jib的词源

英文词源

jib (n.): "foresail of a ship," 1660s, gibb, of uncertain origin, perhaps related to gibbet, from notion of a sail "hanging" from a masthead [Barnhart, OED]. Or perhaps from jib (v.) "shift a sail or boom" (1690s), from Dutch gijben, apparently related to gijk "boom or spar of a sailing ship." Said to indicate a ship's character to an observant sailor as a strange vessel approaches at sea; also nautical slang for "face," hence cut of (one's) jib "personal appearance" (1821).

词源不详，可能同gibbet,棍子，绞刑架。用于指船的前帆，即艏三角帆，及起重机的悬臂。拒绝义词源不详，可能来自jibe变体，嘲笑，讥讽。

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