blackjack的词源

英文词源

blackjack (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
used in many senses since 16c., earliest is possibly "tar-coated leather jug for beer" (1590s), from black (adj.) + jack in any of its many slang senses. The weapon so called from 1889; the card game by 1900.

中文词源

blackjack:21点纸牌游戏,警棍

1. 21点纸牌游戏,来自该游戏初介绍进入美国时,赌场老板为刺激彩头,拿到黑桃J和黑桃A所得到的21点,将能获得十倍奖赏,因而得名。

2. 警棍,jack, 杰克,该词在英语里具有诸多意思,诸多叫不出名字或一时没法取名字的物件皆以jack称之,类似于汉语“某”的功能。

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