crestfallen的词源

英文词源

crestfallen (adj.)

1580s, past participle adjective, but the verb crestfall is recorded only from 1610s, in reference to diseased horses, and is rare. It's possible that the image behind this use of the word is not cocks, as often is asserted, but horses.

中文词源

crestfallen：垂头丧气的

来自crest和fallen的组合词。

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