英语词汇strawberry的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

strawberry. Several theories have been proposed about the origin of strawberry, but none is convincing. Some say the straw mulch often used in its cultivation inspired the name, others that the dried berries were once strung on straw for decora- tions, still others that the long runners of the mother plant (strawlike when dry) gave the fruit its name. The word was used as early as a.d. 100 in England and doesn’t derive from any other language. It may be that the straw in strawberry is a corruption of the word strew. Certainly the mother plant strews, or scatters, new plants all over a patch when it propagates itself by sending out runners. There’s always been an air of mystery surrounding the strawberry. The early Greeks, in fact, had a ta- boo against eating them, as they did against any red food, and pregnant women in the Middle Ages avoided them because they believed their children would be born with strawberry marks (small, slightly raised birthmarks resembling strawber- ries) if they did. A strawberry roan is a reddish-coated horse flecked with white hair.

词汇	strawberry
词源	strawberry. Several theories have been proposed about the origin of strawberry, but none is convincing. Some say the straw mulch often used in its cultivation inspired the name, others that the dried berries were once strung on straw for decora- tions, still others that the long runners of the mother plant (strawlike when dry) gave the fruit its name. The word was used as early as a.d. 100 in England and doesn’t derive from any other language. It may be that the straw in strawberry is a corruption of the word strew. Certainly the mother plant strews, or scatters, new plants all over a patch when it propagates itself by sending out runners. There’s always been an air of mystery surrounding the strawberry. The early Greeks, in fact, had a ta- boo against eating them, as they did against any red food, and pregnant women in the Middle Ages avoided them because they believed their children would be born with strawberry marks (small, slightly raised birthmarks resembling strawber- ries) if they did. A strawberry roan is a reddish-coated horse flecked with white hair.
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