英语词汇cockpit的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	cockpit
词源	cockpit; cockpit of Europe. Belgium has long been known as the cockpit of Europe because so many important European battles have been fought there, from the battle of Oudenarde in 1708, to Waterloo in 1815, and the many battles fought there during World Wars I and II. Cockpit is of course an allusion to the arena where gamecocks are set to fight, which also gave its name to the space in fighter planes where the pilot sits.
随便看	not just another pretty face notre pierre not right not so hot not the only pebble on the beach not to be sneezed at not to care a straw not to get the bat off one-s shoulder not to know beans not to know beef from bulls’ foot not to know if one is coming or going not to know one-s ass from one-s elbow not tonight josephine not to turn a hair not to worry not what it-s cracked up to be not worth a bean not worth a continental not worth a hannah cook not worth a plugged nickel not worth a rap not worth a red cent not worth a row hill of beans not worth a tinker-s damn dam not worth his salt

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