英语词汇few的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	few
词源	few [OE] The ancient root of few is shared by Latin paucus ‘small’, which gives us the English word paucity [LME]. The name the Few for the RAF pilots who took part in the Battle of Britain in 1940 comes from a speech by Winston Churchill in August of that year: ‘Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.’
随便看	absotively abstract absurd abuse abysmal academy a cappella acceleration accent accept access accident acclaim accolade accommodate accompany accord accordion account accrue accumulate accurate ace acerbic ache

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