英语词汇bump off的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

bump off. The underworld slang for to kill or murder may have its origins in the relatively genteel world of British boating. The theory is that bump off derives from a rule in boat racing that disqualified any shell that was bumped by the boat behind it. This elimination regulation was familiar to gamblers betting on the races, proponents argue, and the term passed into the lexi- con of the British underworld. Neither the Oxford English Dictionary nor the late British slang authority Eric Partridge support this theory, simply citing bump off as an Americanism first recorded in 1910.

词汇	bump off
词源	bump off. The underworld slang for to kill or murder may have its origins in the relatively genteel world of British boating. The theory is that bump off derives from a rule in boat racing that disqualified any shell that was bumped by the boat behind it. This elimination regulation was familiar to gamblers betting on the races, proponents argue, and the term passed into the lexi- con of the British underworld. Neither the Oxford English Dictionary nor the late British slang authority Eric Partridge support this theory, simply citing bump off as an Americanism first recorded in 1910.
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