英语词汇according to cocker的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

according to Cocker. According to Cocker, an English proverb similar to the five according entries following, means very accu- rate or correct, according to the rules. According to Cocker could just as well mean “all wrong”; however, few authorities bother to mention this. The phrase honors Edward Cocker (1631–75), a London engraver who also taught penmanship and arithmetic. Cocker wrote a number of popular books on these subjects, and reputedly authored Cocker’s Arithmetick, which went through 112 editions, its authority giving rise to the proverb. Then in the late 19th century, documented proof was offered showing that Cocker did not write the famous book at all, that it was a forgery of his editor and publisher, so poorly done in fact that it set back rather than advanced the cause of elementary arithmetic.

词汇	according to cocker
词源	according to Cocker. According to Cocker, an English proverb similar to the five according entries following, means very accu- rate or correct, according to the rules. According to Cocker could just as well mean “all wrong”; however, few authorities bother to mention this. The phrase honors Edward Cocker (1631–75), a London engraver who also taught penmanship and arithmetic. Cocker wrote a number of popular books on these subjects, and reputedly authored Cocker’s Arithmetick, which went through 112 editions, its authority giving rise to the proverb. Then in the late 19th century, documented proof was offered showing that Cocker did not write the famous book at all, that it was a forgery of his editor and publisher, so poorly done in fact that it set back rather than advanced the cause of elementary arithmetic.
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