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• newton 英文词源 Newton (n.) unit of force, 1904, named in honor of Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727). 中文词源 newton ：牛（力的单位） 来自英国17世纪著名物理学家Isaac Newton,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： newton 词源， newton 含义。
• newt 英文词源 newt newt: see nickname newt (n.) early 15c., misdivision of an ewte (see N for other examples), from Middle English evete (see eft ). " Eft , though now only provincial, is strictly the correct form" [Century Dictionary]. 中文词源 newt ：蝾螈 错分裂词，来自an ewte的错分成a newte, 即现在的eft,蜥蜴，蝾螈。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• newsworthy 英文词源 newsworthy (adj.) 1932, from news + worthy . 中文词源 newsworthy ：有新闻价值的 news,新闻，worthy,有价值的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： newsworthy 词源， newsworthy 含义。
• newswire 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random tolerate tolerate: [16] To tolerate something is etymologically to ‘bear’ it. The word comes from the past participle of Latin tolerāre ‘bear, tolerate’. This in turn was formed from a base * tol - ‘lift, carry’, which also underlies English extol [15]. = extol 中文词源 newswire ：新闻专线 news,新闻，wir
• news ticker 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random melt melt: [OE] Melt goes back ultimately to an Indo- European * meld -, * mold -, * mld -, denoting ‘softness’, which also produced English mild and Latin mollis ‘soft’ (source of English mollify and mollusc ). Its prehistoric Germanic descendant * melt -, * malt - produced the verb * maltjan ‘dissolve’, which has b
• newsreel 英文词源 newsreel (n.) 1916, from news (n.) + reel (n.). 中文词源 newsreel ：新闻短片 news,新闻，reel,卷轴。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： newsreel 词源， newsreel 含义。
• newsprint 英文词源 newsprint (n.) "cheap paper from pulp, used to print newspapers," 1909, from news (n.) + print . 中文词源 newsprint ：新闻纸 news,新闻，print,打印。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： newsprint 词源， newsprint 含义。
• newspeak 英文词源 Newspeak (n.) name of the artificial language of official communication in George Orwell's novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four," 1949, from new (adj.) + speak (n.). Frequently applied to what is perceived as propagandistic warped English. 中文词源 newspeak ：新话（模棱两可的政治宣传语言） 来自英国小说家George Orwell于1949年写作的著名科幻小说《1984》，里
• newspaper 英文词源 newspaper (n.) 1660s, though the thing itself is older (see gazette ); from news (n.) + paper (n.). [T]he newspaper that drops on your doorstep is a partial, hasty, incomplete, inevitably somewhat flawed and inaccurate rendering of some of the things we have heard about in the past twenty-four hours -- distorted, despite our best efforts to eliminate gross bias, by the very process of
• newsflash 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random relax relax: see relish 中文词源 newsflash ：简明新闻 news,新闻，flash,闪过，快速播放。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： newsflash 词源， newsflash 含义。
• newsdesk 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random ail ail: [OE] Now virtually obsolete except in the metaphorical use of its present participial adjective ailing , ail is of long but uncertain history. The Old English verb egl(i)an came from the adjective egle ‘troublesome’, which had related forms in other Germanic languages, such as Middle Low German egelen ‘annoy’ an
• newscast 英文词源 newscast (n.) 1930, from news + -cast , from broadcast . 中文词源 newscast ：新闻广播 news,新闻，cast,广播。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： newscast 词源， newscast 含义。
• news agency 英文词源 Tass (n.) official news agency of the former U.S.S.R., an acronym of Russian Telegrafnoje Agenstvo Sovjetskeho Sojuza "Telegraphic Agency of the Soviet Union." 中文词源 news agency ：通讯社 news,新闻，agency,机构。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： news agency 词源， news agency 含义。
• news 英文词源 news (n.) late 14c., "new things," plural of new (n.) "new thing," from new (adj.); after French nouvelles , used in Bible translations to render Medieval Latin nova (neuter plural) "news," literally "new things." Sometimes still regarded as plural, 17c.-19c. Meaning "tidings" is early 15c. Meaning "radio or television program presenting current events" is from 1923. Bad news "unpleas
