英语词汇spank的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	spank
词源	spank. Ernest Weekley in his An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English (1921) says spank is “imitative of a resonant slap.” Meaning to strike a blow with the open hand (especially to strike the buttocks), the word has been traced back to Bai- ley’s Dictionary (1727) and is certainly older.
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