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grapevine的词源解释,grapevine来源

grapevine(n.)

也称为 grape-vine,起源于1736年,由 grapevine 组成。意思是“谣言; 传播信息的秘密或非传统方法”(1863年),源于美国内战期间将 grapevine telegraph 用作“秘密信息和谣言的来源”,指南方人民在北方占领下的情况,也指黑人社区和逃亡奴隶。

The false reports touching rebel movements, which incessantly circulated in Nashville, brings us to the consideration of the "grapevine telegraph"—a peculiar institution of rebel generation, devised for the duplex purpose of "firing the Southern heart," and to annoy the "Yankees." It is worthy of attention, as one of the signs of the times, expressing the spirit of lying which war engenders. But it is no more than just to say that there is often so little difference between the "grapevine" and the associated press telegraph, that they might as well be identical. ["Rosecrans' Campaign with the Fourteenth Corps," Cincinnati, 1863]
有关叛军行动的虚假报道在纳什维尔不断流传,这让我们考虑到“葡萄藤电报”——叛乱时期的一种特殊制度,旨在“点燃南方人的心”,并烦扰“北方佬”。它值得关注,因为它是战争产生的谎言精神的一个标志。但公正地说,有时“葡萄藤”和相关新闻社电报之间的区别很小,它们几乎可以被视为相同的。[“罗斯克兰斯与第十四军团的战役”,辛辛那提,1863年]

该词起源时间:1736年