bantam的词源

英文词源

bantam

bantam: [18] When these diminutive chickens were first imported into Europe in the middle of the 18th century, it was thought that they had originated in a village called Bantam in Java, now in Indonesia, and they were named accordingly. This version of their history has never been firmly established, but the name stuck. Bantamweight as a category of boxing weights dates from the 1880s.

bantam (n.)

1749, after Bantam, former Dutch residency in Java, from which the small domestic fowl were said to have been first imported. Extension to "small person" is 1837. As a light weight class in boxing, it is attested from 1884, probably from the birds, which are small but aggressive and bred for fighting.

中文词源

bantam：矮脚鸡

来自印度尼西亚爪哇岛地名Bantam, 盛产该矮脚鸡，非常好斗。

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bantam：矮脚鸡　　

印尼爪畦西北部有个村于名叫Bantam，它是当年荷兰殖民者在东印度群岛(East Indies)的第一块拓居地。据信矮脚鸡原产于此，因而得名bantam。其实Bantam并非矮脚鸡的原产地。由于雄性矮脚鸡特别好斗，所以bantam一词现也用以喻指“矮小而勇猛好斗的人”，有时也用作形容词，表示“轻型的"和“小的”等义。

bantam（矮脚鸡）：出产矮脚鸡的爪哇万丹

Bantam是东南亚爪哇岛上的一个古国，中文称为“万丹”，曾经统治过爪哇岛西部。17世纪时，荷兰殖民地来到东南亚时，万丹是一个重要的落脚点。荷兰人在这个地方首次见到一种矮小而勇猛好斗的鸡，便以其地名来命名，称为bantam（矮脚鸡）。其实万丹并非矮脚鸡的原产地，但bantam一词被荷兰人带回欧洲后，就变成了对“矮脚鸡”的通用称呼。由于矮脚鸡虽然个子矮小，但生性勇猛好斗，因此bantam也常常用来形容个子矮小但勇猛好斗的人。

bantam：['bæntəm] n.矮脚鸡，矮小而勇猛好斗的