英语词汇scrub team的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

scrub team. The English word scrub, dating back to at least the 16th century, meant small stunted trees or cattle. In Ameri- ca, by the early 19th century, scrub commonly meant “inferior” as well as “dwarf ” and by the end of the century was being ap- plied to second-rate college football teams, these scrub teams usually “second teams” that couldn’t compare with a school’s “first teams.” Scrub for “to wash vigorously” derives from the Middle English scrobbe meaning the same.

词汇	scrub team
词源	scrub team. The English word scrub, dating back to at least the 16th century, meant small stunted trees or cattle. In Ameri- ca, by the early 19th century, scrub commonly meant “inferior” as well as “dwarf ” and by the end of the century was being ap- plied to second-rate college football teams, these scrub teams usually “second teams” that couldn’t compare with a school’s “first teams.” Scrub for “to wash vigorously” derives from the Middle English scrobbe meaning the same.
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