英语词汇eaglestones的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	eaglestones
词源	eaglestones. These lumps of ironstone, often the size of small eggs, are so called because the ancient Greeks believed that an eagle’s eggs wouldn’t hatch unless the bird deposited an ea- glestone in her nest. Nobody knows how the myth originated, but the Greeks called the ironstones aetites, which translates into the English eaglestone.
随便看	grable-bodied seamen grace under pressure graft graham crackers etc grain of salt gramont-s memory grand grandbaby grand climacteric grandfather clause grandfather clock grand guignol grandma grand marnier grandmother story grand old flag grand old man of football spic spice islands spider spider hole spiderweb spiel spiffs spill the beans

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。