英:[pə'ru:k]
美:[pə'ruk]
英:[pə'ru:k]
美:[pə'ruk]
pe·ruke
p ruk
noun
a wig such as those worn by men in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, often powdered, arranged in large rolls over the ears, and tied at the nape in a ribbon; periwig.
1540年代,“自然头发”(现已过时)的意思,来自法语 perruque(15世纪晚期),源自意大利语 perrucca “头发,假发”,这是一个起源不明的词; 有人认为它与拉丁语 pilus “头发”有关,“但语音上的困难相当大”[OED]。意思是“假发,人造头发”(尤其是有大量丰富的质量)自1560年代开始出现。比较 periwig。
About the middle of the sixteenth century wearing the peruke became a fashion. Immense perukes with curls falling upon the shoulders were worn from about 1660 to 1725, and were then succeeded by smaller and more convenient forms, which had also existed contemporaneously with the former. As late as 1825 some old-fashioned people still wore perukes, and a reminiscence of them remains in Great Britain in the wigs of the Lord Chancellor, the Speaker of the House of Commons, judges, barristers, etc. [Century Dictionary]
大约在16世纪中叶,戴假发成为一种时尚。从1660年到1725年,人们戴着长卷发垂在肩上的巨大假发,然后被更小更方便的形式所取代,这些形式也与前者同时存在。直到1825年,一些老式人物仍然戴着假发,在英国,大法官、下议院议长、法官、律师等人的假发中仍然保留着它们的回忆。[世纪词典]
Middle French perruque, from Old Italian parrucca, perrucca hair, wig
The first known use of peruke was circa 1549
peruseverb
read entry 1 sense 1aespecially: to read carefully or thoroughly
perusalnoun
the action of perusing
perukenoun
a kind of wig popular in the 17th and 18th centuries
1 There is little to remind us that the Venice he so laboriously depicted was the Venice of perukes and bag-wigs, of masks and hoops and Carnival disguises.
2 His pink face, beneath a mass of snow-white hair, which "when his peruke was off was a venerable sight," is increasingly both benevolent and majestic.
在一团雪白的头发下面,是他那淡红色的脸,“当他的长假发去掉时,是一幅令人肃然起敬的样子”,越来越仁慈而庄严。
3 “That would be nice. I think you will look darling in a peruke.”
4 Though it was to be remarked that his full-flowing peruke was seldom askew and the lace of his cravat and the ruffles below the huge cuffs of his Ramillie coat were of the finest point.
5 The beast fastened himself on my bald head,--for I always left off my peruke, in order not to injure it--and the whole swarm came hovering over my face.
6 Upon his thick, extremely fair peruke he had stuck a tall hat with a fine feather.
7 Matthieu, who was then still page, posted the bellows-blower in the zenith of his peruke, namely, in the gallery exactly above him.
8 "The stately figure, rich costume, awe-inspiring peruke of the magnificent Louis XIV.--the satins, velvets, embroideries, perfumes, and powder of the indolent and handsome Louis XV., well illustrate the two epochs."
9 His peruke was carefully powdered and his shirt ruffles were snow-white.
10 Catherine could hardly wait till breakfast was over, she was here and there and everywhere, to bring his hat and cane and his shoes and the box which held his beautiful peruke.
11 The embroidered jabot, the rich falling ruffle, the ample peruke, and the slashed and braided coat, were less and less often seen abroad.
12 You seem to be unattended, Madam—you us’d to have the beau monde throng after you; and a flock of gay fine perukes hovering round you.
13 Why not go in fancy dress—one of those Georgian Court dresses, you know—black velvet knickerbockers, a sword and peruke!
14 He picked up his peruke, clapped it on his head, and stood up in his stocking feet.
15 Truly, it was the strangest peruke that ever covered a human cranium.
16 La Place was startled at the unusual request, and flew to his old friend, whom he found deeply engaged in being measured for a new peruke, and a taffety robe-de-chambre, earnestly enjoining the utmost expedition.
17 Mr. Goulden took off his peruke in order to be more at his ease and hung it up behind him, and I opened the bottle and we drank some of the good white wine.
18 He describes these Horonites of wit as “magnificent fops, whose talents reach but to the adjusting of their perukes.”
19 He passed by me insensible of my presence and walked into the room, and as he came into the light I saw that he was holding the ends of his peruke in his mouth.
20 Gentlemen!" he cried, his very peruke seeming to bristle with outraged decorum, "gentlemen, I move the total suppression of this verse—" Here his voice was lost in shouts of: "No, no!