英语词源

• militarist 英文词源 militarist (n.) c. 1600, "a soldier," from military + -ist . As "one devoted to militarism" from 1884. 中文词源 militarist ：军国主义者，军阀；军事专家  词根词缀： -milit-兵 + -ary(y略) + -ist名词词尾,从事某项工作的人 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： militarist 词源， militarist 含义。
• microcircuit 英文词源 microcircuit (n.) 1959, from micro- + circuit (n.). Related: Microcircuitry . 中文词源 microcircuit ：微电路    词根词缀： -micro-微,小 + circum-(m略)周围 + -it-行,走 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： microcircuit 词源， microcircuit 含义。
• microbial 英文词源 microbial (adj.) 1879, from Modern Latin microbion (see microbe ) + -al (1). 中文词源 microbial ：微生物的，由细菌引起的 词根词缀： -micro-微,小 + -o- + -bi-生命,生物 + -al形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： microbial 词源， microbial 含义。
• metrologist 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random obtain obtain: [15] Obtain is one of the large family of English words ( attain , contain , continue , tenor , etc) that come ultimately from Latin tenēre ‘hold’. In this case its source, by way of Old French obtenir , was Latin obtinēre , a compound formed with the intensive prefix ob -, which denoted both ‘get possessi
• mentionable 英文词源 unmentionable (adj.) 1837, from un- (1) "not" + mentionable (adj.). Humorous use of unmentionables "trousers" is attested from 1823; from 1910 as "underwear," both on notion of "articles of dress not to be mentioned in polite circles." 中文词源 mentionable ：可以提起的，值得一提的 词根词缀： -ment-记忆,智力 + -ion + -able形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访
• mentation 英文词源 mentation (n.) "mental function," 1850, from Latin ment- "mind" (see mental ) + -ation . 中文词源 mentation ：精神作用，心理状态  词根词缀： -ment-记忆,智力 + -ation名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mentation 词源， mentation 含义。
• mensuration 英文词源 mensuration (n.) "act of measuring," 1570s, from Middle French mensuration and directly from Late Latin mensurationem (nominative mensuratio ) "a measuring," noun of action from past participle stem of mensurare "to measure" (see measure (v.)). 中文词源 mensuration ：测定，测量，测定法，求积法 词根词缀： -mens-测量 + -ure名词词尾(e略) + -ation名词词尾
• mensural 英文词源 mensural (adj.) "pertaining to measure, measurable," c. 1600, from Medieval Latin mensuralis , from Latin mensura "a measuring, measurement" (see measure (v.)). 中文词源 mensural ：关于度量的；量的；(音)有定律的，定量的 词根词缀： -mens-测量 + -ure名词词尾(e略) + -al形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mensural 词源，
• mensurable 英文词源 mensurable (adj.) c. 1600, from Late Latin mensurabilis "that which can be measured," from mensurare "to measure" (see measure (v.)). Related: Mensurably ; mensurability . 中文词源 mensurable ：可测量的   词根词缀： -mens-测量 + -ure名词词尾(e略) + -able形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mensurable 词源， mensurable 含义。
• megatanker 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random son son: [OE] Son is an ancient word, with relatives in several Indo-European languages: Russian, Polish, and Czech syn , for instance, Sanskrit sūnús , and Greek huiús . These point back to an ancestral * sunu - or * sunyu -. This may have been related to Sanskrit sú - ‘bear, carry’, in which case its original meaning w
• medicative 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random at at: [OE] The preposition at was originally found throughout the Germanic languages: Old English had æt , Old High German az , Gothic and Old Norse at . It survives in the Scandinavian languages (Swedish att , for instance) as well as English, but has been lost from German and Dutch. Cognates in other Indo-European languages,
