英语词汇planet-struck的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	planet-struck
词源	planet-struck. This medical term for “a tree struck by blight” stems from the old belief that malignant aspects of the planets caused death and suffering on earth. When plants and animals died or fell ill inexplicably they were said to be planet-struck. The term is first recorded in 1600.
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