英语词源

• notability 英文词源 notability (n.) late 14c., from Old French notabilite , from Medieval Latin *notabilitatem (nominative *notabilitas ), from Latin notabilis (see notable ). 中文词源 notability ：显著；值得注意；显著的人；名人 词根词缀： -not-知道,认识;标记 + -ability名词词尾,性质或状态 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： notability 词源， n
• nominator 英文词源 nominator (n.) 1650s, from Late Latin nominator , from Latin nominat- , past participle stem of nominare (see nominate ). 中文词源 nominator ：提名[任命、推荐]者 词根词缀： -nomin-名 + -ator名词词尾,人 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nominator 词源， nominator 含义。
• nomination 英文词源 nomination (n.) early 15c., "act of mentioning by name," from Middle French nomination (14c.), and directly from Latin nominationem (nominative nominatio ) "a naming, designation," from nominare "to name" (see nominate (v.)). Meaning "fact of being proposed as a candidate" is attested from late 15c. 中文词源 nomination ：提名(为候选人)，任命；提名权，任命权 词根词
• nocuous 英文词源 nocuous (adj.) 1630s, "noxious, harmful," from Latin nocuus "harmful," from stem of nocere "to hurt, injure, harm" (see innocuous ). 中文词源 nocuous ：有害的，有毒的 词根词缀： -noc-伤害 + -uous形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nocuous 词源， nocuous 含义。
• nocent 英文词源 nocent "Guilty; criminal", Late Middle English; earliest use found in Osbern Bokenham (c1393–c1464), poet and Augustinian friar. From Middle French nocent , adjective and noun or its etymon classical Latin nocent- , nocēns injurious, guilty, guilty person, uses as adjective and noun of present participle of nocēre to hurt, injure. Compare Italian † nocente , adjective. 中文词源
• nigritude 英文词源 nigritude "Blackness", Mid 17th century: from Latin nigritudo 'blackness', from niger , nigr- 'black'. 中文词源 nigritude ：[诗]黑；漆黑；黑色物；[喻]邪恶 词根词缀： -nigr-黑 + -i- + -tude名词词尾,状态或性质 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nigritude 词源， nigritude 含义。
• nigrify 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random acacia acacia: [16] Acacia comes via Latin from Greek akakía , a word for the shittah. This is a tree mentioned several times in the Bible (the Ark of the Covenant was made from its wood). It is not clear precisely what it was, but it was probably a species of what we now know as the acacia. The ultimate derivation of Greek aka
• nigrescent 英文词源 nigrescent "Blackish", Mid 18th century: from Latin nigrescent- 'growing black', from the verb nigrescere , from niger , nigr- 'black'. 中文词源 nigrescent ：变黑的，带黑的；渐渐变黑的 词根词缀： -nigr-黑 + -escent形容词词尾,某种状态 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nigrescent 词源， nigrescent 含义。
• nigrescence 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random exodus exodus: see period 中文词源 nigrescence ：变黑，发黑 词根词缀： -nigr-黑 + -escence名词词尾,性状 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nigrescence 词源， nigrescence 含义。
• neutronics 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random fund fund: [17] Latin fundus meant ‘bottom’. English originally acquired it via French as fond , and in the course of the 17th century re-latinized it to fund . The literal meaning ‘bottom’ was retained until the mid 18th century (‘a Glass-Bubble fix’d to the Fund of a Vessel’, British Apollo 1709), but gradually i
• neutrality 英文词源 neutrality (n.) late 15c., "the neutral party in any dispute," from Middle French neutralite (14c.) or directly from Medieval Latin neutralitatem (nominative neutralitas ), from Latin neutralis (see neutral ). Meaning "a neutral attitude" is from late 15c. 中文词源 neutrality ：中立；中立地位； 中性 词根词缀： -neutr-中 + -al形容词词尾 + -ity名词词尾,性质
• neutralist 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random cockatoo cockatoo: [17] Cockatoo was originally a Malay word, although it has changed somewhat under the influence of English cock . It comes via Dutch kaketoe from Malay kakatua , a compound formed from kakak ‘elder brother or sister’ and tua ‘old’. A related word is cockatiel ‘small Australian parrot’ [19]; it come
• neutralism 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random cavity cavity: see cave 中文词源 neutralism ：中立政策，中立主义 词根词缀： -neutr-中 + -al形容词词尾 + -ism名词词尾,主义 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： neutralism 词源， neutralism 含义。
