英语词源

• orchestral 英文词源 orchestral (adj.) 1811, from orchestra + -al (1). 中文词源 orchestral ：管弦乐的 来自orchestra,管弦乐。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： orchestral 词源， orchestral 含义。
• orca 英文词源 orca (n.) "killer whale," introduced as a generic term for the species by 1841, from earlier use in scientific names, from Latin orca "cetacean, a kind of whale." Earlier in English, orc, ork "large whale" (c. 1590), from French orque , had been used vaguely of sea monsters (see orc ). 中文词源 orca ：杀人鲸 来自拉丁语orca,杀人鲸，词源同ogre,orc. 该词的英语词源
• orc 英文词源 orc (n.) "ogre, devouring monster," Old English orcþyrs , orcneas (plural), perhaps from a Romanic source akin to ogre , and ultimately from Latin Orcus "Hell," a word of unknown origin. Revived by J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) as the name of a brutal race in Middle Earth. But Orcs and Trolls spoke as they would, without love of words or things; and their language was actually more degr
• orbiter 英文词源 orbiter 1954 agent noun from orbit (v.). 中文词源 orbiter ：轨道飞行器，宇宙飞船 来自orbit,轨道。引申词义轨道飞行器，宇宙飞船。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： orbiter 词源， orbiter 含义。
• orbit 英文词源 orbit orbit: [16] Orbit comes from Latin orbita . This was a derivative of the noun orbis , which originally meant ‘circle, disc’. It was applied metaphorically to a number of circular things, including the ‘circular path of a satellite’ (from which the main meaning of orbit comes) and also the ‘eye socket’, and eventually came to be applied to ‘spheres’ as well as ‘
• orb 英文词源 orb (n.) mid-15c., "sphere, globe, something spherical or circular," from Old French orbe "orb, globe" (13c.) and directly from Latin orbem (nominative orbis ) "circle, disk, ring, hoop, orbit," probably related to orbita "wheel track, rut," of unknown origin. Watkins suggests a connection with the root of orchid . A three-dimensional extension of a word originally describing two-dime
• oratorio 英文词源 oratorio (n.) "long musical composition, usually with a text based on Scripture," 1727 (in English from 1640s in native form oratory ), from Italian oratorio (late 16c.), from Church Latin oratorium (see oratory (n.2)), in reference to musical services in the church of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in Rome, where old mystery plays were adapted to religious services. 中文词源 orat
• orang-utan 英文词源 orang-utan orang-utan: [17] Malay ōrang ūtan means literally ‘wild man’. It probably originated as a term used by those who lived in open, more densely populated areas for the ‘uncivilized’ tribes who lived in the forest, but was taken by early European travellers to refer to the large red-haired ape that inhabits the same forests. The word may well have reached English via
• orangery 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random gain gain: [15] Gain is Germanic in origin, although English acquired it via Old French. Its distant ancestor is the Germanic noun * waithā . The etymological meaning of this was ‘hunting ground’ (it came ultimately from a prehistoric Indo-European base * wei -, which also produced Lithuanian vyti ‘pursue, hunt’ and San
• Orangeman 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random cold cold: [OE] Cold is a word of ancient roots. It can be traced back to the Indo-European base * gel -, * gol -, which also produced Latin gelu ‘frost’, ultimate source of English congeal , gel , and jelly . Its prehistoric Germanic descendant was * kal -, * kōl -, from which English gets cool , probably chill , and, via
• orangeade 英文词源 orangeade (n.) from French, from orange + ending from lemonade . 中文词源 orangeade ：橙汁 来自orange,橘子，-ade,汁，词源同lemonade. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： orangeade 词源， orangeade 含义。
• orange 英文词源 orange orange: [14] The name of the orange originated in northern India, as Sanskrit nāranga . This passed westwards via Persian nārang and Arabic nāranj to Spain. The Spanish form naranj filtered up to France, and became altered (perhaps under the influence of Orange , the name of a town in southeastern France which used to be a centre of the orange trade) to orenge , later orange
