英语字母与古代腓尼基语、希腊语颇有渊源。A 在字母表上名列前茅,这是事出有因的。在古腓尼基的时候,字母 A 叫 aleph,意思是牛。当时 A 的写法是 V,样子像牛的双角,当中并有一横。希腊人把它翻了过来,成为现在这个样子。牛给腓尼基人以肉食,从事劳役,提供鞋靴、衣着的原料。一群牛对他们来说就意味着一大笔财富。 The English alphabet is closely related to ancient Phoenician and Greek. A is among the best in the alphabet. This is due to the fact. In ancient Phoenicia, the letter A was called aleph, meaning cow. At that time, A’s writing was V. It looked like the two horns of a cow, and there was a cross. The Greeks turned it over and became like this. The cattle gave meat to the Phoenicians and engaged them in labor, providing shoes, clothing, and raw materials. A group of cows means a lot of wealth to them.