bog-trotter 的意思
泥沼行者;爱尔兰乡民
bog-trotter 的词源
bog-trotter(n.)
这个词从1670年代开始被用来指称“野生爱尔兰人”;参见 bog + trot (动词)。
One who trots over bogs, or lives among bogs; especially, a contemptuous appellation given to the Irish peasantry, probably from the skill shown by many of them in crossing the extensive bogs of the country by leaping from tussock to tussock, where a stranger would find no footing, and from the frequent use they make of this skill to escape from the soldiery, the police, etc. [Century Dictionary]
指的是那些在沼泽地上行走的人,或者生活在沼泽地中的人;特别是一个带有轻蔑意味的称呼,用来指爱尔兰的农民。这可能源于他们中许多人在跨越国家广阔沼泽时展现出的技巧——他们能够从一块草丛跳到另一块草丛,而外人则难以找到立足之地。此外,他们常常利用这一技能来躲避士兵、警察等的追捕。[世纪词典]
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