英文里的法文語匯（五）

chanteuse 女歌星

a female singer

chapeau 遮陽帽

a hat. In French, chapeau is also an expression of congratulations similar to the English "hats off to...."

charg d'affaires 代辦公司，臨時代辦

a diplomat left in charge of day to day business at a diplomatic mission. Within the United States Department of State a charg is any officer left in charge of the mission in the absence of the titular chief of mission.

charlatan 說大話的人，江湖騙子，詐騙者

a person who is a fraud, a fake, a hoaxer, a deceiver, a con artist.

chateaux en Espagne 空中閣樓

literally "castles in Spain"; imaginary projects, with little hope of realisation (means the same as "castles in the air" or "pie in the sky"). No known etymology, though it was already used in the 13th century in the Roman de la rose.

意譯為“意大利的古城堡”，描述妄想出去的不能完成的計劃或念頭。

chauffeur 駕駛員

driver

chef d'?uvre 作品

a masterpiece

cherchez la femme 針對一個男子舉動出現異常又難以表述緣故，就用這一表述來描述。

"look for the woman", in the sense that, when a man behaves out of character or in an otherwise apparently inexplicable manner, the reason may be found in his trying to cover up an illicit affair with a woman, or to impress or gain favour with a woman. First used by Alexandre Dumas (pre) in the third chapter of his novel Les Mohicans de Paris (1854).

chevalier d'industrie 商業服務騙子公司

"knight of industry" : one who lives by his wits, specially by swindling.

chez 在……家中

at the house of : often used in the names of restaurants and the like; Chez Marie = "Marie's"

chic 現代簡約的，流行的，有個性的

stylish

chignon 發鬢

a hairstyle worn in a roll at the nape of the neck

cinma vrit 紀實電影

realism in documentary filmmaking

cinq, cinque 五

five; normally referring to the 5 on dice or cards. In French, always spelt cinq.

一般就是指搖骰子上或撲克牌上的5。

clich 老一套，老舊的

lit. negative; trite through overuse; a stereotype

clique 私黨，流派，閥

a small exclusive group of friends without morale; always used in a pejorative way in French.