英文词源
- mall
- mall: see mallet
- mall (n.)
- 1737, "shaded walk serving as a promenade," generalized from The Mall, name of a broad, tree-lined promenade in St. James's Park, London (so called from 1670s, earlier Maill, 1640s), which was so called because it formerly was an open alley that was used to play pall-mall, a croquet-like game involving hitting a ball with a mallet through a ring, from French pallemaille, from Italian pallamaglio, from palla "ball" (see balloon) + maglio "mallet" (see mallet). Modern sense of "enclosed shopping gallery" is from 1962 (from 1951 in reference to city streets set aside for pedestrians only). Mall rat is from 1985.
中文词源
mall：铁圈球场，林荫路，步行街，购物中心
词源同mallet,锤子。来自18世纪伦敦街道名The Mall,槌球街，来自于当时流行的一种槌球游戏pall-mall,铁圈球运动。因这条街由槌球场改造而成，后作为游人休闲散步的林荫道。后用于指现代城市的步行街或大型购物中心。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：mall 词源，mall 含义。
mall：购物商场；林荫路；铁圈球场
16世纪的意大利人实在没啥娱乐的。一条巷道里，一端悬挂一铁圈，另一端用一把mallet（槌棒；木槌；球棍），击打一直径四英寸左右的木球穿过铁圈，谁用的次数最少谁获胜，巷道两旁种着花花草草，各种贩夫走卒做着买卖，于是，mall就这样诞生了。