英语词汇spice islands的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	spice islands
词源	Spice Islands. Punning on the Spice Islands, the Moluccas in Indonesia, this expression was 19th-century slang for a privy or any foul-smelling place.
随便看	fly in the ointment fly off the handle fly the flag at half mast flyting fly-up-the-creek fmc focus fofarraw fog city foggy bottom fog-s so thick you kin hardly spit fohn foie gras foliation folio folklore folk-maal follow one-s nose follow the tongue fond fontange foodie fool fool killer foolscap

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