英语词源

• nocturne 英文词源 nocturne (n.) 1851, "composition of a dreamy character," from French nocturne , literally "composition appropriate to the night," noun use of Old French nocturne "nocturnal," from Latin nocturnus (see nocturnal ). The style and the name are said to have originated c. 1814 with Irish-born composer John Field (c. 1782-1837), who wrote many of them, in a style that Chopin mastered in his
• nocturnal 英文词源 nocturnal nocturnal: see night nocturnal (adj.) late 15c., from Old French nocturnal "nightly, nocturnal," or directly from Late Latin nocturnalis , from Latin nocturnus "belonging to the night," from nox (genitive noctis ) "night," cognate with Old English neaht (see night ) + -urnus , suffix forming adjectives of time. Nocturnal emission "involuntary ejaculation during sleep" first
• no-brainer 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random bivouac bivouac: [18] Bivouac appears to be of Swiss- German origin. The early 19th-century writer Stalder noted that the term beiwacht ( bei ‘additional’ + wacht ‘guard’ – a relative of English watch and wake ) was used in Aargau and Zürich for a sort of band of vigilantes who assisted the regular town guard. Beiwach
• nobody 英文词源 nobody (n.) mid-14c., no body "no person noone," from Middle English no (adj.) "not any" + bodi (see body (n.)). Written as two words 14c.-18c.; hyphenated 17c.-18c. Incorrect use with their is attested from 1540s. Meaning "person of no importance" is from 1580s. 中文词源 nobody ：小人物 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nobody 词源， no
• noblesse oblige 英文词源 noblesse (n.) early 13c., "noble birth or condition," from Old French noblece "noble birth, splendor, magnificence" (Modern French noblesse ), from Vulgar Latin *nobilitia , from Latin nobilis (see noble (adj.)). French phrase noblesse oblige "privilege entails responsibility" is attested in English first in 1837. 中文词源 noblesse oblige ：贵族义务，位高则任重 来自法语
• noble savage 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random view view: [15] Etymologically, a view is simply something ‘seen’. The word was borrowed from Old French veue , a noun use of the feminine past participle of veoir ‘see’. This was descended from Latin vidēre ‘see’ (source of English vision , visit , etc). = vision 中文词源 noble savage ：高尚的野蛮人（指未
• noble gas 英文词源 noble (adj.) c. 1200, "illustrious, distinguished; worthy of honor or respect," from Old French noble "of noble bearing or birth," from Latin nobilis "well-known, famous, renowned; excellent, superior, splendid; high-born, of superior birth," earlier *gnobilis , literally "knowable," from gnoscere "to come to know," from PIE root *gno- "to know" (see know ). The prominent Roman famili
• nobility 英文词源 nobility (n.) mid-14c., "quality of being excellent or rare," from Old French nobilite "high rank; dignity, grace; great deed" (12c., Modern French nobilité ), and directly from Latin nobilitatem (nominative nobilitas ) "celebrity, fame; high birth; excellence, superiority; the nobles," from nobilis "well-known, prominent" (see noble (adj.)). Meaning "quality of being of noble rank o
• nobelium 英文词源 nobelium (n.) 1957, from Nobel + -ium . 中文词源 nobelium ：锘 来自瑞典化学家炸药大王Alfred Nobel（诺贝尔），以表达对他的敬意。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nobelium 词源， nobelium 含义。
• Nobel 英文词源 Nobel 1900, in reference to five prizes (in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace) established in the will of Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), Swedish chemist and engineer, inventor of dynamite. A sixth prize, in economics, was added in 1969. Related: Nobelist . 中文词源 Nobel ：诺贝尔奖 来自瑞典化学家炸药大王Alfred Nobel，他死后，根据他的遗愿于1