• oralism 英文词源 pastoralism (n.) 1854, from pastoral + -ism . 中文词源 oralism ：口语教学法（一种教盲人通过讲话和唇读来交际的教学法） 来自oral,用嘴说的，口头的，-ism,主义，思想，方法。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： oralism 词源， oralism 含义。
• or 英文词源 or or: [12] The Old English word for ‘or’ was oththe . This appears to have been altered in the early Middle English period to other , probably due to the influence of similar words denoting ‘choice between alternatives’ and ending in - er (notably either and whether ). Other was soon contracted to or , but it did not finally die out until the 15th century. or (conj.) c. 1200,
• opus 英文词源 opus opus: see operate opus (n.) "a work, composition," especially a musical one, 1809, from Latin opus "a work, labor, exertion" (source of Italian opera , French oeuvre , Spanish obra ), from PIE root *op- (1) "to work, produce in abundance" (Germanic *ob- ) "to work, produce in abundance," originally of agriculture later extended to religious acts (cognates: Sanskrit apas- "work, r
• opulent 英文词源 opulent opulent: see operate opulent (adj.) c. 1600, from Middle French opulent , from Latin opulentem (nominative opulens ) "wealthy, rich," from opulentus (see opulence ). 中文词源 opulent ：富丽的，富有的 来自拉丁语opulentus,富有的，来自PIE*op,努力，劳作，创作，词源同opus,operate.词义由工作，创作引申为作品，财富等。 该词的英语
• optometry 英文词源 optometry (n.) 1886, from optometer (1738), an instrument for testing vision, from opto- "sight," from Greek optos "seen, visible" (see optic ) + -metry . Probably influenced by French optométrie . 中文词源 optometry ：视力测试 来自希腊语optos,眼睛，视力，词源同optic.-metry,测量仪器，测试。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： optometr
• optometrist 英文词源 optometrist (n.) 1903; see optometry + -ist . 中文词源 optometrist ：眼镜商 来自optometry,视力测试，-ist,人。即测视力的人，用于指眼睛商。比较ophthalmologist. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： optometrist 词源， optometrist 含义。
• optimize 英文词源 optimize (v.) 1844, "to act as an optimist," back-formation from optimist . Meaning "to make the most of" is first recorded 1857. Related: Optimized ; optimizing . 中文词源 optimize ：最优化 来自optimum,最优，最佳，-ize,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： optimize 词源， optimize 含义。
• optimal 英文词源 optimal (adj.) "most favorable," 1890, from Latin optimus (see optimum ). Originally a word in biology. Related: Optimally . 中文词源 optimal ：最优的 来自optimum,最优，最佳。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： optimal 词源， optimal 含义。
• optics 英文词源 optics (n.) "science of sight and light," 1570s, from optic ; also see -ics . Used for Medieval Latin optica (neuter plural), from Greek ta optika "optical matters," neuter plural of optikos "optic." 中文词源 optics ：光学 来自optic,眼的，眼睛的，-ics,学说。即眼科学，引申词义光学。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： optics 词源， o
• optician 英文词源 optician (n.) 1680s, after French opticien "maker or seller of optical instruments;" see optic + -ian . 中文词源 optician ：眼睛商，验光师 来自optic,眼的，眼睛的，-ian,人。用于指眼睛商，验光师。比较ophthalmologist. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： optician 词源， optician 含义。
• optical 英文词源 optical optical: [16] Greek optós meant ‘visible’ (it was presumably related to ophthalmós ‘eye’, source of English ophthalmic [17], and belonged to the general Indo-European family of ‘eye’/‘see’- words – including English eye itself – that goes back to the base * oqw -). From it was derived optikós , which has given English optic [16] and optical . Optician [1
• optic 英文词源 optic (adj.) early 15c., from Middle French optique , obtique (c. 1300) and directly from Medieval Latin opticus "of sight or seeing," from Greek optikos "of or having to do with sight," from optos "seen, visible," from op- , root of opsesthai "be going to see," related to ops "eye," from PIE *okw- "to see" (see eye (n.)). 中文词源 optic ：眼的 来自拉丁语opticus,眼睛的，
• opprobrium 英文词源 opprobrium (n.) 1680s, from Latin opprobrium "disgrace, infamy, scandal, dishonor," from opprobare (see opprobrious ). 中文词源 opprobrium ：谴责，抨击 来自拉丁语opprobrare,嘲笑，奚落，谴责，来自op-,相对，对着的，probrum,耻辱，羞辱，可能来自PIE*pro,向前，向前嘲笑，词源同reproach,approach,problem.-brum,工具格后缀，词源同ver
