| 词汇 | argosy |
| 词源 | argosy. This large ship carrying rich cargo takes its name from the once great Adriatic seaport of Ragusa, the former name of the present-day Dubrovnik, Croatia. Italians called the Ragusan vessels ragusea, and the English corrupted ragusea, in several stages, to ragusye, arragouse, aragosa, and finally argosy. |
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