英语词汇new york alligators的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

New York alligators. There are many stories about New York- ers flushing baby pet alligators down the toilet and the alligators growing to full size in the sewer pipes beneath the city streets. There were, in fact, several stories about alligator sightings in the local papers during the 1930s, and Smelly Kelly, a noted city worker who sniffed out gas leaks in the underground tunnels, claimed he had encountered one. True or not, the tales are part of New York City folklore. So are New York “rats as big as cats” in the subway tunnels, but these could simply be raccoons, hun- dreds of which commute on foot in the tunnels every day along with the 4 million people who prefer to use the train. See alligators-in-the-sewers legend.

词汇	new york alligators
词源	New York alligators. There are many stories about New York- ers flushing baby pet alligators down the toilet and the alligators growing to full size in the sewer pipes beneath the city streets. There were, in fact, several stories about alligator sightings in the local papers during the 1930s, and Smelly Kelly, a noted city worker who sniffed out gas leaks in the underground tunnels, claimed he had encountered one. True or not, the tales are part of New York City folklore. So are New York “rats as big as cats” in the subway tunnels, but these could simply be raccoons, hun- dreds of which commute on foot in the tunnels every day along with the 4 million people who prefer to use the train. See alligators-in-the-sewers legend.
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