• new man 英文词源 Neanderthal (adj.) 1861, in reference to a type of extinct hominid, from German Neanderthal "Neander Valley," name of a gorge near Düsseldorf where humanoid fossils were identified in 1856. The place name is from the Graecized form of Joachim Neumann (literally "new man," Greek *neo-ander ), 1650-1680, German pastor, poet and hymn-writer, who made this a favorite spot in the 1670s. A
• Newfoundland Time 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random when when: [OE] When was formed from the ancient interrogative base * qwo - (source also of English what , who , etc) and a nasal suffix which also appears in then . From the same ancestor, but with an additional dental suffix, came Latin quando ‘when’, source of English quandary . = quandary 中文词源 Newfoundland Time ：
• newfie 英文词源 Newfoundland 1585, from newfound + land (n.). In reference to a type of dog, from 1773. Related: Newfoundlander . Colloquial shortening Newfie for the inhabitants or the place is recorded from 1942. 中文词源 newfie ：纽芬兰人 来自Newfoundland的昵称。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： newfie 词源， newfie 含义。
• newfangled 英文词源 newfangled newfangled: see fang newfangled (adj.) late 15c., "addicted to novelty," literally "ready to grasp at all new things," from adjective newefangel "fond of novelty" (late 14c.), from new + -fangel "inclined to take," from root of Old English fon "to capture" (see fang ). Sense of "lately come into fashion" first recorded 1530s. Fanglement "act of fashioning; something made" i
• newel post 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random especial especial: see special 中文词源 newel post ：楼梯中柱 来自古法语noel,来自拉丁语nodus,节，结点，词源同net,noose，-el,小词后缀。用于指楼梯中间的结点，post,柱子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： newel post 词源， newel post 含义。
• newcomer 英文词源 newcomer (n.) "recent arrival," mid-15c., with agent noun ending from new-come (past participle adjective), c. 1200, from Old English niwe cumen . Old English also used niwcumen as a noun meaning "newcomer, neophyte." 中文词源 newcomer ：新来者 即新来的人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： newcomer 词源， newcomer 含义。
• Newcastle 英文词源 branks (n.) 1590s, of unknown origin, perhaps from a North Sea Germanic language. An instrument of punishment for women, originally Scottish, it was a kind of iron cage for the head with a metal bit attached to still the tongue. Paide for caring a woman throughe the towne for skoulding, with branks, 4 d . ["Municipal Accounts of Newcastle," 1595] "Ungallant, and unmercifully severe, a
• new broom 英文词源 new broom (1) "A person who or thing which effects fundamental or numerous alterations; especially a newly appointed person who vigorously sets about making changes in personnel, procedures, etc", Late 18th cent.; earliest use found in Frederick Reynolds (1764–1841), playwright. From new + broom , with allusion to the proverb new brooms sweep clean . 中文词源 new broom ：新上任
• newbie 英文词源 newbie (n.) "newcomer, new person to an existing situation," by 1969, from new with diminutive or derogatory suffix. Perhaps originally U.S. military slang. Compare noob . Middle English had newing "a new thing" (early 15c.); new was used as a noun meaning "naval cadet during first training on a ship" (1909); and newie "new thing" is recorded from 1947. 中文词源 newbie ：新手 n
• new 英文词源 new new: [OE] New goes back a long way – to Indo- European * newos , in fact. This also produced Greek néos ‘new’ (source of English neophyte and a range of other neo - compounds), Latin novus ‘new’ (ancestor of French nouveau , Italian nuovo , and Spanish nuevo , and source of English novel , novice , etc), Welsh newydd ‘new’, Lithuanian naujas ‘new’, and Russian n
• nevertheless 英文词源 nevertheless (adv.) c. 1300, neuer þe lesse ; as one word from early 14c., neuerþeles . The sense of never here is "not at all; none the," as in unmerged expressions such as never the wiser , never the worse . Middle English also had neverthelater in same sense. 中文词源 nevertheless ：不过，然而 来自never the less.比较nonetheless,notwithstanding. 该词的英语词源请
