weatherman(n.)
"观察天气的人",1869年,来自 weather(n.)+ man(n.)。Weather-prophet 自1784年起作为"晴雨表",1827年作为"预测天气的人"。
Clerk of the Weather, I deplore
That all thy greatness is no more,
As should a gentle bard;
That Nature, or that Nature's law
When you politely called for thaw,
Gave frost was rather hard.
[from "Consolatory Address to Mr. Murphy, the Weather Prophet," Colburn's New Monthly Magazine, 1838]
天气书记,我哀叹
你的伟大已不再,
如同一位温柔的诗人;
自然或自然法则
当你礼貌地呼唤解冻时,
却给了 frost,相当 hard。
[摘自《科尔本新月刊》(Colburn's New Monthly Magazine)1838年的"安慰墨菲先生,天气预报员"(Consolatory Address to Mr. Murphy, the Weather Prophet)]
该词起源时间:1869年