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1、-ramanounsuffixmeaning"spectaculardisplayorinstanceof,"1824,abstractedfrompanorama,ultimatelyfromGk.horama"sight."RInacircle,meaning"registered(trademark),"firstincorporatedinU.S.statues1946.ThreeRs(1825)saidtohavebeengivenasatoastbySirW.Curtis(1752-1829).R&R"restandrelaxat
2、ion,"firstrecorded1953,Amer.Eng.;R&B"rhythmandblues"(typeofpopularmusic)firstattested1949,Amer.Eng.R.A.F.acronymforRoyalAirForce,founded1918byconsolidationofRoyalFlyingCorpsandRoyalNavalAirService.R.E.M.1957,acronymforrapideyemovement.R.O.T.C.acronymforReserveOfficers'Train
3、ingCorps,attestedfrom1916(itwasestablishedaspartoftheNationalDefenseActof1916).R.S.V.P.c.1845,fromFr.abbreviationofrépondez,s'ilvousplait"reply,ifyouplease."rabbet1382(impliedinrabbeting),fromO.Fr.rabbat"arecessinawall,"lit."abeatingdown,"fromrabattre"beatdown,beatback"(see
4、rebate).Theverbisattestedfrom1565.rabbi"Jewishdoctorofreligiouslaw,"1484,(inO.E.inbiblicalcontextonly;inM.E.alsoasatitleprefixedtopersonalnames),fromL.L.rabbi,fromGk.rhabbi,fromMishnaicHeb.rabbi"mymaster,"fromrabh"master,greatone,"titleofrespectforJewishdoctorsoflaw+-i,firs
5、tpersonsing.pronominalsuffix.FromSem.rootr-b-b"tobegreatornumerous"(cf.robh"multitude;"Arabicrabba"wasgreat,"rabb"master").The-n-inrabbinical(1622)isviaFr.formrabbin,fromM.L.rabbinus(cf.It.rabbino,Sp.,Port.rabino),perhapsfromapresumedpluraloftheHeb.word.rabbit1398,"youngoft
6、hecony,"fromFr.dialect(cf.Walloonrobète),dim.ofFlem.orM.Du.robbe"rabbit,"ofunknownorigin.Theadultwasacony(q.v.)until18c."Zoologicallyspeaking,therearenonativerabbitsintheUnitedStates;theyareallhares.Buttheearlycolonists,forsomeunknownreason,droppedthewordhareoutoftheirvocab
7、ulary,anditisrarelyheardinAmericanspeechtothisday.Whenitappearsitisalmostalwaysappliedtotheso-calledBelgianhare,which,curiouslyenough,isnotahareatall,butatruerabbit."[H.L.Mencken]Rabbitpunch"choponthebackoftheneck"socalledfromresemblancetoagamekeeper'smethodofdispatchingani
8、njuredrabbit.Rabbit'sfoot"goodluckcharm"firstattested1879,inU.S.Southernblackcultu
