英语词汇bilge的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	bilge
词源	bilge. Now meaning nonsense or filth, bilge was originally the dirty water that collected in the bottom of a ship. Bilge was first spelled bulge, which referred to the fact that the dirty water collected in the bulge, or curve, at the bottom of a straight- sided ship.
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