| 词汇 | blue-nose certificate |
| 词源 | blue-nose certificate. The blue-nose certificate was an illu- minated diploma once awarded aboard British vessels to those who had crossed a meridian north of the Arctic Circle, the “blue-nose” referring, of course to the cold. The certificate is no longer awarded. |
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