• medicament 英文词源 medicament (n.) mid-15c., "medical skill; a medicinal compound," from Middle French médicament (15c.), from Latin medicamentum "drug, remedy," literally "means of healing," from medicare "to heal, cure" (see medication ). 中文词源 medicament ：药物，药剂 词根词缀： -med-医药 + -ic名词词尾 + -a- + -ment名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• mechanist 英文词源 post-modern (adj.) also post-modern , post modern , by 1919, in frequent use from 1949, from post- + modern . But it has been only during the later decades of the modern era -- during that time interval that might fairly be called the post-modern era -- that this mechanistic conception of things has begun seriously to affect the current system of knowledge and belief; and it has not h
• mechanician 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random golliwog golliwog: [19] It was Florence Upton (1873– 1922), an American-born illustrator and writer of children’s books, who dreamed up the blackfaced male doll we now know as the golliwog . It first appeared in the story The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls – and a ‘Golliwog’ 1895, with verses by Florence’s mother Bert
• matronage 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random conquer conquer: [13] Latin conquīrere originally meant ‘seek something out’. It was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com - and quaerere ‘seek’ (source of English query , quest , question , inquire , and require ). Bit by bit, ‘searching for something’ slid into ‘acquiring it’, including by force
• marigraph 英文词源 marigraph "= mareograph", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Peter Simmonds (1814–1897), newsagent and journalist. From classical Latin mari- , mare sea + -graph , probably after French maréographe mareograph. 中文词源 marigraph ：(记录潮汐的)自动记潮仪  词根词缀： -mar-海 + -i- + -graph-写,画 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： marigra
• marginate 英文词源 emarginate (adj.) "having the margin or extremity notched," 1731 (implied in emarginated ), from Latin emarginatus , past participle of emarginare , from assimilated form of ex- (see ex- ) + margo "edge, brink, border, margin" (see margin (n.)). Related:" Emargination . 中文词源 marginate ：给 词根词缀： marg=mark + -in + -ate动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• margent 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random basket basket: [13] Basket is something of a mystery word. It turns up in the 13th century in Old French and Anglo-Norman as basket and in Anglo-Latin as baskettum , but how it got there is far from clear. Some have suggested that Latin bascauda ‘washing tub’, said by the Roman writer Martial to be of British origin (and tho
• manumission 英文词源 manumission (n.) c. 1400, from Old French manumission "freedom, emancipation," and directly from Latin manumissionem (nominative manumissio ) "freeing of a slave," noun of action from past participle stem of manumittere "to set free," from the phrase manu mittere "release from control," from manu , ablative of manus "power of a master," literally "hand" (see manual (adj.)) + mittere "
• mandamus 英文词源 mandamus (n.) 1530s, "writ from a superior court to an inferior one, specifying that something be done," (late 14c. in Anglo-French), from Latin, literally "we order," first person plural present indicative of mandare "to order" (see mandate (n.)). 中文词源 mandamus ：(上级法院向下级法院发布的)书面训令，命令书 词根词缀： -mand-命令 + am + -us名词词尾
• malediction 英文词源 malediction (n.) mid-15c., from Old French maledicion "a curse" (15c.), from Latin maledictionem (nominative maledictio ) "the action of speaking evil of, slander," in Late Latin "a curse," noun of action from past participle stem of maledicere "to speak badly or evil of, slander," from male "badly" (see mal- ) + dicere "to say" (see diction ). 中文词源 malediction ：诅咒，诬蔑
• magniloquent 英文词源 magniloquent (adj.) 1650s, a back-formation from magniloquence , or else from Latin magniloquentia "lofty style of language," from magniloquus "pompous in talk, vaunting, boastful," from comb. form of magnus "great" (see magnate ) + -loquus "speaking," from loqui "to speak" (see locution ). 中文词源 magniloquent ：(说话)夸张的，自负的，华而不实的；吹牛的，唱高
