bog-trotter 的詞源
bog-trotter(n.)
“野蠻的愛爾蘭人”一詞最早出現在1670年代; 參見 bog + trot(動詞)。
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]
“一個在沼澤地上小跑或生活的人; 尤其是一種輕蔑的稱呼,通常用於愛爾蘭農民,可能是因爲他們中的許多人在穿越該國廣闊的沼澤地時表現出的技巧,從一個草叢跳到另一個草叢,而陌生人則無法立足,並且由於他們經常利用這種技巧逃避士兵、警察等。[世紀詞典]
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