词汇 | manhattan |
词源 | Manhattan; Manhattanization. Since 1898 Manhattan has been the name of New York’s central borough, and has always been a synonym for New York City itself. From the Manhattan Indians, indirectly, we also have the Manhattan cocktail, made with whiskey, sweet vermouth, and bitters, first mixed about 1890; Manhattan clam chowder, made with tomatoes, unlike the traditional New England milk clam chowder; and Manhat- tan Project, the code name for the project that developed the first atomic bomb. Manhattanization is a word that seems to have originated only recently. In the 1971 fall elections, San Francisco residents were urged to vote for an amendment halting the construction of tall buildings to avoid the Manhat- tanization of San Francisco. |
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