• magniloquence 英文词源 magniloquence (n.) 1620s, from Latin magniloquentia "elevated language, lofty style;" see magniloquent + -ence . 中文词源 magniloquence ：(文风，语言等)华而不实；大浮藻话；夸大 词根词缀： -magn-大 + -i- + -loqu-说 + -ence名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： magniloquence 词源， magniloquence 含义。
• magnification 英文词源 magnification (n.) early 15c., from Late Latin magnificationem (nominative magnificatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of magnificare (see magnify ). 中文词源 magnification ：放大，夸大；放大率 词根词缀： -magn-大 + -i- + -fic-做,作 + -ation名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： magnification 词源， magnification 含义。
• magnanimity 英文词源 magnanimity (n.) mid-14c., "loftiness of thought or purpose," from Old French magnanimité "high-mindedness, generosity of spirit," from Latin magnanimitatem (nominative magnanimitas ) "greatness of soul, high-mindedness," from magnanimus "having a great soul," from magnus "great" (see magnate ) + animus "mind, soul, spirit" (see animus ). Probably a loan-translation of Greek megalops
• macrostructure 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random rapacious rapacious: see rapture 中文词源 macrostructure ：宏观结构  词根词缀： -macro-长,大,宏 + -struct-建设,结构 + -ure名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： macrostructure 词源， macrostructure 含义。
• macroclimate 英文词源 macroclimate "The general climate of a relatively large area", 1930s. From macro- + climate . Compare earlier microclimate . 中文词源 macroclimate ：大气候 词根词缀： -macro-长,大,宏 + clim(-clin-)倾,斜 + -ate名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： macroclimate 词源， macroclimate 含义。
• macrobiosis 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random poltergeist poltergeist: [19] A poltergeist is literally a ‘noisy ghost’. The word was borrowed from German in the 19th century, where it is a compound made up of poltern ‘make a noise, rattle or rumble’ and geist ‘spirit, ghost’ (a relative of English ghost ). 中文词源 macrobiosis ：长寿，长命 词根词缀：
• macrobian 英文词源 macrobian "Long-lived; relating to the prolongation of life", Late 17th cent.; earliest use found in Peter Motteux (1663–1718), journalist and translator. From ancient Greek μακρόβιος long-lived + -an. 中文词源 macrobian ：长寿的人 词根词缀： -macro-长,大,宏 + -bi-生命,生物 + -an名词词尾,人 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ma
• machinable 英文词源 machinable (adj.) 1896, from machine (v.) + -able . Related: Machinability . 中文词源 machinable ：(材料)可用机床加工的，可切削的，可用机器制造的  词根词缀： -machin-机器,机械 + -able形容词词尾,可被...的 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： machinable 词源， machinable 含义。
• Mackintosh 英文词源 mackintosh mackintosh: [19] The rubberized material from which this waterproof coat was originally made was invented in the early 1820s by the British chemist Charles Macintosh (1766–1843). His name (misspelled with a k ) is first recorded as being applied to the coat in 1836. The abbreviated form mac (or occasionally mack ) dates from around the turn of the 20th century. mackintosh
• mirandize 英文词源 Mirandize "Inform (a person who has been arrested) of their legal rights, in accordance with the Miranda decision", 1970s: from Miranda 2 . 中文词源 mirandize （向疑犯宣读其权利）：因警察未宣读权利而逃脱制裁的米兰达 1963年，一名名叫米兰达（Ernesto A. Miranda）的美国男子因涉嫌绑架和强奸妇女而在亚利桑那州被捕。警官随即
• marcel wave 英文词源 marcel "A deep artificial wave in the hair", Late 19th century: named after Marcel Grateau (1852–1936), the Parisian hairdresser who invented it. More permanent from Late Middle English:Permanent is from Latin permanent - ‘remaining to the end’ from per - ‘through’ and manere ‘remain’. The abbreviation perm in hairdressing dates from the 1920s, a shortening of ‘permane
