英语词源

• panda car 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random chart chart: [16] English card and chart are related. Both come from Latin charta ‘paper’, but whereas card was routed via French carte , and for some reason changed its t to a d , chart was borrowed directly from the Latin word, in which the meaning ‘map’ had already developed. Latin charta originally denoted ‘leaf of
• panda 英文词源 panda (n.) 1835, from French, apparently from the Nepalese name of a raccoon-like mammal (lesser panda) found there. First reference to the Giant Panda is from 1901; since its discovery in 1869 by French missionary Armand David (1826-1900) it had been known as parti-colored bear , but the name was changed after the zoological relationship to the red panda was established. 中文词源
• pancreas 英文词源 pancreas pancreas: [16] Etymologically, pancreas means ‘all-flesh’. It is a modern Latin adaptation of Greek págkreas , a compound formed from the prefix pan - ‘all’ and kréas ‘flesh’. This was presumably an allusion to the homogeneous substance of the organ. The term sweetbread , denoting the ‘pancreas used as food’, also dates from the 16th century. The - bread ele
• pancake 英文词源 pancake (n.) early 15c. (late 13c. as a surname), from pan (n.) + cake (n.); as symbol of flatness c. 1600. pancake (v.) "to squeeze flat," 1879, from pancake (n.). Later, of aircraft, "to fall flat" (1911), with figurative extension. Related: Pancaked ; pancaking . 中文词源 pancake ：薄饼 pan,盘子，cake,蛋糕。即圆盘状蛋糕。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• panatella 英文词源 panatella "A long thin cigar", Mid 19th century: from Latin American Spanish panatela , denoting a long thin biscuit, from Italian panatello 'small loaf', diminutive of panata . 中文词源 panatella ：细长雪茄 来自西班牙语panatela,面包棍，来自拉丁语panis,面包，词源同pantry,pannier.-ella,小词后缀。后指一种像长条面包棍的细长雪茄。 该词的
• panama 英文词源 Panama probably from an unknown Guarani word, traditionally said to mean "place of many fish." Originally the name of the settlement founded 1519 (destroyed 1671 but subsequently rebuilt). Panama hat , made from the leaves of the screw pine, attested from 1833, a misnomer, because it originally was made in Ecuador, but perhaps so called in American English because it was distributed n
• panache 英文词源 panache panache: see pin panache (n.) 1550s, "a tuft or plume of feathers," from Middle French pennache "tuft of feathers," from Italian pennaccio , from Late Latin pinnaculum "small wing, gable, peak" (see pinnacle ). Figurative sense of "display, swagger" first recorded 1898 (in translation of "Cyrano de Bergerac" ), from French. 中文词源 panache ：神气十足 来自中古法语
• pamper 英文词源 pamper (v.) late 14c., "to cram with food," probably from Middle Dutch (compare West Flemish pamperen "cram with food, overindulge;" dialectal German pampen "to cram"), probably from frequentative of root of pap (n.1). Meaning "to overindulge" first attested 1520s. Related: Pampered ; pampering . 中文词源 pamper ：娇惯，纵容 可能来自pap,流食，软质食物，-er,表反复
• pampas 英文词源 pampas (n.) "large plains of South America," 1704, from Spanish pampas , plural of pampa , from Quechua (Peru) pampa "a plain." 中文词源 pampas ：南美潘帕斯草原 来自南美土著语pampa,平原，草原，-s,复数后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pampas 词源， pampas 含义。
• paltry 英文词源 paltry (adj.) 1560s, probably an adjectival use of noun paltry "worthless thing" (1550s), associated with dialectal palt, pelt "trash," cognate with Middle Low German and East Frisian palte "rag," Middle Dutch palt "broken or torn fragment." Similar formation in Low German paltrig "rubbishy," East Frisian palterig "ragged, torn." 中文词源 paltry ：微不足道的 来自低地德语
• palsy 英文词源 palsy (n.) "disease causing paralysis," c. 1300, palesie , from Anglo-French parlesie , Old French paralisie , from Vulgar Latin *paralysia , from Latin paralysis (see paralysis ). 中文词源 palsy ：瘫痪 缩写自paralysis,瘫痪。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： palsy 词源， palsy 含义。
