| 单词 | Yggdrasil |
| 例句 | Yggdrasil nounWORD NOTE Yggdrasil For some curious reason—a holiday in Cornwall when I was small, perhaps; they talk a lot about Yggdrasil in the valleys down in this corner of Southwest England—I have always liked this word, which is very ancient and denotes the all-spreading Tree of Life. Its origins are obscure, its roots (linguistic and metaphoric) are everywhere and nowhere, and its canopy spreads above everything. It is the immense ash tree that is the symbol of everything, and any time I can employ it, usually allusively of course, in a sentence which speaks of such profundities, I try to do so. To be candid I think I have managed to use it but once in an entire lifetime (twice, with this entry), and yet I remain certain that sooner or later I will be able to slip it, with pleasing literary consequences, into a sentence somewhere. I wish all potential users good fortune with it too. A lovely word, rich with associations of antiquity and mystery. — SWConversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage. |
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