| 单词 |
Marianne |
| 释义 |
Marianne|mærɪˈæn|
Also in anglicized form (rare) Mary Anne.
[Fr.]
The name of a Republican Secret Society formed in France after the coup of 1851 to restore a Republican Government; hence a familiar name for the Republican form of Government and, by extension, a personification of the French Republic.
1870Disraeli Lothair I. xi. 100 Our refreshment at council is very spare..but we always drink one toast... It is to one whom you love and whom you have served well. Fill glasses, brethren, and now ‘To Mary-Anne’. 1890Barrère & Leland Dict. Slang II. 45/2 ‘La Marianne’..was the name of a secret Republican Society in France. 1933Kipling Souvenirs of France ii. 53, I asked a friend, an Alsatian General, whence the flood of material had come. ‘From Marianne,’ was the reply. ‘She has all sorts of things like these in her stocking— when she needs them.’ 1934H. G. Wells Exper. Autobiogr. II. ix. 747 (caption) Marianne asks Dadda to tell her all about it. 1940― Babes in Darkling Wood iv. iii. 374 Nor will Marianne be in a position to act the vindictive hostess this time... France and Britain had their chance of making a world peace in 1918, and they muffed it. 1958H. J. Greenwall When France Fell ii. i. 66, I went to the Marianne office in the Avenue des Champs Elysées. 1962Listener 12 July 57/2 Had Daumier wished to treat a similar theme we can be almost certain he would have selected Marianne or the Gallic cock as an impersonal national emblem. 1971Guardian 3 Apr. 3/5 There is no official model for the bust of Marianne, the incarnation of the Republic, found in every Mairie in France. |
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