广播电视英语短句 第 199 课：称呼某人-6

A member of the United States Marines also has a strange name -- leatherneck . 海军陆战队员同样有个奇怪的名字—— leatherneck 。

It is thought to have started in the eighteen hundreds. 这个词被认为是在18世纪出现的。

Some say the name comes from the thick collars of leather early Marines wore around their necks to protect them from cuts during battles. 有人认为这个词出自早期陆战队员围着的厚厚的皮领子，用以在战斗中防止脖子受伤。

Others say the sun burned the Marines' necks until their skin looked like leather. 也有人说，太阳把海军陆战队员的脖子上的皮烤的像皮革一样。