untouchable的词源
英文词源
- untouchable (adj.)
- 1560s, "immaterial," from un- (1) "not" + touchable (see touch (v.)). Meaning "that legally cannot be interfered with" is recorded from 1734. Meaning "too loathsome or defiling to be touched" is recorded from 1873. The noun, in reference to a hereditary low caste of India, is attested from 1909; the term and the restrictions were made illegal in India in 1947.
中文词源
un-, 不,非,touchable, 可接触的。该词通常用来指印度种姓制度的贱民,高种姓阶层不可用身体直接接触的人。
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un-,不,非,touchable,可接触的。该词通常用来指印度种姓制度的贱民,高种姓阶层不可用 身体直接接触的人。