| 词汇 | chestnut |
| 词源 | chestnut. No one is sure about the antecedents of chestnut. The word may derive from the name of Castana in Asia Minor, a city near which chestnuts grew, or from the Armenian kaskene, meaning “chestnut.” See also old chestnut. |
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