英语词汇tongue的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

tongue; tongue-tied; wondrous tongue. Tongue comes to us from the Old English tunge, meaning the same. To be tongue- tied is to be unable to speak from shyness or embarrassment, the expression dating back to the early 16th century. There is a medical condition called tongue-tied: impeded motion of the tongue caused by shortness of the frenum, which binds it to the floor of the mouth. At the other extreme we have the great ac- tor Richard Burbage, Shakespeare’s friend, whose elegy when he died on May 13, 1617, included the famous words “He’s gone, and with him what a world is dead.” Burbage’s death brought on such grief in London that people forgot the death of Queen Anne, wife of James I, a few weeks before. Still another dirge claimed that if Burbage with his “enchanting tongue” had been able to speak to Death he would with his “all-charming art” have convinced the Grim Reaper to let him remain alive, but Death knew this and seized his wondrous tongue first. Ac- cording to the elegy, this explained Burbage’s dying of paralysis that began with his tongue and gradually extended to his entire body:

词汇	tongue
词源	tongue; tongue-tied; wondrous tongue. Tongue comes to us from the Old English tunge, meaning the same. To be tongue- tied is to be unable to speak from shyness or embarrassment, the expression dating back to the early 16th century. There is a medical condition called tongue-tied: impeded motion of the tongue caused by shortness of the frenum, which binds it to the floor of the mouth. At the other extreme we have the great ac- tor Richard Burbage, Shakespeare’s friend, whose elegy when he died on May 13, 1617, included the famous words “He’s gone, and with him what a world is dead.” Burbage’s death brought on such grief in London that people forgot the death of Queen Anne, wife of James I, a few weeks before. Still another dirge claimed that if Burbage with his “enchanting tongue” had been able to speak to Death he would with his “all-charming art” have convinced the Grim Reaper to let him remain alive, but Death knew this and seized his wondrous tongue first. Ac- cording to the elegy, this explained Burbage’s dying of paralysis that began with his tongue and gradually extended to his entire body: Death first made seizure on thy wondrous tongue, Then on the rest, ‘twas easy; by degrees The slender ivy twines the hugest trees.
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