seesaw的词源
英文词源
- see-saw (n.)
- also seesaw, 1630s, in see-saw-sacke a downe (like a Sawyer), words in a rhythmic jingle used by children and repetitive motion workers, probably imitative of the rhythmic back-and-forth motion of sawyers working a two-man saw over wood or stone (see saw (n.1). Ha ha.). Reference to a game of going up and down on a balanced plank is recorded from 1704; figurative sense is from 1714. Applied from 1824 to the plank arranged for the game.
- see-saw (v.)
- also seesaw, "move up and down," 1712, from see-saw (n.). Related: See-sawed; see-sawing.
- teeter (v.)
- 1843, "to seesaw," alteration of Middle English titter "move unsteadily," probably from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse titra "to shake, shiver, totter, tremble," from Proto-Germanic *ti-tra- (cognates: German zittern "to tremble"). Meaning "move unsteadily, be on the edge of imbalance" is from 1844. Noun teeter-totter "see-saw" is attested from 1905 (earlier simply teeter, 1855, and titter-totter in same sense is from 1520s). Totter (n.) "board swing" is recorded from late 14c.; see totter (v.).
中文词源
seesaw与teeter-totter这两个词都指“跷跷板”。从构词法来看，两者都是重迭词，都由两个押头韵的词组合而成，只是前者比后者要通用得多。
seesaw一词源出17世纪儿童模仿锯木工人(sawyer)锯木唱的一首儿歌，部分歌词是这样的：“See saw，Margery Daw，Jackey shall have a new master”。18世纪时seesaw仅用以表示玩跷跷板这一儿童游戏，到了19世纪才用以指“跷跷板”本身。teeter-totier则是从16世纪英国方言词titter-totter演变而来。在英国方言中tiiter与totter是近义词，表示“蹒跚”、“摇摆”等义。因此，美国一度用teeter- board来指“跷跷板”。在美国一些地方teeter-totter作teeter- tooter或teeter，在新英格兰西部也叫tinter或teenter，在新英格兰东部说法更多，如tilt，tilting board，titter，tiltering board等等。
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