喜樂美語
  1. 1a/vɪkˈtɔ.ri.ən/ · /vɪkˈtɔː.rɪ.ən/from Queen Victoria's time維多利亞時代的

    Belonging to Britain in the years 1837 to 1901, when Victoria was queen, or made in the style of that time. It is used about houses, furniture, clothes, books, and anything else that comes from that period or copies its look.

    Victorian 指的是英國女王 Victoria 在位的那段時間。時間大約是 1837 到 1901 年。這個字最常拿來形容東西。像是房子、家具、衣服、小說。它的意思是「那個年代做出來的」。也可以是「照那個年代的樣子做的」。所以一棟新蓋的房子做成那種風格，也能叫 Victorian。你最常在兩個地方遇到它。一個是老建築，一個是英國文學。這個字開頭要大寫 V。因為它是從人名長出來的。

    示範例句 · Example

    They stayed in an old Victorian house with red brick walls and tall windows.

    中文翻譯他們住在一棟舊的維多利亞式房子裡，有紅磚牆和高高的窗戶。

    常見搭配

    • a Victorian house

      維多利亞式的房子

      a house built in the style of 1837-1901 Britain

      They are slowly repairing a big Victorian house on the corner.

    • the Victorian era

      維多利亞時代

      the period when Victoria was queen

      Railways spread across Britain during the Victorian era.

    • Victorian architecture

      維多利亞時期建築

      the building style of that period

      The guidebook has a short chapter on Victorian architecture.

    • a Victorian novel

      維多利亞時代的小說

      a novel written during that period

      She is writing a paper on women in the Victorian novel.

    意思相近

    nineteenth-centuryperiodantique

    用法接近

    EdwardianGeorgianhistoric

    意思相反

    moderncontemporary

  2. 2n/vɪkˈtɔ.ri.ən/ · /vɪkˈtɔː.rɪ.ən/a person of Victoria's time維多利亞時代的人

    A person who lived in Britain while Victoria was queen, between 1837 and 1901. It is used most often in the plural, the Victorians, when talking about what people of that time built, wrote or believed. It can also describe someone today who seems to belong to that time.

    這是名詞用法，指活在那個年代的英國人。最常見的形式是複數 the Victorians。這時候它講的是「那一整代人」。例如他們蓋了什麼、相信什麼。單數 a Victorian 也用，指那個年代的某一個人。另外還有一個延伸用法。你可以說今天的某個人是 a Victorian。意思是他整個人的樣子和想法像從那個年代走出來的。這句話通常帶點打趣。名詞和形容詞長得一樣，靠位置分辨：前面有 a、the 或後面加 s，就是名詞。

    常見搭配

    • the Victorians

      維多利亞時代的人們

      people in Britain during that period, taken as a group

      The Victorians loved building things out of iron and glass.

    • a wealthy Victorian

      那個年代的有錢人

      a rich person of that period

      The portrait shows a wealthy Victorian in a heavy black coat.

  3. 3a/vɪkˈtɔ.ri.ən/ · /vɪkˈtɔː.rɪ.ən/strict and old-fashioned古板守舊的

    Having very strict ideas about right and wrong behaviour, especially about sex, the body, and what is proper to talk about. It points back to the rules people connect with Victoria's time, and it usually suggests those rules are old-fashioned now.

    這個用法不是在講年代。它是在講一種很嚴的道德標準。特別是關於身體、感情、男女之間的事。說某人 Victorian，意思是他的規矩很嚴。嚴到讓人覺得是上個世紀的想法。這個字帶一點批評的味道。說的人通常覺得那樣太緊繃了。它可以形容人，也可以形容規定、態度、想法。跟第一個意思不同的地方在這裡：那棟房子是 Victorian，只是說它很老；一個人是 Victorian，是說他很保守。這個意思可以加 more、most 來比較。

    常見搭配

    • Victorian values

      維多利亞式的道德標準

      the strict moral ideas connected with that period

      The speech called for a return to Victorian values.

    • Victorian attitudes

      古板的態度

      very strict or old-fashioned ways of thinking

      Victorian attitudes to women's work took a long time to change.

    • be Victorian about something

      對某件事特別放不開

      to feel that something should not be done or discussed

      My uncle is still a bit Victorian about money talk at dinner.

    用法接近

    stuffyproperstrict