英语词汇lombard street的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Lombard Street. The name of this London street, where many banks and other financial institutions are located, is sometimes used to mean the financial community in general, the way Americans would use wall street. Lombard Street it- self is named after the Italian bankers, moneylenders, gold- smiths, and pawnbrokers who first did business there in the 13th century. Lombard today can mean “banker” or “money- lender.” “All Lombarad Street to [against] a China Orange” is an old proverb meaning very long, almost impossible odds. The winding Lombard Street in San Francisco is called “The Crook- edest Street in The World.” See lumber; pawnshop; bourse.

词汇	lombard street
词源	Lombard Street. The name of this London street, where many banks and other financial institutions are located, is sometimes used to mean the financial community in general, the way Americans would use wall street. Lombard Street it- self is named after the Italian bankers, moneylenders, gold- smiths, and pawnbrokers who first did business there in the 13th century. Lombard today can mean “banker” or “money- lender.” “All Lombarad Street to [against] a China Orange” is an old proverb meaning very long, almost impossible odds. The winding Lombard Street in San Francisco is called “The Crook- edest Street in The World.” See lumber; pawnshop; bourse.
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