英语词汇spending spree的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	spending spree
词源	spending spree. Apparently British novelist Aldous Huxley coined the term spending spree in 1956 (according to the May 1993 Atlantic). However, he got help from the older British ex pression on the spree, meaning “out partying, out on the town,” etc. The origin of on the spree is unknown.
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