英语词汇carry a torch的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	carry a torch
词源	carry a torch. No one is sure of the origin of this expression meaning to love someone unrequitedly, the phrase dating back to the 1930s. Some writers suggest the source of the words is Venus, the Roman goddess of love, who often carried a torch, while others say the expression was coined by Broadway caba- ret singer Tommy Lyman.
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