英语词汇bungay的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	bungay
词源	bungay. For reasons unclear, the old town of Bungay in Suf- folk, England, is associated with stupidity, perhaps because Bungay sounds like “bungle.” In any case, the British have long called any stupid play in whist, such as when one leads with the highest scoring card, a bungay.
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