英语词汇shavetail的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	shavetail
词源	shavetail. U.S. Army second lieutenants are called shavetails because they are often untrained and untested, like the mules and horses in the old cavalry whose tails were customarily shaven as a warning to handlers and riders.
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