英语词汇to the manor born的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

to the manor born; to the manner born. Some people are to the manor born, but Shakespeare, who invented the phrase, has Hamlet say “to the manner born” when he is speaking to Hora- tio. When Horatio asks what means the flourish of trumpets, roll of drums, and discharge of cannon he hears at midnight, Hamlet replies that the king is having a drinking bout and that each time he drains a flagon he is hailed with this uproar. Hora- tio wants to know if this is an old Danish custom and Hamlet answers:

More honored in the breech than the observance. The phrase therefore refers to a custom, not to aristocracy or high estate, as the word manor would imply.

词汇	to the manor born
词源	to the manor born; to the manner born. Some people are to the manor born, but Shakespeare, who invented the phrase, has Hamlet say “to the manner born” when he is speaking to Hora- tio. When Horatio asks what means the flourish of trumpets, roll of drums, and discharge of cannon he hears at midnight, Hamlet replies that the king is having a drinking bout and that each time he drains a flagon he is hailed with this uproar. Hora- tio wants to know if this is an old Danish custom and Hamlet answers: Ay, marry, it is; But to my mind, though I am native here And to the manner born, it is a custom More honored in the breech than the observance. The phrase therefore refers to a custom, not to aristocracy or high estate, as the word manor would imply.
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