• Mors 英文词源 morse morse: [19] People had for some years been experimenting with the magnetic telegraph, but it was the American inventor Samuel Morse (1791–1872) who in 1836 produced the first workable system. And with his assistant Alexander Bain he devised a set of dots and dashes representing letters and numbers which could be used for transmitting messages, and which came to be known as the
• Mae West 英文词源 Mae West type of inflatable life jacket, 1940, military slang, in reference to the screen name of the buxom U.S. film star (1892-1980). 中文词源 Mae West ：军用救生衣；救生背心 Mae West原是美国一位女影星的大名，它怎么会被用来指军用救生衣的呢？这其中确实有些来历。Mae West在1892年生于于纽约市，在一战前就颇有名气。她
• Muses 英文词源 mosaic mosaic: [16] Mosaic work is etymologically work ‘of the muses’. The word comes ultimately from Greek mouseion , which originally meant literally ‘place of the muses’, and has also given English museum . Somehow in medieval Latin it became altered to mūsaicus or mōsaicus , and passed via early modern Italian mosaico and French mosaïque into English as mosaic . It has
• maneuver 英文词源 maneuver (n.) "planned movement of troops or warship," 1758, from French manoeuvre "manipulation, maneuver," from Old French manovre "manual labor" 13c.), from Medieval Latin manuopera (source of Spanish maniobra , Italian manovra ), from manuoperare "work with the hands," from Latin manu operari , from manu , ablative of manus "hand" (see manual (adj.)) + operari "to work, operate" (
• Minerva 英文词源 Minerva ancient Roman goddess of arts, crafts, and sciences; wisdom, sense, and reflection (later identified with Greek Athene ), late 14c., mynerfe , from Latin Minerva , from Old Latin Menerva , from *menes-wa , from PIE root *men- "mind, understanding, reason" (see mind (n.)). Compare Sanskrit Manasvini , name of the mother of the Moon, manasvin "full of mind or sense." Related: Mi
• Muscadet 英文词源 Muscadet "A dry white wine from the part of the Loire region in France nearest the west coast", French, from muscade 'nutmeg', from musc 'musk'. 中文词源 Muscadet ：麝香白葡萄酒 来自muscat,麝香白葡萄。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Muscadet 词源， Muscadet 含义。
• murmur 英文词源 murmur (n.) late 14c., "expression of discontent by grumbling," from Old French murmure "murmur, sound of human voices; trouble, argument" (12c.), noun of action from murmurer "to murmur," from Latin murmurare "to murmur, mutter," from murmur (n.) "a hum, muttering, rushing," probably from a PIE reduplicative base *mor-mor , of imitative origin (cognates: Sanskrit murmurah "crackling
• murky 英文词源 murky (adj.) mid-14c., from murk + -y (2). Rare before 17c. Related: Murkily ; murkiness . 中文词源 murky ：昏暗的，暧昧的 来自murk,昏暗。即昏暗的，引申词义暧昧的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： murky 词源， murky 含义。
• murk 英文词源 murk (n) c. 1300, myrke , from Old Norse myrkr "darkness," from Proto-Germanic *merkwjo- (cognates: Old English mirce "murky, black, dark; murkiness, darkness," Danish mǿrk "darkness," Old Saxon mirki "dark"); cognate with Old Church Slavonic mraku , Serbo-Croatian mrak , Russian mrak "darkness;" Lithuanian merkti "shut the eyes, blink," from PIE *mer- "to flicker" (see morn ). Murk
• muppet 英文词源 Muppet (n.) Trademark (U.S.) Sept. 26, 1972, claiming use from 1971, but in print from Sept. 1970. Name coined by creator Jim Henson (1936-1990), who said, despite the resemblance to marionette and puppet (they have qualities of both), it has no etymology; he just liked the sound. 中文词源 muppet ：笨蛋，蠢人 来自美国电视节日Muppet Show,木偶秀。通常认为该词来
• muntjac 英文词源 muntjac "A small SE Asian deer, the male of which has tusks, small antlers, and a doglike bark", Late 18th century: from Sundanese minchek . 中文词源 muntjac ：麂 来自印度尼西亚某语言minchek,一种小鹿。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： muntjac 词源， muntjac 含义。
