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》