英语词汇awol的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	awol
词源	AWOL. This commonly used abbreviation meaning “absent without leave” originated during the Civil War, according to H. L. Mencken (The American Language, supplement I, 1945): “[In the Confederate Army] unwarranted absences of short du- ration were often unpunished and in other cases offenders re- ceived such trivial sentences as reprimand by a company officer, digging a stump, carrying a rail for a hour or two, wearing a placard inscribed with the letters AWOL.”
随便看	when the cat-s away the mice will play when the cocqcigrues come when the going gets tough the tough get going when the rubber hits the road when the shit hits the fan when the world grows honest when two people ride a horse one must ride behind when you call me that smile when you seek revenge dig two graves—one for your enemy one for yourself where have all the flowers gone where-s the beef where-s the fire where-s the rest of me where the hoot owl hollers at noon where there-s smoke there-s fire wherewithal whig whip city whip of god whippet whipping boy whirlybird whiskers whiskey whiskey courage

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