slogan: [16] Slogan is a Gaelic contribution to English. It comes from sluaghghairm ‘war-cry’, a compound formed from sluagh ‘army’ and ghairm ‘shout’. English at first used it in its original Gaelic sense, and the metaphorical ‘catchphrase’ did not emerge until the 18th century.
slogan (n.)
1670s, earlier slogorne (1510s), "battle cry," from Gaelic sluagh-ghairm "battle cry used by Scottish Highland or Irish clans," from sluagh "army, host, slew," from Celtic and Balto-Slavic *slough- "help, service." Second element is gairm "a cry" (see garrulous). Metaphoric sense of "distinctive word or phrase used by a political or other group" is first attested 1704.
双语例句
1. The Socialists tried to trump this with their slogan.
社会党党员设法用他们的口号把它压过去。
来自柯林斯例句
2. They could campaign on the slogan "We'll take less of your money".
他们可能打出这样的竞选口号：“我们会让您少出钱”。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The ceremony was disrupted by unprecedented heckling and slogan-chanting.