起源于1942年的英语词汇列表
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twitterpated(adj.)
1942年,据称首次出现在华特·迪士尼电影《小鹿斑比》中(电影中也有一首同名歌曲,但未收录在电影发行版中),是由 twitter 的“颤抖兴奋”名词意义(1670年代)和 pate(n.2)“头”组成的过去分词形容词(类似于1894年的 flutterpated)。
Thumper: Why are they acting that way?
Friend Owl: Why, don't you know? They're twitterpated.
Flower, Bambi, Thumper: Twitterpated?
Friend Owl: Yes. Nearly everybody gets twitterpated in the springtime. For example: You're walking along, minding your own business. You're looking neither to the left, nor to the right, when all of a sudden you run smack into a pretty face. Woo-woo! You begin to get weak in the knees. Your head's in a whirl. And then you feel light as a feather, and before you know it, you're walking on air. And then you know what? You're knocked for a loop, and you completely lose your head!
Thumper: Gosh, that's awful.
小兔子桑普:它们为什么那样行动?
猫头鹰朋友:你不知道吗?它们被迷住了。
花儿、斑比、小兔子桑普:迷住了?
猫头鹰朋友:是的。几乎每个人在春天都会被迷住。例如:你走着走着,专注于自己的事情。你既不向左看,也不向右看,突然间你撞上了一个漂亮的脸。哇哇!你开始感到膝盖发软。你的头晕眼花。然后你感到轻飘飘的,不知不觉间你已经在空中漫步。然后你知道吗?你被击倒了,你完全失去了理智!
小兔子桑普:天啊,那太可怕了。
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United Nations
1942年,“与轴心国作战的联合国”; 这个国际组织(正式名称为 United Nations Organization )于1945年成立。
Such negotiation as may occur in New York is not conducted within the walls of the tall building by the East River: it is carried out elsewhere, in accordance with those principles of courtesy, confidence and discretion which must for ever remain the only principles conducive to the peaceful settlement of disputes. [Harold Nicholson, "The Evolution of Diplomatic Method," 1954]
在纽约发生的任何谈判都不是在东河边上那座高楼的墙内进行的:它是在其他地方进行的,遵循那些礼貌、信任和谨慎的原则,这些原则永远是有助于和平解决争端的唯一原则。[哈罗德·尼科尔森 1954年《外交方法的演变》]
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X(v.)
"用'X'划掉",1942年,来自 X。
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zoot suit(n.)
1942年,美国英语俚语,第一个元素可能是一个无意义的重复,类似于 suit(与同一俚语中的 reet pleat, drape shape 相似)。