toadstone 的意思
癞蛤蟆石;具有魔力的石头;传说中的护身符
toadstone 的词源
toadstone(n.)
“石头或类似石头的物体, supposedly magical(具有治愈或保护力量)并且在某些蟾蜍的头部发现”,1550年代,来自 toad + stone (n.)。翻译希腊语 batrakhitēs,中世纪拉丁语 bufonites;也比较法语 crapaudine (13c.),德语 krötenstein。
The Crapadine or Toadstone, we speak of before, you shall prove to be a true one, if the Toad lift himself so up against it, when it is shew'd or held to him, as if he would come at it, and leap to catch it away: he doth so much envy that Man should have that stone. ["Eighteen Books of the Secrets of Art & Nature," 1661]
蟾蜍石或之前提到的蟾蜍石,如果蟾蜍在展示或递给它时能如此抬起自己,仿佛要接近它并跳起来抢走它,你就可以证明它是真正的:它非常嫉妒人类拥有那块石头。[《艺术与自然的秘密十八卷》,1661年]
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