单词 | Rip Van Winkle |
释义 | Rip Van WinkleBrE /ˌrɪp væn ˈwɪŋkl/ NAmE /ˌrɪp væn ˈwɪŋkl/ noun a person who is surprised to find how much the world has changed over a period of time 对世界变化之大感到惊讶的人;李伯Expressions from literary sourcesAlice in Wonderland,Casanova,Cassandra,Don Juan,Dorian Gray,Falstaffian,Frankenstein,Jekyll and Hyde,Lilliputian,Lothario,Orwellian,Pandora’s box,Peter Pan,Pied Piper,Pollyanna,Rip Van Winkle,Ruritanian,Scrooge,Shangri-La,Sherlock,Stepford Wife,Svengali,Tweedledum and Tweedledee,Utopia,Walter MittyORIGINFrom the name of a character in a short story by the US writer Washington Irving . He sleeps for 20 years and wakes up to find that the world has completely changed .源自美国作家华盛顿 · 欧文所著短篇小说中的人物瑞普 · 凡 · 温克尔,他沉睡 20 年后醒来,发现世间发生了天翻地覆的变化。 |
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