| 词汇 | malakoff |
| 词源 | malakoff. Malakoff, or Malakhov, a fortified hill overlooking Sevastopol from the east, was the scene of one of the most pub- licized battles of the Crimean War. After a long siege, the French finally stormed Malakoff and took it on September 8, 1855. The historic hill is supposed to be named for a drunken Russian sailor who set up a liquor shop on the heights after be- ing fired from his job in the Sevastopol shipyards. Houses and finally fortifications were built around him and he ultimately won more fame than most of his more sober contemporaries. At one time a crinoline also honored the man’s name and today the reformed drunkard is remembered by malakoff, a form of four-handed dominoes, by malakoff, a small French cream cheese as well as the name of a rich almond-flavored charlotte dessert—all of which commemorate the battle fought on his fa- mous hill. |
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