英语词汇amazon的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Amazon. The first Amazons, from the Greek a (“without”) plus mazos (“breast”), were popularly said to be a tribe of fierce warrior women who cut or burned off their right breasts so as not to impede the drawing of their bows. Amazons have been reported in Africa and South America as well as in Greece. The Amazon River, which had been named Rio Santa Maria de la Mar Dulce by its discoverer, is said to have been rechristened by the Spanish explorer Francisco de Orellana in 1541 after he was attacked by the Tapuyas, a tribe in which he believed wom- en fought alongside men. Most word detectives believe both these stories are examples of folk etymology but offer no alternatives.

词汇	amazon
词源	Amazon. The first Amazons, from the Greek a (“without”) plus mazos (“breast”), were popularly said to be a tribe of fierce warrior women who cut or burned off their right breasts so as not to impede the drawing of their bows. Amazons have been reported in Africa and South America as well as in Greece. The Amazon River, which had been named Rio Santa Maria de la Mar Dulce by its discoverer, is said to have been rechristened by the Spanish explorer Francisco de Orellana in 1541 after he was attacked by the Tapuyas, a tribe in which he believed wom- en fought alongside men. Most word detectives believe both these stories are examples of folk etymology but offer no alternatives.
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