英语词源

• verdure 英文词源 verdure (n.) late 14c., "fresh green color," from Old French verdure "greenness, greenery, green fields, herbs," from verd , variant of vert "green" (12c.), from Latin viridis (source of Spanish, Italian verde ), related to virere "be green," of unknown origin. Perhaps ultimately from a root meaning "growing plant" and cognate with Lithuanian veisti "propagate," Old Norse visir "bud,
• verdigris 英文词源 verdigris verdigris: [14] Etymologically, verdigris means ‘green of Greece’. It comes from Old French vertegrez , a conflation of vert de Grece ‘green of Greece’ ( vert came from Latin viridis ‘green’, which also gave English verdant [16] and verdure [14] and may be related to Old English wīse ‘sprout, stalk’, Old Norse vísir ‘bud, sprout’, and Lithuanian veisti ‘
• verdict 英文词源 verdict verdict: [13] A verdict is etymologically a ‘true saying’. The word was borrowed from verdit , the Anglo-Norman variant of Old French veirdit . This was a compound term formed from veir ‘true’ (a descendant of Latin vērum and relative of English very ) and dit ‘saying, speech’, which came from Latin dictum . The partial latinization of verdit to verdict took place
• verdant 英文词源 verdant (adj.) 1580s, "green in color; green with vegetation," from Middle French virdeant "becoming green," present participle of Old French verdeiier "become green," from Vulgar Latin *viridiare "grow green, make green," from Latin viridis "green" (see verdure ). Related: Verdantly ; verdancy . 中文词源 verdant ：嫩绿的 来自拉丁语viridis,绿色的，词源同verdure. 该词
• verboten 英文词源 verboten (adj.) 1912, German, literally "forbidden" (see forbid ). 中文词源 verboten ：严禁的 来自德语，词源同forbidden. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： verboten 词源， verboten 含义。
• verbose 英文词源 verbose (adj.) "wordy," 1670s, from Latin verbosus "full of words, wordy," from verbum "word" (see verb ). Related: Verbosely (c. 1400); verboseness . 中文词源 verbose ：冗长的，啰嗦的 来自verb,言语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： verbose 词源， verbose 含义。
• verbiage 英文词源 verbiage (n.) "abundance of words," 1721, from French verbiage "wordiness" (17c.), from Middle French verbier "to chatter," from Old French verbe "word," from Latin verbum "word" (see verb ). 中文词源 verbiage ：冗词 来自verb,言语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： verbiage 词源， verbiage 含义。
• verbena 英文词源 verbena (n.) genus of plants, the vervain, 1560s, from Latin verbena "leaves or twigs of olive, myrtle, laurel, or other sacred plants employed in religious ceremonies," from PIE *werbh- (cognates: Lithuanian virbas "twig, branch, scion, rod"), from root *werb- "to turn, bend" (see warp (v.)). 中文词源 verbena ：马鞭草 来自拉丁语verbena,橄榄枝，月桂枝等用于宗教仪
• verbatim 英文词源 verbatim (adv.) late 15c., from Medieval Latin verbatim "word for word," from Latin verbum "word" (see verb ). As an adjective from 1737. 中文词源 verbatim ：一字不差的 来自verb,言语，-itim,副词后缀，逐，挨着，词源同nominatim,litteratim. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： verbatim 词源， verbatim 含义。 verbatim ：(完全)照字面的
• verbal 英文词源 verbal (adj.) early 15c., "dealing with words" (especially in contrast to things or realities), from Old French verbal (14c.) and directly from Late Latin verbalis "consisting of words, relating to verbs," from Latin verbum "word" (see verb ). Related: Verbally . Verbal conditioning is recorded from 1954. Colloquial verbal diarrhea is recorded from 1823. A verbal noun is a noun derive
• verb 英文词源 verb verb: [14] Latin verbum originally meant simply ‘word’ (a sense preserved in English verbal [15], verbiage [18], and verbose [17]); the specific application to a ‘word expressing action or occurrence’, which passed into English via Old French verbe , is a secondary development. Verbum goes back ultimately to the Indo- European base * wer -, which also produced English wor
• veranda 英文词源 veranda (n.) also verandah , 1711, from Hindi varanda , which probably is from Portuguese varanda , originally "long balcony or terrace," of uncertain origin, possibly related to Spanish baranda "railing," and ultimately from Vulgar Latin *barra "barrier, bar." French véranda is borrowed from English. That the word as used in England and in France was brought by the English from Indi
