词汇 | double dutch |
词源 | Double Dutch" Entries linking to double dutchdouble c. 1300, " From early 14c. as " Double-chinned is from late 14c.; double-jointed, of persons, is by 1828. Military double time (1833) originally was 130 steps per minute; double quick (adj.) " The photographic double exposure is by 1872. The cinematic double feature is by 1916. Double figures " Double trouble " Dutch late 14c., of language, " It corresponds to the Old English adjective þeodisc " The sense in of the adjective in English narrowed to " Since c. 1600, Dutch (adj.) has been a " Dutch concert, a concert in which each one sings his own song at the same time that his neighbor sings his; or a concert in which each one sings a verse of any song he pleases, some well-known chorus being sung after each verse. [Century Dictionary, 1897] The Dutch themselves spoke English well enough to understand the unsavory connotations of the label and in 1934 Dutch officials were ordered by their government to stop using the term Dutch. Instead, they were to rewrite their sentences so as to employ the official The Netherlands. [Rawson] Dutch oven is from 1769; OED lists it among the words describing things from Holland, but perhaps it is here used in the slighting sense. Dutch elm disease (1927) so called because it was first discovered in Holland (caused by fungus Ceratocystis ulmi). A Dutch uncle (1838) is one who is kindly severe and direct. updated on October 19, 2018 |
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