英语词汇bat的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

bat. To call a woman an old bat is not to call her an old battle- ax, as many people believe. Bat is not a shortening of battle-ax here, but English slang for a prostitute that goes back to at least 1612. A bat was a prostitute who walked the streets; like a bat she usually worked at night or, if she worked during the day, she hid out in dark recesses like a bat. To go on a bat, “a binge” or “a drinking spree,” is similarly connected with the nocturnal bat—the “nightbird,” not the prostitute. Someone who goes on a bat usually stays out all night, often stumbling around, as people thought a bat did in the dark. (The first such bat record- ed in literature, in 1848, describes the spree taking place at night. In days past the winged, rodent-like bat was called by the colorful name “flitter-mouse.”)

词汇	bat
词源	bat. To call a woman an old bat is not to call her an old battle- ax, as many people believe. Bat is not a shortening of battle-ax here, but English slang for a prostitute that goes back to at least 1612. A bat was a prostitute who walked the streets; like a bat she usually worked at night or, if she worked during the day, she hid out in dark recesses like a bat. To go on a bat, “a binge” or “a drinking spree,” is similarly connected with the nocturnal bat—the “nightbird,” not the prostitute. Someone who goes on a bat usually stays out all night, often stumbling around, as people thought a bat did in the dark. (The first such bat record- ed in literature, in 1848, describes the spree taking place at night. In days past the winged, rodent-like bat was called by the colorful name “flitter-mouse.”)
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