• veracity 英文词源 veracity (n.) 1620s, from French véracité (17c.), from Medieval Latin veracitatem (nominative veracitas ) "truthfulness," from Latin verax (genitive veracis ) "truthful," from verus "true" (see very ). 中文词源 veracity ：真实性 来自拉丁语verus,真实的，词源同verify,very. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： veracity 词源， veracity 含义。
• Venus flytrap 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random lodestone lodestone: see load 中文词源 Venus flytrap ：捕蝇草 比喻用法，因这种草的绚丽而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Venus flytrap 词源， Venus flytrap 含义。
• Venus 英文词源 Venus late Old English, from Latin Venus (plural veneres ), in ancient Roman mythology, the goddess of beauty and love, especially sensual love, from venus "love, sexual desire; loveliness, beauty, charm; a beloved object," from PIE root *wen- (1) "to strive after, wish, desire" (cognates: Sanskrit veti "follows after," vanas- "desire," vanati "desires, loves, wins;" Avestan vanaiti "
• venue 英文词源 venue (n.) c. 1300, "a coming for the purpose of attack," from Old French venue "coming" (12c.), from fem. past participle of venir "to come," from Latin venire "to come," from PIE root *gwa- "to go, come" (cognates: Old English cuman "to come;" see come ). The sense of "place where a case in law is tried" is first recorded 1530s. Extended to locality in general, especially "site of a
• Venturi 英文词源 Venturi type of tube, 1887, in reference to Italian physicist G.B. Venturi (1746-1822). 中文词源 Venturi ：文丘里管（一种液体流量测定装置） 来自其发明者18世纪意大利物理学家G.B.Venturi. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Venturi 词源， Venturi 含义。
• venture 英文词源 venture (v.) early 15c., "to risk the loss" (of something), shortened form of aventure , itself a form of adventure . General sense of "to dare, to presume" is recorded from 1550s. Related: Ventured ; venturing . Nought venter nought have [Heywood, "Proverbs," 1546] venture (n.) c. 1400, "fortune, chance," shortening of aventure (n.), a variant of adventure (n.); also from Anglo-Frenc
• ventriloquism 英文词源 ventriloquism (n.) 1773, in the modern sense, from ventriloquy + -ism . 中文词源 ventriloquism ：口技 venter-,腹部，词源同 ventral,-loq,说话，词源同loquacious。即腹部说话，口技。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ventriloquism 词源， ventriloquism 含义。 ventriloquism ：口技 venter-,腹部，词源同 ventral,-loq,说话，词源
• ventricle 英文词源 ventricle (n.) late 14c., "small chamber or cavity within a bodily organ," especially of the heart, from Latin ventriculus (in reference to the heart, ventriculus cordis ), literally "little belly," diminutive of venter (genitive ventris ) "belly" (see ventral ). 中文词源 ventricle ：（体内的）室，腔 来自拉丁语venter,鼓起，腹部，词源同uterus,vesicle,-icle,小词
• ventral 英文词源 ventral (adj.) 1739, from French ventral or directly from Late Latin ventralis "of or pertaining to the belly or stomach," from Latin venter (genitive ventris ) "belly, paunch; stomach, appetite; womb, unborn child," from PIE *wend-tri- (cognates: Latin vesica "bladder," Sanskrit vastih "bladder," Old High German wanast , German wanst "paunch, belly"), perhaps from root *udero- "abdom
• ventilate 英文词源 ventilate (v.) early 15c., "to scatter, disperse (as the wind does)," from Latin ventilatus , past participle of ventilare "to brandish, toss in the air, winnow, fan, agitate, set in motion," from ventulus "a breeze," diminutive of ventus "wind" (see wind (n.1)). Original notion is of cleaning grain by tossing it in the air and letting the wind blow away the chaff. Meaning "supply a r
• vent 英文词源 vent vent: English has two words vent . The verb, ‘provide with an outlet’ [14], came via Old French esventer from Vulgar Latin * exventāre ‘let out air’. This was a compound verb formed from the Latin prefix ex - ‘out’ and ventum ‘wind’ (source also of English ventilate [15] and distantly related to English wind ). Vent ‘slit in the back of a garment’ [15] goes b
• venous 英文词源 venous (adj.) 1620s, from Latin venosus "full of veins," from vena (see vein ). 中文词源 venous ：静脉的 来自拉丁语vena,静脉，词源同vein. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： venous 词源， venous 含义。 venous ：静脉的 来自拉丁语 vena,静脉，词源同 vein.
