英语词汇know the ropes的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	know the ropes
词源	know the ropes. Though common in horse-racing circles, these words are almost surely of nautical birth, referring to the complex system of lines on full-rigged sailing ships that bewil- dered recruits had to master before they became seasoned sea- men. Dana used the term in Two Years Before the Mast (1840), indicating that it was an old expression he’d heard.
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