Beowulf

贝奥武夫

发音

US /ˈbeɪ.əˌwʊlf/

词形变化

Beowulfs 复数 Beowulfs

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    A renowned Old English alliterative poem, preserved in a single manuscript within the Nowell Codex, composed sometime between 975 and 1025 AD.

    John Gardner’s retelling of Beowulf is titled Grendel.

  2. 2.

    An Anglo-Saxon personal name, usually with reference to the hero of the poem, or to the poem itself.

    诗歌

    Beowulf is as great a hero as Sigmund.

相关短语

Beowulf cluster Beowulf clusters

词源

Learned borrowing from Old English Bēowulf, probably equivalent to bee + wolf, though the first element is uncertain.

来源：wiktionary