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发信人: watergod (共工), 信区: English
标 题: A.Word.A.Day--pelf(转载)
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2000年05月28日21:29:24 星期天), 转信
【 以下文字转载自 watergod 的信箱 】
【 原文由 Wordsmith 所发表 】
pelf (pelf) noun
Wealth or riches, especially when dishonestly acquired.
[Middle English, from Medieval Latin pelfra, pelfa, probably from Old French
pelfre.]
"Despite those titles, power and pelf,
The wretch, concentrate all in self."
Sir Walter Scott, The Lay of the Last Minstrel.
This week's theme: words that sprout other words when beheaded.
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It is difficult to begin without borrowing, but perhaps it is the most
generous course thus to permit your fellow-men to have an interest in your
enterprise. -Henry David Thoreau [Walden]
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