英语词汇cannibalization的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	cannibalization
词源	cannibalization n. 1907, "the eating of one's own kind," noun of action from cannibalize. As "the makeshift practice of removing working parts from one vehicle or piece of equipment to service another" from 1942, a World War II military term. Entries linking to cannibalization cannibalize v. 1798 (in Burke's memoirs), figurative, and meaning "be perverted into cannibalism," from cannibal + -ize. The meaning "take parts from one construction and use them in another" is from 1943, originally of military equipment. Related: Cannibalized; cannibalizing. updated on September 27, 2017
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cannibalization n.