• nobble 英文词源 nobble "Try to influence or thwart by underhand or unfair methods", Mid 19th century: probably a variant of dialect knobble , knubble 'knock, strike with the knuckles'. 中文词源 nobble ：阻止，阻挠 可能来自方言词knubble,敲，击，用骨节敲打，词源同knob,knuckle.最初用于赛马指操纵赛马比赛，后用于法律术语阻挠司法公正等。 该词的英
• nob 英文词源 nob (n.) "head," c. 1700, slang variant of knob (q.v.). 中文词源 nob ：大人物 来自nobleman. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nob 词源， nob 含义。
• no 英文词源 no no: English has three words no , which come from quite distinct sources (although they all, of course, contain the ancient negative particle ne ). No the negative reply [OE] means etymologically ‘not ever, never’. It originated as a compound of ne and ā ‘ever’ (a relative of archaic modern English aye ‘ever’, whose own negative form is nay [12]) and the resulting nā b
• nix 英文词源 nix (n.) "nothing, none," 1789, from German nix , dialectal variant of nichts "nothing," from Middle High German nihtes , from genitive of niht , nit "nothing," from Old High German niwiht, from ni , ne "no" (see un- ) + wiht "thing, creature" (compare naught ). nix (v.) "cancel, refuse, forbid," 1903, from nix (n.). Related: Nixed ; nixing . 中文词源 nix ：无，没有，拒绝 来
• nitwit 英文词源 nitwit (n.) "stupid person," 1922, probably from nit "nothing," from dialectal German or Yiddish, from Middle Low German (see nix ) + wit (n.). 中文词源 nitwit ：笨蛋 nit,虱子，wit,智慧。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nitwit 词源， nitwit 含义。
• nitrous oxide 英文词源 gas (n.1) 1650s, from Dutch gas, probably from Greek khaos "empty space" (see chaos ). The sound of Dutch "g" is roughly equivalent to that of Greek "kh." First used by Flemish chemist J.B. van Helmont (1577-1644), probably influenced by Paracelsus, who used khaos in an occult sense of "proper elements of spirits" or "ultra-rarified water," which was van Helmont's definition of gas .
• nitroglycerin 英文词源 nitroglycerine (n.) also nitroglycerin , "explosive oily liquid," 1857, from nitro- + glycerin . So called either because it was obtained by treating glycerine with nitric and sulfuric acids or because it is essentially a nitrate (glyceryl trinitrate). 中文词源 nitroglycerin ：硝化甘油 nitr-,硝，glycerin,甘油。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nitro
• nitrogen 英文词源 nitrogen (n.) 1794, from French nitrogène , coined 1790 by French chemist Jean Antoine Chaptal (1756-1832), from comb. form of Greek nitron "sodium carbonate" (see nitro- ) + French gène "producing," from Greek -gen "giving birth to" (see -gen ). The gas was identified in part by analysis of nitre. Earlier name (1772) was mephitic air , and Lavoisier called it azote (see azo- ). 中文
• nitrify 英文词源 nitrify "Convert (ammonia or another nitrogen compound) into nitrites or nitrates", Early 19th century: from French nitrifier . 中文词源 nitrify ：硝化 nitr-,硝，-fy,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nitrify 词源， nitrify 含义。
• nitric acid 英文词源 acid (adj.) 1620s, "of the taste of vinegar," from French acide (16c.) or directly from Latin acidus "sour, sharp," adjective of state from acere "to be sour," from PIE root *ak- "sharp, pointed" (see acrid ). Figurative use from 1775; applied to intense colors from 1916. Acid test is American English, 1892, from the frontier days, when gold was distinguished from similar metals by ap
• nitre 英文词源 nitre (n.) c. 1400, "native sodium carbonate," from Old French nitre (13c.), from Latin nitrum , from Greek nitron , which is possibly of Eastern origin (compare Hebrew nether "carbonate of soda;" Egyptian ntr ). Originally a word for native soda, but also associated from Middle Ages with saltpeter (potassium nitrate) for obscure reasons; this became the predominant sense by late 16c.
