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ermine: ermine: [12] The term ermine was introduced to English from Old French as a name for the ‘stoat’, but as in the case of other words of French origin like mutton and pork which soon came to be used for the dead animals’ product rather than the live animals themselves, it was not long (about a hundred years in fact) before ermine was being applied to the stoat’s fur, and specifically to its white winter fur.

The source of the French word is not entirely clear. One school of thought derives it from medieval Latin mūs Armenius ‘Armenian mouse’, on the assumption that this denoted a ‘stoat’ or ‘weasel’, but an alternative possibility is Germanic origin.

在希腊神话中，勒特（Lethe）是冥界中的五条河流之一，被称为“忘却之河”。喝下此河水便可忘却前生事。它流经睡神的洞穴，穿过整个冥界。死去的亡灵来到冥界后，必须要喝下勒特河水，以便忘记前世记忆，再次转世为人。英语中表示“遗忘、死亡”的词根leth-就源自忘却之河的名字Lethe。

lethean：[li'θi:ən]adj.忘川的，使人遗忘过去的

lethargy：['leθədʒɪ] n.昏睡，死气沉沉，嗜睡（症）

lethargic：[lɪ'θɑːdʒɪk] adj.昏睡的，无生气的

lethal：['liːθ(ə)l]adj.致命的

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