英语词汇smoker的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	smoker
词源	smoker n. 1590s, "one who cures meat," agent noun from smoke (v.). The meaning "one who smokes tobacco" (later also opium, etc.) is from 1610s. The railway meaning "smoking car" is from 1875 (smoking car is by 1846), American English. Smoker's cough is attested from 1898. Entries linking to smoker smoke v. Middle English smoken, from Old English smocian, in late Old English smokian, "produce smoke, emit smoke," especially as a result of burning, intransitive, from smoke (n.1). Compare Dutch, Middle Low German smoken; for German rauchen, see reek (v.). The transitive meaning "drive out or away or into the open by means of smoke" is attested from 1590s. Of chimneys, etc., "admit smoke outward instead of drawing it upward," 1660s. The meaning "to apply smoke to, to cure (bacon, fish, etc.) by exposure to smoke" is attested from 1590s. In old slang, "to sneer at, mock" (c. 1700). In reference to tobacco, "draw fumes from burning into the mouth and puff them out again," it is first recorded 1604 in James I's "Counterblast to Tobacco." Related: Smoked; smoking. non-smoker n. also nonsmoker, 1836, "person who does not smoke tobacco," from non- + smoker. Meaning "non-smoking compartment in a railway car" is by 1901. Non-smoking is attested by 1826. updated on January 29, 2023
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