英语词汇skivvies的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	skivvies
词源	skivvies. Skivvies, slang for men’s shorts, may derive from the Japanese sukebei, “lewdness.” In the British navy skivvy is a greeting said to have been first encountered as a salutation of Japanese prostitutes, and “Skivvy-skivvy, G.I.?” or “Skibby- skibby, G.I.?” was indeed the way Japanese and Korean street prostitutes and pimps solicited Americans during both World War II and the Korean conflict.
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