flea market跳蚤市场

【使用地区】：美国

【释义】：

These bargain markets have nothing to do with fleas．Flea market has been an American expression as far back as Dutch colonial days，when there was the Vallie(Valley)Market at the foot of Maiden Lane in downtown Manhattan．The Vallie Market came to be abbreviated to Vlie Market，and this was soon being pronounced Flea Market．

这类廉价品市场与跳蚤毫无关系。它是荷兰殖民时期的美国用语。当时在曼哈顿闹市区的梅登巷巷尾有一个威利市场(Vallie Market)。该市场的名称后被缩略成Vlie Market，不久就被读作Flea Market。