knucklehead(n.)
也称为 knuckle-head,意为“愚蠢的人”,1890年,美国英语,由 knuckle(指指节)和 head(指头)组成。
"That infernal knuckle-head at the camp ought to have reported before now," he thought to himself, as he smoked. [Charles H. Shinn, "The Quicksands of Toro," in Belford's Magazine, vol. v, June-November 1890, New York]
“那个该死的营地蠢货现在应该已经报告了,”他自言自语地想着,一边抽着烟。[查尔斯·H·辛恩(Charles H. Shinn),《贝尔福德杂志》(Belford's Magazine),第五卷,1890年6月至11月,纽约]
从1869年开始,作为一种机械联接装置中的一部分的名称。从1942年开始在“愚蠢的人”意义上广为流传,来自于角色 R.F. Knucklehead,是美国陆军空军训练场上“不要”海报的主角。
Everything Knucklehead does is wrong and ends in disaster. He endures one spectacular crash after another so that the students at the Gulf Coast Air Force Training Center may profit by his mistakes, and it looks now as if there will be no let-up in his agony. [Life magazine, May 25, 1942]
Knucklehead 所做的一切都是错误的,都以灾难告终。他经历了一个又一个的惨烈撞车,以便海湾海岸空军训练中心的学生们能从他的错误中受益,现在看来他的痛苦将没有停歇。[《生活》杂志,1942年5月25日]
该词起源时间:1890年