pith helmet的词源

英文词源

pith (n.)

Old English piþa "pith of plants," also "essential part," from West Germanic *pithan- (cognates: Middle Dutch pitte, Dutch pit, East Frisian pit), a Low German root of uncertain origin. Figurative sense was in Old English. Pith helmet (1889, earlier pith hat, 1884) so called because it is made from the dried pith of the Bengal spongewood.

中文词源

pith helmet：热带国家用的木髓遮阳帽

pith,木髓，helmet,头盔。流行于印度孟加拉邦地区。

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