spoilsport的词源

英文词源

Grinch (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
"spoilsport;" all usages trace to Dr. Seuss's 1957 book "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." Kipling used grinching (1892) in reference to a harsh, grating noise; and Grinch had been used as the surname of severe characters in fiction since at least 1903.

中文词源

spoilsport:扫兴的人

spoil,糟蹋,破坏,spoil,运动,游戏。引申词义扫兴的人。

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