英语十二月份名称的由来

英语十二月份名称的由来
英语十二月份名称的由来

一月January 二月February

三月Marcy 四月April

五月May 六月June

七月July 八月August

九月September 十月October

十一月November 十二月December

十二月份名称的由来

公历一年有12个月,但不少人并不知道12 个月的英语名称的来历。公历起源于古罗马历法。罗马的英语原来只有10 个月,古罗马皇帝决定增加两个月放在年尾,后来朱里斯*凯撒大帝把这两个月移到年初,成为1月.2月,原来的1月.2月便成了3月.4月,依次类推。这就是今天世界沿用的公历。

January——1月

在罗马传说中,有一位名叫雅努斯的守护神,生有先后两副脸,一副回顾过去,一副要眺望未来。人们认为选择他的名字作为除旧迎新的第一个月月名,很有意义。英语

January,便是由这位守护神的拉丁文名字January演变而来的。

February——2月

每年2 月初,罗马人民都要杀牲饮酒,欢庆菲勃卢姆节。这一天,人们常用一种牛、草制成的名叫Februa的鞭子,抽打不育的妇女,以求怀孕生子。这一天,人们还要忏悔自己过去一年的罪过,洗刷自己的灵魂,求得神明的饶恕,使自己成为一个贞洁的人。英语2月February,便是由拉丁文Februar-ius(即菲勃卢姆节)演变而来。

March-----3月

3月,原是罗马旧历法的1 月,新年的开始。凯撒大帝改革历法后,原来的1月变成3月,但罗马人仍然把3 月看做是一年的开始。另外,按照传统习惯,3月是每年出征远战的季节。为了纪念战神玛尔斯,人们便把这位战神的拉丁名字作为3月的月名。英语3月March,便是由这位战神的名字演变而来的。

April——4月

罗马的4月,正是大地回春.鲜花初绽的美好季节。英文4月April便由拉丁文April(即开花的日子)演变而来。

May——5月

罗马神话中的女神玛雅,专门司管春天和生命。为了纪念这位女神,罗马人便用她的名字——拉丁文Maius命名5月,英文5月May便由这位女神的名字演变而来。

June——6月

罗马神话中的裘诺,是众神之王,又是司管生育和保护妇女的神。古罗马对她十分崇

敬,便把6月奉献给她,以她的名字——拉丁文Junius来命名6 月。英语6月June便由这位女神的名字演变而来。也有学者认为,Junius可能是个代拉丁家族中一个显赫贵族的姓氏。

July——7月

罗马统治者朱里斯*凯撒大帝被刺死后,著名的罗马将军马克*按东尼建议将凯撒大帝诞生的7月,用凯撒的名字——拉丁文Julius(即朱里斯)命名之。这一建议得到了元老院的通过。英语7月July由此演变而来。

August——8月

朱里斯*凯撒死后,由他的甥孙屋大维续任罗马皇帝。为了和凯撒齐名,他也想用自己的名字来命名一个月份。他的生日在9月,但他选定8月。因为他登基后,罗马元老院在8 月授予他Augustus(奥古斯都)的尊号。于是,他决定用这个尊号来命名8月。原来8月比7月少一天,为了和凯撒平起平坐,他又决定从2月中抽出一天加在8月上。从此,2月便少了一天。英语8月August便由这位皇帝的拉丁语尊号演变而来。

September——9月

老历法的7月,正是凯撒大帝改革历法后的9月,拉丁文Septem是“7”月的意思。虽然历法改革了,但人们仍袭用旧名称来称呼9月。英语9月September,便由此演变而来。

October——10月

英语10月,来自拉丁文Octo,即“8”的意思。它和上面讲的9月一样,历法改了,称呼仍然沿用未变。

November——11月

罗马皇帝奥古斯都和凯撒都有了自己名字命名的月份,罗马市民和元老院要求当时的罗马皇帝梯比里乌斯用其名命名11月。但梯比里乌斯没有同意,他明智地对大家说,如果罗马每个皇帝都用自己的名字来命名月份,那么出现了第13个皇帝怎么办?于是,11月仍然保留着旧称Novem,即拉丁文“9”的意思。英语11月November便由此演变而来。

December——12月罗马皇帝琉西乌斯要把一年中最后一个月用他情妇的Amagonius的名字来命名,但遭但元老院的反对。于是,12月仍然沿用旧名Decem,即拉丁文“10”的意思。英语12月December,便由此演变而来。

Friday and the Thirteenth 星期五和13

Friday-the Thirteenth has long been considered extremely unlucky because it has some bad associations which came from mythology,tale of the Bible,and the customs and habits. According to the Bible,the Lord God created the first man,Adam.Then he took a rib from Adam's body and out of it created the first woman, Eve. It was said that Adam was created on a Friday and it was on Friday that Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit,and on a Friday they died.

Friday was also the common day in England for executing criminals , for which it was sometimes known as Hanging Day.

