英语词源

• polaroid 英文词源 Polaroid (n.) material which in thin sheets produces a high degree of plane polarization of light passing through it, 1936, proprietary name (Sheet Polarizer Co., Union City, N.J.). As a type of camera producing prints rapidly, it is attested from 1961. 中文词源 polaroid ：偏振片 词根词缀： -pol-极 + -ar形容词词尾 + -oid名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• polarogarphy 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random pigeon pigeon: [14] Pigeon comes ultimately from late Latin pīpiō . This meant originally simply ‘young bird’, and was formed from the onomatopoeic base * pīp - (source also of English pipe ), which imitated the chirps of young birds. It gradually specialized in use to ‘young pigeon, squab’, and both the general and t
• polarize 英文词源 polarize (v.) 1811, in optics, from French polariser , coined by French physicist Étienne-Louis Malus (1775-1812) as a term in optics, from Modern Latin polaris "polar" (see polar ). Transferred sense of "to accentuate a division in a group or system" is first recorded 1949 in Arthur Koestler. Related: Polarized ; polarizing . 中文词源 polarize ：(使)极化，(使)偏振，使分
• polarizable 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random distraught distraught: see straight 中文词源 polarizable ：可极化的 词根词缀： -pol-极 + -ar形容词词尾 + -ize动词词尾(e略) + -able形容词词尾,被动意义 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： polarizable 词源， polarizable 含义。
• polarity 英文词源 polarity (n.) 1640s, originally of magnets, from polar + -ity . 中文词源 polarity ：反向性；分歧，对立；极性 词根词缀： -pol-极 + -ar形容词词尾 + -ity名称词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： polarity 词源， polarity 含义。 polarity ：两级化，截然对立 来自pole,地级，两级，-ity,名词后缀。
• polariscope 英文词源 polariscope "Another term for polarimeter", Early 19th century: from medieval Latin polaris 'polar' + -scope. 中文词源 polariscope ：偏振光镜，旋光计 词根词缀： -pol-极 + -ar形容词词尾 + -i- + -scop-观察,镜 + -e 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： polariscope 词源， polariscope 含义。
• Polaris 英文词源 Polaris (n.) 1769, short for stella polaris , Modern Latin, literally "the pole star" (see polar ). The ancient Greeks called it Phoenice , "the Phoenician (star)," because the Phoenicians used it for navigation, though due to precession of the equinoxes it was not then the pole star. Also see pole (n.2). The Old English word for it was Scip-steorra "ship-star," reflecting its importa
• polarimetry 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random monitor monitor: see monster 中文词源 polarimetry ：偏振测定(法)，旋光测定(法) 词根词缀： -pol-极 + -ar形容词词尾 + -i- + -metr-测量,仪表 + -y名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： polarimetry 词源， polarimetry 含义。
• polarimeter 英文词源 polarimeter "An instrument for measuring the polarization of light, and especially for determining the effect of a substance in rotating the plane of polarization of light", Mid 19th century: from medieval Latin polaris 'polar' + -meter. 中文词源 polarimeter ：偏振器，旋光计，偏光计 词根词缀： -pol-极 + -ar形容词词尾 + -i- + -meter-测量,仪表 该词的英语
• polar 英文词源 polar (adj.) 1550s, from Middle French polaire (16c.) or directly from Medieval Latin polaris "of or pertaining to the poles," from Latin polus "an end of an axis" (see pole (n.2)). Meaning "directly opposite in character or tendency" is attested from 1832. Polar bear first recorded 1781. 中文词源 polar ：(近)北[南]极的；正好相反的 词根词缀： -pol-极 + -ar形容词
• point 英文词源 point point: [13] ‘Sharp end’ is the etymological notion underlying point . For it comes ultimately from Latin pungere ‘prick, pierce’ (source also of English expunge , poignant and pungent ). The neuter form of its past participle, punctum , was used as a noun, meaning ‘small hole made by pricking, dot, particle, etc’ (it is the source of English punctual , punctuation ,
• podium 英文词源 podium podium: see pew podium (n.) 1743, "raised platform around an ancient arena," also "projecting base of a pedestal," from Latin podium "raised platform," from Greek podion "foot of a vase," diminutive of pous (genitive podos ) "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)). Meaning "raised platform at the front of a hall or stage" is from 1947. 中文词源 podium ：作基
• podiatrist 英文词源 podiatry (n.) 1914, formed from Greek pod- , stem of pous "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)) + iatreia "healing," from iatros "physician" (see -iatric ). An attempt to supplant chiropody (see chiropodist ) and distance the practice from the popular impression of unskilled corn-cutters. The National Association of Chiropodists changed its name to American Podiatry
