英语词汇antsy的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

antsy. Originating in the early 1950s, antsy means jittery, restless, nervous. The expression derives from the earlier phrase to have ants in one’s pants, which dates back to World War II America and is recorded in humorist H. Allen Smith’s book Putty Knife (1943): “She dilates her nostrils a lot, the way Val- entino used to do it in the silent movies to indicate that he had ants in his pants.” The quotation shows that to have ants in one’s pants can suggest lust, but to my knowledge antsy never has this sexual meaning.

词汇	antsy
词源	antsy. Originating in the early 1950s, antsy means jittery, restless, nervous. The expression derives from the earlier phrase to have ants in one’s pants, which dates back to World War II America and is recorded in humorist H. Allen Smith’s book Putty Knife (1943): “She dilates her nostrils a lot, the way Val- entino used to do it in the silent movies to indicate that he had ants in his pants.” The quotation shows that to have ants in one’s pants can suggest lust, but to my knowledge antsy never has this sexual meaning.
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