英语词汇anaconda的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	anaconda
词源	anaconda. This is one of the few English words, if not the only, that comes to us from Singhalese. Anaconda probably de- rives from the Singhalese henakandayā, although this word means “lightning stem” and refers to Ceylon’s whip snake, not the large snake we know as the anaconda. Weekley notes that “the mistake may have been due to a confusion of labels in the Leyden museum.”
随便看	don’t have a clue don’t hurry hopkins don’t know him from adam don’t let money burn a hole in your pocket don’t like the cut of his jib don’t look a gift horse in the mouth don’t look back something might be gaining on you don’t look now don’t make two bites of a cherry don’t play games with me don’t poke one-s nose into it don’t put off till tomorrow what you can do today don’t say it if you can grunt it don’t sell the steak sell the sizzle don’t stick your neck out don’t take any wooden nickels don’t that take the rag off the bush don’t want to pick up that snake now don’t wash your dirty linen in public don’t write it if you can say it doodlebug doo-doo doofus doolally dooley

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