nugget的词源

英文词源

nugget (n.)

1852, "lump of gold," probably from southwestern England dialectal nug "lump," of unknown origin [OED]. Another theory is that it is from a mispision of an ingot. Transferred sense is from 1859.

中文词源

nugget：金属块，小圆块

来自英语方言nug,块，可能来自lug,大块，木头块，-et,小词后缀。后用来指金属块，金块。

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