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兔子叫做 bunny
點解西方人將兔子叫做
bunny 呢 ?
首先,bunny是從bun來的,bun是小的圓形麵包,也借用來解髮髻。起初有人叫兔子的短球形尾巴做bun,隨着bunny漸漸成為小兔的通俗小童用語。慢慢再有Easter bunny等用法,以至現代兔女郎(Playboy bunny)的稱謂。
我係想知道呢個叫法嘅由來
。
如上所說,bunny的叫法來自兔尾形狀和bun(小圓麵包)相似, 根據Dictionary.com,來源是十七世紀初美式英語(Americanism)。
(Reference:
Origin:
1600–10,
Americanism
; dial.
bun
(tail
of
a)
hare
or
rabbit,
in
Scots:
From dialectal bun, tail of a rabbit)
2010-06-22 17:04:30 補充:
(Reference:
Origin:
1600–10, Americanism ; dial. bun (tail of a) hare or rabbit, in Scots:
From dialectal bun, tail of a rabbit)