词汇 | mascot |
词源 | mascot. Mascots, animals that are adopted as good luck sym- bols for sports teams, take their name from the French word mascotte, meaning “good luck charm.” The word is first record- ed in English in 1881 at about the time the French opera La Mascotte was being performed in Europe. |
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