| 词汇 | mesopotamia |
| 词源 | Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia, an ancient region of southwest Asia in modern-day Iraq, was the home of many early civiliza- tions, including Babylonia. To the English speaker the word suggests mess, pot, or something of that order, yet there is a nice story about it: The British actor George Whitefield’s voice was so masterly that “he could make men either laugh or cry just by pronouncing the word Mesopotamia.” |
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