英语词汇horseradish的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

horseradish. There is apparently no truth to old tales that the fiery horseradish (Armoracia lapathifolia) is so named because it was once used to cure horses of colds, or because it made a good seasoning for horse meat. Horse is used as an adjective before a number of plants to indicate a large, strong, or coarse kind. Others include the horse-cucumber, horsemint, and horseplum. The horseradish is of course hotter, and has a much larger root and leaves than the ordinary radish. However, many plants are named after the horse because they were used to feed or train horses or because they resemble the animal. The horsebean is used as horse feed; horse-bane was supposed to cause palsy in horses; the horse-eye bean was thought to re- semble a horse’s eye; and the pods of horse-vetch are shaped like horseshoes. The horse chestnut, Gerard says in his famous Herbal (1597), bears its name because “people of the East coun- tries do with the fruit thereof cure their horses of the cough . . . and such like diseases.” But the horse chestnut is big, too, and when a slip is cut off the tree “obliquely close to the joint, it presents a miniature of a horse’s hock and foot, shoe and nails.” Incidentally, Samuel Pepys in his Diary mentions a horseradish ale, ale flavored with horseradish, which must have been hot indeed.

词汇	horseradish
词源	horseradish. There is apparently no truth to old tales that the fiery horseradish (Armoracia lapathifolia) is so named because it was once used to cure horses of colds, or because it made a good seasoning for horse meat. Horse is used as an adjective before a number of plants to indicate a large, strong, or coarse kind. Others include the horse-cucumber, horsemint, and horseplum. The horseradish is of course hotter, and has a much larger root and leaves than the ordinary radish. However, many plants are named after the horse because they were used to feed or train horses or because they resemble the animal. The horsebean is used as horse feed; horse-bane was supposed to cause palsy in horses; the horse-eye bean was thought to re- semble a horse’s eye; and the pods of horse-vetch are shaped like horseshoes. The horse chestnut, Gerard says in his famous Herbal (1597), bears its name because “people of the East coun- tries do with the fruit thereof cure their horses of the cough . . . and such like diseases.” But the horse chestnut is big, too, and when a slip is cut off the tree “obliquely close to the joint, it presents a miniature of a horse’s hock and foot, shoe and nails.” Incidentally, Samuel Pepys in his Diary mentions a horseradish ale, ale flavored with horseradish, which must have been hot indeed.
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