childlike 的詞源
childlike(adj.)
1580年代,“適合兒童的”,來自 child 和 like(形容詞)。在好的意義上“像孩子一樣”(與 childish 區分)的意思來自1738年。“格林騎士傳”(約1380年)有 child-gered “男孩般的,輕鬆愉快的”。
Childlike and childish express that which is characteristic of a child, the former applying to that which is worthy of approbation, or at least does not merit disapproval, and the latter usually to that which is not: as, a childlike freedom from guile; a childish petulance. To express that which belongs to the period of childhood, without qualifying it as good or bad, child or childhood is often used in composition .... [Century Dictionary, 1897]
Childlike 和 childish 表達了孩子的特點,前者適用於值得讚揚的事物,或者至少不值得反對,而後者通常適用於不值得的事物:例如,一個 childlike 的不狡猾自由; 一個 childish 的暴躁。爲了表達屬於童年時期的事物,而不將其歸爲好或壞,經常在組合中使用 child 或 childhood.... [《世紀詞典》1897年]
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