英语词汇black maria的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Black Maria. Maria Lee, an imposing black woman, became a national heroine in 1798 when she delivered swivel guns to outfit the little cutters Alexander Hamilton had ordered built to protect American merchant ships on the high seas. Maria was just as reliable when she opened her boardinghouse for sailors in the early 1800s; her place was the cleanest and her guests the best-mannered on the Boston waterfront because even hard- ened criminals feared her awesome strength. The giant woman aided the police so often that the saying “send for the Black Maria” became common whenever there was trouble with an offender. Fiery Maria sometimes helped escort prisoners to jail, and when the first British police horse vans or paddy wagons were introduced in 1838 they may have been christened Black Marias in her honor. But this tradition has skimpy evidence to support it. Critics point out that the first van was black and that Maria (which is pronounced mar-eye-ah) could have come from numerous sources.

词汇	black maria
词源	Black Maria. Maria Lee, an imposing black woman, became a national heroine in 1798 when she delivered swivel guns to outfit the little cutters Alexander Hamilton had ordered built to protect American merchant ships on the high seas. Maria was just as reliable when she opened her boardinghouse for sailors in the early 1800s; her place was the cleanest and her guests the best-mannered on the Boston waterfront because even hard- ened criminals feared her awesome strength. The giant woman aided the police so often that the saying “send for the Black Maria” became common whenever there was trouble with an offender. Fiery Maria sometimes helped escort prisoners to jail, and when the first British police horse vans or paddy wagons were introduced in 1838 they may have been christened Black Marias in her honor. But this tradition has skimpy evidence to support it. Critics point out that the first van was black and that Maria (which is pronounced mar-eye-ah) could have come from numerous sources.
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