• venom 英文词源 venom venom: [13] Venom comes via Old French venim from Vulgar Latin * venīmen , an alteration of Latin venēnum ‘drug, poison’. It has been speculated that this was derived ultimately from venus ‘love’ (source of English venerate , venereal , etc), in which case its ancestral sense would presumably have been ‘love-potion’. venom (n.) mid-13c., venim , venym , "poison sec
• venison 英文词源 venison venison: [13] Latin vēnātiō meant ‘hunting’, hence ‘hunted animals, game’ (it was derived from vēnārī ‘hunt’, which may be distantly related to English win ). English acquired it via Old French venison in the sense ‘flesh of hunted animals used for food’, and the modern specialization to ‘deer-meat’ did not begin to emerge until the 18th century. veni
• venial 英文词源 venial (adj.) c. 1300, "pardonable," from Old French venial "pardonable, excusable" (13c.) and directly from Late Latin venialis "pardonable," from Latin venia "forgiveness, indulgence, pardon," related to venus "sexual love, desire" (see Venus ). Related: Venially . 中文词源 venial ：轻微而可原谅的 来自拉丁语venus,美丽，爱慕，渴求，词源同Venus,引申词义纵
• vengeance 英文词源 vengeance vengeance: see vindicate vengeance (n.) c. 1300, from Anglo-French vengeaunce , Old French vengeance , venjance "revenge, retribution" (12c.), from vengier "take revenge," from Latin vindicare "assert a claim, claim as one's own; avenge, punish" (see vindicate ). Vengeance is mine, ... saith the Lord. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink; f
• Venetian blind 英文词源 Venetian (n.) early 15c., "native or resident of Venice," from Medieval Latin Venetianus , from Venetia (see Venice ). Also probably in part from Old French Venicien . As a kind of dress cloth, from 1710. As an adjective from 1550s. Venetian blinds so called by 1791. 中文词源 Venetian blind ：百叶窗帘 Venetian,来自意大利城市Venice,威尼斯，blind,窗帘。即威尼斯风
• venereal disease 英文词源 venereal venereal: [15] Latin venus meant ‘love, charm’ (it came ultimately from the same Indo- European base as produced English wish and winsome and Sanskrit vānchā ‘wish’). It was not that common as a generic term, its most familiar role being as the name of the Roman goddess of love. From it was derived venereus ‘of sexual love or sexual intercourse’, which English b
• venerable 英文词源 venerable (adj.) early 15c., "worthy of respect," from Old French venerable and directly from Latin venerabilis "worthy of reverence or respect," from venerari "to worship, revere" (see veneration ). As a title, used in reference to ecclesiastics (in the Anglican church, specifically of archdeacons) or those who had obtained the first degree of canonization. Related: Venerably ; vener
• veneer 英文词源 veneer veneer: [17] Veneer is ultimately the same word as furnish . Both come from Old French fournir , but veneer was routed via German, which borrowed fournir as furniren . The verbal noun derived from this, furnirung , was borrowed into English as faneering in the highly specialized sense ‘provision of a thin surface layer of fine wood’. The noun veneer was a back-formation fro
• vendor 英文词源 vendor (n.) 1590s, from late Anglo-French vendor , from vendre "to vend," from Latin vendere "to sell" (see vend ). More common in legal use than vender . 中文词源 vendor ：小贩，卖主 来自vend,出售。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： vendor 词源， vendor 含义。
• vendetta 英文词源 vendetta vendetta: see vindicate vendetta (n.) "a private war in which a kinsman wreaks vengeance on the slayer of a relative," 1846, from Italian vendetta "a feud, blood feud," from Latin vindicta "vengeance, revenge" (see vindictive ). Especially associated with Corsica. 中文词源 vendetta ：积怨 来自意大利语vendetta,仇怨，血仇，来自拉丁语vindicta,报仇，复仇
• vend 英文词源 vend vend: [17] Latin vēndere meant ‘sell’: it was a compound verb formed from vēnum ‘sale’ (source of English venal ‘corrupt, bribable’ [17]) and dare ‘give’ (source of English data ). English acquired the word via French vendre , but it was preceded into the language by the derivative vendor [16]. = data , date , donate , venal vend (v.) 1620s, from Latin vendere "
