英语词汇spineless as a jellyfish的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	spineless as a jellyfish
词源	spineless as a jellyfish. Jellyfish for “a person of flabby char- acter” was first recorded in 1883, and spineless as a jellyfish probably appeared soon after, though the exact date isn’t known. This Americanism is based on the common sea crea- ture jellyfish, which is 99 percent water, composed of a gelatinous substance called mesoglea, with no backbone. Considering its construction, however, the jellyfish, like man, is hardly spine- less and does the best it can. See medusa.
随便看	intelligentsia interloper international internet interrobang interview intestinal fortitude in texas the cattle come first then the men then the horses and last the women in the arms of morpheus in the bag in the ballpark in the buff in the chips in the clutch in the country land of the blind the one-eyed man is king in the dark all cats are grey in the doghouse in the driver-s seat in the groove in the hole in the ketchup in the land country of the blind the one-eyed man is king in the money in the name of the great jehovah and the continental congress in the nick

英语词源词典收录了13259条英语词源词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的起源、历史，是研究英语词汇或通过词源学英语的必备工具。