kiwi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：几维鸟，新西兰人

来自新西兰毛利语kiwi,可能来自拟声词，模仿这种鸟的叫声，俚语义新西兰人。

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