英语词汇pony的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

pony; Pony Express. The pony is related to the young chick- en, though only in language. Both words have their roots in the Latin word pullus, “a young animal,” yielding the French poulet, “a young fowl,” this becoming the English pullet and the French poulenet, “a young horse,” which became the Scottish powney and then the English pony. The Pony Express, more often called simply the Pony at the time, was the common designation for the Central Overland Pony Express Company, which lasted only from April 3, 1860 to October 24, 1861, but is still operat- ing in Western novels and films. It had 190 stations along its route between Missouri and California, riders, including “Buf- falo Bill” Cody, changing swift Indian ponies at each station and riding on with the mail—often through bad weather and Indian ambushes. The record for its 2,000-mile run was seven days, 17 hours, but it couldn’t beat the telegraph that connected East and West in 1861, and the Pony Express went out of busi- ness that year.

词汇	pony
词源	pony; Pony Express. The pony is related to the young chick- en, though only in language. Both words have their roots in the Latin word pullus, “a young animal,” yielding the French poulet, “a young fowl,” this becoming the English pullet and the French poulenet, “a young horse,” which became the Scottish powney and then the English pony. The Pony Express, more often called simply the Pony at the time, was the common designation for the Central Overland Pony Express Company, which lasted only from April 3, 1860 to October 24, 1861, but is still operat- ing in Western novels and films. It had 190 stations along its route between Missouri and California, riders, including “Buf- falo Bill” Cody, changing swift Indian ponies at each station and riding on with the mail—often through bad weather and Indian ambushes. The record for its 2,000-mile run was seven days, 17 hours, but it couldn’t beat the telegraph that connected East and West in 1861, and the Pony Express went out of busi- ness that year.
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