sardonic的词源
英文词源
- sardonic
- sardonic: [17] The Greek word for ‘scornful, mocking’ was sardánios, but this came to be changed to sardónios, which literally meant ‘Sardinian’, through association with the Latin term herba Sardonia ‘Sardinian plant’, the name of a sort of plant which when eaten caused facial contortions that resembled a scornful grin. English acquired the word via Latin sardonius and French sardonique. The sardine [15] probably gets its name from Sardinia too.
=> sardine - sardonic (adj.)
- "apparently but not really proceeding from gaiety," 1630s, from French sardonique (16c.), from Latin sardonius (but as if from Latin *sardonicus) in Sardonius risus, loan-translation of Greek sardonios (gelos) "of bitter or scornful (laughter)," altered from Homeric sardanios (of uncertain origin) by influence of Sardonios "Sardinian," because the Greeks believed that eating a certain plant they called sardonion (literally "plant from Sardinia," see Sardinia) caused facial convulsions resembling those of sardonic laughter, usually followed by death. For nuances of usage, see humor. Earlier in same sense sardonian (1580s), from Latin sardonius. Related: Sardonically.
中文词源
sardonic（冷笑的）：令人狂笑而死的撒丁毒草
传说地中海中撒丁岛（sardinia）上有一种毒草，其毒性足以致命。误食者会肌肉抽搐，狂笑不止而死，死的时候脸上依然保持一种古怪的笑容。古希腊诗人荷马将这种笑容称为“撒丁式笑容”，翻译成英语就是sardonic smile，单词sardonic就来自撒丁岛的名字sardinia，现在常常用来表示“冷笑的”、“讥讽的”。
sardonic：[saː'dɔnɪk] 撒丁式的，冷笑的，讽刺的
sardonically：[sa:'dɔnikəli] adv.冷嘲地，讽刺地
该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：sardonic 词源，sardonic 含义。
在地中海的Sardinia岛（撒丁岛）上生长一种有毒的植物，罗马人给它取了个拉丁文名字叫herba Sardonia（撒丁草）。古希腊人都认为，其毒之剧足以致命。Sardinia岛也因该植物而得名。据传，误食而中毒者肌肉抽搐，狂笑不止，脸孔也因临死的痛苦而变形，状似嘲笑。古希腊吟游盲诗人荷马称这种笑为Sardonios gelos（撤丁式的笑），法语作riresardonique，英语则作sardonic laughter，我们至今仍在使用该短语，用以表示“嘲笑”或“冷笑”。 sardonic一词也因此获得了“冷嘲的”和“讥讽的”等义。另有一英语单词sardine（沙丁鱼）亦源于此。
来自拉丁语sardonius risus,撒丁岛的嘲笑，据说来自希腊语sardonion,一种撒丁岛的植物，来自Sardo,撒丁岛，risus,嘲笑，词源同derisive,ridiculous.一种剧毒之物，人吃后会面部抽搐，带着诡异的笑容死去，类似于《天龙八部》丁春秋所使用的“逍遥三笑散”。后引申词义轻蔑的，嘲弄的。
来自拉丁语 sardonius risus,撒丁岛的嘲笑，据说来自希腊语 sardonion,一种撒丁岛的植物，来 自 Sardo,撒丁岛，risus,嘲笑，词源同 derisive,ridiculous.一种剧毒之物，人吃后会面部抽搐， 带着诡异的笑容死去，类似于《天龙八部》丁春秋所使用的“逍遥三笑散”。后引申词义轻 蔑的，嘲弄的。