• venal 英文词源 venal (adj.) 1650s, "capable of being obtained for a price; that can be corrupted;" 1660s, "offered for sale," from French vénal , Old French venel "for sale" (of prostitutes, etc.; 12c.), from Latin venalis "for sale, to be sold; capable of being bribed," from venum (nominative *venus ) "for sale," from PIE root *wes- (1) "to buy, sell" (cognates: Sanskrit vasnah "purchase money," v
• vena cava 英文词源 vena cava (n.) Medical Latin, from Latin vena "vein" (see vein ) + cava , from cavus "hollow" (see cave (n.)). 中文词源 vena cava ：腔静脉 来自拉丁语，vena,静脉，词源同vein,cava,腔，词源同cave. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： vena cava 词源， vena cava 含义。
• velvety 英文词源 velvety (adj.) 1712, from velvet + -y (2). Related: Velvetiness . 中文词源 velvety ：丝绒般的 来自velvet,天鹅绒，丝绒。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： velvety 词源， velvety 含义。 velvety ：丝绒般的 来自 velvet,天鹅绒，丝绒。
• velveteen 英文词源 velveteen (n.) imitation velvet (made with cotton in place of silk), 1776, from velvet + commercial suffix -een (variant of -ine ). 中文词源 velveteen ：棉绒 来自velvet,-een,形容词后缀，像。用于指棉绒。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： velveteen 词源， velveteen 含义。 velveteen ：棉绒 来自 velvet,-een,形容词后缀，像。用于
• velvet 英文词源 velvet velvet: [14] Velvet is etymologically a ‘hairy’ or ‘downy’ fabric. Its ultimate ancestor is Latin villus ‘hair, down’, which also produced English velours [18]. From it was derived medieval Latin villūtus ‘shaggy’, which passed into Old French as velu ‘velvety’. And this in turn formed the basis of a noun veluotte , from which English got velvet . The deriv
• velum 英文词源 velum (n.) "the soft palate," 1771, from Latin velum "a sail, awning, curtain, covering" (see veil (n.)). 中文词源 velum ：缘膜 来自拉丁语velum,帘布，帆，来自PIE*weg,编织，织布，织网，来自PIE*wei的扩大格，弯，转，词源同wire,wind. 引申词义缘膜。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： velum 词源， velum 含义。 velum ：
• velour 英文词源 velour (n.) 1706, also velure , velours , from French velours "velvet," from Old French velor , alteration of velos "velvet," from Old Provençal velos , from Latin villosus (adj.) "shaggy, hairy, rough" (in Medieval Latin "velvet"), from villus "shaggy hair, tuft of hair" (see velvet ). 中文词源 velour ：丝绒 来自拉丁语villus,毛发，绒毛，词源同wool,velvet,引申义
• velodrome 英文词源 velodrome (n.) "building for bicycle races," 1892, from French vélodrome , from vélo , colloquial abbreviation of vélocipède (see velocipede ) + -drome , as in hippodrome . 中文词源 velodrome ：赛车场 velo-,速度，词源同velocity,-drome, 跑，词源同dromedary,hippodrome。引申词义赛车场。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： velodrome 词源，
• velocity 英文词源 velocity (n.) early 15c., from Latin velocitatem (nominative velocitas ) "swiftness, speed," from velox (genitive velocis ) "swift, speedy, rapid, quick," of uncertain origin, perhaps related to vehere "carry" (see vehicle ), or from the same root as vigil . 中文词源 velocity ：速度 来自拉丁语volo,飞，词源同volatile,volley,引申义极快的速度。或来自拉丁语
• velociraptor 英文词源 velociraptor (n.) 1924, from Latin velox (genitive velocis ) "swift, speedy" (see velocity ) + raptor "robber" (see raptor ). Fossil remains discovered in 1923 in the red Djadochta sandstone at Shabarakh Usu in Mongolia. The first (Fig. 1) of the typical megalosaurian type, although of small size, seems to have been an alert, swift-moving carnivorous dinosaur to which the generic name
• vellum 英文词源 vellum vellum: see veal vellum (n.) early 15c., from Old French velin "parchment made from calfskin" (13c.), from vel , veel "calf" (see veal ). 中文词源 vellum ：牛皮纸，羊皮纸 词源同veal,小牛，小牛肉，该词用于指牛皮纸或羊皮纸。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： vellum 词源， vellum 含义。 vellum ：牛皮纸，羊皮纸 词
• veld 英文词源 veld veld: see field veld (n.) see veldt . 中文词源 veld ：南非的无树草原 来自南非荷兰语，词源同field,田野，用来指南非的无树草原。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： veld 词源， veld 含义。 veld ：南非的无树草原 来自南非荷兰语，词源同 field,田野，用来指南非的无树草原。
