英语词汇wellington的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Wellington. Napoleon’s greatest adversary fares as well in the dictionaries as he did on the battlefield. Arthur Wellesley, the first duke of Wellington, who began his army career in India and was knighted for his victories there, drove the French from Spain during the Peninsular War and completely crushed Na- poleon at Waterloo in 1815. One of England’s greatest soldiers, “the Iron Duke” served as prime minister from 1828–30 and in 1842 was made commander in chief of the British armed forces for life. About the only blemish on his record was his aristo- cratic opposition to parliamentary reform, which caused his ministry to fall. Wellington died in 1852, an idolized old man of 83, and it is said that even death “came to him in its gentlest form.” A number of hats, coats, and trousers were named after the great soldier, as were two types of boots: the full Wellington riding boots, which were tight-fitting and came up slightly over the knee, and the half-Wellington, which came half-way up the calf, having a boot made of patent leather and a top of softer material. One apocryphal story has it that Queen Victoria once asked the duke the name of the boots he was wearing. When he replied that they were called Wellington’s, she remarked, “Im- possible! There could not be a pair of Wellington’s!” The capital of New Zealand is also named for Wellington, as well as the Wellingtonia, a New Zealand sequoia. The duke took his title from the town of Wellington in England, where a statue of him stands today. See beef stroganoff; beef wellington.

词汇	wellington
词源	Wellington. Napoleon’s greatest adversary fares as well in the dictionaries as he did on the battlefield. Arthur Wellesley, the first duke of Wellington, who began his army career in India and was knighted for his victories there, drove the French from Spain during the Peninsular War and completely crushed Na- poleon at Waterloo in 1815. One of England’s greatest soldiers, “the Iron Duke” served as prime minister from 1828–30 and in 1842 was made commander in chief of the British armed forces for life. About the only blemish on his record was his aristo- cratic opposition to parliamentary reform, which caused his ministry to fall. Wellington died in 1852, an idolized old man of 83, and it is said that even death “came to him in its gentlest form.” A number of hats, coats, and trousers were named after the great soldier, as were two types of boots: the full Wellington riding boots, which were tight-fitting and came up slightly over the knee, and the half-Wellington, which came half-way up the calf, having a boot made of patent leather and a top of softer material. One apocryphal story has it that Queen Victoria once asked the duke the name of the boots he was wearing. When he replied that they were called Wellington’s, she remarked, “Im- possible! There could not be a pair of Wellington’s!” The capital of New Zealand is also named for Wellington, as well as the Wellingtonia, a New Zealand sequoia. The duke took his title from the town of Wellington in England, where a statue of him stands today. See beef stroganoff; beef wellington.
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