词源趣谈 | beggar 乞丐
也许你会以为,beggar 一词不过源自动词 beg 罢了。但真实情况很可能并非如此。
也许你会以为,beggar 一词不过源自动词 beg 罢了。但真实情况很可能并非如此。
It was in the second decade of the Twentieth Century, after the Great Plague had devastated England, that Hermann the Irascible, nicknamed also the Wise, sat on the British throne.
Idola 这个英文名字并没有特定的寓意或者含义,它可能是一个创新的名字或者是从其他语言中衍生出来的。
shorten、abbreviate、abridge与cut这些动词均含有“缩短”之意。
在口语中,我们用beefeaters 称呼伦敦塔(the Tower of London)的御用侍从卫士(yeoman warder)。
Also known as The Story of the Aged Mother, this Japanese folktale tells the story of an unkind ruler who issues cruel orders, including one demand that all old folks are to be abandoned and left to die. Basho tells a poignant story about a mother and her son and their love for one another.
Ida 是一个英文名,源自古日耳曼语,意思是“勤劳的,努力的”。
show、exhibit、display、manifest与demonstrate这些动词均含“显示、显露、展现”之意。
a bee in his or her bonnet about something指某人对某物如此着迷,以至于对其他任何事物都熟视无睹。
When I go into a bank I get rattled. The clerks rattle me; the wickets rattle me; the sight of the money rattles me; everything rattles me.
Ianthe 是一个英文名字,源自希腊神话。在希腊神话中,Ianthe 是海洋女神之一,象征着纯洁和美丽。
significant、important与momentous这些形容词均含“重要的、重大的”之意。
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