according to Cocker根据严格的规则；按照精确的计算

【使用地区】：英国

【释义】：

Very accurate or correct，according to the rules．According to Cocker could just as well mean“all wrong”；however，few authorities bother to mention this．The phrase honors Edward Cocker(1631－1675)，a London engraver who also taught penmanship and arithmetic．Cocker wrote a number of popular books on these subjects，and reputedly authored Cocker’s Arithmetick，which went through 112 editions，its authority giving rise to the proverb．Then，in the late nineteenth century，documented proof was offered showing that Cocker did not write the famous book at all，that it was a forgery of his editor and publisher，so poorly done，in fact，that it set back rather than advanced the cause of elementary arithmetic．

According to Hoyle，according to Guinness，and according to Fowler are three similar British phrases understood wherever British English is spoken．

意为“完全符合规则，十分精确”。这一短语也可以是“全错了”的意思，但很少权威人士提及这一意义。这一短语是给予Edward Cocker(1631－1675)的荣誉。此人是伦敦的一个雕刻师，他也教授书法和算术，写了一些书法和算术方面的普及读物，并冠以《科尔克算术》的书名，该书曾出了112版，这一短语源自其在算术方面的权威地位。后来，十九世纪末叶，有资料证明，那些算术名著并非出自科尔克之手，而是编辑和出版商刻意伪造的，其书水平低劣，不仅没有促进，反而是阻碍了初等算术事业的发展。

according to Hoyle，according to Guinness和according to Fowler是类似的三个英国英语短语，意思都是“按照规则或惯例，正确地”，这些短语都是英国英语。