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  • muff 英文词源 muff (n.) "warm covering for the hands," 1590s, from Dutch mof "a muff," shortened from Middle Dutch moffel "mitten, muff," from Middle French moufle "mitten," from Old French mofle "thick glove, large mitten, handcuffs" (9c.), from Medieval Latin muffula "a muff," of unknown origin. In 17c.-18c. also worn by men. Meaning "vulva and pubic hair" is from 1690s; muff-diver "one who perfo
  • muezzin 英文词源 muezzin (n.) "official who calls Muslims to prayer from the minaret of a mosque," 1580s, from Arabic muadhdhin , properly active participle of adhdhana , frequentative of adhanna "he proclaimed," from uthn "ear." Compare Hebrew he'ezin "he gave ear, heard," from ozen "ear." English spelling is from dialectal use of -z- for -dh-. 中文词源 muezzin :宣礼员 来自土耳其语muez
  • muesli 英文词源 muesli muesli: [20] Etymologically, muesli means ‘little pap’. It is a Swiss-German diminutive form of German mus ‘pulp, purée’. Old English had the cognate mōs , which survived into the 16th century in the compound apple-mose ‘dish made from a purée of stewed apples’. muesli (n.) breakfast dish of oats, fruit, milk, 1926, from Swiss-German, from Old High German muos "m
  • mud-slinging 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random candid candid: [17] Originally, candid meant simply ‘white’; its current sense ‘frank’ developed metaphorically via ‘pure’ and ‘unbiased’. English acquired the word, probably through French candide , from Latin candidum , a derivative of the verb candēre ‘be white, glow’ (which is related to English candle ,
  • mudslide 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random drink drink: [OE] Drink comes ultimately from a prehistoric Germanic verb * drengkan , which is widely represented in other modern Germanic languages: German trinken , for instance, Dutch drinken , Swedish dricka , and Danish drikke . Variants of it also produced English drench and drown . Its pre-Germanic history is not clear,
  • mudguard 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random natty natty: see neat 中文词源 mudguard :自行车挡泥板 mud,淤泥,guard,保护。引申词义自行车挡泥板。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: mudguard 词源, mudguard 含义。
  • mudflat 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random dahlia dahlia: [19] The dahlia was named in 1791 in honour of Anders Dahl, an 18th-century Swedish botanist who discovered the plant in Mexico in 1788. The first record of the term in English is from 1804. During the 19th century it was used for a particular shade of red: ‘One of the many ugly shades that are to be worn this s
  • mudflap 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random modern modern: [16] Latin modus (source of English mode and model ) meant ‘measure’. Its ablative form modō hence originally denoted ‘to the measure’, but it subsequently came to be used as an adverb meaning ‘just now’. And in postclassical times an adjective modernus was derived from it, signifying ‘of the presen
  • muddling 英文词源 muddle (v.) 1590s, "destroy the clarity of" (a transferred sense); literal sense ("to bathe in mud") is from c. 1600; perhaps frequentative formation from mud , or from Dutch moddelen "to make (water) muddy," from the same Proto-Germanic source. Sense of "to make muddy" is from 1670s; that of "make confused" first recorded 1680s. Meaning "to bungle" is from 1885. Related: Muddled ; mu
  • muddled 英文词源 addle (v.) 1712, from addle (n.) "urine, liquid filth," from Old English adela "mud, mire, liquid manure" (cognate with Old Swedish adel "urine," Middle Low German adel , Dutch aal "puddle"). Used in noun phrase addle egg (mid-13c.) "egg that does not hatch, rotten egg," literally "urine egg," a loan-translation of Latin ovum urinum , which is itself an erroneous loan-translation of G
  • muddle 英文词源 muddle (v.) 1590s, "destroy the clarity of" (a transferred sense); literal sense ("to bathe in mud") is from c. 1600; perhaps frequentative formation from mud , or from Dutch moddelen "to make (water) muddy," from the same Proto-Germanic source. Sense of "to make muddy" is from 1670s; that of "make confused" first recorded 1680s. Meaning "to bungle" is from 1885. Related: Muddled ; mu
