gridiron的词源

英文词源

gridiron (n.)

cooking utensil for broiling over a fire, early 14c., griderne, alteration (by association with iron) of gridire (late 13c.), a variant of gridil (see griddle). Confusion of "l" and "r" was common in Norman dialect. Also a medieval instrument of torture by fire. As the word for a U.S. football field, by 1896, for its lines.

中文词源

gridiron：烤架

grid, 炉栅，网格，词源同grate. iron, 铁。

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