英语词汇jock的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

jock; jockstrap. Beginning in the late 1960s jock meant a big brainless college football player, but within a decade it covered any athlete at all, although the athlete does not necessarily have to be big or dumb—jock is a kinder word today. No one knows if the term is directly related to the racing jockey or to the jock- straps most athletes wear, though the latter derivation seems more plausible. Jockstrap takes its name from the centuries-old English slang jock, for “penis,” which derived from the com- mon nickname Jock for John.

词汇	jock
词源	jock; jockstrap. Beginning in the late 1960s jock meant a big brainless college football player, but within a decade it covered any athlete at all, although the athlete does not necessarily have to be big or dumb—jock is a kinder word today. No one knows if the term is directly related to the racing jockey or to the jock- straps most athletes wear, though the latter derivation seems more plausible. Jockstrap takes its name from the centuries-old English slang jock, for “penis,” which derived from the com- mon nickname Jock for John.
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