| 词汇 | shall we tap the admiral |
| 词源 | Shall we tap the admiral? Shall we have another drink? Ac- cording to legend, on the way home from the naval battle of Trafalgar, in which he was killed, Admiral Horatio Nelson’s body was preserved in rum, and sailors repeatedly tapped the cask containing his body. See nelson’s blood. |
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