• opprobrious 英文词源 opprobrious (adj.) "full of reproach, intended to bring disgrace," late 14c., from Old French oprobrieus (Modern French opprobrieux ), or directly from Late Latin opprobriosus , from Latin opprobare "to reproach, taunt," from ob "against" (see ob- ) + probrum "reproach, infamy." Etymological sense is "disgrace attached to conduct considered shameful." Related: Opprobriously ; opprobri
• oppressor 英文词源 oppressor (n.) c. 1400, from Old French opresseor , from Latin oppressor , from opprimere (see oppress (v.)). 中文词源 oppressor ：压制者，暴君 来自oppress,压制，压迫，-or,人。即压迫者，引申词义暴君。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： oppressor 词源， oppressor 含义。
• oppressive 英文词源 oppressive (adj.) 1640s, from Medieval Latin oppressivus , from oppress- , past participle stem of opprimere (see oppress ). Related: Oppressively ; oppressiveness . 中文词源 oppressive ：压制的，压迫的 来自oppress,压制，压迫，-ive,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： oppressive 词源， oppressive 含义。
• opportunist 英文词源 opportunist (n.) 1881, from opportunism (q.v.) + -ist . A word in Italian politics, later applied in French by Rochefort to Gambetta (1876) and then generally in English to any who seek to profit from the prevailing circumstances. 中文词源 opportunist ：机会主义者 来自opportunity,机会，机遇，-ist,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： opportuni
• opportunism 英文词源 opportunism (n.) "policy of adopting actions to circumstances while holding goals unchanged," 1870, from opportune + -ism . Compare opportunist . 中文词源 opportunism ：机会主义 来自opportunity,机会，机遇，-ism,主义，思想。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： opportunism 词源， opportunism 含义。
• op- 英文词源 op- assimilated form of ob- before -p- . 中文词源 op- ：向前，朝向，相对，对着的，在上，表强调 来自ob-在字母p开头词根前的拼写异化。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： op- 词源， op- 含义。
• opossum 英文词源 opossum opossum: [17] Opossum comes from aposoum , a word in Virginia Algonquian meaning literally ‘white animal’. The shortened form possum is virtually contemporary with it. When referring to the animal, opossum is now the more usual term, but possum holds its own in the expression play possum ‘feign death or sleep’. Dating from the early 19th century, it alludes to the opos
• opium 英文词源 opium opium: [14] Etymologically, opium means ‘little juice’. It comes via Latin from Greek ópion ‘poppy juice’, which originated as a diminutive form of opós ‘juice’. This in turn may be related to Persian āb ‘water’. The derivative opiate [16] comes via medieval Latin opiātus . opium (n.) late 14c., from Latin opium , from Greek opion "poppy juice, poppy," diminu
• opinionated 英文词源 opinionated (adj.) "obstinate," c. 1600, past participle adjective from opinionate . 中文词源 opinionated ：坚持已见的，顽固的 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： opinionated 词源， opinionated 含义。
• opinion 英文词源 opinion opinion: [13] Opinion comes via Old French from Latin opīniō , a derivative of opīnārī ‘think’. It is not certain where this came from, although some have linked it with Latin optāre ‘choose’, source of English adopt [16], co-opt [17], opt [19], and option [17]. = adopt , opt , option opinion (n.) c. 1300, from Old French opinion "opinion, view, judgements founde
• opine 英文词源 opine (v.) "express an opinion," mid-15c., from Middle French opiner (15c.) and directly from Latin opinari "have an opinion, be of opinion, suppose, conjecture, think, judge," perhaps related to optare "to desire, choose" (see option ). Related: Opined ; opining . 中文词源 opine ：表达意见 来自拉丁语opinari,发表观点，表达意见，词源同opinion. 该词的英语词
• opiate 英文词源 opiate (n.) "medicine containing opium," early 15c., from Medieval Latin opiatus , from Latin opium (see opium ). Figurative sense of "anything that dulls the feelings" is from 1640s. From 1540s in English as an adjective, "made with or containing opium." 中文词源 opiate ：鸦片制剂 来自opium,鸦片，-ate,表属性。引申词义鸦片制剂。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• ophthalmology 英文词源 ophthalmology (n.) 1842; see ophthalmo- + -logy . Related: Ophthalmological . 中文词源 ophthalmology ：眼科学 ophthalmo-,眼睛，-logy,学说。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ophthalmology 词源， ophthalmology 含义。
• ophthalmologist 英文词源 ophthalmologist (n.) 1834; see ophthalmology + -ist . 中文词源 ophthalmologist ：眼科医生 来自ophthalmology,眼科学，-ist,人。即眼科医生。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ophthalmologist 词源， ophthalmologist 含义。
