英语词汇shenanigans的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	shenanigans
词源	shenanigans. Though now it is always used in the plural, this Americanism for “mischief ” or “trickery” was first recorded as shenanigan in 1855, in California. There have been several sug- gestions as to its ancestors, including the Spanish chanada, “trick,” and the argot German schinaglen, meaning the same. More likely it comes from the Irish sionnachuighim, “I play the fox,” or “I play tricks.”
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