英语词源

• notable 英文词源 notable notable: see note notable (adj.) mid-14c., from Old French notable "well-known, notable, remarkable" (13c.) and directly from Latin notabilis "noteworthy, extraordinary," from notare "to note" (see note (v.)). The noun meaning "a person of distinction" is first recorded 1815. Related: Notably ; notableness . 中文词源 notable ：显著的 来自note,注意，留意。即值得
• not 英文词源 not not: [14] In Old English and early Middle English the simple particle ne was used for making negative sentences. But it was evidently often felt to be in need of some reinforcement, for purposes of emphasis, and to do this job noht was brought in. Ancestor of modern English nought [OE], it was a compound formed from ne and ōwiht ‘anything’ (precursor of archaic modern English
• nosy parker 英文词源 nosy parker "An overly inquisitive person", Early 20th century: from the postcard caption ‘The Adventures of Nosey Parker’, referring to a peeping Tom in Hyde Park. 中文词源 nosy parker ：爱管闲事的人 即爱打听的Parker，比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nosy parker 词源， nosy parker 含义。
• nosy 英文词源 nosy (adj.) also nosey , 1610s, "having a prominent nose," from nose (n.) + -y (2). Earlier in this sense was nasee (mid-14c.), from Anglo-French, from Old French nasé , ultimately from Latin nasus "nose." Sense of "inquisitive" first recorded 1882. Nosey Parker as a name for an inquisitive person is from 1907. 中文词源 nosy ：爱打听的 来自nose,鼻子。引申词义向狗一
• nostrum 英文词源 nostrum (n.) "quack medicine," c. 1600, from Latin nostrum remedium "our remedy," presumably that prepared by the person offering it, from Latin nostrum , neuter of noster "our," from nos "we," from PIE *nos (see us ). 中文词源 nostrum ：灵丹妙药，江湖药 来自拉丁语nostrum remedium,家乡药，祖传神药，nostrum,我们的，家乡的，词源同us,our,remedium,治疗
• nostril 英文词源 nostril nostril: [OE] Etymologically, a nostril is a ‘nosehole’. Its Old English ancestor was nosthyrl , a compound formed from nosu ‘nose’ and thyrl ‘hole’. This was a derivative of thurh ‘through’, and still survives as thirl , a dialectal word for ‘hole’. = nose , thrill , through nostril (n.) Old English nosþyrl , nosðirl , literally "the hole of the nose," f
• nostalgia 英文词源 nostalgia nostalgia: [18] Etymologically, nostalgia is pain connected with returning home – in other words, homesickness. It is a modern coinage, based ultimately on Greek nostos ‘homecoming’ and algos ‘pain, grief’ (as in analgesic [19] and neuralgia (see NEURAL)). At first it was used as the name of what was regarded virtually as a form of mental illness (the earliest know
• nosh-up 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random matrix matrix: see madrigal 中文词源 nosh-up ：大餐 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nosh-up 词源， nosh-up 含义。
• nosh 英文词源 nosh (v.) 1957, from Yiddish nashn "nibble," from Middle High German naschen , from Old High German hnascon , nascon "to nibble," from Proto-Germanic *(g)naskon . Related: Noshed ; noshing . Earlier as a noun (1917) meaning "a restaurant," short for nosh-house . 中文词源 nosh ：小吃，点心 来自希伯来依地语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nosh
• nosegay 英文词源 nosegay (n.) "bunch of flowers," early 15c., from nose (n.) + gay in an obsolete noun sense of "gay or bright thing." 中文词源 nosegay ：小花束 nose,鼻子，gay,欢乐的，艳丽的。比喻用法，原指鼻子上的小装饰品，后来用指小花束。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nosegay 词源， nosegay 含义。
• nosedive 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random vapour vapour: [14] Latin vapor meant ‘steam, heat’. English acquired it via Old French vapour . The now archaic use of the plural, vapours , for a ‘fit of fainting, hysteria, etc’, which dates from the 17th century, was inspired by the notion that exhalations from the stomach and other internal organs affected the brain
• nose cone 英文词源 nose (n.) Old English nosu , from Proto-Germanic *nusus (cognates: Old Norse nös , Old Frisian nose , Dutch neus , Old High German nasa , German Nase ), from PIE *nas- "nose" (cognates: Sanskrit nasa , Old Persian naham , Old Church Slavonic nasu , Lithuanian nosis , Latin nasus "nose"). Used of any prominent or projecting part from 1530s. ( nose cone in the space rocket sense is fro
