one-horse 的詞源
one-horse(adj.)
"小規模的,瑣碎的",1853年,美國英語,口語,指城鎮; 見 one + horse(n.)。可能源於早期用於指馬車、雪橇、犁等“由一匹馬拉動”的用法(1750年); 也指“只有一匹馬”的農民; 因此,“瑣碎的,小規模的,資源有限的; 低劣的”。
Shortly afterwards I took a stroll over the town. It was what is generally denominated a "one horse town," and I would think a pretty small pony at that. Two stores, one grocery, a stable, and four dwellings made up the sum of its buildings. ["Daguerreotyping in the Back Woods," in Yankee Notions, March, 1855]
不久之後,我在鎮上散步。它通常被稱爲“一匹馬的城鎮”,我認爲那只是一匹相當小的馬駒。兩家商店,一家雜貨店,一個馬廄和四棟住宅構成了它的建築總數。["Daguerreotyping in the Back Woods," in Yankee Notions, March, 1855]
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