英语词汇turkey的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

turkey. The domesticated turkey hardly knows what to eat and has to be attracted to food by colorful marbles placed in its feed; it often catches cold by getting its feet wet and frequently panics and suffocates itself when the flock presses together in fear. For such reasons turkey has been slang for any stupid, worthless, useless, unsuitable thing since before 1930. Turkey for a poor, third-rate play, movie, or book is said to be an in- vention of humorist S. J. Perelman, who in the 1920s called himself a “Pennsylvania farmer of prized turkeys, which he dis- plays on Broadway once a year.” The word is also used for a so- cially incompetent, awkward person, a fake drug capsule, easy money (because turkeys are comparatively easy to catch), an easy task (a turkey shoot), a valise, a 50-cent piece (from the ea- gle on the coin), and a hobo’s suitcase. Turkey comes from tur- key hen, native to Turkey, which was confused with the Ameri- can bird. See elephant bird.

词汇	turkey
词源	turkey. The domesticated turkey hardly knows what to eat and has to be attracted to food by colorful marbles placed in its feed; it often catches cold by getting its feet wet and frequently panics and suffocates itself when the flock presses together in fear. For such reasons turkey has been slang for any stupid, worthless, useless, unsuitable thing since before 1930. Turkey for a poor, third-rate play, movie, or book is said to be an in- vention of humorist S. J. Perelman, who in the 1920s called himself a “Pennsylvania farmer of prized turkeys, which he dis- plays on Broadway once a year.” The word is also used for a so- cially incompetent, awkward person, a fake drug capsule, easy money (because turkeys are comparatively easy to catch), an easy task (a turkey shoot), a valise, a 50-cent piece (from the ea- gle on the coin), and a hobo’s suitcase. Turkey comes from tur- key hen, native to Turkey, which was confused with the Ameri- can bird. See elephant bird.
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