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单词 pandoras tub
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Pandora's tubn.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Pandora , tub n.1
Etymology: < the genitive of the name of Pandora (see Pandora n.1) + tub n.1 Compare Pandora's box n.
Obsolete. rare.
= Pandora's box n. 1.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > source of
abusement1535
Pandora's tub1612
Pandora's box1648
(to open) a can of worms1962
1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. i. sig. Dv Such was..Pandora's tub; And, all that fable of Medeas charmes, The manner of our worke. View more context for this quotation
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