词汇 | soccer |
词源 | soccer; rugger. Partridge tells us that soccer is a “perversion” of association football, formed in the late 19th century by add- ing what he calls “the Oxford-er” to association football. Rug- ger, a synonym for rugby, was formed in much the same way. |
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