趣味短语:鸡蛋怎么能“怂恿”
<p>中国农历的鸡年就要来了，我们也来学习一个和鸡蛋有关的词组<span word="egging">egging</span> <span word="on">on</span>.</p><p><span word="Egging">Egging</span> <span word="on">on</span>意为怂恿，激励某种行动，例如：<span word="Mary">Mary</span> <span word="egged">egged</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="husband">husband</span> <span word="onto">onto</span> <span word="steal">steal</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="money">money</span>. (玛丽怂恿她丈夫去偷钱。)<span word="The">The</span> <span word="racing">racing</span> <span word="fans">fans</span> <span word="egged">egged</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="favorites">favorites</span> <span word="on">on</span>. (赛马迷给他们看好的选手加油。)</p><p>在历史上，鸡蛋除了食用外还有多种用途，比如用作一场演出好坏的衡量标准演的好给掌声，演的差就扔臭鸡蛋。因此，词组<span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="egg">egg</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="ones">ones</span> <span word="face">face</span>(做傻事，丢丑)不仅可能源于笨拙的餐桌吃相，也可能和糟糕的舞台演出有关。</p><p>可是，<span word="egg">egg</span>什么时候有了怂恿的含义了呢?挪威语中的<span word="eggja">eggja</span>产生于10世纪，是今天的<span word="egg">egg</span>和<span word="edge">edge</span>两个单词(兼有名词和动词意义)的起源。起初<span word="egg">egg</span>和<span word="edge">edge</span>都有使变锋利，怂恿，激化的意义，后来<span word="edge">edge</span>的含义逐渐转变为徐徐移动，谨慎前进或微微胜过，而<span word="egg">egg</span>仍然保留它最初的含义：<span word="lets">lets</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="fight">fight</span>.</p>
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