英语词汇bread crumbs的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

bread crumbs; fork in the beam. Naval discipline was much harder to take a century or so ago. For instance, when a British senior officer used the expression Bread crumbs! at that time, it was a signal that junior midshipmen in their mess were not allowed to hear what was going to be said next and actually had to stuff their ears with bread until the senior officers finished speaking. Similarly, when a senior officer placed a fork in the beam (above his head), it meant that he wanted privacy, and all junior midshipmen had to leave the mess. See fork.

词汇	bread crumbs
词源	bread crumbs; fork in the beam. Naval discipline was much harder to take a century or so ago. For instance, when a British senior officer used the expression Bread crumbs! at that time, it was a signal that junior midshipmen in their mess were not allowed to hear what was going to be said next and actually had to stuff their ears with bread until the senior officers finished speaking. Similarly, when a senior officer placed a fork in the beam (above his head), it meant that he wanted privacy, and all junior midshipmen had to leave the mess. See fork.
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