bedbug 的詞源
bedbug(n.)
同時, bed-bug,又稱爲“寄居蟲”,是一種吸血昆蟲,會寄居在牀和寢具上,其詞源可以追溯到1772年,源自於 bed(名詞)和 bug(名詞).
[The bed bug] is supposed to have been first introduced to this country in the fir timber that was brought over to rebuild London after it had suffered by the great fire; for it is generally said that Bugs were not known in England before that time, and many of them were found almost immediately afterwards in the new-built houses. [the Rev. W. Bingley, "Animal Biography; or Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners, and Economy of the Animal Creation," London, 1803]
“據信,這種臭蟲最先是隨着用於重建倫敦的杉木進口到這個國家的,因爲普遍認爲在那之前在英國並沒有臭蟲,而在新建的房屋中幾乎立即發現了很多臭蟲。”——W·賓利牧師,《動物傳記; 或動物創造的生活方式和經濟》,倫敦,1803年。
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