talisman

英 ['t?l?zm?n] 美['t?l?sm?n]

GRE暢通詞匯

復數:?talismans;

talisman 護身符

來自法語 talisman,護身符，神物，來自希臘語 telesma,儀式，祝圣，來自 telein,履行宗教儀式，使完成，使圓滿，來自 PIE*kwel,圈，循環，詞源同 cycle,tele-,teleology.字母 t,k 音變。

talisman: talisman: [17] Talisman, one of the very few English nouns ending in -man which does not turn into -men in the plural (dragoman is another), denotes etymologically an ‘object consecrated by the completion of a religious ritual’. It comes via French talisman from medieval Greek télesmon, an alteration of late Greek télesma ‘consecrated object’. This in turn was derived from the verb teleín ‘complete’, hence ‘perform a ritual’, hence ‘consecrate’, which was based on télos ‘aim, result’ (source of English teleology [18]).
=> teleology, television
talisman (n.): 1630s, "magical figure cut or engraved under certain observances," from French talisman, in part via Arabic tilsam (plural tilsaman), from Byzantine Greek telesma "talisman, religious rite, payment," earlier "consecration, ceremony," originally in ancient Greek "completion," from telein "perform (religious rites), pay (tax), fulfill," from telos "end, fulfillment, completion" (see tele-). The Arabic word also was borrowed into Turkish, Persian, Hindi. Related: Talismanic; talismanical.

2. Quick as a wink , the lamemouse snatched up the precious talisman.: 說時遲那時快, 跛足的老鼠一把抓住寶貴的法寶.

3. I am their lucky talisman; my business has never been so good.: 我是他們命運保護神, 我的生意從來也沒這么好過.

5. Dress was the one unfailing talisman and charm used for keeping all things in their places.: 服飾是百試不爽的靈符和神咒,可以維持一切事物的現有秩序.