1:Nobody is sure how the word got started.2:But it began to appear in American newspapers in the eighteen hundreds.3:A newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts said the word came from a criminal whose name was Borghese.[...]114:The newspaper said Borghese wrote checks to people although he did not have enough money in the bank. After he wrote the checks, he would flee from town.5:So, people who were paid with his checks received nothing.6:The newspaper said Americans shortened and changed the criminal’s name Borghese, to bogus.

1:没人能够确认这个单词是如何诞生的。2:但19世纪时它开始出现在美国的报纸上。3:马萨诸塞州波士顿市的一份报纸称，这个单词来源于一个名叫贝佳斯（Borghese）的罪犯。[...]114:这家报纸说，贝佳斯给人们开空头支票，然后逃离镇子。5:所以，收到他支票的人们什么都得不到。6:该报称，美国人把这个罪犯的名字简写并做了点改变，就成了bogus。

属类：学习英语-Words And Their Stories 词汇掌故-词汇掌故：论金钱

Nobody is sure how the word got started. But it began to appear in American newspapers in the eighteen hundreds. A newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts said the word came from a criminal whose name was Borghese. The newspaper said Borghese wrote checks to people although he did not have enough money in the bank.[...]11 After he wrote the checks, he would flee from town. So, people who were paid with his checks received nothing. The newspaper said Americans shortened and changed the criminal’s name Borghese, to bogus.

[...]11没人知道这个单词是如何诞生的，但18世纪时它开始出现在美国的报纸上。马萨诸塞州波士顿市的一份报纸称，这个单词来源于一个名叫贝佳斯（Borghese）的罪犯。这家报纸说，贝佳斯给人们开空头支票，然后逃离镇子。所以，收到他支付的支票的人们得不到任何东西。该报称，美国人把这个罪犯的名字简写并做了点改变，就成了bogus。

属类：学习英语-Words And Their Stories 词汇掌故-词汇掌故：有钱能使鬼推磨

Snowbirds are like some birds in that they move to warmer climates in the winter months. Snowbirds flee northern states in the winter for the South or Southwest.

雪候鸟就像那些在冬季迁徙到更温暖环境的鸟类。雪候鸟冬天从北部各州逃往南部或西南地区。

属类：学习英语-Words And Their Stories 词汇掌故-词汇掌故：雪候鸟