英语词汇yank的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	yank
词源	yank. Bird watchers named this Carolinian bird (Sitta caro- lineusis) the yank because its blue coat suggested the Yankee (Union) Civil War uniform. It is also known as the nuthatch.
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