英语词源

• neighborhood 英文词源 neighborhood (n.) mid-15c., "neighborly conduct, friendliness," from neighbor (n.) + -hood . Modern sense of "community of people who live close together" is first recorded 1620s. Phrase in the neighborhood of meaning "near, somewhere about" is first recorded 1857, American English. The Old English word for "neighborhood" was neahdæl . 中文词源 neighborhood ：街区 neighbor,邻居
• neighbor 英文词源 neighbor (n.) Old English neahgebur (West Saxon), nehebur (Anglian) "neighbor," from neah "near" (see nigh ) + gebur "dweller," related to bur "dwelling" (see bower ). Common Germanic compound (cognates: Old Saxon nabur , Middle Dutch naghebuur , Dutch (na)bur, Old High German nahgibur , Middle High German nachgebur , German Nachbar ). Good neighbor policy attested by 1937, but good n
• neigh 英文词源 neigh (v.) Old English hnægan "to neigh," probably of imitative origin (compare Old Norse gneggja "to neigh," Middle High German negen, French hennir , Japanese inanaki ). Related: Neighed ; neighing . As a noun from 1510s. 中文词源 neigh ：马嘶鸣 拟声语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： neigh 词源， neigh 含义。
• Negro spiritual 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random 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
• Negro 英文词源 negro negro: see denigrate Negro (n.) "member of a black-skinned race of Africa," 1550s, from Spanish or Portuguese negro "black," from Latin nigrum (nominative niger ) "black, dark, sable, dusky," figuratively "gloomy, unlucky, bad, wicked," of unknown origin (perhaps from PIE *nekw-t- "night;" see Watkins). As an adjective from 1590s. Use with a capital N- became general early 20c.
• negritude 英文词源 negritude (n.) 1950, from French négritude ; see negro + -tude . Supposedly coined by young authors in the French colonies of Africa before World War II. 中文词源 negritude ：黑人特征 来自negro,黑人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： negritude 词源， negritude 含义。
• Negress 英文词源 negress (n.) 1750, from French négresse , fem. of nègre "negro," which came to French via Spanish or Portuguese (see Negro ). 中文词源 Negress ：黑人女子 来自negro,黑人，-ess,表阴性。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Negress 词源， Negress 含义。 Negress ：[贬]女黑人，黑人女子 词根词缀： -negr-黑,黑人 + -ess名词词尾
• negotiation 英文词源 negotiation (n.) early 15c., from Old French negociacion "business, trade," and directly from Latin negotiationem (nominative negotiatio ) "business, traffic," noun of action from past participle stem of negotiari "carry on business, do business, act as a banker," from negotium "a business, employment, occupation, affair (public or private)," also "difficulty, pains, trouble, labor,"
• negotiate 英文词源 negotiate negotiate: [16] The etymological notion underlying negotiate is of ‘not being at leisure’, and hence of ‘being busy’. The word comes ultimately from Latin negōtium ‘business’, which was a compound formed from the negative particle neg and ōtium ‘leisure’ (source of English otiose [18]). From it was derived the verb negōtiārī ‘do business’, which pass
• negotiable 英文词源 negotiable (adj.) 1749, from negotiate + -able , or from French négociable (17c.). Related: Negotiably ; negotiability . 中文词源 negotiable ：可谈判的，可协商的 来自negotiate,谈判，协商。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： negotiable 词源， negotiable 含义。 negotiable ：可谈判的，可协商的  词根词缀： -neg-否认 + oti闲
• negligible 英文词源 negligible (adj.) "capable of being neglected," 1819, from negligence + -ible . Related: Negligibly ; negligibility . 中文词源 negligible ：可忽略的，微不足道的 来自neglect,忽视。引申词义可忽略的，微不足道的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： negligible 词源， negligible 含义。 negligible ：可忽略不计的，微不足道
