portmanteau: [16] A portmanteau is etymologically something for ‘carrying one’s mantle’ in. The word was borrowed from French portemanteau, a compound formed from porter ‘carry’ and manteau ‘cloak’ (source of English mantle). This originally denoted a ‘court official whose duty was to carry the king’s cloak’, but it was also applied to the bag in which he carried it, and hence eventually to any bag for carrying clothes and other items needed on a journey. => mantle, port
portmanteau (n.)
1580s, "traveling case or bag for clothes and other necessaries," from Middle French portemanteau "traveling bag," originally "court official who carried a prince's mantle" (1540s), from porte, imperative of porter "to carry" (see porter (n.1)) + manteau "cloak" (see mantle (n.)).
Portmanteau word "word blending the sound of two different words" (1882), coined by "Lewis Carroll" (Charles L. Dodgson, 1832-1898) for the sort of words he invented for "Jabberwocky," on notion of "two meanings packed up into one word." As a noun in this sense from 1872.
实用例句
1. I rang the bell, and directed my servant to pack my portmanteau.
我打了铃, 吩咐听差把我的旅行皮包收拾好.
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2. There are some worthless articles of clothing in the old portmanteau.
在那口旧皮箱里,放着几件不值钱的衣物.
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3. He always carries this portmanteau with him when he goes abroad.
出国时他总是带著这个旅行箱.
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4. Stagflation is portmanteau word made of stagnation and inflation.
滞涨是由停滞和通货膨胀两个词所组成的合成词.
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5. Soviet bureaucratese, especially the tongue - twisting acronyms and alien - sounding portmanteau words of the state security apparatus ( Strobe Talbott )
