英语词汇mooch的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

mooch. Mooch was first recorded in an 1857 British slang dictionary, meaning “to go about sponging on your friends.” This led to the current American meaning of “to borrow, usual- ly with no intention of paying back, to freeload or beg,” as in “He’s always mooching cigarettes off me.” But in British English the original meaning of mooch has changed, and the word now means “to walk about slowly and carelessly without any pur- pose,” or to hang out, a meaning not heard in America. “Min- nie the Moocher” (telling of a low-down hoochie-coocher) is a 1931 song by Cab Calloway, which became his theme song.

词汇	mooch
词源	mooch. Mooch was first recorded in an 1857 British slang dictionary, meaning “to go about sponging on your friends.” This led to the current American meaning of “to borrow, usual- ly with no intention of paying back, to freeload or beg,” as in “He’s always mooching cigarettes off me.” But in British English the original meaning of mooch has changed, and the word now means “to walk about slowly and carelessly without any pur- pose,” or to hang out, a meaning not heard in America. “Min- nie the Moocher” (telling of a low-down hoochie-coocher) is a 1931 song by Cab Calloway, which became his theme song.
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