英语词汇ford的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Ford. John Dillinger, the first “public enemy number one,” once wrote Henry Ford extolling the performance of his car as a getaway vehicle. That curious incident shows just how wide- spread was the Ford’s really incalculable influence on society, both good and bad. Henry Ford’s motor cars, though not the first invented, put America and the world on wheels, his assembly-line and mass-production methods marking the be- ginning of modern industry, and his “Five Dollar Day” herald- ing a new era for labor. Ford (1863–1947), born on a farm near Detroit, Michigan, founded the Ford Motor Company in 1903. First came his two-cylinder Model A and then in 1909 the im- mortal Model T, the Tin Lizzie, the flivver, America’s monu- ment to love, available in any color so long as it was black. Fif- teen million of these cars were built over almost 20 years—a record that lasted until the Volkswagen broke it in 1972—and any cheap, dependable car became known as a ford. The word is usually capitalized now, but Ford still remains a symbol of American mechanical ingenuity. Though he was often contro- versial and foolish in his public life, no one has ever doubted the inventor’s genius. He is honored today by both the motor company bearing his name and the philanthropic Ford Foun- dation. See also cadillac.

词汇	ford
词源	Ford. John Dillinger, the first “public enemy number one,” once wrote Henry Ford extolling the performance of his car as a getaway vehicle. That curious incident shows just how wide- spread was the Ford’s really incalculable influence on society, both good and bad. Henry Ford’s motor cars, though not the first invented, put America and the world on wheels, his assembly-line and mass-production methods marking the be- ginning of modern industry, and his “Five Dollar Day” herald- ing a new era for labor. Ford (1863–1947), born on a farm near Detroit, Michigan, founded the Ford Motor Company in 1903. First came his two-cylinder Model A and then in 1909 the im- mortal Model T, the Tin Lizzie, the flivver, America’s monu- ment to love, available in any color so long as it was black. Fif- teen million of these cars were built over almost 20 years—a record that lasted until the Volkswagen broke it in 1972—and any cheap, dependable car became known as a ford. The word is usually capitalized now, but Ford still remains a symbol of American mechanical ingenuity. Though he was often contro- versial and foolish in his public life, no one has ever doubted the inventor’s genius. He is honored today by both the motor company bearing his name and the philanthropic Ford Foun- dation. See also cadillac.
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