west egg

language: zh

definitions

  1. A fictional peninsula on Long Island in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel 'The Great Gatsby', inhabited by the 'nouveau riche'.
    zh: 《了不起的盖茨比》中的虚构地点
  2. A symbolic term representing the 'nouveau riche' or people who have recently acquired wealth, often contrasted with established social classes.
    zh: 新富阶层的象征

examples

  1. Gatsby lived in a magnificent mansion in West Egg.

    盖茨比住在西卵一座宏伟的豪宅里。

  2. In literature, West Egg serves as a metaphor for the nouveau riche.

    在文学中，西卵是新富阶层的隐喻。