jigger的词源

英文词源

jigger (n.)

"1.5-ounce shot glass," 1836, American English, in early use also of the drink itself, from jigger "illicit distillery" (1824), of unknown origin; or else perhaps from jigger, a 1756 alteration of chigger "tiny mite or flea." As a name for various appliances, the word is attested by 1825, from jig.

中文词源

jigger：沙虱，恙螨

来自chigger拼写变体，最终来自非洲某土著语言。

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