英语词汇ping-pong的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	ping-pong
词源	ping-pong n. 1900, as Ping-Pong, trademark for table tennis equipment (Parker Brothers). Both words are imitative of the sound of the ball hitting a hard surface; from ping + pong (attested from 1823). It had a "phenomenal vogue" in U.S. c. 1900-1905. ping-pong v. 1901, "to play table tennis," from ping-pong (n.). In the figurative sense of "move or send back and forth without progress, resolution, or purpose" from 1952. Related: Ping-ponged; ping-ponging. Entries linking to ping-pong ping n. 1835, imitative of the sound of a bullet whistling through the air or striking something sharply. Meaning "short, high-pitched electronic pulse" is attested from 1943. As a verb from 1855; in computer sense is from at least 1981, based on earlier use of the word in reference to a submarine sonar pulse, in which it might combine the sound-word and ping-pong (which also is based on sound). Related: Pinged; pinging. pong n. by late 1960s as an abbreviation of ping-pong. The electronic arcade game (with capital P-) was released 1972. The word also was or is an Australian derogatory name for a Chinese (1931), and "an unpleasant smell, stink" (1919), in both sense of uncertain origin. updated on June 16, 2020
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ping-pong n.