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汉代对“鬼”的定义如下:
一些宗教或迷信人士所说的死后灵魂。
而且从“鬼”字的构成来看,它属于象形文字:
汉篆体鬼字
在甲骨文字形中,下面有一个“人”,看起来很像一个可怕的头(不是“田”),是人们想象中非人的怪物。字形的下半部分看起来像人形,表示人死后变成鬼,头特别大,怪怪的,让人觉得害怕。鬼是汉字的偏旁部首之一,
“鬼”字多与迷信、鬼有关。
甲骨文风格的鬼字
科学研究表明,鬼只存在于人的大脑中。经过大规模的科学调查,科学家得出结论,“鬼”是不存在的,“闹鬼”是环境和心理作用造成的。
不管科学与迷信,“鬼”文化其实是存在的,“鬼”文化并没有随着时代的变迁而消亡,只是以不同的方式和形式流传下来。
在英语国家的文化中,有很大比例的“鬼”文化。不说别的,关于“鬼”的英语词汇非常丰富。让我们来看看以下常见的“鬼”字:
英语单词
英语口译
中文意思
ghost
A ghost is the spirit of a dead person that someone believes they can see or feel.
鬼;幽灵
spirit
A spirit is a ghost or supernatural being.
鬼;精神
demon
A demon is an evil spirit.
魔鬼;家伙
devil
A devil is an evil spirit.
魔鬼;撒旦
phantom
A phantom is a ghost.
幻影;幽灵
shadow
A shadow is a ghost
鬼;幽灵
soul
Your soul is the part of you that consists of your mind, character, thoughts, and feelings. Many people believe that your soul continues existing after your body is dead.
鬼;灵魂
specter
A specter is a ghost. Also, spectre (British English)
鬼;巨大的
vampire
A vampire is a creature in legends and horror stories. Vampires are said to come out of graves at night and suck the blood of living people.
吸血鬼;吸血蝙蝠
apparition
An apparition is someone you see or think you see but who is not really there as a physical being.
鬼;幽灵
banshee
In Irish folk stories, a banshee is a female spirit who warns you by her long, sad cry that someone in your family is going to die.=banshie
一个妖精
daemon
A daemon is any of the secondary divinities ranking between the gods and men
半神半人;家伙
haunt
A haunt is a ghost.
鬼;幽灵
kelpie
(in Scottish folklore) a water spirit in the form of a horse that drowns its riders
马形水鬼;水妖
manes
the spirits of the dead, often revered as minor deities
冥界之神;灵魂
phantasm
a phantom
幻影;幽灵
poltergeist
A poltergeist is a ghost or supernatural force which is believed to move furniture or throw objects around.
窄鬼;闹鬼
revenant
something, esp a ghost, that returns
鬼;死者的灵魂
shade
The shade of a dead person is their spirit, which is thought to be still alive in some way and in contact with the real world.
鬼;幽灵
spook
a ghost or a person suggestive of this
鬼;鬼魂和怪物
wraith
a ghost or any apparition
鬼;死者的灵魂
zombie
In horror stories and some religions, a zombie is a dead person who has been brought back to life.
僵尸;行尸走肉
eidolon
an image without real existence; phantom; apparition
鬼;巨大的
sylph
any of a class of imaginary beings assumed to inhabit the air
空中精灵
jinn
an evil spirit that can look like a human or an animal and that uses its special powers to influence people
神灵;家伙
incubus
a demon believed in folklore to lie upon sleeping persons, esp to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women
梦妖
genie
In stories from Arabia and Persia, a genie is a spirit which appears and disappears by magic and obeys the person who controls it.
怪物;幽灵
dryad
any of the nymphs living in trees
森林的精神
doppelganger
a ghostly duplicate of a living person
鬼;二重身(德国传说中长得像自己的怪物,见到就死)
以上词汇并没有穷尽“鬼”这个英语词汇。事实上,据说英语中有成千上万个关于“鬼”的单词。这些词不仅来自英美的“鬼”文化,还借鉴了世界其他国家的“鬼”文化。但是仅仅从这些词中,
你已经可以看到英语中鬼文化的丰富性了。
这个节选当然不是为了宣扬“鬼”文化;就当是漫漫英语学习路上的调味品吧!
也是为了配合清明节的主题!
思维有点跳跃——
说到“鬼”电影,我首先想到的是好莱坞经典爱情鬼片《人鬼情未了》,英文名是Ghost。
至今难忘的是电影女主角的扮演者黛米摩尔(Demi Moore)在失去爱人山姆后流下的眼泪:
以及电影《Unchained Melody》的主题曲(奔放的旋律):
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