bohemian

• adj. 波希米亞的；放蕩不羈的；波希米亞語的
• n. 波希米亞人；波希米亞語；放浪者

來自中歐古國名Bohemia。Boii, 民族名。-hem, 家，同home. 過去一種謬誤認為吉普賽人來自這裏，因此就有了放蕩不羈的意思。

bohemian (n.)

"a gypsy of society," 1848, from French bohemién (1550s), from the country name (see Bohemia). The modern sense is perhaps from the use of this country name since 15c. in French for "gypsy" (they were wrongly believed to have come from there, though their first appearance in Western Europe may have been directly from there), or from association with 15c. Bohemian heretics. It was popularized by Henri Murger's 1845 story collection "Scenes de la Vie de Boheme," the basis of Puccini's "La Bohème." Used in English 1848 in Thackary's "Vanity Fair."

The term 'Bohemian' has come to be very commonly accepted in our day as the description of a certain kind of literary gipsey, no matter in what language he speaks, or what city he inhabits .... A Bohemian is simply an artist or littérateur who, consciously or unconsciously, secedes from conventionality in life and in art. ["Westminster Review," 1862]

1. We splurged on Bohemian glass for gifts, and for ourselves.

我們花了很多錢買波希米亞玻璃製品送人和自用。

來自柯林斯例句

2. She fancies herself a bohemian.

她自以為是放蕩不羈的藝術家。

來自柯林斯例句

3. I am a bohemian. I have no roots.

我生活放蕩不羈，漂泊不定。

來自柯林斯例句

4. After a very proper upbringing he chose to lead the Bohemian life of an artist.

他受過正統的教育,卻立意過著藝術家我行我素的生活.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. When he was a student he led a bohemian life.

當他還是個學生的時候,他就過著放蕩不羈的生活.

來自辭典例句