bantam
英 ['b?nt?m]
美['b?nt?m]
- n. 矮腳雞
- adj. 短小精悍的；有攻擊性的
- n. (Bantam)人名；(南非)班塔姆
暢通詞匯
中文詞源
bantam 矮腳雞
來自印度尼西亞爪哇島地名Bantam, 盛產(chǎn)該矮腳雞，非常好斗。
英文詞源
- bantam
- bantam: [18] When these diminutive chickens were first imported into Europe in the middle of the 18th century, it was thought that they had originated in a village called Bantam in Java, now in Indonesia, and they were named accordingly. This version of their history has never been firmly established, but the name stuck. Bantamweight as a category of boxing weights dates from the 1880s.
- bantam (n.)
- 1749, after Bantam, former Dutch residency in Java, from which the small domestic fowl were said to have been first imported. Extension to "small person" is 1837. As a light weight class in boxing, it is attested from 1884, probably from the birds, which are small but aggressive and bred for fighting.