英语词汇like grand central station的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	like grand central station
词源	like Grand Central Station. Very crowded, packed, hectic. In use since the early 1900s, the phrase refers to New York’s Grand Central Terminal, where trains arrive and depart for many destinations, and the busy Grand Central subway stop in the terminal.
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