• nosebag 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random beam beam: [OE] In Old English times the word bēam (like modern German baum ) meant ‘tree’ – a signification preserved in tree-names such as hornbeam and whitebeam . But already before the year 1000 the extended meanings we are familiar with today – ‘piece of timber’ and ‘ray of light’ – had started to develop
• nose 英文词源 nose nose: [OE] Nose is the English member of a widespread family of ‘nose’-words that trace their ancestry back to Indo-European * nas -. This has produced Latin nāsus (source of English nasal [17]), Sanskrit nás , Lithuanian nósis , and Russian, Polish, Czech, and Serbo-Croat nos . Its Germanic descendant has differentiated into German nase , Dutch neus , Swedish näsa , Dani
• Norway 英文词源 Norway Old English Norweg, Norþweg from Old Norse Norvegr "north way, a way leading to the north" (see north + way (n.)); contrasted with suthrvegar "south way," i.e. Germany, and austrvegr "east way," the Baltic lands. 中文词源 Norway ：挪威 即向北的路，北方的方向。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Norway 词源， Norway 含义。 Norway （挪
• northern 英文词源 northern (adj.) Old English norþerna , norðerne "northern, Northumbrian, Scandinavian," cognate with Old High German nordroni , Old Norse norroenn (see north ). With -erne , suffix denoting direction. Related: Northernmost . Northerner in U.S. geo-political sense is attested from 1831. Northern lights "aurora borealis" first recorded by that name 1721 (earlier north-light , 1706). 中
• northbound 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random bowl bowl: Bowl ‘round receptacle’ [OE] and bowl ‘ball used in bowls’ [15] come from different sources. The former (Old English bolle or bolla ) comes ultimately from the Germanic base * bul -, * bal -, which was also the source of English ball , balloon , and ballot . The Middle Dutch form corresponding to Old English b
• north 英文词源 north north: [OE] North is a general West and North Germanic word for ‘north’, represented also in German, Swedish, and Danish nord and Dutch noorden . It was also borrowed into French (from Old English) as nord , from where it spread into Italian and Romanian as nord and into Spanish as norte . It is not known for certain where it came from, but a link has been suggested with ner
• Norse 英文词源 Norse (n.) 1590s, "a Norwegian," from obsolete Dutch Noorsch (adj.) "Norwegian," from noordsch "northern, nordic," from noord "north" (see north ). Also in some cases borrowed from cognate Danish or Norwegian norsk . As a language, from 1680s. Old Norse attested from 1844. An Old English word for "a Norwegian" was Norðman . As an adjective from 1768. In Old French, Norois as a noun m
• normalize 英文词源 normalize (v.) 1865, from normal + -ize . Related: Normalized ; normalizing . 中文词源 normalize ：使常态化 来自normal,正常的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： normalize 词源， normalize 含义。 normalize ：使正常化，标准化  词根词缀： -norm-正规,常规 + -al形容词词尾 + -ize动词词尾
• normality 英文词源 normality (n.) 1849, from normal + -ity . Perhaps influenced by French normalité (1834). 中文词源 normality ：常态 来自normal,正常的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： normality 词源， normality 含义。 normality ：常态，标准(状态，性质)；正规[态，则]性；规(定浓)度，当量浓度；垂直 词根词缀： -norm-正规,常规
• normal distribution 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random arbour arbour: [14] Despite its formal resemblance to, and semantic connections with, Latin arbor ‘tree’, arbour is not etymologically related to it. In fact, its nearest English relative is herb . When it first came into English it was erber , which meant ‘lawn’ or ‘herb/flower garden’. This was borrowed, via Anglo-
• normal 英文词源 normal normal: [17] Latin norma originally denoted a sort of set square used by carpenters, masons, etc for measuring right angles. It was extended metaphorically to a ‘rule, pattern, precept’, but English originally took over its derivative normālis as a mathematical term, in the fairly literal sense ‘perpendicular’. The more familiar modern sense ‘standard, usual’ did n
• norm 英文词源 norm (n.) "standard, pattern, model," 1821, from French norme , from Latin norma "carpenter's square, rule, pattern," of unknown origin. Klein suggests a borrowing (via Etruscan) of Greek gnomon "carpenter's square." The Latin form of the word, norma , was used in English in the sense of "carpenter's square" from 1670s. 中文词源 norm ：规范，准则 来自拉丁语norma,木工的
