英语词汇dam的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	dam
词源	dam. Dam for the female or mother of a horse, sheep, or oth- er animals is simply a shortening of the word dame. It is first re- corded in 1330.
随便看	play the field play the market play the sedulous ape play to the gallery play to the grandstand play with loaded dice play without a full deck plaza pleach pleased as a basketful of possum heads please tell me you’re republicans plentiful as blackberries plimp plimsoll mark plimsolls plosh to a callow thistle plot hound plough monday plow plow the sands plug plug ugly plum plumb plumb crazy etc

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