Boston的词源
英文词源
- Boston
- U.S. city, 1630, named for town in Lincolnshire, a region from which many settlers came to New England. The name is said to be literally "Botolph's Stone," probably from the name of some Anglo-Saxon landowner (Old English Botwulf). Boston Massacre was March 5, 1770; three civilians killed, two mortally wounded. Card game Boston (1800) is based on the siege of Boston during the American Revolution. The Boston Tea Party (1824) took place on Dec. 16, 1773 (see tea party).
中文词源
马萨诸塞州的港口城市。根据英国林肯郡的波士顿命名。1630年到达这里的殖民者有不少是来自英国波士顿的。而英国的波士顿的名称来历是一位公元5世纪到达林肯郡的萨克森僧人的名字Botolph的变体。
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