• negligent 英文词源 negligent (adj.) late 14c., from Old French negligent "careless, negligent" (13c.) or directly from Latin negligentem "heedless, careless, unconcerned" (see negligence ). Related: Negligently . 中文词源 negligent ：疏忽的，过失的 来自neglect,忽视。引申词义疏忽，失职。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： negligent 词源， negligent 含义。
• negligence 英文词源 negligence (n.) mid-14c., from Old French negligence "negligence, sloth; injury, injustice" (12c.), and directly from Latin neclegentia , neglegentia "carelessness, heedlessness, neglect," from neglegentem (nominative neglegens ) "heedless, careless, unconcerned," present participle of neglegere "to neglect" (see neglect (v.)). 中文词源 negligence ：疏忽，失职 来自negligen
• negligee 英文词源 negligee (n.) 1756, "a kind of loose gown worn by women," from French négligée , noun use of fem. past participle of négligier "to neglect" (14c.), from Latin neglegere "to disregard, not heed, not trouble oneself about," also "to make light of" (see neglect (v.)). So called in comparison to the elaborate costume of a fully dressed woman of the period. Grose ["Dictionary of the Vul
• neglect 英文词源 neglect (v.) 1520s, from Latin neglectus , past participle of neglegere "to make light of, disregard, be indifferent to, not heed, not trouble oneself about," literally "not to pick up," variant of neclegere , from Old Latin nec "not" (see deny ) + legere "pick up, select" (see lecture (n.)). Related: Neglected ; neglecting . neglect (n.) 1580s, from neglect (v.) or from Latin neglect
• negativity 英文词源 negativity (n.) 1842, from negative + -ity . 中文词源 negativity ：负极，阴性 来自negative,负极的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： negativity 词源， negativity 含义。 negativity ：否定性，消极性；阴性；[电]负性 词根词缀： -neg-否认 + -ative形容词词尾(e略) + -ity名词词尾,性质
• negative 英文词源 negative negative: see renegade negative (adj.) c. 1400, "expressing denial," from Old French negatif (13c.) and directly from Latin negativus "that which denies," from negat- , past participle stem of negare "deny, say no" (see deny ). Meaning "expressing negation" is from c. 1500; that of "characterized by absence" is from 1560s. Algebraic sense is from 1670s. The electricity sense
• negation 英文词源 negation (n.) early 15c., from Old French negacion (12c.) and directly from Latin negationem (nominative negatio ) "denial," noun of action from past participle stem of negare "deny, say no" (see deny ). 中文词源 negation ：否定 来自negate,否定。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： negation 词源， negation 含义。 negation ：否定，否决；反面，
• negate 英文词源 negate (v.) 1795 (with an isolated use from 1620s), back-formation from negation , or else from Latin negatus , past participle of negare . Related: Negated ; negates ; negating . 中文词源 negate ：否定，使无效 来自拉丁语negare,否认，否定，说不，词源同no,deny. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： negate 词源， negate 含义。
• nefarious 英文词源 nefarious nefarious: [16] Latin nefās ‘sin’ denoted etymologically something that was contrary to the divine law. It was a compound noun formed from the negative particle ne - and fās ‘divine law, dictates of religion’. From it was derived the adjective nefārius , source of English nefarious . nefarious (adj.) c. 1600, from Latin nefarius "wicked, abominable, impious," from
• neep 英文词源 neep (n.) "a turnip," Scottish and dialectal, from Middle English nepe , from Old English næp "turnip," from Latin napus (see turnip ). 中文词源 neep ：芜菁 来自中古英语nepe,萝卜，词源同turnip. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： neep 词源， neep 含义。 neep ：萝卜(苏格兰、北英格兰方言) 来源于拉丁语napus(萝卜)。 同源词
• needy 英文词源 needy (adj.) late 12c., neodi "poor, indigent," from need (n.) + adjectival suffix -y (2). Similar formation in Dutch noodig , German nothig , Old Norse nauðigr . As a noun from mid-14c. Related: Needily ; neediness . 中文词源 needy ：贫困的，缺乏自信的 来自need,需要。引申词义贫困的，缺乏自信的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• needlework 英文词源 needlework (n.) "sewing, embroidery, etc.," late 14c., from needle (n.) + work (n.). 中文词源 needlework ：针线活 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： needlework 词源， needlework 含义。
