英语词汇mark twain的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	mark twain
词源	mark twain. Mark twain! means “mark two fathoms (12 feet) deep” and was called out when riverboat leadsmen sounded the river with weighted line. It is well known that former river- boat pilot Samuel Langhorne Clemens took his pen name Mark Twain from the leadsman’s call mark twain!
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