• munitions 英文词源 ammunition ammunition: [17] Ammunition is one of many words which resulted from a mistaken analysis of ‘article’ plus ‘noun’ (compare ADDER). In this case, French la munition ‘the munitions, the supplies’ was misapprehended as l’ammunition , and borrowed thus into English. At first it was used for military supplies in general, and it does not seem to have been until the
• mung 英文词源 mung "A small round green bean", Early 19th century: from Hindi mūng . 中文词源 mung ：绿豆 来自印度语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mung 词源， mung 含义。
• mundane 英文词源 mundane (adj.) mid-15c., "of this world," from Old French mondain "of this world, worldly, earthly, secular;" also "pure, clean; noble, generous" (12c.), from Late Latin mundanus "belonging to the world" (as distinct from the Church), in classical Latin "a citizen of the world, cosmopolite," from mundus "universe, world," literally "clean, elegant"; used as a translation of Greek kosm
• munchies 英文词源 munchies (n.) "food or snack," 1959, plural of munchie (1917), from munch (v.); sense of "craving for food after smoking marijuana" is first attested 1971. 中文词源 munchies ：小吃，点心 来自munch,吃，咬，大声咀嚼。引申词义小吃，点心。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： munchies 词源， munchies 含义。
• munch 英文词源 munch (v.) late 14c., mocchen , imitative (compare crunch ), or perhaps from Old French mangier "to eat, bite," from Latin manducare "to chew." Related: Munched ; munching . 中文词源 munch ：大声咀嚼 来自法语mangier,吃，咬，拟声词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： munch 词源， munch 含义。
• mumsy 英文词源 mumsy "Giving an impression of dull domesticity; dowdy or unfashionable", Late 19th century: humorous variant of mummy 2 . 中文词源 mumsy ：家常的 俚语词，即妈妈做的饭。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mumsy 词源， mumsy 含义。
• mumps 英文词源 mumps mumps: [16] The dialect noun mump meant ‘grimace’; and the use of its plural mumps for the disease is thought to have been originally an allusion to the distorted expression caused by the swollen neck glands. Mump itself is presumably related to the verb mump ‘sulk’ [16], and belongs to a family of words (including also mumble [14]) based on the syllable mum , representi
• mummify 英文词源 mummify (v.) 1620s, from French momifier , from momie "mummy," from Medieval Latin mumia (see mummy ) + -fier "to make into" (see -fy ). Related: Mummified ; mummifying . 中文词源 mummify ：使成木乃伊 来自mummy,木乃伊，-fy,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mummify 词源， mummify 含义。
• mummer 英文词源 mummer mummer: see mumps mummer (n.) "one who performs in a mumming, actor in a dumb show," early 15c., probably a fusion of Middle French momeur "mummer" (from Old French momer "mask oneself," from momon "mask") and Middle English mommen "to mutter, be silent," related to mum (interjection). 中文词源 mummer ：哑剧演员 来自mum,演哑剧。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• mumbo jumbo 英文词源 mumbo jumbo (n.) 1738, name of an idol supposedly worshipped by certain tribes in Africa; said to be a corruption of words in Mandingo (one reconstructed version is Mama Dyumbo ), but no likely source has been found in the languages of the Niger region, to which the original accounts relate. Meaning "big, empty talk" is attested from 1896. 中文词源 mumbo jumbo ：巫术，魔神，胡
• mumble 英文词源 mumble mumble: see mumps mumble (v.) early 14c., momelen , "to eat in a slow, ineffective manner" (perhaps "to talk with one's mouth full"), probably frequentative of interjection mum . The -b- is excrescent. Meaning "to speak indistinctly" is from mid-14c. Related: Mumbled ; mumbling . mumble (n.) 1902, from mumble (v.). 中文词源 mumble ：嘟哝 来自mum,嘟哝声，使闭嘴，
• mum 英文词源 mum mum: see mummy , mumps mum (interj.) "be silent," 1560s, from Middle English mum , mom (late 14c.), inarticulate closed-mouth sound, indicative of unwillingness or inability to speak. As an adjective meaning "secret" from 1520s. Phrase mum's the word is first recorded 1704. mum (n.1) abbreviation of chrysanthemum , first attested 1915 in the jargon of gardeners. mum (n.2) pet word
