boot camp的词源
英文词源
- boot camp (n.)
- by 1941, U.S. Marines slang, said to be from boot (n.) as slang for "recruit," which supposedly dates from the Spanish-American War and is a synecdoche from boots, leggings worn by U.S. sailors.
中文词源
在美西战争( Spanish-American War,1898)期间服役的美国水兵都穿一种上端有绑腿,叫做boots的靴子。据传,在甲板集合时老兵们通常都是赤着脚的,即使在酷寒时也不例外,他们以此为荣。但新兵因不习惯总是穿着靴子。因此,人们便把海军或海军陆战队受训的新兵戏称为boots,新兵受训的地方,即新兵训练营则被称作boot camp。
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