rubber的词源

英文词源

rubber (n.)

"thing that rubs" (a brush, cloth, etc.), 1530s, agent noun from rub (v.). The meaning "elastic substance from tropical plants" (short for India rubber) first recorded 1788, introduced to Europe 1744 by Charles Marie de la Condamine, so called because it originally was used as an eraser.

Very useful for erasing the strokes of black lead pencils, and is popularly called rubber, and lead-eater. [entry for Caoutchouc in Howard, "New Royal Encyclopedia," 1788]

Meaning "overshoe made of rubber" is 1842, American English; slang sense of "condom" is by 1930s. Sense of "deciding match" in a game or contest is 1590s, of unknown signification, and perhaps an entirely separate word. Rubber stamp (n.) is from 1881; figurative sense of "institution whose power is formal but not real" is from 1919; the verb in this sense is from 1934. Rubber cement is attested from 1856 (from 1823 as India-rubber cement). Rubber check (one that "bounces") is from 1927.

中文词源

rubber（橡胶）：可用来擦除铅笔痕迹的橡皮

1770年，英国化学家Joseph Priestley（1733— 1804）无意中发现橡胶树的白色树胶的凝块可以“rub out”（擦去）铅笔的痕迹，于是他就给它取名叫 rubber，字面意思就是“可用来擦除的东西”。现在橡胶制品已经广泛应用于工业和生活的各个方面，但名称依然为rubber。橡胶富有弹性，因此rubber还可以表示“扭转脖子看”。因为人出于好奇时，会使劲伸长脖子围观，脖子就像是橡皮做的一样可以延展。

rubber： ['rʌbə] n.橡胶，橡皮adj.橡胶制成的vt.涂橡胶于，用橡胶制造vi.扭转脖子看，好奇地看

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rubber：橡皮，橡胶

来自 rub,刮，擦，-er,表物。

rubber：橡皮，橡胶

来自 rub,刮，擦，-er,表物。