V2EX tumbleweed

Tumbleweed

释义 Definition

**名词 (n.)**:风滚草,一种干枯后脱离根部、随风滚动的植物。常见于干旱的荒漠和草原地区,也常被用来比喻荒凉、冷清的场景。

发音 Pronunciation

/tm.bl.wid/

例句 Examples

The tumbleweed rolled across the empty road in the desert.
风滚草在沙漠中滚过空旷的公路。

After his joke fell flat, the silence was so deep you could almost see a tumbleweed drifting through the room.
他的笑话讲砸了之后,现场一片死寂,仿佛都能看到一团风滚草从房间里飘过。

词源 Etymology

该词由 tumble(翻滚)和 weed(野草)组合而成,最早出现于19世纪的美国英语中。这种植物在枯死后会从根部断裂,被风吹着在地面上翻滚,因此得名。风滚草后来成为美国西部荒野的经典意象,在电影和流行文化中常用来表现荒凉和寂静的氛围。

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文学作品引用 Literary References

  • 约翰斯坦贝克(John Steinbeck)的《愤怒的葡萄》(The Grapes of Wrath)中,风滚草作为美国中西部干旱荒原的标志性意象多次出现,象征着大萧条时期的荒芜与流离失所。
  • 科马克麦卡锡(Cormac McCarthy)的《血色子午线》(Blood Meridian)中,风滚草频繁出现在对美国西南部荒漠景象的描写中,渲染了苍凉与死寂的氛围。
  • 在大量美国西部题材小说和剧本中,tumbleweed 已成为一种固定的文学符号,代表孤寂、空旷和被遗弃的场所。
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