英语词汇solar plexus的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	solar plexus
词源	solar plexus. This term was first used as a synonym for the pit of the stomach in the 1890s by American fighters. Before this it had meant the network of nerves behind the stomach. Gentleman Jim Corbett lost the heavyweight championship in 1897 when Bob “Fitz” Fitzsimmons knocked him out with a blow to the solar plexus.
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