英语词汇molly的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

molly. Of the many tropical fish kept in millions of home aquariums only guppies are more popular than mollies, but few enthusiasts know that the fish takes its feminine name from a man. Count François N. Mollien (1758–1850) wasn’t a tropical fish collector—the hobby dates back only to about 1860—but a French financial genius who served several governments. Moll- ien was often consulted by Napoleon, who unfortunately refused to accept his advice against instituting his ill-fated “continental system.” The tropical freshwater fish genus Mollienesia was irreg- ularly named in Mollien’s honor and since then all mollies with their female nickname bear this man’s abbreviated surname.

词汇	molly
词源	molly. Of the many tropical fish kept in millions of home aquariums only guppies are more popular than mollies, but few enthusiasts know that the fish takes its feminine name from a man. Count François N. Mollien (1758–1850) wasn’t a tropical fish collector—the hobby dates back only to about 1860—but a French financial genius who served several governments. Moll- ien was often consulted by Napoleon, who unfortunately refused to accept his advice against instituting his ill-fated “continental system.” The tropical freshwater fish genus Mollienesia was irreg- ularly named in Mollien’s honor and since then all mollies with their female nickname bear this man’s abbreviated surname.
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