• Velcro 英文词源 Velcro (n.) 1958, proprietary name (Britain), from French vel(ours) cro(ché) "hooked velvet." Here is a nonmetallic fastener with no mechanical parts. It is simply two strips of nylon, one woven with thousands of tiny protruding hooks, the other with loops. Pressed together, they catch like a burr to clothing, can't be parted except by peeling. American Velcro, Manchester, N.H., make
• velar 英文词源 velar (adj.) 1726, from Latin velaris , from velum "sail, curtain" (see veil (n.)). Originally an architect's term for a type of cupola resembling a swelling sail; phonetics sense is from 1876, on notion of "pertaining to the velum ," the anatomist's name for the soft palate ( velum in this sense is attested from 1771, in full velum palati ). The noun meaning "a velar guttural" is rec
• vein 英文词源 vein vein: [13] Vein comes via Old French veine from Latin vēna ‘blood vessel’, a word of uncertain origin. Acquired directly from Latin were the derivatives venose [17] and venous [17]. vein (n.) c. 1300, from Old French veine "vein, artery, pulse" (12c.), from Latin vena "a blood vessel," also "a water course, a vein of metal, a person's natural ability or interest," of unknown
• veil 英文词源 veil veil: [13] The ultimate source of veil is Latin vēlum ‘sail, curtain, veil’, and English acquired it via Anglo-Norman veile . To reveal something is etymologically to ‘remove a veil’ from it. = reveal veil (n.) c. 1200, "nun's head covering," from Anglo-French and Old North French veil (12c., Modern French voile ) "a head-covering," also "a sail, a curtain," from Latin v
• vehicle 英文词源 vehicle vehicle: [17] A vehicle is etymologically something that ‘carries’. The word comes via French véhicule from Latin vehiculum , a derivative of vehere ‘carry’. This also gave English convex , inveigh , vector [18] (etymologically a ‘carrier’), and vex [15], and it came ultimately from a prehistoric Indo- European base * wegh -, ancestor also of English waggon , way
• vehement 英文词源 vehement (adj.) early 15c., from Middle French vehement , veement "impetuous, ardent" (12c.), from Latin vehementem (nominative vehemens ) "impetuous, eager, violent, furious, ardent, carried away," perhaps [Barnhart] from a lost present middle participle of vehere "to carry" (see vehicle ). The other theory is that it represents vehe- "lacking, wanting" + mens "mind." Related: Veheme
• vegetation 英文词源 vegetation (n.) 1560s, "act of vegetating," from Middle French végétation and directly from Medieval Latin vegetationem (nominative vegetatio ) "a quickening, action of growing," from vegetare "grow, quicken" (see vegetable ). Meaning "plant life" first recorded 1727. 中文词源 vegetation ：植被 来自vegetable,植物。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： v
• vegetate 英文词源 vegetate (v.) c. 1600, "to grow as plants do," perhaps a back-formation from vegetation , or from Latin vegetatus , past participle of vegetare "to enliven, to animate" (see vegetable (adj.)). Sense of "to lead a dull, empty, or stagnant life" is from 1740. Related: Vegetated ; vegetating . 中文词源 vegetate ：无所事事 来自vegetable,植物，引申词义像植物人的，无活
• vegetarian 英文词源 vegetarian (n.) 1839, irregular formation from vegetable (n.) + -arian , as in agrarian , etc. "The general use of the word appears to have been largely due to the formation of the Vegetarian Society in Ramsgate in 1847" [OED]. As an adjective from 1849. 中文词源 vegetarian ：素食者 来自vegetable,蔬菜，即吃蔬菜的人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• Vegemite 英文词源 Vegemite "A type of savoury spread made from concentrated yeast extract", 1920s: from vegetable, on the pattern of Marmite. 中文词源 Vegemite ：维吉米特黑酱 产自澳大利亚，vege-,蔬菜，来自vegetable,-mite,来自Marmite,马麦酱。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Vegemite 词源， Vegemite 含义。 Vegemite ：维吉米特黑酱 产自澳大