• never-never land 英文词源 never-never land "An imaginary utopian place or situation", Early 20th century: often with allusion to the ideal country in J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan . 中文词源 never-never land ：世外桃源 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： never-never land 词源， never-never land 含义。
• nevermore 英文词源 nevermore (adv.) "no longer, not any more, never again," early 12c., from never + more (adv.). 中文词源 nevermore ：不再 即绝不用再有。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nevermore 词源， nevermore 含义。
• never 英文词源 never (adv.) Old English næfre "never," compound of ne "not, no" (from PIE root *ne- "no, not;" see un- (1)) + æfre "ever" (see ever ). Early used as an emphatic form of not (as still in never mind ). Old English, unlike its modern descendant, had the useful custom of attaching ne to words to create their negatives, as in nabban for na habban "not to have." Italian giammai , French
• neutron bomb 英文词源 neutron (n.) "electrically neuter particle of the atom," 1921, coined by U.S. chemist William D. Harkins (1873-1951) from neutral (adj.) + -on . First record of neutron bomb is from 1960. Neutron star attested from 1934, originally hypothetical; so called because it would be composed of neutrons. 中文词源 neutron bomb ：中子弹 neutron,中子，bomb,炸弹。 该词的英语词源
• neutron 英文词源 neutron (n.) "electrically neuter particle of the atom," 1921, coined by U.S. chemist William D. Harkins (1873-1951) from neutral (adj.) + -on . First record of neutron bomb is from 1960. Neutron star attested from 1934, originally hypothetical; so called because it would be composed of neutrons. 中文词源 neutron ：中子 来自neutral,中性的，-on,物理名词后缀，来自e
• neutrino 英文词源 neutrino (n.) "neutral particle smaller than a neutron," 1934, from Italian neutrino , coined 1933 by Italian physicist Enrico Fermi (1901-1954) from neutro "neuter" (see neuter (adj.)) + -ino , diminutive suffix. 中文词源 neutrino ：中微子 来自neutron,中子，-ino,意大利小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： neutrino 词源， neutrino 含义
• neutralize 英文词源 neutralize (v.) 1734, "to render neutral" (in a chemical sense), from French neutraliser (17c.), from neutral (see neutral (adj.)). Meaning "to counterbalance, to kill by opposing" is from 1795. Related: Neutralized ; neutralizing . 中文词源 neutralize ：使中立，使无效 来自neuter,中性的。引申词义使中立，使无效。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• neutral 英文词源 neutral (adj.) late 15c., "composed of contrasting elements which, in proper proportion, neutralize each other," from Middle French neutral , from Latin neutralis "of neuter gender," from neuter (see neuter (adj.)). Chemistry sense is from 1660s. Sense of "not taking sides in a fight" (1540s) probably is from a similar meaning in Medieval Latin. Of colors, from 1821. Neutral corner is
• neuter 英文词源 neuter neuter: [14] From a formal point of view, Latin neuter is virtually identical to English neither . Both originated as compounds formed from a negative particle and an element meaning ‘which of two’. In the case of neuter these were ne and uter , which in combination denoted etymologically ‘neither one thing nor the other’. The specialized application to grammatical gend
• neurotransmitter 英文词源 neurotransmitter (n.) 1961, from neuro- + transmitter . 中文词源 neurotransmitter ：神经递质 neuro-,神经，transmitter,传递。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： neurotransmitter 词源， neurotransmitter 含义。
• neurotoxin 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random damson damson: see damask 中文词源 neurotoxin ：神经毒素 neuro-,神经，toxin,毒素。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： neurotoxin 词源， neurotoxin 含义。
• neurotic 英文词源 neurotic (adj.) 1775, "acting upon or stimulating the nerves," from Greek neuron "nerve" (see neuro- ) + -otic, as in hypnotic. Sense of "affected by neurosis" is 1887. The noun meaning "a neurotic person" is from 1896. Related: Neurotically . 中文词源 neurotic ：神经质的，神经过敏的 neuro-,神经，-otic,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• neurosis 英文词源 neurosis (n.) 1776, "functional derangement arising from disorders of the nervous system," coined by Scottish physician William Cullen (1710-1790) from Greek neuron "nerve" (see neuro- ) + Modern Latin -osis "abnormal condition." Used in a general psychological sense since 1871; clinical use in psychiatry dates from 1923. 中文词源 neurosis ：神经官能症，神经过敏 neuro-,神