• ply 英文词源 ply ply: English has two distinct words ply , although ultimately they are related. The one meaning ‘fold, twist, layer’ [14], now mainly found in plywood [20] and in combinations such as twoply and three-ply , comes from Old French pli , a derivative of the verb plier ‘bend, fold’ (source of English apply [14], pliable [15], pliant [14], pliers [16], and reply ). This went ba
• plump 英文词源 plump (adj.) late 15c., "blunt, dull" (in manners), from Dutch plomp "blunt, thick, massive, stumpy," probably related to plompen "fall or drop heavily" (see plump (v.)). Meaning "fleshy, of rounded form" is from 1540s in English. Danish and Swedish plump "rude, coarse, clumsy" are from the Low German word and represent a different sense development. plump (v.1) c. 1300, "to fall or s
• plight 英文词源 plight plight: see pleat plight (v.) "to pledge" (obsolete except in archaic plight one's troth ), from Old English pligtan , plihtan "to endanger, imperil, compromise," verb form of pliht (n.) "danger, risk" (see plight (n.2)). Related: Plighted ; plighting . plight (n.1) "condition or state (usually bad)," late 12c., "danger, harm, strife," from Anglo-French plit , pleit , Old Frenc
• plenipotentiary 英文词源 plenipotentiary (adj.) 1640s, from French plénipotentiaire and directly from Medieval Latin plenipotentiarius "having full power," from Late Latin plenipotens , from Latin plenus "full" (see plenary ) + potentem "powerful" (see potent ). As a noun from 1650s. 中文词源 plenipotentiary ：全权大使，全权代表 词根词缀： -plen-满→全 + -i- + -pot-能力→权力 + -en
• pleasure 英文词源 pleasure (n.) late 14c., "condition of enjoyment," from Old French plesir , also plaisir "enjoyment, delight, desire, will" (12c.), from noun use of infinitive plaisir (v.) "to please," from Latin placere "to please, give pleasure, be approved" (see please (v.)). Ending altered in English 14c. by influence of words in -ure ( measure , etc.). Meaning "sensual enjoyment as the chief obj
• pleasing 英文词源 agree agree: [14] Originally, if a thing ‘agreed you’, it was to your liking, it pleased you. This early meaning survives in the adjective agreeable [14], but the verb has meanwhile moved on via ‘to reconcile (people who have quarrelled)’ and ‘to come into accord’ to its commonest presentday sense, ‘to concur’. It comes from Old French agréer ‘to please’, which wa
• pleased 英文词源 pleased (adj.) "satisfied, contented," late 14c., past participle adjective from please (v.). 中文词源 pleased ：高兴的；满意的 词根词缀： pleas(= -plac- )高兴,安慰 + -ed 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pleased 词源， pleased 含义。
• please 英文词源 please please: [14] Please is at the centre of a small family of English words that go back to Latin placēre ‘please’ (a derivative of the same base as produced plācāre ‘calm, appease’, source of English implacable [16] and placate [17]). Related English words that started life in Latin include complacent , placebo , and placid [17]. It reached English via Old French plaisi
• pleasant 英文词源 pleasant (adj.) late 14c. (early 14c. as a surname), from Old French plaisant "pleasant, pleasing, agreeable" (12c.), present participle of plaisir "to please" (see please ). Pleasantry has the word's modern French sense of "funny, jocular." Related: Pleasantly . 中文词源 pleasant ：愉快的，快乐的，舒适的   词根词缀： pleas(= -plac- )高兴,安慰 + -ant形容词词
• playground 英文词源 playground (n.) 1780, from play (v.) + ground (n.). Old English had plegstow "village sports ground," literally "place for play." 中文词源 playground ：运动场，操场，游戏场 词根词缀： play游戏,玩耍 + ground场所 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： playground 词源， playground 含义。
• plausible 英文词源 plausible (adj.) 1540s, "acceptable, agreeable," from Latin plausibilis "deserving applause, acceptable," from plaus- , past participle stem of plaudere "to applaud" (see plaudit ). Meaning "having the appearance of truth" is recorded from 1560s. Related: Plausibly . 中文词源 plausible ：好象有道理的，似乎可能的，似乎真实的，似乎可信的  词根词缀： -p
• plausibility 英文词源 plausibility (n.) 1590s, from plausible + -ity . 中文词源 plausibility ：似乎有理 词根词缀： -plaus-拍手 + -ibility名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： plausibility 词源， plausibility 含义。
