英语词汇“living treasure”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

living treasure n. a person, place, etc., thought in some way to embody or contribute to a nation's cultural heritage or identity; cf. national treasure n. 2.Now sometimes used as an official designation.

[In use with reference to Japan after Japanese ningen kokuhō (1955; < ningen person, human being + kokuhō national treasure; both elements < Middle Chinese), often translated as ‘Living National Treasure’ or ‘National Living Treasure’ (compare quot. 1963).

In quot. 1993 translating Maori taonga a thing highly prized (see taonga n.).]

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1869 A. W. Ward tr. E. Curtius Hist. Greece II. ii. iv. 77 The Homeric songs..invigorated the poetic memory of the nation, which possessed itself with untiring zeal of its poet as a living treasure. [No corresponding clause in the German original.]

1915 Puck (N.Y.) 25 Dec. 8/2 Germany alone of all the nations still guards a living treasure... It is her language.

1963 Washington Post 15 Oct. c20/1 Shoji Hamada, heralded as one of the world's greatest potters and one of a half-dozen contemporary Japanese designated as ‘national living treasures’ by the Emperor.

1993 New Scientist 31 July 30/1 To the Maori who live near Rotorua, the lake is a taonga—a living treasure.

2002 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 24 May 7/6 Australia's living treasure spent a quiet day at his Hodgsonvale property near Toowoomba yesterday working on his next book.

单词	living treasure
释义	> as lemmas living treasure living treasure n. a person, place, etc., thought in some way to embody or contribute to a nation's cultural heritage or identity; cf. national treasure n. 2.Now sometimes used as an official designation. [In use with reference to Japan after Japanese ningen kokuhō (1955; < ningen person, human being + kokuhō national treasure; both elements < Middle Chinese), often translated as ‘Living National Treasure’ or ‘National Living Treasure’ (compare quot. 1963). In quot. 1993 translating Maori taonga a thing highly prized (see taonga n.).] ΚΠ 1869 A. W. Ward tr. E. Curtius Hist. Greece II. ii. iv. 77 The Homeric songs..invigorated the poetic memory of the nation, which possessed itself with untiring zeal of its poet as a living treasure. [No corresponding clause in the German original.] 1915 Puck (N.Y.) 25 Dec. 8/2 Germany alone of all the nations still guards a living treasure... It is her language. 1963 Washington Post 15 Oct. c20/1 Shoji Hamada, heralded as one of the world's greatest potters and one of a half-dozen contemporary Japanese designated as ‘national living treasures’ by the Emperor. 1993 New Scientist 31 July 30/1 To the Maori who live near Rotorua, the lake is a taonga—a living treasure. 2002 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 24 May 7/6 Australia's living treasure spent a quiet day at his Hodgsonvale property near Toowoomba yesterday working on his next book. extracted from livingadj.n.¹ < as lemmas
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