| 词汇 | nantucket |
| 词源 | Nantucket. There is a hoary tale, probably untrue, that an old seaman owned an island group off Massachusetts. To his oldest daughter he gave his most productive island, which he named Martha’s Vineyard; to his next, he gave the island closest to home, Elizabeth’s Island; and to his last daughter, Nan, he just offered what remained, and Nan-tuck-it. No one is sure of Nantucket’s real derivation. |
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