perk的词源
英文词源
- perk (v.)




- late 14c., "to make oneself trim or smart," perhaps from Old North French perquer "to perch" (Modern French percher; see perch (n.1)), on notion of a bird preening its plumage. Sense of "raise oneself briskly" is first attested 1520s; perk up "recover liveliness" is from 1650s. Related: Perked; perking.
- perk (n.)




- 1869, shortened and altered form of perquisite (q.v.); as a verb, 1934 as shortened and altered form of percolate.
中文词源
缩写自perquisite,津贴,额外补贴。
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