英语词汇union jack的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	union jack
词源	Union Jack. Jack has meant a small flag used as a mark of dis- tinction on a ship since the early 17th century. It may be that the Union Jack, the national flag of Great Britain, takes its last name from this jack flown aboard ships. Other possibilities are the French Jacques; James, for King James I introduced the Union flag; or a leather surcoat called the jack that was often “emblazoned with the cross of St. George.”
随便看	no taxation without representation not by a long shot not by bread alone notch not dry behind the ears no-tel motel not for love or money nothing in excess nothing is certain but death and taxes nothing like it to keep your ears pink nothing on the ball nothing to fear but fear itself no tickee no washee not in the same league with not just another pretty face notre pierre not right not so hot not the only pebble on the beach not to be sneezed at not to care a straw not to get the bat off one-s shoulder not to know beans not to know beef from bulls’ foot not to know if one is coming or going

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