名詞 goatee:

1. a small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its resemblance to a goat's beard

goat.ee

n.（名詞）
A small chin beard trimmed into a point.
山羊胡：一種小的下巴上的胡子，修成尖狀

來(lái)源：
Alteration of goaty from goat [from its resemblance to a goat`s beard]
goaty的變化 源自 goat [因與山羊胡須類似而得名]

<注釋>When assessing American contributions to the English language and to fashion,let us not forget thegoatee. Early comments on this style of beard appear first in American writings,making this word an Americanism.Although the style raises few eyebrows now,the early comments were not favorable:.One chap`s . . . rigged out like a show monkey, with a little tag of hair hangin down under his chin jest like our old billy goat, that`s a leetle too smart for this latitude, I think..This 842 description, found in William Tappan Thompson`sMajor Jones`s Courtship, also reveals the etymology of the word.The first actual recorded occurrence of the word, found in Daniel Lee and Joseph H. Frost`sTen Years in Oregon, published in 844,also sounds disapproving:.A few individuals . . . leave what is called, by some of their politer neighbors, a ‘goaty’ under the chin..
當(dāng)評(píng)價(jià)美國(guó)人對(duì)英語(yǔ)和其習(xí)慣的影響時(shí)，讓我們不要忘記goatee 這個(gè)詞。 關(guān)于這種樣式胡子的早期評(píng)論出現(xiàn)于美國(guó)作品，這使這個(gè)詞具有美國(guó)特色。盡管這個(gè)樣式現(xiàn)在很少有人異議，但早期的評(píng)論卻是反對(duì)的：.一個(gè)小伙子…打扮得象一只表演的猴子，留著一簇蓬亂的胡子，象一只大公羊，我認(rèn)為這有點(diǎn)太滑稽了.。這是842年威廉·塔潘·湯普森在《喬恩上校的求婚》 中的描寫(xiě)， 它也表明了這個(gè)詞的詞源。關(guān)于這個(gè)詞最初的真實(shí)記錄見(jiàn)于丹尼爾·李和約瑟夫·H·福斯特的《在俄勒岡的十年》 ， 出版于844年，它也持反對(duì)態(tài)度：.一些人…留著一撮被他們禮貌的鄰人稱作‘山羊胡子’般的胡須.