英语词汇cardigan的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

cardigan. “It is magnificent but it is not war,” was Maréchal Bosquet’s memorable remark on the Charge of the Light Bri- gade, famous in history and in Tennyson’s poem of the same name. The charge at Balaclava during the Crimean War was led by James Thomas Brudenell (1797–1868), the seventh earl of Cardigan. Cardigan, a foolish, vain, violent-tempered man, somewhat redeemed himself by his great personal courage. Cardigan’s troops were the most precisely drilled and splendid- ly dressed of British soldiers, their commander invariably sur- passing them in the last respect. The knitted woolen vest he wore to protect himself against the Crimean winter was named in his honor during his fleeting moments of fame, but today the cardigan is a collarless, buttoned sweater or jacket with a round or V-neck, bearing little resemblance to the original.

词汇	cardigan
词源	cardigan. “It is magnificent but it is not war,” was Maréchal Bosquet’s memorable remark on the Charge of the Light Bri- gade, famous in history and in Tennyson’s poem of the same name. The charge at Balaclava during the Crimean War was led by James Thomas Brudenell (1797–1868), the seventh earl of Cardigan. Cardigan, a foolish, vain, violent-tempered man, somewhat redeemed himself by his great personal courage. Cardigan’s troops were the most precisely drilled and splendid- ly dressed of British soldiers, their commander invariably sur- passing them in the last respect. The knitted woolen vest he wore to protect himself against the Crimean winter was named in his honor during his fleeting moments of fame, but today the cardigan is a collarless, buttoned sweater or jacket with a round or V-neck, bearing little resemblance to the original.
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