英语词汇hardtack的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	hardtack
词源	hardtack. A century ago, tack meant food of any kind. Sailors took to calling hard biscuit—biscuit that was hard and lasted through long voyages in rough weather—hard tack, or what we’d more often call dog biscuits today.
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