hustings的词源

英文词源

hustings (n.)

Old English husting "meeting, court, tribunal," from Old Norse husðing "council," from hus "house" (see house (n.)) + ðing "assembly" (see thing); so called because it was a meeting of the men who formed the "household" of a nobleman or king. The native Anglo-Saxon word for this was folc-gemot. The plural became the usual form c. 1500; sense of "temporary platform for political speeches" developed by 1719, apparently from London's Court of Hustings, presided over by the Lord Mayor, which was held on a platform in the Guildhall. This sense broadened to encompass the whole election process.

中文词源

hustings：竞选集会，竞选活动

来自古英语husting,会议，集会，审讯，来自古诺斯语husthing,议会，会议，hus,屋子，thing,古义集会，会议。原为古诺斯人首领集会的会议，后引申词义竞选集会，竞选活动。参照电影《驯龙记》。

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hustings：选举程序；议员竟选演说坛

这里hus-同house，ting部分同thing，而thing本身古意有集会的含义。占据了英国东北部的维京人将“meeting of the household”叫做hustings，而英国西南部的盎格鲁-萨克森人称自己类似的东西为folkmote ['fəukməut] n.群众大会，mote同meeting。

起初husting是作为维京人和盎格鲁-萨克森人商量解决商业争端的集会之地，诺曼人统治11世纪中旬统治英国后husting这里也用来进行民事纠纷的裁决，久而久之市长和市参议员们就坐的平台被称作hustings，而husting这里也成为了提名国会议员和进行政治选举的地方，于是，on or at the hustings就是竞选了。

在大西洋对面的美国，乡下出身或至少要冒充来自底层的政客们用另一个单词来标示自己的接地气：stump [stʌmp] n.树桩，vi.发表竞选演说。假装自己是log-cabin小木屋出身，站在半截树桩上向民众讲话。这时他们就是“on the stump”了，而动词含义明显就是“to go about making political speeches”了。