gray-hyacinth

文學的文字"魔障"比較高

所以有許多特殊的地方要克服

譬如說

"Last time you seemed to think it was frightening."

She smiled. "And frightening." I looked at her mouth, that long, mobile, smiling mouth; the ambiguous gray-hyacinth eyes. It was the way their corners cocked obliquely; it made it difficult to believe that she meant a word of what she was saying.

"He obviously still wants you to vamp me."

John Fowles

The Magus

gray-hyacinth 怎麼翻譯呢


且看: "......帶領泰國家具第一個打入歐美市場的設計師素旺（Suwam），他的代表作是用布袋蓮（water hyacinth）編織的手工家具。但其實布袋蓮本是「世界十大害草」之一，繁殖太快，層層堵住水道，泰國政府每年都要花大筆經費清除。素旺本來只是鼓勵鄉村居民參與整治，可以得到政府補助脫貧，卻靈機一動，研發出布袋蓮家具，把臭水溝裡的害草變成充滿熱帶風情的手工家具。十年來歐美吹起環保風，布袋蓮家具也無意間開創了十年的流行。台灣知名設計師陳俊良觀察，「泰國美學是點點滴滴，融合生活，是一種樂觀的美學。」"





hyacinth
中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 風信子, 水葫蘆, 洋水仙
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ヒヤシンス, ヒヤシンスの花



這些詞典名詞根本無法喚起"真相"和一些(神話)等的聯想

n.

1. 1. A bulbous Mediterranean plant (Hyacinthus orientalis) having narrow leaves and a terminal raceme of variously colored, usually fragrant flowers, with a funnel-shaped perianth. Also called jacinth.
   2. Any of several similar or related plants, such as the grape hyacinth.
2. Greek Mythology. A plant, perhaps the larkspur, gladiolus, or iris, that sprang from the blood of the slain Hyacinthus.
3. A deep purplish blue to vivid violet.
4. 1. A reddish or cinnamon-colored variety of transparent zircon, used as a gemstone.
   2. A blue precious stone, perhaps the sapphire, known in antiquity.

[Latin hyacinthus, from Greek huakinthos, wild hyacinth.]