英语词汇heap的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	heap
词源	heap. Very, a lot; said to be a feature of American Indian speech in early times. According to Blackwood’s Magazine (LX- iii, 1848): “An Indian is always a ‘heap’ hungry or thirsty—loves a ‘heap’—is a ‘heap’ brave—in fact, ‘heap’ is tantamount to very much.”
随便看	feds fed up fee feed a cold starve a fever feeding frenzy feed the fishes fee-faw-fum feel one-s oats feet of clay feh feijoa feisty fella fellowfeel fellow traveler fell types fell with a dead thud female female language fence-mending fender-bender fennel fermium ferret ferris wheel

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