saga
英['sɑːgə]
美['sɑɡə]
- n. 传说；冒险故事；英雄事迹
- n. (Saga)人名；(阿拉伯)萨贾；(芬、捷、瑞典)萨加
词态变化
复数: sagas;
助记提示
1. say, saw => saga.
2. 萨迦: 英文名称：Sakya。北欧的传说主要包括家族和英雄传说，它基本收集在一部名为《萨迦》的集子中。“萨迦”意为“话语”，实际是一种短故事。 它是13世纪前后被冰岛和挪威人用文字记载的古代民间口传故事，包括神话和历史传奇，它主要反映了古代斯堪的纳维亚人战天斗地的事迹，表现氏族社会的生活、宗教信仰、精神风貌等，歌颂贵族英雄人物，有些内容还有传记，族谱和地方志的特点，这种文学风格同神话文学《埃达》一样，对北欧和西方文学有很大影响。
中文词源
saga 萨迦，长篇故事
来自古诺斯语 saga,史诗，故事，特指北欧的古英雄故事，来自 Proto-Germanic*sago,说，讲 述，来自 PIE*sekw,说，讲述，词源同 say,saw.
英文词源
- saga
- saga: see saw
- saga (n.)
- 1709, an antiquarians' revival to describe the medieval prose narratives of Iceland and Norway, from Old Norse saga "saga, story," cognate with Old English sagu "a saying" (see saw (n.2)). Properly, a narrative composition of Iceland or Norway in the Middle Ages, or one that has their characteristics. Meaning "long, convoluted story" is from 1857.
双语例句
- 1. The president was clearly exasperated by the whole saga.
- 整个事件显然让总统很恼火。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Herbert sat quietly through the telling of this saga.
- 在聆听这个长篇传奇故事时，赫伯特自始至终安静地坐着。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The front page is devoted to the continuing saga of the hijack.
- 头版是对劫持事件的连续报道。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. Saga features trips for older people at home and abroad all through the year.
- “传奇”旅行社为老年人提供全年的国内外旅游服务。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. His suicide is the latest chapter in this terrible saga of greed and betrayal.
- 他的自杀是这部充满贪婪与背叛的可怕长篇故事的最新一章.
来自《简明英汉词典》