| 词汇 | cul-de-sac |
| 词源 | cul-de-sac. In French cul-de-sac (from cul, “bottom or anus,” and sac, “bag”) means the bottom of the bag or sack. First used as an anatomical term, cul-de-sac was by the early 19th century a military term for the position of an army hemmed in on all sides with no chance of escape, and then came to mean “a dead-end street,” one from which there is no exit save the entrance. |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词源词典收录了13259条英语词源词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的起源、历史，是研究英语词汇或通过词源学英语的必备工具。