英语词汇roadrunner的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	roadrunner
词源	roadrunner. Geococcyx californianus was dubbed the road- runner by American cowboys in the mid-19th century because of its habit of running ahead of horsemen on trails. It is also called the ground cuckoo, lizard bird, paisano, cock of the desert, snake killer, and snake-eater, among other names. Mex- icans used to capture young roadrunners and teach them to kill rats and mice.
随便看	mossback most used letters motel moth-eaten mother carey-s chickens motherese mother goose mothering sunday mother-in-law mother-in-law plant mother lode mother of all mother of all bombs mother of parliaments mother of states mother-s day mother shipton motive-hunting of a motiveless malignity mot juste motown mountain lion mountain man mountain of light mountain oysters mount bote

英语词源词典收录了13259条英语词源词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的起源、历史，是研究英语词汇或通过词源学英语的必备工具。