时间:2018-12-18 作者:英语课 分类:英语音标发音视频


英语课

   Knock 1 on wood 按字面的意思就是”敲敲木头”, 这个短语是指接触木制的东西可以确保好运、甩掉坏运气。这是一个典型的英语惯用语。例如:I have never been without a job, touch wood!


  这个短语的起源和宗教信仰或迷信有些关联。它很可能起源于古代人的一种信念,即碰一碰树木可以驱邪或可以找到保护神,当时人们认为保护神是住在树里面的,特别是橡树。
  也有的人认为knock on wood 起源于基督徒发誓或祈祷好运时触摸一个木制十字架的仪式。早期的基督徒认为他们所触摸的正是耶酥殉难的那个十字架。到了后来他们认为只要触摸任何木制十字架或是十字架的一部分,其意义都和触摸耶酥殉难十字架是一样的。
  在英国有一个短语意思和knock on wood 一样,这个短语是touch wood 。它最早见于1908年的《威斯敏斯特公报》上。它有可能起源于19世纪英国一种叫做"touch-wood"的游戏。依照游戏规则,触摸到木头的人就可以不被捉到。
  Knock on wood 在挪威有一个变体,即knock on the table 。既然在室内很难找到木头,找一件包含木制材料的家具代替木头也就顺理成章了。

1 knock
n.敲,敲打;vt./vi.敲击,互撞,攻击
  • There was a very quiet knock at the door.有人轻声叩门。
  • She took a bad knock when her parents died. 她的父母去世使她受到沉重的打击。
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