英语词汇war on rats的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	war on rats
词源	war on rats. Sweden’s Queen Christina (1626–89) so hated the fleas of rats and other animals that she officially declared war on them. She packed tiny cannonballs into a specially made four-inch cannon (today on exhibit in the Stockholm Ar- senal) and fired at the fleas whenever they came by.
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