• needlewoman 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random consort consort: see sort 中文词源 needlewoman ：女裁缝 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： needlewoman 词源， needlewoman 含义。
• needless 英文词源 needless (adj.) c. 1300, "not needed, unnecessary," from need (n) + -less . Related: Needlessly . Phrase needless to say or speak is recorded from early 16c. 中文词源 needless ：不必要的 need,需要，-less,无，没有。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： needless 词源， needless 含义。 needless ：不需要的 词根词缀： need需要 + -less形容
• needlepoint 英文词源 needlepoint (n.) "point of a needle," c. 1700; "point lace made with the needle," 1865, from needle (n.) + point (n.). 中文词源 needlepoint ：针锈 needle,针，point,刺，刺点。引申词义针锈。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： needlepoint 词源， needlepoint 含义。
• needlecord 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random poodle poodle: [19] The ancestor of the modern poodle was a water-dog, used probably in the hunting of water-fowl – very different from the effete toy variety of today. Its name reflects its aquatic origins: in German it is pudelhund , the first element (a relative of English puddle ) being from Low German pudeln ‘splash abo
• needle 英文词源 needle needle: [OE] Etymologically, a needle is a ‘sewing’ implement. The word comes from a prehistoric Germanic * nēthlō (source also of German nadel , Dutch naald , Swedish nål , and Danish naal ), which was derived from an Indo- European base * nē - ‘sew’ (represented also in English nerve and neural ). = nerve , neural needle (n.) Old English nædl , from Proto-Germani
• needful 英文词源 needful (adj.) late 12c., niedfulle , "needy," from need (n.) + -ful . Meaning "characterized by need" is from mid-13c.; meaning "indispensable" is from mid-14c.; noun meaning "what is necessary" is from 1709. Colloquial sense of "cash" is recorded from 1774 in phrase the needful "money." Related: Needfully . 中文词源 needful ：必要的 need,需要，-ful,形容词后缀。 该词
• need-blind 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random coda coda: see queue 中文词源 need-blind ：大学招生政策不考虑经济能力的 缩写自need-blind admission,一种美国大学招生政策，比喻用法。比较need-sensitive. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： need-blind 词源， need-blind 含义。
• need 英文词源 need need: [OE] Need is a widespread Germanic noun, with relatives also in German not , Dutch nood , Swedish nöd , and Danish nød . It comes from a prehistoric Germanic * nauthiz , whose non- Germanic relatives, such as Old Prussian nautin ‘necessity, distress’ and Czech nyti ‘languish’, reveal its darker past, in which the accent was on ‘distress’ and ‘straitened circ
• nee 英文词源 nee introducing the maiden name of a married woman, 1758, from French née , fem. past participle of naître "born," from Latin natus , past participle of nasci "to be born" (Old Latin gnasci ; see genus ). 中文词源 nee ：娘家姓的 来自法语nee,娘家姓，词源同natal, 出生的，引申词义出生的姓。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nee 词源
• nectarine 英文词源 nectarine (n.) type of peach with smooth skin, 1660s, noun use of adjective meaning "of or like nectar" (1610s; see nectar + -ine (1)). Probably inspired by German nektarpfirsich "nectar-peach." Earlier in English as nectrine . 中文词源 nectarine ：油桃 来自nectar,桃汁。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nectarine 词源， nectarine 含义。 nectarin
• necrosis 英文词源 necrosis (n.) "death of bodily tissue," 1660s, from Greek nekrosis "a becoming dead, state of death," from nekroun "make dead," from nekros "dead body" (see necro- ). Related: Necrotic . 中文词源 necrosis ：器官或组织细胞坏死 necro-,死亡，-osis,症状。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： necrosis 词源， necrosis 含义。
