英语词汇belly-timber的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

belly-timber; belly-cheer; belly-god. An old English term for food or provisions—timber for the belly—belly-timber is re- corded as early as 1607 and as late as the mid-19th century, having been used by a number of great writers, including But- ler and Smollett. Belly-cheer, another delightful word, is per- haps a century older, and refers to food that cheers the belly. A belly-god is usually a person who makes a god of his belly, a glutton, though a belly-god can be “a god presiding over the ap- petites”: the three belly-gods being Bacchus, Ceres and Venus.

词汇	belly-timber
词源	belly-timber; belly-cheer; belly-god. An old English term for food or provisions—timber for the belly—belly-timber is re- corded as early as 1607 and as late as the mid-19th century, having been used by a number of great writers, including But- ler and Smollett. Belly-cheer, another delightful word, is per- haps a century older, and refers to food that cheers the belly. A belly-god is usually a person who makes a god of his belly, a glutton, though a belly-god can be “a god presiding over the ap- petites”: the three belly-gods being Bacchus, Ceres and Venus.
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