英语词汇scuttlebutt的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

scuttlebutt. Corrupted to scuttle in English, the Old French word escoutilles first meant the hatch on a ship, then meant the hole or hatchway in the hatch, and finally was used as a verb meaning to open a hole in a ship in order to sink, or scuttle, her. The cask, or butt, for drinking water on ships was called a scut- tlebutt because it was a butt with a square hole cut in it, and since sailors exchanged gossip when they gathered at the scut- tlebutt for a drink of water, scuttlebutt became navy slang for gossip or rumors, in about 1935.

词汇	scuttlebutt
词源	scuttlebutt. Corrupted to scuttle in English, the Old French word escoutilles first meant the hatch on a ship, then meant the hole or hatchway in the hatch, and finally was used as a verb meaning to open a hole in a ship in order to sink, or scuttle, her. The cask, or butt, for drinking water on ships was called a scut- tlebutt because it was a butt with a square hole cut in it, and since sailors exchanged gossip when they gathered at the scut- tlebutt for a drink of water, scuttlebutt became navy slang for gossip or rumors, in about 1935.
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