英语词汇guinea pig的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	guinea pig
词源	guinea pig. The South American rodent isn’t a pig and doesn’t hail from Guinea in West Africa. Native to Brazil, the guinea pig takes its first name from the fact that it was first brought to Europe on the Guinea-men slave ships that sailed from Guinea to South America to deliver their human cargo and to fill their holds with whatever cargo was available for the return trip to Europe. How the creature came to be called a pig is anybody’s guess.
随便看	not a dry seat in the house not all there no taxation without representation not by a long shot not by bread alone notch not dry behind the ears no-tel motel not for love or money nothing in excess nothing is certain but death and taxes nothing like it to keep your ears pink nothing on the ball nothing to fear but fear itself no tickee no washee not in the same league with not just another pretty face notre pierre not right not so hot not the only pebble on the beach not to be sneezed at not to care a straw not to get the bat off one-s shoulder not to know beans

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