英语词汇meander的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	meander
词源	meander. Meander, “to wind in and out, to wander aimlessly,” comes from the ancient name of the crooked Menderes River in Phrygia, now in western Turkey. The river, noted for its wan- dering course, is still called the Menderes, which became Ma- iandros in Greek, the Greek word eventually yielding meander, which came into English late in the 16th century via French.
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