英语词汇betel nut的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

betel nut. The betel nut is a famous masticatory that people prize for the joy of a stimulating chew, even though it turns their teeth pitch-black. It comes from the areca or betel palm (Areca catechu); the tree’s fruit, roughly the size of a hen’s egg, contains the mottled gray seed or nut. The nuts are boiled, sliced, and dried in the sun until they turn black or dark brown, when they are ready to be wrapped up in betel leaves and chewed. Native to Malaya and southern India, betel nuts are so widely used in Asian nations that it is estimated that 1/10th of all the people on earth indulge in betel chewing. The introduction of modern chewing gum has cut into this figure slightly, but the betel chewers aren’t easily discouraged, not by the copious flow of brick-red saliva caused by chewing the betel nuts, which dye the lips, mouth, and gums, nor by all those black teeth resulting from a betel nut habit. Betel is a true excitant and arouses a great craving in the addict. Legions of devotees—black-toothed, bloody-mouthed, and bad-breathed—can still be seen through- out Asia chomping away and squirting scarlet juice on the walls.

词汇	betel nut
词源	betel nut. The betel nut is a famous masticatory that people prize for the joy of a stimulating chew, even though it turns their teeth pitch-black. It comes from the areca or betel palm (Areca catechu); the tree’s fruit, roughly the size of a hen’s egg, contains the mottled gray seed or nut. The nuts are boiled, sliced, and dried in the sun until they turn black or dark brown, when they are ready to be wrapped up in betel leaves and chewed. Native to Malaya and southern India, betel nuts are so widely used in Asian nations that it is estimated that 1/10th of all the people on earth indulge in betel chewing. The introduction of modern chewing gum has cut into this figure slightly, but the betel chewers aren’t easily discouraged, not by the copious flow of brick-red saliva caused by chewing the betel nuts, which dye the lips, mouth, and gums, nor by all those black teeth resulting from a betel nut habit. Betel is a true excitant and arouses a great craving in the addict. Legions of devotees—black-toothed, bloody-mouthed, and bad-breathed—can still be seen through- out Asia chomping away and squirting scarlet juice on the walls.
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