• plaudit 英文词源 plaudit (n.) 1620s, short for plaudite "an actor's request for applause" (1560s), from Latin plaudite! "applaud!" second person plural imperative of plaudere "to clap, strike, beat; applaud, approve," of unknown origin (also in applaud , explode ). This was the customary appeal for applause that Roman actors made at the end of a play. In English, the -e went silent then was dropped. 中
• plait 英文词源 plait plait: see pleat plait (v.) late 14c., "to fold, gather in pleats," also "to braid or weave," from Old French pleir "to fold," variant of ploier , ployer "to fold, bend," from Latin plicare "to fold" (see ply (v.1)). Related: Plaited ; plaiting . plait (n.) c. 1400, "a fold, a crease," from Anglo-French pleit , Old French ploit , earlier pleit , "fold, manner of folding," from L
• placate 英文词源 placate placate: see please placate (v.) 1670s, a back-formation from placation or else from Latin placatus "soothed, quiet, gentle, calm, peaceful," past participle of placare "to calm, appease, quiet, soothe, assuage," related to placere "to please" (see please ). Related: Placated ; placating ; placatingly . 中文词源 placate ：安抚，抚慰；使和解 词根词缀： -plac-高
• placable 英文词源 placable (adj.) c. 1500, "pleasing," from Middle French placable "forgiving, conciliatory" and directly from Latin placabilis "easily appeased or pacified," from placare "to appease" (see placate ). From 1580s as "capable of being pleased." Related: Placably ; placability . 中文词源 placable ：可安抚的，易和解的，宽容的 词根词缀： -plac-高兴,安慰 + -able形容
• pipeline 英文词源 pipeline (n.) 1859, "continuous line of pipes," from pipe (n.1) + line (n.). Figurative sense of "channel of communication" is from 1921; surfer slang meaning "hollow part of a large wave" is attested by 1963. 中文词源 pipeline ：管道，管线 词根词缀： pipe管 + line线 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pipeline 词源， pipeline 含义。
• pine 英文词源 pine pine: [OE] English has two words pine . The treename was borrowed from Latin pīnus , which some have traced to the Indo-European base * pīt - ‘resin’ (source of English pituitary [17]). Pine-cones were originally called pineapples [14], but in the mid 17th century the name was transferred to the tropical plant whose juicy yellow-fleshed fruit was held to resemble a pinecone
• pig 英文词源 pig pig: [13] The word pig is not recorded until the Middle English period, although it is assumed to have existed in Old English as * picga or * pigga . It originally meant ‘young pig’, and did not become the general term for ‘pig’ until the 16th century (the usual word in Old and Middle English was swine ). Piglet is a late 19th-century coinage. It is not known where the wor
• physics 英文词源 physics physics: [16] Physics comes ultimately from Greek phúsis ‘nature’, a derivative of phúein ‘bring forth, cause to grow’. The science of studying the natural world was hence phusiké epistémē ‘knowledge of nature’, and phusiké , turned into a noun, passed into English via Latin physica and Old French fisique as fisike . By now its meaning had shifted from ‘nat
• photosynthesis 英文词源 photosynthesis (n.) 1898, loan-translation of German Photosynthese , from photo- "light" (see photo- ) + synthese "synthesis" (see synthesis ). Another early word for it was photosyntax . [T]he body of the work has been rendered into English with fidelity, the only change of moment being the substitution of the word "photosynthesis" for that of "assimilation." This change follows from
• photosensitive 英文词源 film film: [OE] The notion underlying film is of a thin ‘skin’. The word comes ultimately from a prehistoric Germanic * fellam , which was related to Latin pellis ‘skin’ (source of English pelt ‘skin’). From this was derived * filminjam , which produced Old English filmen , a word used for various sorts of anatomical membrane or thin skin, including the peritoneum and the
• photophobia 英文词源 photophobia (n.) 1799, from photo- + -phobia . Related: Photophobic . 中文词源 photophobia ：[医]畏光，羞明，昼盲，[心]光恐怖，恐光症 词根词缀： -photo-光 + -phob-怕,厌恶 + -ia名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： photophobia 词源， photophobia 含义。 photophobia ：畏光，照相恐惧病 phot-,光，照相，-phobi
• photon 英文词源 photon (n.) "unit of electromagnetic radiation," 1926 in modern sense, from photo- "light" + -on "unit." 中文词源 photon ： 光子；光量子 词根词缀： -phot-光 + -on名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： photon 词源， photon 含义。 photon ：光子 phot-,光，-on,子，词源同ion,electron.
