英语词汇dupe的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

dupe. Because its cry sounds like “up up,” the south Europe an bird Upupa epops was called the upup or upupa by the Ro- mans. The bird, about the size of a large thrush and noted for its long, curved beak, variegated plumage, and beautiful orange erectile crest in the male, became known in French as the huppe and in English as the hoopoe, or hoop. The French considered it to be an especially stupid bird because it laid its eggs most any- where without a nest (in a hole in a wall, tree, or bank, etc.). They commonly said that any fool had the head of a huppe, tête d’huppe. D’huppe in the expression eventually became duppe and passed into English in the late 17th century as dupe, a per- son who is easily fooled or deceived.

词汇	dupe
词源	dupe. Because its cry sounds like “up up,” the south Europe an bird Upupa epops was called the upup or upupa by the Ro- mans. The bird, about the size of a large thrush and noted for its long, curved beak, variegated plumage, and beautiful orange erectile crest in the male, became known in French as the huppe and in English as the hoopoe, or hoop. The French considered it to be an especially stupid bird because it laid its eggs most any- where without a nest (in a hole in a wall, tree, or bank, etc.). They commonly said that any fool had the head of a huppe, tête d’huppe. D’huppe in the expression eventually became duppe and passed into English in the late 17th century as dupe, a per- son who is easily fooled or deceived.
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