英语词汇ha-ha的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

ha-ha. Here is an exclamation that became a word, one of the most peculiar of derivations. A ha-ha is “an obstacle interrupt- ing one’s way sharply and disagreeably, a ditch behind an opening in a wall at the bottom of an alley or walk.” It is used in English gardens as a boundary that doesn’t interrupt the view from inside, and can’t be seen from the outside until you come very close to it; it is in effect a sunken fence, the inner side of the ditch perpendicular and faced with stone, while the outer side is turfed and sloping. When these ditches, or fosses, were first used extensively in the 17th century, etymologists tell us, people out for a stroll in the country were frequently surprised to find a sudden check to their walk. Their exclamations of “ha- ha!,” “ah-hah!,” or “hah-hah!” in expressing their surprise be- came the name of the ditch or sunken fence.

词汇	ha-ha
词源	ha-ha. Here is an exclamation that became a word, one of the most peculiar of derivations. A ha-ha is “an obstacle interrupt- ing one’s way sharply and disagreeably, a ditch behind an opening in a wall at the bottom of an alley or walk.” It is used in English gardens as a boundary that doesn’t interrupt the view from inside, and can’t be seen from the outside until you come very close to it; it is in effect a sunken fence, the inner side of the ditch perpendicular and faced with stone, while the outer side is turfed and sloping. When these ditches, or fosses, were first used extensively in the 17th century, etymologists tell us, people out for a stroll in the country were frequently surprised to find a sudden check to their walk. Their exclamations of “ha- ha!,” “ah-hah!,” or “hah-hah!” in expressing their surprise be- came the name of the ditch or sunken fence.
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