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horned的词源解释,horned来源

horned(adj.)

"长有角或角质的",古英语 hyrned,源自 horn(n.)的词源。现代词汇可能是中古英语的新构词法。自14世纪末起,指摩西和他下山时头上出现的象征权力的角状光线。自1620年代起,指被戴绿帽的男人。 Horned toad 来自1766年; horned question 是“两难问题”(1540年代)。

The HORNED TOAD is frightful ; his head half the size of his body ; his jaws open enormously ; his eye lids have the form of a pointed cone, which makes them seem armed with horns, wherein are his eyes. His feet have something the air of hands. [Francis Fitzgerald, "The General Genteel Preceptor," 1747]
“角蜥蜴”很可怕; 它的头部只有身体的一半大小; 它的下颚张得很大; 它的眼睑呈尖锥形,看起来像是有角,里面是它的眼睛。它的脚有点像手。[弗朗西斯·菲茨杰拉德,《普及教育导师》,1747年]