英语词汇flea market的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	flea market
词源	flea market. These bargain markets have nothing to do with fleas. Flea market has been an American expression as far back as Dutch colonial days when there was a very real Vallie (Val- ley) Market at the valley, or foot, of Maiden Lane in downtown Manhattan. The Vallie Market came to be abbreviated to Vlie Market and this was soon being pronounced Flea Market. To- day there is a flea market (marché aux puces) area in Paris.
随便看	the great war the great white way the ground will burn under his feet the guard dies but never surrenders the gum nebula the hadza the hallway smells different the heart is a lonely hunter the higher i go the crookeder it gets the high trees get the wind the hills are closing in on him the hollywood golden rule the hub the hulks the iliad in a nutshell the immortal tragedian the industry the internationale the ireland hoax he-s gone and with him what a world is dead he-s got short arms and long pockets he she found the hole he sold his saddle he spake three thousand proverbs hessian

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。