| 词汇 | ballast for his her balloon |
| 词源 | ballast for his (her) balloon. Apparently, Mrs. Bronson Al- cott coined this term for a person who is a down-to-earth or steadying influence on another. Mrs. Alcott did all her life fol- low wherever her utopian husband led. At least so their daugh- ter Louisa May Alcott claimed in her essay “Transcendental Wild Oats” (1876). |
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