pica 的詞源
pica(n.1)
大約每英寸六行的印刷字體大小(12點),始於1580年代,可能來自 pica,這是英國教會用於確定聖日的規則書的名稱(15世紀後期的盎格魯拉丁語)。這可能來自拉丁語 pica “喜鵲”(見 pie(n.2)); 這本書可能因舊版的顏色和“雜色”的外觀而被稱爲如此,因爲它在緊密印刷的頁面上使用了這種字體大小來打印序數。
pica(n.2)
1560年代,“對不適合食用的物質(如白堊)的病態渴望”,源自中世紀拉丁語 pica “喜鵲”(見 pie(n.2)),可能翻譯自希臘語 kissa, kitta “喜鵲,松鴉”,也指“虛假的食慾”。連接概念可能是鳥類的不加區分的進食。比較 geophagy。
As the magpie eats young birds, here is the bird to keep the sparrows' numbers in check, for it will live in towns and close to dwellings—just the localities sparrows frequent. The magpie's appetite is omnivorous, and it is charged with at times killing weakly lambs, and varying its diet by partaking of grain and fruit; but I never at Home heard any complaints of this bird from the farmers, whilst the gamekeepers had not a good word for it. The bird will eat carrion, so if one were disturbed taking a meal from a dead lamb it would probably be blamed for its death, which may have occurred from natural causes. [A. Bathgate, "The Sparrow Plague and its Remedy," in Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 1903]
由於喜鵲會吃幼鳥,所以這是一種可以控制麻雀數量的鳥類,因爲它會生活在城鎮和靠近住宅的地方——正是麻雀經常出沒的地方。喜鵲的食慾是雜食性的,有時會襲擊虛弱的小羊,並通過食用穀物和水果來改變其飲食; 但我從未聽說過農民對這種鳥有任何抱怨,而養鳥人對它並不滿意。這種鳥會吃腐肉,所以如果有人打擾它從死羊身上吃飯,它可能會因其死亡而受到指責,而這可能是由於自然原因導致的。[A. Bathgate,“麻雀瘟疫及其解決方法”,見《新西蘭學會交易》,1903年]
pica 的趨勢
根據books.google.com/ngrams/調整。Ngrams可能不可靠。
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