英语词汇spoor的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	spoor
词源	spoor. The track or footprint of a man or animal, including snakes, and extended to mean the track of a wagon or a motor- ized vehicle. Originally used in South Africa (from Dutch spoor meaning the same), but now widely used wherever English is spoken, even in such literary phrases as “the bulldozers barren spoor.” First recorded in 1837.
随便看	italian italian words in english italic type itch itching ears itchy trigger finger it didn’t jell it doesn’t go on all fours i throw a shoe at you it is harder for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle it might have been it must have been one of the nuts it rains on the just and unjust alike i trust it-s nothing trivial its it-s a great life if you don’t weaken it-s all in a day-s work it-s all over but the shouting it-s all worth it including the final crash it-s always the best swimmers that drown it-s a naive domestic burgundy without any breeding but i think you’ll be amused by its presumptions it-s a new ball game it-s chess not checkers it-s greek to me it-s how you played the game

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