英语词汇welsh rarebit的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Welsh rarebit; Welsh rabbit. Welsh rarebit is entirely wrong as the name for melted seasoned cheese poured over buttered toast. But rather than being an affected, mannered corruption of the correct Welsh rabbit, it is a well-meaning, if misdirected, attempt to remove a slur on Welshmen from the language. The term Welsh rabbit, an example of country humor dating back to Shakespeare’s time, conveys the idea that only people as poor and stupid as the Welsh would eat cheese and call it rabbit, while the much later Welsh rarebit of restaurant menus makes the Welsh dish a rare and tasty bit. Rarebit, therefore, is an arti- ficial, invented word used in no other connection. See welsh.

词汇	welsh rarebit
词源	Welsh rarebit; Welsh rabbit. Welsh rarebit is entirely wrong as the name for melted seasoned cheese poured over buttered toast. But rather than being an affected, mannered corruption of the correct Welsh rabbit, it is a well-meaning, if misdirected, attempt to remove a slur on Welshmen from the language. The term Welsh rabbit, an example of country humor dating back to Shakespeare’s time, conveys the idea that only people as poor and stupid as the Welsh would eat cheese and call it rabbit, while the much later Welsh rarebit of restaurant menus makes the Welsh dish a rare and tasty bit. Rarebit, therefore, is an arti- ficial, invented word used in no other connection. See welsh.
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