• Nordic 英文词源 Nordic (adj.) 1898, from French nordique (in J. Deniker's system of race classifications), literally "of or pertaining to the north," from nord "north" (a loan-word from Old English; see north ). Perhaps influenced by German Nordisch . As a noun, from 1901. Strictly, the blond peoples who inhabit Scandinavia and the north of Britain. As a type of skiing competition, it is attested fro
• nor 英文词源 nor nor: [14] Nor began life in the Old English period as nother . This was a compound formed from the negative particle and an unrecorded * ōther , a word related to either which expressed the notion of ‘alternative’. In the Middle English period this was contracted to nor . = either nor (conj.) c. 1300, contraction of Middle English nauther (see neither ). Influenced in form by
• nope 英文词源 nope (adv.) 1888, emphatic form of no , with emphasis on the closing of the lips. 中文词源 nope ：不，没有 来自no的加强形式，-pe,闭合音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nope 词源， nope 含义。
• noose 英文词源 noose noose: [15] The notion underlying the word noose is of a ‘knot’, rather than of a ‘loop of rope made with a knot’. The word comes from nos or nous , the Old French descendant of Latin nodus ‘knot’. This was the source of English node [16], of course, and of the diminutive form nodule [16], but it has also made a couple of less obvious contributions to English: dénou
• noontide 英文词源 tide tide: [OE] Tide originally meant ‘time’ – as in the tautologous ‘time and tide wait for no man’. Like the related German zeit , Dutch tijd , and Swedish and Danish tid , all of which mean ‘time’, it comes from a prehistoric Germanic * tīdiz . This was derived from the base * tī - (source also of English time ), which in turn went back to the Indo-European base * dī
• nook 英文词源 nook (n.) c. 1300, noke , of unknown origin. Possibly connected with Norwegian dialectal nokke "hook, bent figure," or Old English hnecca "neck," but the sense evolution would be difficult. 中文词源 nook ：僻静外，小角落 词源不详。可能同neck,弯，转，脖子。引申词义拐角处，小角落。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nook 词源，
• noodle 英文词源 noodle (n.) "narrow strip of dried dough," 1779, from German Nudel , which is of unknown origin. West Flemish noedel and French nouille are German loan-words. The older noun meaning "simpleton, stupid person" (1753) probably is an unrelated word, as is the slang word for "head" (attested from 1914). noodle (v.) 1937 (implied in noodling ), from noun meaning "improvised music," 1926, p
• non-violence 英文词源 non-violence (n.) also nonviolence , 1831, from non- + violence . Gandhi used it from 1920. 中文词源 non-violence ：非暴力 non-,无，非，violence,暴力。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： non-violence 词源， non-violence 含义。
• non-vintage 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random slope slope: [15] The noun slope did not emerge until the 17th century. Originally it was an adverb, short for the now defunct aslope . This is generally supposed to go back to an unrecorded Old English * āslopean , an adverbial use of the past participle of āslūpan ‘slip away’. Such a scenario would appear to fit in well
• non-vegetarian 英文词源 non-vegetarian "Characteristic of or designating a person (or occasionally animal) that eats meat; that is not vegetarian", Late 19th cent.; earliest use found in Racine (Wisconsin) Advocate . From non- + vegetarian . 中文词源 non-vegetarian ：非素食者 non-,无，非，vegetarian,素食主义者。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： non-vegetarian 词源，
• non-U 英文词源 non-U "(Of language or social behaviour) not characteristic of the upper social classes; not socially acceptable to certain people", 1950s: from non- + U 3 . 中文词源 non-U ：不为上层阶级所接受的 non-,无，非，U,缩写自upper class,上层阶级。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： non-U 词源， non-U 含义。
• non-stop 英文词源 non-stop (adj.) also nonstop , 1903, from non- + stop (v.); originally of railway trains. As an adverb from 1920. 中文词源 non-stop ：不停留 non-,无，非，stop,停留。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： non-stop 词源， non-stop 含义。
• non-stick 英文词源 Teflon (n.) commercially important synthetic polymer, 1945, proprietary name registered in U.S. by du Pont, from chemical name (poly)te(tra)fl(uoroethylene) + arbitrary ending -on ; popularized as a coating of non-stick pans in 1960s; metaphoric extension, especially in reference to U.S. President Ronald Reagan, is attested from an Aug. 2, 1983, speech on the floor of Congress by Pat
