英语词汇once upon a time的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	once upon a time
词源	once upon a time. This frequent opening to a fairy tale has been traced back to the early 17th century but may be much older. In Shakespeare’s The Tempest (1611) it is given as when time was: “I was the Man i’ th’ Moon, when time was.”
随便看	abolition war a-bomb aboriginal australian words aborigine aboveboard above ground and moving above one-s bend above snakes above the salt abracadabra abraham lincoln abraham lincoln brigade abraham man abraham-s bosom abram a briareus of languages a bridge too far a broken reed a brooklyn absalom absence makes the heart grow fonder absinthe absolute zero absolutism tempered by assassination absquatulate

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