词汇 | stoned |
词源 | stoned. Ancient Greek actors and dramatists were sometimes frightened off the stage by audiences who threw figs, olives, or stones when they disliked a performance. One anonymous dramatist-actor, apparently a poor one, borrowed a supply of stones to build a house and promised to return the loan with the stones he expected to collect from his next performance. |
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