glamour
英 [‘ɡlæmə]美- n. 魅力，魔力；迷人的美
- vt. 迷惑，迷住
助记提示
谐音“格莱美”，格莱美奖的得主肯定都是很有魅力的。中文词源
glamour 魅力来自grammar的拼写变体，来自grammar的古义，神秘学。引申义着迷，魅惑，魅力。
英文词源
glamourglamour: [18] Unlikely as it may seem, glamour is ultimately the same word as grammar. This seems to have been used in the Middle Ages for ‘learning’ in general, and hence, by superstitious association, for ‘magic’ (there is no actual record of this, but the related gramarye was employed in that sense). Scottish English had the form glamour for grammar (l is phonetically close to r, and the two are liable to change places), used for ‘enchantment’, or a ‘spell’, for whose introduction to general English Sir Walter Scott was largely responsible.The literal sense ‘enchanted’ has now slipped into disuse, gradually replaced since the early 19th century by ‘delusive charm’, and latterly ‘fashionable attractiveness’.
=> grammarglamour (n.)1720, Scottish, "magic, enchantment" (especially in phrase to cast the glamor), a variant of Scottish gramarye "magic, enchantment, spell," said to be an alteration of English grammar (q.v.) in a specialized use of that word‘s medieval sense of "any sort of scholarship, especially occult learning," the latter sense attested from c. 1500 in English but said to have been more common in Medieval Latin. Popularized in English by the writings of Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832). Sense of "magical beauty, alluring charm" first recorded 1840. As that quality of attractiveness especially associated with Hollywood, high-fashion, celebrity, etc., by 1939.
Jamieson‘s 1825 supplement to his "Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language" has glamour-gift "the power of enchantment; metaph. applied to female fascination." Jamieson‘s original edition (1808) looked to Old Norse for the source of the word. Zoëga‘s Old Icelandic dictionary has glám-sýni "illusion," probably from the same root as gleam.glamour (v.)1814, "to enchant, charm, bewitch," from glamour (n.). Related: Glamoured; glamouring.
双语例句
1. "Basic Instinct" catapulted her to top status among Hollywood‘s glamour goddesses.《本能》使她跃至一线，成功跻身好莱坞耀眼的女明星之列。来自柯林斯例句
2. She is a perfect incarnation of glamour.她是魅力的完美化身。来自柯林斯例句
3. hopeful young actors and actresses dazzled by the glamour of Hollywood为好莱坞的魅力神魂颠倒、怀抱希望的年轻演员来自《权威词典》
4. the glitz and glamour of the music scene表面光辉灿烂的乐坛来自《权威词典》
5. We need someone with youth, glamour and pizzazz.我们需要一位年富力强、魅力十足、风度翩翩的人。