英语词汇job的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

job. First recorded in about 1627, but probably used long be- fore this colloquially, job, for “a piece of work,” may derive from the earlier word job, meaning “a small piece, a lump.” The earlier job, in turn, may derive from gob, for “a lump,” which has its roots in the Old French gober. The New Dictionary of American Slang (1986) gives the origin of job, for a “crime or criminal project,” as “underworld from middle 1800s.” But it may be much older than this and may not be from the underworld at all. I’ve come across it in an early poem by English poet Wil- liam Cowper (1731–1800), “Pity for Poor Africans,” in the stanza:

词汇	job
词源	job. First recorded in about 1627, but probably used long be- fore this colloquially, job, for “a piece of work,” may derive from the earlier word job, meaning “a small piece, a lump.” The earlier job, in turn, may derive from gob, for “a lump,” which has its roots in the Old French gober. The New Dictionary of American Slang (1986) gives the origin of job, for a “crime or criminal project,” as “underworld from middle 1800s.” But it may be much older than this and may not be from the underworld at all. I’ve come across it in an early poem by English poet Wil- liam Cowper (1731–1800), “Pity for Poor Africans,” in the stanza: A youngster at school, more sedate than the rest, Had once his integrity put to the test; His comrades had plotted an orchard to rob, And asked him to go and assist in the job.
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