doolally的词源

英文词源

doolally (adj.)

"insane, eccentric," British slang, by 1917 in the armed services and in full doolally tap (with Urdu word for "fever"), from Deolali, near Bombay, India, which was a military camp (established 1861) with a large barracks and a chief staging point for British troops on their way to or from India; the reference is to men whose enlistments had expired who waited there impatiently for transport home.

中文词源

doolally：发疯

来自印度地名Deolali, 19世纪孟买附近的一个小村庄，英国士兵出入印度的中转站，通常到这个地方的士兵都会有一种发疯的冲动，正如人们对印度的评价爱之如天堂，恨之如地狱。

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