英语词汇piranha的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

piranha. The piranha takes its name from a Tupi Guarani In- dian word meaning “tooth fish,” and it couldn’t be more aptly named. Piranha teeth are formidable indeed—razor sharp, tri- angular affairs that with each bite can sever a chunk of flesh the size of a quarter as cleanly as a scalpel. In 1976, when 38 Brazil- ians were skeletonized by a school of piranhas after a bus over- turned in the Urubu River, the world knew without a doubt that these vicious little fish were indeed man-eaters. Americans had suspected as much since 1914, when Teddy Roosevelt came home from a hunt with an incredible tale about a man and his mule stripped to bones in moments while fording a Brazilian stream. Ever since that time, the piranha has been featured as the villain in as many jungle films as the crocodile or the boa constrictor.

词汇	piranha
词源	piranha. The piranha takes its name from a Tupi Guarani In- dian word meaning “tooth fish,” and it couldn’t be more aptly named. Piranha teeth are formidable indeed—razor sharp, tri- angular affairs that with each bite can sever a chunk of flesh the size of a quarter as cleanly as a scalpel. In 1976, when 38 Brazil- ians were skeletonized by a school of piranhas after a bus over- turned in the Urubu River, the world knew without a doubt that these vicious little fish were indeed man-eaters. Americans had suspected as much since 1914, when Teddy Roosevelt came home from a hunt with an incredible tale about a man and his mule stripped to bones in moments while fording a Brazilian stream. Ever since that time, the piranha has been featured as the villain in as many jungle films as the crocodile or the boa constrictor.
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