Pandora意思是 all gifts(所有的禮物)
pan- / pant-, all 全
do- / don-, give 給
詞源小故事
[Greek] In Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman on earth. Zeus ordered Hephaestus, the god of craftsmanship, to create her and he did, using water and earth. The gods endowed her with many talents; Aphrodite gave her beauty, Apollo music, Hermes persuasion, and so forth. Hence her name: Pandora, "all-gifted". When Prometheus stole fire from heaven, Zeus took vengeance by presenting Pandora to Epimetheus, Prometheus' brother. With her, Pandora had a jar which she was not to open under any circumstance. Impelled by her natural curiosity, Pandora opened the jar, and all evil contained escaped and spread over the earth. She hastened to close the lid, but the whole contents of the jar had escaped, except for one thing which lay at the bottom, and that was Hope.
在希臘神話中,潘朵拉是第一個女性人類。宙斯給了她一個罐子,里面裝著人類目前知道的所有麻煩和疾病,并且告訴她不要打開它。不幸的是,潘朵拉沒有能控制住好奇心,她打開罐子,把惡魔放到了人間。
panorama pan-all+o+rama-sight
An unbroken view of an entire surrounding area.
A comprehensive presentation; a survey: a panorama of American literature.
A picture or series of pictures representing a continuous scene, often exhibited a part at a time by being unrolled and passed before the spectator.
A mental vision of a series of events.
n. 全景,全貌;全景畫;概論
例句:
Karen watched the panorama of passing people with wide eyes.
凱倫瞪著大眼觀看著一連串過往的人群。
panacea pan-all + acea-cure
A remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties; a cure-all.
n. 萬能藥;靈丹妙藥
pantomime
詞匯起源
The term was adopted from Greek pantómōmos ‘complete imitator’, a compound formed from panto- ‘all’ and mōmos ‘imitator, actor’ (source of English mime).
(in Britain) an amusing musical play based on traditional children's stories, performed especially at Christmas
To represent or express by pantomime:
To express oneself in pantomime
n. 啞劇;舞劇;手勢
vi. 打手勢;演啞劇
vt. 打手勢;演啞劇
mime
A form of ancient Greek and Roman theatrical entertainment in which familiar characters and situations were farcically portrayed on stage, often with coarse dialogue and ludicrous actions. A performance of or dialogue for such an entertainment. A performer in a mime.
A modern performer who specializes in comic mimicry.
The art of portraying characters and acting out situations or a narrative by gestures and body movement without the use of words; pantomime. A performance of pantomime. An actor or actress skilled in pantomime
To ridicule by imitation; mimic.
To act out with gestures and body movement.
n. 啞劇;小丑;滑稽戲
vi. 摸擬表演
vt. 摸擬表演
mimic
To copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression, and gesture; ape.
To copy or imitate so as to ridicule; mock
To resemble closely; simulate: an insect that mimics a twig.
To take on the appearance of.
One who imitates, especially: An actor or actress in a mime. One who practices the art of mime. One who copies or mimics others, as for amusement.
A copy or an imitation.
Relating to, acting as, resembling, or characteristic of a mimic or mimicry.
Tending to imitate; imitative. Make-believe; mock
vt. 模仿,摹擬
n. 效顰者,模仿者;仿制品;小丑
adj. 模仿的,模擬的;假裝的
例句:
The actor amused the audience by mimicking some well-known people.
那位演員模仿某些名人,以此逗樂觀眾。
There are insects which mimic leaves.
有些昆蟲極像葉子。
She mimicked a traditional Chinese painting on paper.
她在紙上描了一幅國畫。
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The Egyptian magicians who are initially able to mimic some of the plagues that are brought on by God--they are quickly bested, and Yahweh's defeat of the magicians is tantamount to the defeat of the Gods of Egypt.
埃及的巫師最初只會模仿上帝制造的瘟疫,巫師們隨后就被打敗了,耶和華戰勝了巫師相當于打敗了埃及的眾神。