In a brown study: 沉思
<p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="brown">brown</span> <span word="study">study</span>: 沉思</p><p>知道福尔摩斯吧？一脸的精明和悍练，习惯性地叼着他的烟斗，带领我们进入一个又一个匪夷所思的悬案之旅……那您是否熟悉福尔摩斯的另一招牌表情？比如，在他听完扑朔迷离的案件之后会做什么？瞧，华生医生是这样形容的：“<span word="At">At</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="time">time</span>, <span word="Holmes">Holmes</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="kept">kept</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="distance">distance</span>, <span word="thinking">thinking</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="brown">brown</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="leaping">leaping</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="feet">feet</span>.”</p><p>“<span word="Thinking">Thinking</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="brown">brown</span> <span word="study">study</span>”？ 难道福尔摩斯必须呆在“四壁涂抹成褐色的书房”里才能完成缜密推理吗？哦，您千万别这么太富有想象力，“<span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="brown">brown</span> <span word="study">study</span>”是个固定搭配，指“<span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="deep">deep</span> <span word="thought">thought</span>”（沉思）。</p><p>这个短语分别源于<span word="brown">brown</span>和<span word="study">study</span>的两个旧用法。因为<span word="brown">brown</span>在色调上属于暗色，16世纪时人们常用它来形容“忧郁、沮丧”的心境；<span word="study">study</span>在14世纪的古英语中表示“<span word="a">a</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="reverie">reverie</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="contemplation">contemplation</span>”（幻想或沉思）。由此，<span word="brown">brown</span> <span word="study">study</span>现在可以表示两层含义“<span word="a">a</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="daydreaming">daydreaming</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="deep">deep</span> <span word="thought">thought</span>”（做白日梦；沉思）。 很明显，在华生医生看来，福尔莫斯那会儿肯定不是做“白日梦”或“躲在四壁是褐色的书房里”，他在沉思呢！ 另外，顺便介绍一下<span word="brown">brown</span>的另一个固定搭配，<span word="brown">brown</span> <span word="off">off</span>, 它的意思可是“大发脾气”。例如：<span word="He">He</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="fairly">fairly</span> <span word="browned">browned</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="unless">unless</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="right">right</span> <span word="away">away</span>！（你要是不马上回来他可真火了！）</p>
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