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    Toto is the little dog in *The Wizard of Oz* — Dorothy's dog, the small black who is carried in a basket, who runs away at the start and pulls back the curtain at the end to show that the great Wizard is only an ordinary man hiding behind it.

    Toto is the little dog in *The Wizard of Oz*Toto 是《綠野仙蹤》(The Wizard of Oz) 裡的小狗——Dorothy's dog是桃樂絲的狗, the small black terrier who is carried in a basket是被裝在籃子裡帶著走的黑色小㹴犬, who runs away at the start故事一開始牠跑走了, and pulls back the curtain at the end to show that the great Wizard is only an ordinary man hiding behind it最後又是牠拉開簾子,讓大家看到偉大的巫師其實只是個躲在後面的普通人。

    Because the story is so widely known in English-speaking countries, the name is used as a shorthand: to say someone "pulled a Toto" or that a small thing "pulled back the curtain" points to that scene.

    Because the story is so widely known in English-speaking countries因為這個故事在英語系國家非常有名, the name is used as a shorthand這個名字被拿來當作一種簡稱: to say someone "pulled a Toto" or that a small thing "pulled back the curtain"說某人 "pulled a Toto",或說某件小事 "pulled back the curtain"(拉開了簾子), points to that scene指的就是這個場景。

    The one line every English speaker knows is Dorothy's, spoken to the dog when she lands in a strange bright world: "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." People quote it — usually to "we're not in Kansas anymore" — whenever they find themselves somewhere unfamiliar. Hearing that sentence and knowing where it comes from is worth more to a than the name itself.

    The one line every English speaker knows is Dorothy's每個講英語的人都知道的那句話是桃樂絲說的, spoken to the dog when she lands in a strange bright world是她降落在一個陌生又鮮豔的世界時對狗說的: "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."像 "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."(Toto,我覺得我們已經不在堪薩斯了)。People quote it人們會引用這句話——usually shortened to "we're not in Kansas anymore"通常縮短成 "we're not in Kansas anymore"——whenever they find themselves somewhere unfamiliar只要他們發現自己身處陌生的地方就會這樣說。Hearing that sentence and knowing where it comes from is worth more to a learner than the name itself對學習者來說,聽懂這句話、知道它的出處,比記住 Toto 這個名字本身更有用。

    As a proper noun, it takes a capital T. Two other Totos exist that may confuse you: an American rock band from the late 1970s (the ones who sang "Africa"), and a large Japanese maker of toilets and bathroom fittings, whose name is on many toilets in Taiwan.

    As a proper noun因為是專有名詞, it takes a capital TT 要大寫。Two other Totos exist that may confuse you還有另外兩個叫 Toto 的東西可能會讓你搞混: an American rock band from the late 1970s (the ones who sang "Africa")一個是1970年代末的美國搖滾樂團(就是唱〈Africa〉的那個), and a large Japanese maker of toilets and bathroom fittings另一個是日本一家大型的馬桶和衛浴設備製造商, whose name is on many toilets in Taiwan台灣很多馬桶上都看得到這個名字。

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組成A proper name from L. Frank Baum's 1900 book *The Wonderful Wizard of Oz*, made famous by the 1939 film. Baum never explained his choice; the guesses people offer are only guesses, so it is honest to leave it as a name he invented for a small dog.

原始詞典資料6 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。

Totonoun詞源 1

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    A member of an isolated tribal group residing in a small enclave (Totopara) in the Alipurduar district of West Bengal, India.

Totoname詞源 1

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    The Sino-Tibetan language of these people.

Totoname詞源 2

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    A surname.

totonoun

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    Only used in in toto

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    Only used in toto caelo

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    Only used in toto genere

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。