英语词汇oliver的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

oliver; Oliver’s skull. Oliver Cromwell’s name “fairly stank” to the Royalists, which is why they dubbed their chamber pots Oliver’s skulls. The term was popular slang in England from 1690 to 1820 and puts Cromwell in the select company of the relatively small handful of people who have been discommoded by commodes. On the other hand, Cromwell’s supporters so admired the way he hammered at the Royalists that the oliver, a small smith’s hammer, was probably named after him. Whether the British underworld term oliver, for “the full moon,” is a compliment or an insult is uncertain, but it definitely arises from the fact that Oliver Cromwell led the Roundheads. See crap; furphy; sacheverell; twiss; vespasienne.

词汇	oliver
词源	oliver; Oliver’s skull. Oliver Cromwell’s name “fairly stank” to the Royalists, which is why they dubbed their chamber pots Oliver’s skulls. The term was popular slang in England from 1690 to 1820 and puts Cromwell in the select company of the relatively small handful of people who have been discommoded by commodes. On the other hand, Cromwell’s supporters so admired the way he hammered at the Royalists that the oliver, a small smith’s hammer, was probably named after him. Whether the British underworld term oliver, for “the full moon,” is a compliment or an insult is uncertain, but it definitely arises from the fact that Oliver Cromwell led the Roundheads. See crap; furphy; sacheverell; twiss; vespasienne.
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