electricity (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[electricity 词源字典]
1640s (Browne, from Gilbert's Modern Latin), from electric (q.v.) + -ity. Originally in reference to friction.
Electricity seems destined to play a most important part in the arts and industries. The question of its economical application to some purposes is still unsettled, but experiment has already proved that it will propel a street car better than a gas jet and give more light than a horse. [Ambrose Bierce, "The Cynic's Word Book," 1906]
[electricity etymology, electricity origin, 英语词源]
Prozac (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1985, proprietary name for fluoxetine hydrochloride, developed early 1970s by Lilly Industries.
recycling (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1924, verbal noun from recycle (v.). Originally a technical term in oil-refining and similar industries; its broader consumer sense dates from 1960.
slinky (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
"sinuous and slender," of women or clothes, 1921, from slink + -y (2). Related: Slinkily; slinkiness. As a proprietary name (with capital from S-) for a coil of spring marketed as a toy, 1948, by James Industries Inc., Philadelphia, U.S.A.
BluetoothyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
"A standard for the short-range wireless interconnection of mobile phones, computers, and other electronic devices", 1990s: said to be named after King Harald Bluetooth (910–85), credited with uniting Denmark and Norway, as Bluetooth technology unifies the telecommunications and computing industries.
tragacanthyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
"A white or reddish plant gum, used in the food, textile, and pharmaceutical industries", Late 16th century: from French tragacante, via Latin from Greek tragakantha 'goat's thorn', from tragos 'goat' (because it is browsed by goats) + akantha 'thorn' (referring to the shrub's spines).