- croup
[croup 词源字典]
- croup: see crop
[croup etymology, croup origin, 英语词源] - croup (n.)
- "coughing illness," 1765, from obsolete verb croup "to cry hoarsely, croak" (1510s), probably echoic. This was the local name of the disease in southeastern Scotland, given wide currency by Dr. Francis Home (1719-1813) of Edinburgh in his 1765 article on it. Related: Croupy.