英语词汇tray的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	tray
词源	tray [OE] Late Old English trīg is from the Germanic base of tree [OE]. The primary sense may have been ‘wooden container’. Trough [OE] also had a primary meaning of ‘wooden vessel’ and is related. The notion of a downturn on a graph or similar representation dates from the late 19th century in meteorology, the early 20th century in economics, and generally (peaks and troughs) from the 1930s.
随便看	frolic frost fruit frump fry fubar fuchsia fudge fuel fugitive fumigate fun fund fungus funk furl furlong furlough furnish furniture fuse fusilli fuss futon fuzz

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