saga
英 ['sɑ?g?]
美 ['sɑɡ?]
- n. 傳說；冒險故事；英雄事跡
- n. (Saga)人名；(阿拉伯)薩賈；(芬、捷、瑞典)薩加
助記提示
1. say, saw => saga.
2. 薩迦: 英文名稱：Sakya。北歐的傳說主要包括家族和英雄傳說，它基本收集在一部名為《薩迦》的集子中?！八_迦”意為“話語”，實際是一種短故事。 它是13世紀前后被冰島和挪威人用文字記載的古代民間口傳故事，包括神話和歷史傳奇，它主要反映了古代斯堪的納維亞人戰天斗地的事跡，表現氏族社會的生活、宗教信仰、精神風貌等，歌頌貴族英雄人物，有些內容還有傳記，族譜和地方志的特點，這種文學風格同神話文學《埃達》一樣，對北歐和西方文學有很大影響。
中文詞源
saga 薩迦，長篇故事來自古諾斯語 saga,史詩，故事，特指北歐的古英雄故事，來自 Proto-Germanic*sago,說，講 述，來自 PIE*sekw,說，講述，詞源同 say,saw.
英文詞源
- saga
- saga: see saw
- saga (n.)
- 1709, an antiquarians' revival to describe the medieval prose narratives of Iceland and Norway, from Old Norse saga "saga, story," cognate with Old English sagu "a saying" (see saw (n.2)). Properly, a narrative composition of Iceland or Norway in the Middle Ages, or one that has their characteristics. Meaning "long, convoluted story" is from 1857.
雙語例句
- 1. The president was clearly exasperated by the whole saga.
- 整個事件顯然讓總統很惱火。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Herbert sat quietly through the telling of this saga.
- 在聆聽這個長篇傳奇故事時，赫伯特自始至終安靜地坐著。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The front page is devoted to the continuing saga of the hijack.
- 頭版是對劫持事件的連續報道。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. Saga features trips for older people at home and abroad all through the year.
- “傳奇”旅行社為老年人提供全年的國內外旅游服務。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. His suicide is the latest chapter in this terrible saga of greed and betrayal.
- 他的自殺是這部充滿貪婪與背叛的可怕長篇故事的最新一章.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》