英语词汇pussyfoot的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

pussyfoot. Teddy Roosevelt seems to have either coined or popularized pussyfoot in about 1905. Meaning crafty, cunning, or moving in a cautious manner, it refers to the way cats can walk stealthily by drawing in their claws and walking on the pads of their feet. It’s very unlikely that the redoubtable Wil- liam Eugene “Pussyfoot” Johnson, a crusading American do- gooder, has anything to do with the expression. Johnson was nicknamed “Pussyfoot” because “of his catlike policies in pur- suing lawbreakers” when he served as chief special officer in the Indian Territory. Later his nickname, in the form of pussy- footers, was applied to all advocates of Prohibition. While cru- sading in England, fresh from his triumph of securing the pass- ing of Prohibition in the U.S., Johnson was blinded by a stone thrown by a crusading drunk.

词汇	pussyfoot
词源	pussyfoot. Teddy Roosevelt seems to have either coined or popularized pussyfoot in about 1905. Meaning crafty, cunning, or moving in a cautious manner, it refers to the way cats can walk stealthily by drawing in their claws and walking on the pads of their feet. It’s very unlikely that the redoubtable Wil- liam Eugene “Pussyfoot” Johnson, a crusading American do- gooder, has anything to do with the expression. Johnson was nicknamed “Pussyfoot” because “of his catlike policies in pur- suing lawbreakers” when he served as chief special officer in the Indian Territory. Later his nickname, in the form of pussy- footers, was applied to all advocates of Prohibition. While cru- sading in England, fresh from his triumph of securing the pass- ing of Prohibition in the U.S., Johnson was blinded by a stone thrown by a crusading drunk.
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