• ophthalmic 英文词源 ophthalmic (adj.) "pertaining to the eye," early 18c., from Latin ophthalmicus , from Greek ophthalmikos "pertaining to the eye," from ophthalmos "eye" (see ophthalmo- ). 中文词源 ophthalmic ：眼科的 ophthalmo-,眼睛，-ic,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ophthalmic 词源， ophthalmic 含义。
• ophthalmo- 英文词源 ophthalmo- before vowels ophthalm- , word-forming element meaning "eye," mostly in plural, "the eyes," from Greek ophthalmo- , comb. form of ophthalmos "eye," originally "the seeing," of uncertain origin. Perhaps from ops "eye" (see optic ) + a form related to thalamos "inner room, chamber" (see thalamus ), giving the whole a sense of "eye and eye socket." 中文词源 ophthalmo- ：眼
• ophidophobia 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random deed deed: [OE] Etymologically, a deed is ‘that which is done’. An ancient word, it can be traced back as far as a hypothetical * dhētis , a noun derived from * dhē -, * dhō - ‘place, put’, the Indo- European base from which do comes. This passed into Germanic as * dǣdiz , which produced German tat , Dutch daad , and
• operetta 英文词源 operetta (n.) "light opera," 1775, from Italian operetta , diminutive of opera . 中文词源 operetta ：小歌剧 来自opera,歌剧，-ette,小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： operetta 词源， operetta 含义。
• operative 英文词源 operative (adj.) "producing the intended effect," early 15c., from Old French operatif (14c.) or directly from Late Latin operativus "creative, formative," from operat- , past participle stem of operari (see operation ). Weakened sense of "significant, important" is from 1955. operative (n.) "worker, operator," 1809, from operative (adj.); sense of "secret agent, spy" is first atteste
• operand 英文词源 operand (n.) 1886, from Latin operandum , neuter gerundive of operari (see operation ). 中文词源 operand ：运算对象 来自拉丁语operandum,操作，运算，来自operari,operari,工作，劳作，创作，词源同opus,operate.-und,动名词后缀。后用于数学术语运算对象。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： operand 词源， operand 含义。
• open slather 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random rot rot: [OE] Rot goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * rutjan , which also produced Dutch rotten . It may be related ultimately to Latin rudis ‘rough’, source of English rude . The adjective rotten [13] was borrowed from Old Norse rotinn , which came from the same Germanic stem as produced * rutjan . The mild imprecation dr
• open sesame 英文词源 sesame (n.) early 15c., probably from Middle French sisame and directly from Latin sesamum (nominative sesama ), from Greek sesamon (Doric sasamon ) "seed or fruit of the sesame plant," a very early borrowing via Phoenician from Late Babylonian *shawash-shammu (compare Assyrian shamash-shammu "sesame," literally "oil-seed"). First as a magic password in 1785 translation of Galland's "
• openness 英文词源 openness (n.) Old English opennes ; see open (adj.) + -ness . 中文词源 openness ：开明，坦诚 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： openness 词源， openness 含义。
• opener 英文词源 opener (n.) "one who opens," Old English openere , agent noun from open (v.). 中文词源 opener ：开瓶器 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： opener 词源， opener 含义。
• open-ended 英文词源 open-ended (adj.) 1825, from open (adj.) + end (n.). 中文词源 open-ended ：开放式的 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： open-ended 词源， open-ended 含义。
• opencast 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random nicotine nicotine: [19] Nicotine gets its name ultimately from Jean Nicot, 16th-century French ambassador in Lisbon, who in 1560 got hold of some samples of the new ‘tobacco’ and sent them to the French queen Catherine de Medici. The tobacco-plant was named herba nicotiana ‘herb of Nicot’ in his honour (whence the modern
• open 英文词源 open open: [OE] Etymologically, open means ‘turned up’ or ‘put up’. It comes ultimately from a prehistoric Germanic * upanaz , an adjective based on the ancestor of up , and therefore presumably denoted originally the raising of a lid or cover. The German verb aufmachen ‘open’, literally ‘make up’, contains the adverb auf , the German equivalent to English up . The Eng
