英语词汇clipper ship的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

clipper ship; Flying Clipper. The origin of the clipper in clip- per ship is not definitely known, but we may owe the expression to Cleopatra. The first authentic clipper ship was the Ann McK- im, built in Baltimore in 1832, but an early French ship of this type was christened Cleopatra-cum-Antonio. The French ship’s name, some scholars say, was shortened in usage to Clipster and then to Clipper, the last becoming the designation for all vessels of this class. Other authorities contend that rude clip- pers were being built before the War of 1812 and were known as Baltimore clippers because they clipped the the surface of the sea as they sped over the waves. Still another source holds that the expression going at a clip resulted in the word; and some investigators even claim that clipper is an invention of ei- ther Robert Burns or Percy Bysshe Shelley. But the French de- veloped the principle for this type of ship in the 18th century, long before the Baltimore clippers, and as the Cleopatra-cum- Antonio dates from that period, the Cleopatra theory has much to say for it. Clipper ship was later applied to transoceanic flying boats, the famed Flying Clippers.

词汇	clipper ship
词源	clipper ship; Flying Clipper. The origin of the clipper in clip- per ship is not definitely known, but we may owe the expression to Cleopatra. The first authentic clipper ship was the Ann McK- im, built in Baltimore in 1832, but an early French ship of this type was christened Cleopatra-cum-Antonio. The French ship’s name, some scholars say, was shortened in usage to Clipster and then to Clipper, the last becoming the designation for all vessels of this class. Other authorities contend that rude clip- pers were being built before the War of 1812 and were known as Baltimore clippers because they clipped the the surface of the sea as they sped over the waves. Still another source holds that the expression going at a clip resulted in the word; and some investigators even claim that clipper is an invention of ei- ther Robert Burns or Percy Bysshe Shelley. But the French de- veloped the principle for this type of ship in the 18th century, long before the Baltimore clippers, and as the Cleopatra-cum- Antonio dates from that period, the Cleopatra theory has much to say for it. Clipper ship was later applied to transoceanic flying boats, the famed Flying Clippers.
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