維基詞典

gaslight

參見：gas light 和 gas-light

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A gaslight (noun sense 1) being lit by a lamplighter in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1953.
1953年的瑞典斯德哥爾摩，人們用點燈工具點燃一盞煤氣燈（名詞義項1）

詞源 1 編輯

源自gas (「煤氣」) +‎ light。[1]

名詞 編輯

gaslight (可數 和 不可數，複數 gaslights) (英國，歷史)

  1. 煤氣燈
    近義詞： (US) gas lamp
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    • 1904, Yogi Ramacharaka [pseudonym; William Walker Atkinson], 「Fresh Air」, 出自 Hatha Yoga: Or The Yogi Philosophy of Physical Well-being […], Chicago, Ill.: Yogi Publication Society […], →OCLC，頁號 222:
      Open the windows once in awhile and give the air a chance to circulate in and out. In the evening, do not forget that the lamps and gaslights are using up a goodly supply of oxygen also—so freshen things up a little, once in awhile.
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  2. 煤氣燈的燈光
    • 1887, Horatio Alger, Jr., 「An Unexpected Engagement」, 出自 Frank Fowler, the Cash Boy (The Alger Series for Boys), New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt, →OCLC，頁號 86:
      A year since I strained my eyes very severely, and have never dared to use them much since by gaslight.
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源自英國戲劇家和小說家Patrick Hamilton (1904–1962)所著舞台劇《煤氣燈下》及其在1940年和1944年的電影改編。劇中的丈夫通過改變生活環境的一些小細節，如煤氣燈的亮度，來使其妻子和其他人認為其妻子喪失了心智。[2]詳見英語維基百科。

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gaslight (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 gaslights，現在分詞 gaslighting，一般過去時及過去分詞 gaslighted 或 gaslit)

  1. (多及物) 利用煤氣燈效應操縱，誤導；PUA
    • 1962, "The Journal Pre-Views Tonight's TV." Jersey Journal [Jersey City, NJ]. February 12, 1962: 12 col 6, describing the plot of the episode "Who Is Sylvia" of the television show Surfside 6:
      Sylvia is a beautiful woman whose business-partner husband is "gaslighting" her. (That means he's trying to drive her crazy.)
    • 1963, "TV Scout." Daily Press [Utica, NY]. November 18, 1963: 24 col 2, describing the plot of the episode "The August Teahouse of Quint McHale" of McHale's Navy:
      [The men of McHale's Navy] decide to "gaslight" the already befuddled captain, to convince him he is going insane.
    • 1964, in an argument between the characters Jenny and Charley in William Goldman's novel Boys and Girls Together, page 564:
      "You're gaslighting me, for chrissakes."
    • 1967, Stan Freberg (comedian), on his "most excruciating experience with a producer" as interviewed in Humphrey, Hal. "'Dramatic' Role Played By Freberg." The Oregonian [Portland, OR]. February 11, 1967: II 3 col 3.
      I came home before he could gaslight me like Boyer did Bergman in the movie.
    • 2016, Tate Taylor (movie director), in the commentary version of The Girl on the Train (2016 film), discussing a train scene seventy-six minutes into the movie:
      Just in the nick of time Rachel finds out the truth about her life from Martha. [...] This is how I wanted to show the gaslighting that had been going on Rachel's entire life.
    • 2021 9月 28, Alexander Brown, An Ethics of Political Communication, Routledge, →ISBN:
      In fact, political scholars have written a great deal about Trump's gaslighting of the American people on various fronts. For example, Duca (2016) describes Trump's gaslighting as only beginning when he has initially lied or misled about issues—such as falsely claiming that the United States is the highest-taxed country in the world or that crime is on the rise. As Duca puts it: 'The gaslighting part comes in when the fictions are disputed by the media and Trump doubles down on his lies before painting himself as a victim […] '
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    近義詞： head-game
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  1. ↑ 「gaslight, n.」, OED Online  ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2012; 「gaslight, n.」, Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
  2. ↑ 「gaslight, v.」, OED Online  ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2004; 「gaslight, v.」, Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

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