词汇 | tangerine |
词源 | tangerine [M19th] Tangerine is simply a shortening of ‘tangerine orange’ based on Tanger, a variant form of Tangiers in Morocco where the fruit first came from. The word was being used as a colour term by the late 19th century. |
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