• photometer 英文词源 photo photo: [19] Greek phōs meant ‘light’ (it was related to Sanskrit bhā - ‘shine’). Its stem form phōto - was used by the astronomer Sir John Herschel in 1839 to coin the term photograph , based on the Greek element - graphos ‘writing’, and perhaps inspired by a parallel German formation photographie which had appeared a little earlier the same year. The word’s liv
• photography 英文词源 photography (n.) 1839, from photo- + -graphy . See photograph . 中文词源 photography ：摄影，摄影术 词根词缀： -photo-光 + -graph-写,画 + -y名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： photography 词源， photography 含义。 photography ：摄影，摄影术 来自photography,照相。
• photograph 英文词源 photograph (n.) 1839, "picture obtained by photography," coined by Sir John Herschel from photo- + -graph "instrument for recording; something written." It won out over other suggestions, such as photogene and heliograph . Neo-Anglo-Saxonists prefer sunprint ; and sun-picture (1846) was an early Englishing of the word. The verb, as well as photography , are first found in a paper read
• photoelectric 英文词源 photo photo: [19] Greek phōs meant ‘light’ (it was related to Sanskrit bhā - ‘shine’). Its stem form phōto - was used by the astronomer Sir John Herschel in 1839 to coin the term photograph , based on the Greek element - graphos ‘writing’, and perhaps inspired by a parallel German formation photographie which had appeared a little earlier the same year. The word’s liv
• photocopy 英文词源 photocopy (v.) 1924 in the sense of "make a photographic reproduction," from photo- "photographic" + copy (v.). The usual modern meaning arose 1942 with the advent of xerography. The noun is recorded from 1934. Related: Photocopied ; photocopying . 中文词源 photocopy ：影印本，照相复制本 词根词缀： -photo-光 + copy复制 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• photocopier 英文词源 photocopier (n.) 1934, agent noun from photocopy (v.). 中文词源 photocopier ：影印机，复印机 词根词缀： -photo-光 + copy复制(y变i) + -er名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： photocopier 词源， photocopier 含义。
• photochemistry 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random brook brook: [OE] There are two distinct words brook in English. The one meaning ‘stream’ is comparatively isolated; it apparently has relatives in other Germanic languages (such as German bruch ), but they mean ‘swamp’, and there the story ends. The now rather archaic verb brook , however, meaning ‘stand for, tolerate’
• phonology 英文词源 phonology (n.) 1799, from phono- + -logy . 中文词源 phonology ：音位学；音韵学，音系学 词根词缀： -phon-声音 + -o- + -logy…学科 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： phonology 词源， phonology 含义。 phonology ：音系，音系学 phono-,声音，语音，-logy,学说。
• phonograph 英文词源 phonograph (n.) 1835, "character representing a sound," literally "writer of sounds," from phono- "sound" + -graph "instrument for recording; something written." Meaning "an instrument that produces sounds from records" ( talking phonograph , invented by Thomas A. Edison) it is attested from 1877. The recording made from it at first was called a phonogram (1879). 中文词源 phonogra
• phonics 英文词源 phonics (n.) 1680s, "science of sound," from Greek phone "sound," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (see fame (n.)) + -ics . As a method of teaching reading it is first attested 1908, though the system dates from 1844. 中文词源 phonics ：声学 词根词缀： -phon-声音 + -ics…学 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： phonics 词源， phonics 含义
• phonic 英文词源 phonic (adj.) "pertaining to sound," 1793, from Greek phone "voice," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (see fame (n.)) + -ic . 中文词源 phonic ：声音的，有声的，声学的  词根词缀： -phon-声音 + -ic形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： phonic 词源， phonic 含义。