• necropolis 英文词源 necropolis (n.) "large cemetery" of an ancient or modern city, 1803, from Late Latin, literally "city of the dead," from Greek Nekropolis , a burial place near Alexandria, from nekros (see necro- ) + polis "city" (see polis ). 中文词源 necropolis ：墓地 necro-,死人，polis,城市。引申词义墓地。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： necropolis 词源，
• necromancy 英文词源 necromancy necromancy: [13] Greek nekrós meant ‘corpse’ (it has given English necrophilia [19], necropolis ‘cemetery’ [19], and necrosis ‘death of tissue’ [17] as well as necromancy , and goes back to a base * nek - ‘kill’ which also produced Latin nex ‘killing’, source of English internecine and pernicious , and possibly Greek néktar , source of English nectar )
• necrology 英文词源 necrology (n.) "register of deaths, obituary," 1705, from necro- + -logy . 中文词源 necrology ：死亡通知，讣告 necro-,死者，-logy,说，通知，词源同legible.引申词义讣告。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： necrology 词源， necrology 含义。
• necro- 英文词源 necro- before vowels, necr- , word-forming element meaning "death, corpse, dead tissue," from Latinized form of Greek nekros "dead body, corpse, dead person," from PIE *nek- (1) "death, natural death" (cognates: Sanskrit nasyati "disappears, perishes," Avestan nasyeiti "disappears," nasu- "corpse," Old Persian vi-nathayatiy "he injures;" Latin nex , genitive necis "violent death, murd
• neckerchief 英文词源 neckerchief (n.) "scarf for the neck," late 14c., from neck (n.) + kerchief , which is, etymologically "a covering for the head." 中文词源 neckerchief ：围巾 neck,脖子，kerchief,头巾。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： neckerchief 词源， neckerchief 含义。
• neck 英文词源 neck neck: [OE] Neck originally meant only the ‘back or nape of the neck’ (that is what its modern German relative nacken denotes, and in Old English times the usual word for ‘neck’ in general was heals ). It seems to go back to a prehistoric Indo-European base * knok signifying ‘high point, ridge’, which also produced Irish cnoc ‘hill’. The use of the verb neck for ‘
• necessity 英文词源 necessity (n.) late 14c., "constraining power of circumstances," from Old French necessité "need, necessity; privation, poverty; distress, torment; obligation, duty" (12c.), from Latin necessitatem (nominative necessitas ) "compulsion, need for attention, unavoidableness, destiny," from necesse (see necessary ). Meaning "condition of being in need" in English is from late 15c. Necess
• necessitate 英文词源 necessitate (v.) 1620s, from Medieval Latin necessitatus , past participle of necessitare "to render necessary," from Latin necessitas (see necessity ). Earlier verb in English was necessen (late 14c.). Related: Necessitated ; necessitates ; necessitating . 中文词源 necessitate ：使成为必要 来自necessary,必要的，必需的，-ate,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• necessary 英文词源 necessary necessary: [14] The original Latin adjective meaning ‘necessary’ was necesse (it was formed with the negative particle ne - from the stem of cēdere ‘yield’, source of English cede , and hence meant etymologically ‘unyielding’). This was subsequently extended to necessārius , and English acquired it via Anglo-Norman * necessarie . = cede , concede , proceed nece
• necessarily 英文词源 necessarily (adv.) mid-15c., "inevitably, unavoidably," from necessary (adj.) + -ly (2). 中文词源 necessarily ：必然地，不可避免地 来自necessary,必要的，必需的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： necessarily 词源， necessarily 含义。 necessarily ：必定，必然(当然) 词根词缀： ne-否定 + -cess-行走,退让→离开 + -ary形