• palpitation 英文词源 palpitation (n.) early 15c., from Middle French palpitation , from Latin palpitationem (nominative palpitatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of palpitare "to throb, to flutter, to tremble, to quiver," frequentative of palpare "touch gently, stroke; wheedle, coax" (see feel (v.)). 中文词源 palpitation ：心悸 来自palpitate,悸动。引申词义心悸。 该词的英语
• palpitate 英文词源 palpitate (v.) 1620s, from Latin palpitatus , past participle of palpitare "to throb, flutter" (see palpitation ). Related: Palpitated ; palpitating . 中文词源 palpitate ：急速跳动，悸动 来自拉丁语palpare,触摸，触动，-it,表反复，-ate,使。引申词义急速跳动，悸动。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： palpitate 词源， palpitat
• palpate 英文词源 palpate (v.) "examine by touch," c. 1850, a back-formation from palpation , or else from Latin palpatus , past participle of palpare "to touch" (see feel (v.)). Related: Palpated ; palpating . 中文词源 palpate ：触摸，触诊 来自拉丁语palpare,触摸，轻触，来自PIE*pal,触摸，触碰，可能来自拟声词，词源同feel.引申词义触诊。 该词的英语词源请
• palpable 英文词源 palpable palpable: [14] Latin palpāre meant ‘touch, stroke’ (it may be related to English feel ). From it in post-classical times was derived the adjective palpābilis ‘touchable’ – whence English palpable . Other derivatives were the verb palpitāre ‘tremble, throb’ (from which English gets palpitate [17]) and the noun palpus ‘touching’ (source of English palp [19]
• palomino 英文词源 palomino (n.) 1914, from American Spanish palomino "cream-colored horse," from Spanish, literally "young dove," perhaps from Italian palombino "dove-colored," from Latin palumbinus "of wood pigeons," from palumba "wood pigeon" (see fallow (adj.)). The horse so called because of its dove-like coloring, light brown or cream with a pale mane and tail. 中文词源 palomino ：帕尔米洛马
• palmy 英文词源 palmy (adj.) "triumphant," c. 1600, from palm (n.2) in the "triumph" sense + -y (2). Literal meaning "full of palms" attested from 1660s. 中文词源 palmy ：胜利的，兴旺的，繁荣的 来自palm,棕榈，胜利。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： palmy 词源， palmy 含义。
• Palm Sunday 英文词源 Florida U.S. state, formerly a Spanish colony, probably from Spanish Pascua florida , literally "flowering Easter," a Spanish name for Palm Sunday, and so named because the peninsula was discovered on that day (March 20, 1513) by the expedition of Spanish explorer Ponce de León (1474-1521). From Latin floridus "flowery, in bloom" (see florid ). Related: Floridian (1580s as a noun, in
• palmistry 英文词源 palmistry (n.) "divination from the palm of the hand," early 15c., from palme (see palm (n.1)) + obscure second element, perhaps -estre (as in Middle English webbestre "weaver") or -rie (as in Middle English archerie "archery"). Palmist (n.) is an 1886 back-formation. 中文词源 palmistry ：手相学 来自palmist,手相术士。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• palmist 英文词源 palmistry (n.) "divination from the palm of the hand," early 15c., from palme (see palm (n.1)) + obscure second element, perhaps -estre (as in Middle English webbestre "weaver") or -rie (as in Middle English archerie "archery"). Palmist (n.) is an 1886 back-formation. palmister "= palmist", Early 16th cent.; earliest use found in Robert Henryson (d. c1490), poet. Apparently from palm
• palmetto 英文词源 palmetto (n.) 1580s, from Spanish palmito "dwarf fan palm tree," diminutive of palma "palm tree," from Latin palma (see palm (n.2)). The suffix was subsequently Italianized. The Palmetto Flag was an emblem of South Carolina after secession (1860); the state was called Palmetto State from at least 1837. 中文词源 palmetto ：矮棕榈树 来自palm,棕榈，-etto,西班牙语小词后
• palm 英文词源 palm palm: Palm the tree [OE] and the palm of the hand [14] are effectively distinct words in English, but they have the same ultimate source: Latin palma . This originally meant ‘palm of the hand’ (it is related to Irish lám ‘hand’ and Welsh llaw ‘hand’), and the application to the tree is a secondary one, alluding to the shape of the cluster of palm leaves, like the fin
