inexpressible 的詞源
inexpressible(adj.)
1620年代,来自 in- (1) "不" + expressible (参见 express (v.))。 Inexpressibles "裤子" 起源于1790年。相关词: Inexpressibly。
I have retain'd the word BREECHES, as they are known by no other name amongst country folk.--The change from vulgarity to refinement, in cities and towns, has introduced other appellations; there they are generally called SMALL CLOTHES, but some ladies of high rank and extreme delicacy call them INEXPRESSIBLES. [footnote in "Poems Miscellaneous and Humorous," by Edward Nairne, Canterbury, 1791]
我保留了BREECHES这个词,因为在乡村人们没有其他名称称呼它们。--在城市和城镇,从粗俗到精致的变化引入了其他名称;在那里它们通常被称为SMALL CLOTHES,但一些高贵且极其娇嫩的女士称它们为INEXPRESSIBLES。[注释来自爱德华·奈恩的《杂诗与幽默诗》,坎特伯雷,1791年]
Inexpressibles 是最早记录的,因此似乎引发了这一趋势。随后出现了 unmentionables (1806); indispensibles (1820); ineffables (1823); unutterables (1826); innominables (1827); inexplicables (1829); unimaginables (1833),和 unprintables (1860)。
inexpressible 的趨勢
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