eldritch
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编辑词源
编辑源自早期形式elritch,其词源不详。一般认为后半部分-ritch是古英语 rīċe (“王国”)(参见riche)。一部分人认为前半部分el-派生自一个指“外来,陌生”的古英语词根(与古英语 ellende和现代英语else有关),有些人则认为其派生自elf。[1][2]因霍华德·菲利普斯·洛夫克拉夫特的著作而重新引入大众文学。
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编辑eldritch (比较级 more eldritch,最高级 most eldritch)
- 超自然的,渗人的,恐怖的,怪异的,离奇的
- 1790, Robert Burns, Tam o' Shanter:
- So Maggie runs, the witches follow,
Wi' mony an eldritch skriech and hollo.- (请为本引文添加中文翻译)
- 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, 章号 VII, 出自 The Scarlet Letter:
- Pearl, in utter scorn of her mother's attempt to quiet her, gave an eldritch scream, and then became silent.
- (请为本引文添加中文翻译)
- 2011, James D. Hornfischer, “28: Into the Light”, 出自 Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal[1], New York: Bantam Books, →ISBN, retrieved 23 November 2022,第 276 页:
- The large vessel's dark form was massive, eldritch, as it loomed off the Cushing's port bow in the flash-lit darkness. This was the Hiei. The recognition of the battleship spread down the van, from the Cushing to the Laffey to the Sterett to the O'Bannon.
- (请为本引文添加中文翻译)
参考资料
编辑- ↑ “eldritch”,Dictionary.com Unabridged,Dictionary.com, LLC,1995–present
- ↑ “eldritch” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.