crowbar的词源

英文词源

crowbar (n.)

1748, with bar (n.1), earlier simply crow (c. 1400); so called from its "beak" or from resemblance to a crow's foot; or possibly it is from crows, from Old French cros, plural of croc "hook."

中文词源

crowbar：铁撬棍

来自crow和bar的组合词，因形似乌鸦脚趾而得名。或可能是来自crook bar, 故意拼写成crowbar.

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：crowbar 词源，crowbar 含义。

crowbar：撬棍

意为“撬棍”的crowbar系由crow（乌鸦）和bar（棍，棒）二词构成，因其一端形似鸦喙（一说鸦爪），故名。早在1573年撬棍称crow，crowbar则是到了19世纪初期才开始在美国英语中使用起来的。