英语词汇st bernard的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

St. Bernard. Men crossed the Alps between Switzerland and Italy centuries before St. Bernard de Menthon (923–1008) founded the shelter now called the Hospice of Great St. Ber- nard. But the house of refuge he built in 982 made it much easi- er for travelers to make pilgrimages to Rome through the Mons Jovis Pass, 8,098 feet above sea level and covered with snow 10 months of the year. St. Bernard, a wealthy French nobleman who renounced his fortune to become a man of God, was can- onized in 1681. Perhaps 200 years before this the monks at this hospice had begun breeding the great dogs that are named after him and training them to track down and rescue travelers lost in blizzards and avalanches. The breed is said to be a cross be- tween a bulldog and a Pyrenean shepherd dog or a Molossian hound, and it once had long hair believed to result from mat- ings with the Newfoundland dog. The long hair was found to be a handicap in the snow, however, and a smooth-haired vari- ety has been developed in relatively recent times. St. Bernards are still trained by the monks of the Alpine hospice. Measuring up to about six feet long, they are capable of carrying a man and are bred for intelligence and docility as well as strength. The breed is the world’s heaviest dog, one specimen having reached a weight of 246 pounds. Numerous individual dogs have been honored as heroes, including the famous Barry, whose statue is in the St. Bernard Hospice. St. Bernards do not carry little kegs of brandy around their necks; this myth was the result of an early 1900s cartoon.

词汇	st bernard
词源	St. Bernard. Men crossed the Alps between Switzerland and Italy centuries before St. Bernard de Menthon (923–1008) founded the shelter now called the Hospice of Great St. Ber- nard. But the house of refuge he built in 982 made it much easi- er for travelers to make pilgrimages to Rome through the Mons Jovis Pass, 8,098 feet above sea level and covered with snow 10 months of the year. St. Bernard, a wealthy French nobleman who renounced his fortune to become a man of God, was can- onized in 1681. Perhaps 200 years before this the monks at this hospice had begun breeding the great dogs that are named after him and training them to track down and rescue travelers lost in blizzards and avalanches. The breed is said to be a cross be- tween a bulldog and a Pyrenean shepherd dog or a Molossian hound, and it once had long hair believed to result from mat- ings with the Newfoundland dog. The long hair was found to be a handicap in the snow, however, and a smooth-haired vari- ety has been developed in relatively recent times. St. Bernards are still trained by the monks of the Alpine hospice. Measuring up to about six feet long, they are capable of carrying a man and are bred for intelligence and docility as well as strength. The breed is the world’s heaviest dog, one specimen having reached a weight of 246 pounds. Numerous individual dogs have been honored as heroes, including the famous Barry, whose statue is in the St. Bernard Hospice. St. Bernards do not carry little kegs of brandy around their necks; this myth was the result of an early 1900s cartoon.
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