milk-snake 的詞源
milk-snake(n.)
"一條英俊而無害的蛇" [世紀詞典],是美國較大的蛇之一,分佈於許多州,1812年起源於 milk (n.) + snake (n.)。也被稱爲 chicken-snake (1793年已有記載), house-snake 和 thunder-and-lightning snake。
It [the milk-snake] sometimes in this county has been known to enter a grist-mill and remain a length of time for the apparent purpose of feeding on the mice which were there attainable. It is probable this is one principal object of his frequenting dwelling houses, and not always for the purpose of obtaining milk, as is generally supposed. [The American Journal of Science and Arts, April 1844]
在這個縣,牛奶蛇有時會進入磨坊並停留一段時間,顯然是爲了捕食那裏可得的老鼠。這可能是它經常出沒於住宅的主要目的,而不總是爲了獲取牛奶,這是人們普遍認爲的。[《美國科學與藝術雜誌》,1844年4月]
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