• pally 英文词源 principally (adv.) mid-14c., "mostly, mainly; most importantly," from principal (adj.) + -ly (2). Late 14c. as "first of all." Meaning "for the most part" attested by 1832. 中文词源 pally ：伙伴的 来自pal,伙伴，哥们。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pally 词源， pally 含义。
• pallor 英文词源 pallor (n.) c. 1400, from Old French palor "paleness, whiteness" (12c.) and directly from Latin pallor , from pallere "be pale, turn pale," related to pallus "dark-colored, dusky," from PIE root *pel- (2) "pale; gray" (cognates: Sanskrit palitah "gray," panduh "whitish, pale;" Greek pelios "livid, dark," polios "gray;" Old English fealo "dull-colored, yellow, brown;" Welsh llwyd "gray
• pallid 英文词源 pallid pallid: see pale pallid (adj.) "lacking color," 1580s, from Latin pallidus "pale, colorless," from root of pallere "be pale" (see pallor ). 中文词源 pallid ：苍白的 来自pallor,苍白。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pallid 词源， pallid 含义。
• palliative 英文词源 palliative (adj.) early 15c., from Middle French palliatif (14c.) or directly from Medieval Latin palliativus "under cloak, covert," from Late Latin palliatus (see palliate ). As a noun, recorded from 1724. 中文词源 palliative ：缓冲，权宜之计 来自palliate,减轻，缓和，-ive,形容词后缀。引申词义权宜之计。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• palliate 英文词源 palliate (v.) "alleviate without curing," early 15c., from Medieval Latin palliatus , literally "cloaked," from past participle of Late Latin palliare "cover with a cloak, conceal," from Latin pallium "cloak" (see pall (n.)). Related: Palliated ; palliating ; palliation . 中文词源 palliate ：减轻，缓和 来自拉丁语pallium,斗篷，覆盖，可能来自pellis,皮，膜，词
• palliasse 英文词源 palliasse "A straw mattress", Early 16th century (originally Scots): from French paillasse , based on Latin palea 'straw'. 中文词源 palliasse ：草褥 来自拉丁语palea,草，词源同pallet. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： palliasse 词源， palliasse 含义。
• pall 英文词源 pall (n.) Old English pæll "rich cloth or cloak, purple robe, altar cloth," from Latin pallium "cloak, coverlet, covering," in Tertullian, the garment worn by Christians instead of the Roman toga; related to pallo "robe, cloak," palla "long upper garment of Roman women," perhaps from the root of pellis "skin." Notion of "cloth spread over a coffin" (mid-15c.) led to figurative sense
• palisade 英文词源 palisade palisade: see pale palisade (n.) "a fence of stakes," c. 1600, from Middle French palissade (15c.), from Provençal palissada , from palissa "a stake or paling," from Gallo-Roman *palicea , from Latin palus "stake" (see pale (n.)). Military sense is attested from 1690s. The Palisades , along the Hudson River opposite New York City, so called by 1823. 中文词源 palisade ：木
• paling 英文词源 impale (v.) 1520s, "to enclose with stakes, fence in," from Middle French empaler and directly from Medieval Latin impalare "to push onto a stake," from assimilated form of in- "into, in" (see in- (2)) + Latin palus "a stake, prop, stay; wooden post, pole," from PIE *pak-slo- , from root *pag- / *pak- "to fasten" (see pact ). Sense of "pierce with a pointed stake" (as torture or punis
• palindrome 英文词源 palindrome (n.) "line that reads the same backward and forward," 1620s, from Greek palindromos "a recurrence," literally "a running back," from palin "again, back" (from PIE *kwle-i- , from root *kwel- (1) "move round," with notion of "revolving;" see cycle (n.)) + dromos "a running" (see dromedary ). Related: Palindromic . 中文词源 palindrome ：回文（正读反讲都一样的词
• palimpsest 英文词源 palimpsest (n.) "parchment from which earlier writing has been removed to clear it for new writing," 1660s, from Latin palimpsestus , from Greek palimpsestos "scraped again," from palin "again" (see palindrome ) + verbal adjective of psen "to rub smooth" (of uncertain origin). 中文词源 palimpsest ：重写羊皮纸 来自希腊语palimpsestos,刮掉， 重写，来自palin,再一次
