英语词汇chauffeur的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

chauffeur. The first chauffeurs known to the world were members of a band of brigands led by Jean l’Ecorcheur (Jack the Scorcher), a bandit leader who took advantage of the cha- os created by the French Revolution to terrorize the French countryside in the late 18th century. Jack’s gang would force their way into homes and demand that all hidden valuables be surrendered, tying up those householders who refused and roasting their bare feet in the fire until they capitulated. They thus came to be known as chauffeurs, “firemen,” their nick- name deriving from the French chauffer, “to heat or stoke.” Many years after its application to Jack the Scorcher and his chauffeurs, the word was logically applied to steamship stok- ers, locomotive firemen, and, finally, to the stokers required to tend early powered automobiles. These last stokers often operated someone else’s car, and the word was retained when chauffeurs no longer needed to be firemen in addition to drivers.

词汇	chauffeur
词源	chauffeur. The first chauffeurs known to the world were members of a band of brigands led by Jean l’Ecorcheur (Jack the Scorcher), a bandit leader who took advantage of the cha- os created by the French Revolution to terrorize the French countryside in the late 18th century. Jack’s gang would force their way into homes and demand that all hidden valuables be surrendered, tying up those householders who refused and roasting their bare feet in the fire until they capitulated. They thus came to be known as chauffeurs, “firemen,” their nick- name deriving from the French chauffer, “to heat or stoke.” Many years after its application to Jack the Scorcher and his chauffeurs, the word was logically applied to steamship stok- ers, locomotive firemen, and, finally, to the stokers required to tend early powered automobiles. These last stokers often operated someone else’s car, and the word was retained when chauffeurs no longer needed to be firemen in addition to drivers.
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