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起源于1883年的英语单词列表

  • sisal(n.)

    "1883年,从龙舌兰和其他热带植物制造的制绳纤维,缩写自 Sisal hempgrass(1843年),其源自于在尤卡坦半岛出口该纤维的港口 Sisal

  • ski(n.)

    早期常用 skee,指“一对长而细的板或木条,固定在脚上,用于在雪地上滑行”,1883年(有一次孤立的例子来自1755年),来自挪威语 ski,与古诺尔斯语 skið “长雪鞋”相关,字面意思是“木棍,柴火”,同源于古英语 scid “木棍”,过时的英语 shide “从木材中分离出来的木块”; 古高地德语 skit,德语 Scheit “原木”,来自原始日耳曼语 *skid- “分裂,分开”,源于 PIE 词根 *skei- “切割,分裂”。

    THE new sport which has lately been introduced at Beloit is skeeing. They are long ash planks, carefully planed and turned up at the end, and are warranted to take you down hill quicker than a wink. After some practice performers become very expert, and the speed with which they go is something surprising. [Beloit College, Wisconsin, Round Table, Dec. 18, 1885]
    新运动最近在贝洛伊特被引入,这就是滑雪。它们是长的白蜡木板,经过精心刨削和翘起,保证让你比眨眼更快地下山。经过一些练习,表演者变得非常熟练,他们的速度令人惊讶。[威斯康星州贝洛伊特学院,圆桌会议,1885年12月18日]

    Ski-jumper自1894年开始使用; ski bum,指在度假胜地工作以获得滑雪机会的滑雪爱好者,自1960年开始使用; ski-mask, 最初是为了保护滑雪时的面部,始于1963年; 1968年被指出是犯罪伪装的一部分。

  • starscape(n.)

    1883年,来自 star(n.)和 scape(n.1)。

  • strudel(n.)

    "史特鲁德尔"是一种奥地利糕点,起源于1893年,源自德语 Strudel,字面意思为“漩涡,涡流”,源自古高地德语 stredan “冒泡,沸腾,旋转,涡流”,源自 PIE 动词词干 *ser- “流动”(参见 serum)。

  • suggestion-box(n.)

    "locked receptacle to receive private written proposals for change or improvement in an establishment or administration," from suggestion + box (n.1), suggested by 1883:

    WHAT funny creatures girls are! I'm sure no one can talk faster than the girls of our mission band when the meeting is out, and yet how hard it is to get them to "speak in meetin'." For this reason we found it good to institute a "Question Box" or perhaps "Suggestion Box" would be a better name. ["Miss M'Gilvary," "For the Young People," in "Woman's Work for Woman," September 1883] 

    The thing itself was in use by that name by 1889, in libraries (to suggest new books), by 1898 in workplaces (often complaint and suggestion box).

    This 'Complaint and Suggestion' box is under lock and key, and Mr. Jacobs carries the key. All complaints that he takes out of this box will be strictly confidential and will be investigated, so you need not fear to make any complaint as long as it is just. The name signed to a complaint will not be divulged. It is only our true friends that will criticise us. ["The NCR," employee publication of the National Cash Register Company, Aug. 1, 1898]


  • Tong(n.)

    "中国秘密社团",1883年,来自广东话 t'ong "集会厅"。

  • trike(n.)

    缩写自 tricycle,1883年。

  • trumeau(n.)

    1883年,建筑学中指“两个开口之间的一块墙壁”,如大门中央的柱子,源自法语 trumeau,字面意思为“小腿肚子”(12世纪),源自日耳曼语(比较德语 Trumm “末端,树桩”,瑞典方言 tromm “树干末端”)。

  • U.K.

    “缩写形式,最早见于1883年,源自 United Kingdom。”

  • undocumented(adj.)

    1883年,来自 un-(1)“不”和 document(v.)的过去分词。