英语词汇old stamping grounds的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

old stamping grounds. An interesting theory connects this Americanism, used before the Revolution, with the mating be- havior of male prairie chickens, who congregated in spring on hills and performed elaborate courtship dances, stamping the hills bare. Another guess is that the stamping of stallions while they covered mares suggested the phrase. All that’s known is that stamping grounds were first referred to as places where horses or other animals customarily gathered. It wasn’t too long (1836) before the term became a place where people customar- ily gathered. The British definition of stamping ground as “a place for amorous dalliance,” like a lover’s lane, gives some sup- port to the prairie chicken or stallion theories. The expression is generally used by or about males.

词汇	old stamping grounds
词源	old stamping grounds. An interesting theory connects this Americanism, used before the Revolution, with the mating be- havior of male prairie chickens, who congregated in spring on hills and performed elaborate courtship dances, stamping the hills bare. Another guess is that the stamping of stallions while they covered mares suggested the phrase. All that’s known is that stamping grounds were first referred to as places where horses or other animals customarily gathered. It wasn’t too long (1836) before the term became a place where people customar- ily gathered. The British definition of stamping ground as “a place for amorous dalliance,” like a lover’s lane, gives some sup- port to the prairie chicken or stallion theories. The expression is generally used by or about males.
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