zombie的词源

英文词源

zombie

zombie: [19] Zombie was originally the name of a snake-god in the voodoo cult of West Africa, and later of the Caribbean, and it comes from a West African language (it is related to Kongo nzambi ‘god’ and zumbi ‘fetish’). It was later applied to a reanimated corpse in the voodoo cult, and a ghoulish sense of humour transferred the English word in the 1930s to a ‘catatonically slow-witted person’.

zombie (n.)

1871, of West African origin (compare Kikongo zumbi "fetish;" Kimbundu nzambi "god"), originally the name of a snake god, later with meaning "reanimated corpse" in voodoo cult. But perhaps also from Louisiana creole word meaning "phantom, ghost," from Spanish sombra "shade, ghost." Sense "slow-witted person" is recorded from 1936.

中文词源

zombie：僵尸

来自西非某语言，原义为蛇神，后用以指僵尸。

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：zombie 词源，zombie 含义。

zombie：还魂尸；僵尸；木讷呆板的人

该词源自刚果语zumbi 'good-luck fetish'，原指西非崇拜的蟒神（python-god），以后随非洲黑奴移植到西印度群岛和美国南部，转指伏都教（voodoo）崇拜的蛇神，也指使尸体起死回生的魔力。以后“还魂尸”（即被巫术驱动的“行尸”或“僵尸”）也被称为zombie，特别是在伏都教习俗盛行的海地。20世纪30至40年代出现了一些以zombie为主题的恐怖电影，影片中的zombie在巫术的控制下，既像是梦游又像是着魔的样子，机器人般地走出来干坏事。今天，在英语口语中，该词常用以喻指“木讷呆板的人”或“（因极度疲劳而）行动迟缓的人”。