英语词汇applause的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

applause. Applause derives from the Latin applaudere, to ap- plaud or clap. “Applause,” said one anonymous actor who ap- parently didn’t get enough applause, “is but a fart, the crude blast of the fickle multitude” (1645). Most actors and producers don’t feel that way. In fact, the practice of asking radio and tele- vision studio audiences to applaud at various points during a show isn’t an annoying modern-day invention. It dates back at least to Roman times, when in Plautus’s comedies a character called the Epilogue summed up the play after its conclusion and finally asked the audience for applause. In Plautus’s Amphi- tryon, for example, the actor implores the audience: “Now, spectators, for the sake of Jove almighty, give us some loud ap- plause!” The Athenian lawmaker Draco, an avid theatergoer, got too much applause. According to one story, the official, pop- ular despite his draconian laws, was killed by applause there. While he was sitting in the theater at Aegina in about 590 b.c., other spectators hailed him by applauding wildly and throwing their cloaks and caps in tribute. So many landed on Draco that he was smothered. Of all performers past and present, so far as history records, opera tenor Placido Domingo won the most applause from an audience. He needed no help from a claque. After his performance of Otello at the Vienna Staatsoper on July 20, 1991, Domingo was applauded for a full one hour and 20 minutes. However, Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti received more curtain calls than Domingo—165 to Domingo’s 101—for his performance in L’Elisir d’amore at the Deutsche Opera in Berlin on February 24, 1998. Pavarotti was “only” applauded for one hour and seven minutes. See claque; claptrap.

词汇	applause
词源	applause. Applause derives from the Latin applaudere, to ap- plaud or clap. “Applause,” said one anonymous actor who ap- parently didn’t get enough applause, “is but a fart, the crude blast of the fickle multitude” (1645). Most actors and producers don’t feel that way. In fact, the practice of asking radio and tele- vision studio audiences to applaud at various points during a show isn’t an annoying modern-day invention. It dates back at least to Roman times, when in Plautus’s comedies a character called the Epilogue summed up the play after its conclusion and finally asked the audience for applause. In Plautus’s Amphi- tryon, for example, the actor implores the audience: “Now, spectators, for the sake of Jove almighty, give us some loud ap- plause!” The Athenian lawmaker Draco, an avid theatergoer, got too much applause. According to one story, the official, pop- ular despite his draconian laws, was killed by applause there. While he was sitting in the theater at Aegina in about 590 b.c., other spectators hailed him by applauding wildly and throwing their cloaks and caps in tribute. So many landed on Draco that he was smothered. Of all performers past and present, so far as history records, opera tenor Placido Domingo won the most applause from an audience. He needed no help from a claque. After his performance of Otello at the Vienna Staatsoper on July 20, 1991, Domingo was applauded for a full one hour and 20 minutes. However, Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti received more curtain calls than Domingo—165 to Domingo’s 101—for his performance in L’Elisir d’amore at the Deutsche Opera in Berlin on February 24, 1998. Pavarotti was “only” applauded for one hour and seven minutes. See claque; claptrap.
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