• multivitamin 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random cutlet cutlet: see coast 中文词源 multivitamin ：多种维生素 multi-,许多，多个，vitamin,维生素。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： multivitamin 词源， multivitamin 含义。
• multiplex 英文词源 multiplex 1550s (adj.), 1560s (n.), in mathematics, from Latin multiplex "having many folds; many times as great in number; of many parts" (see multiply ). 中文词源 multiplex ：多厅影院 multi-,许多，多个，-plex,倍数，词源同imply,complex. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： multiplex 词源， multiplex 含义。
• multiparty 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random antimacassar antimacassar: [19] An antimacassar was a cloth spread over chairbacks in the 19th and early 20th centuries to protect them from greasy hair. It took its name from Macassar oil, a proprietary brand of hair oil made by Rowland and Son, allegedly from ingredients obtained from Makassar, a region of the island of Sulawe
• multimillionaire 英文词源 multi-millionaire (n.) also multimillionaire , 1858, from multi- + millionaire . 中文词源 multimillionaire ：千万富翁 multi-,许多，多个，millionaire,百万，百万富翁。引申词义千万富翁。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： multimillionaire 词源， multimillionaire 含义。
• multigym 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random fulminate fulminate: [15] Etymologically, fulminate means ‘strike with lightning’. It comes from Latin fulmināre , a derivative of fulmen ‘lightning’. In medieval Latin its literal meaning gave way to the metaphorical ‘pronounce an ecclesiastical censure on’, and this provided the semantic basis for its English deri
• multifunctional 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random disport disport: see sport 中文词源 multifunctional ：多功能的 multi-,许多，多个，functional,功能的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： multifunctional 词源， multifunctional 含义。
• multifarious 英文词源 multifarious (adj.) 1590s, from Latin multifarius "manifold," from multifariam (adv.) "on many sides; in many places or parts," perhaps originally "that which can be expressed in many ways," from multi- "many" (see multi- ) + -fariam , adverbial suffix (compare bifariam "in two places"), from PIE *dwi-dhe- "making two." Related: Multifariously ; multifariousness . Earlier forms of the
• multifaceted 英文词源 multifaceted (adj.) also multi-faceted , 1870, from multi- + faceted (see facet ). 中文词源 multifaceted ：多方面的 multi-,许多，多个，facet,侧面，方面，词源同face. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： multifaceted 词源， multifaceted 含义。
• multidisciplinary 英文词源 multidisciplinary (adj.) also multi-disciplinary , 1949, from multi- + disciplinary . 中文词源 multidisciplinary ：多学科的 multi-,许多，多个，discipline,学科。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： multidisciplinary 词源， multidisciplinary 含义。
• multidimensional 英文词源 multidimensional (adj.) also multi-dimensional , 1884, from multi- + dimensional (see dimension ). 中文词源 multidimensional ：多维 multi-,许多，多个，dimension,维度。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： multidimensional 词源， multidimensional 含义。
• multiculturism 英文词源 multiculturism "= multiculturalism", 1970s. From multi- + culture + -ism, after multicultural. 中文词源 multiculturism ：多元文化的 multi-,许多，多个，culture,文化。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： multiculturism 词源， multiculturism 含义。
• multicolored 英文词源 multicolored (adj.) also multi-colored , multi-coloured , 1845, from multi- + colored . 中文词源 multicolored ：多色的 multi-,许多，多个，color,颜色。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： multicolored 词源， multicolored 含义。
• multichannel 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random with with: [OE] The ancestral meaning of with is ‘against’ (retained by its German relative wider ). It goes back ultimately to the Indo-European base * wi -, which denoted ‘separation’. The notion of ‘accompaniment’ is a secondary development, albeit an ancient one, and the idea of ‘instrumentality’ did not emer
