| 词汇 | sing for one-s supper |
| 词源 | sing for one’s supper. A proverbial phrase, immortalized in the nursery rhyme about little Tommy Tucker, to sing for one’s supper has its origins in the troubadours who literally sang for their suppers in English taverns. |
| 随便看 |
|
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。