英语词汇mora的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

mora. Deriving from the Italian mora, of unknown origin, mora or morra is a game in which one player guesses the number of fingers held up simultaneously by another player. The ancient Romans called the game micare digitis and a Chi- nese version is called chai mei. The game, explains one writer, “consists in showing the fingers to the other across the table, and mentioning a number at the same moment; as if one opens out two fingers, and mentions the number four, the other in- stantly shows six fingers, and mentions that number—if he errs in giving the complement of 10, he pays a forfeit by drinking a cup.” A similar game called “love” was recorded in England about a century earlier (1585), a player in this version holding up a certain number of fingers and the other player, eyes closed, trying to guess that number. The old game was played by Rab- elais and, no doubt, Shakespeare.

词汇	mora
词源	mora. Deriving from the Italian mora, of unknown origin, mora or morra is a game in which one player guesses the number of fingers held up simultaneously by another player. The ancient Romans called the game micare digitis and a Chi- nese version is called chai mei. The game, explains one writer, “consists in showing the fingers to the other across the table, and mentioning a number at the same moment; as if one opens out two fingers, and mentions the number four, the other in- stantly shows six fingers, and mentions that number—if he errs in giving the complement of 10, he pays a forfeit by drinking a cup.” A similar game called “love” was recorded in England about a century earlier (1585), a player in this version holding up a certain number of fingers and the other player, eyes closed, trying to guess that number. The old game was played by Rab- elais and, no doubt, Shakespeare.
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