Lorelei
['lɔ:rəlai]
- n. 罗蕾莱（德国文学及传说中的女妖）
英文词源
- Lorelei
- 1843, from German, name of a rock in the River Rhine near Koblenz, Germany. In legend, a lovely woman sat atop it and sang while combing her long blond hair, distracting sailors so their ships foundered on the rock and they drowned. The second element of the name probably is Rhenish dialect lei "cliff, rock;" the first element is perhaps from Middle High German lüren "to lie in wait"
双语例句
- 1. Then someone on the boat begins to sing in German the song of the Lorelei.
- 然后,我们船上的一个人就用德语唱起了关于莱茵河女妖的歌曲.
来自英语晨读30分（高一）