英语词汇armadillo的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

armadillo; Texas turkey. Armadillo is the Spanish diminu- tive of “the armed one” and is related to words like armor, this obviously in reference to the little porkilotherm’s being encased in bony armor and by its habit of rolling itself, when threat- ened, into an impregnable ball. The Mexican native, which can- not survive north of Texas, was a source of food to Americans during the Great Depression, when it was known as the “Hoover hog” or “Texas turkey.” Darwin was fascinated by the little ar- madillo and its ancient prehistoric predecessor, the glyptodont, which was about the size of a Volkswagen Beetle. A children’s poem has it that a peccadillo of the armadillo is that it must be washed with Brillo.

词汇	armadillo
词源	armadillo; Texas turkey. Armadillo is the Spanish diminu- tive of “the armed one” and is related to words like armor, this obviously in reference to the little porkilotherm’s being encased in bony armor and by its habit of rolling itself, when threat- ened, into an impregnable ball. The Mexican native, which can- not survive north of Texas, was a source of food to Americans during the Great Depression, when it was known as the “Hoover hog” or “Texas turkey.” Darwin was fascinated by the little ar- madillo and its ancient prehistoric predecessor, the glyptodont, which was about the size of a Volkswagen Beetle. A children’s poem has it that a peccadillo of the armadillo is that it must be washed with Brillo.
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