英语词汇k的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	k
词源	K. Representing the Greek kappa and the Hebrew kaph be- fore it, the letter K was used by the Romans for the K sound in place of the C, which they abandoned. Roman libelers, for ex- ample, were branded on the forehead with a K, for kalumnia, “calumny.”
随便看	the rat the cat and lovell the dog therblig there ain’t no horse that can’t be rode / there ain’t no man that can’t be throwed there are no atheists in foxholes there but for the grace of god goes god there but for the grace of god go i thereby hangs a tale the red one there-s a one-eyed man in the game there-s as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it there-s a sucker born every minute there-s many a slip twixt between cup and lip there-s no love lost between them there-s no there there there-s nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos there-s nothing new under the sun there-s the rub there was a little girl there were giants in the earth in those days the rich are different from you and me the richest corpse in the graveyard thermos the rock thersitical the same dog bit me

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