时间:2019-02-06 作者:英语课 分类:实用英语


英语课

 Deadhead: 看蹭戏的人


翻查字典,deadhead不让您头大才怪!瞧它的诸多含意:“看蹭戏的人;免费搭客;不载货物的空车;游手好闲、一无是处的懒汉;沉木;枯花……” 晕!您一定会说,记住这么些个意思简直就是一种折磨。其实,若搞清了词源、理顺了词义的发展脉络,搞定deadhead就是小菜一碟! 先从deadhead(看蹭戏的人)说起。早期的戏院打广告可不像现在这么五花八门,没有网络、没有电视,张贴海报就成了最主要的宣传途径。当然,海报要想飞满天,戏院必须付费雇用人手,或者,使用免费的劳力——让张贴海报的人免费看戏。对戏院来说,这部分“观众”不被计入观众人数之列——因为他们不贡献票房收入,deadhead(直译为“不计入观众群的人”)由此而来。 到了19世纪中期,deadhead(看蹭戏的人)词义逐渐扩大,开始用来泛指“免费入场者”或者“免费搭乘交通工具的人”。再随着时间的推移,“不载乘客、不载货物的空车”由于不能带来收益,也被称为deadhead;而且,deadhead开始出现了引申义,指代不能创造社会效益的“懒汉”。 大约在20世纪50年代,“沉木;枯花”竟也可以用deadhead来形容,大概也是因为它们不再具有经济价值了吧。

标签: 蹭戏
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