hulk的词源

英文词源

hulk (n.): Old English hulc "light, fast ship" (but in Middle English a heavy, unwieldy one), probably from Old Dutch hulke and Medieval Latin hulcus, perhaps ultimately from Greek holkas "merchant ship," literally "ship that is towed," from helkein "to pull" (from PIE root *selk- "to pull, draw"). Meaning "body of an old, worn-out ship" is first recorded 1670s. The Hulks ("Great Expectations") were old ships used as prisons. Sense of "big, clumsy person" is first recorded c. 1400 (early 14c. as a surname: Stephen le Hulke).
HULK. In the sixteenth century the large merchantman of the northern nations. As she grew obsolete, her name was applied in derision to all crank vessels, until it came to be degraded to its present use, i.e., any old vessel unfit for further employment. [Geoffrey Callender, "Sea Passages," 1943]
hulk (v.): "to be clumsy, unwieldy, lazy," 1789, from hulk (n.). Related: Hulked; hulking.

来自古英语hulc,快船，在中古英语时期词义由快船演变为笨重的慢船，最终来自希腊语holkas,商船，纤夫拉船，来自PIE*selk,拉，拖，词源同sulcus.进入进代英语词义由慢船演变为船骸，或用于海上监狱的废弃船只。引申词义庞然大物。

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