英语词汇screw的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

screw. The screw used in woodworking takes its name from a pig, of all things, deriving from the Latin scrofa, “sow.” The threads on a screw coil resemble a sow’s tail; hence the word. Additionally, according to one theory, screw, for sexual inter- course, comes from the Latin scrofa, which was melded with another Latin word, scrobis, meaning “ditch” but also used as Latin slang for the vulva—these two words yielding our word screw, for “to copulate.” Partridge and others believe that screw, first recorded in the early 19th century, is associated with the idea of stealing sex from a woman, giving the word’s probable ancestor as the earlier British slang screw, for “a robbery effected with a skeleton key.” Lastly, as underworld slang for a prison guard dating back to the mid-19th century, screw was suggested by someone harsh and brutal, one who used thumbscrews on prisoners.

词汇	screw
词源	screw. The screw used in woodworking takes its name from a pig, of all things, deriving from the Latin scrofa, “sow.” The threads on a screw coil resemble a sow’s tail; hence the word. Additionally, according to one theory, screw, for sexual inter- course, comes from the Latin scrofa, which was melded with another Latin word, scrobis, meaning “ditch” but also used as Latin slang for the vulva—these two words yielding our word screw, for “to copulate.” Partridge and others believe that screw, first recorded in the early 19th century, is associated with the idea of stealing sex from a woman, giving the word’s probable ancestor as the earlier British slang screw, for “a robbery effected with a skeleton key.” Lastly, as underworld slang for a prison guard dating back to the mid-19th century, screw was suggested by someone harsh and brutal, one who used thumbscrews on prisoners.
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