Harold

专有名词
中文释义
英 /ˈhæɹəld/    美 /ˈhæɹəld/

英文释义

专有名词
  1. A male given name from Old English or Old Norse.
    — For I have heard the Steers / Had land in Saxon times; and your own name / Of Harold sounds so English and so old / I am sure you must be proud of it.
  2. A particular format of improvised theatre, in which characters and themes are introduced and then recur in a series of connected scenes.

词形变化

Harolds plural

词源

词源 1
From a merger of Old English Hereweald and Old English Harold (itself from Old Norse Haraldr), both from Proto-Germanic *Harjawaldaz, from *harjaz (“army”) + *waldaz (“ruler, authority”). Related to Walter, which has the elements reversed. Cognate with Danish, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish Harald, Faroese and Icelandic Haraldur.
词源 2
First performed by The Committee, a San Francisco improv group, in 1967. The name is said to have been jokingly suggested by one of the audience.
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