crabwise的词源

英文词源

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planet: [12] A planet is etymologically a ‘wanderer’. The word comes via Old French planete and late Latin planēta from Greek planétos, a derivative of the verb planasthai ‘wander’. This was applied to any heavenly body that appeared to move or ‘wander’ across the skies among the fixed stars, which in ancient astronomy included the sun and moon as well as Mars, Venus, etc. The modern application to a ‘body that orbits the sun (or similar star)’ dates from the mid 17th century.

中文词源

crabwise：横向移动

crab, 螃蟹。-wise, 朝向，见clockwise. 即像螃蟹一样横着走，参照汉语“尝将冷眼观螃蟹，看你横行到几时”。

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