| 单词 | celtic twilight |
| 释义 | > as lemmasCeltic twilight Celtic twilight n. (also with upper-case initials) a romantic, mystical atmosphere or style attributed to or associated with the Celtic mythology, legend, and folklore of the British Isles, esp. Ireland, or with works inspired by this; the artistic and literary works of the Celtic Revival (Celtic Revival n.) considered as typifying this style.Frequently with disparaging implication.Originally and chiefly used allusively with reference to the title of W. B. Yeats's 1893 collection of stories based on Irish folklore. ΚΠ 1893 W. B. Yeats (title) The Celtic twilight.] 1923 A. Huxley On Margin 30 If Mr. Yeats understood the Einstein theory..he too could give us, out of the Celtic twilight, his lyrics of relativity. 1936 R. Lehmann Weather in Streets iv. ii. 398 The mixture of Celtic twilight and Aubrey Beardsley decor which..enshrouded her. 1977 S. Heaney Preoccupations (1984) 135 It has long been fashionable to smile indulgently at the Celtic Twilight. 2009 Canad. Jrnl. Irish Stud. 35 ii. 31/2 Lest his readers think he is a latter-day Revivalist, he mocks Yeats's romanticism and bogus anthropological assertions concerning the peasantry in a parody of Celtic Twilight prose. < as lemmas |
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