时间:2019-02-03 作者:英语课 分类:英文语法词汇


英语课


  在“加拿大文学皇后”玛格丽特·爱特伍的小说《强盗新娘》中,有一个角色在空想中迷失了自己,并用“woolgathering”来自我标榜。没错,woolgathering就是“胡思乱想,白日梦,心不在焉”的意思。


  我们知道,从羊身上分离羊毛是一件难度很大的工作,在澳大利亚和新西兰,剪羊毛(sheep-shearing)逐渐成为一项竞赛。Woolgathering和剪羊毛本来没什么关系,但16世纪的时候,一些乡下穷苦人会在牧羊人常去放牧的田野漫步,试图采集羊群挂在灌木和树枝上的零星羊毛。如果能够收集到足够多的羊毛,就可以编织一件衣服,自己穿或者拿去卖掉。如此看来,wool-gathering 并不是一项获利丰厚的职业,而且还要在乡野整天游荡。到了大约1550年, woolgathering就产生了比喻义“无目的地漫游,无利可图”。


  今天,woolgathering就有了“空想,异想天开,白日梦”的含义



学英语单词
-azenil
a wallflower
Achélouma
adrenocortical hormone
alloy nuclear fuel
Amalgamated
aquamolalities
autotrembler
Bromhexin
Bromwich contour
cactus granuloma
capacitor, tantalum
Chapman's test
Chotca
chunta
computer optimization
contact grasp
core sharing program
countable covering
cyclomyces fuscus fre.
daker-hens
degradation by reduction
Dentatherininae
derma-
diphallia
double-move
ethology and art
extragalactic system
feature data
free core pool
fuel oil blending
full car vibration test rig
gas-specific connector
ginormously
hook damage and contamination
Hope,Bob
host specific
hydroxycamptothecin
hyperchromic macrocytic anemia
impact forecast
including war risk
inexact concept
isochronous
isopropyl halide
jubilations
kakuro
Korovinia
law of mariner
low level sprinkler irrigation
low-order
lute stern
maloyl
manufactery
marine adventure
marktgasses
mellow-soil field
mermiden
mismarketed
mobilis
monochrome multipersistence screen
MSDB
new-look
NMR spectroscopy
occhipinti
oceanic high
olinger
oyster cap fungus
pacifications
paile
paranatisite
photoelectric analogue multiplier
pleonexy
rack type core drying stove
radiation system
random tapingerror
relationship building
right-hand switch
Ruderting
Santa's grotto
shear velocity
shopping-lists
silicon-anode
slow test
soaking vat
solid gum
space centrifuge
spot group
sublittroal
sugar and starch
Sulfacyl
superfemale(bridges 1914)
Tann.
transformation of resource-dependent cities
trestle cable excavator
under-correct
unlavished
untent
unwalkable
vertical output transformer
Vulalo
wafers
yearly inspection