• neuroscience 英文词源 neuroscience (n.) 1963, from neuro- + science . 中文词源 neuroscience ：神经科学 neuro-,神经，science,科学。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： neuroscience 词源， neuroscience 含义。
• neurophysiology 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random utility utility: see use 中文词源 neurophysiology ：神经生理学 neuro-,神经，physiology,生理学。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： neurophysiology 词源， neurophysiology 含义。
• neuron 英文词源 neuron (n.) "a nerve cell with appendages," 1891, from German Neuron , from Greek neuron (see neuro- ). Used earlier (1884) for "the spinal cord and brain." 中文词源 neuron ：神经元 neuro-,神经，-on,医学名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： neuron 词源， neuron 含义。
• neurology 英文词源 neurology (n.) "scientific study of the nervous system," 1680s, from Modern Latin neurologia , from Modern Greek neurologia (1660s), from neuro- (see neuro- ) + -logia "study" (see -logy ). Related: Neurological . 中文词源 neurology ：神经学 neuro-,神经，-logy,学说。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： neurology 词源， neurology 含义。 neurology ：
• neurolinguistics 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random tone tone: [14] English acquired tone via Old French ton and Latin tonus from Greek tónos ‘stretching, tension’, hence ‘sound’. This in turn went back to the Indo-European base * ton -, * ten - ‘stretch’, which also produced English tend , tense , thin , etc. The semantic transference from ‘tension’ to ‘sound’
• neurasthenia 英文词源 neurasthenia (n.) "nervous exhaustion," 1854, medical Latin, from neur- (form of neuro- before a vowel) + asthenia "weakness" (see asthenia ). Related: Neurasthenic . 中文词源 neurasthenia ：神经衰弱 neuro-,神经，-asthenia,衰弱，来自a-,无，没有，-sthenos,力量，词源同calisthenic,健美的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： neurasthenia
• nerualgia 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random putty putty: [17] Etymologically, putty is something that comes from a pot . It was borrowed from French potée ‘contents of a pot’, a derivative of pot ‘pot’. By the time English acquired it, it had come to be applied to a powder made from heated tin, used by jewellers for polishing, and for a cement made from lime and
• neural 英文词源 neural neural: [19] Neural is one of a wide range of words for which English is indebted to Greek neuron ‘nerve’ (a relative of Latin nervus , from which English gets nerve ). Others include neuralgia [19] (etymologically ‘nerve-pain’), neurology [17], neurosis [18], and neurotic [17]. = nerve neural (adj.) "pertaining to a nerve or nerves," 1830, from Greek neuron "nerve" (se
• networking 英文词源 facebook (n.) directory listing names and headshots, by 1983, originally among U.S. college students, from face (n.) + book (n.). The social networking Web site of that name (with capital F- ) dates from 2004. MySpace social networking Web site, founded in late 2003. network (v.) 1887, "to cover with a network," from network (n.). From 1940 as "to broadcast over a (radio) network;" 19
• network 英文词源 network (v.) 1887, "to cover with a network," from network (n.). From 1940 as "to broadcast over a (radio) network;" 1972 in reference to computers; 1980s in reference to persons. Related: Networked ; networking . network (n.) "net-like arrangement of threads, wires, etc.," 1550s, from net (n.) + work (n.). Extended sense of "any complex, interlocking system" is from 1839 (originally
• nettlesome 英文词源 nettlesome (adj.) 1766, from nettle (n.) + -some (1). 中文词源 nettlesome ：烦人的 nettle,荨麻，-some,形容词后缀。即像荨麻一样烦人的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nettlesome 词源， nettlesome 含义。
• nettlerash 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random plectrum plectrum: see plague 中文词源 nettlerash ：荨麻疹 nettle,荨麻，rash,疹。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nettlerash 词源， nettlerash 含义。
• nettle 英文词源 nettle (n.) stinging plant, Old English netele , from Proto-Germanic *natilon (cognates: Old Saxon netila , Middle Dutch netele , Dutch netel , German Nessel , M.Da. nædlæ "nettle"), diminutive of *naton , perhaps from PIE root *ned- "to twist, knot" (see net (n.)). "[N]ettles or plants of closely related genera such as hemp were used as a source of fiber" [Watkins]. nettle (v.) c.
