men 的詞源
men(n.)
man 的複數形式(名詞)。與德語 Männer 等一樣,它顯示了i-mutation的影響。自古英語晚期起,它被用作不定代詞("一個,人們,他們")。Men's liberation 首次出現於1970年。Men's room "男廁所",1908年起見於美國英語。早期它有一個更一般的意義:
men's room, n. "One end of this [cook and dining] room is partitioned off for a men's room, where the crew sit evenings, smoking, reading, singing, grinding their axes, telling stories, etc., before climbing the ladder to their night's rest in the bunk room ... For many years women have been employed in [logging] camps as cooks, hence the name men's room, for the crew are not allowed in the cook room except at meal time." [quoted in "Some Lumber and Other Words," in Dialect Notes, vol. II, part VI, 1904]
男廁所, n. "這個[廚房和餐廳]的一端被隔開作爲一個 men's room,船員們晚上在那裏坐着,抽菸,閱讀,唱歌,磨斧頭,講故事等等,然後爬梯子去他們晚上的休息室...多年來,女性一直在[伐木]營地擔任廚師,因此船員們不被允許進入廚房,除非是用餐時間。" [引自"Dialect Notes, vol. II, part VI, 1904中的"Some Lumber and Other Words"]
Menswear(也稱爲 men's wear)"男裝",1906年起見。以比喻意義上的 separate the men from the boys "從一羣人中區分出男子氣概、成熟、能幹等",始於1943年; 最早的用法傾向於將其歸功於二戰期間的美國飛行員。
One of the most expressive G.I. terms to come out of the late strife was "that's where they separate the men from the boys" — so stated by American aviators leaning from their cockpits to observe a beach-landing under fire on some Pacific island far below. ["Arts Magazine," 1947]
最具表現力的 G.I.術語之一出自最近的衝突,"那就是他們把男人和男孩分開的地方" — 這是美國飛行員在他們的駕駛艙裏傾斜身體觀察遠下的某個太平洋島嶼上的海灘登陸時所說的。["Arts Magazine," 1947]
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