fin de siècle

短语

世纪末

发音

其它 /ˌfæn də siˈɛklə/
US /ˌfæn də siˈɛklə/

词形变化

fins de siècle 复数 fins de siècle

别名

fin-de-siècle fin de siecle

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The closing era of any century; (loosely) the end of any era.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Pertaining to the close of the 19th century, usually suggesting a literary and artistic climate of modernism, world-weariness, and self-indulgence.

    世纪末

  2. 2.

    Pertaining to the close of the 20th (or any other) century.

    引申义

词源

Borrowed from French fin-de-siècle (literally “end of the century”).

来源：wiktionary