• multicast 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random plot plot: [11] Two separate and unrelated words have come together to form modern English plot . The earlier was late Old English plot , a term of unknown origin which denoted ‘area of ground’ (as in a ‘plot of land’). This subsequently developed to ‘ground plan’ and ‘diagram’, which formed the basis of ‘set o
• multibuy 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random fallacy fallacy: see fail 中文词源 multibuy ：多买多送 multi-,许多，多个，buy,买。引申词义多买多送。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： multibuy 词源， multibuy 含义。
• multi-access 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random reason reason: [13] Reason , together with rational , represent in English the ‘thinking’ aspects of the Latin verb rērī (it also meant ‘calculate’, and in that guise has given English rate , ration , etc). From it was derived the noun ratiō ‘thinking, calculation’ (source of English ratio and the rest). This spaw
• mullion 英文词源 mullion (n.) "vertical column between the lights of a window," 1560s, metathesis of Middle English moyniel (early 14c.), from Anglo-French moinel , noun use of moienel (adj.) "middle," from Old French meien "intermediate, mean" (see mean (adj.)). Related: Mullioned . 中文词源 mullion ：窗户间的竖窗棂 来自盎格鲁法语moinel,中间，来自古法语meien,中间的，词源
• mullet 英文词源 mullet (n.1) edible type of spiny-finned fish, mid-15c., from Anglo-French molett (late 14c.), Old French mulet , from Medieval Latin muletus , from Latin mulettus , from mullus "red mullet," from Greek myllos a marine fish, related to melos "black," from PIE *mel- "of darkish color" (see melanin ). mullet (n.2) "hairstyle short on top and long in back," 1996, perhaps from mullet-head
• mulled 英文词源 mull (v.1) "ponder," 1873, perhaps from a figurative use of Middle English mullyn "grind to powder, pulverize," from molle "dust, ashes, rubbish" (c. 1300), probably from Middle Dutch mul "grit, loose earth," related to mill (n.1). But Webster's (1879) defined it as "to work steadily without accomplishing much," which may connect it to earlier identical word in athletics sense of "to
• mullah 英文词源 mullah (n.) title given in Muslim lands to one learned in theology and sacred law, 1610s, from Turkish molla , Persian and Urdu mulla , from Arabic mawla "master," from waliya "reigned, governed." 中文词源 mullah ：毛拉（穆斯林宗教和教法的宗教导师） 来自阿拉伯语mawla,大师，宗教导师，来自ma-,表指向，waliya,精通的。比较mufti. 该词的英语
• mull 英文词源 mull (v.1) "ponder," 1873, perhaps from a figurative use of Middle English mullyn "grind to powder, pulverize," from molle "dust, ashes, rubbish" (c. 1300), probably from Middle Dutch mul "grit, loose earth," related to mill (n.1). But Webster's (1879) defined it as "to work steadily without accomplishing much," which may connect it to earlier identical word in athletics sense of "to
• mulch 英文词源 mulch (n.) 1650s, probably from a noun use of Middle English molsh (adj.) "soft, moist" (early 15c.), from Old English melsc, milisc "mellow, sweet," from Proto-Germanic *mil-sk- (cognates: Dutch mals "soft, ripe," Old High German molawen "to become soft," German mollig "soft"), from PIE root *mel- "soft" (see mild ). mulch (v.) 1802, from mulch (n.). Related: Mulched ; mulching . 中文
• mulberry 英文词源 mulberry (n.) late 14c., developed from 13c. morberie , or cognate Middle High German mul-beri (alteration by dissimilation of Old High German mur-beri , Modern German Maulbeere ); both from Latin morum "mulberry, blackberry," + Old English berie , Old High German beri "berry." The Latin word probably is from Greek moron "mulberry," from PIE *moro- "blackberry, mulberry" (cognates: Ar