• nitrate 英文词源 nitrate (n.) 1794, from French nitrate (1787) or formed in English from nitre + -ate (3). Related: Nitrates . 中文词源 nitrate ：硝酸盐 nitr-,硝，-ate,化学名词后缀，盐。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nitrate 词源， nitrate 含义。
• nit-picking 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random that that: [OE] That is a very ancient word, going right back to prehistoric Indo-European * tad (source also of Greek tó ‘the’ and Russian tot’ , ta , to ‘that’). Its original function in English was as the neuter form of a demonstrative pronoun. This came to be used as the definite article (modern English the ), but
• nit 英文词源 nit (n.) Old English hnitu "louse egg, nit," from Proto-Germanic *hnitu- (cognates: Norwegian nit , Middle Dutch nete , Dutch neet , Middle High German niz , German Niß ), from PIE root *knid- "egg of a louse" (cognates: Russian, Polish gnida , Czech knida ; Greek konidos , genitive konis "egg of a louse"). 中文词源 nit ：虱子 来自古英语hnitu,虱子卵，虱子，来自PI
• Nissen hut 英文词源 Nissen hut "A tunnel-shaped hut made of corrugated iron with a cement floor", Early 20th century: named after Peter N. Nissen (1871–1930), the British engineer who invented it. 中文词源 Nissen hut ：尼森铁皮屋 来自其设计者19世纪英国工程师Peter Nissen. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Nissen hut 词源， Nissen hut 含义。
• niqab 英文词源 niqab "A veil worn by some Muslim women in public, covering all of the face apart from the eyes", Arabic niqāb . 中文词源 niqab ：尼卡布（穆斯林妇女穿的面纱） 来自阿拉伯语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： niqab 词源， niqab 含义。
• nippy 英文词源 nippy (adj.) 1898, in reference to a "biting" chill in the air, from nip (n.2) + -y (2). Related: Nippiness . 中文词源 nippy ：敏捷的 来自nip,咬，捏。引申词义敏捷的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nippy 词源， nippy 含义。 nippy ：刺鼻的，尖锐的，咬人的；敏捷的，活泼的；(天气)严寒的，冷得刺骨的 来源于
• nipple 英文词源 nipple (n.) 1530s, nyppell , "teat, duct-laden extremity of a mammalian breast," alteration of neble (1520s), probably diminutive of neb "bill, beak, snout" (see neb ), hence, literally "a small projection." In reference to an artificial device on an infant's bottle, from 1875. A 16c.-17c. slang term for a woman's nipples was cherrilets . 中文词源 nipple ：乳头，奶嘴 可能来
• nipper 英文词源 nipper (n.) "small boy," 1859, originally (1530s) a pickpocket who "pinched" other people's property; see nip (v.). 中文词源 nipper ：小孩子 来自nip,咬，捏。原指在大街上偷别人钱包的小孩，后该词义弱化。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nipper 词源， nipper 含义。
• nip and tuck 英文词源 nip (n.2) "a pinch; a sharp bite," 1540s, from nip (v.). Meaning "a chill in the weather" is from 1610s, probably so called for its effect on vegetation. Nip and tuck "a close thing" is recorded from 1832, perhaps from sailing or tailoring. 中文词源 nip and tuck ：势均力敌 即裤夹和裤脚，引申词义势均力敌。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• nip 英文词源 nip (n.2) "a pinch; a sharp bite," 1540s, from nip (v.). Meaning "a chill in the weather" is from 1610s, probably so called for its effect on vegetation. Nip and tuck "a close thing" is recorded from 1832, perhaps from sailing or tailoring. nip (v.) "to pinch sharply; to bite suddenly," late 14c., related to Middle Low German nipen "to nip, to pinch," German nippen , Middle Dutch nipe
• niobium 英文词源 niobium (n.) named by German scientist Heinrich Rose, who discovered it in 1844 in a mineral then called tantalum ; so called because in Greek mythology Niobe was the daughter of Tantalus . 中文词源 niobium ：铌 来自希腊神话Niobe，Tantalus之女，后来人们从金属元素钽（Tantalum）进一步提取出一种新的元素，因此就命名为niobium.参照tantalize. 该
• Niobe 英文词源 Niobe in Greek mythology, a queen of Thebes, daughter of Tantalus, changed to a stone while weeping for her children (slain, after she boasted of them overmuch, by Artemis and Apollo); hence the name is used figuratively for bereavement and woe. The name is said to mean literally "snowy; snowy-bright." 中文词源 Niobe ：尼俄伯 希腊神话人物，Thebes王后，Tantalus之女，
