词汇 | pal |
词源 | pal. Recorded in late 18th-century England for an “accom- plice,” pal came within 50 years or so to mean a chum or friend. Originally a Gypsy word, it derives from the Romany pal, “brother, or mate,” which comes from the Turkish Gypsy pral, meaning the same. |
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