weathercock的词源

英文词源

fane (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
"weathercock," late 14c., from Old English fana "flag, banner," from Proto-Germanic *fanon (cognates: Old Frisian fana, Gothic fana "piece of cloth," Old High German fano, German Fahne "flag, standard"); possibly cognate with Latin pannus "piece of cloth" (see pane).
weather-vane (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
also weathervane, mid-15c., wederfane; see weather (n.) + vane. Weathercock also is mid-15c. (wedurkoke).

中文词源

weathercock:风向标;见风使舵的人

公元9世纪中期罗马天主教会规定,每个教堂的尖顶上要安一个公鸡模型,表示圣彼得(St. Peter)在公鸡啼叫两遍前三次不认耶稣。耶稣被捕的时候,彼得出于软弱而不敢承认是耶稣的门徒,鸡叫第二遍时,耶稣的警告闪过他的脑际,他懊悔万分,跑出去放声痛哭。正如1619年一位作家所说的,公鸡模型安在教堂尖顶上意在使世人时时“想起自己所犯的罪孽,并和彼得一起祈求上天的宽恕……”(... remember our own sinnes and with Peter seeke and obtaine mercy ...)。以后,人们常将这种雄鸡模型安于风向标上,weathercock也因而得名。weathercock除表示“风向标”外,有时也用于喻义,指“见风使舵的人”或“随风倒的人”。但美国英语不用weathercock指“风向标”,而代之以weathervane。(参见cock)

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