jaunt的词源

英文词源

jaunt (n.)

1670s in modern sense of "short pleasure trip," earlier "tiresome journey" (1590s), earlier as a verb, "tire a horse by riding back and forth on it" (1560s), of unknown origin, perhaps from some obscure Old French word. As a verb in the modern sense from 1640s. Related: Jaunted; jaunting.

中文词源

jaunt：短途旅行

词源不详，可能同jump,跳。引申词义颠簸，痛苦的行程，这也是该词原先的词义，后来用于指短途旅行，游览，欢快的行程。字母m,n音变，比较home,haunt,lamp,lantern.

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