英语词汇feague的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	feague
词源	feague. In times long past, fortunately, horse trainers would insert ginger or even a live eel, it is said, into a horse’s anus to liven him up and make him “carry his tail well” when he was to be shown to prospective buyers. This was called feaguing a horse. The expression, coming to mean “encouraging or spirit- ing him up,” was used well into the 19th century. The origin of feague is unknown though it may derive from the German fe- gen, to polish.
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