• phonetic 英文词源 phonetic (adj.) "representing vocal sounds," 1803, from Modern Latin phoneticus (1797), from Greek phonetikos "vocal," from phonetos "to be spoken, utterable," verbal adjective of phonein "to speak clearly, utter," from phone "sound, voice," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (see fame (n.)). 中文词源 phonetic ：语音的，语音学的 词根词缀： -phon-声音 + -
• phone 英文词源 phone phone: [20] Phone is of course short for telephone [19], a compound word formed from Greek tēle - ‘far off’ and phōné ‘voice, sound’ (a descendant of the Indo-European base * bha - ‘speak’, and related to English fable , fame , fate , etc). Other English words derived from or based on phōné include gramophone , megaphone [19], microphone , phonetic [19], phonolo
• philosophy 英文词源 philosophy philosophy: [14] Greek phílos (a word of uncertain origin) meant ‘loving’. It has entered into an enormous range of English compounds, including philander [17] (adopted from a Greek word meaning ‘loving men’), philanthropy [17], philately , and philology [17], not to mention all the terms suffixed with -phil or -phile , such as Anglophile [19] and paedophile [20].
• philosophic 英文词源 philosophic (adj.) late 15c., from Middle French philosophique and directly from Late Latin philosophicus , from Greek philosophikos , from philosophia "philosophy" (see philosophy ). 中文词源 philosophic ：哲学的，贤明的   词根词缀： -phil-爱 + -o- + -soph-聪明 + -ic形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： philosophic 词源， phil
• philology 英文词源 philology (n.) late 14c., "love of learning," from Latin philologia "love of learning, love of letters, love of study, literary culture," from Greek philologia "love of discussion, learning, and literature; studiousness," from philo- "loving" (see philo- ) + logos "word, speech" (see logos ). Meaning "science of language" is first attested 1716 ( philologue "linguist" is from 1590s; p
• philanthropy 英文词源 philanthropy philanthropy: see philosophy philanthropy (n.) c. 1600, from Late Latin philanthropia , from Greek philanthropia "kindliness, humanity, benevolence, love to mankind" (from gods, men, or things), from philanthropos (adj.) "loving mankind, useful to man," from phil- "loving" (see philo- ) + anthropos "mankind" (see anthropo- ). Originally in English in the Late Latin form;
• philanthropist 英文词源 philanthropist (n.) 1731, from philanthropy + -ist . Related: Philanthropism . 中文词源 philanthropist ：博爱主义者，慈善家   词根词缀： -phil-爱 + -anthrop-人类 + -ist从事某一工作的人 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： philanthropist 词源， philanthropist 含义。
• phase 英文词源 phase phase: [19] Greek phásis (a derivative of the verb phaínein ‘show’, source of English phantom ) meant ‘appearance’, and also ‘cyclical apparent form of a planet, moon, etc’. This was adopted into modern Latin as phasis , and it originally passed into English (in the 17th century) in the Latin plural form phases . Phase represents a new singular formed from this. Th
• pew 英文词源 pew pew: [14] Historically, pew and podium are the same word. Both go back ultimately to Greek pódion ‘small foot, base’, a diminutive form of poús ‘foot’ (a distant relative of English foot ). This passed into Latin as podium ‘raised place, balcony’, acquired directly by English as podium [18]. Its plural podia passed into English via Old French puie ‘raised seat, bal
• petrochemical 英文词源 petrochemical (adj.) 1913, from petro- (1) + chemical (adj.). As a noun from 1942. 中文词源 petrochemical ：石油化学产品 词根词缀： petro-(=petrol石油) + -chem-化学 + -ical形容词后缀(此处转为名词) 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： petrochemical 词源， petrochemical 含义。 petrochemical ：石化产品 petro-,石油的，chemica
• pessimistic 英文词源 pessimistic (adj.) 1866, from pessimist + -ic . 中文词源 pessimistic ：悲观的，厌世的 来源于拉丁语形容词mal.us(坏的)最高级形式pessim.us的词干-pessim-。 词根词缀： -pessim- + -ist名词词尾,人 + -ic形容词词尾 同源词：pessimism, pessimist反义词：optimistic (adj.) 乐观的 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pessimi