• palimony 英文词源 palimony (n.) 1979, coined from pal (n.) + alimony . Popularized, if not introduced, during lawsuit against U.S. film star Lee Marvin (1924-1987). 中文词源 palimony ：定期付给未婚同居对象的生活费 pal,伙伴，-mony,赡养费，缩写自alimony. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： palimony 词源， palimony 含义。
• palette 英文词源 palette (n.) 1620s, "flat thin tablet used by an artist to lay and mix colors," from French palette , from Old French palete "small shovel, blade" (13c.) diminutive of pale "shovel, blade," from Latin pala "spade, shoulder blade," probably from PIE *pak-slo- , from root *pag- (see pact ). Transferred sense of "colors used by a particular artist" is from 1882. 中文词源 palette ：调
• palazzo pants 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random shame shame: [OE] Shame is a general Germanic term, with relatives in German scham , Dutch schaam , and Swedish and Danish skam . Their common ancestor is a prehistoric * skamō , a word of unknown origin. Sham [17] probably originated in a northern English pronunciation of shame . The compound shamefaced [16] has no etymologica
• palaver 英文词源 palaver palaver: [18] Palaver originated as a piece of naval slang picked up by English sailors in Africa. There they came across Portuguese traders negotiating with the local inhabitants, a process known in Portuguese as palavra ‘speech’ (a descendant of Latin parabola , source of English parable ). They took the Portugese word over as palaver , applying it first to ‘negotiatio
• palatine 英文词源 palatine (adj.) mid-15c., from Middle French palatin (15c.) and directly from Medieval Latin palatinus "of the palace" (of the Caesars), from Latin palatium (see palace ). Used in English to indicate quasi-royal authority. Reference to the Rhineland state is from c. 1580. 中文词源 palatine ：属于巴拉丁领地的，行使王权的 来自拉丁语palatinus,王宫的，宫殿的，
• palatinate 英文词源 palatinate (n.) 1650s, from palatine + -ate (1). In England and Ireland, a county palatine; also used of certain American colonies (Carolina, Maryland, Maine). 中文词源 palatinate ：巴拉丁领地 来自palatine,巴拉丁领地的，-ate,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： palatinate 词源， palatinate 含义。
• palatial 英文词源 palatial (adj.) 1754, from French palatial "magnificent," from Latin palatium (see palace ). Related: Palatially . 中文词源 palatial ：宫殿般的 来自palace,宫殿。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： palatial 词源， palatial 含义。
• palate 英文词源 palate (n.) late 14c., "roof of the mouth," from Old French palat and directly from Latin palatum "roof of the mouth," perhaps of Etruscan origin [Klein]. Popularly considered the seat of taste, hence transferred meaning "sense of taste" (late 14c.), which also was in classical Latin. Related: Palatal ; palatalize . 中文词源 palate ：腭 来自拉丁语palatum,腭，上嘴唇。 该
• palatal 英文词源 palatal "Relating to the palate", Early 18th century: from French, from Latin palatum (see palate ). 中文词源 palatal ：腭音 来自palate,腭，可口。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： palatal 词源， palatal 含义。
• palatable 英文词源 palatable (adj.) 1660s, "good-tasting," from palate + -able . Figurative use from 1680s. Related: Palatably ; palatability . 中文词源 palatable ：可口的 来自palate,腭，可口。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： palatable 词源， palatable 含义。
• palais 英文词源 palais "A public hall for dancing", Early 20th century: from French palais (de danse) '(dancing) hall'. 中文词源 palais ：旧时的舞厅 比喻用法，来自法语palais de danse,舞池，舞厅，来自拉丁语palatium,宫廷，词源同palace. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： palais 词源， palais 含义。
• Palestine 英文词源 Palestine from Latin Palestina (name of a Roman province), from Greek Palaistine (Herodotus), from Hebrew Pelesheth "Philistia, land of the Philistines." Revived as an official political territorial name 1920 with the British mandate. Under Turkish rule, Palestine was part of three administrative regions: the Vilayet of Beirut, the Independent Sanjak of Jerusalem, and the Vilayet of D