• non-starter 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random blood blood: [OE] Blood is a Germanic word, occurring as German blut , Dutch bloed , Swedish blod , etc. as well as in English (the Romance languages take their words from Latin sanguis , whence English sanguine [14], while Greek had haima , as in English haemorrhage , haemoglobin , etc). The ultimate source of all these was Ger
• non-smoking 英文词源 non-smoker (n.) also nonsmoker , "person who does not smoke," 1846, in reference to railways. Non-smoking (adj.) is attested from 1891. 中文词源 non-smoking ：禁烟的 non-,无，非，smoking,吸烟。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： non-smoking 词源， non-smoking 含义。
• non sequitur 英文词源 non sequitur Latin, literally "it does not follow." 中文词源 non sequitur ：不合逻辑的推论 non-,无，非，sequitur,顺序，词源同sequence.即没有顺序和逻辑。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： non sequitur 词源， non sequitur 含义。
• nonsense 英文词源 nonsense (n.) 1610s, from non- + sense ; perhaps influenced by French nonsens . 中文词源 nonsense ：胡说 non-,无，非，sense,有意义词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nonsense 词源， nonsense 含义。 nonsense ：废话，无意义的话 词根词缀： non-否定 + -sens-感觉 + -e
• non-refundable 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random harbour harbour: [OE] Etymologically, a harbour is a ‘shelter for a crowd of people’. English acquired it in the late Anglo-Saxon period as herebeorg , perhaps borrowed from Old Norse herbergi , but it began life as a compound of prehistoric Germanic * kharjaz , originally ‘crowd’, later specifically ‘army’ (source a
• non-proprietary 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random clock clock: [14] The clock appears to have been so named because it told the hours by the chiming of a ‘bell’, medieval Latin clocca . The Latin word, which emerged in the 7th century and may have been of Irish origin, probably reached English via Middle Dutch klocke . Besides being applied to time-pieces, it has also lent
• non-proliferation 英文词源 non-proliferation (n.) also nonproliferation , 1965, from non- + proliferation ; originally in reference to nuclear weapons. 中文词源 non-proliferation ：防止核扩散 non-,无，非，proliferation,激增，核扩散。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： non-proliferation 词源， non-proliferation 含义。
• non-prescription 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random road road: [OE] Road comes from the same ultimate source as ride – and indeed in the Old English period it meant either simply ‘riding’ or ‘hostile incursion on horseback’ (a sense preserved in inroads [16] and also in raid , which is historically the same word as road ). By the 14th century the sense ‘sheltered anch
• nonplussed 英文词源 nonplussed (adj.) c. 1600, past participle adjective from nonplus . 中文词源 nonplussed ：惊呆的 non-,无，非，plus,加。即无以复加的，无言以对的，惊呆的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nonplussed 词源， nonplussed 含义。
• nonpareil 英文词源 nonpareil nonpareil: see pair nonpareil (adj.) late 15c., "having no equal," from Middle French nonpareil "unequalled, peerless," from non- "not" (see non- ) + pareil "equal." The noun meaning "an unequaled person or thing" is from 1590s; first applied to a kind of candy 1690s. As the name of a printing type (6 point size) it is attested from 1640s. 中文词源 nonpareil ：无与伦比
• no-no 英文词源 no-no (n.) 1942, from reduplication of no . 中文词源 no-no ：不可接受的行为 加强，比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： no-no 词源， no-no 含义。
• non-malignant 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random revive revive: see vivid 中文词源 non-malignant ：非恶性的 non-,无，非，malignant,恶性的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： non-malignant 词源， non-malignant 含义。
• non-invasive 英文词源 non-invasive (adj.) also noninvasive , by 1850, from non- + invasive . 中文词源 non-invasive ：非侵害的 non-,无，非，invasive,侵害。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： non-invasive 词源， non-invasive 含义。
• non-intervention 英文词源 non-intervention (n.) 1831, from non- + intervention . 中文词源 non-intervention ：不干涉 non-,无，非，intervention,干涉。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： non-intervention 词源， non-intervention 含义。
