英语词汇spittin’ image of的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

spittin’ image of. The germ of the idea behind this phrase has been traced back to 1400 by Partridge, who cites the early example “He’s . . . as like these as th’ hads’t spit him.” Similarly, in England and the southern U.S., the expression “he’s the very spit of his father” is commonly heard. This may mean “he’s as like his father as if he had been spit out of his mouth,” but could also be a corruption of “spirit and image.” If the last is true, it would explain the use of “and image” in the expression since the middle of the 19th century. Spittin’ image would then be de- rived from “he’s the very spirit and image of his father,” that is, the child is identical to his parent in both spirit and looks. It’s possible that both sources combined to give us our phrase for “exactly alike,” which is also written spit and image, spitting im- age, spitten image, and spit n’ image.

词汇	spittin’ image of
词源	spittin’ image of. The germ of the idea behind this phrase has been traced back to 1400 by Partridge, who cites the early example “He’s . . . as like these as th’ hads’t spit him.” Similarly, in England and the southern U.S., the expression “he’s the very spit of his father” is commonly heard. This may mean “he’s as like his father as if he had been spit out of his mouth,” but could also be a corruption of “spirit and image.” If the last is true, it would explain the use of “and image” in the expression since the middle of the 19th century. Spittin’ image would then be de- rived from “he’s the very spirit and image of his father,” that is, the child is identical to his parent in both spirit and looks. It’s possible that both sources combined to give us our phrase for “exactly alike,” which is also written spit and image, spitting im- age, spitten image, and spit n’ image.
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