英语词汇white cliffs of dover的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

white cliffs of Dover. The white cliffs of Dover on the Kent coast of England only became white when a huge white ship the size of a mountain tried to pass through the Strait of Dover and scraped the cliffs that color in its passage, according to an- cient legend. Scientists have ruined a good story by establishing that the formation and color of the famous cliffs are due to Fo- raminifera plankton. The chalk cliffs have been a British patri- otic symbol at least since the World War II song by Nat Burton: “There’ll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover . . .”

词汇	white cliffs of dover
词源	white cliffs of Dover. The white cliffs of Dover on the Kent coast of England only became white when a huge white ship the size of a mountain tried to pass through the Strait of Dover and scraped the cliffs that color in its passage, according to an- cient legend. Scientists have ruined a good story by establishing that the formation and color of the famous cliffs are due to Fo- raminifera plankton. The chalk cliffs have been a British patri- otic symbol at least since the World War II song by Nat Burton: “There’ll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover . . .”
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