英语词汇three-dog night的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	three-dog night
词源	three-dog night. Sled dogs sharing beds with their masters provide warmth in frigid climes like Alaska, according to sev- eral possibly apocryphal stories. Thus a three-dog night, in which three dogs are enlisted, is very cold indeed, while two- dog nights and one-dog nights are somewhat milder.
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