英语词汇narcissus的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

narcissus; narcotic. Like Hyacinthus (see hyacinth), Nar- cissus was a handsome youth of Greek mythology. The nymph echo wished that he would fall in love with himself after he spurned her love. When Narcissus chanced to see his own re- flection in a still pool, that is just what he did, and he drowned while gazing at his own image. After his death, the gods changed his body into the beautiful flower that has been called a narcissus ever since. Narcissus’s name is also remembered in narcissism and in narcotic, named after the narcissus because some narcissus varieties contain substances that induce sleep. See also daffodill.

词汇	narcissus
词源	narcissus; narcotic. Like Hyacinthus (see hyacinth), Nar- cissus was a handsome youth of Greek mythology. The nymph echo wished that he would fall in love with himself after he spurned her love. When Narcissus chanced to see his own re- flection in a still pool, that is just what he did, and he drowned while gazing at his own image. After his death, the gods changed his body into the beautiful flower that has been called a narcissus ever since. Narcissus’s name is also remembered in narcissism and in narcotic, named after the narcissus because some narcissus varieties contain substances that induce sleep. See also daffodill.
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