| 释义 |
‖ luftmensch, luftmensh|ˈlʊftmɛnʃ|
Pl. luftmenschen.
[Yiddish, f. G. luft air + mensch person.]
An impractical visionary.
1907I. Zangwill Ghetto Comedies 240 The word ‘Luftmensch’ flew into Barstein's mind. Nehemiah was not an earth-man... He was an air-man, floating on facile wings. 1960Commentary June 530/1 The revolutionary student, the nihilist-anarchists, the Luftmenschen. 1966New Society 12 May 11/2 Americans, children of the soil, have become traders in air, advertising men, luftmenschen. 1968L. Rosten Joys of Yiddish 212 The prototype of the luftmensh was one Leone da Modena,..who listed his skills and cited no fewer than twenty-six professions... Why would so accomplished a man be classified as a luftmensh? Because out of all twenty-six professions.., he barely made a living. 1969Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 26 Apr. 44/2 Menachem-Mendl, luftmensch extraordinary, a veritable Don Quixote of Eastern European commerce. |