英语词汇gear的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

gear. 1980s slang for clothes, replacing “threads,” “vines,” etc., in the inner city, the word gear derives from the common term for military or outdoor equipment, including clothing, and was either introduced by Vietnam veterans or associated with the Army-Navy “surplus stores” where the young often buy clothing that sets styles. French designer Jean-Charles de Cas- telbajac had even introduced the Gear Look for the not so young with money, “rough-hewn outdoorsy materials trans- lated into high fashion.” Gear was standard English for the fe- male and male sexual organs from the 16th to the 19th century.

词汇	gear
词源	gear. 1980s slang for clothes, replacing “threads,” “vines,” etc., in the inner city, the word gear derives from the common term for military or outdoor equipment, including clothing, and was either introduced by Vietnam veterans or associated with the Army-Navy “surplus stores” where the young often buy clothing that sets styles. French designer Jean-Charles de Cas- telbajac had even introduced the Gear Look for the not so young with money, “rough-hewn outdoorsy materials trans- lated into high fashion.” Gear was standard English for the fe- male and male sexual organs from the 16th to the 19th century.
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