英语词汇sap的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	sap
词源	sap. Green, unseasoned wood is often full of sap, and so young, inexperienced foolish people have been called sap- heads or sapskulls since the 17th century. By 1815, its first re- corded usage, sap had succeeded saphead for a cabbagehead (1622). Calabash (1838), pumpkin head (1841) and chump (1883) are all similar agriculture-related words for “jingle- brained nincompoops.”
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