英语词汇toothache tree的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	toothache tree
词源	toothache tree. American pioneers called the prickly ash (Zanthophylum americanum) the toothache tree or toothache bush, because the white-spined ash-leafed tree’s fruit has pun- gent properties when applied to an aching tooth. The term is first recorded early in the 19th century.
随便看	take the cake take the long count take the rag off the bush take the scales from your eyes take the stone out of my shoe take the waters take the wind out of one-s sails take to journalism and strong drink take to the cleaners take to the hustings take to the tall timber take under one-s wing take with a grain of salt taking a first taking the westbound talent does what it can tale teller taliacotian operation talk a blue streak talk dollars talkie talking water river talk the talk walk the walk talk through one-s hat talk turkey

英语词源词典收录了13259条英语词源词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的起源、历史，是研究英语词汇或通过词源学英语的必备工具。