英语词汇war of jenkins’ ear的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

War of Jenkins’ Ear. Carrying his left ear back to London in a leather case, master mariner Robert Jenkins claimed that Spanish sailors boarded his brig, the Rebecca, which had been peacefully trading in the West Indies, rifled her, and that their commander had lopped off the ear as a further humiliation. Jenkins sent his ear to the king and brought the matter before Parliament, which decided that this was one cutting Spanish insult too many. Jenkins’ ear became the major cause of the war between England and Spain that led the War of the Austrian Succession. The conflict (1739–41) was popularly called the War of Jenkins’ Ear, which is definitely the oddest name of all wars and surely the only one ever initiated by an ear. Admiral Sir Edward Vernon put down the Spaniards at Portobelo and “One-Eared” Jenkins was given command of another ship in the East India Company’s service. He later rose to company supervisor.

词汇	war of jenkins’ ear
词源	War of Jenkins’ Ear. Carrying his left ear back to London in a leather case, master mariner Robert Jenkins claimed that Spanish sailors boarded his brig, the Rebecca, which had been peacefully trading in the West Indies, rifled her, and that their commander had lopped off the ear as a further humiliation. Jenkins sent his ear to the king and brought the matter before Parliament, which decided that this was one cutting Spanish insult too many. Jenkins’ ear became the major cause of the war between England and Spain that led the War of the Austrian Succession. The conflict (1739–41) was popularly called the War of Jenkins’ Ear, which is definitely the oddest name of all wars and surely the only one ever initiated by an ear. Admiral Sir Edward Vernon put down the Spaniards at Portobelo and “One-Eared” Jenkins was given command of another ship in the East India Company’s service. He later rose to company supervisor.
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