Domesday Book的词源

英文词源

Domesday book

1178, popular name of Great Inquisition or Survey (1086), William the Conqueror's inventory of his new domain, from Middle English domes, genitive of dom "day of judgment" (see doom). "The booke ... to be called Domesday, bicause (as Mathew Parise saith) it spared no man, but iudged all men indifferently." [William Lambarde, "A Perambulation of Kent," 1570]

中文词源

Domesday Book：英国土地调查清册

土地调查清册，威廉一世的官员进行的英格兰土地勘察记录。1066年诺曼征服后，不满外来国王威廉统治的英国人反抗，残暴镇压后，威廉派人到英国各地彻查土地人口等情况。这些调查员个个凶神恶煞，老百姓感觉就象基督教中的The Last Judgement最后审判日一样，所以按照doomsday ['duːmzdeɪ] n.世界末日；最后的审判日命名此书。

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