Pied Piper的词源

英文词源

pied (adj.)

late 14c., as if it were the past participle of a verb form of Middle English noun pie "magpie" (see pie (n.2)), in reference to the bird's black and white plumage. Earliest use is in reference to the pyed freres, an order of friars who wore black and white. Also in pied piper (1845, in Browning's poem based on the German legend; used allusively by 1939).

中文词源

Pied Piper：有感召力的人

德国中世纪民间传说中的人物，字面意思为穿着杂色衣服的吹箫人。据说他的箫声悦耳动听，甚至可以把老鼠引出洞，因此，Hamelin镇的人请他来捉老鼠，但后来反悔拒付工钱，他出于报复，就用萧声把这个镇的小孩全都勾引走了，后由其名字引申词义有感召力的人。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：Pied Piper 词源，Pied Piper 含义。