hourglass(n.)
也称为 hour-glass,是一种用于测量时间的仪器,始于1510年,由 hour 和 glass(名词)组成。19世纪用于各种技术和科学意义上的形状描述; 1897年开始用于描述女性的躯干。
Men condemn corsets in the abstract, and are sometimes brave enough to insist that the women of their households shall be emancipated from them; and yet their eyes have been so generally educated to the approval of the small waist, and the hourglass figure, that they often hinder women who seek a hygienic style of dress. [Mary Ashton Rice Livermore, "The Story of My Life," 1898]
男性们抽象地谴责束腰,有时勇敢地坚持让家中的女性摆脱束缚; 然而,他们的眼睛往往习惯于赞赏细腰和沙漏身材,以至于常常阻碍那些追求健康着装风格的女性。【玛丽·阿什顿·赖弗莫尔,《我的故事》,1898年】
该词起源时间:1510年代