英语词汇smoking的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	smoking
词源	smoking n. late 14c., smokyng, "emission of fumes or smoke," verbal noun from smoke (v.). By 1690s as "act of puffing a lighted cigar, pipe, etc." Also a past-participle adjective. The railway smoking car is attested from 1846. Smoking jacket, one worn while smoking, is by 1849. Smoking gun in the figurative sense of "incontestable evidence" is attested by 1974. Entries linking to smoking 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. updated on February 01, 2023
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