英语词汇icicle的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	icicle
词源	icicle [OE] Before a hanging, tapering piece of ice was an icicle it was an ickle. In the early Middle Ages people put ice and ickle together to form a compound; some writers spelled the term as two words into the 17th century, but then speakers lost sight of its origins and icicle emerged as the standard term.
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