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生活英语|Out of whack不是“猛打”,而是“不对劲”

来源:www.shahexi.com 2024-05-14

Whack是个口语,意思是(用棍棒)猛打,但out of whack1可跟猛打没一点关系,而是用来形容不正常、不对劲的情形,所以下次发现有哪些不对劲的状况,除去用something wrong、out of order以外,你还可以说的更地道:out of whack。

要想了解out of whack从何而来,还要从whack说起。

Whack 最早出目前18世纪,用来表示用力抽打,可能是依据重击的声音仿造而来的词。

Whack在18世纪晚期成为小偷们的行话,用来表示分赃,后来转变为协定或成交。到19世纪晚期,whack 的意思进一步进步为契约;期望,如此,out of whack便可讲解成脱离契约;出人预料,也就是偏轨;不正常了。

Whack的形容词形式whacky后来被写成wacky,意思是疯癫的、发狂的。另一个词wacko表示疯狂的人,极大概是由于头部遭到了重击。


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