英语词汇pumice的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	pumice
词源	pumice. Pumice is a porous, spongy form of volcanic glass used as an abrasive or polish; there is an entire mountain of it on the island of Lipari. In 1645 one writer reported that “Ital- ians to this day have the habit of pumicing their skin to get off the hair.” Pumice comes from the Latin Pumex, for the sub- stance, while pounce, “a fine powder formerly used to blot ink on paper,” comes from the same source.
随便看	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 not to know one-s ass from one-s elbow not tonight josephine not to turn a hair not to worry not what it-s cracked up to be not worth a bean not worth a continental not worth a hannah cook not worth a plugged nickel

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