英语词汇seven-year itch的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

seven-year itch. Used to describe a husband’s or wife’s urge to stray from his or her mate after seven years of marriage, this expression appears to have been invented by American play- wright George Axelrod in his play The Seven Year Itch (1952) and further popularized by the film version starring Marilyn Monroe (1955). Word and phrase hunters haven’t been able to turn up any earlier use of the words in a sexual context, al- though seven-year itch had been used to describe a poison ivy itch that supposedly recurred once every seven years.

词汇	seven-year itch
词源	seven-year itch. Used to describe a husband’s or wife’s urge to stray from his or her mate after seven years of marriage, this expression appears to have been invented by American play- wright George Axelrod in his play The Seven Year Itch (1952) and further popularized by the film version starring Marilyn Monroe (1955). Word and phrase hunters haven’t been able to turn up any earlier use of the words in a sexual context, al- though seven-year itch had been used to describe a poison ivy itch that supposedly recurred once every seven years.
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