| 词汇 | around cape horn |
| 词源 | around Cape Horn. An expression once used in whaling communities to mean “being away on a whaling voyage.” One old poem went: “I’ll tell your father, boys,” I cried To lads at play upon my lawn. They chorused back, “You’ll have to go Around Cape Horn.” |
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