Blizzard (2)
북부의 추운 겨울날씨에서 유쾌한 표현들을 살펴보자. blizzrd는 백년 전만 해도 ‘격렬한 일격, 극단적인 사건’이란 뜻으로 쓰였는데, 어느 해 아이오와 주를 강타한 매서운 눈보라를 한 신문기자가 blizzard라고 이름한 후 ‘폭풍설’이라는 새로운 의미를 갖게 되었다.
Blizzard are usually described as 'blinding', because no one can see through the blowing snow. Until about one-hundred-twenty years ago, the word blizzard had nothing to do with snow. It had several other meanings. One was a
, like hitting a ball with a stick. Another meaning was a gun shot. A third was any sort of statement or event that was the most extreme of its kind.
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