hourglass 的詞源
hourglass(n.)
也稱爲 hour-glass,是一種用於測量時間的儀器,始於1510年,由 hour 和 glass(名詞)組成。19世紀用於各種技術和科學意義上的形狀描述; 1897年開始用於描述女性的軀幹。
Men condemn corsets in the abstract, and are sometimes brave enough to insist that the women of their households shall be emancipated from them; and yet their eyes have been so generally educated to the approval of the small waist, and the hourglass figure, that they often hinder women who seek a hygienic style of dress. [Mary Ashton Rice Livermore, "The Story of My Life," 1898]
男性們抽象地譴責束腰,有時勇敢地堅持讓家中的女性擺脫束縛; 然而,他們的眼睛往往習慣於讚賞細腰和沙漏身材,以至於常常阻礙那些追求健康着裝風格的女性。【瑪麗·阿什頓·賴弗莫爾,《我的故事》,1898年】
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