celery(n.)
欧洲伞形科植物,长期栽培为食物,1660年代, sellery,源自法语 céleri (17世纪,最初为 sceleri d'Italie ),据法国资料来源,该词来自意大利(伦巴第方言)的 seleri (单数 selero ),源自晚期拉丁语 selinon,来自希腊语 selinon “欧芹”(在中世纪希腊语中为“芹菜”),这个词的起源不明确。c- 遵循的拼写法,可以在1719年的英语中得到证实,源自法语。中古英语中“野生芹菜”的词为 ache 和 selinum 。
[O]ne day, in a weak and hungry moment, my roommate and I succumbed to a bit of larceny. A greengrocer's truck had parked down the street and was left unattended. We grabbed the first crate we could off the back. It turned out to be celery. For two days we ate nothing but celery and used up more calories chewing than we realized in energy. "Damn it," I said to my roommate, "What're we going to do? We can't starve." "That's funny," he replied. "I thought we could." [Chuck Jones, "Chuck Amuck," 1989]
“一天,我们因为饥饿而有点虚弱,于是我和我的室友屈服于窃盗行径。一辆蔬菜商的货车停在街边,没有人看管。我们抓起了第一箱可得的物品,结果发现是芹菜。两天来,我们什么都没吃除了芹菜,却耗费了更多的热量咀嚼,使身体更加能量透支。“该死,”我对室友说,“我们该怎么办?我们不能饿死。”“这很有趣,”他回答道,“我原本以为我们能。”[查克·琼斯,“查克疯狂了”,1989]
该词起源时间:1660年代