• paleontology 英文词源 paleontology (n.) 1833, probably from French paléontologie , from Greek palaios "old, ancient" (see paleo- ) + ontologie (see ontology ). Related: Paleontological . 中文词源 paleontology ：古生物学，化石学 paleo-,远古的，-onto,存在，词源同essence,ontology. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： paleontology 词源， paleontology 含义。
• Paleolithic 英文词源 paleolithic (adj.) of or pertaining to the Earlier Stone Age (opposed to neolithic ), 1865, coined by John Lubbock, later Baron Avebury (1834-1913), from paleo- + Greek lithos "stone" + -ic . 中文词源 Paleolithic ：旧石器时代的 paleo-,远古的，-lith,石头，词源同lighology. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Paleolithic 词源， Paleolithic 含义。
• paleography 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random algebra algebra: [16] Algebra symbolizes the debt of Western culture to Arab mathematics, but ironically when it first entered the English language it was used as a term for the setting of broken bones, and even sometimes for the fractures themselves (‘The helpes of Algebra and of dislocations’, Robert Copland, Formulary of
• pal 英文词源 pal pal: [17] Pal is a Travellers’ contribution to English. It was borrowed from British Romany pal ‘brother, friend’, an alteration of continental Romany pral . This was descended ultimately from Sanskrit bhrátar - ‘brother’, a member of the same Indo-European word-family as English brother . = brother pal (n.) 1788, from Romany (English Gypsy) pal "brother, comrade," vari
• Pakistan 英文词源 Pakistan south Asian nation formed 1947 by division of British India, the name apparently proposed 1930s by Muslim students at Cambridge University, first element said to be an acronym from Punjab , Afghanistan and Kashmir , three regions envisioned as forming the new state, which also made a play on Iranian pak "pure." For second element, see -stan . Related: Pakistani (1941). 中文词
• Paki 英文词源 Paki (n.) British slang for "immigrant from Pakistan," 1964, from first element of Pakistan . 中文词源 Paki ：巴基斯坦佬 俚语，来自Pakistan. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Paki 词源， Paki 含义。
• pak choi 英文词源 pak choi "A Chinese cabbage of a variety with smooth-edged tapering leaves", From Chinese (Cantonese dialect) paâk ts'oì 'white vegetable'. 中文词源 pak choi ：白菜 来自汉语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pak choi 词源， pak choi 含义。
• paisley 英文词源 paisley (n.) 1834 as a type of clothing or material, from Paisley , town in southwest Scotland, where the cloth was originally made. As an adjective by 1900. The town name is literally "church," from Middle Irish baslec , itself from Latin basilica (see basilica ). 中文词源 paisley ：佩斯利布料，佩斯利羽状图案 来自该布料原产地苏格兰城镇Paisley.其字面意
• paisa 英文词源 paisa "A monetary unit of India and Nepal (and formerly of Pakistan), equal to one hundredth of a rupee", Hindi paisā . 中文词源 paisa ：派士 印度货币单位，1Rupee=100Paisa. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： paisa 词源， paisa 含义。
• pair 英文词源 pair pair: [13] Like English par [17], parity [16], and peer ‘noble’ [13], pair comes ultimately from Latin pār ‘equal’, a word of unknown origin. Its derivative paria ‘equal things, similar things’ passed into English via Old French paire . Other English descendants of Latin pār include compare , disparage [14], nonpareil [15], and umpire . = compare , disparage , nonpa
• paint 英文词源 paint paint: [13] Paint comes ultimately from an Indo- European base * pik -, * pig -. This originally meant ‘cut’ (English file comes from it), but it broadened out via ‘decorate with cut marks’ and simply ‘decorate’ to ‘decorate with colour’ (whence English pigment ). A nasalized version of the base produced Latin pingere ‘paint’, which reached English via Old Fr
• painstaking 英文词源 painstaking 1550s (n.), 1690s (adj.), paynes taking , from plural of pain (n.) + present participle of take (v.). Related: Painstakingly . 中文词源 painstaking ：需专注的，需细心的 pain,疼痛，-s,复数后缀，taking,承担。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： painstaking 词源， painstaking 含义。