• nong 英文词源 nong "A foolish or stupid person (often as a general term of abuse)", 1940s: of unknown origin. 中文词源 nong ：笨蛋 来自澳大利亚俚语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nong 词源， nong 含义。
• non-fiction 英文词源 non-fiction (adj.) also nonfiction , 1866, a librarians' word, first in the reports of the Boston Public Library, from non- + fiction . Apparently not in widespread use until after 1900. 中文词源 non-fiction ：纪实文学 non-,无，非，fiction,小说。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： non-fiction 词源， non-fiction 含义。
• non-event 英文词源 non-event (n.) "unimportant or disappointing event," 1962, from non- + event . 中文词源 non-event ：令人失望的事 non-,无，非，event,事情，事件。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： non-event 词源， non-event 含义。
• nonetheless 英文词源 nonetheless 1839, as phrase none the less; contracted into one word from c. 1930. 中文词源 nonetheless ：尽管如此 来自none the less,尽管。比较nevertheless,despite. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nonetheless 词源， nonetheless 含义。
• nonet 英文词源 nonet "composition for nine instruments," 1865, from Italian nonetto , from nono "ninth," from Latin nonus (see nones ). 中文词源 nonet ：九人组，九重奏 来自nine,九，-et,小词后缀。比较quintet,quartet. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nonet 词源， nonet 含义。
• nonentity 英文词源 non-entity (n.) also nonentity , c. 1600, "something which does not exist," from non- + entity . Meaning "a person or thing of no importance" is attested from 1710. 中文词源 nonentity ：无成就的人 non-,无，非，entity,实体，实质。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nonentity 词源， nonentity 含义。
• none 英文词源 none none: [OE] Etymologically, none is simply ‘not one’. It was formed in the Old English period from the negative particle ne and ān , ancestor of modern English one . It was originally both a pronoun and an adjective, but in the latter role it has been replaced by its reduced form no . = one none (n.) Old English nan (pron.) "not one, not any," from ne "not" (see no ) + an "on
• nondescript 英文词源 nondescript (adj.) 1680s, "not hitherto described," in scientific usage, coined from non- + Latin descriptus , past participle of describere (see describe ). General sense of "not easily described or classified" is from 1806. 中文词源 nondescript ：无特征的 non-,无，非，description,描述，特征。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nondescript 词源，
• non-custodial 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random alloy alloy: [16] The notion of ‘mixing’ in alloy originated in the idea of ‘binding’ in Latin ligāre ‘tie’ (source of English ligament , ligature , and lien – via Old French loien from Latin ligāmen ‘bond’). Addition of the prefix ad - gave alligāre ‘bind one thing to another’, hence ‘combine’. This
• non-controversial 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random prude prude: [18] Old French prudefemme ‘virtuous woman’ meant literally ‘fine thing of a woman’. It was a lexicalization of the phrase * preu de femme , in which preu meant ‘fine, brave, virtuous’ (its variant prud gave English proud ). In the 17th century it was shortened to prude (Molière is the first writer on r
• non-contributory 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random fief fief: see fee 中文词源 non-contributory ：养老金等合部由雇主承担的 non-,无，非，contributory,分摊，贡献。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： non-contributory 词源， non-contributory 含义。
• nonconformity 英文词源 non-conformity (n.) also nonconformity , 1610s, coined in English from non- + conformity . Originally of Church of England clergymen who refused to conform on certain ceremonies. 中文词源 nonconformity ：不认同主流思想 non-,无，非，conformity, 顺从。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nonconformity 词源， nonconformity 含义。
• non compos mentis 英文词源 non compos mentis Latin, literally "not master of one's mind." 中文词源 non compos mentis ：精神不健全 来自拉丁语，non-,无，非，compos,控制，能力，词源同potent,mentis,精神，词源同mind. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： non compos mentis 词源， non compos mentis 含义。
• non-committal 英文词源 non-committal (adj.) also noncommittal , 1829, "characterized by refusal to commit oneself," from non- + committal (see commit ). 中文词源 non-committal ：不表态的 non-,无，非，commital,表态，承诺。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： non-committal 词源， non-committal 含义。
