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Pygmalion的意思
Pygmalion
英 [piɡ'meilj?n]
美
- n. 賣花女（英國蕭伯納之作品人物）；塞浦路斯王皮格馬利翁
英文詞源
- Pygmalion
- also the Pygmalion word, a British euphemistic substitute for bloody in mid-20c. from its notorious use in Bernard Shaw's play of the same name (1914: "Walk? Not bloody likely!"). The Greek legend of the sculptor/goldsmith and the beautiful statue he made and wished to life, is centered on Cyprus and his name might ultimately be Phoenician.
雙語例句
- 1. Annette's performance as Eliza Doolittle in "Pygmalion" was truly memorable.
- 安妮特在《賣花女》中扮演的伊麗莎·杜利特爾這個(gè)角色實(shí)在令人難忘。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play Pygmalion, the film swept the Academy Awards.
- 該片以蕭伯納1913年的劇作《皮格馬利翁》為藍(lán)本, 奪得了多項(xiàng)奧斯卡獎(jiǎng).
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