| 词源 |
quinsy. Quinsy, a suppurating (pus-producing) inflamma- tion of the tonsils, or suppurative tonsilitis, comes to us from the Latin quinancia, which, in turn, derives from the Greek ku- nanche—which means, simply, “a sore throat.” The Greek ku- nanche comes from kuon anche, “dog strangulation,” because people suffering from the malady “throw open the mouth like dogs, especially mad dogs.” |