• netting 英文词源 hurdle (n.) Old English hyrdel "frame of intertwined twigs used as a temporary barrier," diminutive of hyrd "door," from Proto-Germanic *hurdiz "wickerwork frame, hurdle" (cognates: Old Saxon hurth "plaiting, netting," Dutch horde "wickerwork," German Hürde "hurdle, fold, pen;" Old Norse hurð , Gothic haurds "door"), from PIE *krtis (cognates: Latin cratis "hurdle, wickerwork," Gree
• netizen 英文词源 netizen (n.) 1995, from net , short for Internet + citizen . 中文词源 netizen ：网虫 来自net和citizen的合成词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： netizen 词源， netizen 含义。
• netiquette 英文词源 netiquette (n.) 1993, coined punningly from net , short for Internet + etiquette . 中文词源 netiquette ：网络礼仪 来自net和etiquette的合成词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： netiquette 词源， netiquette 含义。
• Netherlands 英文词源 Netherlands from Dutch Nederland , literally "lower land" (see nether ); said to have been used by the Austrians (who ruled much of the southern part of the Low Countries from 1713 to 1795), by way of contrast to the mountains they knew, but the name is older than this. The Netherlands formerly included Flanders and thus were equivalent geographically and etymologically to the Low Cou
• nether 英文词源 nether nether: see beneath nether (adj.) Old English niþera, neoþera "down, downwards, below, beneath," from Proto-Germanic *nitheraz (cognates: Old Saxon nithar , Old Norse niðr , Old Frisian nither , Dutch neder , German nieder ), from comparative of PIE *ni- "down, below" (cognates: Sanskrit ni "down," nitaram "downward," Greek neiothen "from below," Old Church Slavonic nizŭ "l
• netbook 英文词源 netbook "A small laptop computer designed primarily for accessing Internet-based applications", Early 21st century: blend of Internet and notebook. 中文词源 netbook ：上网本 net,网络，book,书。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： netbook 词源， netbook 含义。
• netball 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random pastor pastor: [14] Latin pāstor meant ‘shepherd’. It came from the same base as produced pāscere ‘feed’, source of English pasture and repast , and hence denoted etymologically ‘one who grazes sheep’. The ‘animal husbandry’ sense is still fairly alive and well in the derivative pastoral [15], but in pastor its
• net 英文词源 net net: English has two distinct words net . The commoner and more ancient, ‘mesh’ [OE], is a widespread Germanic word: German has the related netz , Dutch and Danish net , and Swedish nät . Its ultimate origins are not known, although a link with Latin nassa ‘wicker basket for catching fish’ has been suggested. Net ‘without deductions’ [14] comes from French net , which
• nestling 英文词源 nestling (n.) late 14c., "bird too young to leave the nest," from nest (n.) + diminutive suffix -ling . 中文词源 nestling ：雏鸟，幼鸟 nest,鸟巢，-ling,小词后缀。即还不能离巢的小鸟。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nestling 词源， nestling 含义。
• nestle 英文词源 nestle (v.) Old English nestlian "build a nest," from nest (see nest (n.)). Figurative sense of "settle (oneself) comfortably, snuggle" is first recorded 1540s. Related: Nestled ; nestling . 中文词源 nestle ：偎依，舒服的卧 来自nest,鸟巢。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nestle 词源， nestle 含义。
• nest egg 英文词源 nest (n.) Old English nest "bird's nest, snug retreat," also "young bird, brood," from Proto-Germanic *nistaz (cognates: Middle Low German, Middle Dutch nest , German Nest ), from PIE *nizdo- (cognates: Sanskrit nidah "resting place, nest," Latin nidus "nest," Old Church Slavonic gnezdo , Old Irish net , Welsh nyth , Breton nez "nest"), probably from *ni "down" + *sed- (1) "to sit" (s
• nest 英文词源 nest nest: [OE] Etymologically, a nest is a place for ‘sitting down’. It is a very ancient word, and traces its history all the way back to Indo- European * nizdo -, a compound formed from * ni ‘down’ (source of English beneath and nether ) and * sed - (ancestor of English sit ). From it came English nest (a word shared by German and Dutch), and also Latin nīdus ‘nest’, s
• nervy 英文词源 nervy (adj.) "full of courage," 1870, from nerve + -y (2). Sense of "excitable" is from 1891. 中文词源 nervy ：焦虑的，紧张的，有勇气的 来自nerve,神经，神经质，引申词义紧张的。俚语义有勇气的，来自nerve,肌腱，勇气。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nervy 词源， nervy 含义。
