sock

英 [s?k] 美[sɑk]

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復數:?socks;第三人稱單數:?socks;過去式:?socked;現在分詞:?socking;

sock 短襪，用拳頭猛擊，重擊

來自古英語 socc,拖鞋，便鞋，來自拉丁語 soccus,拖鞋，特指一種古羅馬時期喜劇演員穿的滑稽的毛織的低根鞋。后引申詞義短襪，原詞義不再使用。動詞詞義猛擊，重擊可能來自其比喻義，即把別人的襪子都打落。

sock: sock: English has two distinct words sock. The noun ‘foot covering’ [OE] originally meant ‘light shoe’, and went back ultimately to Greek súkkhos, a word perhaps borrowed from some Asiatic language. Latin took this over as soccus, which was then borrowed into prehistoric Germanic as *sok-. And this in turn evolved into German socke, Dutch zok, Swedish socka, Danish sok, and English sock. The origins of sock ‘hit’ [17] are not known.
sock (n.1): "knitted or woven covering for the foot, short stocking," early 14c., from Old English socc "slipper, light shoe," from Latin soccus "slipper, light low-heeled shoe," probably a variant of Greek sykchos, word for a kind of shoe, perhaps from Phrygian or another Asiatic language. The Latin word was borrowed generally in West Germanic (Middle Dutch socke, Dutch sok, Old High German soc, German Socke). To knock the socks off (someone) "beat thoroughly" is recorded from 1845, American English colloquial. Teen slang sock hop is c. 1950, from notion of dancing without shoes.
sock (v.2): "to stash (money) away as savings," 1942, American English, from the notion of hiding one's money in a sock (see sock (n.1)).
sock (v.1): 1700, "to beat, hit hard, pitch into," of uncertain origin. To sock it to (someone) first recorded 1877.
sock (n.2): "a blow, a hit with the fist," 1700, from or related to sock (v.1).

1. Sock Shop was one of the high-street success stories of the 80s.: “襪鋪”是20世紀80年代商業成功的范例之一。