Shakespeare

n. 莎士比亞（英國(guó)劇作家）

中文詞源

Shakespeare 莎士比亞

姓氏名，字面意思為擲矛者，來(lái)自 shake,搖晃，投擲，spear,矛。 Shakti 性力女神，女性的神力

Shakespeare: surname recorded from 1248; it means "a spearman." This was a common type of English surname (Shakelance (1275), Shakeshaft (1332)). Shake (v.) in the sense of "to brandish or flourish (a weapon)" is attested from late Old English
Heo sc?ken on heore honden speren swiee stronge. [Laymon, "Brut," c. 1205]
Compare also shake-buckler "a swaggerer, a bully;" shake-rag "ragged fellow, tatterdemalion." "Never a name in English nomenclature so simple or so certain in origin. It is exactly what it looks -- Shakespear" [Bardsley, "Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames," 1901]. Nevertheless, speculation flourishes. The name was variously written in contemporary records, also Shakespear, Shakespere, the last form being the one adopted by the New Shakespere Society of London and the first edition of the OED. Related: Shakespearian (1753); Shakesperean (1796); Shakesperian (1755).

1. He fiercely criticised self-styled educational experts for ignoring Shakespeare.: 他強(qiáng)烈批評(píng)那些無(wú)視莎士比亞的自詡為教育專家的人。

2. I can't understand why we're trying to ram Shakespeare down their throats.: 我搞不懂我們?yōu)槭裁从惨麄儗W(xué)習(xí)莎士比亞的作品。

3. They were performing a short extract from Shakespeare'sTwo Gentlemen of Verona.: 他們正表演莎士比亞劇作《維洛那二紳士》中的一個(gè)片段。

4. He was the founder and guiding spirit of New York's Shakespeare Festival.: 他是紐約莎士比亞戲劇節(jié)的創(chuàng)始人及領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者。

5. Many lines from Shakespeare's plays are misquoted and misapplied.: 莎士比亞戲劇中的許多詩(shī)句被人誤引誤用。