英语词汇earl的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	earl
词源	earl. Any earl, third in rank among the British peerage, below a duke and a marquess, takes his name from the Old English eorl, “a man of position,” as opposed to a ceorl, or churl, “a free- man of the lowest rank.” A churl is today a peasant, a rude, surly person, and a miser.
随便看	purple crown vetch purple heart purple prose purse pursuit of happiness push hit the panic button push of pike pushover puss pussel-gutted pussyfoot put a flea in one-s ear put all your eggs in one basket put a sock in it putative put in a good word for someone put in one-s two cents’ worth put it all in the first paragraph put lay one-s finger upon put nothing smaller than your elbow in your ear put one-s best foot forward put one-s foot in one-s mouth put one-s oar in another-s boat put on nothing but the radio put on the buskin

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