| 词汇 | animal |
| 词源 | animal. The ancient Romans gave the name animalis, which derives from anima, “having breath or soul,” to all living crea- tures that perceptibly breathed, obviously not including plants because the way plants breathe could not be seen by them. Ani- malis later became the English animal. |
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