meme 是较新的英文词语,大体有两重意思:一是指文化或行为体系的基元,这种基元通过摹仿或其他非遗传方式由一个个体传给另一个个体;另一层意思是指网络上迅速传播走红的通常比较幽默的图像或文字片断。中文网络对此有些介绍,也有十来种不同的中文译法(梅梅、媒母、迷米、迷因、
文化基因、米姆、姆咪、彌因、彌母、模因、擬子),但目前尚未有普遍接受的中文对应词。
反正凑热闹不怕人多,乱子越大越热闹,咱也凑凑。就其第一层意思而言,可译成“媒模(mu)”或“媒模子”(由复数音译),表其可模仿可传递。
meme: noun
1 An element of a culture or system of behaviour passed from one individual to another by imitation or other non-genetic means.
2 An image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by Internet users, often with slight variations.
(Oxford Living Dictionaries)
中文
1 An element of a culture or system of behaviour passed from one individual to another by imitation or other non-genetic means.
2 An image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by Internet users, often with slight variations.
(Oxford Living Dictionaries)
中文
梅梅, 媒母, 迷米, 迷因,
米姆姆咪、彌因、彌母,或者意譯的 模因、擬子, 文化基因
米姆姆咪、彌因、彌母,或者意譯的 模因、擬子, 文化基因