英语词汇give up the ghost的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

give up the ghost. The belief that the ghost, or soul, is an alter ego independent of the body, a spirit that departs the body when we die, is behind this phrase. The words are recorded in the Bible (Job 14:10): “Man dieth, and wasteth away; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?” That is the majestic King James Version speaking. The Revised Standard Version of the Bible cuts out the words as if they had no history, substituting: “But man dies, and is laid low; man breathes his last, and where is he?” Ghost comes from the Old Teutonic root gaistjam, “to terrify,” and so was always associated with something frighten- ing. English printer William Caxton was the first to add the h to ghost, in error, and this spelling didn’t become standard En- glish until about 1600.

词汇	give up the ghost
词源	give up the ghost. The belief that the ghost, or soul, is an alter ego independent of the body, a spirit that departs the body when we die, is behind this phrase. The words are recorded in the Bible (Job 14:10): “Man dieth, and wasteth away; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?” That is the majestic King James Version speaking. The Revised Standard Version of the Bible cuts out the words as if they had no history, substituting: “But man dies, and is laid low; man breathes his last, and where is he?” Ghost comes from the Old Teutonic root gaistjam, “to terrify,” and so was always associated with something frighten- ing. English printer William Caxton was the first to add the h to ghost, in error, and this spelling didn’t become standard En- glish until about 1600.
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