英语词汇bull pen的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

bull pen. Early in this century the imposing Bull Durham Tobacco signs behind outfield fences in American baseball parks pictured a big brightly colored bull, proclaiming that any batter whose home run hit the bull would get $50 and two bags of Bull Durham. Pitchers usually warmed up near these Bull Durham signs, which may be why warm-up areas for relief pitchers are called bull pens today, although the word could have derived from the word bull pen that had meant a stockade for prisoners since 1809. Or perhaps the two meanings rein- forced each other.

词汇	bull pen
词源	bull pen. Early in this century the imposing Bull Durham Tobacco signs behind outfield fences in American baseball parks pictured a big brightly colored bull, proclaiming that any batter whose home run hit the bull would get $50 and two bags of Bull Durham. Pitchers usually warmed up near these Bull Durham signs, which may be why warm-up areas for relief pitchers are called bull pens today, although the word could have derived from the word bull pen that had meant a stockade for prisoners since 1809. Or perhaps the two meanings rein- forced each other.
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