英语词汇stone melons的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	stone melons
词源	stone melons. There are melon-shaped stones on Mount Carmel, said to have fallen there from the cart of a peasant. Ac- cording to Muslim tradition, Elijah saw the peasant carrying melons and asked him for one. The peasant lied that they were stones and Elijah promptly changed them into stones.
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