polliwog
英 ['pɒlɪwɒg]
美['pɑlɪwɑɡ]
- n. 蝌蚪；首次越过赤道的海员
中文词源
polliwog 蝌蚪
来自poll,头，-wog,摇摆，词源同wiggle,waggle.比喻用法。
英文词源
- polliwog (n.)
- "tadpole," mid-15c., polwygle, probably from pol "head" (see poll (n.)) + wiglen "to wiggle" (see wiggle (v.)). Modern spelling is 1830s, replacing earlier polwigge.