| 词汇 | drinking club |
| 词源 | drinking club. A Greek lyric poet, Anacreon (6th century b.c.), wrote light poems praising wine and love that were imitat- ed by Jonson, Herrick, and other early English bards. A drinking club in London used his name, and its club song, “Anacreon in Heaven,” provided the music for Francis Scott Key’s “Star-Span- gled Banner,” the American national anthem. |
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