词汇 | Corinthian |
词根词缀 | 词源: 1650s as an architectural order, from Corinth, the ancient Gk. city-state. In classical times Corinth was notorious for its luxury and licentiousness among the Greek states (and for not scorning trade and profit); hence Corinthian n. and adj. in various slang or colloquial sense in English, especially "a swell, a man about town" (early to mid-19c. but especially in the 1820s). |
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