英语词汇boxing的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

boxing. Scholars have declared the name of this sport to be “of uncertain origin,” suggesting that it may derive from Mid- dle English box, a blow, or boxen, beat. Others say that boxing comes from the boxlike shape of a prizefighting ring. The sport seems always to have had its grudge matches and prefight stare- downers. Postfight imbroglios weren’t unknown in the ancient Olympic games. In one case, a boxer arrived too late to fight, put on his gloves, ran after the winner, and began punching him, crowned as he was with his wreath of wild olive. The champion finally hid among the judges. See bantamweight; beat to the punch; belcher; below the belt; bendego; brains knocked out; broderick; brown bomber; buckhorse; cauliflower ear; cestus; do a brodie; down and out; hang in there; happy as larry; heavyweight; infighting; killer instinct; knock down, drag out fight; jack dempsey; jack johnson; joe louis; lead with your chin; mutt and jeff; noble science; on the ropes; palooka; plug ugly; put on the gloves; punch drunk; punching bag; put up your dukes; real mccoy; roll with the punches; throw in the towel; saved by the bell; seeing stars; straight from the shoulder; we wuz robbed; zigged when i should have zagged.

词汇	boxing
词源	boxing. Scholars have declared the name of this sport to be “of uncertain origin,” suggesting that it may derive from Mid- dle English box, a blow, or boxen, beat. Others say that boxing comes from the boxlike shape of a prizefighting ring. The sport seems always to have had its grudge matches and prefight stare- downers. Postfight imbroglios weren’t unknown in the ancient Olympic games. In one case, a boxer arrived too late to fight, put on his gloves, ran after the winner, and began punching him, crowned as he was with his wreath of wild olive. The champion finally hid among the judges. See bantamweight; beat to the punch; belcher; below the belt; bendego; brains knocked out; broderick; brown bomber; buckhorse; cauliflower ear; cestus; do a brodie; down and out; hang in there; happy as larry; heavyweight; infighting; killer instinct; knock down, drag out fight; jack dempsey; jack johnson; joe louis; lead with your chin; mutt and jeff; noble science; on the ropes; palooka; plug ugly; put on the gloves; punch drunk; punching bag; put up your dukes; real mccoy; roll with the punches; throw in the towel; saved by the bell; seeing stars; straight from the shoulder; we wuz robbed; zigged when i should have zagged.
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