• pain barrier 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random protozoa protozoa: [19] Greek prótos meant ‘first’ (like English first and Latin prīmus ‘first’ it goes back ultimately to Indo-European * pro ‘before, in front’). It forms the basis of a wide range of English words, both original Greek compounds and post-classical formations, among them protagonist [17] (etymologi
• pain 英文词源 pain pain: [13] ‘Punishment’ (now encountered only in such phrases as on pain of death ) is the ancestral meaning of pain ; ‘suffering’ is a secondary development. The word comes via Old French peine and Latin poena from Greek poiné ‘punishment, penalty’. Its original connotations are preserved in the related penal [15], penalty [16], penance [13], penitence [12], and pun
• pail 英文词源 pail (n.) mid-14c., of uncertain origin, probably from Old French paele , paelle "cooking or frying pan, warming pan;" also a liquid measure, from Latin patella "small pan, little dish, platter," diminutive of patina "broad shallow pan, stewpan" (see pan (n.)). Old English had pægel "wine vessel," but etymology does not support a connection. This Old English word possibly is from Med
• pagoda 英文词源 pagoda pagoda: [17] The immediate source of pagoda was Portuguese pagoda , but this is generally assumed to have been an adaptation of Persian butkada , a compound put together from but ‘idol’ and kada ‘dwelling, temple’. Its form was no doubt influenced by bhagodī , a word for ‘holy’ in the vernacular languages of India. pagoda (n.) 1580s, pagode (modern form from 1630s)
• pagination 英文词源 pagination (n.) "action of marking page numbers," 1841, probably from French pagination (1835), from Latin pagina (see page (n.1)). 中文词源 pagination ：页码 来自paginate,编页码。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pagination 词源， pagination 含义。
• paginate 英文词源 paginate (v.) "to mark or number the pages of a publication," 1858 (implied in paginated ), back-formation from pagination . Medieval Latin had paginare , but it had another sense. Related: Paginating . 中文词源 paginate ：编页码 来自page,页码，-ate,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： paginate 词源， paginate 含义。
• pageboy 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random insidious insidious: see session 中文词源 pageboy ：门童 page,门童，boy,男孩，童子。 pager 传呼机 来自page,呼叫，传呼。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pageboy 词源， pageboy 含义。
• pageantry 英文词源 pageantry (n.) "splendid display," 1650s; see pageant + -ry . 中文词源 pageantry ：壮观的仪式，盛典 来自pageant,古装仪式。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pageantry 词源， pageantry 含义。
• pageant 英文词源 pageant (n.) late 14c., "play in a cycle of mystery plays," from Medieval Latin pagina , of uncertain origin, perhaps from Latin pagina "page of a book" (see page (n.1)) on notion of "manuscript" of a play. But an early sense in Middle English also was "stage or scene of a play" (late 14c.) and Klein says a sense of Latin pagina was "movable scaffold" (probably from the etymological s
• page 英文词源 page page: English has two nouns page . The one that now denotes ‘boy servant’ originally meant simply ‘boy’ [13]. It was borrowed from Old French page , itself an adaptation of Italian paggio . This is generally assumed to have come from Greek paidíon , a diminutive form of pais ‘boy, child’ (source of English encyclopedia , paediatric [19], paedophilia [20], pedagogue [
• paella 英文词源 paella (n.) 1892, from Catalan paella , from Old French paele "cooking or frying pan" (Modern French poêle ), from Latin patella "pan, dish" (see pail ). So called for the pan in which it is cooked. 中文词源 paella ：西班牙杂烩饭 来自拉丁语patella,盘子，来自patina小词形式，词源同pan,patella.后用于指盘子里面的食物，代指西班牙杂烩饭。字母
