英语词汇afraid of one-s shadow的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	afraid of one-s shadow
词源	afraid of one’s shadow. The ancient Greeks used this expres- sion and it probably wasn’t original with them. Still very com- mon today, after thousands of years, the workhorse phrase means, of course, to be very fearful for no good reason, to be extremely jittery.
随便看	doubleheader double in brass double negatives double play double-talk double tap doublethink doubting thomas doughboy doughnuts douglas fir doulton dover-s powder dove-s dung do we eat it or did we eat it dow jones down down and dirty down and out down at the heels down bucket downeaster down for the count downing college downing street

英语词源词典收录了13259条英语词源词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的起源、历史，是研究英语词汇或通过词源学英语的必备工具。