pothole的词源

英文词源

pothole (n.)

also pot-hole, 1826, originally a geological feature in glaciers and gravel beds, from Middle English pot "a deep hole for a mine, or from peat-digging" (late 14c.), now generally obsolete, but preserved in Scotland and northern England dialect; perhaps ultimately related to pot (n.1) on notion of "deep, cylindrical shape." Applied to a hole in a road from 1909.

中文词源

pothole：坑洼，岩石中的溶洞，瓯穴，洞穴探险

pot,罐子，hole,洞。比喻用法。

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