• necessaries 英文词源 officinal (adj.) "kept in stock by a druggist," c. 1720, from French officinal , from Medieval Latin officinalis , literally "of or belonging in an officina ," a storeroom (of a monastery) for medicines and necessaries, in classical Latin "workshop, manufactory, laboratory," contraction of *opificina , from opifex (genitive opificis ) "worker, workman, maker, doer" (from opus "work;"
• nebulous 英文词源 nebulous (adj.) late 14c., "cloudy, misty," from Latin nebulosus "cloudy, misty, foggy, full of vapor," from nebula (see nebula ). The figurative sense of "hazy, vague, formless" is first attested 1831. Astronomical sense is from 1670s. Related: Nebulously ; nebulousness . 中文词源 nebulous ：星云状的，模糊的 来自nebula,星云。引申词义云雾状的，模糊的。 该
• nebula 英文词源 nebula nebula: [17] As its form suggests, nebula was originally a Latin word, but it goes back to a prehistoric Indo-European base (* nebh - ‘cloud’) which produced a wide range of other descendants, including German nebel ‘cloud’, Greek néphos ‘cloud’, and Latvian debess ‘sky’. It also got into Old English, as nifol ‘dark’. The Latin word was originally used in E
• nebbish 英文词源 nebbish (n.) 1905, nebbich , from Yiddish (used as a Yiddish word in American English from 1890s), from a Slavic source akin to Czech neboh "poor, unfortunate," literally "un-endowed," from Proto-Slavic *ne-bogu- , with negative prefix (see un- (1)) + PIE *bhag- "to share out, apportion" (see -phagous ). 中文词源 nebbish ：胆小鬼 来自希伯来依地语nebekh,可怜的家伙，
• neb 英文词源 neb (n.) "beak or bill of a bird," Old English nebb "beak, nose; face, countenance; beak-shaped thing," common Germanic (cognates: Old Norse nef "beak, nose," Middle Dutch nebbe "beak," Old High German snabul , German Schnabel "beak," Old Frisian snavel "mouth"), of uncertain origin. 中文词源 neb ：鸟嘴，喙 来自古英语nebb,鸟嘴，鼻子。常见于其拼写变体nib. 该词
• neat 英文词源 neat neat: English has two words neat . The older is now virtually obsolete, while the commoner is a comparatively recent introduction. Neat ‘tidy’ [16] was borrowed from French net ‘neat, clean’. This goes back to Latin nitidus ‘elegant, shiny’, a derivative of the verb nītēre ‘shine’. English originally acquired the word in the 14th century as net ‘clean, tidy’
• nearsighted 英文词源 near-sighted (adj.) also nearsighted , 1680s, from near + sight . Figurative use from 1856. Related: Nearsightedly ; nearsightedness . 中文词源 nearsighted ：近视眼的 near,近的，sighted,视力的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nearsighted 词源， nearsighted 含义。
• nearside 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random crumpet crumpet: [17] An isolated late 14th-century instance of the phrase crompid cake suggests that etymologically a crumpet may be literally a ‘curled-up’ cake, crompid perhaps being related to Old English crumb ‘crooked’. This was one of a wide range of closely related words descended from the Germanic base * kram -
• near miss 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random jaw jaw: [14] Given that it is a fairly important part of the body, our knowledge of the origins of the word for ‘jaw’ is surprisingly sketchy. The Old English terms for ‘jaw’ were céace (modern English cheek ) and ceafl (ancestor of modern English jowl ), and when jaw first turns up towards the end of the 14th century
• nearly 英文词源 nearly (adv.) 1530s, "carefully;" sense of "almost, all but" is from 1680s; see near + -ly (2). 中文词源 nearly ：几乎，差不多 near,靠近，-ly,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nearly 词源， nearly 含义。
• nearby 英文词源 nearby "close at hand," late 14c. (one-word form from 15c.), from near + by . 中文词源 nearby ：附近的 near,靠近，by,附近。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nearby 词源， nearby 含义。
• near 英文词源 near near: [12] Historically, near is a comparative form, and its ancestor originally meant ‘nearer’. It was borrowed from Old Norse náer , the comparative of ná - ‘near’, which came from the same prehistoric Germanic source as produced English nigh [OE] and next (not to mention German nah ‘near’). By the time it reached English it had lost its comparative force, and sim
