英语词汇caterpillar的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

caterpillar. A caterpillar is a chatepelos, a “hairy cat,” in French and it is from this word that we originally got our word for the “wyrm among fruite,” as the English once called the creature. But the meaning and spelling of caterpillar were strengthened and changed by two old English words. “To pill” meant “to strip or plunder,” as in “pillage,” which came to be as- sociated with the little worm stripping the bark off trees, and a glutton was a “cater,” which the creature most certainly is. Thus the caterpillar became a “greedy pillager” as well as a “hairy cat,” both good descriptions of its mien and manner.

词汇	caterpillar
词源	caterpillar. A caterpillar is a chatepelos, a “hairy cat,” in French and it is from this word that we originally got our word for the “wyrm among fruite,” as the English once called the creature. But the meaning and spelling of caterpillar were strengthened and changed by two old English words. “To pill” meant “to strip or plunder,” as in “pillage,” which came to be as- sociated with the little worm stripping the bark off trees, and a glutton was a “cater,” which the creature most certainly is. Thus the caterpillar became a “greedy pillager” as well as a “hairy cat,” both good descriptions of its mien and manner.
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