英语词汇fiacre的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

fiacre. Fiacres are small horsedrawn cabs that take their name from an old town house called the Hôtel de St. Fiacre in Paris, where they were first rented out from a stand in 1648. The ho- tel, in turn, took its name from an image of St. Fiacre that hung outside it. St. Fiacre, who can be invoked as the patron saint of both gardeners and cab drivers, was an Irish priest who found- ed a monastery with a hospital and extensive gardens near Paris in about a.d. 615. Legend has it that his Bishop granted him as much land as he could turn over in a night and that the ground miraculously opened at the touch of his spade. It is also St. Fia- cre’s fate to be invoked for perhaps the most unpleasant assort- ment of diseases that any saint is responsible for—including diarrhea, venereal diseases, and even warts on the knees of horses. But this saint was the first man to restore people to mental health by hard work in the garden, by what psychiatrists now call hortotherapy, and he is thus best remembered as the patron saint of gardeners. His monastery eventually grew into the village of St. Fiacre, and his day is August 30, appropriate for the harvest. French gardeners have observed his anniversary for generations, attending services in the flower-decked chapels dedicated to him.

词汇	fiacre
词源	fiacre. Fiacres are small horsedrawn cabs that take their name from an old town house called the Hôtel de St. Fiacre in Paris, where they were first rented out from a stand in 1648. The ho- tel, in turn, took its name from an image of St. Fiacre that hung outside it. St. Fiacre, who can be invoked as the patron saint of both gardeners and cab drivers, was an Irish priest who found- ed a monastery with a hospital and extensive gardens near Paris in about a.d. 615. Legend has it that his Bishop granted him as much land as he could turn over in a night and that the ground miraculously opened at the touch of his spade. It is also St. Fia- cre’s fate to be invoked for perhaps the most unpleasant assort- ment of diseases that any saint is responsible for—including diarrhea, venereal diseases, and even warts on the knees of horses. But this saint was the first man to restore people to mental health by hard work in the garden, by what psychiatrists now call hortotherapy, and he is thus best remembered as the patron saint of gardeners. His monastery eventually grew into the village of St. Fiacre, and his day is August 30, appropriate for the harvest. French gardeners have observed his anniversary for generations, attending services in the flower-decked chapels dedicated to him.
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