英语词汇enter the lists的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	enter the lists
词源	enter the lists. This phrase means “to compete or join in the game.” Lists in the old expression is not a listing of names, but the borders of a field in medieval times when armed horsemen fought each other for the sport of it.
随便看	hogan-s goat etc hogarthian hogging moment hog latin hogwash hog wild ho ho ho hoi polloi hoist with his own petard hoity-toity hold a candle to hold at bay holden caulfield holding the bag hold one-s feet to the fire hold one-s nose to the grindstone hold one-s tongue hold the fort hold your horses hole holistic holland tunnel holly hollyhock hollywood

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