• mulatto 英文词源 mulatto (n.) 1590s, "offspring of a European and a black African," from Spanish or Portuguese mulato "of mixed breed," literally "young mule," from mulo "mule," from Latin mulus (fem. mula ) "mule" (see mule (n.1)); possibly in reference to hybrid origin of mules. As an adjective from 1670s. Fem. mulatta is attested from 1620s; mulattress from 1805. American culture, even in its most
• mukluk 英文词源 mukluk "A high, soft boot that is worn in the American Arctic and is traditionally made from sealskin", Mid 19th century: from Yupik maklak 'bearded seal'. 中文词源 mukluk ：海豹皮靴 来自北美阿拉斯加某土著语言maklak,海豹。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mukluk 词源， mukluk 含义。
• mujahideen 英文词源 mujahideen "Guerrilla fighters in Islamic countries, especially those who are fighting against non-Muslim forces", From Persian and Arabic mujāhidīn , colloquial plural of mujāhid , denoting a person who fights a jihad. 中文词源 mujahideen ：穆斯林圣战者 来自阿拉伯语mujahid,圣战者，来自mu-,表指向，jihad,圣战，-een,表复数。 该词的英语词源请访
• Muhammad 英文词源 Muhammad 1610s, Mohammed , Arabic masc. proper name, literally "the Praiseworthy," name of the prophet of Islam (c.570-632). The earliest forms of his name in English were Mahum , Mahimet (c. 1200); originally also used confusedly for "an idol." Wyclif has Macamethe (c. 1380), and Makomete also turns up in 14c. documents. Mahomet was common until 19c.; see Mohammed . 中文词源 Muha
• mugwump 英文词源 mugwump (n.) 1832, jocular for "great man, boss, important person," American English, from Algonquian (Natick) mugquomp "important person" (derived from mugumquomp "war leader"); used from 1884 of Republicans who refused to support James G. Blaine's presidential candidacy, hence "one who holds himself aloof from party politics." 中文词源 mugwump ：不支持任何政党的游离者
• muggy 英文词源 muggy (adj.) 1731, from mugen "to drizzle" (late 14c.), from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse mugga "drizzling mist," possibly from PIE *meug- "slimy, slippery" (see mucus ). 中文词源 muggy ：闷热潮湿的 可能来自PIE*meug,黏的，滑的，词源同mucus,match.引申词义闷热潮湿的，湿热的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： muggy 词源
• muggins 英文词源 muggins (n.) "fool, simpleton," 1855, apparently from the surname, perhaps influenced by slang mug "dupe, fool" (1859; see mug (n.2)). 中文词源 muggins ：傻瓜，笨蛋 来自常见姓氏Muggins,后与mug 联系在一起，用于俚语义傻瓜，笨蛋。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： muggins 词源， muggins 含义。
• mufti 英文词源 mufti (n.) 1580s, muphtie "official head of the state religion in Turkey," from Arabic mufti "judge," active participle of afta "to give," conjugated form of fata "he gave a (legal) decision" (compare fatwa ). Sense of "ordinary clothes (not in uniform)" is from 1816, of unknown origin, perhaps from mufti's costume of robes and slippers in stage plays, which was felt to resemble plain
• muffler 英文词源 muffler (n.) 1530s as a kind of wrap for the throat, agent noun from muffle (v.); as an automobile exhaust system silencer, it is attested from 1895. 中文词源 muffler ：围巾，消音器 来自muffle,裹住，覆盖。引申词义围巾，后用于指枪支的消音器。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： muffler 词源， muffler 含义。
• muffle 英文词源 muffle (v.) early 15c., "to cover or wrap (something) to conceal or protect," perhaps from Middle French mofler "to stuff," from Old French moufle "thick glove, muff" (compare Old French enmoufle "wrapped up"); see muff (n.). Meaning "wrap something up to deaden sound" first recorded 1761. Related: Muffled ; muffling . muffle (n.) "thing that muffles," 1560s, from muffle (v.). 中文词
• muffin 英文词源 muffin (n.) "light, small cake made with eggs," 1703, moofin , possibly from Low German muffen , plural of muffe "small cake;" or somehow connected with Old French moflet "soft, tender" (said of bread). Muffin top in reference to waistline bulge over tight, low jeans is attested by 2005, from resemblance to baked muffins from a tin. 中文词源 muffin ：松饼 词源不详。 该词的