bughouse 的意思
疯人院; 疯狂的; 精神病的
bughouse 的词源
bughouse(adj.)
1895年,表示“疯狂,精神失常”,源自 bug(名词)+ house(名词),可能最初是流浪汉的行话。作为名词,1891年起指“精神失常”,1898年起指“精神病院”。
IT is often the case in the Penitentiary, as well as in the out side world, that men get "wheels in their head," and "talk through their hats." When a "boy" gets in this "offish" state the prisoners call him "buggy" he becomes a bug-a-boo, and to keep him safe so that he can hurt no one, nor destroy himself, he is duly examined, and when adjudged "bugy" is placed for safe keeping in the "Bug House." [Dan J. Morgan, "Historical Lights and Shadows of the Ohio Penitentiary," 1898]
在监狱里,和外面的世界一样,常常会有男人“脑袋里转轮子”,或者“胡言乱语”。当一个“男孩”陷入这种“离奇”的状态时,囚犯们会称他为“buggy”,他就变成了一个鬼怪。为了确保他安全,不会伤害别人或自己,他会被仔细检查,一旦被判定为“bugy”,就会被安全地安置在“Bug House”里。[Dan J. Morgan, "Historical Lights and Shadows of the Ohio Penitentiary," 1898]
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