英语词汇spaniel的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

spaniel; cocker spaniel. Shakespeare has Antony speak of the “hearts that spaniel’d me at heels, to whom I have their wishes.” Spaniel can be a verb or adjective, signifying affectionate hu- mility, as well as a noun. The dog’s name simply means “Span- ish dog,” deriving from the old French chien espagneul, which was shortened to espagnol, “Spanish,” and then spaniel in En- glish. Either the spaniel was a breed developed in Spain or the dog reminded Europeans of the Spaniards, who were regarded as submissive and fawning during the Middle Ages. Neither the Spaniards nor the dogs are servile, but the breed’s silky hair and soft, soulful eyes may have suggested the appearance of the Spaniards. There is no hard evidence for this, however. The cocker spaniel gets its first name either from the way it cocks its long drooping ears or because it was trained to retrieve woodcocks.

词汇	spaniel
词源	spaniel; cocker spaniel. Shakespeare has Antony speak of the “hearts that spaniel’d me at heels, to whom I have their wishes.” Spaniel can be a verb or adjective, signifying affectionate hu- mility, as well as a noun. The dog’s name simply means “Span- ish dog,” deriving from the old French chien espagneul, which was shortened to espagnol, “Spanish,” and then spaniel in En- glish. Either the spaniel was a breed developed in Spain or the dog reminded Europeans of the Spaniards, who were regarded as submissive and fawning during the Middle Ages. Neither the Spaniards nor the dogs are servile, but the breed’s silky hair and soft, soulful eyes may have suggested the appearance of the Spaniards. There is no hard evidence for this, however. The cocker spaniel gets its first name either from the way it cocks its long drooping ears or because it was trained to retrieve woodcocks.
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