bellhop的词源

英文词源

bellhop (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
also bell-hop, by 1906, American English, shortening of slang bellhopper (1899), from bell (n.) + hop (v.). The notion is one who "hops" into action when the bell is rung.

中文词源

bellhop:门童

bell, 钟,铃。hop, 跳。因门童听到前台召唤就须跑过去当差,因而得名。

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