英语词汇the nine worthies的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	the nine worthies
词源	The Nine Worthies. Shakespeare lists these men in Love’s La- bour’s Lost (1595): Three pagans (Hector, Alexander, and Cae- sar); three Jews (Joshua, David, and Judas Maccabaeus); and three Christians (King Arthur, Charlemagne, and Godfrey of Bouillon). The choices vary on other lists.
随便看	whole hog whole kit and caboodle whole megillah whole nine yards wholesale whole shebang whole shooting match whom the gods love die young whoopi whoopi cushion whooping cough whoops whoop ti do whoosh whore who reads an american book whortleberry who-s afraid of the big bad wolf who-s afraid of virginia woolf who-s buried in grant-s tomb who watches the watchdogs who won’t be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock why did the chicken cross the road why should the devil have all the good tunes wichita

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