lotus eater的词源

英文词源

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plate: [13] Etymologically, a plate is something ‘flat’. It comes from Vulgar Latin *plattus ‘flat’, which may go back to Greek platús ‘broad’ (source of English place, plane the tree, and platypus). It reached English via two separate Old French words, which have since coalesced: first plate, which gives the sense ‘flat sheet’, as in silver plate and plate glass; and then, in the 15th century, plat, ‘dish for food’.

Related forms in English include plateau [18], platform [16] (etymologically a ‘flat form’), platinum [19], platitude [19] (a ‘flat’ or dull remark), and platter [14].

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中文词源

lotus eater(浑噩度日的人):食之忘忧的忘忧果

在古希腊神话中,据说在北非的某个岛上,种有许多称为lotus的树,当地人以此树 的果实为食。这种果实具有强烈的催眠作用,能使食用者忘却烦恼忧愁,陷入浑浑噩噩、乐不思蜀的状态。特洛伊战争结束后,希腊英雄奥德修斯率领军队回国,曾 经路过该岛。奥德修斯派出三名士兵上岛寻找淡水和食物。这三名士兵在岛上食用了岛民提供的lotus果实,立刻把所有事情抛在脑后,再也不想走了。奥德修 斯只得用武力将三人绑在船上,禁止其他人上岛,赶紧离开了这个岛屿。

在后来的文艺作品中,这个典故经常出现。人们用lotus eater表示这些食用lotus果实的岛民,后来用于比喻浑噩度日的人;用lotus land表示这个盛产lotus的岛屿,后来用于比喻“安乐乡”。

lotus eater:浑噩度日的人

lotus land:安乐乡,安逸之地

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