單詞
bluestocking
英 ['blu?st?k??]
美['blustɑk??]
基本信息
- n. 女學(xué)者；裝做有學(xué)問(wèn)的女人
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?bluestockings;
中文詞源
bluestocking 才女
來(lái)自倫敦18世紀(jì)中期由社會(huì)改革家貴夫人Elizabeth Montagu創(chuàng)建的一個(gè)文學(xué)沙龍會(huì)。時(shí)值英國(guó)流行紳士文化，出席類(lèi)似社交活動(dòng)需著絲織長(zhǎng)筒黑襪。著名作家Benjamin Stillingfleet 當(dāng)時(shí)很窮，買(mǎi)不起這種襪子，在收到Montagu夫人的邀請(qǐng)后，就回復(fù)說(shuō)希望允許著blue stocking參加這種活動(dòng)。故事傳開(kāi)后，其它大男子主義者就嘲笑其為藍(lán)襪社。
英文詞源
- bluestocking
- bluestocking: [18] The term bluestocking ‘female intellectual’ derives from the gatherings held at the houses of fashionable mid-18th- century hostesses to discuss literary and related topics. It became the custom at these not to put on full formal dress, which for gentlemen included black silk stockings. One habitué in particular, Mr Benjamin Stillingfleet, used to wear greyish worsted stockings, conventionally called ‘blue’.
This lack of decorum was looked on with scorn in some quarters, and Admiral Boscawan dubbed the participants the ‘Blue Stocking Society’. Women who attended their highbrow meetings thus became known as ‘Blue Stocking Ladies’ (even though it was a man who had worn the stockings), and towards the end of the century this was abbreviated to simply bluestockings. - bluestocking (n.)
- also blue-stocking, 1790, derisive word for a woman considered too learned, traces to a London literary salon founded c. 1750 by Elizabeth Montagu on the Parisian model, featuring intellectual discussion instead of card games, and in place of ostentatious evening attire, simple dress, including Benjamin Stillingfleet's blue-gray tradesman's hose which he wore in place of gentleman's black silk, hence the term, first applied in derision to the whole set by Admiral Boscawen. None of the ladies wore blue stockings. Borrowed by the neighbors in loan-translations, such as French bas-bleu, Dutch blauwkous, German Blaustrumpf.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. As a bel esprit he despised pedantry whether in a man or in a bluestocking.
- 作為一個(gè)才子,他看不起賣(mài)弄學(xué)問(wèn)的作風(fēng),不管這種作風(fēng)是由男人還是女才子所表現(xiàn)出來(lái)的.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 2. She's no more than a bluestocking.
- 她也只不過(guò)是個(gè)書(shū)呆子.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
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