scrawl的词源

英文词源

scrawl (v.)

1610s, "write or draw untidily," of uncertain origin, perhaps from Middle English scrawlen "spread out the limbs, sprawl" (early 15c.), which possibly is an alteration of sprawlen (see sprawl (v.)) or crawl (v.). Related: Scrawled; scrawling. The noun is recorded from 1690s, from the verb. Meaning "bad handwriting" is from 1710.

中文词源

scrawl：潦草的写

可能来自 scribe,写，拼写受影响于 sprawl,蔓延，杂乱无章的展开。引申词义潦草的写。

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