hero
英 ['hɪərəʊ]
美['hɪro]
- n. 英雄；男主角，男主人公
词态变化
复数: heroes;
中文词源
hero 英雄
来自希腊语heros,半神半人，通常为神和凡人的后代，特别是宙斯在人间的私生子。来自PIE*ser,观察，保护，词源同observe,conserve.这些神和人的后代通常具有超人的勇气和力量，而且多在古希腊神话中留下诸多英雄事迹，因此引申词义英雄。参照电影《诸神之战》。
英英释意
- 1. a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength;
- "RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain"
- 2. the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem
- 3. someone who fights for a cause
- 4. (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god
- 5. a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
英文词源
- hero
- hero: [14] Hero is a Greek word – hérōs – applied in ancient times to men of superhuman ability or courage, and in due course by extension to demigods. At first it was used in English simply to render this Greek notion, and it was not until the late 16th century that the extended and more general sense ‘brave or otherwise admirable man’ began to emerge. ‘Chief character in a story’ is a late 17th-century development.
English acquired the word via Latin hērōs as heros, but it was not long before this became interpreted as a plural, and a new singular hero was formed. Heroin [19] comes from German heroin, said to have been coined from the delusions of heroism which afflict those who take the drug.
=> heroin - hero (n.1)
- late 14c., "man of superhuman strength or physical courage," from Latin heros "hero," from Greek heros "demi-god" (a variant singular of which was heroe), perhaps originally "defender, protector," and from PIE root *ser- (1) "to watch over, protect" (see observe). Meaning "man who exhibits great bravery" in any course of action is from 1660s. Sense of "chief male character in a play, story, etc." first recorded 1690s. First record of hero-worship is from 1774.
- hero (n.2)
- 1955, the New York term for a sandwich elsewhere called submarine, grinder, poor boy (New Orleans), or hoagie (Philadelphia); origin unknown, perhaps so called for its great size, or a folk etymology alteration of Greek gyro as a type of sandwich.
考试真题
- When I looked at him and saw what he was doing and what he was asking for, I said he was my hero.
2017年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A
- When we ask teens to choose a hero, they usually select an older family member rather than a remote public figure.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文
- Our subject this evening is James Dean, actor and hero for the young people of his time.
出自-2010年6月听力原文
- There were Pickwick coats and Pickwick cigars, and the plump, spectacled hero, Samuel Pickwick, became a national figure.
出自-2017年考研阅读原文
- There were pickwick coats and pickwick cigars, and the plump, spectacled hero, Samuel pickwick, became a national figure.
2017年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
实用场景例句
- my childhood hero
- 我孩提时的偶像
牛津词典
- The hero of the novel is a ten-year old boy.
- 这部小说的主人公是个十岁的男孩。
牛津词典
- one of the country's national heroes
- 这个国家的一位民族英雄
牛津词典
- The Olympic team were given a hero's welcome on their return home.
- 奥运代表队回国时受到了英雄般的欢迎。
牛津词典
- a war hero (= sb who was very brave during a war)
- 战斗英雄
牛津词典
- No matter, he remained the hero of the crowds.
- 不要紧，他仍是众人心目中的英雄。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- My boyhood hero was Bobby Charlton...
- 我童年时代的偶像是博比·查尔顿。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the goalscoring hero of the British hockey team...
- 英国曲棍球队的得分英雄
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He called Mr Mandela a hero who had inspired millions.
- 他称曼德拉先生为鼓舞了数百万民众的英雄。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the author's decision to make his hero a photographer.
- 作者将男主角设计成一名摄影师的决定
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The hero of Doctor Zhivago dies in 1929.
- 《日瓦戈医生》的男主角于1929年去世。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- One said he could not see anything except the blue of the sky.
- 其中一个说除了蓝色的天空,他不看到任何东西.
期刊摘选
- The war hero received many medals for bravery.
- 战斗英雄获得许多勇敢勋章.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- After all a hero is human.
- 英雄毕竟也是人.
《简明英汉词典》
- He was acclaimed hero of the country.
- 他被赞为国家的英雄.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- He is worthy of the title of labour hero.
- 劳动英雄的称号,他当之无愧.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Odysseus was a legendary Greek hero.
- 奥狄修斯是传说中的希腊英雄.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The character of the hero is depicted to a nicety.
- 男主人公的性格刻画得非常细腻.
《简明英汉词典》
- Bob is the hero of the novel.
- 鲍勃是那小说中的男主人公.
《简明英汉词典》
- A helmsman is tested in a rough sea; a hero is distinguished in difficult circumstances.
- 风浪里试舵手, 困难中识英雄.
《简明英汉词典》
- He is the hero of Greek mythology.
- 他是希腊民间传说中的英雄.
《简明英汉词典》
- The writer finely images the hero.
- 作者非常细致地描述书中的英雄.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The audience rose bodily to cheer the hero.
- 听众全体起立向那位英雄欢呼致意.
《简明英汉词典》
- The author projects his own thoughts and feelings into the personality of the hero of his play.
- 作者把自己的思想感情寄托在剧中主人翁身上.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- A reporter interviewed the combat hero.
- 记者访问了这位战斗英雄.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Danger didn't daunt the hero.
- 危险并没有吓住那英雄.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- I see in him the making of a hero.
- 我看他有英雄的气质.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- A hero is never put off by difficulties.
- 困难难不倒英雄汉.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Everyone played brilliantly, but Jones was the hero of the hour.
- 每个人都表现得很精彩,但琼斯无疑是当时的英雄.
《简明英汉词典》
- The story of the hero opened up a new world to me.
- 这位英雄的事迹使我大开眼界.
《简明英汉词典》