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Silhouette portraits were so called simply because they came into fashion in the year (1759) in which M. de Silhouette was minister. [A. Brachet, "An Etymological Dictionary of the French Language," transl. G.W. Kitchin, 1882]Used of any sort of dark outline or shadow in profile from 1843. The verb is recorded from 1876, from the noun. The family name is a Frenchified form of a Basque surname; Arnaud de Silhouette, the finance minister's father, was from Biarritz in the French Basque country; the southern Basque form of the name would be Zuloeta or Zulueta, which contains the suffix -eta "abundance of" and zulo "hole" (possibly here meaning "cave").
英语单词silhouette(剪影)来自18世纪法国财务大臣Etienne de Silhouette的名字。在他担任财务大臣时,法国因为“七年战争”而陷入财务危机。他上任后厉行节俭政策,禁止铺张奢华,因此遭到很多人尤其是有钱人的憎恶。为了嘲笑他,人们把他的名字当成了各种便宜货的代名词。当时在法国出现了一种便宜的肖像方法,即在纸上剪出人物的外部轮廓。与常规的肖像画相比,这种剪影方式非常便宜。人们便沿用一贯的恶搞,将其称呼为silhouette。没想到后来这个词竟然长盛不衰,正式成为了表示“剪影”的名词。
silhouette:[,sɪlʊ'et] n.剪影,轮廓
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来自 18 世纪欧洲七年战争时期的法国财务部长 Etienne de Silhouette,因在战争时期实施紧缩 的财政政策而遭到过惯了奢靡生活的其它贵族的愤恨,因而引申该词义。同时,也有另一种 观点认为是因该财务部长用类似剪影图片装饰自家城堡而得名。