• neap tide 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random right right: [OE] Right goes back ultimately to the Indo-European base * reg - ‘move in a straight line’, hence ‘direct’, hence ‘rule’, which also produced English rich and Latin rēx ‘king’ (source of English regal , royal , etc). Combination with the past participial suffix *- to - resulted in Latin rēctus ‘
• Neanderthal 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
• Nazi 英文词源 Nazi 1930, noun and adjective, from German Nazi , abbreviation of German pronunciation of Nationalsozialist (based on earlier German sozi , popular abbreviation of "socialist"), from Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei "National Socialist German Workers' Party," led by Hitler from 1920. The 24th edition of Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (2002) says the wor
• naysayer 英文词源 naysayer (n.) 1721, from verb naysay (implied from 1530s in naysaying ); from nay + say (v.). Nay-say "refusal" is from 1630s. 中文词源 naysayer ：反对者，否认者 nay,不，say,说。即说不的人，反对者。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： naysayer 词源， naysayer 含义。
• nay 英文词源 nay nay: see no nay word of negation, late 12c., from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse nei , compound of ne "not" (see un- ) + ei "ever" (see aye (2)). 中文词源 nay ：不，不仅如此，而且 来自古诺斯语nei,不，没有，词源同no.引申词义不仅如此，而且。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nay 词源， nay 含义。
• Naxalite 英文词源 Naxalite "(In South Asia) a member of an armed revolutionary group advocating Maoist communism", 1960s: from Naxal(bari ), the name of an area of West Bengal, India, + -ite 1 . 中文词源 Naxalite ：纳萨尔派分子 印度主张通过政治革命改变土地所有制的组织成员，因发起于西孟加拉邦的纳萨尔巴里地区而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• nawab 英文词源 nawab "A native governor during the time of the Mogul empire", From Urdu nawwāb , variant of Arabic nuwwāb , plural (used as singular) of nā'ib 'deputy'; compare with nabob. 中文词源 nawab ：纳瓦布 词源同nabob,莫卧儿帝国时代的地方行政长官。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nawab 词源， nawab 含义。
• naw 英文词源 gnaw (v.) Old English gnagan "to gnaw, bite off little by little" (past tense *gnog , past participle gnagan ), from Proto-Germanic *gh(e)n- "to gnaw" (cognates: Old Saxon gnagan , Old Norse, Swedish gnaga , Middle Dutch, Dutch knagen , Old High German gnagan , German nagen "to gnaw"), probably imitative of gnawing. Figurative sense "wear away as if by continued biting" is from early
• navy blue 英文词源 navy (n.) early 14c., "fleet of ships," especially for purposes of war, from Old French navie "fleet; ship," from Latin navigia , plural of navigium "vessel, boat," from navis "ship" (see naval ). Meaning "a nation's collective, organized sea power" is from 1530s. The Old English words were sciphere (usually of Viking invaders) and scipfierd (usually of the home defenses). Navy blue w
• navy bean 英文词源 navy (n.) early 14c., "fleet of ships," especially for purposes of war, from Old French navie "fleet; ship," from Latin navigia , plural of navigium "vessel, boat," from navis "ship" (see naval ). Meaning "a nation's collective, organized sea power" is from 1530s. The Old English words were sciphere (usually of Viking invaders) and scipfierd (usually of the home defenses). Navy blue w
• navy 英文词源 navy navy: [14] Latin nāvis ‘ship’ is the ultimate source of navy . In post-classical times it spawned an offspring nāvia ‘fleet’, which passed into English via Old French navie . Other Latin derivatives of nāvis were nāvālis , source of English naval [16], and the verb nāvigāre ‘manage a ship’, from which English gets navigate [16] ( navvy [19] originated as a coll
