英语词汇lapageria的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Lapageria. French Empress Josephine, Napoleon Bonaparte’s first wife, was born Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie. A Creole of French extraction, she had been married to Vis- count Alexandre de Beauharnais, who was guillotined after the French Revolution, Josephine escaping the blade herself only because of powerful friendships. The empress brought Napole- on much happiness, including two children from her first marriage—Eugène, later viceroy of Italy, and Hortense, who became queen of Holland—but her numerous love affairs caused him to consider divorce several times. On one occasion, it is said, the glass cracked over the picture of Josephine that Napoleon always carried. The emperor turned pale and de- clared, “My wife is either sick or unfaithful”;—his latter premo- nition proved true. In any case, Napoleon finally did have his marriage with Josephine annulled in 1809 on the alleged grounds of sterility, and the emperor married Marie Louise of Austria. Josephine lived out her life in retirement at her private retreat, La Malmaison, near Paris, and the emperor continued to consult her on important matters, always having valued her keen mind. She died in 1814, aged 51. An avid botanist as well as an ardent lover (her garden at Malmaison contained the greatest collection of roses in the world), the beautiful Jose- phine has the monotypic genus Lapageria, containing only one species, named for her. This showy Chilean vine of the lily fam- ily is among the most attractive climbing vines, its flowers rose- colored, trumpet-shaped, and, unlike Josephine, usually solitary.

词汇	lapageria
词源	Lapageria. French Empress Josephine, Napoleon Bonaparte’s first wife, was born Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie. A Creole of French extraction, she had been married to Vis- count Alexandre de Beauharnais, who was guillotined after the French Revolution, Josephine escaping the blade herself only because of powerful friendships. The empress brought Napole- on much happiness, including two children from her first marriage—Eugène, later viceroy of Italy, and Hortense, who became queen of Holland—but her numerous love affairs caused him to consider divorce several times. On one occasion, it is said, the glass cracked over the picture of Josephine that Napoleon always carried. The emperor turned pale and de- clared, “My wife is either sick or unfaithful”;—his latter premo- nition proved true. In any case, Napoleon finally did have his marriage with Josephine annulled in 1809 on the alleged grounds of sterility, and the emperor married Marie Louise of Austria. Josephine lived out her life in retirement at her private retreat, La Malmaison, near Paris, and the emperor continued to consult her on important matters, always having valued her keen mind. She died in 1814, aged 51. An avid botanist as well as an ardent lover (her garden at Malmaison contained the greatest collection of roses in the world), the beautiful Jose- phine has the monotypic genus Lapageria, containing only one species, named for her. This showy Chilean vine of the lily fam- ily is among the most attractive climbing vines, its flowers rose- colored, trumpet-shaped, and, unlike Josephine, usually solitary.
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