英语词汇because it-s there的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	because it-s there
词源	because it’s there. The humorous or wry answer of a moun- tain climber who is asked why he chose to climb a certain mountain. The phrase is often attributed to Sir Edmund Hil- lary, who climbed Mt. Everest with his guide Tenzing Norgay in 1953, but it was said many years before then by British climber George Leigh Mallory (1886–1924) when asked why he wanted to climb Everest. It is also applied to people other than climbers, meaning generally “a foolish reason for any foolish act.”
随便看	dead men don’t talk deadpan dead presidents dead ringer dead sea dead sea fruit deadwood dick deaf as an adder deaf ear dealing from the bottom of the deck deal me out dean dear dear dear bread and beer / if i were rich i wouldn’t be here dear john letter dear me death and taxes death bones death camas death he makes no promise death-s head moth death valley death warmed over deathwatch beetle debauch

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。