文档介绍：浅谈英语 Spa- 译国译民走在大街上总能看到各种各样的 Spa 广告和招牌。大家可能大概知道spa 这个词肯定跟身体护理和保健有关。但它背后真正的意思你知道吗? The term spa is associated with water treatment, spa towns or spa resorts (including hot springs resorts) typically offer various health treatments. Spa 指水疗,凡是与 spa 相关的地方(包括温泉度假村)一般都提供各种各样的身体保健项目。 The term is derived from the name of the town of Spa, Belgium, whose name is known back to Roman times, when the location was called Aquae Spadanae, sometimes incorrectly connected to the Latin word "spargere" meaning to scatter, sprinkle or moisten. It had springs of waters with reputed healing properties. Spa 这个词来源于比利时一个叫 spa 的小镇,这个小镇在罗马时代就存在了,当时叫做 Aquae Spadanae ,有时也被误当作拉丁文的 spargere ,即“抛洒、滋润”的意思。这个小镇的泉水因为有治疗功效而为人所知。 By 1626 we have a citation for an English Spa and by 1777 the name of the town of Spa became truly generic so that any town with a hot spring where you could soak your ills away was called a spa. 1626 年, English Spa 这样的说法