Madcap: 疯子
Madcap 是个合成词,指“疯癫的”或“疯子”。Madcap,“连帽子都疯了”还是“帽子下面的人疯了”?你一定要刨根问底。
其实,cap在很久之前指的是“头”,也就是head。所以,madcap最初是mad head,专指那些“怪异的”、“疯癫的”人。Madcap 最早出现在16世纪,起初作名词用,指“疯子”,而今天,人们常用它来形容“精神错乱的”、“生气的”或“鲁莽的”。比如,madcap adventure(鲁莽的冒险)。 原来,madcap既不是“疯了的帽子”也不是“戴帽子的人疯了”。而与之相关的说法mad as a hatter(极度狂乱的)却真正是由帽子引起的。 据说,19世纪的制帽商用海狸毛或兔毛制成毡帽,而在这个过程中需要用一种叫做硝酸汞的剧毒化学品,久而久之,这种剧毒品破坏了他们的神经系统,导致说话不清和抽搐。而人们却将此视为“疯癫的”征兆。Mad as a hatter的说法便应运而生了。 例如:He is as mad as a hatter. (他简直像个疯子。) (中国日报网站编译)
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