knacker的词源

英文词源

knacker (v.)

usually in past tense, knackered, "to kill, castrate" (1855), but most often used in weakened sense of "to tire out" (1883); apparently from knacker (n.) "worn-out or useless horse," 1812, of unknown origin; possibly from a dialectal survival of a Scandinavian word represented by Old Norse hnakkur "saddle," hnakki "back of the neck," and thus possibly related to neck (n.).

中文词源

knacker：老马，使筋疲力尽，杀死

可能来自古诺斯语hnakkur,马鞍，hnakki,马背，词源同neck.后引申词义老马，像老马一样筋疲力尽。词义杀死可能来自knack,击，打，砍杀。

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