英语词汇rookie的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

rookie. There is much dispute about rookie’s origin. Some authorities trace the word to a shortening of recruit, a term first used in baseball at the end of the 19th century, and others sug- gest the rook from the game of chess as the source. Most ety- mologists, however, agree with Eric Partridge who claims rookie as British army slang for a raw recruit as well as a pun on rooky, British slang for a rascally person. It is possible, if not probable, that rookie had an independent coinage from recruit in Ameri- can baseball and it is certain that the word achieved its popu- larity in the United States from its common use in baseball for “a player playing his first season in the major leagues.” Now rookie can refer to a first-year player in any sport, as well as an army recruit, or any neophyte.

词汇	rookie
词源	rookie. There is much dispute about rookie’s origin. Some authorities trace the word to a shortening of recruit, a term first used in baseball at the end of the 19th century, and others sug- gest the rook from the game of chess as the source. Most ety- mologists, however, agree with Eric Partridge who claims rookie as British army slang for a raw recruit as well as a pun on rooky, British slang for a rascally person. It is possible, if not probable, that rookie had an independent coinage from recruit in Ameri- can baseball and it is certain that the word achieved its popu- larity in the United States from its common use in baseball for “a player playing his first season in the major leagues.” Now rookie can refer to a first-year player in any sport, as well as an army recruit, or any neophyte.
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