英语词汇discus的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	discus
词源	discus. The ancient Greek word diskos—which derived from the Greek dikein, to throw—meant a flat, round stone or metal object thrown in athletic contests. Diskos passed into Latin, and finally into English as discus, retaining the same meaning. Because of its round shape, the discus gave us the words dish, disk—as in floppy disk—and even desk, which originally meant a round table.
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