英语词汇as every schoolboy knows的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	as every schoolboy knows
词源	as every schoolboy knows. Jonathan Swift used this expres- sion, which has been traced back as early as 1621. It is generally associated with the British historian Macaulay because of his frequent references to somewhat abstruse subjects as subjects that any public schoolboy should know.
随便看	tootsie roll to paint a house to pan top banana top brass top dollar top-drawer topiary top of the heap top of the morning to you toponomist topping toque tor to railroad tora tora tora to ride off into the sunset tornado torpedo torpedo juice torpenhow hill torquemada torschlusspanik tortoni tory

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。