英语词汇pulling a crater的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

pulling a Crater. On August 6, 1930, colorful, well-known New York Supreme Court Judge Joseph Crater vanished from the face of the earth, never to be found again, despite countless theories of what became of him. Judge Crater (1889–?) was even said to have been killed by the mob and buried under the Coney Island boardwalk. In any event, he ranks along with la- bor leader Jimmy Hoffa as America’s best-known missing per- son, his name a synonym for vanishing. Another famous miss- ing person is aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart, the first woman to make a solo flight across the Atlantic, who disappeared on July 18, 1937, while trying to circle the globe.

词汇	pulling a crater
词源	pulling a Crater. On August 6, 1930, colorful, well-known New York Supreme Court Judge Joseph Crater vanished from the face of the earth, never to be found again, despite countless theories of what became of him. Judge Crater (1889–?) was even said to have been killed by the mob and buried under the Coney Island boardwalk. In any event, he ranks along with la- bor leader Jimmy Hoffa as America’s best-known missing per- son, his name a synonym for vanishing. Another famous miss- ing person is aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart, the first woman to make a solo flight across the Atlantic, who disappeared on July 18, 1937, while trying to circle the globe.
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