sparkler 的词源

1713年，指“闪耀的东西”（通常指宝石、智慧或女性），源自动词 sparkle。到1894年开始用来指某种烟花；1905年起专指现代手持烟花。

The New York Board of Fire Underwriters has issued a warning against the storage, sale and use of a new form of fireworks now on the market. These are known as "electric sparklers," are made in Germany, and come to this country in metal lined cases each containing 120 dozen of pasteboard boxes with 12 sparklers in each box. The Board's warning says that while the sparklers appear harmless, the solid incandescent mass is intensely hot and readily communicates fire to any inflammable substance it may touch. [The Standard (weekly insurance newspaper), Boston, May 4, 1907]

纽约消防保险委员会已发出警告，反对储存、销售和使用市场上新出现的一种烟花。这种烟花被称为“电动烟花棒”，产自德国，以金属衬里的箱子包装，每个箱子里有120打纸板盒，每个盒子里有12根烟花棒。委员会的警告指出，尽管这些烟花棒看起来无害，但其固体发光部分极其烫手，容易点燃任何可燃物。[《标准》（波士顿周刊保险报），1907年5月4日]