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Titania is the queen of the fairies in Shakespeare's play A Night's Dream. Her husband is Oberon, the fairy king, and the play begins with the two of them fighting — over a boy she refuses to give him.
Titania Titania is是 in Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream莎士比亞《仲夏夜之夢》裡 the queen of the fairies的仙后。Her husband is Oberon, the fairy king,她的丈夫是 Oberon，也就是仙王 and the play begins with the two of them fighting —這齣戲一開始就是他們兩人在吵架— over a boy she refuses to give him為了一個她不肯讓給他的男孩。
To win the argument Oberon has a magic flower juice put on her eyes while she sleeps, so that she will fall in love with the first thing she sees when she wakes. She wakes and sees Bottom, a whose head has been turned into a donkey's head, and she adores him.
To win the argument為了贏這場爭吵 Oberon has a magic flower juice put on her eyesOberon 把一種魔法花汁滴在她眼睛上 while she sleeps,趁她睡著時 so that she will fall in love with the first thing she sees when she wakes好讓她一醒來看到的第一個東西就會愛上它。She wakes and sees Bottom,她醒來看到的是 Bottom a workman whose head has been turned into a donkey's head,一個頭被變成驢頭的工匠 and she adores him於是她就迷上了他。
It is one of the most famous funny scenes in English theatre, and it is also why the name is remembered: Titania is beautiful, proud and powerful, and the play makes her ridiculous for a while before giving her back her dignity.
It is one of the most famous funny scenes in English theatre,這是英國戲劇史上最有名的搞笑場景之一 and it is also why the name is remembered:也是這個名字會被記住的原因: Titania is beautiful, proud and powerful,Titania 美麗、驕傲又強大 and the play makes her ridiculous for a while但這齣戲讓她出了一陣子糗 before giving her back her dignity最後才把尊嚴還給她。
In English the name is usually said "ti-TAH-nia" or "ti-TAY-nia" — both are heard.
In English在英文裡 the name is usually said "ti-TAH-nia" or "ti-TAY-nia" —這個名字通常唸成 "ti-TAH-nia" 或 "ti-TAY-nia"— both are heard兩種都聽得到。
Outside the theatre you meet the name in art, in music, and as the name of one of Uranus's moons. It is not an everyday word; it belongs to literature class.
Outside the theatre在劇場之外 you meet the name你會看到這個名字 in art, in music,在藝術、音樂裡 and as the name of one of Uranus's moons也會發現它是天王星一顆衛星的名字。It is not an everyday word;它不是日常會用到的詞; it belongs to literature class它屬於文學課的範圍。
組成Not an English word split into pieces. Shakespeare took it from the Roman poet Ovid, where Titania was a name for Diana, the goddess of the moon and the wild — literally a female of the Titan line. Because fairies were thought of as being like the nymphs of the old stories, the fairy queen got the goddess's name.
原始詞典資料4 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。
Titanianame/tɪˈtɑːni.ə/
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From Shakespeare's play A Midsummer-Night's Dream, the queen of the fairies.
- As it is impossible to believe that this huge mountain can produce such an effect, at the expiration of a few minutes we become dupes of illusion, and the most grave thinker is ready to swear that there is in those shades, under some fantastic thicket, a solitary— a supernatural being—a sort of fairy—a Titania, who amuses herself by delicately parodying the music of mortals, and throwing down the half of a mountain every time she hears the report of a gun.
- For all this Magical Mansion were vain With all its dominions so fair; Its splendor and riches no happiness gain Without a Titania to share!
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astronomynatural-sciencesThe largest satellite of the planet Uranus.
titanianoun
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chemistryinorganic-chemistrynatural-sciencesSynonym of titanium dioxide.
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chemistryinorganic-chemistrynatural-sciencesSynonym of titanium dioxide.
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。