• pessimist 英文词源 pessimist (n.) 1820, "one who habitually expects the worst" (Knowles' dictionary, 1835, defines it as "A universal complainer"), from 19c. French pessimiste (see pessimism ). 中文词源 pessimist ：悲观论者，悲观主义者 来源于拉丁语形容词mal.us(坏的)最高级形式pessim.us的词干-pessim-。 词根词缀： -pessim- + -ist名词词尾,人 同源词：pessimism
• pessimism 英文词源 pessimism pessimism: [18] The first English writer on record as using pessimism was the poet Coleridge, in the 1790s. But he employed it for the ‘worst possible state’. The modern sense ‘expecting the worst’ did not emerge until the early 19th century. The word was probably coined first in French, and was based on Latin pessimus ‘worst’. pessimism (n.) 1794 "worst conditio
• perverse 英文词源 perverse (adj.) mid-14c., "wicked," from Old French pervers "unnatural, degenerate; perverse, contrary" (12c.) and directly from Latin perversus "turned away, contrary, askew," figuratively, "turned away from what is right, wrong, malicious, spiteful," past participle of pervertere "to corrupt" (see pervert (v.)). The Latin word is glossed in Old English by forcerred , from past parti
• pervade 英文词源 pervade (v.) 1650s, from Latin pervadere "spread or go through," from per- "through" + vadere "to go" (see vamoose ). Related: Pervaded ; pervading . 中文词源 pervade ：蔓延；普及 词根词缀： per-完全,贯穿,通过 + -vad-走 + -e 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pervade 词源， pervade 含义。 pervade ：渗透，弥漫 per-,穿过，通过，
• pertinent 英文词源 pertinent (adj.) late 14c., from Anglo-French purtinaunt (late 13c.), Old French partenant (mid-13c.) and directly from Latin pertinentem (nominative pertinens ) "pertaining," present participle of pertinere "to relate, concern" (see pertain ). Related: Pertinently . 中文词源 pertinent ：有关的，切题的，中肯的 词根词缀： per-贯穿 + -tin-握,持有 + -ent形容词词
• pertinacious 英文词源 pertinacious (adj.) 1620s, from pertinacy (late 14c.; see pertinacity ) + -ous . Related: Pertinaciously . 中文词源 pertinacious ：坚持的，固执的 词根词缀： per-贯穿 + -tin-握,持有 + -acious形容词词尾 → 一直拿着不放 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pertinacious 词源， pertinacious 含义。 pertinacious ：坚决的 per-,完全
• pertain 英文词源 pertain (v.) early 14c., from Old French partenir "to belong to" and directly from Latin pertinere "to reach, stretch; relate, have reference to; belong, be the right of; be applicable," from per- "through" (see per ) + tenere "to hold" (see tenet ). Related: Pertained ; pertaining . 中文词源 pertain ：从属；相关 词根词缀： per-完全,贯穿 + -tain-握,持有 该词的英
• perspire 英文词源 perspire perspire: see spirit perspire (v.) 1640s, "to evaporate through the pores," a back-formation from perspiration and in part from Latin perspirare "to breathe, to blow constantly" (see perspiration ). Meaning "to sweat" is a polite usage attested from 1725. Medical men tried to maintain a distinction between "sensible" (sweat) and "insensible" perspiration: [I]t is sufficient f
• perspiration 英文词源 perspiration (n.) 1610s, from French perspiration (1560s), noun of action from perspirer "perspire," from Latin perspirare "blow or breathe constantly," from per- "through" (see per ) + spirare "to breathe, blow" (see spirit (n.)). Applied to excretion of invisible moistures through the skin (1620s), hence used as a euphemism for "sweat" from 1725. 中文词源 perspiration ：排汗，
• perspicacious 英文词源 perspicacious (adj.) 1630s, formed as an adjective to perspicacity , from Latin perspicax "sharp-sighted, having the power of seeing through; acute" (see perspicacity ). Related: Perspicaciously ; perspicaciousness . 中文词源 perspicacious ：判断理解力强的，有洞察力的 词根词缀： per-贯穿,通过 + -spic-看 + -acious形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• perspective 英文词源 perspective (n.) late 14c., "science of optics," from Old French perspective and directly from Medieval Latin perspectiva ars "science of optics," from fem. of perspectivus "of sight, optical" from Latin perspectus "clearly perceived," past participle of perspicere "inspect, look through, look closely at," from per- "through" (see per ) + specere "look at" (see scope (n.1)). Sense of