• neurotropic 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random cantankerous cantankerous: [18] Cantankerous is a rather mysterious word. It first appears in the 1770s, and the earliest known reference to it is in Oliver Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer 1772: ‘There’s not a more bitter cantanckerous road in all christendom’. Its origin is disputed: perhaps the likeliest source is Mi
• neurotoxic 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random prebend prebend: [15] A prebend is a salary paid to a clergyman from the revenue of his cathedral. The word comes via Old French prebende from late Latin praebenda ‘salary, pension’. This was a noun use of the gerundive of praebēre ‘give, grant, supply’, and hence meant literally ‘things to be given’. Praebēre was
• neuropathy 英文词源 neuropathy (n.) 1827, from neuro- + -pathy . Related: Neuropath ; neuropathic ; neuropathist . 中文词源 neuropathy ：神经病  词根词缀： -neur-神经 + -o- + -path-痛苦 + -y名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： neuropathy 词源， neuropathy 含义。
• neuropathology 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random pensive pensive: see pansy 中文词源 neuropathology ：神经病理学 词根词缀： -neur-神经 + -o- + -path-痛苦 + -o- + -logy名词词尾,…学(科) 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： neuropathology 词源， neuropathology 含义。
• neuroma 英文词源 cyberspace (n.) 1982, often as two words at first, coined by science fiction writer William Gibson (best known for "Neuromancer") and used by him in a short story published in 1982, from cyber- (see cybernetics ) + space (n.). 中文词源 neuroma ：神经瘤 词根词缀： -neur-神经 + -oma名词词尾,疾病名称 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： neuroma 词源
• neurologist 英文词源 neurologist (n.) 1801, from neurology + -ist . 中文词源 neurologist ： 神经病学家 词根词缀： -neur-神经 + -o- + -logist名词词尾,…学家 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： neurologist 词源， neurologist 含义。
• neurological 英文词源 knee-jerk (n.) patellar reflex, neurological phenomenon discovered and named 1876; the figurative use appeared soon after the phrase was coined. nerve (n.) late 14c., nerf "sinew, tendon," from Old French nerf and directly from Medieval Latin nervus "nerve," from Latin nervus "sinew, tendon; cord, bowstring," metathesis of pre-Latin *neuros , from PIE *(s)neu- "tendon, sinew" (cognate
• neurogenic 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random develop develop: [17] The history of develop and its close relative envelop is hazy. English acquired it from développer , the modern French descendant of Old French desveloper . This was a compound verb formed from the prefix des - ‘un-’ and voloper ‘wrap’. But where did voloper come from? Some have proposed a hypothet
• neuritis 英文词源 neuritis (n.) "inflammation of a nerve or nerves," 1825, from Greek neuron "nerve" (see neuro- ) + -itis "inflammation." Related: Neuritic . 中文词源 neuritis ：神经炎 词根词缀： -neur-神经 + -itis名词词尾,炎症 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： neuritis 词源， neuritis 含义。
• neurectomy 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random doubt doubt: [13] English acquired the verb doubt from Old French doter or duter , a descendant of Latin dubitāre ‘waver, be uncertain’ (the b was reintroduced from the Latin spelling in the 15th century). Dubitāre was closely related to Latin dubius ‘uncertain’ (ultimate source of English dubious [16]), which appears
• nervine 英文词源 nervine "(Of a medicine) used to calm the nerves", Mid 17th century: from medieval Latin nervinus 'of the nerves or sinews', or suggested by French nervin . 中文词源 nervine ：镇定神经的；缓解神经的 词根词缀： -nerv-神经 + -ine形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nervine 词源， nervine 含义。
• nerval 英文词源 Minerva ancient Roman goddess of arts, crafts, and sciences; wisdom, sense, and reflection (later identified with Greek Athene ), late 14c., mynerfe , from Latin Minerva , from Old Latin Menerva , from *menes-wa , from PIE root *men- "mind, understanding, reason" (see mind (n.)). Compare Sanskrit Manasvini , name of the mother of the Moon, manasvin "full of mind or sense." Related: Mi
• Negrophile 英文词源 Negrophile 1803, from Negro + -phile . 中文词源 Negrophile ：亲近黑人的人 词根词缀： -negr-黑,黑人 + -o- + -phil-爱 + -e 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Negrophile 词源， Negrophile 含义。
