[字彙] avatar (n) (印度)神下凡
看過電影阿凡達了嗎?
這個字來自梵文 (Sanskrit) avatara
指的是印度神下凡化作人形或動物
1784, "descent of a Hindu deity," from Skt. avatarana "descent" (of a deity
to the earth in incarnate form), from ava- "down" + base of tarati "(he)
crosses over." In computer use, it seems to trace to the novel "Snowcrash"
(1992) by Neal Stephenson.
ava = down "下"凡
tara = (he) crosses over
跨越什麼呢?跨越神與人的那個邊界
Ref: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=avatar
後來在電腦遊戲裡,使用者可以自行設定角色的模樣 (如猩猩、飛鳥等) 來代替你進
入遊戲的"新世界",這個角色的樣子就叫做 avatar
可以看 hotforwords 的介紹 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfzNCNk5Xq8
這個網頁前面的介紹是對的,後面對 av- 字根的介紹也是對的,但 avatar 字源
和鳥無關,雖然電影裡有很多鳥是真的...
http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/trenton-kang/article?mid=20981&prev=-1&next=20769
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