英语词汇umbrage的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

umbrage. Umbrage derives from the Latin umbra, “shadow or shade,” the same root that gives us umbrella. The expres- sion means to take offense, suggesting someone “shadowed in offended pride, retreating into the darkness of proud indigna- tion.” There is a story about the editor of a small newspaper who quickly read a wire service story during World War II stat- ing that the Russians had taken umbrage at something, as they often did. Not knowing what the phrase meant, he headlined the story: “Russians Capture Umbrage.”

词汇	umbrage
词源	umbrage. Umbrage derives from the Latin umbra, “shadow or shade,” the same root that gives us umbrella. The expres- sion means to take offense, suggesting someone “shadowed in offended pride, retreating into the darkness of proud indigna- tion.” There is a story about the editor of a small newspaper who quickly read a wire service story during World War II stat- ing that the Russians had taken umbrage at something, as they often did. Not knowing what the phrase meant, he headlined the story: “Russians Capture Umbrage.”
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