• vegan 英文词源 vegan (n.) 1944, from vegetable (n.) + -an ; coined by English vegetarian Donald Watson (1910-2005) to distinguish those who abstain from all animal products (eggs, cheese, etc.) from those who merely refuse to eat the animals. 中文词源 vegan ：素食主义者 来自vegetable,蔬菜，引申词义素食主义者。参见vegetarian. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• veer 英文词源 veer (v.) 1580s, "to change direction" (originally of the wind; 1610s of a ship), from Middle French virer "to turn" (12c.), of uncertain origin, perhaps (Diez) from the Latin stem vir- in viriae (plural) "bracelets." Gamillscheg finds von Wartburg's derivation of it from a Vulgar Latin contraction of Latin vibrare "to shake" to be nicht möglich . Related: veered , veering . 中文词源
• veep 英文词源 veep (n.) 1949, American English, apparently coined from V.P. , abbreviation of vice president , perhaps modeled on jeep , which was then in vogue. Introduced by Alben W. Barkley (1877-1956), Harry Truman's vice president. According to the "Saturday Evening Post," "his grandchildren, finding Vice-President too long, call him that." The magazines quickly picked it up, especially when t
• Veda 英文词源 Veda (n.) ancient sacred Hindu book, 1734, from Sanskrit veda , literally "knowledge, understanding," especially "sacred knowledge," from root vid- "to know," from PIE root *weid- "to see" (related to wit , and to Avestan vaeda "I know," Latin videre "to see;" see vision (n.)). The books are the Rig- , Yajur- , Sama- , and Atharva-veda . 中文词源 Veda ：吠陀经 来自梵语，知
• vector 英文词源 vector vector: see vehicle vector (n.) "quantity having magnitude and direction," 1846; earlier "line joining a fixed point and a variable point," 1704, from Latin vector "one who carries or conveys, carrier" (also "one who rides"), agent noun from past participle stem of vehere "carry, convey" (see vehicle ). Related: Vectorial . 中文词源 vector ：向量 来自拉丁语vehere,携带
• veal 英文词源 veal veal: [14] The Latin word for ‘calf’ was vitulus (it appears originally to have denoted ‘yearling’, for it is probably related to Greek étos ‘year’). Its diminutive form vitellus passed into English via Anglo-Norman veel , in the sense ‘calf-meat’. Its Old French cousin, veel , formed the basis of a derivative velin ‘calfskin for writing on’, which English ad
• V-chip 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random sceptic sceptic: [16] The Greek verb sképtesthai meant ‘examine, consider’ (it was descended from a base * skep - which was related to * skop -, source of English scope , and may have been a reversed version of * spek -, from which English gets spectator , speculate , etc). From it was derived the adjective skeptikós , whi
• vavavoom 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random cameo cameo: [15] The immediate source of modern English cameo was Italian cameo or cammeo . No one is too sure where it ultimately came from, but it has always been assumed that it had some sort of Oriental source – perhaps Arabic qamaā’īl ‘flower buds’. The original form of the word in English was cameu , which came
• vaunted 英文词源 vaunt (v.) early 15c., "speak vainly or proudly," from Anglo-French vaunter , Old French vanter "to praise, speak highly of," from Medieval Latin vanitare "to boast," frequentative of Latin vanare "to utter empty words," from vanus "idle, empty" (see vain ). Also short for avaunten "to boast" (see vaunt (n.)). Related: Vaunted ; vaunting . 中文词源 vaunted ：被吹嘘的 来自拉丁
• vault 英文词源 vault vault: Vault ‘arched roof’ [14] and vault ‘jump’ [16] are distinct words, although they share a common ancestor: Latin volvere ‘roll, turn’ (source also of English involve , revolve , etc). Its feminine past participle volūta evolved in Vulgar Latin into * volta , which was used as a noun meaning ‘turn’, hence ‘curved roof’. English acquired it via Old Frenc
• vaudeville 英文词源 vaudeville vaudeville: [18] In 15th-century France there was a fashion for songs from the valley of the Vire, in the Calvados region of Normandy (particularly popular, apparently, were the satirical songs composed by a local fuller, Olivier Basselin). They were known as chansons du Vau de Vire ‘songs of the valley of the Vire’, which became shortened to vaudevire , and this was la
