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Rip Van WinkleBrE /ˌrɪp væn ˈwɪŋkl/NAmE /ˌrɪp væn ˈwɪŋkl/ nouna person who is surprised to find how much the world has changed over a period of time 对世界变化之大感到惊讶的人；李伯 Expressions from literary sources Alice in Wonderland, Casanova, Cassandra, Don Juan, Dorian Gray, Falstaffian, Frankenstein, Jekyll and Hyde, Lilliputian, Lothario, Orwellian, Pandora’s box, Peter Pan, Pied Piper, Pollyanna, Rip Van Winkle, Ruritanian, Scrooge, Shangri-La, Sherlock, Stepford Wife, Svengali, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Utopia, Walter Mitty ORIGIN From the name of a character in a short story by the US writer Washington Irving. He sleeps for 20 years and wakes up to find that the world has completely changed. 源自美国作家华盛顿 · 欧文所著短篇小说中的人物瑞普 · 凡 · 温克尔，他沉睡 20 年后醒来，发现世间发生了天翻地覆的变化。 |