英语词汇horn的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	horn
词源	horn [OE] The word horn is related to corn ‘a painful area of thickened skin’, and cornea* [LME] through its ancestor Latin cornu ‘horn’. In to draw (or pull) in your horns, ‘to become less assertive or ambitious’, the image is of a snail drawing in its eyestalks and retreating into its shell when disturbed. See also dilemma.
随便看	dome Domesday Book domestic domicile domination dominion domino don donjon donkey doodle doolally doom doornail doppelgänger dormouse dose dossier dot double double entendre doubt dough dour dove

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