picaresque
英 [,p?k?'resk]
美[,p?k?'r?sk]
- n. 流浪漢小說(shuō)；流浪漢
- adj. 以流浪漢和無(wú)賴(lài)為題材的；傳奇式流浪冒險(xiǎn)的
助記提示
1. Spanish pico "a little bit", literally "sharp point, beak". => pico- => picosecond.
2. pico => picar "pierce".
3. pike => Vulgar Latin *piccare => picar "pierce".
4. 由此引申為干壞事兒的人。
中文詞源
picaresque 流浪漢小說(shuō)的，無(wú)賴(lài)冒險(xiǎn)小說(shuō)的，韋小寶式小說(shuō)的來(lái)自西班牙語(yǔ)picaro,無(wú)賴(lài)，惡棍，可能來(lái)自picar,刺，好斗，詞源同pike,pick.-esque,形容詞后綴。后用于指19世紀(jì)出現(xiàn)的一種以社會(huì)底層人物為主角的小說(shuō)體裁，類(lèi)似于中國(guó)的《鹿鼎記》中所講述的無(wú)賴(lài)英雄韋小寶。
英文詞源
- picaresque (adj.)
- 1810, from Spanish picaresco "roguish," from picaro "rogue," of uncertain origin, possibly from picar "to pierce," from Vulgar Latin *piccare (see pike (n.2)). Originally in roman picaresque "rogue novel," the classic example being "Gil Blas."
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Invisible Man, writen by American black writer Ralph Ellison, is a typical picaresque novel.
- 美國(guó)黑人作家拉爾夫·艾里森(RalphEllison)的小說(shuō)《看不見(jiàn)的人》是流浪漢文學(xué)的經(jīng)典之作.
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