英语词汇drawers的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	drawers
词源	drawers. Drawers, “women’s or men’s underwear,” were orig- inally made something like women’s pantyhose, their name be- stowed on them back in the 16th century when they were drawn on over the feet and legs.
随便看	critters croatan crocodile tears crocus croesus croissant cromwell crony crooked as a barrel of fishhooks crooked as a barrel of snakes crooked as a bull-s pizzle crooked as a dog-s hind leg crooked as crawley croon crop crops croquet cross cross-acrostic cross as a bear crossing the bar crossing the line crossing the rubicon cross of gold crowbait

英语词源词典收录了13259条英语词源词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的起源、历史，是研究英语词汇或通过词源学英语的必备工具。