Tarzan
名词 n.
动词 v.
专有名词
美 /ˈtɑɹzæn/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A strong wild man; any man showing attributes of Tarzan, as muscularity, agility, etc.
— "My job is to grab him before he slaughters more." "He sounds a bit of a Tarzan." "A wild man right enough is Toowanor, but from his size you'd never imagine he was a killer."
动词 v.
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To behave in the manner of Tarzan, especially by swinging from ropes, climbing trees, and other feats of athleticism.
— Elmo Lincoln, that mighty man of valor who Tarzaned about, has issued a challenge to Jack Dempsey, and we wish him all the luck in the world.
专有名词
- A heroic fictional character, raised from a baby to adulthood in the African jungle by apes.
词源
词源 1
Coined by Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1912. A name created by Burroughs for his fiction.
In the fictional ape language of the books, "tarzan" means "white-skin"; possibly echoic in its phonetics of various "exotic" names (see Orientalism).
In the fictional ape language of the books, "tarzan" means "white-skin"; possibly echoic in its phonetics of various "exotic" names (see Orientalism).
词源 2
Coined by Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1912. A name created by Burroughs for his fiction.
In the fictional ape language of the books, "tarzan" means "white-skin"; possibly echoic in its phonetics of various "exotic" names (see Orientalism).
In the fictional ape language of the books, "tarzan" means "white-skin"; possibly echoic in its phonetics of various "exotic" names (see Orientalism).
词源 3
Coined by Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1912. A name created by Burroughs for his fiction.
In the fictional ape language of the books, "tarzan" means "white-skin"; possibly echoic in its phonetics of various "exotic" names (see Orientalism).
In the fictional ape language of the books, "tarzan" means "white-skin"; possibly echoic in its phonetics of various "exotic" names (see Orientalism).
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