April 22, 2008
圣火
我很想知道中文“圣火”的由来，因何而“圣”？哪里的“圣”？
以下是维基百科的资料：
The Olympic Flame, Olympic Fire, Olympic Torch, Olympic Light, Olympic Eye, and Olympic Sun are all names for an important symbol of the Olympic Games. Commemorating the theft of fire from the Greek god Zeus by Prometheus, its origins lie in ancient Greece, when a fire was kept burning throughout the celebration of the ancient Olympics. The fire was reintroduced at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, and it has been part of the modern Olympic Games ever since...
The Olympic Torch today is ignited several months before the opening celebration of the Olympic Games at the site of the ancient Olympics in Olympia, Greece. Eleven women, representing the roles of priestesses, perform a ceremony in which the torch is kindled by the light of the Sun, its rays concentrated by a parabolic mirror...
金山词霸上有关“神圣”的释义：
岂有神圣之前鬼怪公然出现者！
“龙王”在中国的旧传说中是会降雨的神圣之一。——《求雨》
神圣事业
严萍第一次看到这神圣的农民革命的图景。——《反割头税的斗争》
丽哉神圣，处于玄宫。——《文选·羽猎赋》
相关词汇：圣杯、圣餐、圣城、圣诞、圣地、圣歌、圣经、圣人、圣徒……
Posted by david at April 22, 2008 11:32 AM
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