unscramble的词源

英文词源

unscramble (v.)

"restore to order," 1911, from un- (2) "reverse, opposite of" + scramble (v.). The original use is in a quip attributed to U.S. financier J.P. Morgan (1837-1913) about the impossibility of unscrambling an omelet.

Mr. Morgan is credited with the aphorism that the recent trust decisions are like an order to a cook to "unscramble" the eggs which have just been prepared. [Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science," January 1912]

Related: Unscrambled; unscrambling.

中文词源

unscramble：解码，译出

un-, 使相反，scramble, 搅乱，煎蛋。其原义是把煎好的蛋卷重新变成鸡蛋，引申义解码。

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unscramble：解码，译出

un-,使相反，scramble,搅乱，煎蛋。其原义是把煎好的蛋卷重新变成鸡蛋，引申词义解码。