• op-ed 英文词源 op-ed (adj.) 1970, in reference to the page of a newspaper opposite the editorial page, usually devoted to personal opinion columns. The thing itself said to have been pioneered by the New York "World." 中文词源 op-ed ：报刊社论版 缩写自opposite the editorial. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： op-ed 词源， op-ed 含义。
• op 英文词源 adopt adopt: see opinion aeroplane aeroplane: [19] The prefix aero - comes ultimately from Greek āér ‘air’, but many of the terms containing it (such as aeronaut and aerostat ) reached English via French. This was the case, too, with aeroplane , in the sense of ‘heavier-than-air flying machine’. The word was first used in English in 1873 (30 years before the Wright brothers’
• op art 英文词源 op art "A form of abstract art that gives the illusion of movement by the precise use of pattern and colour, or in which conflicting patterns emerge and overlap. Bridget Riley and Victor Vasarely are its most famous exponents", 1960s: shortened from optical art, on the pattern of pop art . 中文词源 op art ：光普艺术 缩写自optical art. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• opalescent 英文词源 opalescent (adj.) 1813, from opal + -escent . 中文词源 opalescent ：猫眼石般的，色彩变幻的 来自opal,-猫眼石，-escent,形容词后缀。即像猫眼石的，引申词义色彩变幻的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： opalescent 词源， opalescent 含义。
• opal 英文词源 opal (n.) 1590s, from Middle French opalle (16c.), from Latin opalus (Pliny), supposedly from Greek opallios , possibly ultimately from Sanskrit upala-s "gem, precious stone." Used in Middle English in Latin form (late 14c.). 中文词源 opal ：猫眼石，蛋白石 来自拉丁语opalus,来自希腊语opallios,可能最终来自梵语upala-s,宝石，珍贵的石头。 该词的英语
• opacity 英文词源 opacity (n.) 1550s, "darkness of meaning, obscurity," from French opacité , from Latin opacitatem (nominative opacitas ) "shade, shadiness," from opacus "shaded, dark, opaque" (see opaque ). The literal sense "condition of being impervious to light" first recorded 1630s. 中文词源 opacity ：模糊 来自opaque的名词形式。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• ooze 英文词源 ooze (v.) late 14c., wosen , verbal derivative of Old English noun wos "juice, sap," from Proto-Germanic *wosan (source of Middle Low German wose "scum"), from same source as ooze (n.). Modern spelling from late 1500s. The Old English verb was wesan . Related: Oozed ; oozing . ooze (n.) "soft mud," Old English wase "soft mud, mire," from Proto-Germanic *waison (cognates: Old Saxon was
• oops-a-daisy 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random run run: [14] Run is quite a widespread Germanic verb, represented also by German rennen and Swedish ränna . Its ultimate ancestry is not known, although links have been suggested with Sanskrit rnoti ‘he moves’ and Greek órnūmi ‘rouse’. The Old English verb was rinnan; run , which was originally a past form, did not b
• oops 英文词源 oops "a natural exclamation" [OED] of surprise at doing something awkward, but attested only from 1933 (compare whoops ). 中文词源 oops ：天啦 感叹词，发出感叹的声音。比较whoops. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： oops 词源， oops 含义。
• oomph 英文词源 oomph "sexual attractiveness," 1937, suggestive visceral physical sound. Ann Sheridan (1915–1967) was the original Hollywood oomph girl (1939). 中文词源 oomph ：性感，魅力，活力 可能来自拟声词，模仿看到美女咽口水的声音，用于形容好莱坞美女为oomph girl. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： oomph 词源， oomph 含义。
• oom-pah 英文词源 oom-pah 1877, imitative of bass brass instruments. 中文词源 oom-pah ：铜管乐器发出的声音 拟声词，模仿这种乐器发出的声音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： oom-pah 词源， oom-pah 含义。
• oolong 英文词源 oolong (n.) dark variety of Chinese tea, 1852, from Chinese wu-lung , literally "black dragon." 中文词源 oolong ：乌龙茶 来自汉语，字面意思是“黑龙”，于1852年首次引入英语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： oolong 词源， oolong 含义。
• oodles 英文词源 oodles (n.) "lots," 1869, American English (originally in a Texas context), perhaps from the caboodle in kit and caboodle (see kit ). 中文词源 oodles ：大量，许多 词源不详，可能缩写自caboodle,许多，大量，成捆，词源同bundle. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： oodles 词源， oodles 含义。
