英语词汇baltimore的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Baltimore; Baltimore oriole; Baltimore clipper. An early dictionary tells us that the Baltimore oriole is “so called from the colors of Or (orange) and Sable in the coat of arms belong- ing to Lord Baltimore.” This oriole is not closely related to the orioles of Europe, belonging to the blackbird or meadowlark rather than the crow family. In fact, many American birds with the same names as European species are in reality birds of a dif- ferent feather. (The American robin, for instance, is really a thrush, and other Old World avian words given new signifi- cances include partridge, blackbird, lark, and swallow.) But whatever its true species, the Baltimore oriole definitely takes its name from the Baltimore family, founders of Maryland, the bright colors of the male bird indeed corresponding to the or- ange and black in their heraldic arms. The city of Baltimore, Maryland also honors the barons Baltimore, as do the early 19th-century Baltimore clippers, more indirectly, the famous ships having been built in the city. The same can be said of base- ball’s Baltimore Orioles and football’s Baltimore Colts. No par- ticular Lord Baltimore has been singled out for the honor. George Calvert, the first baron Baltimore (ca. 1590–1632), pre- pared the charter for the proposed colony that became Mary- land, but died before it could be accepted; the charter was granted to his son Cecilius, but the second baron Baltimore never even visited the province; and the third baron Baltimore, Cecilius’s son Charles, governed the province from 1661 to 1684. A Catho- lic who ruled quite arbitrarily over his predominantly Protestant subjects, Charles returned to England and never came back, leaving little more than the family name behind.

词汇	baltimore
词源	Baltimore; Baltimore oriole; Baltimore clipper. An early dictionary tells us that the Baltimore oriole is “so called from the colors of Or (orange) and Sable in the coat of arms belong- ing to Lord Baltimore.” This oriole is not closely related to the orioles of Europe, belonging to the blackbird or meadowlark rather than the crow family. In fact, many American birds with the same names as European species are in reality birds of a dif- ferent feather. (The American robin, for instance, is really a thrush, and other Old World avian words given new signifi- cances include partridge, blackbird, lark, and swallow.) But whatever its true species, the Baltimore oriole definitely takes its name from the Baltimore family, founders of Maryland, the bright colors of the male bird indeed corresponding to the or- ange and black in their heraldic arms. The city of Baltimore, Maryland also honors the barons Baltimore, as do the early 19th-century Baltimore clippers, more indirectly, the famous ships having been built in the city. The same can be said of base- ball’s Baltimore Orioles and football’s Baltimore Colts. No par- ticular Lord Baltimore has been singled out for the honor. George Calvert, the first baron Baltimore (ca. 1590–1632), pre- pared the charter for the proposed colony that became Mary- land, but died before it could be accepted; the charter was granted to his son Cecilius, but the second baron Baltimore never even visited the province; and the third baron Baltimore, Cecilius’s son Charles, governed the province from 1661 to 1684. A Catho- lic who ruled quite arbitrarily over his predominantly Protestant subjects, Charles returned to England and never came back, leaving little more than the family name behind.
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