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inkhorn的意思

inkhorn

基本解释

n. 墨水瓶

adj. 学究气的;卖弄学问的

英文词源

inkhorn (n.)
late 14c., "small portable vessel (originally made of horn) for holding ink," from ink (n.) + horn (n.). Used attributively as an adjective for things (especially vocabulary) supposed to be beloved by scribblers and bookworms (1540s). An Old English word for the thing was blæchorn.