英语词汇sandbox的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	sandbox
词源	Sandbox. A name used to describe the Middle East at the time of the 9/11 war, though the term may date back to the Gulf War of 1991, or perhaps earlier.
随便看	short arms and deep pockets short bit short fuse short hairs shorthand shortia short-list short shrift short story shote shotgun wedding shot heard round the world shot in the arm shot in the dark shotten herring shoulder candy shout shout it from the housetops shovelry show a leg show-me state show the white feather sho’ nuff shpos shrapnel

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