英语词汇john dory的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

John Dory. The John Dory, or St. Peter’s cock (Zeus faber), a flat, highly valued European food fish, had its religious name long before its humorous one. John Dory is most likely a hu- morous designation for some real or imaginary person, per- haps the notorious privateer of that name active in the 16th century, and the subject of a popular song of the time. Like the haddock, which also has a dark black spot on each side, the golden-yellow John Dory has the reputation of being the fish from which the apostle Peter extracted money. In France, it still bears the name St. Peter’s cock; its oval spots are said to be the finger marks left when Peter held the fish to take the coin from its mouth.

词汇	john dory
词源	John Dory. The John Dory, or St. Peter’s cock (Zeus faber), a flat, highly valued European food fish, had its religious name long before its humorous one. John Dory is most likely a hu- morous designation for some real or imaginary person, per- haps the notorious privateer of that name active in the 16th century, and the subject of a popular song of the time. Like the haddock, which also has a dark black spot on each side, the golden-yellow John Dory has the reputation of being the fish from which the apostle Peter extracted money. In France, it still bears the name St. Peter’s cock; its oval spots are said to be the finger marks left when Peter held the fish to take the coin from its mouth.
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