英语词汇winter的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	winter
词源	winter [OE] The word winter is probably related to wet (see water), with the basic idea being ‘the wet season’. Richard III: ‘Now is the winter of our discontent / Made glorious summer by this sun of York’ gave us The winter of discontent of 1978–9 in Britain, when widespread strikes forced the Labour government out of power, and other periods of political disruption.
随便看	statute staunch stave stay stead steal steam steeplechase steeplejack stellar stench sterling Stetson stevedore stew stick stickler stiff stifle stigma stigmata still stilted stimulate stink

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