• navvy 英文词源 navvy (n.) "laborer on a canal or railroad," 1832, colloquial shortening of navigator (q.v.) in its sense of "one who digs navigation canals." 中文词源 navvy ：壮工，苦力 来自navigator的口语，用来讥笑挖运河或修铁路的人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： navvy 词源， navvy 含义。
• navigator 英文词源 navigator (n.) 1580s, "one who navigates," from Latin navigator "sailor," agent noun from navigat- , stem of navigare (see navigation ). Meaning "laborer employed in excavating a canal" is 1775, from sense in inland navigation "communication by canals and rivers" (1727). 中文词源 navigator ：导航员 来自navigate,导航。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• navigate 英文词源 navigate (v.) 1580s, a back-formation from navigation , or else from Latin navigatus , past participle of navigare . Extended to balloons (1784) and later to aircraft (1901). Related: Navigated ; navigating . 中文词源 navigate ：导航，航行 来自拉丁语navis,船，来自PIE*snau,流动，游泳，词源同naval,nourish,-ig,驱动，词源同act,agent.引申词义导航，航
• navel orange 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
• navel-gazing 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random asset asset: [16] Originally, to have assets was simply to have ‘enough’ – as in French assez . The Anglo-Norman legal phrase aver asetz signified ‘have enough money to meet one’s debts’, and eventually asetz , later assets , passed from the general meaning ‘enough’ to the particular ‘financial resources’ (th
• navel 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
• nave 英文词源 nave (n.1) "main part of a church," 1670s, from Medieval Latin navem (nominative navis ) "nave of a church," from Latin navis "ship" (see naval ), on some fancied resemblance in shape. nave (n.2) "hub of a wheel," Old English nafu , from Proto-Germanic *nabo- (cognates: Old Saxon naba , Old Norse nöf , Middle Dutch nave , Dutch naaf , Old High German naba , German Nabe ), perhaps con
• naval 英文词源 naval (adj.) early 15c., from Old French naval (14c.) and directly from Latin navalis "pertaining to a ship or ships," from navis "ship," from PIE *nau- (2) "boat" (cognates: Sanskrit nauh , accusative navam "ship, boat;" Armenian nav "ship;" Greek naus "ship," nautes "sailor;" Old Irish nau "ship;" Welsh noe "a flat vessel;" Old Norse nor "ship"). An Old English word for "naval" was
• nautilus 英文词源 nautilus (n.) marine cephalopod, c. 1600, from Latin nautilus , in Pliny a kind of marine snail (including also squid, cuttlefish, polyps, etc.), from Greek nautilos "paper nautilus," literally "sailor," from nautes "sailor," from naus "ship" (see naval ). The cephalopod formerly was thought to use its webbed arms as sails. 中文词源 nautilus ：鹦鹉螺 来自拉丁语naus,船，词
• nautical 英文词源 nautical (adj.) 1550s, from -al (1) + nautic from Middle French nautique , from Latin nauticus "pertaining to ships or sailors," from Greek nautikos "seafaring, naval," from nautes "sailor," from naus "ship," from PIE *nau- (2) "boat" (see naval ). 中文词源 nautical ：航海的 来自拉丁语naus,船，词源同navigate,navy.引申词义航行的，航海的。 该词的英语词源
• nauseous 英文词源 nauseous (adj.) c. 1600, "inclined to nausea, easily made queasy" (obsolete), from nausea + -ous . Sense of "causing nausea or squeamishness" is attested from 1610s. For distinction from nauseated see nauseate . Related: Nauseously ; nauseousness . 中文词源 nauseous ：恶心的 来自nausea,恶心。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nauseous 词源， nauseo
• nauseate 英文词源 nauseate (v.) 1630s, "to feel sick, to become affected with nausea," from nauseat- past participle stem of Latin nauseare "to feel seasick, to vomit," also "to cause disgust," from nausea (see nausea ). Related: Nauseated ; nauseating ; nauseatingly . In its early life it also had transitive senses of "to reject (food, etc.) with a feeling of nausea" (1640s) and "to create a loathing
