pugilist的词源
英文词源
- pugilist (n.)
- 1789, from Latin pugil "boxer, fist-fighter," related to pugnus "a fist" (see pugnacious) + -ist. Related: Pugilistic (1789); pugilistically. Pugil occasionally turns up in English as "boxer, fist-fighter" (from 1640s), but it has not caught on. Pugil stick (1962) was introduced by U.S. military as a substitute for rifles in bayonet drills.
中文词源
来自拉丁语pugil,拳击手，来自pugnus,拳头，来自pungere,刺，击，词源同point,pungent.
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