英语词汇aspic的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	aspic
词源	aspic. A tasty meat jelly, aspic is supposed to have been named for the asp (the same hooded venomous snake that Cleopatra used to kill herself), because French gourmets said it was “cold as an asp.” The word came into English late in the 18th century and there is no better explanation for its origin.
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