单词 | 妓院 |
释义 | 〔fornicate〕from fornix fornic- [vault, vaulted cellar, brothel] * see g wher- 源自 fornix fornic- [拱顶,拱顶地下室,窖子,妓院] * 参见 g wher- 〔juke〕Gullah, the English-based Creole language spoken by Black people off the coast of Georgia and South Carolina,retains a number of words from the West African languages brought over by slaves.One such word isjuke, "bad, wicked, disorderly,”the probable source of the English wordjuke. Used chiefly in the Southeastern states,juke (also appearing in the compound juke joint ) means a roadside drinking establishment that offers cheap drinks, food, and music for dancingand often doubles as a brothel."To juke" is to dance,particularly at a juke joint or to the music of a jukebox whose name, no longer regional and having lost the connotation of sleaziness, contains the same word.格勒语是沿美国乔治亚洲和南卡罗来纳州海岸的黑人说的以英语为基础的克里奥耳语。该语言仍保留着一些由奴隶带过来的西非各种语言中的单词。其中之一就是juke , 意为“坏的,邪恶的,杂乱无序的”,这可能就是英语单词juke 的词源。 主要在东南部各州使用的juke (也出现在复合词 juke joint 中), 意为公路旁边供应廉价饮料、食物和跳舞的音乐,以及经常兼作妓院的小酒馆。"To juke"意为跳舞,尤其是在廉价小酒店里跳或伴着自动唱机里的音乐跳。这种投币或自动唱机的名称不再具地方性,也失去了低级庸俗的涵义〔barrelhouse〕A disreputable old-time saloon or bawdyhouse.低级酒馆,妓院:早期低级的沙龙或妓院〔fornication〕The wordfornication had a lowly beginning suitable to what has long been the low moral status of the word. The Latin wordfornix, from which fornicātiō, the ancestor offornication, is derived, meant "a vault, an arch.” The term also referred to a vaulted cellar or similar place where prostitutes plied their trade.This sense offornix in Late Latin yielded the verb fornicārī, "to commit fornication,” from which is derivedfornicātiō, "whoredom, fornication.” Our word is first recorded in Middle English about 1303.单词fornication 开始时用作指道德水准低的含义。 拉丁语中fornix 一词源自于单词 fornicatio, fornication 一词的前身,词义为“拱顶,穹隆”。 此词也指一个拱顶室或类似结构的妓院。后期拉丁语中fornix 的这种含义衍生出动词 fornicario, 来表示“私通”的含义, 又由此衍生而来fornicari ,表示“卖淫,通奸。” 此词于1303年左右首次出现于中世纪英语中〔bawd〕A woman who keeps a brothel; a madam.鸨母:妓院女老板;鸨母〔sort〕"Gambling and prostitution . . . have been prohibited, but only sort of"(George F. Will)“赌博与妓院…已经被查禁了,但只是有点儿不彻底”(乔治F.威尔)〔half〕"Fancy housing? Not half likely, ma'am"(Russell Baker)“上妓院?根本不可能,女士”(拉塞尔·巴克)〔clap〕from Old French clapier [brothel] 源自 古法语 clapier [妓院,青楼] |
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