huckleberry的词源

英文词源

huckleberry (n.)

1660s, American English, probably an alteration of Middle English hurtilbery "whortleberry" (15c.), from Old English horte "whortleberry." Technically the fruit and plant of Gaylussacia, but also widely colloquially applied to the closely related blueberry (Vaccinium). Slang meaning "person of little consequence" is attested from 1835.

中文词源

huckleberry：美洲越橘

可能来自bilberry的方言，来自huckle,臀，腰，关节。因这种植物多枝丫而得名。

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