talisman: [17] Talisman, one of the very few English nouns ending in -man which does not turn into -men in the plural (dragoman is another), denotes etymologically an ‘object consecrated by the completion of a religious ritual’. It comes via French talisman from medieval Greek télesmon, an alteration of late Greek télesma ‘consecrated object’. This in turn was derived from the verb teleín ‘complete’, hence ‘perform a ritual’, hence ‘consecrate’, which was based on télos ‘aim, result’ (source of English teleology [18]). => teleology, television
talisman (n.)
1630s, "magical figure cut or engraved under certain observances," from French talisman, in part via Arabic tilsam (plural tilsaman), from Byzantine Greek telesma "talisman, religious rite, payment," earlier "consecration, ceremony," originally in ancient Greek "completion," from telein "perform (religious rites), pay (tax), fulfill," from telos "end, fulfillment, completion" (see tele-). The Arabic word also was borrowed into Turkish, Persian, Hindi. Related: Talismanic; talismanical.
雙語例句
1. Talisman, Talisman, show me your secrets.
護身符, 護身符, 請把玄機告訴我.
來自英漢文學 - 廊橋遺夢
2. Quick as a wink , the lamemouse snatched up the precious talisman.
說時遲那時快, 跛足的老鼠一把抓住寶貴的法寶.
來自辭典例句
3. I am their lucky talisman; my business has never been so good.
我是他們命運保護神, 我的生意從來也沒這么好過.
來自辭典例句
4. It was like a talisman worn in bosom.
它就象佩在胸前的護身符一樣.
來自辭典例句
5. Dress was the one unfailing talisman and charm used for keeping all things in their places.