英语词汇easel的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	easel
词源	easel. The three-legged frame used to hold a painting while the artist works on it suggested a donkey to 17th-century Dutch painters because it somewhat resembled one and because it carried a burden. So they named this piece of equipment an ezel, Dutch for “donkey,” the word becoming easel in English, as use of the device increased. The idea seems to be a wide- spread one, however, as the French call an easel a chevalet, a wooden “horse.”
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