英语词汇dove-s dung的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

dove’s dung. During a famine in Samaria, the Bible tells us (2 Kings 6:25) “an ass’s head” was sold for fourscore pieces of silver and a quantity of “dove’s dung” for five pieces of silver. This implies that dove’s dung was eaten by the Samarians, surely one of the most disgusting substances ever used as food. It is said that the Hebrew for “lentils” and “locust pods” might easily be mistaken for “ass’s head” and “dove’s dung,” but many mod- ern versions of the Bible still translate the words as the latter. The expression might have been used for dramatic impact, but people have eaten some strange foods throughout history, in- cluding rats, cats, dogs, all manner of insects, and other people.

词汇	dove-s dung
词源	dove’s dung. During a famine in Samaria, the Bible tells us (2 Kings 6:25) “an ass’s head” was sold for fourscore pieces of silver and a quantity of “dove’s dung” for five pieces of silver. This implies that dove’s dung was eaten by the Samarians, surely one of the most disgusting substances ever used as food. It is said that the Hebrew for “lentils” and “locust pods” might easily be mistaken for “ass’s head” and “dove’s dung,” but many mod- ern versions of the Bible still translate the words as the latter. The expression might have been used for dramatic impact, but people have eaten some strange foods throughout history, in- cluding rats, cats, dogs, all manner of insects, and other people.
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