英语词汇quince的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	quince
词源	quince. Quince may come from the Greek kydonion (“mel- on”), named for Cydonia in Crete. Kydonion became cydoneum in Latin, this becoming coin in Old French, then quoyne in Middle English, with quince deriving from the plural of the Middle English quoyne, which is quine.
随便看	put in one-s two cents’ worth put it all in the first paragraph put lay one-s finger upon put nothing smaller than your elbow in your ear put one-s best foot forward put one-s foot in one-s mouth put one-s oar in another-s boat put on nothing but the radio put on the buskin put on the dog put on the gloves put on the spot putt put that in your pipe and smoke it put the cart before the horse put the john d to her put the kibosh on put the pedal to the metal put the toothpaste back in the tube put through the mill put to the pale put up on a pedestal put up your dukes put your foot in it put your shoulder to the wheel

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