英文词源
- twinge (n.)
- 1540s, "a pinch, a nipping," from obsolete verb twinge "to pinch, tweak," from Old English twengan "to pinch," from Proto-Germanic *twangjan (cognates: Old Frisian thwinga, Old Norse þvinga, Danish tvinge, Dutch dwingen, Old High German thwingan, German zwingen "to compel, force"), from PIE *twengh- "to press in on" (see thong). Meaning "sharp, sudden minor pain" is recorded from c. 1600. Figurative sense (with reference to shame, remorse, etc.) is recorded from 1620s.
中文词源
来自古英语 twengan,掐，拧，来自 Proto-Germanic*twangjan,掐，拧，来自 PIE*twengh,拧， 挤压，可能来自 PIE*dwo,二，词源同 thong,two,twine.
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