  • mudbath 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random babel babel: [14] According to Genesis 11: 1–9, the tower of Babel was built in Shinar by the descendants of Noah in an attempt to reach heaven. Angered at their presumption, God punished the builders by making them unable to understand each other’s speech: hence, according to legend, the various languages of the world. Henc
  • mucus 英文词源 mucus mucus: [17] Mucus was borrowed from Latin mūcus ‘nasal mucus’, which was related to two ancient verbs for ‘blow the nose’: Greek mússesthai and Latin ēmungere . The homophonic adjectival derivative mucous [17] (as in mucous membrane ) comes from Latin mūcōsus . Related forms to have reached English are mucilage [14], from the late Latin derivative mūcilāgō , and
  • mucous 英文词源 mucous (adj.) 1640s (replacing mucilaginous ), from Latin mucosus "slimy, mucous," from mucus (see mucus ). Related: mucosity . 中文词源 mucous :黏性的 来自mucus,黏液。即黏液的,黏性的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: mucous 词源, mucous 含义。
  • mucky 英文词源 muck-a-muck (n.) "(self-)important person," 1912, from Chinook jargon, literally "to eat; food." Also mucky-muck ; muckety-muck . 中文词源 mucky :污秽的,肮脏的 来自muck,粪肥。即粪一样的,引申词义污秽的,肮脏的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: mucky 词源, mucky 含义。
  • muckraking 英文词源 muckraking "The action of searching out and publicizing scandal about famous people", Coined by President Theodore Roosevelt in a speech (1906) alluding to Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and the man with the muck rake . 中文词源 muckraking :揭发黑幕 muck,粪肥,raking,耙子,耙地。讽刺用法,最早来自美国总统罗斯福在1906 年的一次演讲 讽刺记者,后
  • mucker 英文词源 mucker "A person who removes dirt and waste, especially from mines or stables", Middle English: from muck + -er 1 ; sense 2 probably from the phrase muck in . sense 3 is probably from German Mucker 'sulky person'. 中文词源 mucker :伙计,哥们 来自muck,牛粪。即捡牛粪的人,幽默用法,用以称呼要好的哥们。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
  • muck 英文词源 muck muck: [13] The original meaning of muck is ‘excrement’; the more general ‘dirt’ is a 14thcentury development. It goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * muk -, * meuk - ‘soft’. This was also the source of Danish møg ‘dung’ (which provides the first syllable of midden [14], a borrowing from the ancestor of Danish mødding , literally ‘dung-heap’). The same Germa
  • muchness 英文词源 muchness (n.) late 14c., from much + -ness . Earlier was Middle English muchelnesse (c. 1200). 中文词源 muchness :非常相似 much,非常,-ness,名词后缀。引申词义非常相似。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: muchness 词源, muchness 含义。
  • mu 英文词源 mu "The twelfth letter of the Greek alphabet (Μ, μ), transliterated as ‘m’", Greek. 中文词源 mu :希腊字母表的第十二个字母 字母M 对应的希腊字母。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: mu 词源, mu 含义。
  • Mr. Fixit 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random masturbate masturbate: see manual 中文词源 Mr. Fixit :解决问题能手 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: Mr. Fixit 词源, Mr. Fixit 含义。
  • Mr. Clean 英文词源 Mr. Clean "A man, especially a public figure, who has an impeccable image, record, or reputation. Sometimes used with Miss, Mrs., or Ms. when referring to a woman", From the trademark Mr. Clean , a brand of household cleaner. 中文词源 Mr. Clean :清廉先生,正人君子 讽刺用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: Mr. Clean 词源, Mr. Clean 含义。
  • mozzie 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random pilot pilot: [16] Pilot comes ultimately from a Greek word for ‘oar’, pēdón , which went back to the same Indo-European base as produced English foot . Its plural, pēdá , was used for ‘rudder’, and from this was derived medieval Greek * pēdótēs ‘rudder, helmsman’. This in turn was borrowed into medieval Latin
  • mozzarella 英文词源 mozzarella (n.) 1911, Italian cheese originally made in Naples area, from Italian mozzarella , diminutive of mozza , a kind of cheese, from mozzare "to cut off," from mozzo "blunt," from Vulgar Latin *mutius "cut off, blunted." 中文词源 mozzarella :莫泽雷尔干酪 来自意大利语mozzare,切,可能来自PIE*mai,切,词源同maim,mangle.-elle,小词后缀。著名 意大利
  • moxie 英文词源 moxie (n.) "courage," 1930, from Moxie , brand name of a bitter, non-alcoholic drink, 1885, perhaps as far back as 1876 as the name of a patent medicine advertised to "build up your nerve;" despite legendary origin stories put out by the company that made it, it is perhaps ultimately from a New England Indian word (it figures in river and lake names in Maine, where it is apparently fr
