英语词汇guinea的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	guinea
词源	Guinea. The area on the African west coast and the countries there called Guinea may take their name from a misunder- standing. One story claims that the first Portuguese seafarers to land in the area asked local tribesmen the name of the coast. The residents thought they were pointing at a group of women nearby and answered guiné, their word for women, which be- came the name of the area. In any case, the name of the country first appears in Portuguese as Guine. See also dago; indri; kangaroo; llama; luzon; nome; pago pago; sierra leone; wop; yucatan.
随便看	its it-s a great life if you don’t weaken it-s all in a day-s work it-s all over but the shouting it-s all worth it including the final crash it-s always the best swimmers that drown it-s a naive domestic burgundy without any breeding but i think you’ll be amused by its presumptions it-s a new ball game it-s chess not checkers it-s greek to me it-s how you played the game it smells of the lamp it-s naughty but it-s nice it-s not brain surgery it-s not cricket it-s not funny it-s not over till the fat lady sings it-s not the size of the dog in the fight it-s the size of the fight in the dog it-s not what it-s cracked up to be it-s the berries it-s the only ballgame in town it-s the pits itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini it worked i vant to be alone

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