| 词汇 | queer plunger |
| 词源 | queer plunger. Queer plungers were men who faked drown- ing in order to be “rescued” by their accomplices, who “carried them to the Humane Society, where they are rewarded by the society with a guinea each.” The expression is first recorded in 1758. W. C. Fields did the same as a young man; he was hired by concessionaires to pretend that he was drowning so that crowds would gather and they would sell more food. He called himself a drowner. |
| 随便看 |
英语词源词典收录了13259条英语词源词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的起源、历史，是研究英语词汇或通过词源学英语的必备工具。