Mysteries of vernacular: Tuxedo - Jessica Oreck

白话文的奥秘 : 礼服 - Jessica Oreck

Transcriber: Andrea McDonough Reviewer: Bedirhan Cinar

翻译人员: Binglei Shea 校对人员: Dong Mao

Mysteries of Vernacular

白话的奥秘

Tuxedo:

礼服：

men's evening wear for semi-formal occasions.

男士半正式晚礼服

Tuxedo, surprisingly, has its roots

无尾礼服 奇怪的是 它的根

in Native American history.

在美洲原住民的历史里

The Delaware Indians of what is now

特拉华州印地安人

the Northeast United States,

在现在的美国东北部的

were divided into three subgroups,

被划分成三个分组

distinguished by their animal totems:

通过他们的动物图腾区分：

the turkey,

火鸡

the turtle,

乌龟

and the wolf.

和狼

Members of the tribe belonging to the wolf totem

属于狼图腾的部落成员

were often referred to

经常被土著词“四足犬”所指代

by the indigenous word for the four-footed canine,

经常被土著词“四足犬”所指代

p'tuksit.

p'tuksit

In the 18th century,

在18 世纪，

Europeans who settled in the former region of the P'tuksit

欧洲人定居在P'tuksit的原地区

Anglicized the name as "tuxedo"

使单词英国化成"礼服"

and slapped it on a town in southeast New York.

然后把这个说法扔到了纽约东南的一个小镇

Decades later, in the late 1800s,

几十年以后 在19 世纪晚期

a lavish resort was constructed

奢华的度假村建成

and christened "The Tuxedo Club".

为"燕尾服俱乐部"命名

It was at The Tuxedo Club,

世纪之交时 在燕尾服俱乐部

around the turn of the century,

世纪之交时 在燕尾服俱乐部

when a dress jacket was required

几乎任何一个场合

for almost every occasion,

都要求穿礼服外套

that a brash young man,

那一个傲慢的年轻人

heir to an enormous tobacco fortune,

巨大的烟草财富的继承人

caused a stir by flaunting tradition

用炫耀传统引起了轰动

and donning a formal dinner jacket

穿上正式的没有尾巴的晚宴夹克

without tails.

穿上正式的没有尾巴的晚宴夹克

His bold fashion statement was quickly popularized

他大胆的时尚宣言得到了迅速推广

and nicknamed tuxedo,

和一个绰号—— “礼服”

which in modern America,

在现代美国

is the headache of high school prom attendees

这是让全国各地高中毕业舞会参与者们

across the nation.

头痛的事儿