bilk的词源
英文词源
- bilk (v.)
- 1650s, from or along with the noun (1630s), first used as a cribbage term; as a verb, "to spoil (someone's) score." Origin obscure, it was believed in 17c. to be "a word signifying nothing;" perhaps it s a thinned form of balk "to hinder." Meaning "to defraud" is first recorded 1670s. Related: Bilked; bilking.
中文词源
发音释义:[bɪlk] vt.骗取;逃避(债务);挫败n.骗子;诈骗;赖账
词源解释:bilk一词原本是克里比奇纸牌游戏中的一个术语,表示打出一张牌破坏对手的得分机会,因此引申出“挫败”之意,继而引申出“赖账”之意,最后引申出“诈骗”之意。
词组习语:bilk sb. out of sth.(从某人那里骗取某物);network bilk(网络诈骗)
助记窍门:bilk→Bill Clinton(美国前总统比尔·克林顿)→拉链门→骗子;或bilk → 把bill最后一个l改为k→修改bill(票据)→诈骗
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版:bilk 词源,bilk 含义。
来自balk的变体。balk,畏缩,阻碍,假动作。