| 释义 |
‖ duende|dwˈende|
[Sp.]
a. A ghost, an evil spirit.
b. transf. Inspiration, magic, ‘fire’.
1924Contemp. Rev. Jan. 98, I never heard of the existence of any good fairies, but duendies or bad ones abound... Often when a man has laid down his axe..a duende will seize it. 1960E. Sitwell in R. Campbell Coll. Poems III. 5 Roy Campbell had this ‘duende’. 1967McCormick & Mascareñas Compl. Aficionado v. 167 According to good Mexican and Spanish aficionados, Manolete and Belmonte possessed both angel and duende, hence their extraordinary interest. 1967‘La Meri’ Sp. Dancing (ed. 2) vi. 76 The most important part of gypsy dancing is the duende, the emotional motivation. The word duende means, literally demons or poltergeists. The dancer, then, must be possessed. 1968G. Household Dance of Dwarfs 64 For Pedro they were real... For Geronimo they are clearly duendes. Yet his treatment of the subject differed from the matter-of-fact way in which he usually describes the various spirits which surround us. 1970Daily Tel. 31 Mar. 12/1 His own dancing was polished but lacking in what Spaniards call duende—the demoniacal intensity which sweeps audiences off their feet. |