英语词汇icterus的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	icterus
词源	icterus n. "jaundice," 1706, medical Latin, from Greek ikteros "jaundice," also the name of a yellowish bird the sight of which was supposed, by sympathetic magic, to cure jaundice (but the bird died). As a zoological genus (American orioles), from 1713. Entries linking to icterus icteric adj. "jaundiced," c. 1600, from Latin ictericus, from Greek ikterikos "jaundiced," from ikteros "jaundice" (see icterus). Related: Icterical. updated on October 04, 2015
随便看	unshakable unshaken unsheathe unshod unshorn unsightly unsinkable unskilled unskillful unsmiling unsociable unsold unsolicited unsolved unsophisticated unsorted unsought unsound unsparing unspeakable unspoiled unspoken unsporting unsportsmanlike unstable

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