英语词汇cock的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

cock. The word cock, for “the penis or male sexual organ,” is included in the great O.E.D., which traces it to the earlier term cock, for “the spout or short pipe serving as a channel for pass- ing liquids through . . .” Cock for the penis is, however, recorded earlier than the O.E.D.’s date of 1730, being first found in Beau- mont and Fletcher’s comedy The Custom of the Country (ca. 1619). Cock for a rooster is recorded much earlier, in ca. 897, its origin unknown, although it is earlier cocc in Old English. In the U.S. South cock is a name for the female sexual organ rather than the penis, as is the case in the rest of the country. “She’s a good piece of cock,” is a rather common expression. Several au- thorities, including Hugh Rawson’s Dictionary of Euphemisms, make note of this.

词汇	cock
词源	cock. The word cock, for “the penis or male sexual organ,” is included in the great O.E.D., which traces it to the earlier term cock, for “the spout or short pipe serving as a channel for pass- ing liquids through . . .” Cock for the penis is, however, recorded earlier than the O.E.D.’s date of 1730, being first found in Beau- mont and Fletcher’s comedy The Custom of the Country (ca. 1619). Cock for a rooster is recorded much earlier, in ca. 897, its origin unknown, although it is earlier cocc in Old English. In the U.S. South cock is a name for the female sexual organ rather than the penis, as is the case in the rest of the country. “She’s a good piece of cock,” is a rather common expression. Several au- thorities, including Hugh Rawson’s Dictionary of Euphemisms, make note of this.
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