bitchy 的詞源
bitchy(adj.)
1925年,美國俚語,指“性感的”; 後來(1930年代)指“惡意的,刻薄的,脾氣壞的”(通常用於女性); 來自 bitch + -y(2)。早期指的是被認爲比平常看起來不那麼粗糙或粗魯的公狗。
Mr. Ramsay says we would now call the old dogs "bitchy" in face. That is because the Englishmen have gone in for the wrong sort of forefaces in their dogs, beginning with the days when Meersbrook Bristles and his type swept the judges off their feet and whiskers and an exaggerated face were called for in other varieties of terriers besides the wire haired fox. [James Watson, "The Dog Book," New York, 1906]
拉姆齊先生說,我們現在會稱老狗的臉爲“bitchy”。這是因爲英國人在他們的狗中走了錯誤的路,從米爾斯布魯克·布裏斯托爾斯和他的同類開始,他們席捲了裁判和鬍鬚,其他種類的梗犬除了剛毛獵狐犬之外,也需要誇張的面部特徵。[詹姆斯·沃森,《狗書》,紐約,1906年]
相關詞彙: Bitchily; bitchiness。
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