billingsgate

n. 下流话；粗俗的骂人话

英文词源

billingsgate (n.): 1670s, the kind of coarse, abusive language once used by women in the Billingsgate market on the River Thames below London Bridge.
Billingsgate is the market where the fishwomen assemble to purchase fish; and where, in their dealings and disputes they are somewhat apt to leave decency and good manners a little on the left hand. ["Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 1811]
The place name is Old English Billingesgate, "gate of (a man called) Billing;" the "gate" probably being a gap in the Roman river wall. The market is mid-13c., not exclusively a fish market until late 17c.

2. The railway company extended a branch line to Brightlingsea to convey fish direct to Billingsgate.: 铁路公司修建了一条通往布赖特灵西的支线，以便直接将鱼运送到比林斯门。