《唐顿庄园》中的角色名字日渐流行_文化教育

《唐顿庄园》中的角色名字日渐流行

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2014-12-05 08:01 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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Thousands of parents are naming their babies after Downton Abbey characters, new figures have revealed.

最新数据显示，成千上万的父母开始用英剧《唐顿庄园》中角色的名字为孩子取名。

The TV show's huge popularity has inspired a resurgence¹ of 1920s fashion and hairstyles, and now the old-fashioned names of its characters are also back in vogue².

Edith, Cora, Sybil and Elsie are all soaring in popularity among new parents.

But when the show began in 2010, the monikers were in danger of dwindling³ into obscurity.

It is now just finished its fifth season running on Sunday night attracting around eight million viewers per episode.

Violet, the first name of the matriarchal Dowager Countess of Grantham played by Dame⁴ Maggie Smith, has seen a particularly large comeback after it made the top 100 girls' names for 2013.

Spiralling from 466 girls in 2010 to 709 last year, it has jumped in the national rankings from 123rd to 78th.

And highest of all was Elsie, the Christian⁵ name of housekeeper⁶ Mrs Hughes, which has rocketed into the thousands in just five years. Nearly 1,200 babies took the name last year compared to 535 in 2010.

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1 resurgence
n.再起，复活，再现
参考例句：
A resurgence of his grief swept over Nim.悲痛又涌上了尼姆的心头。 Police say drugs traffickers are behind the resurgence of violence.警方说毒贩是暴力活动重新抬头的罪魁祸首。

2 Vogue
n.时髦，时尚；adj.流行的
参考例句：
Flowery carpets became the vogue.花卉地毯变成了时髦货。 Short hair came back into vogue about ten years ago.大约十年前短发又开始流行起来了。

3 dwindling
adj.逐渐减少的v.逐渐变少或变小( dwindle的现在分词 )
参考例句：
The number of wild animals on the earth is dwindling. 地球上野生动物的数量正日渐减少。来自《简明英汉词典》 He is struggling to come to terms with his dwindling authority. 他正努力适应自己权力被削弱这一局面。来自辞典例句

4 dame
n.女士
参考例句：
The dame tell of her experience as a wife and mother.这位年长妇女讲了她作妻子和母亲的经验。 If you stick around,you'll have to marry that dame.如果再逗留多一会，你就要跟那个夫人结婚。

5 Christian
adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒
参考例句：
They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。 His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

6 housekeeper
n.管理家务的主妇，女管家
参考例句：
A spotless stove told us that his mother is a diligent housekeeper.炉子清洁无瑕就表明他母亲是个勤劳的主妇。 She is an economical housekeeper and feeds her family cheaply.她节约持家，一家人吃得很省。

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