| 词汇 | captain cook |
| 词源 | captain cook. Captain James Cook and his men introduced the domesticated pig to New Zealand. Many of these animals escaped into the wild and multiplied; there were soon so many that settlers took to calling the wild pigs captain cooks, after the great explorer. |
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