英语词汇buck的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

buck; pass the buck. The American slang word for a dollar may have its origins in animal skins that were classified as “bucks” and “does.” The bucks, larger and more valuable than does (some 500,000 of them were traded every year in 18th- century America), could have become a part of early American business terminology (ca. 1800) and later become slang for a dollar. But buck’s origin could just as well be in poker. A marker called a buck (perhaps after a buck horn knife made from a deer’s anthers) was placed next to a poker player in the game’s heyday, during the late 19th century, to remind him that it was his turn to deal next. When silver dollars were used as the markers, they could have taken the name buck for their own. Although markers called bucks may or may not have given us the slang term for a dollar, they are almost certainly responsible for the expression to pass the buck, “to evade responsibility”— just as poker players passed on the responsibility for the deal when they passed the buck. Buck is also a derogatory term for an Indian man that dates back to the early 19th century. Buck warrior and buck aborigine were synonymous, though they are rarely, if ever, used anymore.

词汇	buck
词源	buck; pass the buck. The American slang word for a dollar may have its origins in animal skins that were classified as “bucks” and “does.” The bucks, larger and more valuable than does (some 500,000 of them were traded every year in 18th- century America), could have become a part of early American business terminology (ca. 1800) and later become slang for a dollar. But buck’s origin could just as well be in poker. A marker called a buck (perhaps after a buck horn knife made from a deer’s anthers) was placed next to a poker player in the game’s heyday, during the late 19th century, to remind him that it was his turn to deal next. When silver dollars were used as the markers, they could have taken the name buck for their own. Although markers called bucks may or may not have given us the slang term for a dollar, they are almost certainly responsible for the expression to pass the buck, “to evade responsibility”— just as poker players passed on the responsibility for the deal when they passed the buck. Buck is also a derogatory term for an Indian man that dates back to the early 19th century. Buck warrior and buck aborigine were synonymous, though they are rarely, if ever, used anymore.
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