• onyx 英文词源 onyx onyx: [13] Greek ónux meant ‘claw, fingernail’ (it is distantly related to English nail ). Certain sorts of onyx are pink with white streaks, and a resemblance to pink fingernails with their paler crescent-shaped mark at the base led the Greeks to name the stone ónux . The word travelled to English via Latin onyx and Old French onix . = nail onyx (n.) mid-13c., from Old Fre
• onward 英文词源 onward (adv.) late 14c., from on + -ward . The form onwards , with adverbial genitive -s- , is attested from c. 1600. 中文词源 onward ：向前的 on,在上，向上，-ward,朝向，词源同toward. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： onward 词源， onward 含义。
• onus 英文词源 onus (n.) 1640s, from Latin onus "load, burden," figuratively "tax, expense; trouble, difficulty," from PIE *en-es- "burden" (source of Sanskrit anah "cart, wagon"). Hence legal Latin onus probandi (1722), literally "burden of proving." 中文词源 onus ：责任，职责 来自拉丁语onus,责任，重担，来自PIE*en,担子，可能来自PIE*an,在上面，词源同on. 该词的英
• ontology 英文词源 ontology (n.) "metaphysical science or study of being," 1660s (Gideon Harvey), from Modern Latin ontologia (c. 1600), from onto- + -logy . 中文词源 ontology ：本体论 来自希腊语ont,存在，本质，词源同is,essence.-logy,学说。引申词义本体论。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ontology 词源， ontology 含义。
• onto 英文词源 onto (prep.) 1580s, as on to , from on + to . Appeared much later than parallel into . As a closed compound (on analogy of into ), first recorded 1715. 中文词源 onto ：朝向 来自自短语on to. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： onto 词源， onto 含义。
• onslaught 英文词源 onslaught (n.) 1620s, anslaight , somehow from or on analogy of Dutch aanslag "attack," from Middle Dutch aenslach , from aen "on" (see on ) + slach "blow," related to slaen "slay." Spelling influenced by obsolete (since c. 1400) English slaught (n.) "slaughter," from Old English sleaht (see slaughter (n.)). No record of its use in 18c.; apparently revived by Scott. 中文词源 onsla
• onside 英文词源 consider consider: [14] Etymologically, consider means ‘observe the stars’. Amongst the most popular of ancient Roman methods of divination was astrology, and so the Latin verb consīderāre was coined (from the intensive prefix com - and sīdus ‘star’, source of English sidereal ) to describe the activity of carefully noting the stars’ courses for the purpose of drawing aug
• onshore 英文词源 breeze breeze: [16] Breeze has not always connoted ‘lightness’ or ‘gentleness’. Old Spanish briza , its probable source, meant ‘cold northeast wind’, and that is the meaning it originally had in English. The word was picked up through English-Spanish contact in Central and South America, and the fact that on the Atlantic coast of the area the onshore winds were from the ea
• onset 英文词源 onset (n.) 1530s, "attack, assault," from on + set (n.); compare verbal phrase to set (something) on (someone) . Weaker sense of "beginning, start" first recorded 1560s. Figurative use in reference to a calamity, disease, etc. is from 1580s. 中文词源 onset ：开端，开始 on,在上，向上，set,开始。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： onset 词源， o
• on-screen 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random cap cap: [OE] Old English cæppa came from late Latin cappa ‘hood’, source also of English cape ‘cloak’. The late Latin word may well have come from Latin caput ‘head’, its underlying meaning thus being ‘head covering’. = cappuccino , chapel , chaperone , képi 中文词源 on-screen ：电影的，非真实的 o
• onrush 英文词源 shake (n.) late 14c., "charge, onrush," from shake (v.). Meaning "a hard shock" is from 1560s. From 1580s as "act of shaking;" 1660s as "irregular vibration." The hand-grip salutation so called by 1712. As a figure of instantaneous action, it is recorded from 1816. Phrase fair shake "honest deal" is attested from 1830, American English (Bartlett calls it "A New England vulgarism"). Th
• on-ramp 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random farrier farrier: [16] Etymologically, a farrier is a ‘worker in iron’. The word comes via Old French ferrier from Latin ferrārius , a derivative of ferum . This meant literally ‘iron’ (it is the source of English ferrous [19], and may well have been borrowed from a Semitic source), and already in classical times was bei
