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An accolade is praise, or a prize, given to someone people already admire for their work. A standing ovation, a title, a big award — those can all be accolades. The word is quite formal; journalists and award shows love it.
given to頒給someone某個人for their work因為工作people already admire已經讓大家欽佩praise, or a prize的讚譽或獎項An accolade is就是accolade。A standing ovation, a title, a big award起立鼓掌、頭銜、大獎those can all be accolades這些都可以是accolade。The word is quite formal這個字相當正式journalists and award shows love it記者和頒獎典禮很愛用它。
Though actually, it started as a physical gesture. In French and Occitan it was an embrace, from Latin pieces meaning “to the neck” (the same neck as in collar). Knights were given an accolade — a hug, or a tap on the shoulder — when they were made knights.
Though actually不過其實it started as a physical gesture它原本是一個身體動作。In French and Occitan在法文和奧克語裡it was an embrace它是一種擁抱from Latin pieces meaning "to the neck"源自拉丁文意思是「到脖子」(the same neck as in collar)（跟collar的那個脖子一樣）。Knights were given an accolade騎士會被給予一個accoladea hug, or a tap on the shoulder也就是一個擁抱或輕拍肩膀when they were made knights當他們受封為騎士時。
Today almost nobody means the hug. People sometimes use it loosely for any nice comment, but the tidy use is still “public honour for work.”
Today almost nobody means the hug今天幾乎沒有人是指擁抱這件事。People sometimes use it loosely for any nice comment有些人有時會鬆散地把它用在任何好聽的話上but the tidy use is still "public honour for work."但精準的用法仍然是「因工作而獲得的公開讚譽」。
組成Borrowed from French accolade, from Occitan acolada “an embrace,” from a Latin picture ad- (“to”) + collum (“neck”) — the same neck as in collar. First in English around 1591. The old meaning was a hug or tap around the neck when someone was made a knight.
同家族的字
- collarboth go back to Latin collum, the neck
原始詞典資料11 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
accoladenoun/ˈæk.əˌleɪd/
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An expression of approval; praise.
- The scientist received the highest accolade in her field for the groundbreaking discovery.
- Winning the championship brought the team immense accolade from sports analysts worldwide.
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A special acknowledgment; an award.
- This film is likely to pick up major accolades.
- Rooney led Manchester United up the Wembley steps to collect the FA Cup and add a missing medal to his collection - a richly deserved accolade.
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An embrace of greeting or salutation.
- […] for the tears stood in the old gentleman's eyes, when, having first shaken Edward heartily by the hand in the English fashion, he embraced him a-la-mode Françoise, and kissed him on both sides of the face; while the hardness of his gripe, and the quantity of Scotch snuff which his accolade communicated, called corresponding drops of moisture to the eyes of his guest.
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historicalA salutation marking the conferring of knighthood, consisting of an embrace or a kiss, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat of a sword.
- “Rise, Sir Miles Hendon, Knight,” said the King, gravely—giving the accolade with Hendon’s sword—“rise, and seat thyself. Thy petition is granted. Whilst England remains, and the crown continues, the privilege shall not lapse.”
- As he had already told him, he said, there was no chapel in the castle, nor was it needed for what remained to be done, for, as he understood the ceremonial of the order, the whole point of being dubbed a knight lay in the accolade and in the slap on the shoulder, and that could be administered in the middle of a field;[…].
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entertainmentlifestylemusicA brace used to join two or more staves.
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A written presidential certificate recognizing service by military personnel or civilians serving the US armed forces who died or were wounded in action between 1917 and 1918, or who died in service between 1941 and 1947, or died of wounds received in Korea between June 27, 1950 and July 27, 1954.
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architectureAn ornament composed of two ogee curves meeting in the middle, each concave toward its outer extremity and convex toward the point at which it meets the other.
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mediapublishingtypographySynonym of curly bracket.
accoladeverb/ˈæk.əˌleɪd/
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To embrace or kiss in salutation.
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historicalTo confer a knighthood on.
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To confer praise or awards on.
- an accoladed novel
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。