英语词汇excalibur的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	excalibur
词源	Excalibur. King Arthur’s famous sword, which Arthur pulled from a stone in which it had been fixed by magic, proving him “the right born king of all England.” Excalibur is so called from the name of a sword famous in Irish legend: Caledvevlch or Ca- ladbolg, meaning “hardbelly,” that is, voracious, capable of con- suming anything.
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