schmaltz
英 [?m??lts; ?m?lts]
美[?m?lts]
- n. 極端流于感傷的音樂；傷感主義
- vt. 使感傷
- n. (Schmaltz)人名；(德)施馬爾茨
詞態變化
形容詞:?schmaltzy;
中文詞源
schmaltz 感傷，傷感
來自依地語 shmalts,融化的豬油，來自高地德語 smalz,動物油脂，詞源同 smelt,融化，熔煉。 引申比喻義感傷，傷感。字母-s-在德語和依地語音變為-sch-.
英文詞源
- schmaltz
- schmaltz: see enamel
- schmaltz (n.)
- "banal or excessive sentimentalism," 1935, from Yiddish shmalts, literally "melted fat," from Middle High German smalz, from Old High German smalz "animal fat," related to smelzan "to melt" (see smelt (v.)). Modern German Schmalz "fat, grease" has the same figurative meaning. First mentioned in English as "a derogatory term used to describe straight jazz" ["Vanity Fair," Nov. 1935].