• ninny 英文词源 ninny (n.) "simpleton, fool," 1590s, perhaps a misdivision of an innocent (see N for other examples), or from the pet form of the proper name Innocent , with sense influenced by the name's literal meaning. There may be some influence in the word of Italian ninno "baby, child." 中文词源 ninny ：笨蛋 可能来自innocent的口语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• ninja 英文词源 ninja "A person skilled in the Japanese art of ninjutsu", Japanese, literally 'spy'. 中文词源 ninja ：忍者 来自日语，最终来自汉语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ninja 词源， ninja 含义。
• ning-nong 英文词源 ning-nong "A fool", Mid 19th century: of unknown origin. 中文词源 ning-nong ：呆子，傻瓜 澳大利亚俚语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ning-nong 词源， ning-nong 含义。
• nineties 英文词源 nineties (n.) 1857 as the years of someone's life between 90 and 99; from 1848 as the tenth decade of years in a given century; 1849 with reference to Fahrenheit temperature. See ninety . Many still live who remember those days; if the old men cannot tell you the exact date, they will say: 'It were in the nineties;' (etc.) ["Chambers's Journal," Nov. 1, 1856] In Britain, the naughty n
• ninety 英文词源 ninety (n.) Old English nigontig , from nine + -tig "group of ten" (see -ty (1)). Cognate with Old Frisian niontich , Middle Dutch negentich , Dutch negentig , German neunzig . 中文词源 ninety ：九十 nine,九，-ty,十。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ninety 词源， ninety 含义。
• nineteen 英文词源 nineteen (n.) late Old English nigontene (Anglian), nigontyne (West Saxon); see nine + -teen . 中文词源 nineteen ：十九 nine,九，-teen,十。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nineteen 词源， nineteen 含义。
• nines 英文词源 nines (n.) in phrase to the nines "to perfection" (1787) first attested in Burns, apparently preserves the ancient notion of the perfection of the number as three times three (such as the nine Muses). [T]he Book of St. Albans, in the sections on blasonry, lays great stress on the nines in which all perfect things (orders of angels, virtues, articles of chivalry, differences of coat ar
• ninepins 英文词源 ninepins (n.) 1570s, from nine + plural of pin (n.). From the number of pins to be knocked down. 中文词源 ninepins ：大批倒下 nine,九，pin,插销，销子球。一种类似保龄球的游戏，把九个目标销子全部击落，引申词义大批倒下。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ninepins 词源， ninepins 含义。
• nine 英文词源 nine nine: [OE] Nine is part of a general Indo- European family of ‘9’-words, which trace their ancestry back to a prehistoric * newn or * enewn . Among the descendants of these are Greek ennéa , Latin novem (source of English November ), Irish nóin , Lithuanian devynì , and Russian devyat’ . Its Germanic forms * niwun or * nigun have differentiated into German neun , Dutch n
• nincompoop 英文词源 nincompoop (n.) 1670s, nicompoop . Despite similarity [noted by Johnson] to Latin legal phrase non compos mentis "insane, mentally incompetent" (c. 1600), the connection is denied by etymologists because the earliest forms lack the second -n- . Weekley thinks first element may be a proper name, and cites Nicodemus , which he says was used in French for "a fool," or Nicholas . Klein sa
• nimby 英文词源 nimby acronym for not in my back yard , 1980, American English, supposedly coined by Walter Rodgers of the American Nuclear Society. 中文词源 nimby ：不得在我家后院论者 来自短语not in my back yard.用来调侃希望国家修建垃圾场，核电站等有利于国计民生但不要在我家附近修就行的人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• nimbus 英文词源 nimbus (n.) 1610s, "bright cloud surrounding a god," from Latin nimbus "cloud," perhaps related to nebula "cloud, mist" (see nebula ). Meaning "halo" is first recorded c. 1730. Meteorological sense of "a rain cloud" is from 1803. 中文词源 nimbus ：雨云 来自拉丁语nimbus,云，可能来自nebula,云，雾，水气，词源同nebula,nebulous. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• nimble 英文词源 nimble (adj.) "agile, light-footed," c. 1300, nemel , from Old English næmel "quick to grasp" (attested but once), related to niman "to take," from Proto-Germanic *neman (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Dutch, Gothic niman , Old Norse nema , Old Frisian nima , German nehmen "to take"), from PIE root *nem- "to divide, distribute, allot," also "to take" (cognates: Greek nemein "to deal out,"
