| 词汇 | asterisk |
| 词源 | asterisk. Asterisk, from the Greek word for “star,” can mean “little star” in English, but much more frequently refers to the star that writers use after a word to indicate a footnote at the bottom of the page. Stoddard King wrote about one in “The Writ- er and the Asterisk” (1913), showing another function of the star: A writer owned an Asterisk, and kept it in his den, Where he wrote tales (which had large sales) Of frail and erring men And always, when he reached the point Where carping censors lurk, He called upon the Asterisk To do his dirty work. |
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