英语词汇mickey mouse的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Mickey Mouse. Mickey Mouse only began to lose popularity when he was streamlined for later films, his tail cut off and his bare chest covered, among other “modernizations.” He looked as if he had come off an assembly line of drawing boards, and this commercial slickness was reflected in phrases like Mickey Mouse music. In the armed forces during World War II and the Korean conflict Mickey Mouse meant anything childish or silly, such as white-glove inspections. “Mickey Mouse movie” was a humorous term G.I.’s gave the frightening films servicemen were shown that gruesomely detailed the effects of gonorrhea and syphilis and that caused many men to swear off sex—for a few days. Mickey Mouse was of course invented by the late Walt Disney (1901–66) in 1923. Disney called his creation Mortimer Mouse at first, but changed the name when his wife suggested Mickey Mouse instead. The cartoonist was Mickey’s voice in the early Mickey Mouse cartoons. In Disney’s words, “He was my firstborn and the means by which I ultimately achieved all the other things I ever did—from Snow White to Disneyland.” See also disneyan.

词汇	mickey mouse
词源	Mickey Mouse. Mickey Mouse only began to lose popularity when he was streamlined for later films, his tail cut off and his bare chest covered, among other “modernizations.” He looked as if he had come off an assembly line of drawing boards, and this commercial slickness was reflected in phrases like Mickey Mouse music. In the armed forces during World War II and the Korean conflict Mickey Mouse meant anything childish or silly, such as white-glove inspections. “Mickey Mouse movie” was a humorous term G.I.’s gave the frightening films servicemen were shown that gruesomely detailed the effects of gonorrhea and syphilis and that caused many men to swear off sex—for a few days. Mickey Mouse was of course invented by the late Walt Disney (1901–66) in 1923. Disney called his creation Mortimer Mouse at first, but changed the name when his wife suggested Mickey Mouse instead. The cartoonist was Mickey’s voice in the early Mickey Mouse cartoons. In Disney’s words, “He was my firstborn and the means by which I ultimately achieved all the other things I ever did—from Snow White to Disneyland.” See also disneyan.
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