| 词汇 | fairy rings |
| 词源 | fairy rings. Fairies dancing on the spot were once thought to cause the dead or withered circles of grass often found on lawns. The fairy rings are, sad to say, caused by more prosaic fungi below the surface that envelop the grass roots and pre- vent them from obtaining water. The term is first recorded in 1598 when Ben Jonson used it in his satirical play Every Man in his Humour, in which Shakespeare acted at its first performance at the Globe Theatre. See also fascinate. |
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