polliwog的意思

polliwog

英式音标['pɑlɪwɑɡ]
美式英标['pɒlɪwɒg]

基本解释

n. 蝌蚪；首次越过赤道的海员

中文词源

polliwog 蝌蚪

来自poll,头，-wog,摇摆，词源同wiggle,waggle.比喻用法。

英文词源

polliwog (n.): "tadpole," mid-15c., polwygle, probably from pol "head" (see poll (n.)) + wiglen "to wiggle" (see wiggle (v.)). Modern spelling is 1830s, replacing earlier polwigge.

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