• persistent 英文词源 persistent (adj.) 1723, from persistence or from Latin persistentem (nominative persistens ), present participle of persistere (see persist ). Related: Persistently . 中文词源 persistent ：坚持不懈的 词根词缀： per-贯穿 + -sist-站 + -ent形容词词尾,行为的倾向 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： persistent 词源， persistent 含义。 per
• persistence 英文词源 persistence (n.) 1540s, from Middle French persistance , from persistant "lasting, enduring, permanent," from Latin persistentem (nominative persistens ), present participle of persistere (see persist ). Often spelled persistance 16c. Related: Persistency . 中文词源 persistence ：坚持，持续存在 词根词缀： per-贯穿 + -sist-站 + -ence名词词尾 → 自始至终站着
• persist 英文词源 persist persist: see statue persist (v.) 1530s, from Middle French persister (14c.), from Latin persistere "abide, continue steadfastly," from per- "thoroughly" (see per ) + sistere "come to stand, cause to stand still" (see assist ). Related: Persisted ; persisting . 中文词源 persist ：坚持，持续，维持 词根词缀： per-贯穿 + -sist-站 → 自始至终站着 该词的
• persecution 英文词源 persecution (n.) mid-14c., "oppression for the holding of a belief or opinion," from Old French persecucion "persecution, damage, affliction, suffering" (12c.) and directly from Latin persecutionem (nominative persecutio ), noun of action from past participle stem of persequi "follow, pursue, hunt down; proceed against, prosecute, start a legal action," from per- "through" (see per )
• persecute 英文词源 persecute persecute: see sequence persecute (v.) mid-15c., "to oppress for the holding of a belief or opinion," from Middle French persécuter "pursue, torment, open legal action" (14c.), from Latin persecutus , past participle of persequi "to pursue" (see persecution ). Related: Persecuted ; persecuting . 中文词源 persecute ：使困扰；迫害  词根词缀： per-完全;贯穿
• perplex 英文词源 perplex perplex: see ply perplex (v.) late 14c. as an adjective, "perplexed, puzzled, bewildered," from Latin perplexus "involved, confused, intricate;" but Latin had no corresponding verb *perplectere . The Latin compound would be per "through" (see per ) + plexus "entangled," past participle of plectere "to twine, braid, fold" (see complex (adj.)). The form of the English adjective
• perpendicular 英文词源 perpendicular perpendicular: see pendulum perpendicular (adj.) late 15c., from adverb (late 14c.), from Old French perpendiculer , from Latin perpendicularis "vertical, as a plumb line," from perpendiculum "plumb line," from perpendere "balance carefully," from per- "thoroughly" (see per ) + pendere "to weigh, to hang" (see pendant ). As a noun from 1570s. Related: Perpendicularly ; p
• perpend 英文词源 perpendicular perpendicular: see pendulum perpendicular (adj.) late 15c., from adverb (late 14c.), from Old French perpendiculer , from Latin perpendicularis "vertical, as a plumb line," from perpendiculum "plumb line," from perpendere "balance carefully," from per- "thoroughly" (see per ) + pendere "to weigh, to hang" (see pendant ). As a noun from 1570s. Related: Perpendicularly ; p
• permit 英文词源 permit permit: [15] Permit is one of a large family of English words (including also admit , commit , etc) which go back to Latin mittere ‘let go, send’. Combination with the prefix per - ‘through’ produced permittere ‘let go, give up’, hence ‘allow’. Amongst derivatives to have reached English are permissible [15], permission [15], and permissive [17]. = admit , commi
