electricity 的詞源
electricity(n.)
1640年代(布朗,來自吉爾伯特的現代拉丁語),源自 electric(見上)+ -ity。最初是指摩擦。
Electricity seems destined to play a most important part in the arts and industries. The question of its economical application to some purposes is still unsettled, but experiment has already proved that it will propel a street car better than a gas jet and give more light than a horse. [Ambrose Bierce, "The Cynic's Word Book," 1906]
電力似乎註定要在藝術和工業中扮演極其重要的角色。它在某些方面的經濟應用問題仍未解決,但實驗已經證明,它將比煤氣燈更好地推動有軌電車,並提供比馬更多的光。[安布羅斯·比爾斯,《憤世嫉俗者的詞典》,1906年]
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