wellington的词源
英文词源
- wellington
- wellington: [19] The first duke of Wellington (1769–1852) was perhaps the best-known figure in British public life during the first half of the 19th century, having won considerable prestige for his military campaigns during the Napoleonic wars, and (in what amounted virtually to the first instance of personally endorsed clothing) several types of garment worn by or associated with him were named after him – among them the Wellington coat, the Wellington hat, and the Wellington trousers.
It was, however, the Wellington boot (first recorded in 1817) that carried his name down to posterity. The abbreviation welly is first recorded in 1961, and its use as a verb meaning ‘kick’ dates from the mid 1960s. The duke is also commemorated by the wellingtonia [19], a large Californian conifer.
- Wellington (n.)
- boot so called from 1817, for Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), who also in his lifetime had a style of coat, hat, and trousers named for him as well as a variety of apple and pine tree.
中文词源
来自1817年因英国威灵顿一世公爵1st Duke of Wellington穿着而得名。
该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：wellington 词源，wellington 含义。
1815年在滑铁卢战役指挥反法同盟军击败不可一世的拿破仑而闻名的英国陆军元帅名叫(1st) Duke of Wellington（威灵顿公爵，1769-1852），人称“the Iron Duke”（“铁公爵”）。他本名Arthur Wellesley，但后人往往将他的原名遗忘，而只知其大名为Wellington。在战场上Wellington和手下军官总是穿着一种过膝长统军用皮靴，即使在议会他也总穿着这种军靴。
为了纪念这位世界征服者的征服者，英国人称军用皮靴为wellington boot，嗣后又简称为wellington。名称的由来可以一直追溯到1817年。据传，有一次维多利亚女王问这位公爵他穿的军靴叫什么名字，他回答道，“Wellington's”，女王说，“Impossible! There could not be a pair of Wellington's!”。
今天在雨天或潮湿地行走时穿的长统橡胶雨靴或防水橡胶靴也称wellington。到1961年wellington一词在口语中还常被缩短为welly或wellie。以此人的大名命名的还有新西兰的首都Wellington（惠灵顿）和wellingtonia（巨杉）等。
来自 1817 年因英国威灵顿一世公爵 1st Duke of Wellington 穿着而得名。
