smog 的詞源
smog(n.)
1905年,由 smoke (名詞)和 fog (名詞)混合而成,"仿效劉易斯·卡羅爾的例子" [克萊因; 見 portmanteau ]。據說是在倫敦的一篇由煤煙減少協會財務主管 H.A.德沃先生所讀的論文中首次出現,儘管他似乎沒有聲稱自己創造了這個詞。
At a recent health congress in London, a member used a new term to indicate a frequent London condition, the black fog, which is not unknown in other large cities and which has been the cause of a great deal of bad language in the past. The word thus coined is a contraction of smoke fog "smog" — and its introduction was received with applause as being eminently expressive and appropriate. It is not exactly a pretty word, but it fits very well the thing it represents, and it has only to become known to be popular. [Journal of the American Medical Association, Aug. 26, 1905]
在倫敦最近的一次健康大會上,一位成員使用了一個新術語來表示倫敦經常出現的黑霧,這在其他大城市也不罕見,過去曾引起了很多不良言論。這個新創造的詞是 smog,是 smoke fog 的縮寫,它的引入得到了掌聲,因爲它非常生動形象。它不是一個很漂亮的詞,但它非常貼切地描述了它所代表的事物,只要它被廣泛認識,它就會變得流行。[美國醫學協會雜誌,1905年8月26日]
Smaze (與 haze(名詞)一起)是從1953年開始使用的。
smog 的趨勢
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