单词:folk-etymology
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ETYMOLOGY. (Supplied by a Late Consumptive Usher to a Grammar School) The pale Usher hreadbare in coat,heart,body,and brain;I see him now.He was ever dusting his old lexicons and grammars,with a queer handkerchief,mockingly embellished with all the g
Why Are Gangsters Always 'On the Lam'? 歹徒为什么总是在潜逃中? Drug gang leader Joaquin Guzman was recaptured Friday by Mexican marines after six months on the lam. Many in America know that on the lam means on the run or hiding from polic
'Take' Is a Building Block in English Now, the weekly program Words and Their Stories from VOA Learning English. On this program, we explore the history and usage of common expressions in American English. And we give examples so that you can learn t
当你手拿冰淇淋筒,舀出一勺冰淇淋,放进口中,享受着这甜蜜一瞬,你一定会说对于冰淇淋我无所不知,然而,对于冰淇淋,有一些语言学方面的问题,或许你未曾留意。唉,我们不怪你这
It's the part of mathematics that even mathematicians don't particularly like, 统计是数学的一部分,但是它是连数学家都不怎么喜欢的那一部分, because whereas the rest of maths is all about precision and certainty, statisti
The Meaning Of Tingo By Chris Rose I recently found a book by the writer Adam Jacot de Boinod called The Meaning Of Tingo. As a native speaker of English, I was a bit confused. I had never heard of this word tingo, and was curious about the title of