• paean 英文词源 paean (n.) 1590s, from Latin paean "hymn of deliverance," from Greek paian "hymn, chant, hymn to Apollo," from Paian , a name of the god of healing; originally the physician of the gods (in Homer), later merged with Apollo; literally "one who touches" (i.e. "one who heals by a touch"), from paio "to touch, strike." 中文词源 paean ：赞歌，凯歌 来自拉丁语paean,赞歌，凯歌
• padre 英文词源 padre (n.) "priest, chaplain," 1580s, from Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese padre , from Latin patrem (nominative pater ) "father" (see father (n.)). The title of the regular clergy in those languages. Papar was the name the Norse gave to Irish monks whom they found in Iceland when they arrived. 中文词源 padre ：牧师，神父 来自拉丁语pater,父亲，词源同father,paterna
• padlock 英文词源 padlock (n.) "removable lock," late 15c., from lokke (see lock (n.)), but the first element is of unknown origin. padlock (v.) 1640s, from padlock (n.). Related: Padlocked ; padlocking . 中文词源 padlock ：挂锁 lock,锁，pad,词义不详，可能是来自pannier（篮子，筐）方言词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： padlock 词源， padlock 含义。
• paddy wagon 英文词源 paddy wagon "A police van", 1930s: paddy from Paddy, perhaps because formerly many American police officers were of Irish descent. 中文词源 paddy wagon ：囚车 来自美国1930s俚语，据说因当时许多警察都是爱尔兰裔。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： paddy wagon 词源， paddy wagon 含义。
• Paddy 英文词源 paddy (n.1) "rice field," 1620s, "rice plant," from Malay padi "rice in the straw." Main modern meaning "ground where rice is growing" (1948) is a shortening of paddy field . Paddy (n.2) "Irishman," 1780, slang, from the pet form of the common Irish proper name Patrick (Irish Padraig ). It was in use in black slang by 1946 for any "white person." Paddy wagon is 1930, perhaps so called
• paddock 英文词源 paddock paddock: [17] Paddock is ultimately the same word as park . Their common ancestor was a prehistoric Germanic word which took a route through Latin and French to reach English as park . Its direct Old English descendant, however, was pearruc . This in due course became parrock , which survived dialectally into the 20th century. But in the early modern English period a variant f
• paddling pool 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random shelf shelf: [14] Shelf appears to have been borrowed from Middle Low German schelf ‘shelf’. This may have come from the Germanic base * skelf - ‘split’, which also produced Old English scylfe ‘partition’, the word’s underlying meaning therefore being a ‘piece of split wood used for standing things on’. The der
• paddle 英文词源 paddle (n.) c. 1400, padell "small spade," from Medieval Latin padela , of uncertain origin, perhaps from Latin patella "small pan, little dish, plate," diminutive of patina (see pan (n.)). Meaning "short oar with a wide blade" is from 1620s. As an instrument used for beating clothes (and slaves, and schoolboys), it is recorded from 1828, American English. Paddle-ball attested from 19
• padding 英文词源 padding (n.) "material used in stuffing," 1828, verbal noun from pad (v.2). 中文词源 padding ：软垫，护垫 来自pad,垫子，软垫，-ing,集合名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： padding 词源， padding 含义。
• pad 英文词源 pad pad: [16] English has two words pad , both of them borrowed from Low German or Dutch. The ancestral meaning of pad ‘cushion’ seems to be ‘sole of the foot’, although that sense did not emerge in English until the 18th century. Flemish pad and Low German pad both denote ‘sole’, as does the presumably related Lithuanian pādas . Pad ‘tread, walk’ comes from Low Germa
• pacy 英文词源 papacy papacy: see pope episcopacy (n.) 1640s, "government of the church by bishops;" 1650s, "a bishop's period in office;" see episcopal + -cy . papacy (n.) late 14c., from Medieval Latin papatia "papal office," from Late Latin papa "pope" (see pope ). Old English had papdom in this sense. spacy (adj.) also spacey , 1852, "large, roomy, spacious," from space (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "f