• nervous breakdown 英文词源 breakdown (n.) "a collapse," 1832, from break (v.) + down (adv.). The verbal phrase is attested from late 14c. The noun, specifically of machinery, is from 1838; meaning "an analysis in detail" is from 1936. Nervous breakdown is from 1905. 中文词源 nervous breakdown ：神经衰弱 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nervous breakdown 词源， n
• nervous 英文词源 nervous (adj.) c. 1400, "affecting the sinews," from Latin nervosus "sinewy, vigorous," from nervus "sinew, nerve" (see nerve ). Meaning "of or belonging to the nerves" in the modern sense is from 1660s. Meaning "suffering disorder of the nervous system" is from 1734; illogical sense "restless, agitated, lacking nerve" is 1740. Widespread popular use as a euphemism for mental forced t
• nerve-racking 英文词源 nerve-racking (adj.) also nerveracking , 1812, from nerve + present participle of verbal sense of rack (n.1). 中文词源 nerve-racking ：十分紧张的 nerve,神经，rack,折磨。引申词义十分紧张的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nerve-racking 词源， nerve-racking 含义。
• nerveless 英文词源 aneurism (n.) the less correct, but more popular, spelling of aneurysm (q.v.), by influence of words in -ism . The -y- is etymologically correct; the spelling with -i- suggests a meaning "nervelessness." 中文词源 nerveless ：麻木的，镇定从容的 1.nerve,神经，-less,没有。即感觉不到神经的，神经麻木的。 2.nerve,神经质，紧张，-less,没有。即没有
• nerve 英文词源 nerve nerve: [16] Latin nervus meant ‘sinew, bowstring’. It and its Greek relative neuron (source of English neural ) may belong to a wider family of words that includes Latin nēre ‘spin’ (a relative of English needle ) and possibly also English narrow , perhaps with a common meaning element. The application to ‘bundle of fibres carrying sensory or other impulses’ seems t
• nerd 英文词源 nerd nerd: [20] It seems likely that nerd , a term for a dull, socially inept or otherwise obnoxious person that appeared in US slang in the early 1950s, was inspired by a whimsical creature called a ‘nerd’ that was invented by the American children’s author ‘Dr Seuss’ (Theodore Seuss Geisel (1904–91)) and introduced by him in his book If I Ran the Zoo (1950): ‘And then,
• neptunium 英文词源 neptunium (n.) 1941, from Neptune + element ending -ium . Named for its relative position in the periodic table, next after Uranium , as the planet Neptune is one beyond Uranus. See also plutonium . 中文词源 neptunium ：镎 金属元素，来自Neptune,海王星，以与金属元素uranium相对应。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： neptunium 词源， nept
• nephrolith 英文词源 nephrolithiasis (n.) 1837, probably from German, from nephro- + lithos "stone" (see litho- ) + -iasis "pathological or morbid condition." 中文词源 nephrolith ：肾结石 nephr-,肾，-lith,石头。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nephrolith 词源， nephrolith 含义。
• nephritis 英文词源 nephritis (n.) 1570s, from Late Latin nephritis , from Greek nephritis "disease of the kidneys," from nephros "kidney" (see nephron ) + -itis "inflammation." Related: Nephritic . 中文词源 nephritis ：肾炎 nephr-,肾，-itis,炎症。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nephritis 词源， nephritis 含义。
• ne plus ultra 英文词源 ne plus ultra "utmost limit to which one can go," Latin, literally "no more beyond;" the motto traditionally inscribed on the Pillars of Hercules. 中文词源 ne plus ultra ：无以复加的典范 ne,没有，plus,加，ultra,超过的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ne plus ultra 词源， ne plus ultra 含义。
• nephew 英文词源 nephew nephew: [13] Nephew goes back ultimately to Indo-European * nepōt -, which denoted a range of indirect male descendants, including ‘grandson’ and ‘nephew’. Among its offspring were Greek anepsiós ‘nephew’, Sanskrit nápāt ‘grandson’, Germanic * nebon (source of German neffe and Dutch neef ‘nephew’), and Latin nepōs ‘nephew, grandson’ (source of Engli
• neoprene 英文词源 neoprene "A synthetic polymer resembling rubber, resistant to oil, heat, and weathering", 1930s: from neo- 'new' + prene (perhaps from propyl + -ene), on the pattern of words such as chloroprene . 中文词源 neoprene ：氯丁橡胶 neo-,新，-prene,化学名词，橡胶。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： neoprene 词源， neoprene 含义。
• neophyte 英文词源 neophyte neophyte: [16] Neophyte is one of an evergrowing family of English words containing the prefix neo -, which comes from Greek néos ‘new’ (a relative of English new ). Most of them are English formations ( neoclassical [19], Neolithic [19], neologism [18], neonatal [20], neoplatonism [19], etc), but neophyte goes back to a Greek compound, neóphutos , which meant literally
