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标 题: "Word-of-the-Day":antebellum
发信站: 紫 丁 香 (Thu Sep 30 12:42:48 1999), 转信
antebellum ("an-ta-BEL-um") adj
origin: Latin from ante = "before, bellum = "war".
1. Occurring or existing before a particular war, esp. the
American Civil War.
"These people were not only serious about the Civil
War, they were still fighting it. Every street bore
a name like "Stonewall Jackson Boulevard" or "Robert
E. Lee Avenue." Growing up as a rich girl in a town
like this must have surely stamped antebellum values
forever on Elizabeth Dole."
-- Craig Miller, ESP Magazine
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