dead end 词源(Etymology) - V5词源[英文版]

dead end (n.)[dead end 词源字典]: "closed end of a passage," 1886, from dead (adj.) + end (n.). Figurative use is attested from 1922. As an adjective, from 1928; as a verb, from 1921. Related: Deadender (by 1996).[dead end etymology, dead end origin, 英语词源]