英语词汇bluenose的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

bluenose. The term bluenose to describe a person of rigid pu- ritanical habits was first applied to lumbermen and fishermen of northern New England and referred to the color of their noses, the blue induced by long exposure to cold weather. Only later was the word applied to the aristocratic inhabitants of Boston’s Back Bay area in the sense that we know it today, pos- sibly in alluding to their apparently “frigid” manner. Bluenose is also used as an opprobrious nickname for Nova Scotians, but there the word probably derives from the name of a popular Nova Scotian potato.

词汇	bluenose
词源	bluenose. The term bluenose to describe a person of rigid pu- ritanical habits was first applied to lumbermen and fishermen of northern New England and referred to the color of their noses, the blue induced by long exposure to cold weather. Only later was the word applied to the aristocratic inhabitants of Boston’s Back Bay area in the sense that we know it today, pos- sibly in alluding to their apparently “frigid” manner. Bluenose is also used as an opprobrious nickname for Nova Scotians, but there the word probably derives from the name of a popular Nova Scotian potato.
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