英语词汇jug的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

jug; jughead. Ernest Benzon, a wealthy playboy, was dubbed “Jubilee Juggins” because he foolishly squandered his entire fortune—a quarter of a million pounds—within two years after beginning to bet at the track during Queen Victoria’s Jubilee in 1887. One source claims that the nickname “Silly Juggins” also attached itself to him, and perhaps we do refer to young Jubilee when we use that term. Juggins, however, was synonymous with simpleton long before Jubilee Juggins. Possibly it is a rhyming variation of muggins, which derives from an unknown personal name and means the same. Or juggins may be a diminutive of Jug, a 16th-century pet name for Judith, Jane, or Joan. Jugs, Ju- diths, Janes, or Joans were often maidservants or barmaids at the time, and most servants of the day were considered dull and stupid, at least by their masters. The word jug, for “a pitch- er,” could also come from these maidservant Jugs, who often handled them, but the Greek word keramos, “potter’s earth,” is another possibility. Most authorities regard these etymologies as incapable of proof, yet it is likely that all these words—and thus jughead—make fun of a personal name. Jug, in fact, may have arisen from some squat Joan or Jug’s resemblance to a drinking vessel of similar shape. See also hoosegow.

词汇	jug
词源	jug; jughead. Ernest Benzon, a wealthy playboy, was dubbed “Jubilee Juggins” because he foolishly squandered his entire fortune—a quarter of a million pounds—within two years after beginning to bet at the track during Queen Victoria’s Jubilee in 1887. One source claims that the nickname “Silly Juggins” also attached itself to him, and perhaps we do refer to young Jubilee when we use that term. Juggins, however, was synonymous with simpleton long before Jubilee Juggins. Possibly it is a rhyming variation of muggins, which derives from an unknown personal name and means the same. Or juggins may be a diminutive of Jug, a 16th-century pet name for Judith, Jane, or Joan. Jugs, Ju- diths, Janes, or Joans were often maidservants or barmaids at the time, and most servants of the day were considered dull and stupid, at least by their masters. The word jug, for “a pitch- er,” could also come from these maidservant Jugs, who often handled them, but the Greek word keramos, “potter’s earth,” is another possibility. Most authorities regard these etymologies as incapable of proof, yet it is likely that all these words—and thus jughead—make fun of a personal name. Jug, in fact, may have arisen from some squat Joan or Jug’s resemblance to a drinking vessel of similar shape. See also hoosegow.
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