秋天无论东西方,在诗人口中都是浪漫的季节。此时大地从绿色转成金黄,就像阳光洒落在叶子上染成一片片的萧瑟。这次 VT 特别集结了18句经典名言,里面都有用到 autumn 或 fall !
秋天可以说 autumn 或是 fall 。简单来分的话,autumn 属于英式、 fall 属于美式,不过现在没有那么明确区分英式美式了,所以不管讲哪个大家都能明白你在讲秋天哦!
It was a breezy autumn night that I fell in love with him.
我在一个微风轻拂的秋夜里爱上他。
autumn 也常常被拿来当作片语使用,像是 autumn year 是「晚年」的意思。
He spent his autumn years with his beloved one.
他与他的挚爱一起度过晚年。
现在就来看看西方国家是怎么描写秋季的吧!
I loved autumn, the one season of the year that God seemed to have put there just for the beauty of it.
我爱秋天,一个像是上帝存粹为了美而创造的季节。
– Lee Maynard (美国作家)
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
秋天是另一个春天,秋天的每一片叶子都是一朵小花。
– Albert Camus (诺贝尔文学奖得主)
Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all.
寒冬是刻版画、春季是水彩、盛夏是油画,而秋日则是集结了他们的马赛克。
– Stanley Horowitz (美国诗人)
etching (n.) 刻版画
mosaic (n.) 马赛克
I see the turning of a leaf dancing in an autumn sun, and brilliant shades of crimson glowing when a day is done.
我看见飘落的叶子在阳光下起舞,在日落时转红。
– Hazelmarie Mattie Elliott (美国作家)
crimson (adj.) 深红色的
Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.
秋天的口袋里,比其他季节收藏着更多金黄色。
– Jim Bishop (美国作家)
Autumn that year painted the countryside in vivid shades of scarlet, saffron, and russet, and the days were clear and crisp under harvest skies.
秋天把乡间漆得斑斓——绯红、橙、黄褐,乏困的日子在云彩多变的天空下也渐渐清晰。
– Sharon Kay Penman (美国作家)
scarlet (adj.) 绯红色的
saffron (adj.) 橘黄色的
(西班牙料理中常见的番红花也是这个单字喔!)
russet (adj.) 黄褐色的