airy-fairy的词源

英文词源

airy (adj.)

late 14c., "of the air, made of air," from air (n.1) + -y (2). Meaning "breezy" is attested from 1590s; that of "lively" is from 1640s. Sense of "vain, unsubstantial" is from 1580s. Disparaging airy-fairy is attested from 1920 (earlier in a sense of "delicate or light as a fairy," which is how Tennyson used it in 1830).

中文词源

airy-fairy：不现实的

airy, 像空气一样的。fairy, 做为airy的同韵词，无意义，幽默用法。

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