• negroidal 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random poise poise: see ponder 中文词源 negroidal ：黑人似的 词根词缀： -negr-黑,黑人 + -oidal形容词词尾,似...的 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： negroidal 词源， negroidal 含义。
• negroid 英文词源 negroid (adj.) 1844, a hybrid, from Negro and Greek suffix -oeides "like, resembling" (see -oid ). As a noun from 1859. 中文词源 negroid ：黑人似的 词根词缀： -negr-黑,黑人 + -oid形容词词尾,似...的 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： negroid 词源， negroid 含义。
• numerical 英文词源 numerical (adj.) 1620s, from Latin numerus "a number" (see number (n.)) + suffix -ical . Perhaps by influence of French numérique "of a number or numbers." Related: Numerically . 中文词源 numerical ：数字的，以数字表示的  词根词缀： -numer-数 + -ical形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： numerical 词源， numerical 含义。
• normally 英文词源 normally (adv.) 1590s, "regularly," from normal + -ly (2). Meaning "under ordinary conditions" is from 1853. 中文词源 normally ：通常，正常地 词根词缀： -norm-正规,常规 + -al形容词词尾 + -ly副词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： normally 词源， normally 含义。
• normalization 英文词源 normalization (n.) 1882, from normalize + -ation . International political sense recorded from 1938. 中文词源 normalization ：正常化，标准化   词根词缀： -norm-正规,常规 + -al形容词词尾 + -ization名称词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： normalization 词源， normalization 含义。
• normalise 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random devil devil: [OE] English acquired devil in the 8th century via late Latin diabolus from Greek diábolos , which originally meant ‘slanderer’. It was a derivative of diabállein ‘slander’, a compound verb literally meaning ‘throw across’, formed from diá ‘across’ and bállein ‘throw’ (whence English ballisti
• normalisation 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random make make: [OE] Make probably goes back ultimately to an Indo-European base * mag - denoting ‘kneading’ (also the source of Greek mágma ‘salve made by kneading’, from which English gets magma [15]). A prehistoric Germanic descendant was * mako - (source of English match ‘go together’). From this was derived the West
• nonprofit 英文词源 non-profit (adj.) also nonprofit , 1922, from non- + profit (n.). Warfarin (n.) 1950, from WARF , acronym from Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation + -arin , from Coumarin . The organization describes itself as "an independent, nonprofit foundation chartered to support research at the U[niversity of] W[isconsin]-Madison and the designated technology transfer organization for the unive
• nonfiction 英文词源 essay essay: [15] Essay and assay [14] are fundamentally the same word, and only began to diverge in the 15th century. Both come via Old French assaier from Vulgar Latin * exagiāre ‘weigh out’, a verb derived from late Latin exagium ‘weighing’; this in turn was formed from the Latin verb exigere ‘weigh’ (source of English exact and examine ). Accordingly, both originally
• nonessential 英文词源 non-essential (adj.) also nonessential , 1717, from non- + essential (adj.). Attested as a noun from 1806. 中文词源 nonessential ：非本质的；不重要的；非必需的   词根词缀： non-否定 + -ess-存在 + -ent形容词词尾 + -ial形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nonessential 词源， nonessential 含义。
• nominee 英文词源 nominee (n.) 1660s, "person named for something; see nominate + -ee . Sense of "person named as a candidate" is attested from 1680s. 中文词源 nominee ：被提名者  词根词缀： -nomin-名 + -ee名称词尾,动作的接受者 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nominee 词源， nominee 含义。
• newly 英文词源 newly (adv.) Old English niwlice "lately, recently;" see new + -ly (2). Similar formation in German neulich , Danish nylig , Swedish nyligen . 中文词源 newly ：新近，最近   词根词缀： new新近的 + -ly 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： newly 词源， newly 含义。
• neonate 英文词源 neonate (n.) "recently born infant," 1905, coined from neo- + Latin natus "born," past participle of nasci "be born" (Old Latin gnasci ; see genus ). 中文词源 neonate ：新生婴儿   词根词缀： neo-新 + -nat-生 + -e 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： neonate 词源， neonate 含义。