• neonatal 英文词源 neophyte neophyte: [16] Neophyte is one of an evergrowing family of English words containing the prefix neo -, which comes from Greek néos ‘new’ (a relative of English new ). Most of them are English formations ( neoclassical [19], Neolithic [19], neologism [18], neonatal [20], neoplatonism [19], etc), but neophyte goes back to a Greek compound, neóphutos , which meant literally
• neon 英文词源 neon (n.) 1898, coined by its discoverers, Sir William Ramsay and Morris W. Travers, from Greek neon , neuter of neos "new" (see new ); so called because it was newly discovered. Neon sign is attested from 1927. 中文词源 neon ：氖 发现于1898年，来自希腊语neos,新的，因其为当时的新化学元素而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： n
• neologism 英文词源 neologism (n.) "practice of innovation in language," 1772 (in a translation from French), from French néologisme , from neo- (see neo- ) + Greek logos "word" (see lecture (n.)) + -ism . Meaning "new word or expression" is from 1803. Neological is attested from 1754. 中文词源 neologism ：新词，新义 neo-,新，-log,说，字，词，词源同legible,logo. 该词的英语词源请
• Neolithic 英文词源 Neolithic Neolithic: see lithograph neolithic (adj.) "pertaining to the later Stone Age," 1865, coined by John Lubbock, later Baron Avebury, (1834-1913) from neo- + -lith "stone." 中文词源 Neolithic ：新石器时代的 neo-,新，-lith,石头，词源同lithosphere。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Neolithic 词源， Neolithic 含义。
• neoliberal 英文词源 neo-liberal also neoliberal , 1966, from neo- + liberal . Related: Neoliberalism . 中文词源 neoliberal ：新自由主义的 neo-,新，liberal,自由主义。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： neoliberal 词源， neoliberal 含义。
• neodymium 英文词源 neodymium "The chemical element of atomic number 60, a silvery-white metal of the lanthanide series. Neodymium is a component of misch metal and some other alloys, and its compounds are used in colouring glass and ceramics", Late 19th century: from neo- 'new' + a shortened form of didymium. 中文词源 neodymium ：钕 neo-,新，didymium,钕镨混合物。 该词的英语词源请访问
• neocortex 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random crystal crystal: [OE] The prehistoric Indo-European base * kru - produced several words denoting ‘hard outer surface’, including English crust , Old High German hrosa ‘crust’, and Old Norse hrúthr ‘crust’. In some cases they reflect a hardening caused by freezing: Old High German hrosa , for example, also meant ‘i
• neocolonialism 英文词源 neocolonialism (n.) also neo-colonialism , 1955, from neo- + colonialism . 中文词源 neocolonialism ：新殖民主义 neo-,新，colonialism,殖民主义。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： neocolonialism 词源， neocolonialism 含义。
• neoclassical 英文词源 neophyte neophyte: [16] Neophyte is one of an evergrowing family of English words containing the prefix neo -, which comes from Greek néos ‘new’ (a relative of English new ). Most of them are English formations ( neoclassical [19], Neolithic [19], neologism [18], neonatal [20], neoplatonism [19], etc), but neophyte goes back to a Greek compound, neóphutos , which meant literally
• nematode 英文词源 nematode (n.) 1865, from Modern Latin Nematoda , the class or phylum name. 中文词源 nematode ：线虫 来自希腊语nematos,线，词源同needle,编织，针。引申词义像线的虫。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nematode 词源， nematode 含义。
• nelson 英文词源 nelson (n.) type of wrestling hold, 1875, apparently from a proper or surname, but no one now knows whose. Presently, Stubbs, the more skilful as well as the more powerful of the twain, seizes the luckless Jumper in a terrible gripe, known to the initiated as the Full Nelson. ["Lancashire Recreations," in "Chambers's Journal," April 24, 1875] 中文词源 nelson ：肩下扼颈 来自人
• neither 英文词源 neither neither: [13] Despite the two words’ similarity, neither is not just either with a negative prefix tacked on. It comes ultimately from Old English nāhwæther ‘neither’, a compound formed from nā ‘not’ (which survives as no in modern English ‘whether or no’) and hwæther ‘which of two’ (ancestor of modern English whether ). In the late Old English period it
• neighborhood watch 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random delicious delicious: [13] The underlying meaning of delicious is ‘tempting, luring one aside from the straight and narrow’. It comes via Old French delicious from late Latin dēliciōsus , a derivative of Latin dēlicia ‘delight’. This in turn was formed from dēlicere ‘entice away’, a compound verb made from the pre