From the old Norse myth people got the idea that 13 people sitting at a table to have a dinner was unlucky. And this superstition was confirmed by the last supper of Christ and his disciples. Bible tells us that Christ sat down with his 12 disciples, which made up the number 13, at the last supper when Judas, one of the 12 disciples , sold his master for thirty pieces of silver. Christ was killed by nailing on the cross the following day on a Friday.

星期五和13历来被认为是非常不吉利的日子,这是从神话、圣经故事、风俗习惯产生的一

些不好的联想而来的。据圣经上讲,上帝创造了第一个男人--亚当。然后,上帝从亚当身上取下一根肋骨又造了一个女人-夏娃。据说,亚当是在星期五被造出来的,他和夏娃吃禁果也在星期五,他俩死的日子也是星期五。

英国从前常常在星期五处死罪犯、因此星期五有时也叫"绞刑日"。

从挪威神话中,人们产生一种想法:13个人坐在一起聚餐是不吉利的。这种迷信被耶稣和其12个门徒的最后的晚餐加以证实。圣经上说,在最后的晚餐上,耶稣和他的12个门徒坐在一起,正好是13人。他的门徒之一-犹大,为了三十个银币而出卖了自己的老师。第二天,耶稣便被钉死在十字架上,这天碰巧是星期五。

与“星期”名称有关的习语

1、1、与Sunday有关的:

Sunday best , Sunday clothes , Sunday togs ,

Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes——高档、漂亮的衣裳;盛装。

Sunday run——长距离。

Sunday painter——业余画家。

Sunday punch——(拳击中)最厉害的一击;(对付对手的)

杀手锏。

Sunday saint——伪善者。

Sunday saint and Monday sinner——假道学,伪君子。

Sunday letter——(历书上为表示一年之星期日所用的)主日

字母。

Sunday school——(教堂中所设的)主日学校。(美)扑克牌

戏。

Sunday school truth——众所周知的道理或事实。

Month of Sundays——很久。

Mid-Lent Sunday , Mothering / Refreshment Sunday——(牛

津大学)校庆日前的星期日。

Low Sunday——业余的;复活节后的星期日。

To look two ways to find Sundays——斜着眼看。

2、与Monday有关的:

black Monday——(学俚)放假后的开学第一天;执行死刑之

星期一;黑色礼拜一(即复活节之后一日,因1360年的当天,

天气严寒,爱德华三世之士兵都冻死于巴黎附近)。

Blue Monday——沮丧,闷烦(相对于欢乐的周末而言)。

Saint Monday——(特指交易所)懒散,工作很少的星期一。

Mad Monday ——忙乱的星期一。

Monday morning feeling , Monday feeling——美国人在周末

休假后星期一不想工作的那样一种心情。

Monday morning quarterback——放马后炮的人。

Monday morning quarterbacking——放马后炮。

3、与Friday有关的:

Friday——忠仆,随从(源自鲁滨逊漂流记)。

Man Friday——男忠仆。

Girl Friday——得力助手(尤指女秘书)。

Pal Friday——极受信赖的女秘书。

Friday face——神色不佳之人。

Black Friday——不幸的礼拜五,即有任何灾难发生的礼拜五;复活节前之礼拜五(神职人员于此日着黑装)。

Good Friday——耶酥受难节;

T.G.I.F ( Thank God it’s Friday )——报纸上刊出招聘一名能干的女职员的广告。

4、与Saturday有关的:

Saturday-to-Monday——周末休假;周末的。

Black Saturday——黑色星期六(指工人已预借工资无钱可领的星期六)。

Saturday night special——便于周末作案的小手枪。Saturday night massacre——星期六夜晚大屠杀(指尼克松任总统期间白宫在1973年10月20日,周六晚上宣布解除水门时间特别检查官考克斯的职务,并解除拒绝把考克斯解职的司法部长理查森和副部长拉克尔职务)。

5、与“星期”名称有关的几个名谚:

He that sings on Friday , shall weep on Sunday ; He who laughs on Friday will weep on Sunday .

乐极生悲。

Choose a wife on a Saturday rather than a Sunday .

节日假期,不宜选妻。(意指平时女子穿便服,故能更好地对之进行观察)。

Come day , go day , God send Sunday .

过了一天又一天,上帝快给个星期天。(此乃懒惰者的愿望,亦指懒惰的佣人盼望工作时间快快过去,休息和发工钱的日子快快到来)。

附几个句子:

1、 Mary , a well-known Sunday painter’s girl Friday , went to the art exhibition in her Sunday best yesterday and made a hit with all the gentlemen there who seemed to have Sunday-go-to-meeting manners .

2、 Joe slumped into his chair at the breakfast table , “monday morning feeling again , dear ? ” asked his wife .

3、——I know it must be the battery .

——yeah , why didn’t you tell me earlier ? Monday morning quarterback .

4、 Friday , September 24 , the day the financial panic of 1869 began , has since been known as black Friday .

5、 he bought a Saturday night special from a Sunday driver .

6、 on the average they receive about five or six hundred calls a day , but this rises to close to a thousand calls after occasions like Richard Nixon's “saturday night massacre ” .

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