词汇 | apollinaris |
词源 | Apollinaris; Polly. One of the oldest and most famous of bottled spring water, Apollinaris has been on the market since the mid-19th century, when German farmer Georg Kreuzberg hit upon a spring while digging an irrigation ditch in his vine- yard near Bonn. He named the spring and its water Apollinaris after a nearby chapel. The water became so popular in England that it was called by the nickname Polly. |
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