英语词汇cider的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

cider. That cider was originally hard cider—that is, a fer- mented alcoholic drink—is witnessed by the derivation of the word, which came into English, via French (cidre), from the Latin word sicera, which comes from the Hebrew shekar, “strong drink.” General William Henry Harrison of “Old Tip- pecanoe and Tyler, too” fame (he was called Tippecanoe be- cause he won a battle against Indians at Tippecanoe River), was also known as the “log cabin and hard cider candidate” when he defeated Martin Van Buren for the presidency in 1840. As a campaign song put it:

词汇	cider
词源	cider. That cider was originally hard cider—that is, a fer- mented alcoholic drink—is witnessed by the derivation of the word, which came into English, via French (cidre), from the Latin word sicera, which comes from the Hebrew shekar, “strong drink.” General William Henry Harrison of “Old Tip- pecanoe and Tyler, too” fame (he was called Tippecanoe be- cause he won a battle against Indians at Tippecanoe River), was also known as the “log cabin and hard cider candidate” when he defeated Martin Van Buren for the presidency in 1840. As a campaign song put it: Let Van from his cooler of silver wine drink And lounge on his silken settee. Our man on a log-cabin bench can recline; Content with hard cider is he! See political slogans; slogan.
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