• Vatican 英文词源 Vatican 1550s, from Latin mons Vaticanus , Roman hill on which Papal palace stands. Said to be an Etruscan loan-word, not related to vates "sooth-sayer." 中文词源 Vatican ：梵蒂冈 来自拉丁语mons Vaticanus,罗马山，教皇所在之地，词源同vatic,预言的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Vatican 词源， Vatican 含义。 Vatican ：梵蒂冈
• vatic 英文词源 vatic (adj.) "pertaining to a prophet," c. 1600, from Latin vates (see vates ) + -ic . 中文词源 vatic ：预言的 来自拉丁语vates,占卜家，预言家，来自PIE*wet,吹，启迪，唤醒灵魂，来自PIE*we的引申词义，词源同wind,风。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： vatic 词源， vatic 含义。 vatic ：预言的 来自拉丁语 vates,占
• vat 英文词源 vat vat: [13] Vat comes from a prehistoric Germanic * fatam ‘vessel, barrel’, which also produced German fass , Dutch vat , Swedish fat , and Danish fad . It passed into Old English as fæt , whose direct descendant, fat , had largely died out by the end of the 19th century; vat represents a southwestern dialect form. vat (n.) c. 1200, large tub or cistern, "especially one for hol
• vast 英文词源 vast vast: [16] Latin vastus originally meant ‘empty, unoccupied, deserted’. The sense ‘huge’, in which English borrowed it, is a secondary semantic development. Another metaphorical route took it to ‘ravaged, destroyed’, in which sense it lies behind English devastate and waste . = devastate , waste vast (adj.) 1570s, "being of great extent or size," from Middle French va
• vasodilation 英文词源 vasodilation (n.) 1896, from vasopressor , from vaso- , comb. form of Latin vas "container, vessel" (see vas ) + dilation . Related: Vasodilator (1881). 中文词源 vasodilation ：血管扩张 vas,血管，dilation,扩张。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： vasodilation 词源， vasodilation 含义。 vasodilation ：血管扩张 vas,血管，dilation,扩张。
• vasoconstriction 英文词源 vasoconstriction (n.) 1899, from comb. form of vas + constriction . 中文词源 vasoconstriction ：血管收缩 vas,血管，constriction,收缩。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： vasoconstriction 词源， vasoconstriction 含义。 vasoconstriction ：血管收缩 vas,血管，constriction,收缩。
• Vaseline 英文词源 vaseline vaseline: [19] The term vaseline was coined around 1872 as a trade name for a sort of petroleum jelly newly brought out by the Chesebrough Manufacturing Company. The first syllable, vas -, comes from an anglicized spelling of German wasser ‘water’; the second represents the el - of Greek élation ‘oil’; and the third is the scientific-sounding suffix - ine . = water V
• vasectomy 英文词源 vasectomy (n.) 1896, from Modern Latin vas (deferens) + -ectomy "a cutting." 中文词源 vasectomy ：输精管切除术 vas,输精管，-ectomy,切除，词源同appendectomy,阑尾切除术。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： vasectomy 词源， vasectomy 含义。 vasectomy ：输精管切除术 vas,输精管，-ectomy,切除，词源同 appendectomy,阑尾切除
• vase 英文词源 vase vase: [17] Latin vās meant a ‘dish’ or ‘vessel’ (its diminutive forms vāsculum and vāscellum have given English vascular [17] and vessel respectively). It passed into English via French vase , and at first was pronounced to rhyme with base . This pronunciation survives in American English, but in Britain since the 19th century vase has been rhymed with bores (now defun
• vas deferens 英文词源 vas deferens "The duct which conveys sperm from the testicle to the urethra", Late 16th century: from vas + Latin deferens 'carrying away', present participle of deferre . 中文词源 vas deferens ：输精管 vas,容器，管道，deferens,带来，词源同defer,遵从，带来。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： vas deferens 词源， vas deferens 含义。
• vascular 英文词源 vascular (adj.) 1670s, in anatomy, "pertaining to conveyance or circulation of fluids," from Modern Latin vascularis "of or pertaining to vessels or tubes," from Latin vasculum "a small vessel," diminutive of vas "vessel." 中文词源 vascular ：血管的 来自拉丁语vas,容器，词源同vase,vessel,-cul,小词后缀，引申词义血管。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• vas 英文词源 vas (n.) in anatomy, "a tube, duct, or conduit for conveying blood, lymph, semen, etc.," plural vasa , Latin, literally "vessel." Vas deferens (plural vasa defferentia ) is from 1570s. 中文词源 vas ：血管，脉管 来自拉丁语vas,容器，词源同vase,vessel,用于解剖学术语血管，脉管。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： vas 词源， vas 含义
