英语词汇stem to stern的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	stem to stern
词源	stem to stern. Loosely speaking, the stem is the bow of a ship and the stern is the rear. Thus from stem to stern means “throughout” as in “We turned the place over from stem to stern.” The expression is an old one, dating back to at least the early 16th century.
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