英语词汇hidebound的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

hidebound. Cramped, constricted people, those who are rigidly opinionated, have been called hidebound since the 16th century. The word derives from a term applied to ema- ciated cattle in days before veterinary science had made many advances. Feeding and care of cattle was so poor in En- gland at the time that by winter the animals were often thin and diseased and had lost the fatty tissue under the skin. As a result their skin clung tightly to their bones, they moved stiffly, and their hides couldn’t be removed from their back- bone or ribs when they died. Their physical condition natu- rally suggested the inelastic, constipated minds of some people.

词汇	hidebound
词源	hidebound. Cramped, constricted people, those who are rigidly opinionated, have been called hidebound since the 16th century. The word derives from a term applied to ema- ciated cattle in days before veterinary science had made many advances. Feeding and care of cattle was so poor in En- gland at the time that by winter the animals were often thin and diseased and had lost the fatty tissue under the skin. As a result their skin clung tightly to their bones, they moved stiffly, and their hides couldn’t be removed from their back- bone or ribs when they died. Their physical condition natu- rally suggested the inelastic, constipated minds of some people.
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