kiwi fruit的词源

英文词源

kiwi (n.)

type of flightless bird, 1835, from Maori kiwi, said to be of imitative origin. As slang for "a New Zealander," it is attested from 1918. The kiwi fruit (Actinia chinesis), was so called in U.S. from c. 1966 when it was imported there, but it is known in New Zealand as Chinese gooseberry (1925).

中文词源

kiwi fruit：猕猴桃

来自1966年这种水果出口到美国时美国人取的名字，在新西兰本土叫Chinese gooseberry,因其原产于中国。

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