• onomatopoeia 英文词源 onomatopoeia (n.) 1570s, from Late Latin onomatopoeia , from Greek onomatopoiia "the making of a name or word" (in imitation of a sound associated with the thing being named), from onomatopoios , from onoma (genitive onomatos ) "word, name" (see name (n.)) + a derivative of poiein "compose, make" (see poet ). Related: Onomatopoeic ; onomatopoeial . 中文词源 onomatopoeia ：拟声，
• onomastics 英文词源 onomastics (n.) "scientific study of names and naming," 1936, from onomastic ; also see -ics . 中文词源 onomastics ：人名等专有名词词源学 来自希腊语onoma,名字，词源同name,anonymous.用于指人名等专有名词词源学，如Maoism,Marxism. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： onomastics 词源， onomastics 含义。
• only 英文词源 only only: [OE] Only is a compound formed in the Old English period from ān , ancestor of modern English one , and - lic ‘-ly’. It originally meant ‘solitary’ as well as ‘unique’, but this sense has been taken over by the related lonely . Only preserves the early diphthongal pronunciation which its source one has lost. = lonely , one only (adj.) Old English ænlic , anlic
• on-license 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random main main: [OE] Main goes back to prehistoric Germanic * mag - ‘be able, have power’ (source also of English may and might , and distantly related to machine ). From it was descended Old English mægen ‘strength’. This now survives as a noun only in the expression with might and main , but it was also used attributively
• one-upmanship 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random tan tan: [OE] Tan was borrowed into late Old English from the medieval Latin verb tannāre . This was derived from tannum ‘oak bark’ (oak bark is used in tanning leather), which itself was probably a loan-word from Gaulish tanno - ‘oak’. The French noun tan ‘tan’ came ultimately from the same Latin source. From it wa
• one-trick pony 英文词源 pony (n.) 1650s, powny , from Scottish, apparently from obsolete French poulenet "little foal" (mid-15c.), diminutive of Old French poulain "foal," from Late Latin pullanus "young of an animal," from Latin pullus "young of a horse, fowl, etc." (see foal (n.)) [Skeat's suggestion, still accepted]. German, sensibly, indicates this animal by attaching a diminutive suffix to its word for
• Onesies 英文词源 onesie "A loose-fitting one-piece leisure garment covering the torso and legs", 1980s: from Onesies , a proprietary name for a garment of this type, based on one + -sy. 中文词源 Onesies ：宝宝衫 商标名，来自one,一，-sy,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Onesies 词源， Onesies 含义。
• onerous 英文词源 onerous (adj.) late 14c., from Old French onereus , honereus (14c., Modern French onéreux ) and directly from Latin onerosus , from onus (genitive oneris ) "burden" (see onus ). 中文词源 onerous ：费力的，艰巨的 来自拉丁语onus的所有格oneris,负担，重担，词源同onus.引申词义费力的，艰巨的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• one-night stand 英文词源 one (n.) c. 1200, from Old English an (adjective, pronoun, noun) "one," from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (cognates: Old Norse einn , Danish een , Old Frisian an , Dutch een , German ein , Gothic ains ), from PIE *oi-no- "one, unique" (cognates: Greek oinos "ace (on dice);" Latin unus "one;" Old Persian aivam ; Old Church Slavonic -inu , ino- ; Lithuanian vienas ; Old Irish oin ; Breton un "
• oneness 英文词源 oneness (n.) 1590s, from one + -ness . A re-formation of Middle English onnesse , which vanished by 13c. 中文词源 oneness ：一致，和谐 one,一，-ness,名词后缀。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： oneness 词源， oneness 含义。
• one-liner 英文词源 one-liner (n.) "short joke, witty remark," 1969, from one + line . 中文词源 one-liner ：小笑话，俏皮话 比喻用法，即一句话的笑话。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： one-liner 词源， one-liner 含义。
• one-armed bandit 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random encaustic encaustic: see ink 中文词源 one-armed bandit ：老虎机，游戏机 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： one-armed bandit 词源， one-armed bandit 含义。
• oncology 英文词源 oncology (n.) 1857, coined in English from onco- "tumor" + -logy "science or study of." Related: Oncologist ; oncological . 中文词源 oncology ：肿瘤学 来自希腊语onkos,大块，肿块，引申词义肿瘤，-logy,学说。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： oncology 词源， oncology 含义。