petard的词源

英文词源

petard

petard: see feisty

petard (n.)

1590s, "small bomb used to blow in doors and breach walls," from French pétard (late 16c.), from Middle French péter "break wind," from Old French pet "a fart," from Latin peditum, noun use of neuter past participle of pedere "to break wind," from PIE root *pezd- "to fart" (see feisty). Surviving in phrase hoist with one's own petard (or some variant) "blown up with one's own bomb," which is ultimately from Shakespeare (1605):

For tis the sport to haue the enginer Hoist with his owne petar ("Hamlet" III.iv.207).

See hoist.

中文词源

petard：攻城炸药箱，爆竹

来自中古法语peter,爆炸声，放屁声，来自拉丁语petere,爆炸，放屁，来自PIE*pezd,放屁，拟声词，词源同fart.

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