• naughty 英文词源 naughty (adj.) late 14c., naugti "needy, having nothing," from Old English nawiht (see naught ) + -y (2). Sense of "wicked, evil, morally wrong" is attested from 1520s; specific meaning "sexually promiscuous" is from 1869. The more tame main modern sense of "disobedient" (especially of children) is attested from 1630s. Related: Naughtily ; naughtiness . A woman of bad character c. 153
• naught 英文词源 naught (n.) Old English nawiht "nothing," lit "no whit," from na "no" (from PIE root *ne- "no, not;" see un- (1)) + wiht "thing, creature, being" (see wight ). Cognate with Old Saxon neowiht "nothing," Old High German niwiht , Gothic ni waihts . It also developed an adjectival sense in Old English, "good for nothing," which by mid-16c. had focused to "morally bad, wicked." In arithmet
• naturopathy 英文词源 naturopathy (n.) 1901, a hybrid from comb. form of nature + -pathy . A correct formation from all-Greek elements would be *physiopathy . Related: Naturopath . 中文词源 naturopathy ：自然疗法 naturo,自然，-path,治疗，词源同homeopathy,heteropathy. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： naturopathy 词源， naturopathy 含义。
• naturist 英文词源 naturist (n.) "participant in the movement for communal nudity," 1929, from nature + -ist . 中文词源 naturist ：裸体主义者 来自nature,自然。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： naturist 词源， naturist 含义。
• naturism 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random stilt stilt: [14] Stilt was probably acquired from some Low German source – Low German and Flemish have stilte . Its ultimate ancestor was a prehistoric Germanic * steltjōn , which was formed from a base meaning ‘walk stiffly, strut’ (source also of German stolz ‘proud’ and English stout ). The derived stilted ‘over
• nature trail 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random ordain ordain: see order 中文词源 nature trail ：观景小径 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： nature trail 词源， nature trail 含义。
• nature 英文词源 nature nature: [13] Etymologically, someone’s nature is the qualities they were ‘born’ with. The word comes via Old French nature from Latin nātūra , a derivative of the verb nāscī ‘be born’ (source of English nation , native , etc). This originally meant simply ‘birth’, but by classical times it had developed to the ‘innate properties or qualities of something or
• natural wastage 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random lank lank: see link 中文词源 natural wastage ：自然减员 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： natural wastage 词源， natural wastage 含义。
• natural selection 英文词源 selection (n.) 1620s, "act of selecting," from Latin selectionem (nominative selectio ) "a choosing out, choice, selection," noun of action from past participle stem of seligere (see select (adj.)). Meaning "thing selected" is from 1805. Biological sense is from 1837; applied to actions of breeders ( methodical selection ), hence its use by Darwin ( natural selection ; 1857). French sé
• naturally 英文词源 naturally (adv.) late 13c., "inherently, intrinsically, characteristically," from natural + -ly (2). From late 14c. as "in accord with natural law;" also "normally; usually, expectedly; as a matter of course, consequently, understandably." The notion is "as a natural result." From early 15c. as "without artificial assistance, by a natural process." 中文词源 naturally ：自然地，
• naturalize 英文词源 naturalize (v.) "admit (an alien) to rights of a citizen," 1550s (implied in naturalized ), from natural (adj.) in its etymological sense of "by birth" + -ize ; in some instances from Middle French naturaliser , from natural . Of things, from 1620s; of plants or animals, from 1796. Related: Naturalizing . 中文词源 naturalize ：使加入国籍，适应异域生长环境 来自natu