wishbone的词源

英文词源

wishbone (n.)

also wish-bone, 1860, from wish (n.) + bone (n.); so called from the custom of making a wish while pulling the bone in two with another person. The wishbone breaking custom dates to the early 17c., when the bone was a merrythought.

中文词源

wishbone：叉骨，许愿骨

来自民间习俗吃叉骨的时候许个愿，因此叉骨又名许愿骨。

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