Tartuffe
[tɑ:'tuf; -'tu:f; tɑ:r'tju:f]
- n. 伪君子；塔尔士夫（法国17世纪喜剧作家莫里哀所作同名喜剧中的主人公）
中文词源
- Tartuffe (n.)
- "pretender to piety," 1670s, from name of the principal character in the comedy by Molière (1664), apparently from Old French tartuffe "truffle" (see truffle), perhaps chosen for suggestion of concealment (Tartuffe is a religious hypocrite), or "in allusion to the fancy that truffles were a diseased product of the earth." Italian Tartufo is said to have been the name of a hypocritical character in Italian comedy.
双语例句
- 1. His performance in Tartuffe was not his best.
- 他在《答尔丢夫》中的演技不是他最好的状态.
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