| 词汇 | trailblazer |
| 词源 | trailblazer. A trailblazer isn’t someone who blazes new paths by “setting the world on fire.” To blaze a trail means to indicate a new path by notching trees with an ax or knife. Blaze in this sense is the white mark in the notch when the bark is removed. It originally meant the white spot on the forehead of a horse before American pioneers trailblazed the new use of the word. |
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