schmaltz
英 [ʃmɔːlts; ʃmælts]
美[ʃmɔlts]
- n. 极端流于感伤的音乐；伤感主义
- vt. 使感伤
- n. (Schmaltz)人名；(德)施马尔茨
词态变化
形容词: schmaltzy;
中文词源
schmaltz 感伤，伤感
来自依地语 shmalts,融化的猪油，来自高地德语 smalz,动物油脂，词源同 smelt,融化，熔炼。 引申比喻义感伤，伤感。字母-s-在德语和依地语音变为-sch-.
英文词源
- schmaltz
- schmaltz: see enamel
- schmaltz (n.)
- "banal or excessive sentimentalism," 1935, from Yiddish shmalts, literally "melted fat," from Middle High German smalz, from Old High German smalz "animal fat," related to smelzan "to melt" (see smelt (v.)). Modern German Schmalz "fat, grease" has the same figurative meaning. First mentioned in English as "a derogatory term used to describe straight jazz" ["Vanity Fair," Nov. 1935].
