tumbler的词源

英文词源

tumbler (n.)

mid-14c., "acrobat," agent noun from tumble (v.). Compare Old English tumbere "tumbler, dancer." A fem. form was tumblester (early 15c.), tumbester (late 14c.) "female acrobatic dancer." Meaning "drinking glass" is recorded from 1660s, originally a glass with a rounded or pointed bottom which would cause it to "tumble;" thus it could not be set down until it was empty. As a part of a lock mechanism, from 1670s.

中文词源

tumbler：不倒翁，平底玻璃杯

tumble,翻滚，-er,表物。引申诸相关词义。

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tumbler：不倒翁，平底玻璃杯

tumble,翻滚，-er,表物。引申诸相关词义。