英语词汇jack tar的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	jack tar
词源	Jack Tar. One story has it that the name Jack Tar, for “a sailor,” arose in the 17th century, when sailors wore canvas breeches often spotted with tar from work done on ships. According to another tale, sailors in Lord Nelson’s navy wore overalls and broad-brimmed hats made of the tar-impregnated tarpaulin cloth commonly used aboard ship. The hats, and the sailors who wore them, were called tarpaulins, which was finally shortened to tar.
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