英语词汇suicide的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

suicide; suicide bomber; suicide squad; suicide charge; suicide mission; bomber. The word suicide derives from Latin sui, “of oneself,” plus cide, “killer,” but suicide bomber refers to a killer of far more than oneself. Though suicide bomber refers to terrorists like those who destroyed the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and killed thousands of civilians, the name was first recorded in 1981 when it was used to describe a ter- rorist who drove a car bomb into the Iraqi Embassy in Leba- non. Before this, in Vietnam, groups of Vietcong who raided behind American lines with little or no chance of getting back were called suicide squads. In World War II Japanese soldiers were sent on suicide charges, and Japanese kamikaze pilots were described as going on suicide missions. In World War I suicide club was a “humorous term for various specialist forma- tions such as bombers, machine gunners, etc., whose work was exceptionally dangerous,” according to the O.E.D. Bomber in the suicide club quote refers to a soldier who throws bombs; as the example from the O.E.D. explains: “The bombers . . . seiz- ing one of these rocket-like bombs from their belts . . . hurl them high above the parapet [of the trench].” Bomber in the sense of a terrorist using bombs to kill was first recorded in 1927, bomb being from Greek bombos, of imitative origin. See what cato did . . . ; terrorist.

词汇	suicide
词源	suicide; suicide bomber; suicide squad; suicide charge; suicide mission; bomber. The word suicide derives from Latin sui, “of oneself,” plus cide, “killer,” but suicide bomber refers to a killer of far more than oneself. Though suicide bomber refers to terrorists like those who destroyed the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and killed thousands of civilians, the name was first recorded in 1981 when it was used to describe a ter- rorist who drove a car bomb into the Iraqi Embassy in Leba- non. Before this, in Vietnam, groups of Vietcong who raided behind American lines with little or no chance of getting back were called suicide squads. In World War II Japanese soldiers were sent on suicide charges, and Japanese kamikaze pilots were described as going on suicide missions. In World War I suicide club was a “humorous term for various specialist forma- tions such as bombers, machine gunners, etc., whose work was exceptionally dangerous,” according to the O.E.D. Bomber in the suicide club quote refers to a soldier who throws bombs; as the example from the O.E.D. explains: “The bombers . . . seiz- ing one of these rocket-like bombs from their belts . . . hurl them high above the parapet [of the trench].” Bomber in the sense of a terrorist using bombs to kill was first recorded in 1927, bomb being from Greek bombos, of imitative origin. See what cato did . . . ; terrorist.
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