| 词汇 | speak for yourself john |
| 词源 | speak for yourself, John. The famous words of the maid Pr- iscilla to John Alden, who, in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “The Courtship of Miles Standish” (1858), courts her for his friend Miles Standish even though he, too, loves her. The full quote is “Why don’t you speak for yourself, John?” Alden does finally marry Priscilla without losing the friendship of Miles. The poem, incidentally, sold 15,000 copies on the first day of publication, an incredible number for that time. |
| 随便看 |
英语词源词典收录了13259条英语词源词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的起源、历史，是研究英语词汇或通过词源学英语的必备工具。