记住10个人名就记住了10大发明
<p><span word="Bowler">Bowler</span></p><p>圆顶礼帽</p><p>This iconic hard felt hat is named after William <span word="Bowler">Bowler</span>, the English hatter who created it in 1850. It is believed that Edward Coke, the younger brother of the 2nd Earl of Leicester, initially commissioned the design for his gamekeepers who needed to protect their heads from low-hanging branches while on horseback.</p><p>这种标志性的硬毡帽是以威廉·宝乐的名字命名的。这位英国帽商在1850年发明了这种帽子。据说，莱斯特伯爵二世的弟弟爱德华·寇克最初是为他的守门员委托设计的。他的守门员骑在马背上时，需要保护他们的头免受低垂树枝的伤害。</p><p><span word="Boycott">Boycott</span></p><p>抵制</p><p>The term boycott entered the English language during the Irish Land War to denote a withdrawal from “commercial or social relations with a country, organization, or person as a punishment or protest”. It comes from the name of Captain Charles <span word="Boycott">Boycott</span>, a land agent in Ireland, who was a prominent early recipient of such treatment with the encouragement of the Irish Land League in the autumn of 1880.</p><p>这个术语是在爱尔兰土地战争时期被纳入英语的。该术语表示不与一个国家，组织或者个人维持商业或者社会关系，以此作为惩罚或抗议的手段。这个术语来自于将军查理·博弈寇特，一位爱尔兰地产商。1880年秋天，在爱尔兰土地联盟的鼓励下，他是最早接受这项措施的杰出人物。</p>
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