英语词汇pug-nosed的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

pug-nosed. People with short snub noses are called pug- nosed because their proboscises resemble those of apes or a breed of dogs. In the 17th century, pug, which derives from puck, a term of endearment, was a pet name for both apes and a popular type of short-haired dog. Both apes and the pug dog have blunt noses with wide bases that slope upward, which in- spired some wag to dub similar human noses pug noses. Stu- dents of physiognomy believed that a pug nose was an indica- tion of weakness; even Emerson wrote that “a squint, a pug- nose, mats of hair . . . betray character.” In fact, Charles Darwin had a snub nose and Captain Fitzroy of the Beagle, a devotee of the “science,” almost didn’t hire him as the ship’s naturalist be- cause a snub nose was supposed to indicate a lack of energy or determination.

词汇	pug-nosed
词源	pug-nosed. People with short snub noses are called pug- nosed because their proboscises resemble those of apes or a breed of dogs. In the 17th century, pug, which derives from puck, a term of endearment, was a pet name for both apes and a popular type of short-haired dog. Both apes and the pug dog have blunt noses with wide bases that slope upward, which in- spired some wag to dub similar human noses pug noses. Stu- dents of physiognomy believed that a pug nose was an indica- tion of weakness; even Emerson wrote that “a squint, a pug- nose, mats of hair . . . betray character.” In fact, Charles Darwin had a snub nose and Captain Fitzroy of the Beagle, a devotee of the “science,” almost didn’t hire him as the ship’s naturalist be- cause a snub nose was supposed to indicate a lack of energy or determination.
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