英语词汇heck的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	heck
词源	heck. Contrary to popular legend, Mark Twain didn’t invent heck as a euphemism for “hell” to please his prudish wife. The word goes back to Lancashire dialect several centuries ago, de- riving from (h)eck!, an expression of surprise, or possibly from the Lancashire oath go to ecky meaning “go to hell.”
随便看	sauterne savage savarin save a sailor saved by the bell saving face savings bank savoir-faire saw sawbuck sawed-off shotgun saxophone say it ain’t so joe say it with flowers sayonara say-s law lick into shape lido liebfraumilch liechtenstein lief lie like a butcher-s dog lie like a tombstone lie low life begins at forty

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