• Nike 英文词源 Nike Greek goddess of victory (identified by the Romans with their Victoria ), literally "victory," probably connected with neikos "quarrel, strife," neikein "to quarrel with." As a type of U.S. defensive surface-to-air missiles, attested from 1952. 中文词源 Nike ：胜利女神 来自希腊神话Nike,胜利女神，对应罗马胜利女神Victoria. 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• nil 英文词源 nil nil: [19] Latin nil was a contracted form of nihil ‘nothing’ (source of English nihilism [19]). This in turn was a shortening of an earlier nihilum , a compound formed from the negative particle nī and hīlum ‘small or trivial thing’, and thus denoted etymologically ‘not a jot’. = nihilism nil (n.) "nothing," 1833, from Latin nil, contraction of nihil, nihilum "nothin
• nihilist 英文词源 nihilist (n.) 1836 in the religious or philosophical sense, from French nihiliste , from Latin nihil (see nihilism ). In the Russian political sense, it is recorded from 1871. Related: Nihilistic . 中文词源 nihilist ：虚无主义者 来自拉丁语nihil,什么都没有，虚无。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nihilist 词源， nihilist 含义。
• nihilism 英文词源 nihilism (n.) 1817, "the doctrine of negation" (in reference to religion or morals), from German Nihilismus , from Latin nihil "nothing at all" (see nil ), coined by German philosopher Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743-1819). In philosophy, an extreme form of skepticism (1836). The political sense was first used by German journalist Joseph von Görres (1776-1848). Turgenev used the Russ
• nightstick 英文词源 nightstick (n.) also night-stick , 1887, from night + stick (n.). So called because it was carried on night patrols. 中文词源 nightstick ：警棍 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nightstick 词源， nightstick 含义。
• nightspot 英文词源 nightspot (n.) also night spot , "nightclub," 1936, from night (n.) + spot (n.) "place." 中文词源 nightspot ：夜间娱乐场所 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nightspot 词源， nightspot 含义。
• night safe 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random vandal vandal: [17] The term vandal commemorates a Germanic tribe, the Vandals, who sacked Rome in 455 AD, and thereby earned themselves a reputation as destroyers of civilization. Their name for themselves was * Wandal -, which etymologically means ‘wanderer’. 中文词源 night safe ：夜间保险箱 night,夜晚，safe,安
• night owl 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random chiffon chiffon: see chip 中文词源 night owl ：猫头鹰，夜猫子 night,夜晚，owl,猫头鹰。用来比喻夜猫子生活的人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： night owl 词源， night owl 含义。
• nightlife 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random intact intact: see entire 中文词源 nightlife ：夜生活 即夜晚的生活。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nightlife 词源， nightlife 含义。
• nightjar 英文词源 nightjar (n.) nocturnal bird, goatsucker, 1620s, from night + jar (v.). So called for the "jarring" sounds made by the male when the female is brooding, which have been described as a "churring trill that seems to change direction as it rises and falls." An Old English word for it was nihthræfn "night raven." 中文词源 nightjar ：夜鹰 night,夜晚，jar,拟声词，刺耳的声音
• nightie 英文词源 nightie (n.) 1871, short for nightgown ; originally a children's word. 中文词源 nightie ：女式睡衣 来自nightdress的口语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nightie 词源， nightie 含义。
