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标 题: A.Word.A.Day--griselda(转载)
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2000年12月10日11:34:50 星期天), 转信
【 以下文字转载自 watergod 的信箱 】
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Griselda (gri-ZEL-duh) noun
1. A woman of exemplary meekness and patience.
2. A female given name: from a Germanic word meaning `gray battle.'
[Def. 1 after a character in a tale of the same name in Giovanni Boccaccio's
Decameron.]
"Whereas Rosina in `Barber' is a spitfire, all flame and sass, Cenerentola
is a more demanding and less appealing role. She must bide her time but
persuade her audience and her Prince that she's more than a patient
Griselda who deserves happiness and redemption.
Willard Spiegelman, Opera: Cinderella is a ball, The Wall Street Journal,
Nov 2, 1995.
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