whiplash
n.
1570s, "the lash of a whip," from whip, n. + lash, n.. The injury caused by sudden head motion so called by 1955, in reference to the notion of moving to and fro like a cracking whip. The verb in this sense is recorded by 1971.
| 词汇 | whiplash |
| 词根词缀 | Online Etymology Dictionary whiplash n. 1570s, "the lash of a whip," from whip, n. + lash, n.. The injury caused by sudden head motion so called by 1955, in reference to the notion of moving to and fro like a cracking whip. The verb in this sense is recorded by 1971. |
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