easel的词源真是让人笑掉大牙
本来我很讨厌这种复制粘贴的blog风格，不过这个确实够好玩，觉得值得特别记录一下：
[Dutch ezel, ass, from Middle Dutch esel, from Latin asellus, diminutive of asinus.]Word History: “A painter’s ass” is not a phrase that immediately brings to mind an accessory to the artist’s profession. But easel comes to us from the Dutch word ezel, meaning “ass, donkey.” The Dutch word was eventually extended to mean “an upright frame for displaying or supporting something,” in the same way that the English word horse has come to mean “a piece of gymnastic equipment with an upholstered body.” Developments such as these illustrate the playfulness or wit sometimes introduced into language when speakers use perceived similarities between two objects to name one of them.
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