夜曲的情况： “房子里挤满了成千从镇上来的人，喧嚷着，叫喊着，大声欢呼…许多人 化了装，带了面具，所有的人都搞出某种不和协、喧闹的音响，比如用旧水壶，铲子，钳子…一切世俗的权威和规则好象已经被放到了一边” （约翰F·华生） 。shivaree 这个词在密西西比河沿岸和该河以西尤为常见， 这样密西西比河就成了一个不寻常的方言区的南北分界线（而在美国大多数方言区的分界线都是东西向的）。阿尔瓦·L·戴维斯和小拉文·I·麦克戴维把shivaree 这个词称为“美国英语从欧洲语言中借来的民间用语中流传最广的一个”。 其它地方方言中相当于这个词的词有belling 在宾夕法尼亚州、弗吉尼亚西部和俄亥俄州流传； 纽约州上半部份，罗德岛州，新英格兰西部的horning ， 而大西洋沿岸南部各州主要用serenade 这个词 〔remove〕"In 1751, I removed from the country to the town"(David Hume)“在1751年我从乡下搬到了镇上”(戴维·休姆)〔schlep〕schlepped a shopping bag around town.吃力地背着采购袋在镇上走〔run〕The speed limit runs only to the town line.时速限制只在去镇上的路上有效〔strut〕a newly elected senator's wife swanking around town. 新当选参议员的妻子在镇上神气活现地四处走动 〔partway〕partway to town; not even partway reasonable.去镇上的途中；甚至一点儿都不合理〔councilman〕A man who is a member of a council, especially of the local governing body of a city or town.委员：委员会的成员，尤指城市或镇上的当地政府委员会成员〔talk〕a musical that is the talk of the town.成为镇上人们的议论话题的一部歌舞片〔pad〕padding the long road into town.沿着很长的路步行去镇上〔Chambersburg〕A borough of southern Pennsylvania southwest of Harrisburg. It was burned by the Confederate cavalry in July 1864 after the townspeople refused to pay an indemnity of $100,000 in gold. Population, 16,647.钱伯斯堡：宾夕法尼亚州南部一自治村镇，位于哈里斯堡西南。1864年7月因镇上居民拒绝以金币方式交付十万美元的赔偿被南部联军骑兵焚毁。人口16,647〔place〕Often Place Abbr. pl.,Pl.A public square or street with houses in a town. 常作 Place 缩写 pl.,Pl.广场，街：镇上的公共广场或有房屋的街〔townsman〕A man who is a fellow resident of one's town.同乡人：同某人居住在一个镇上的人〔root〕Our roots in this town go back a long way.我们在这个镇上的根子可以追朔到很久以前〔record〕recorded the oldest townspeople on tape; recorded the violin concerto.在磁带上记录下镇上最老的居民；录下小提琴演奏会〔draw〕afraid the casino will draw undesirable elements to the town.担心赌场会把不良分子吸引到镇上来〔councilwoman〕A woman who is a member of a council, especially of the local governing body of a city or town.女委员：委员会中的女成员，尤指城市或镇上的当地政府委员会女成员〔set〕She set out at dawn for town.她日出时出发去镇上〔howl〕The candidate was howled down at the town meeting.在镇上的集会中，候选人的声音被嘲弄的喧嚷声淹没了〔pariah〕"Shortly Tom came upon the juvenile pariah of the village, Huckleberry Finn, son of the town drunkard"(Mark Twain)“不一会儿，汤姆碰上了村里的少年弃儿，镇上醉鬼的儿子哈克贝利·费恩”(马克·吐温)〔drag〕the town's main drag.镇上的主要街道〔townswoman〕A woman who is a fellow resident of one's town.女同乡：同某人居住在一个镇上的妇女〔come〕came across my old college roommate in town today.今天在镇上遇到我大学的老同学 |
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