wuthering是什么意思

wuthering

['w?e?ri?]

wuthering (adj.): "making a sullen roar" (as the wind does), Northern England dialectal variant of Scottish and dialectal whithering "rushing, whizzing, blustering," from a verb whither (late 14c.) which was used in reference to gusts of wind and coughing fits, from Old Norse *hviera (related to Norwegian kvidra "to go quickly to and fro," Old English hwita "air, breeze").
Wuthering Heights is the name of Mr. Heathcliff's dwelling. 'Wuthering' being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed, in stormy weather. [Emily Bront?, "Wuthering Heights," 1847]
Charlotte also used forms of the word in her novels.

1. 4,000 copies of Wuthering Heights went in two days. That's not bad going for a book that has been on the market for 145 years.: 4,000冊(cè)《呼嘯山莊》在兩天內(nèi)銷售一空，對(duì)于一本已經(jīng)面市145年的書而言，這是一個(gè)不錯(cuò)的成績(jī)。

2. Wuthering Heights was the goal of my proposed excursion.: 呼嘯小莊是我計(jì)劃出游的目的地.

3. There are different opinions about the theme of Wuthering Heights.: 對(duì)于《呼嘯山莊》一書的主題,有著各種不同的意見.

4. And Wuthering Heights shows a Gothic writing style, which stems from the Bible.: 《呼嘯山莊》表現(xiàn)的是一種來(lái)源于圣經(jīng)的哥特式創(chuàng)作風(fēng)格.

5. Wuthering Heights is the name of Mr. Heathcliff's 1 dwelling.: 呼嘯山莊是希刺克厲夫先生的住宅名稱.