• pact 英文词源 pact pact: see compact pact (n.) early 15c., from Old French pacte "agreement, treaty, compact" (14c.), from Latin pactum "agreement, contract, covenant," noun use of neuter past participle of pacisci "to covenant, to agree, make a treaty," from PIE root *pag- "fix, join together, unite, make firm" (cognates: Sanskrit pasa- "cord, rope," Avestan pas- "to fetter," Greek pegnynai "to fi
• pack-rat 英文词源 pack-rat (n.) common name for the North American bushytailed woodrat ( Neotoma cinerea ) 1885, from pack (v.); so called from the rodents' habit of dragging objects off to their holes. Used figuratively or allusively from c. 1850 of persons who won't discard anything, which means either the rat's name is older than the record or the human sense is the original one. 中文词源 pack-r
• packhorse 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random carriage carriage: [14] Carriage is literally ‘carrying’. It is an Old Northern French derivative of the verb carier , in the sense ‘transport in a vehicle’. At first it meant simply ‘conveyance’ in the abstract sense, but in the 15th century more concrete meaning began to emerge: ‘load, luggage’ (now obsolete) a
• packet 英文词源 packet (n.) mid-15c., from Middle English pak "bundle" (see pack (n.)) + diminutive suffix -et ; perhaps modeled on Anglo-French pacquet (Middle French pacquet ), which ultimately is a diminutive of Middle Dutch pak . A packet boat (1640s) originally was one that carried mails. Packet-switching attested from 1971. 中文词源 packet ：小包裹，小纸包 pack,包裹，-et,小词后缀
• package 英文词源 package (n.) 1530s, "the act of packing," from pack (n.) + -age ; or from cognate Dutch pakkage "baggage." The main modern sense of "bundle, parcel" is first attested 1722. Package deal is from 1952. package (v.) 1915, from package (n.). Related: Packaged ; packaging . 中文词源 package ：包裹，包装 pack,打包，包裹，-age,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• pack 英文词源 pack pack: [13] The ultimate origins of pack are unknown. English borrowed it from one of the Germanic languages of northeastern Europe (both Middle Dutch and Middle Low German had pak ), but where they got it from is not clear. Its derivatives package [16] and packet [16] are both English formations. pack (n.) "bundle," early 13c., probably from a Low German word (compare Middle Dutc
• pacifism 英文词源 pacifism (n.) 1905, from French pacifisme (by 1903, apparently coined by Émile Arnaud), from pacifique (see pacific ). 中文词源 pacifism ：和平主义，绥靖主义 来自pacify,平息，安抚，使平和，-ism,主义，思想。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pacifism 词源， pacifism 含义。
• pacifier 英文词源 pacifier (n.) "one who pacifies or appeases," 1530s, agent noun from pacify . The meaning "nipple-shaped device for babies" is first recorded 1904. 中文词源 pacifier ：婴儿奶嘴 来自pacify,平息，安抚，使平和。后用于指婴儿用的奶嘴。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pacifier 词源， pacifier 含义。
• Pacific Ocean 英文词源 Pacific Ocean 1660, from Medieval Latin Pacificum , neuter of Latin pacificus (see pacific ); so called c. 1500 by Magellan when he sailed into it and found it calmer than the stormy Atlantic. 中文词源 Pacific Ocean ：太平洋 来自16世纪葡萄牙航海家麦哲伦对太平洋的初步印象，因麦哲伦在进入太平洋时海面比较平静而得名。 该词的英语词源
• pachyderm 英文词源 pachyderm (n.) 1838, from French pachyderme (c. 1600), adopted as a biological term 1797 by French naturalist Georges Léopole Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, Baron Cuvier (1769-1832), from Greek pachydermos "thick-skinned," from pachys "thick, large, massive," from PIE *bhengh- "thick, fat" (cognates: Sanskrit bahu- "much, numerous" Avestan bazah- "height, depth," Hittite pankush "lar
• pachinko 英文词源 pachinko (n.) 1953, from Japanese, "pinball machine," also "slingshot, handgun," from pachin , of echoic origin, + diminutive suffix -ko . 中文词源 pachinko ：弹球盘（一种日本赌博游戏） 来自日语，pachin,拟声词，弹球的声音，-ko,小声后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pachinko 词源， pachinko 含义。