• negativist 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random tower tower: [12] The ultimate source of tower is Greek túrris , a word probably from a pre-Indo- European language of the Mediterranean region. It passed into English via Latin turris and Old French tur , tor . Turret [14] comes from the Old French diminutive turet . = turret 中文词源 negativist ：否定论者；消极主义
• negativism 英文词源 negativism (n.) 1824, "the policy of opposition;" see negative + -ism . In a psychological sense, it is attested from 1892. 中文词源 negativism ：否定论；消极主义；怀疑主义(如不可知论，怀疑论等) 词根词缀： -neg-否认 + -ative形容词词尾(e略) + -ism名词词尾,主义 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： negativism 词源， nega
• navigation 英文词源 navigation (n.) 1530s, from Middle French navigation (14c.) or directly from Latin navigationem (nominative navigatio ) "a sailing, navigation, voyage," noun of action from past participle stem of navigare "to sail, sail over, go by sea, steer a ship," from navis "ship" (see naval ) + root of agere "to drive" (see act (n.)). 中文词源 navigation ：航海，航空；导航，领航 
• nimrod 英文词源 Nimrod "great hunter," 1712, a reference to the biblical son of Cush, referred to (Gen. x:8-9) as "a mighty hunter before the Lord." It came to mean "geek, klutz" by 1983 in teenager slang, for unknown reasons. (Amateur theories include its occasional use in "Bugs Bunny" cartoon episodes featuring rabbit-hunting Elmer Fudd as a foil; its possible ironic use, among hunters, for a clums
• NATO 英文词源 NATO acronym of North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which was set up in 1949. 中文词源 NATO ：北大西洋公约组织 首字母缩写词，简称“北约”，来自North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 这是在冷战期间为对抗苏联而在欧洲成立的军事组织。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： NATO 词源， NATO 含义。
• Nymph 英文词源 nymph nymph: [14] Greek númphē originally meant ‘bride’ (it was related to Latin nūbere ‘take a husband’, source of English connubial and nubile ). It subsequently became extended, however, to ‘beautiful young woman’ and ‘female nature spirit, particularly one frequenting water’, and it was in the latter sense that the word first entered English, via Latin nympha an
• Noah's Ark 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random turban turban: see tulip 中文词源 Noahs ark ：诺亚方舟 《旧约·创世纪》：上帝对人类所犯下的罪孽十分忧伤，决定消灭人类。因为挪亚（诺亚）是义人，所以上帝吩咐他造舟避灾。后指灾难时代的救星，或危境中的避难所。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• Noah's ark 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random turban turban: see tulip 中文词源 Noahs ark ：诺亚方舟 《旧约·创世纪》：上帝对人类所犯下的罪孽十分忧伤，决定消灭人类。因为挪亚（诺亚）是义人，所以上帝吩咐他造舟避灾。后指灾难时代的救星，或危境中的避难所。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• Neptunus 英文词源 Neptune late 14c., "god of the sea," from Latin Neptunus , son of Saturn, brother of Jupiter, the Roman god of the sea (later identified with Greek Poseidon), probably from PIE root *nebh- "cloud" (source of Latin nebula "fog, mist, cloud;" see nebula ), via a sense of "moist, wet." The planet so named was discovered by Galle in 1846. Until the identification of Pluto in 1930, it was
• nudie 英文词源 nudie (n.) "a nude show," 1935, from nude (adj.) -ie 中文词源 nudie ：裸体照片，裸体表演 来自nudist 的口语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nudie 词源， nudie 含义。
• notifiable 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random fake fake: [19] The use of fake for ‘produce a fraudulent copy of’ is a comparatively recent development. It used to mean ‘do up something spurious to make it seem genuine’, and in this sense seems to be a descendant of the longobsolete verb feague [16]. Essentially it is a piece of underworld slang, and as such has a ra
• Noh 英文词源 Noh traditional Japanese masked drama, 1871, from Japanese, literally "ability, talent, function." Dramatic form also known as nogaku, with gaku "music." 中文词源 Noh ：能剧 来自日语，一种日本戏剧。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Noh 词源， Noh 含义。
• nowadays 英文词源 nowadays (adv.) late 14c., contracted from Middle English nou adayes (mid-14c.), from now + adayes "during the day," with adverbial genitive (see day ). 中文词源 nowadays ：现今 即现在的日子，现今。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nowadays 词源， nowadays 含义。
