Rip Van Winkle
noun /ˌrɪp væn ˈwɪŋkl/
/ˌrɪp væn ˈwɪŋkl/
- a person who is surprised to find how much the world has changed over a period of time
对世界变化之大感到惊讶的人； 李伯 More Like This Expressions from literary sourcesExpressions from literary sources- Alice in Wonderland
- Casanova
- Cassandra
- Don Juan
- Dorian Gray
- Falstaffian
- Frankenstein
- Jekyll and Hyde
- Lilliputian
- Lothario
- Orwellian
- Pandora’s box
- Peter Pan
- Pied Piper
- Pollyanna
- Rip Van Winkle
- Ruritanian
- Scrooge
- Shangri-La
- Sherlock
- Stepford Wife
- Svengali
- Tweedledum and Tweedledee
- Utopia
- Walter Mitty
词源From the name of a character in a short story by the US writer Washington Irving. He sleeps for 20 years and wakes up to find that the world has completely changed.