• nightfall 英文词源 nightfall (n.) 1700; see night + fall (n.). 中文词源 nightfall ：黄昏 即夜晚降临，黄昏。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nightfall 词源， nightfall 含义。
• night duty 英文词源 night duty "Frequently hyphenated when used attributive ", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society . 中文词源 night duty ：夜班 即夜晚的职责，夜班。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： night duty 词源， night duty 含义。
• nightdress 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random arid arid: [17] English acquired arid from Latin aridus , either directly or via French aride . The Latin adjective is part of a web of related words denoting ‘dryness’ or ‘burning’: it came from the verb ārēre ‘be dry’, which may be the source of area ; it seems to have connections with a prehistoric Germanic * az
• nightclub 英文词源 nightclub (n.) also night-club , "club open at night," 1894, from night + club (n.) in the social sense. 中文词源 nightclub ：夜总会 即夜间俱乐部。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nightclub 词源， nightclub 含义。
• nightclothes 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random mayor mayor: [13] Mayor and major are ultimately the same word. The ancestor of mayor is Latin mājor ‘larger’, which reached English via medieval Latin mājor (used nominally as the title of various officials) and Old French maire . In Middle English the word was mair or mer , and mayor represents a partial return to the La
• nightcap 英文词源 nightcap (n.) also night-cap , late 14c., "covering for the head, worn in bed," from night + cap (n.). In the alcoholic sense, it is attested from 1818. American English sense of "final event in a sporting contest" (especially the second game of a baseball double-header) is from 1939. 中文词源 nightcap ：夜帽，夜酒 原指寒冷的冬天夜间睡觉时戴的帽子。夜酒义，
• night 英文词源 night night: [OE] Night is the English member of an ancient Indo-European family of ‘night’-words, represented in virtually all the modern European languages. The ancestral form was * nokt -, and from this have come Greek núx , Latin nox (source of English nocturnal [15] and nocturne [19], and forerunner of French nuit , Italian notte , and Spanish noche ), Welsh nos , Latvian na
• nigh 英文词源 nigh nigh: see near nigh (adv.) "near," Old English neah (West Saxon), neh (Anglian), common Germanic (cognates: Old Saxon nah , Old Frisian nei , Middle Dutch, Dutch na , Old High German nah , German nah , Gothic nehwa ), with no cognates outside Germanic. The Old English progression was neah - near - niehsta , for "nigh - near - next." But the comparative near and the superlative ne
• niggling 英文词源 niggle (v.) 1590s (implied in niggling ), possibly from a Scandinavian source (compare Norwegian dialectal nigla "be busy with trifles"), perhaps related to source of niggard . Related: Niggled ; niggling ; niggler . 中文词源 niggling ：烦人的 来自niggle,使烦恼。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： niggling 词源， niggling 含义。
• niggle 英文词源 niggle (v.) 1590s (implied in niggling ), possibly from a Scandinavian source (compare Norwegian dialectal nigla "be busy with trifles"), perhaps related to source of niggard . Related: Niggled ; niggling ; niggler . 中文词源 niggle ：使烦恼，使焦虑 来自挪威方言nigla,忙于琐事的，瞎忙的，词源同niggard，-le,表反复。引申词义使烦恼，使焦虑。
• nigger 英文词源 nigger nigger: see denigrate nigger (n.) 1786, earlier neger (1568, Scottish and northern England dialect), from French nègre , from Spanish negro (see Negro ). From the earliest usage it was "the term that carries with it all the obloquy and contempt and rejection which whites have inflicted on blacks" [cited in Gowers, 1965, probably Harold R. Isaacs]. But as black inferiority was
• niggardly 英文词源 niggardly (adj.) 1560s, from niggard + -ly (1). It was while giving a speech in Washington, to a very international audience, about the British theft of the Elgin marbles from the Parthenon. I described the attitude of the current British authorities as "niggardly." Nobody said anything, but I privately resolved -- having felt the word hanging in the air a bit -- to say "parsimonious"