• nutritious 英文词源 nutritious (adj.) 1660s, from Latin nutricius "that which nourishes, nurses," from nutrix (genitive nutricis ) "a nurse," from nutrire (see nourish ). Related: Nutritiously . 中文词源 nutritious ：有营养成分的，营养的  词根词缀： -nutr-营养 + -itious形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nutritious 词源， nutritious 含义。
• notebook 英文词源 notebook (n.) 1570s, from note + book (n.). 中文词源 notebook ：笔记本 词根词缀： note笔记 + book书(本) 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： notebook 词源， notebook 含义。
• nodular 英文词源 nodular (adj.) 1794, from nodule + -ar . Related: Nodularity . 中文词源 nodular ：小节的，小瘤的，小结的 来源于拉丁语nodus(结)的昵称形式nodulus。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nodular 词源， nodular 含义。
• noctilucent 英文词源 noctilucent cloud "A luminous cloud of a kind occasionally seen at night in summer in high latitudes, at the altitude of the mesopause", Late 19th century: from Latin nox , noct- 'night' + lucere 'to shine' + -ent. 中文词源 noctilucent ：生物发光的，夜发光的 -noct-(夜)来源于原始印欧语nokt。 词根词缀： -noct-夜 + -i- + -luc-光,照 + -ent形容词词尾 该
• noctiluca 英文词源 noctiluca "A roughly spherical marine dinoflagellate which is strongly phosphorescent, especially when disturbed", Modern Latin, from Latin, literally 'night light, lantern'. 中文词源 noctiluca ：荧光虫 词根词缀： -noct-夜 + -i- + -luc-光,照 + -a名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： noctiluca 词源， noctiluca 含义。
• neurobiology 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random wick wick: [OE] Wick ‘burning fibre in a candle or lamp’ has West Germanic relatives in German wieche and Dutch wiek , but its ultimate ancestry is uncertain (a connection has been suggested with Old Irish figim ‘I weave’). The wick of get on someone’s wick ‘annoy someone’, incidentally (first recorded in 1945), is
• neuralgia 英文词源 neuralgia (n.) 1807, from Greek neuron "nerve" (see neuro- ) + -algia . Probably formed on model of French névralgie (1801). Related: Neuralgic . 中文词源 neuralgia ：神经痛 词根词缀： -neur-神经 + alg痛苦 + -ia名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： neuralgia 词源， neuralgia 含义。
• neglectful 英文词源 neglectful (adj.) 1640s, from neglect + -ful . Related: Neglectfully ; neglectfulness . Earlier in same sense was neglective (1610s). 中文词源 neglectful ：疏忽的，不注意的 词根词缀： -neg-否认 + -lect-采集 + -ful 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： neglectful 词源， neglectful 含义。
• navigable 英文词源 navigable (adj.) mid-15c., from Old French navigable (14c.) or directly from Latin navigabilis , from navigat- , past participle stem of navigare (see navigation ). Related: Navigability . 中文词源 navigable ：(水域)可航行的；(船只，飞机等)可领航的，可操纵的   词根词缀： -nav-船 + -ig-驾驶,引导 + -able形容词词尾,被动意义 该词的英语词
• navigability 英文词源 navigable (adj.) mid-15c., from Old French navigable (14c.) or directly from Latin navigabilis , from navigat- , past participle stem of navigare (see navigation ). Related: Navigability . 中文词源 navigability ：适航性 词根词缀： -nav-船 + -ig-驾驶,引导 + -ability名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： navigability 词源， navigability 含
• navicular 英文词源 navicular (adj.) "boat-shaped," 1540s, from Late Latin navicularis "pertaining to a boat," from navicula , diminutive of navis "ship" (see naval ). 中文词源 navicular ：舟状的，船状的  词根词缀： -nav-船 + -icular形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： navicular 词源， navicular 含义。
• navar 英文词源 navar "A navigational radar system in which the positions of aircraft near an airport are determined by ground radar and then transmitted to pilots in the vicinity", 1940s. Either from the initial letters of navigation and ranging , or from nav- + -ar . 中文词源 navar ：指挥飞行的雷达系统   词根词缀： -nav-船 + -ar名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• navaid 英文词源 navaid "A navigational device in an aircraft, ship, or other vehicle", 1950s: from navigational aid . 中文词源 navaid ：助航系统    navigational aid的缩写。 词根词缀： -nav-船 + aid辅助 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： navaid 词源， navaid 含义。
• nationwide 英文词源 nationwide (adj.) 1915, from nation + wide . 中文词源 nationwide ：全国性的 词根词缀： nation国家,民族 + wide广泛的 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nationwide 词源， nationwide 含义。
