Jack Tar水手

【使用地区】：英国

【释义】：

A sailor．One story has it that the British term arose in the seventeenth century，when sailors wore canvas breeches often spotted with tar from work done on ships．According to another tale，sailors in Lord Nelson’s navy wore overalls and broad—brimmed hats made of the tar—impregnated tarpaulin cloth commonly used aboard ship．The hats，and the sailors who wore them，were called tarpaulins，which was fmally shortened to tar．

意义如上所示。有一种传说是，该英国用语产生于17世纪，那时水手们穿着帆布裤子，上面沾满了船上工作时的焦油。据另一种说法，Lord Nelson指挥的海军水手们穿外衣，戴宽边帽子。这些着装是用船上经常使用的涂有焦油的油布制成的。这些帽子和戴帽的水手就被称为tarpaulins，该词最后缩略成tar。