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fleshpot的意思

fleshpot

英 ['fleʃ,pɒt]
  • n. 煮肉锅

fleshpot

英文词源


fleshpot (n.)
from flesh (n.) + pot (n.1); literally "pot in which flesh is boiled," hence "luxuries regarded with envy," especially in fleshpots of Egypt, from Exodus xvi:3:
Whan we sat by ye Flesh pottes, and had bred ynough to eate. [Coverdale translation, 1535]