| 词汇 | yale blue |
| 词源 | Yale blue; Yale lock. Yale blue, a reddish blue, takes its name from the Yale University colors. It is the royal blue of the Egyp- tian Rameses dynasty, also called Rameses. Yale lock has no connection with the school. American inventor Linnus Yale (1821–68) invented numerous locks, including the trade- marked key type with a revolving barrel that bears his name. Linnus founded a company to manufacture locks at Stamford, Connecticut the same year that he died. |
| 随便看 |
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。