• negotitate 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random brothel brothel: [14] Originally, brothel was a general term of abuse for any worthless or despised person (John Gower, in his Confessio Amantis 1393, writes: ‘Quoth Achab then, there is one, a brothel, which Micheas hight [who is called Micheas]’); it was a derivative of the Old English adjective brothen ‘ruined, degenera
• night soil 英文词源 night (n.) Old English niht (West Saxon neaht , Anglian næht , neht ) "night, darkness;" the vowel indicating that the modern word derives from oblique cases (genitive nihte , dative niht ), from Proto-Germanic *nakht- (cognates: Old Saxon and Old High German naht , Old Frisian and Dutch nacht , German Nacht , Old Norse natt , Gothic nahts ). The Germanic words are from PIE *nekwt- "
• neighbour 英文词源 neighbour neighbour: [OE] Etymologically, your neighbour is simply someone who ‘lives near’ you. It is a compound formed in the Old English period from nēah (ancestor of modern English nigh ) and gebūr ‘dweller’ (a descendant of the prolific Germanic base * bū - ‘dwell’, which also produced English be , booth , bower , build , etc). Parallel formations in other Germanic
• Native American 英文词源 buck buck: [OE] Old English had two related words which have coalesced into modern English buck : bucca ‘male goat’ and buc ‘male deer’. Both go back to a prehistoric Germanic stem * buk -, and beyond that probably to an Indo-European source. The 18th-century meaning ‘dashing fellow’ probably comes ultimately from the related Old Norse bokki , a friendly term for a male co
• N 英文词源 N in nickname , newt , and British dialectal naunt , the -n- belongs to a preceding indefinite article an or possessive pronoun mine . Other examples of this from Middle English manuscripts include a neilond ("an island," early 13c.), a narawe ("an arrow," c. 1400), a nox ("an ox," c. 1400), a noke ("an oak," early 15c.), a nappyle ("an apple," early 15c.), a negge ("an egg," 15c.). I
• nymphomaniac 英文词源 nymphomaniac 1861 (adj.), 1867 (n.), from nymphomania . 中文词源 nymphomaniac ：女色情狂 nympho-,仙女，-mania,发狂。比喻用法，用来指发情的女子，女色情狂。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nymphomaniac 词源， nymphomaniac 含义。
• nympholepsy 英文词源 nympholepsy (n.) "frenzy or rapture supposed to take hold of a man upon gazing on a nymph," 1775, coined by Richard Chandler, in "Travels in Greece," from nymph , on model of epilepsy , with second element from stem of Greek lambanein "to take." Especially "an ecstasy or frenzy caused by desire for the unattainable." Ancient Greek had nympholeptos "caught by nymphs." Related: Nymphole
• nymphet 英文词源 nymphet "An attractive and sexually mature young girl", 1950s: from nymph + -et 1 .MoreLolita from mid 20th century:In Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita ( 1958), Humbert Humbert, a man in his late 30s, becomes sexually obsessed with Dolores Haze, a 12-year-old girl whom he dubs Lolita, a pet form of Dolores. The book's disturbing subject matter created a scandal when it was published in
• nylon 英文词源 nylon nylon: [20] English has a long history of naming fabrics after their places of origin: denim from Nîmes, for instance, muslin from Mosul, and calico from Calicut in India. It is not surprising, therefore, that the popular myth has grown up that nylon took its name from New York ( ny -) and London (- lon ). The truth, however, is more prosaic. Du Pont, nylon’s inventors, took
• nuzzle 英文词源 nuzzle nuzzle: see nose nuzzle (v.) early 15c., "to bring the nose to the ground," back-formation from noselyng "on the nose, prostrate," frequentative of nose (v.); meaning "burrow with the nose" is first attested 1520s; that of "lie snug" is from 1590s, influenced by nestle , or by nursle , frequentative of nurse . Related: Nuzzled ; nuzzling . 中文词源 nuzzle ：用鼻子触 来自
• nutty 英文词源 nutty (adj.) early 15c., "nut-like," from nut + -y (2). Meaning "crazy" is from 1898 (see nuts ); earlier "amorous, in love (with)," 1821. Related: Nuttiness . 中文词源 nutty ：坚果味的，发疯的 来自nut,坚果，疯子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nutty 词源， nutty 含义。
• nutter 英文词源 nutter (n.) "one who gathers nuts," late 15c., from nut + -er (1). Meaning "crazy person" is British slang, 1958, from nut + -er (3). Nuttery "mental hospital" is attested from 1931; earlier it meant "place for storing nuts" (1881). 中文词源 nutter ：拾坚果的人，疯子 来自nut, 坚果，疯子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nutter 词源， nutt