  • moving 英文词源 aeolian harp aeolian harp: [18] Aeolus was the Greek god of the winds (the form of the name is Latin; the original Greek was Aiolos , deriving from the adjective aiolos ‘quick-moving’). Hence the application of the epithet to a musical instrument whose strings are sounded by the breeze blowing over them. The term is first recorded in the writings of Erasmus Darwin, at the end of t
  • mouthy 英文词源 mouthy (adj.) 1580s, from mouth (n.) + -y (2). 中文词源 mouthy :夸夸其谈的 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: mouthy 词源, mouthy 含义。
  • mouth-watering 英文词源 mouth-watering (adj.) 1822, from mouth (n.) + water (v.). 中文词源 mouth-watering :流口水的 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: mouth-watering 词源, mouth-watering 含义。
  • mouthpiece 英文词源 mouthpiece (n.) also mouth-piece , 1680s, "casting fitted on an open end of a pipe, etc.," from mouth (n.) + piece (n.). Meaning "piece of a musical instrument that goes in the mouth" is from 1776. Sense of "one who speaks on behalf of others" is from 1805; in the specific sense of "lawyer" it is first found 1857. 中文词源 mouthpiece :话筒,喉舌,发言人 比喻用法。 该
  • moussaka 英文词源 moussaka "A Greek dish made of minced lamb, aubergines, and tomatoes, with cheese sauce on top", From Turkish musakka , based on Arabic. 中文词源 moussaka :希腊肉合茄子饼 来自希腊语mousakas,来自土耳其语musakka,来自阿拉伯语musaqqaka,冷的,凉的。字面意 思即冷盘,凉菜。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: moussaka 词源,
  • mouse potato 英文词源 mouse potato "A person who spends large amounts of leisure or working time operating a computer", 1990s: on the pattern of couch potato . 中文词源 mouse potato :电脑迷 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: mouse potato 词源, mouse potato 含义。
  • mounting 英文词源 crest crest: [14] The original etymological meaning of crest appears to have been ‘tuft of hair’. It comes via Old French creste from Latin crista ‘tuft, plume’, which may be related to Latin crīnis ‘hair’ (source of the English biological term crinite ‘hairy’ [16]). If so, crest belongs to the same word family as crinoline . The notion of crest as a ‘surmounting ri
  • Murphy's Law 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random return return: [14] The origins of return are in Vulgar Latin. There, Latin tornāre (source of English turn ), which originally meant ‘turn on a lathe’, was combined with the prefix re - ‘back’ to produce * retornāre ‘turn back’, which passed via Old French retorner into English as return . = turn 中文词源 Murp
  • murderess 英文词源 Clytaemnestra also Clytemnestra , wife and murderess of Agamemnon, from Greek Klytaimnestra , from klytos "celebrated, heard of" (see loud ) + mnester "wooer, suitor," literally "willing to mind, mindful of," related to mnasthai "to remember," from PIE root *men- "to think" (see mind (n.)). murderer (n.) mid-14c., alteration of murtherer (c. 1300), agent noun from murder (v.); in part
  • mural 英文词源 mural mural: [16] The Latin for ‘wall’ was mūrus , derivatives of which have given English immure [16] and mural . It came from an earlier form moerus , to which was related moenia ‘walls’, source of the verb mūnīre ‘fortify, defend’. This has given English muniment ‘documentary proof of ownership, which ‘defends’ one’s right to something’ [15] and munition [1
  • munificent 英文词源 munificent (adj.) 1580s, back-formation from munificence , or else from Latin munificent- , stem of munificus "bountiful, liberal, generous" (see munificence ). 中文词源 munificent :慷慨的 来自拉丁语munificus,慷慨的,大方的,来自munus,礼物,-fic,做,词源同fact,beneficial.即 送礼物的,准备大礼的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
  • municipality 英文词源 municipality (n.) 1789, from French municipalité , from municipal (see municipal ). 中文词源 municipality :自治市 来自municipal,地方自治的。即自治市。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: municipality 词源, municipality 含义。
  • multitudinous 英文词源 multitudinous (adj.) c. 1600, first in Shakespeare, from Latin multitudin- , stem of multitudo (see multitude ) + -ous . Related: Multitudinously ; multitudinousness . 中文词源 multitudinous :许多的,大量的 来自multitude,许多,大量。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: multitudinous 词源, multitudinous 含义。
