• vt. 夾入；擠進；把...做成三明治
• n. 三明治；夾心面包

來自英國 18 世紀 Fourth Earl of Sandwich John Montagu,據說 Montagu 伯爵常沉迷于一種賭博 游戲，飯也顧不上吃，于是讓他的仆人用兩片面包裹上肉拿給他，他好一只手吃東西，一只 手繼續賭博，即現在的三明治的雛形。并由該詞引申多種比喻義，如三個人的性生活等。該 姓氏字面意思為沙地，來自 sand,沙地，-wich,村莊，家園，詞源同 Greenwich,village.

sandwich

sandwich: [18] John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich (1718–92), is said to have been so addicted to the gambling table that in order to sustain him through an entire 24-hour session uninterrupted, he had a portable meal of cold beef between slices of toast brought to him. The basic idea was nothing new, of course, but the Earl’s patronage ensured it a vogue, and by the early 1760s we have the first evidence of his name being attached to it: the historian Edward Gibbon in 1762 recorded in his diary how he dined at the Cocoa Tree and saw ‘twenty or thirty of the best men in the kingdom … supping at little tables … upon a bit of cold meat, or a Sandwich’.

sandwich (n.)

1762, said to be a reference to John Montagu (1718-1792), Fourth Earl Sandwich, who was said to be an inveterate gambler who ate slices of cold meat between bread at the gaming table during marathon sessions rather than get up for a proper meal (this account dates to 1770). It was in his honor that Cook named the Hawaiian islands (1778) when Montagu was first lord of the Admiralty. The family name is from the place in Kent, Old English Sandwic?, literally "sandy harbor (or trading center)." For pronunciation, see cabbage. Sandwich board, one carried before and one behind, is from 1864.

sandwich (v.)

1841, from sandwich (n.), on the image of the stuff between the identical pieces of bread. Related: Sandwiched; sandwiching.

1. She avoided the issue by ordering a turkey sandwich.

她點了份火雞三明治，以此來避開這個重要問題。

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2. A surprising number of customers order the same sandwich every day.

每天點同一種三明治的顧客多得驚人。

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3. Right, who's for a toasted sandwich then?

好吧，誰想要吐司三明治？

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4. He bit into his sandwich.

他咬了一口他的三明治。

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5. A dry sandwich is a drag to eat.

放干的三明治很難吃。

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