redhead 的詞源
redhead(n.)
"紅頭髮的人",公元13世紀(1256年作爲姓氏),由 red(形容詞1)+ head(名詞)組成。 Red(形容詞),用於人,“有紅頭髮”來自古英語晚期。既往有傳言說,該隱和猶大都曾有過紅色或紅黃色的鬍鬚。
The Carrot pate be sure you hate, for she'l be true to no man,
But put her too 't and she will do 't, and oft turns very common:
She that is red upon the head will doubtless ne'r forsake it,
But wanton be, assuredly, and willingly will take it.
["The True Lover's Admonition," Roxburghe Ballads, c. 1680]
胡蘿蔔醬一定要討厭,因爲她對任何人都不忠誠,
但是如果你讓她做,她就會做,而且經常變得非常普通:
頭髮紅的女人毫無疑問永遠不會放棄它,
但是她會變得輕浮,肯定會願意接受它。
[“真正的情人告誡”,羅克斯堡民謠,約1680年]
Traditional ideas about red-haired people are not complimentary. Physically, they are said to sweat easily, bleed copiously, have a strong foxy smell, and such bad breath that they can raise blisters on other people simply by breathing over them. Morally, they are expected to be 'bad children' who cause nothing but trouble; they will be hot-tempered, treacherous, and highly sexed. The medieval notion that Judas, Cain, and Mary Magdalene were red-heads arose from these beliefs, and helped to perpetuate them. ["Oxford Dictionary of English Folklore," 2000]
關於紅髮人的傳統觀念並不讚美。從身體上來說,他們被認爲容易出汗,流血豐富,有強烈的狐狸氣味,而且口臭得厲害,他們只需呼吸在別人身上就能起水泡。道德上,他們被期望成爲“壞孩子”,只會帶來麻煩; 他們會脾氣暴躁,背信棄義,性慾強烈。中世紀的觀念認爲,猶大,該隱和抹大拉的瑪麗都是紅髮人,這些觀念幫助了它們的傳承。[“牛津英國民間傳說詞典”,2000年]
作爲形容詞,“有紅頭髮”,自1660年代起。 Red-headed 自1660年代起得到證實; red-haired 自約1500年起。
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