英语词汇one for ripley的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

one for Ripley. Cartoonist Robert Leroy Ripley traveled wide- ly from his California home to gather bits of odd information for his “Believe It or Not” newspaper series, books, and radio program, though much of the material he used was library re- searched. His name became as well known as “Believe It or Not” itself, the phrase one for Ripley used to describe any strange, almost unbelievable happening. Though he died in 1949, aged 56, Ripley’s series still runs in newspapers through- out the world today, along with a host of imitators. There was a Ripley “Odditorium” at the Chicago World’s Fair of 1933–34 and today seven “Believe It or Not” wax museums are doing a thriving business in the United States and England.

词汇	one for ripley
词源	one for Ripley. Cartoonist Robert Leroy Ripley traveled wide- ly from his California home to gather bits of odd information for his “Believe It or Not” newspaper series, books, and radio program, though much of the material he used was library re- searched. His name became as well known as “Believe It or Not” itself, the phrase one for Ripley used to describe any strange, almost unbelievable happening. Though he died in 1949, aged 56, Ripley’s series still runs in newspapers through- out the world today, along with a host of imitators. There was a Ripley “Odditorium” at the Chicago World’s Fair of 1933–34 and today seven “Believe It or Not” wax museums are doing a thriving business in the United States and England.
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