有旧、有新、有借、有蓝”的婚礼习俗已经有好几百年的历史了。许多新娘在她们举行婚礼的当天都曾被问到是否已经备好了那些有旧、有新、有借、有蓝”的服饰,以穿戴它们缓缓走过教堂内的通道。穿戴这每一件服饰的传统据说各有其独特的涵义,但都能够给新婚夫妇带来吉祥和财富。你曾想过这种说法到底...
初学电脑打字的时候,键盘上的字母及各类符号顺序都是要储存到脑子里的东西。A和B怎么隔那么远?难道就不能按照英文字母顺序设计键盘吗?那样打字速度一定会快很多的。查阅了资料才发现,键盘字母顺序如此安排竟然是为了提高打字的效率! The Dvorak keyboard, named for its inv...
学代数的时候老师说一圈是360度,就这样记在脑子里了。可是,一圈为什么不能是100度或者280度呢? We delve back to arrive at a probable answer. A line of ancient peoples (Sumerians, Akkadians, and ...
在现代生活中,冰箱似乎已经是一件必备的家用电器了。炎热的夏季,冰镇的水果或冷饮绝对是多数人的最爱。可是,你知道吗?19世纪中期,冰箱真的只是装冰的箱子哦。By the mid-nineteenth century, the term "icebox" had entered th...
过生日的时候一般都少不了长寿面,蛋糕,礼物,还有跃舞跳动的一根根彩色蜡烛。可是,好好一个完整的蛋糕上面干吗要插那些蜡烛呢?Thousands of years ago birthdays were considered a time when the bad spirits as opposed t...
The first celebrations in honor of mothers were held in the spring in ancient Greece. They paid tribute to Rhea, the Mother of the Gods. During the 17...
什么是下午茶?High tea, a term often confused with afternoon tea, usually takes the place of supper. During the Industrial Revolution, working class families...
翻查字典,deadhead不让您头大才怪!瞧它的诸多含意:看蹭戏的人;免费搭客;不载货物的空车;游手好闲、一无是处的懒汉;沉木;枯花” 晕!您一定会说,记住这么些个意思简直就是一种折磨。其实,若搞清了词源、理顺了词义的发展脉络,搞定deadhead就是小菜一碟! 先从deadhead(看...
茄子”名字起源What strange connotations the eggplant has inspired! A Lebanese eggplant recipe is called baba ganousb, which means "spoiled old dad...
生肖”是代替十二地支、用来表示人们出生的12种动物,即鼠、牛、虎、兔、龙、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗、猪。如寅年出生的人属虎,卯年出生的人属兔。生肖”也就是俗话说的属相”,是中国人特有的一种表示出生时间的方式,相当于西方的黄道十二星座 (双鱼座、白羊座、金牛座、双子座...