英语词汇ladybug的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

ladybug; ladybird. In ladybug, lady refers to “Our Lady,” the Virgin Mary, in whose honor the beneficial insect was named— not to the erroneous belief that all ladybugs are female. These brightly colored beetles of the family Coccinellidae, which feed on aphids and other destructive garden pests, are known in En- gland as ladybirds, due to a British aversion to the word bug, which is strongly associated there with buggery, or sodomy. Some American southerners favor the British word, which is why Claudia Taylor Johnson, our former first lady, bears this fa- miliar southern nickname.

词汇	ladybug
词源	ladybug; ladybird. In ladybug, lady refers to “Our Lady,” the Virgin Mary, in whose honor the beneficial insect was named— not to the erroneous belief that all ladybugs are female. These brightly colored beetles of the family Coccinellidae, which feed on aphids and other destructive garden pests, are known in En- gland as ladybirds, due to a British aversion to the word bug, which is strongly associated there with buggery, or sodomy. Some American southerners favor the British word, which is why Claudia Taylor Johnson, our former first lady, bears this fa- miliar southern nickname.
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