| 词汇 | first fruits |
| 词源 | first fruits. John Wycliffe mentions first fruits in the first translation into English of the whole Bible (1382), specifically in Num. 18:12 with reference to the custom of making offer- ings to the Lord of the first fruits gathered in a season. Over two centuries passed before the expression was used figurative- ly to mean “the first products of one’s efforts,” as in the first fruits of our labor. |
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