英语词汇peeping tom的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Peeping Tom. According to a later version of the original story, Lady Godiva had but one admirer when she rode nude through the streets of Coventry. The earlier story has every- one in town feasting their eyes on Godiva, but here the plot thickens. Our later version says that a more cunning Lady Godiva issued a proclamation ordering all persons to stay in- doors and shutter their windows, so that she could ride na- ked through Coventry, Lord Leofric would remit the town’s oppressive taxes, and she could remain modest as well. But enter stage left Peeping Tom, the unfortunate town tailor, or butcher. We say “stage left” because Peeping Tom must have lived on the left-hand side of Hertfors Street—assuming that Lady Godiva rode sidesaddle. At any rate, Peeping Tom peeped, ruined Lady Godiva’s plan, and was struck blind for his peeping—cruel and unusual punishment for merely being human and living in a strategic location. See lady godiva.

词汇	peeping tom
词源	Peeping Tom. According to a later version of the original story, Lady Godiva had but one admirer when she rode nude through the streets of Coventry. The earlier story has every- one in town feasting their eyes on Godiva, but here the plot thickens. Our later version says that a more cunning Lady Godiva issued a proclamation ordering all persons to stay in- doors and shutter their windows, so that she could ride na- ked through Coventry, Lord Leofric would remit the town’s oppressive taxes, and she could remain modest as well. But enter stage left Peeping Tom, the unfortunate town tailor, or butcher. We say “stage left” because Peeping Tom must have lived on the left-hand side of Hertfors Street—assuming that Lady Godiva rode sidesaddle. At any rate, Peeping Tom peeped, ruined Lady Godiva’s plan, and was struck blind for his peeping—cruel and unusual punishment for merely being human and living in a strategic location. See lady godiva.
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