• non-combatant 英文词源 non-combatant (n.) also noncombatant , 1809, from non- + combatant . A word from the Napoleonic wars. 中文词源 non-combatant ：非战斗人员 non-,无，非，combatant,战斗人员。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： non-combatant 词源， non-combatant 含义。
• nonchalant 英文词源 nonchalant nonchalant: [18] To be nonchalant is etymologically ‘not to get hot under the collar’. The word comes from French nonchalant , an adjective formed with the prefix non - ‘not’ from the present participle of the verb chaloir ‘be concerned’. This goes back ultimately to Latin calēre ‘be hot’ (a relative of English calorie and cauldron ). = calorie , cauldron ,
• nonce-word 英文词源 nonce-word (n.) "word coined for a special occasion," 1922, from nonce + word (n.). 中文词源 nonce-word ：临时造词 nonce,临时的，word,词语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nonce-word 词源， nonce-word 含义。
• nonce 英文词源 nonce (n.) abstracted from phrase for þe naness (c. 1200) "for a special occasion, for a particular purpose," itself a misdivision (see N for other examples) of for þan anes "for the once," in reference to a particular occasion or purpose, the þan being from Middle English dative definite article þam (see the ). The phrase used from early 14c. as an empty filler in metrical compos
• non-biodegradable 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random wild wild: [OE] Wild is a general Germanic word, shared by German and Dutch ( wild ) and Swedish and Danish ( vild ). All go back to a prehistoric ancestor * wilthijaz , which in turn was probably descended from Indo-European * ghwelt - (source of Welsh gwyllt ‘wild’). The derivative wilderness [OE] etymologically denotes th
• nonagenarian 英文词源 nonagenarian (n.) 1776, coined in English with -an + Latin nonagenarius "containing ninety" (in Late Latin "someone ninety years old"), from nonagen "ninety each," related to nonaginta "the number ninety," from nonus "ninth" (see nones ) + -genaria "ten times," from PIE *dkm-ta- , from *dekm- "ten" (see ten ). As an adjective from 1893. 中文词源 nonagenarian ：九十多岁的人 来
• nominative 英文词源 nominative (adj.) late 14c., "pertaining to the grammatical case dealing with the subject of a verb," from Old French nominatif , from Latin nominativus "pertaining to naming," from nominatus , past participle of nominare (see nominate ). As a noun from 1620s. 中文词源 nominative ：主格 来自拉丁语nomen,名字，名词，词源同name,noun.用于语法格主格。 该词的英
• nominate 英文词源 nominate nominate: [16] Nominate is one of a small band of English words descended from nōmen , the Latin representative of the Indo-European ‘name’ word family that also includes English name . It was based on the derived verb nōmināre ‘name’, which has also given English, via French, nominee [17]. Other English words from the same source include nominal [15], nomenclature
• nominalize 英文词源 advice advice: [13] Like modern French avis , advice originally meant ‘opinion’, literally ‘what seems to one to be the case’. In Latin, ‘seem’ was usually expressed by the passive of the verb vidēre ‘see’; thus, vīsum est , ‘it seems’ (literally ‘it is seen’). With the addition of the dative first person pronoun, one could express the notion of opinion: mihi
• nominal 英文词源 nominal (adj.) early 15c., "pertaining to nouns," from Latin nominalis "pertaining to a name or names," from nomen (genitive nominis ) "name," cognate with Old English nama (see name (n.)). Meaning "of the nature of names" (in distinction to things) is from 1610s. Meaning "being so in name only" first recorded 1620s. 中文词源 nominal ：名义上的 来自拉丁语nomen,名字，词
• nomenclature 英文词源 nomenclature (n.) c. 1600, "a name," from Middle French nomenclature (16c.), from Latin nomenclatura "calling of names," from nomenclator "namer," from nomen "name" (see name (n.)) + calator "caller, crier," from calare "call out" (see claim (v.)). Nomenclator in Rome was the title of a steward whose job was to announce visitors, and also of a prompter who helped a stumping politician
• nom de plume 英文词源 nom de plume "An assumed name used by a writer instead of their real name; a pen-name", Early 19th century: formed in English from French words, to render the sense 'pen name', on the pattern of nom de guerre . 中文词源 nom de plume ：笔名 nom,名字，词源同name,plume,羽毛，笔。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nom de plume 词源， nom de plume 含