• nifty 英文词源 nifty (adj.) "smart, stylish," 1868, of unknown origin, perhaps theatrical slang, first attested in a poem by Bret Harte, who said it was a shortened, altered form of magnificat . Related: Niftily ; niftiness . 中文词源 nifty ：有技巧的，极好的 词源不详，一种说法是来自magnificent的口语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nifty 词源，
• niece 英文词源 niece niece: [13] Niece comes ultimately from * neptī -, the feminine form of Indo-European * nepōt - (source of English nephew ). This passed into Latin as neptis ‘granddaughter, niece’, which in post-classical times became * neptia . Old French took it over as niece – whence English niece . * Neptī - also had a Germanic descendant, * niptiz , which now survives only in Germ
• nickname 英文词源 nickname nickname: [14] A nickname is etymologically an ‘additional name’. The word was originally ekename , whose eke ‘addition’ was a derivative of the verb eke (as in ‘eke out’). But by the 15th century an ekename was becoming misinterpreted as a nekename – hence nickname (the same process produced newt [15] from ewt , ancestor of modern English eft ‘newt’, and th
• nicker 英文词源 nicker (v.) "to neigh," 1774, of imitative origin (see neigh ). Related: Nickered ; nickering . 中文词源 nicker ：一英镑 词源不详，可能来自nickel,分币，代指小钱，一英磅。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nicker 词源， nicker 含义。
• nickel-and-dime 英文词源 nickel-and-dime "Harass (someone) by charging for many trivial items or services", Late 19th century: originally denoting a shop selling articles costing five or ten cents. 中文词源 nickel-and-dime ：小钱的，微不足道的 nickel,分币，dime,十分币。引申词义小钱的，微不足道的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nickel-and-dime 词源，
• nickel 英文词源 nickel nickel: [18] The element nickel was named in 1754 by the Swedish mineralogist Axel von Cronstedt. The word he chose was a truncated form of kupfernickel , a term formerly used by German miners for niccolite, a nickle-bearing ore. This meant literally ‘copperdemon’, an allusion probably to the fact that niccolite looks as though it contains copper, but does not. The - nickel
• nick 英文词源 nick (n.) "notch, groove, slit," late 15c., nyke , of unknown origin, possibly influenced by Middle French niche (see niche ), or from it. Nick of time is first attested 1640s ( nick of opportunity is 1610s), possibly from an old custom of recording time as it passed by making notches on a tally stick, though nick in the general sense of "critical moment" is older (1570s, Hanmer, who
• Nicholas 英文词源 Nicholas masc. proper name, from French Nicolas , from Latin Nicholaus , Nicolaus , from Greek Nikholaos , literally "victory-people," from nike "victory" (see Nike ) + laos "people" (see lay (adj.)). The saint (obit. 326 C.E.) was a bishop of Myra in Lycia, patron of scholars, especially schoolboys. A popular given name in England in Middle Ages, as was the fem. form Nicolaa , corres
• niche 英文词源 niche niche: see nest niche (n.) 1610s, "shallow recess in a wall," from French niche "recess (for a dog), kennel" (14c.), perhaps from Italian nicchia "niche, nook," from nicchio "seashell," said by Klein and Barnhart to be probably from Latin mitulus "mussel," but the change of -m- to -n- is not explained. Watkins suggests that the word is from an Old French noun derived from nichie
• nicety 英文词源 nicety (n.) mid-14c., "folly, stupidity," from Old French niceté "foolishness, childishness, simplicity," from nice "silly" (see nice ). Underwent sense evolution parallel to nice , arriving at "minute, subtle point" 1580s and "exactitude" in 1650s. Phrase to a nicety "exactly" is attested from 1795. 中文词源 nicety ：细节，细微 来自nice，细致的。 该词的英语词源
