Old English Troian "of or pertaining to ancient Troy," from Latin Trojanus, from Troia, Troja "Troy," from the Greek name for the city, said to be from Tros, name of a king of Phrygia, the mythical founder of Troy. Trojan horse was figurative of ambush-from-within in Roman times (equus Troianus); attested in English from 1570s; the computer virus sense is attested by 1982.
As a noun from mid-14c., "inhabitant of ancient Troy;" in early modern English, the noun could mean "a determined fellow, one who fights or works hard," from the Trojans' long resistance to the Greeks in the Trojan War, but also in 17c., it was a colloquial term for "person of dissolute life, carousing companion." The trade name for a brand of prophylactic contraceptive was registered 1927 in U.S.
实用例句
1. Operating systems can be brought to a halt by a Trojan Horse.
操作系统可能会因为木马病毒的攻击而中止。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Was Colombo the emissary of Pope Paul, his Trojan horse within the Commission?
科隆博是教皇保罗的特使吗？是他在委员会内部设下的卧底吗？
来自柯林斯例句
3. Both factions accused each other of using the organization as a Trojan horse to advance their causes.
两派都相互指责对方利用该组织作幌子以发展各自的事业。
来自柯林斯例句
4. The DPP portrays the pact as a Trojan horse.
民进党将经济合作协议描述为木马屠城计.
来自互联网
5. Trojan horse kill switch may already have been used.