• permissive 英文词源 permissive (adj.) c. 1600, "allowing to pass through," from Old French permissif , from Latin permiss- , past participle stem of permittere "to let go, let pass, let loose" (see permit (v.)). In sense of "tolerant, liberal" it is first recorded 1956; by 1966 it had definite overtones of sexual freedom. Earlier it meant "permitted, allowed" (early 15c.). Related: Permissively ; permiss
• permission 英文词源 permission (n.) early 15c., from Latin permissionem (nominative permissio ), noun of action from past participle stem of permittere (see permit (v.)). 中文词源 permission ：允许，许可，准许 词根词缀： per-贯穿 + -miss-送,派 + -ion名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： permission 词源， permission 含义。 permission ：许可 来自
• permanent 英文词源 permanent permanent: see remain permanent (adj.) early 15c., from Middle French permanent (14c.) or directly from Latin permanentem (nominative permanens ) "remaining," present participle of permanere "endure, hold out, continue, stay to the end," from per- "through" (see per ) + manere "stay" (see mansion ). As a noun meaning "permanent wave," by 1909. Of clothing, permanent press at
• perish 英文词源 perish (v.) mid-13c., from periss- present participle stem of Old French perir "perish, be lost, be shipwrecked" (12c.), from Latin perire "to be lost, perish," literally "to go through," from per- "through, completely, to destruction" (see per ) + ire "to go" (see ion ). Related: Perished ; perishing . 中文词源 perish ：毁灭，湮灭；死亡，暴死；(使橡胶等)老化，脆
• peril 英文词源 peril peril: [13] Etymologically, peril means a ‘trying out of something’, an ‘experiment’. The word comes via Old French peril from Latin perīculum ‘experiment, danger’, a noun formed from the base * per - ‘attempt’ (which also lies behind English empiric , experience , expert , pirate , and repertory ). Its derivative perīculōsus originally reached English via Old
• performance 英文词源 performance (n.) late a5c., "accomplishment" (of something), from perform + -ance . Meaning "a thing performed" is from 1590s; that of "action of performing a play, etc." is from 1610s; that of "a public entertainment" is from 1709. Performance art is attested from 1971. 中文词源 performance ：履行，执行；表演，演出；性能，特性 词源解释见perform词条 词根词
• perform 英文词源 perform perform: [14] If the word perform had carried on as it started out, it would now be perfurnish (as indeed it was in northern and Scottish English from the 14th to the 16th centuries). For it comes ultimately from Old French parfournir , a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix par - and fournir ‘accomplish’ (source of English furnish ). By association with forme ‘
• perfervid 英文词源 perfervid (adj.) 1830, as if from Latin *perfervidus , from per- "completely" (see per ) + fervidus (see fervid ). Related: Perfervidly . 中文词源 perfervid ：非常热心的；热情的；热烈的  词根词缀： per-完全;贯穿 + -ferv-沸,热 + -id形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： perfervid 词源， perfervid 含义。
• perfectly 英文词源 perfectly (adv.) c. 1300, from perfect + -ly (2). 中文词源 perfectly ：很，完全 词根词缀： per-完全,贯穿 + -fect-做,作 + -ly 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： perfectly 词源， perfectly 含义。
• perfection 英文词源 perfection (n.) early 13c., from Old French perfection "perfection, completeness" (12c.), from Latin perfectionem (nominative perfectio ) "a finishing, compling, perfection," noun of action from past participle stem of perficere (see perfect (adj.)). 中文词源 perfection ：尽善尽美，完美 词根词缀： per-完全,贯穿 + -fect-做,作 + -ion 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• perfect 英文词源 perfect perfect: [13] Something that is perfect is etymologically ‘completely made’. The word comes via Old French parfit from Latin perfectus , the past participle of perficere ‘finish’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix per - ‘completely’ and facere ‘do, make’ (source of English fact , fashion , etc). The modern English form perfect , a reversion to the