toadstone 的詞源
toadstone(n.)
“石头或类石物体, supposedly magical(具有治愈或保护力量)并在某些蟾蜍的头部发现,”1550年代,来自 toad + stone (n.)。翻译希腊语 batrakhitēs,中世纪拉丁语 bufonites;也比较法语 crapaudine (13c.),德语 krötenstein。
The Crapadine or Toadstone, we speak of before, you shall prove to be a true one, if the Toad lift himself so up against it, when it is shew'd or held to him, as if he would come at it, and leap to catch it away: he doth so much envy that Man should have that stone. ["Eighteen Books of the Secrets of Art & Nature," 1661]
我们之前提到的 Crapadine 或蟾蜍石,你将证明它是真正的,如果蟾蜍在它被展示或递给它时如此抬起自己,仿佛它想要靠近它,并跳起来想要抓住它:它如此嫉妒人类拥有那块石头。[《艺术与自然的十八本秘密》,1661年]
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