英语词汇lemon fair river的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Lemon Fair River. This river’s name is the subject of several stories. One claims it derives from the old English phrase lemon fair, meaning “mistress fair.” Another says an Indian massacre occurred on the stream’s banks, and the massacre was called the “lamentable affair,” which over the years was corrupted to lemon fair. George R. Stuart, in Names on the Land (1945), states “the most likely explanation is that the strange name is only a Vermonter’s attempt to render Les Monts Verts (The Green Mountains).”

词汇	lemon fair river
词源	Lemon Fair River. This river’s name is the subject of several stories. One claims it derives from the old English phrase lemon fair, meaning “mistress fair.” Another says an Indian massacre occurred on the stream’s banks, and the massacre was called the “lamentable affair,” which over the years was corrupted to lemon fair. George R. Stuart, in Names on the Land (1945), states “the most likely explanation is that the strange name is only a Vermonter’s attempt to render Les Monts Verts (The Green Mountains).”
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