当有人打喷嚏时,很多人习惯说“bless you”或“gesundheit”。但当有人咳嗽、擤鼻涕或打嗝时,人们往往不会说什么。那么为什么打喷嚏会得到特别关注呢?这些短语实际上又是什么意思呢?在有人打喷嚏时祝愿他们安好,这一习俗起源于几千年前。“gesun

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问题     当有人打喷嚏时,很多人习惯说“bless you”或“gesundheit”。但当有人咳嗽、擤鼻涕或打嗝时,人们往往不会说什么。那么为什么打喷嚏会得到特别关注呢?这些短语实际上又是什么意思呢?在有人打喷嚏时祝愿他们安好,这一习俗起源于几千年前。“gesundheit”这一术语来源于德国,字面意思是“健康”。他们认为打喷嚏代表着即将感染疾疯。在20世纪早期,这一短语由德国移民带入了美国,开始在英语中使用。

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答案 Many people have become accustomed to saying "bless you" or "gesundheit" when someone sneezes. No one says anything when someone coughs, blows their nose or burps, so why do sneezes get special treatment? What do those phrases actually mean anyway? Wishing someone well after they sneeze probably originated from thousands of years ago. The exchangeable term "gesundheit" comes from Germany, and it literally means "health". The idea is that a sneeze typically precedes illness. It entered the English language in the early part of the 20th century, brought to the United States by German-speaking immigrants.

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