Garnish: 装饰菜；扣押财产
<p><span word="Garnish">Garnish</span>: 装饰菜；扣押财产</p><p>初看<span word="garnish">garnish</span>的两种释义 -- 给食物加装饰、扣押债务人的财产，真让人有点“丈二和尚摸不着头脑”，毫无干系的两种意思怎么能体现在一个词身上呢? 先说<span word="garnish">garnish</span>表示“给菜肴加装饰”，这个我们比较常见，如：<span word="Mother">Mother</span> <span word="garnished">garnished</span> <span word="fish">fish</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="slices">slices</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="lemon">lemon</span>.（妈妈拿柠檬片给做好的鱼上加点缀。）<span word="Garnish">Garnish</span>的这层含义源于古法语词“<span word="garniss">garniss</span>”（防护；装修），由此我们可找到源于同一词根的“<span word="garment">garment</span>”（外衣）。 13世纪，<span word="garnish">garnish</span>进入英语词汇，当时除了表示“防卫”外，也表示“点缀，装饰”；到17世纪，<span word="garnish">garnish</span>逐渐演变为专指“给菜肴加装饰、做点缀”，也可用作名词“装饰菜”，如<span word="The">The</span> <span word="turkey">turkey</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="served">served</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="garnish">garnish</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="parsley">parsley</span>.（做好的火鸡上面配上芫荽做点缀。） 由于古法语<span word="garniss">garniss</span>又可追溯到德语词根<span word="garnir">garnir</span>-（通知，警告），大约在16世纪，<span word="garnish">garnish</span>开始出现在法律词汇中，指“法庭通知或传讯债务人”，现在，<span word="garnish">garnish</span>逐渐演变为“法庭通知受托人扣押债务人的财产或工资”，举个例子：<span word="The">The</span> <span word="debtor">debtor</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="employer">employer</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="garnished">garnished</span>.（债务人的雇主被通知扣发债务人的工资）。</p>
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