英语词汇captain bligh的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Captain Bligh. Captain Bligh, commemorating the captain of Mutiny on the Bounty fame, is still used to describe a cruel, cold-hearted task-master. Captain William Bligh is also re- membered by the ackee fruit, which looks and tastes like scrambled eggs when properly prepared, but can be poisonous when over- or under-ripe. The ackee tree’s botanical name is Blighia sapida, after the man who introduced it, along with breadfruit. Bligh was called “Breadfruit Bligh” for his discovery of that fruit’s virtues and was in fact bringing specimens of the breadfruit tree from Tahiti to the West Indies in 1789 when his mutinous crew foiled his plans. The lesson of Bounty apparently taught him little or nothing, for his harsh methods and terrible temper aroused a second mutiny, the Rum Rebellion, while he served as governor of New South Wales. Bligh, a brave and able officer, retired from the Navy a vice admiral. He died in 1817, at age 63. See also breadfruit.

词汇	captain bligh
词源	Captain Bligh. Captain Bligh, commemorating the captain of Mutiny on the Bounty fame, is still used to describe a cruel, cold-hearted task-master. Captain William Bligh is also re- membered by the ackee fruit, which looks and tastes like scrambled eggs when properly prepared, but can be poisonous when over- or under-ripe. The ackee tree’s botanical name is Blighia sapida, after the man who introduced it, along with breadfruit. Bligh was called “Breadfruit Bligh” for his discovery of that fruit’s virtues and was in fact bringing specimens of the breadfruit tree from Tahiti to the West Indies in 1789 when his mutinous crew foiled his plans. The lesson of Bounty apparently taught him little or nothing, for his harsh methods and terrible temper aroused a second mutiny, the Rum Rebellion, while he served as governor of New South Wales. Bligh, a brave and able officer, retired from the Navy a vice admiral. He died in 1817, at age 63. See also breadfruit.
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