词汇 | hong-kong |
词源 | hong-kong. Another name for horse chestnuts, the fruit of the horse chestnut tree, that look exactly like chestnuts but taste nothing like them. They get the name hong-kong because they were imported to England from Hong Kong in the 16th century. See conkers. |
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