bantam
英 ['bæntəm]
美['bæntəm]
- n. 矮脚鸡
- adj. 短小精悍的；有攻击性的
- n. (Bantam)人名；(南非)班塔姆
中文词源
bantam 矮脚鸡
来自印度尼西亚爪哇岛地名Bantam, 盛产该矮脚鸡，非常好斗。
英文词源
- 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.