• nutshell 英文词源 nutshell (n.) c. 1200, nute-scalen ; see nut + shell (n.). Figurative use with reference to "great condensation" (1570s) supposedly originally is a reference to a copy of the "Iliad," mentioned by Pliny, which was so small it could fit into the shell of a nut. 中文词源 nutshell ：简明的话 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nutshell 词源，
• nuts 英文词源 nuts (adj.) "crazy," 1846, from earlier be nutts upon "be very fond of" (1785), which is possibly from nuts (plural noun) "any source of pleasure" (1610s), from nut (q.v.). Sense influenced probably by metaphoric application of nut to "head" (1846, as in to be off one's nut "be insane," 1860). Nuts as a derisive retort is attested from 1931. Connection with the slang "testicle" sense
• nutritionist 英文词源 nutritionist (n.) 1926, from nutrition + -ist . 中文词源 nutritionist ：营养学家 来自nutrition,营养。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nutritionist 词源， nutritionist 含义。
• nutrition 英文词源 nutrition nutrition: see nurse nutrition (n.) early 15c., from Old French nutrition (14c.) and directly from Latin nutritionem (nominative nutritio ) "a nourishing," noun of action from past participle stem of nutrire "to nourish, suckle" (see nourish ). 中文词源 nutrition ：营养 来自nutrient,营养的，滋养的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nutr
• nutriment 英文词源 nutriment nutriment: see nurse nutriment (n.) 1540s, from Latin nutrimentum "nourishment; support," from nutrire "to nourish, suckle, feed," from PIE *nu-tri- , from root *(s)nau- "to swim, flow, let flow," hence "to suckle" (cognates: Sanskrit snauti "she drips, gives milk;" Greek nan "I flow"), extended form of root *sna- "to swim" (see natatorium ). 中文词源 nutriment ：营养品
• nutrient 英文词源 nutrient (n.) "a nutritious substance," 1828, noun use of adjective (1640s) meaning "providing nourishment," from Latin nutrientem (nominative nutriens ), present participle of nutrire "to nourish, suckle, feed, foster" (see nourish ). 中文词源 nutrient ：营养的，滋养的 来自拉丁语nutrire,滋养，抚养，喂奶，词源同nourish,nurse.引申词义营养物，营养品
• nutraceutical 英文词源 nutraceutical "Another term for functional food", 1990s: from Latin nutrire 'nourish' + pharmaceutical . 中文词源 nutraceutical ：功能食品，营养食品 来自nutriment和pharmaceutical的合成词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nutraceutical 词源， nutraceutical 含义。
• nutmeg 英文词源 nutmeg nutmeg: [13] Etymologically, the nutmeg is the ‘musk-flavoured nut’. The word originated as a partial anglicization of Anglo-Norman * nois mugue , which came via Old French nois muguede from Vulgar Latin * nuce muscāta , literally ‘musky nut’. This ‘musky’ connection, now effectively concealed in English, is still apparent in, for example, German muskatnuss , Swedi
• nut cutlet 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random dunce dunce: [16] Dunce originated as a contemptuous term for those who continued in the 16th century to adhere to the theological views of the Scottish scholar John Duns Scotus (c. 1265–1308). Renaissance philosophers ridiculed them as narrow-minded hair-splitters, and so before long the application of the word spread metapho
• nutcracker 英文词源 nut-cracker (n.) also nutcracker , 1540s, from nut (n.) + agent noun from crack (v.). 中文词源 nutcracker ：坚果钳 nut,坚果，cracker,钳子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nutcracker 词源， nutcracker 含义。
• nutcase 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random steal steal: [OE] Steal comes from a prehistoric Germanic base * stel -. This also produced German stehlen , Dutch stelen , Swedish stjäla , and Danish stjæle , but its ultimate ancestry is unknown. The derived stealth [13] originally meant ‘theft’ (‘I know my lord hath spent of Timon’s wealth, and now ingratitude make
• nut 英文词源 nut nut: [OE] Nut is a member of a restricted family of Indo-European ‘nut’-words, present only in the Germanic, Romance, and Celtic languages, that were derived ultimately from the Indo-European base * knu -, denoting ‘lump’. Latin nux (source of French noix , Italian noce , and Spanish nuez ) came from an extended base * knuk -. Its derivative nucleus ‘nut, kernel’ has g