单词 | purdah |
释义 | purdah['pə:dɑ:]n. 窗帘, 帷幕 purdah pur.dah AHD: [pûr“d…] D.J. [6pT8d*]K.K. [6pPd*]n.(名词)1. A curtain or screen, used mainly in India to keep women separate from men or strangers.帘,帷幕:主要用来使妇女与男子或陌生人分离开来的窗帘或屏幕2. The Hindu or Moslem system of sex segregation, practiced especially by keeping women in seclusion.深闺制度:尤指使妇女处于隔离状态的印度或穆斯林的性隔离系统3. Social seclusion:社会性的隔离:“Never have artists been more separate: their inordinate fame, wealth, drug use have driven them into luxurious purdah”(&b{D. Keith Mano})“艺术家们从来没有更与世隔离过:他们过度的赞誉、金钱及吸毒使他们进入奢华的与世隔离状态”(D.基思·曼诺)语源:1. Urdu pardah [veil] 乌尔都语 pardah [面纱] 2. from Persian pardah 源自 波斯语 pardah 3. from Middle Persian pardak 源自 中古波斯语 pardak 4. from Old Persian *paridaka- 源自 古波斯语 *paridaka- 5. from pari-d³- [to place over] 源自 pari-d³- [置于…之上] 6. pari [around, over] * see per 1pari [周围,上面] *参见 per 17. d³- [to place] * see dh¶- d³- [放置] *参见 dh¶- |
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