mettle的词源

英文词源

mettle (n.)

1580s, variant spelling of metal, both forms used interchangeably (by Shakespeare and others) in the literal sense and in the figurative one of "stuff of which a person is made" (1550s) until the spellings and senses perged early 18c.

中文词源

mettle：精神，气概

来自metal的拼写变体。后产生词义上的差别。

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