  • multitask 英文词源 multitasking (n.) also multi-tasking , 1966, originally in computing, from multi- + tasking (see task ). Of humans, by 1998. Related: Multitask (v.). As an adjective, multi-task is recorded from 1954 in a non-computer mechanical context. 中文词源 multitask :多任务 multi-,许多,多个,task,任务。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: multitask 词源,
  • multiprocessor 英文词源 multiprocessor (n.) also multi-processor , 1961, from multi- + processor . 中文词源 multiprocessor :多处理器 multi-,许多,多个,process,处理。即同时处理多个任务的机器。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: multiprocessor 词源, multiprocessor 含义。
  • multiplier 英文词源 multiplier (n.) late 15c., agent noun from multiply . 中文词源 multiplier :倍数 来自multiply,乘,多倍。即倍数。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: multiplier 词源, multiplier 含义。
  • multiplicity 英文词源 multiplicity (n.) mid-15c., from Middle French multiplicité , from Late Latin multiplicitas "manifoldness, multiplicity," from Latin multiplic- (see multiple ). Related: Multiplicitous . 中文词源 multiplicity :多样性 来自multiply,乘,多倍。引申词义多样性。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: multiplicity 词源, multiplicity 含义。
  • multinational 英文词源 multinational (adj.) also multi-national , by 1921, from multi- + national . Originally with reference to states; later (by 1960) to corporations and organizations. As a noun, short for multinational corporation , attested by 1971. 中文词源 multinational :多国的,跨国的 multi-,许多,多个,national,国家的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: m
  • multimedia 英文词源 multimedia (adj.) also multi-media , 1962, from multi- + media . 中文词源 multimedia :多媒体 multi-,许多,多个,media,媒体。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: multimedia 词源, multimedia 含义。
  • mulish 英文词源 mulish (adj.) 1751, from mule (n.1) + -ish . Related: Mulishly ; mulishness . 中文词源 mulish :执拗的 来自mule,骡子,-ish,形容词后缀。即像骡子一样倔的,执拗的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: mulish 词源, mulish 含义。
  • muleteer 英文词源 muleteer (n.) "mule driver," 1530s, from Middle French muletier , from mulet "mule," a diminutive formation replacing Old French mul as the word for "mule" in French (see mule (n.1)). 中文词源 muleteer :赶骡人 来自mule,骡子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: muleteer 词源, muleteer 含义。
  • mule 英文词源 mule mule: English has two words mule . The ‘donkeylike animal’ [13] comes via Old French mul from Latin mūlus , which was borrowed from a pre- Latin language of the Mediterranean area; Albanian mušk ‘mule’ is related. Mule the ‘slipper’ [16] is probably an adaptation of Latin mulleus , which denoted a sort of red or purple shoe worn by high-ranking magistrates in Rome.
  • mugshot 英文词源 mugshot (n.) also mug shot , 1950; see mug (n.2) + shot (n.) in the photographic sense. 中文词源 mugshot :警方存档识别罪犯的面部照片 mug,脸,shot,照片。幽默用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: mugshot 词源, mugshot 含义。
  • muggling 英文词源 contraband contraband: [16] Contraband means literally ‘proclamation against’ – hence ‘prohibition’. It comes via French contrebande from Italian contrabbando , a compound formed from contra ‘against’ (see CONTRARY) and bando ‘proclamation’ (whose source was late Latin bannus , bannum , a relative of English ban ). The sense ‘dealing in prohibited goods’ had alre
  • mugger 英文词源 mugger (n.) 1865, agent noun from mug (v.1). 中文词源 mugger :抢劫犯 来自mug,抢劫。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: mugger 词源, mugger 含义。
  • muddy 英文词源 muddy (adj.) late 13c., from mud + -y (2). Big Muddy in reference to the Missouri or Mississippi rivers is first recorded 1825. muddy (v.) "to make muddy," c. 1600, from muddy (adj.). Related: Muddied ; muddying . 中文词源 muddy :泥泞的 来自mud,泥浆。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: muddy 词源, muddy 含义。
  • mud 英文词源 mud mud: [14] The Old English word for ‘mud’ was fen , which now survives only in the sense ‘swamp’. It was replaced in the Middle English period by mud , probably a borrowing from Middle Low German mudde . This goes back ultimately to a prehistoric base * meu -, * mu - that has produced a range of words in the Indo- European languages denoting ‘dirt’ or ‘wet’: Greek mú
  • much 英文词源 much much: [13] The Old English word for ‘much’ was mycel (a relative of Old Norse mikill , from which English got the now archaic mickle [13]). It goes back ultimately to the same Indo-European base as produced Latin magis ‘more’ (source of English master ) and magnus ‘large’ (source of English magnitude ) and Greek mégas ‘large’ (source of the English prefix mega -)
