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标 题: A.Word.A.Day--panopticon(转载)
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2000年09月03日19:35:13 星期天), 转信
【 以下文字转载自 watergod 的信箱 】
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panopticon (pan-OP-ti-kon) noun
A building, as a prison, hospital, library, or the like, so arranged
that all parts of the interior are visible from a single point.
[Pan- + Greek optikon sight, seeing (neuter of optikos).]
"We know that they know they are being watched by a contemporary writer;
but inside this careful panopticon they live and breathe fully as free
fictional characters."
James Wood, The Palpable Past-Intimate, New Republic, Mar 27, 2000.
This week's theme: words that make one say, I didn't know there was a word
for that.
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Avarice, envy, pride, / Three fatal sparks, have set the hearts of all / On
Fire. -Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) [The Divine Comedy]
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