英语词汇anemone的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

anemone. Also called the windflower, the dainty anemone takes its name from the Greek anemos, “wind,” the Greeks hav- ing observed that it often grew in windy places. A Greek legend says that the anemone was born after the handsome Greek youth Adonis, beloved by Aphrodite, goddess of love and beau- ty, was killed in the forest on a wild boar hunt. Aphrodite was so grief-stricken that the gods took pity on her and allowed Adonis to spend each spring with her in the form of a flower, the anemone rising from his blood.

词汇	anemone
词源	anemone. Also called the windflower, the dainty anemone takes its name from the Greek anemos, “wind,” the Greeks hav- ing observed that it often grew in windy places. A Greek legend says that the anemone was born after the handsome Greek youth Adonis, beloved by Aphrodite, goddess of love and beau- ty, was killed in the forest on a wild boar hunt. Aphrodite was so grief-stricken that the gods took pity on her and allowed Adonis to spend each spring with her in the form of a flower, the anemone rising from his blood.
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