英语词汇shazam的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	shazam
词源	Shazam! A magic word used by newsboy Billy Batson to change himself into the comic book hero Captain Marvel. Prob- ably the best-known of contemporary magic words, Shazam! was the name of a wizard coined from the initial letters of Solo- mon’s wisdom, Hercules’ strength, Atlas’s stamina, Zeus’s power, Achilles’ courage, and Mercury’s speed. Both Billy and Shazam! were introduced in a 1940 Whiz Comics. See abracadabra.
随便看	all i know is what i read in the papers all in the same boat all is lost save honor alliteration all men make faults all mouth and no ears all my eye and betty martin all oak and iron bound all-overs all over the ballpark all quiet on the potomac all quiet on the western front all roads lead to rome all she wrote all shook up allspice all-s right with the world all-star game all-s well that ends well all systems go all that glitters is not gold all that meat and no potatoes all the bullet holes in the front of him all the news that-s fit to print all the tea in china

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