來自Moxie,一種開創(chuàng)于1876 年的美國保健品飲料商標(biāo)，其廣告詞為”build up your nerve”.該 詞本身可能來自北美印第安某植物名。后來引申詞義勇氣，力量等。
英文詞源
moxie (n.)
"courage," 1930, from Moxie, brand name of a bitter, non-alcoholic drink, 1885, perhaps as far back as 1876 as the name of a patent medicine advertised to "build up your nerve;" despite legendary origin stories put out by the company that made it, it is perhaps ultimately from a New England Indian word (it figures in river and lake names in Maine, where it is apparently from Abenaki and means "dark water"). Much-imitated in its day; in 1917 the Moxie Company won an infringement suit against a competitor's beverage marketed as "Proxie."
雙語例句
1. In the museum, we saw the famous Moxie double - edged sword.
在博物館里, 我們看見了那柄有名的莫邪寶劍.
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2. Come on. Show some moxie!
來吧, 拿出點(diǎn)勇氣來!
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3. His prose has moxie, though it rushes and stumbles from a pent - up surge ( Patricia Hampl )