2020-11-19
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด O - Olympic & Olympian
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง Olympic =’uh(oh)-LIM-pik’
ออกเสียง Olympian ’uh(oh)-LIM-pee-uhn’
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Did You Know?
The Greek gods lived high atop Mt. Olympus,
which allowed them to watch what went on in the human realm below
and intervene as they saw fit.
They insisted on being properly worshipped by humans,
but otherwise tended to treat the affairs of these weak
and short-lived creatures almost like a sport.
So Olympian describes someone who seems "lofty" and "above it all",
as if surveying a scene in which other people appear the size of ants.
The Olympic Games were first celebrated in the 8th century B.C.,
at the religious site called Olympia (farfrom Mt. Olympus), and Olympian today actually most oftenrefers to Olympic athletes.
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression
Olympic & Olympian
Olympic refers to games, Olympian toa mountain.
Olympic can also means “pertaining to Mount Olympus,”
but careful users restricted its application to Olympia,
a plain in ancient Greece where the Olympic Games were held
in honor of the god Zeus.
Olympian, by referring to the home of the gods of classical Greece,
has come to mean “majestic,” “superior,” “aloof.”
‘This valley has true Olympian beauty.”
“He was Olympian in his attitude toward money.”
“The Olympic
games of 1972 were held in Sapporo, Japan, and Munich, Germany.”
