英语词汇bump的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

bump. The prevailing theory is that bump was first an ono- matopoeic word meaning “a knock or blow,” the swelling or protuberance arising from the knocking or bumping becoming known as a bump as well. The trouble is that the bump for “a swelling” is the first recorded of the two words, by Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet (1592): “It had upon its brow a bumpe as big as a young Cockrel’s stone [testicle] . . .” Being bumped from a list, such as an airline passenger list, is a fairly recent and widespread Americanism. Bump also refers to a gesture that was probably born in the 1970s. Sometimes called the fist bump, it is fast replacing high-five and low-five among young people. Some trace its origins to professional basketball, where the great “Earl the Pearl” Monroe was a pioneer bumper. Others claim characters in The Superfriends, a 1973 cartoon show, first used the bump. There are several possible ancestors, too, in- cluding the punch to the muscle of the upper arm popular in the 1950s. In any case, bump means “a light bumping of fists” and is not an aggressive gesture.

词汇	bump
词源	bump. The prevailing theory is that bump was first an ono- matopoeic word meaning “a knock or blow,” the swelling or protuberance arising from the knocking or bumping becoming known as a bump as well. The trouble is that the bump for “a swelling” is the first recorded of the two words, by Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet (1592): “It had upon its brow a bumpe as big as a young Cockrel’s stone [testicle] . . .” Being bumped from a list, such as an airline passenger list, is a fairly recent and widespread Americanism. Bump also refers to a gesture that was probably born in the 1970s. Sometimes called the fist bump, it is fast replacing high-five and low-five among young people. Some trace its origins to professional basketball, where the great “Earl the Pearl” Monroe was a pioneer bumper. Others claim characters in The Superfriends, a 1973 cartoon show, first used the bump. There are several possible ancestors, too, in- cluding the punch to the muscle of the upper arm popular in the 1950s. In any case, bump means “a light bumping of fists” and is not an aggressive gesture.
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