• vary 英文词源 vary vary: [14] Latin varius meant ‘speckled, variegated, changeable’ (it gave English various [16], and may have been related to Latin vārus ‘bent, crooked, knock-kneed’, source of English prevaricate ). It had a range of derivatives, which have given English variable [14], variance [14], variant [14], variegate [17], variety [16], variola ‘smallpox’ [18] (which retains
• varsity 英文词源 varsity (adj.) 1825, "university," variant of earlier versity (1670s), shortened form of university . Compare varsal (1690s), short for universal ; varmint from vermin ; and Grose's "Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue" (1788) has vardy as slang for verdict . "Used in English universities, and affected to some extent in American colleges" [Century Dictionary]. 中文词源 varsity ：大学
• varnish 英文词源 varnish varnish: [14] Varnish may come ultimately from Berenice (Greek Bereníkē ), the name of a city in Cyrenaica, Libya, which was credited with the first use of varnishes. Bereníkē became a generic term in medieval Greek, and is thought to lie behind medieval Latin veronix ‘resin used in varnishes’, which passed into English via Old French vernis . varnish (n.) mid-14c., fr
• varmint 英文词源 varmint (n.) 1530s, varment ; the chiefly American English dialectal form varmint is attested from 1829; variant of vermin . Meaning "objectionable or troublesome person" is recorded from 1773. 中文词源 varmint ：害兽 来自vermin变体，词源同worm,引申词义害兽。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： varmint 词源， varmint 含义。 varmint ：害兽
• varlet 英文词源 varlet varlet: [15] Varlet and valet [16] are doublets – they come from the same ultimate source. This was Vulgar Latin * vassus , a borrowing from Old Celtic * wasso - ‘young man, squire’. From * vassus were derived two medieval Latin diminutive forms: vassallus , which has given English vassal [14], and * vassellitus . This passed into Old French as vaslet , which diversified
• various 英文词源 various (adj.) early 15c., "characterized by variety," from Middle French varieux and directly from Latin varius "changing, different, diverse" (see vary ). Meaning "different from one another, having a diversity of features" is recorded from 1630s. Related: Variously . 中文词源 various ：多样的 来自vary,改变，多变。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• varifocals 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random hostage hostage: [13] Despite its similarity, hostage is not related to any of the English words host . It comes via Old French hostage from * obsidāticum , a Vulgar Latin derivative of late Latin obsidātus ‘condition of being held as a security for the fulfilment of an undertaking’. This is turn was based on Latin obses ‘
• variety 英文词源 variety (n.) 1530s, "change of fortunes," from Middle French variété and directly from Latin varietatem (nominative varietas ) "difference, diversity; a kind, variety, species, sort," from varius "various" (see vary ). Meaning diversity, absence of monotony" is from 1540s; that of "collection of different things" is from 1550s; sense of "something different from others" is from 1610
• variegated 英文词源 variegated "Exhibiting different colours, especially as irregular patches or streaks", Mid 17th century: from Latin variegat- 'made varied' (from the verb variegare , from varius 'diverse') + -ed 2 . 中文词源 variegated ：斑驳的 var-,改变，多变，词源同vary,-eg,做，词源同agent.引申词义多样的，斑驳的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• variable 英文词源 variable (adj.) late 14c., of persons, "apt to change, fickle," from Old French variable "various, changeable, fickle," from Late Latin variabilis "changeable," from variare "to change" (see vary ). Of weather, seasons, etc., attested from late 15c.; of stars, from 1788. variable (n.) "quantity that can vary in value," 1816, from variable (adj.) in mathematical sense of "quantitativel