词汇 | punch-drunk |
词源 | punch-drunk. Brain damage in boxers resulting from re- peated blows to the head produces many symptoms, the most common being poor coordination, slurred speech, mental de- terioration, and a broad-based gait. Old, very impaired fighters suffering this combination of effects were called punch-drunk by Dr. Harrison S. Martland in a 1928 article in the Journal of the American Medical Association. However, Dr. Martland probably did not coin the term, as punch-drunk is recorded in America as early as 1915. In the early 1940s punchy began to supplant punch-drunk. |
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