quixotic的词源

英文词源

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quixotic: [18] Quixotic commemorates Don Quixote, the hero of Cervantes’s novel of the same name (published in two parts in 1605 and 1615). He was a slightly dotty Spanish gentleman whose head became turned by tales of chivalric derring-do, which he sought to emulate in real life. His most famous exploit was to charge with his lance at windmills, under the mistaken impression that they were giants.
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"extravagantly chivalrous," 1791, from Don Quixote, romantic, impractical hero of Cervantes' satirical novel "Don Quixote de la Mancha" (1605; English translation by 1620). His name literally means "thigh," also "a cuisse" (a piece of armor for the thigh), in Modern Spanish quijote, from Latin coxa "hip." Related: Quixotical; quixotically.

中文词源

quixotic(不切实际的):塞万提斯名著《堂吉坷德》的男主角

堂吉坷德是17世纪伟大的西班牙作家塞万提斯的代表作《堂吉诃德》中的人物。他是一个迷恋骑士小说的小乡绅。在骑士已经绝迹100多年后的年代,把自己幻想为中世纪的一名骑士,雇佣了附近一名农民做随从,披甲持盾,肩扛一柄生锈长枪,骑着一匹瘦弱的老马,出门行侠仗义,做出种种与时代相悖,令人匪夷所思的事情,如把风车当成巨人,要与它决斗;把一群罪犯当成受压迫的绅士,杀散了衙役解救了他们,结果反而被他们一顿暴揍。因此,在英语中,人们就用堂吉诃德的名字来表示与脱离现实的幻想家,从他的名字Quixote(吉诃德)中衍生出形容词quixotic,表示不切实际的。

quixotic: [kwɪk'sɒtɪk] adj.不切实际的,幻想家的,堂吉诃德式的

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quixotic:愚侠式的,不切实际的  

该词源出西班牙作家塞万提斯(Miguel de Cervantes,1547 - L616)所写长篇小说Don Quixote(《堂吉诃德》)。该书主人公Don Quixote是个穷多绅,因阅读骑士小说人迷,企图仿效古老的游侠骑士生活而三次出游。他嫉恶如仇近乎狂热,但终日耽于幻想,所以干了无数荒唐可笑的蠢事,直至临终时才恍然大悟。Don Quixote以后就成了“不切实际的理想主义者”或“狂热的嫉恶如仇者”的一个代名词。从Quixote派生出来的形容词形式quixotic常用以表示“不切实际的”或“愚侠式的”。Quixote在西班牙语原指¨腿裙”(盔甲的一部分)。

quixotic:堂吉诃德式的,异想天开的

来自17 世纪西班牙小说家塞万提斯的骑士讽刺小说《Don Quixote de la Mancha》主角Don Quixote.后成为不切实际想法的代名词。