英语词汇ugly duckling的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	ugly duckling
词源	ugly duckling. Hans Christian Andersen’s tale “The Ugly Duckling” tells of a sad “ugly duckling” that was actually a cyg- net and, to its mother’s surprise, grew up into a magnificent swan. Soon after the story was translated into English in 1846 the expression ugly duckling became part of the language, usu- ally meaning an unpromising child who grows into an admira- ble adult.
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