英语词汇martins的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	martins
词源	martins. St. Martin gives his name to the small bluish black swallows called martins that begin to migrate southward from France and England at about the time of St. Martin’s Day and return again in March, the Martian month. The martin was first called the martinet in France. Numerous martins occur all over the world, including the American purple martin, a bird valued by farmers because it eats harmful insects and drives away hawks and crows.
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