• nom de guerre 英文词源 nom de guerre "An assumed name under which a person engages in combat or some other activity or enterprise", French, literally 'war name'. 中文词源 nom de guerre ：假名，化名 nom,名字，词源同name,guerre,战争，词源同war.即战争时期使用的假名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nom de guerre 词源， nom de guerre 含义。
• nomad 英文词源 nomad nomad: [16] The Greek verb némein had a very wide range of senses. It originally meant ‘deal out, dispense’, a signification mirrored in the derived nemesis [16] (etymologically the ‘dealing out’ of what is due) and the possibly related number . It developed subsequently to ‘inhabit’ and to ‘control, manage’ (which is represented in English economy ). But a furt
• noisy 英文词源 noisy (adj.) 1690s, "making noise," also "full of noise," from noise + -y (2). Earlier was noiseful (late 14c.). Related: Noisily ; noisiness . 中文词源 noisy ：噪音的 来自noise,噪音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： noisy 词源， noisy 含义。
• noisome 英文词源 noisome noisome: [14] Noisome has no etymological connection with noise . Its closest English relative is annoy . This had a shortened from noy ‘trouble, annoy, harm’, current from the 13th to the 17th centuries, which was combined with the suffix - some to form noysome , later noisome , ‘harmful’. = annoy noisome (adj.) late 14c., "harmful, noxious," from noye "harm, misfortu
• noise 英文词源 noise noise: [13] Unlikely as it may seem, the ancestor of English noise meant ‘sickness’. It comes from Latin nausea , source also, of course, of English nausea . This was used colloquially for the sort of ‘hubbub’ or ‘confusion’ which is often coincident with someone being sick (and particularly seasick, which was what nausea originally implied), and Old French took it o
• no-frills 英文词源 no-frills (adj.) 1957, from no + frills . The expression no thrills meaning "without extra flourishes or ornamentation" is in use from 1870s; the original notion probably is of plain clothing. Man with no frills (American) a plain person, a man without culture or refinement. An amiable term to express a vulgar fellow. [Albert Barrere and Charles G. Leland, "A Dictionary of Slang, Jarg
• no-fault 英文词源 no-fault (adj.) as a type of U.S. motor vehicle insurance, 1967, from no + fault (n.). 中文词源 no-fault ：无过失的 fault,过失。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： no-fault 词源， no-fault 含义。
• Noel 英文词源 noel noel: see native Noel (n.) late 14c., nowel "feast of Christmas," from Old French noel "the Christmas season," variant of nael , from Latin natalis (dies) "birth (day)," in Church Latin in reference to the birthday of Christ, from natus , past participle of nasci "be born" (Old Latin gnasci ; see genus ). The modern word in English, with the sense "a Christmas carol" (1811) proba
• nodule 英文词源 nodule nodule: see noose nodule (n.) early 15c., from Latin nodulus "small knot," diminutive of nodus "knot" (see net (n.)). Related: Nodulated ; nodulous ; nodulation . 中文词源 nodule ：节，节结 来自node,节。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nodule 词源， nodule 含义。
• node 英文词源 node (n.) early 15c., "a knot or lump," from Latin nodus "knot" (see net (n.)). Originally borrowed c. 1400 in Latin form, meaning "lump in the flesh." Meaning "point of intersection" (originally of planetary orbits with the ecliptic) first recorded 1660s. 中文词源 node ：节，结点 来自拉丁语nodus,节，结，词源同net,noose.引申词义结点。 该词的英语词源请
• noddle 英文词源 noddle (1) "A person’s head", Late Middle English (denoting the back of the head): of unknown origin. noddle (2) "Nod or wag (one’s head)", Mid 18th century: frequentative of the verb nod. 中文词源 noddle ：头，脑袋 可能来自nod,点头。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： noddle 词源， noddle 含义。
• nod 英文词源 nod (v.) "to quickly bow the head," late 14c., of unknown origin, probably an Old English word, but not recorded; perhaps related to Old High German hnoton "to shake," from Proto-Germanic *hnudan . Meaning "to drift in and out of consciousness while on drugs" is attested from 1968. Related: Nodded ; nodding . A nodding acquaintance (1711) is one you know just well enough to greet with
• nock 英文词源 nock (n.) "notch on a bow," late 14c., of uncertain origin, probably from a Scandinavian source (such as Swedish nock "notch"), but compare Low German nokk , Dutch nok "tip of a sail." Perhaps connected to nook . nock (v.) "fit (an arrow) to a bowstring," 1510s, from nock (n.). Related: Nocked ; nocking . 中文词源 nock ：凹痕 词源不详，可能来自nick. 该词的英语词源