英语词汇champion的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	champion
词源	champion. Knights of old fought for their honor on a field, campus in Latin. A knight was thus called a campion, a fighter in the field, this word becoming champion in English. Champion came to have its present meaning of one who wins first place, or one who is clearly superior because a knight remained in the field only if he won or was superior.
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