英语词汇walk the plank的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

walk the plank. Probably no pirate ever forced anyone to walk the plank into the ocean—except in swash-buckling books and movies. The expression most likely originated in the yarn of an old salt or from the pen of a 19th-century magazine writ- er. Pirates did feed captives to the fishes or told them they were free to “walk home” while far out at sea, but no planks were used. The common practice was to maroon prisoners and pi- rate offenders on a desert island. The offenders were simply put ashore without clothes or provisions. See swashbuckler; pirates.

词汇	walk the plank
词源	walk the plank. Probably no pirate ever forced anyone to walk the plank into the ocean—except in swash-buckling books and movies. The expression most likely originated in the yarn of an old salt or from the pen of a 19th-century magazine writ- er. Pirates did feed captives to the fishes or told them they were free to “walk home” while far out at sea, but no planks were used. The common practice was to maroon prisoners and pi- rate offenders on a desert island. The offenders were simply put ashore without clothes or provisions. See swashbuckler; pirates.
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