• nice 英文词源 nice nice: [13] Nice is one of the more celebrated examples in English of a word changing its meaning out of all recognition over the centuries – in this case, from ‘stupid’ to ‘pleasant’. Its ultimate source was Latin nescius ‘ignorant’, a compound adjective formed from the negative particle ne - and the base of the verb scīre ‘know’ (source of English science ). T
• nibs 英文词源 nibs (n.) especially in His Nibs "boss, employer, self-important person," 1821, of unknown origin; perhaps a variant of nob "person of high position." 中文词源 nibs ：用以称自命不凡的人 词源不详，多用于讽刺性的敬称His Nibs,老板，可能来自nob,大人物，有钱人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nibs 词源， nibs 含义。
• nibble 英文词源 nibble (v.) "to bite gently," c. 1500, perhaps from Low German nibbeln "to nibble, gnaw," related to Middle Low German nibbelen , Middle Dutch knibbelen "to gnaw," source of Dutch knibbelen "to cavail, squabble." Related: Nibbled ; nibbling . nibble (n.) 1650s, "act of nibbling," from nibble (v.). As "a small bite," from 1838. 中文词源 nibble ：小口咬 来自nib,鸟嘴，喙，引
• nib 英文词源 nib (n.) 1580s, "beak or bill of a bird," Scottish variant of Old English neb (see neb ). Meaning "point" (of a pen or quill) first recorded 1610s. 中文词源 nib ：喙，钢笔尖 来自neb的拼写变体，鸟嘴，喙，引申词义钢笔尖。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nib 词源， nib 含义。
• niacin 英文词源 niacin (n.) "pellagra-preventing vitamin in enriched bread," 1942, coined from ni(cotinic) ac(id) + -in (2), chemical suffix; suggested by the American Medical Association as a more commercially viable name than nicotinic acid. The new name was found to be necessary because some anti-tobacco groups warned against enriched bread because it would foster the cigarette habit. ["Cooperativ
• ngoma 英文词源 ngoma "(In East Africa) a dance; a night of dancing and music", Kiswahili, literally 'drum, dance, music'. 中文词源 ngoma ：恩格玛鼓，狂欢庆典 来自斯瓦西里语，鼓，舞蹈，音乐。引申词义狂欢盛典。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ngoma 词源， ngoma 含义。
• Nez Perce 英文词源 Nez Perce native people of Idaho and vicinity, and their language, from French Nez Percé , literally "pierced nose." In reference to an early custom of the people of wearing shell ornaments in pierced septums. 中文词源 Nez Perce ：美洲土著民族 来自法语Nez Perce,穿鼻子的人，nez,鼻子，词源同nose,perce,穿透，词源同pierce.因这个民族的人穿鼻子而得
• nexus 英文词源 nexus nexus: see connect nexus (n.) 1660s, "bond, link, means of communication," from Latin nexus "that which ties or binds together," past participle of nectere "to bind," from PIE root *ned- "to bind, tie" (see net (n.)). 中文词源 nexus ：关系，联结 来自拉丁语nexus,绑定，连结，来自PIE*ned,绑定，词源同connect,net. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• next of kin 英文词源 navel (n.) Old English nafela , nabula , from Proto-Germanic *nabalan (cognates: Old Norse nafli , Danish and Swedish navle , Old Frisian navla , Middle Dutch and Dutch navel , Old High German nabalo , German Nabel ), from PIE *(o)nobh- "navel" (cognates: Sanskrit nabhila "navel, nave, relationship;" Avestan nafa "navel," naba-nazdishta "next of kin;" Persian naf ; Latin umbilicus "na
• next 英文词源 next next: [OE] Etymologically, something that is next is ‘nearest’. The word comes, like its Germanic relatives, German nächste , Dutch naaste , Swedish näst , and Danish næst , from a prehistoric ancestor formed from * nēkh - ‘near’ (from which English nigh is descended) and the superlative suffix *- istaz . A parallel comparative formation has given English near . = nea
• New Zealand 英文词源 New Zealand from Dutch Nieuw Zeeland , literally "new sea land," but chiefly a reference to the Dutch province of Zeeland . Discovered 1647 by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman and originally named Staaten Landt ; the name was changed the following year by Dutch authorities. 中文词源 New Zealand ：新西兰 南部太平洋岛国，即new sea land. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源