billingsgate
英 [ˈbiliŋsɡit]
美 [ˈbɪlɪŋzˌɡet, -ɡɪt]
- n. 下流话；粗俗的骂人话
记忆方法
记忆单词“billingsgate”的方法是将其分解为两部分：“bill”和“ingsgate”。联想一个场景：想象在“bill”（账单）门前的“ingsgate”（市集），这里充满了喧嚣和嘈杂声，就像伦敦泰晤士河畔的比尔灵斯盖特市场一样，以它的粗俗言辞而闻名。通过这样的图像联想，可以更容易地记住这个单词的含义，即“言语粗俗或侮辱性”的意思。
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英语词源
- billingsgate (n.)
- 1670s, the kind of coarse, abusive language once used by women in the Billingsgate market on the River Thames below London Bridge.
Billingsgate is the market where the fishwomen assemble to purchase fish; and where, in their dealings and disputes they are somewhat apt to leave decency and good manners a little on the left hand. ["Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 1811]
The place name is Old English Billingesgate, "gate of (a man called) Billing;" the "gate" probably being a gap in the Roman river wall. The market is mid-13c., not exclusively a fish market until late 17c.
权威例句
- 1. She let loose a Niagara of billingsgate.
- 她破口大骂不止.
- 2. The railway company extended a branch line to Brightlingsea to convey fish direct to Billingsgate.
- 铁路公司修建了一条通往布赖特灵西的支线，以便直接将鱼运送到比林斯门。