英语词汇knock up的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	knock up
词源	knock up. In England to knock up has been standard English for “to arouse by knocking at the door” or “to visit” since at least 1663, when Samuel Pepys, in his Diary, recorded consta- bles knocking him up. In American slang, however, to knock up has since about 1920 meant to make a woman pregnant, usually outside of marriage.
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