英语词汇mermaid的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	mermaid
词源	mermaid. Mermaids, whose name derived from the Latin mer (“sea”), date back long before history was written. In Greek mythology the 50 daughters of Nereus, the god of the sea, were beautiful mermaids who rode the waves on the backs of dol- phins, and any sailor lucky enough to catch one could demand that the mermaid predict the future as a price for letting her go.
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