英语词汇reduplicated words的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

reduplicated words. Also called ricochet words, these are words containing a reduplicated or doubled element, which usually gives them an intensifying force. There are hundreds of them in English, some covered in these pages. They include chitchat, click-clack, dillydally, dingdong, drip-drop, flimflam, fiddle-faddle, flip-flop, hanky-panky, harum-scarum, helter- skelter, hobnob, hodgepodge, hoity-toity, hugger-mugger, hurly-burly, mishmash, namby-pamby, niminy-piminy, pell- mell, ping-pong, pitter-patter, razzle-dazzle, riffraff, roly-poly, shilly-shally, and wishy-washy.

词汇	reduplicated words
词源	reduplicated words. Also called ricochet words, these are words containing a reduplicated or doubled element, which usually gives them an intensifying force. There are hundreds of them in English, some covered in these pages. They include chitchat, click-clack, dillydally, dingdong, drip-drop, flimflam, fiddle-faddle, flip-flop, hanky-panky, harum-scarum, helter- skelter, hobnob, hodgepodge, hoity-toity, hugger-mugger, hurly-burly, mishmash, namby-pamby, niminy-piminy, pell- mell, ping-pong, pitter-patter, razzle-dazzle, riffraff, roly-poly, shilly-shally, and wishy-washy.
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