Where did the name March come from?
March一詞的由來
The name March is derived from the Latin word Martius (named after Mars, the Roman god of war). Martius was the name of the first month in the Roman calendar. It is one of the only months named after a god.
March一詞來源於拉丁詞Martius，以羅馬戰爭之神瑪爾斯(Mars)命名。 Martius曾是羅馬曆法中的第一個月份，也是以眾神命名的月份之一。
While many have adopted the Gregorian calendar (The Roman ruler, Numa Pompilius, added January and February to the calendar thus making March the third month of the year), some cultures and religions still celebrate the start of the New Year on March 1st.
雖然現在大多數人都採用格里曆(即現行公曆)(由羅馬教皇努馬·龐皮留斯頒行，他將一月和二月加入曆法之中，因而三月便成了一年中的第三個月份)，在一些文化和宗教中，人們仍然將三月一日作為新年的第一天來慶祝。
Is there a connection between the month and the word marching?
「三月(March)」和「行進(marching)」一詞有關係嗎?
In ancient Rome, it’s believed that March 1 marked the first day of spring, which coincided with the start of the military campaign season. This may explain why soldiers 「march into battle.」
在古羅馬，人們認為三月一日是春季的第一天，又恰逢軍事戰役季的開始，所以這可能是士兵「行軍投入戰爭」使用march(行軍)一詞的原因。
What does the phrase mad as a March hare mean?
「瘋如三月兔」是什麼意思?
Hares (big rabbits) mate during the month of March, and a female hare may be seen 「boxing」 off a male to prevent an act of procreation, hence mad as a March hare—a phrase that appeared for the first time in Sir Thomas More’s The supplycacyon of soulys, published in 1529.
野兔(大兔子)在三月份進行交配，此時雌兔會和雄兔進行「拳擊比賽」，來避免不情願時雄兔對自己的交合，所以才有了「瘋如三月兔」的說法。該說法第一次出現在託馬斯·莫爾1529年的作品《靈魂的祈禱》中。
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll, also referenced this annual event in 1865’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (often shortened to Alice in Wonderland) in the passage: 「The March hare … as this is May, it won’t be raving mad—at least not so mad as it was in March.」
查爾斯·路特維奇·道奇森，化名劉易斯·卡羅爾，他在自己1865年的作品《愛麗絲夢遊仙境》(Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland/Alice in Wonderland)中也引述了野兔的這一年度活動：「三月兔……現在是五月份，它大概也不會瘋瘋癲癲的——至少不會三月份那樣。」
What is the Ides of March?
「三月半」有什麼說法?
The Ides of March is a reference to the date Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in 44BC and is observed on the 15th day of the month.
「三月半」是暗殺者陰謀刺殺凱撒大帝的日子，凱撒大帝也就是在公元前44年的三月十五日被刺殺而亡的。