  • Ms 英文词源 alms alms: [OE] The word alms has become much reduced in its passage through time from its ultimate Greek source, eleēmosúnē ‘pity, alms’. This was borrowed into post-classical (Christian) Latin as eleēmosyna , which subsequently became simplified in Vulgar Latin to * alimosina (source of the word for ‘alms’ in many Romance languages, such as French aumône and Italian lim
  • Mrs 英文词源 Mrs "The title used before a surname or full name to address or refer to a married woman without a higher or honorific or professional title", Early 17th century: abbreviation of mistress; compare with missus. 中文词源 Mrs :夫人,太太 缩写自mistress. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: Mrs 词源, Mrs 含义。
  • Mr 英文词源 Mr "A title used before a surname or full name to address or refer to a man without a higher or honorific or professional title", Late Middle English: originally an abbreviation of master 1 ; compare with mister 1 . 中文词源 Mr :先生 原为master 的缩写词,后用作mister 的缩写词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: Mr 词源, Mr 含义。
  • mower 英文词源 mower (n.) early 14c., agent noun from mow (v.). Mechanical sense is from 1852. 中文词源 mower :割草机 来自mow,割草。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: mower 词源, mower 含义。
  • mow 英文词源 mow (v.) Old English mawan "to mow" (class VII strong verb; past tense meow , past participle mawen ), from Proto-Germanic *mæanan (cognates: Middle Low German maeyen , Dutch maaien , Old High German maen , German mähen "to mow," Old English mæd "meadow"), from PIE root *me- (4) "to mow, to cut grass or grain" (cognates: poetic Greek amao , Latin metere "to reap, mow, crop," Italia
  • mouth 英文词源 mouth mouth: [OE] Mouth is part of a general Germanic family of ‘mouth’-words that go back to a prehistoric * munthaz : its modern relatives include German and Danish mund , Dutch mond , and Swedish mun . The loss of the nasal consonant is part of a general phenomenon that happened in primitive Old English (and also in Old Frisian and Old Saxon) whose effects can be seen also in g
  • mousy 英文词源 mousy (adj.) 1812 with reference to quietness; 1853, of color; from mouse + -y (2). 中文词源 mousy :暗褐色的,个性不强的 来自mouse,老鼠。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: mousy 词源, mousy 含义。
  • mousse 英文词源 mousse mousse: see moss mousse (n.) 1892, in cookery sense, from French mousse, from Old French mousse "froth, scum," from Late Latin mulsa "mead," from Latin mulsum "honey wine, mead," from neuter of mulsus "mixed with honey," related to mel "honey" (see Melissa ). Meaning "preparation for hair" is from 1977. As a verb in this sense from 1984. 中文词源 mousse :奶油冻,头发定
  • mouse 英文词源 mouse mouse: [OE] Mouse is an ancient word, with relatives today in all the Germanic and Slavic languages. Its Indo-European ancestor was * mūs -, which produced Greek mūs , Latin mūs (something of a dead end: the modern Romance languages have abandoned it), Sanskrit mūs (source, via a very circuitous route, of English musk ), and prehistoric Germanic * mūs -. This has evolved in
  • mournful 英文词源 mournful (adj.) early 15c., from mourn + -ful . Related: Mournfully ; mournfulness . 中文词源 mournful :哀悼的,哀伤的 来自mourn,哀悼,悲伤。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: mournful 词源, mournful 含义。
  • mourner 英文词源 mourner (n.) late 14c., agent noun from mourn (v.). 中文词源 mourner :哀悼者,吊唁者 来自mourn,哀悼。即哀悼的人,吊唁者。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: mourner 词源, mourner 含义。
  • mourn 英文词源 mourn (v.) Old English murnan "to mourn, bemoan, long after," also "be anxious about, be careful" (class III strong verb; past tense mearn , past participle murnen ), from Proto-Germanic *murnan "to remember sorrowfully" (cognates: Old Saxon mornon , Old High German mornen , Gothic maurnan "to mourn," Old Norse morna "to pine away"), probably from PIE root *(s)mer- "to remember" (see
  • ma'am 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random porcupine porcupine: [14] The porcupine is etymologically a ‘spiny pig’. Its name was coined in Vulgar Latin as * porcospīnus from Latin porcus ‘pig’ (source of English pork ) and spīnus ‘spine’. It came to English via Old French porc espin . It underwent all sorts of traumas ( portpen , porpoynt , porpentine – t
  • modernise 英文词源 modernize (v.) 1748, from modern + -ize , or from French moderniser . Related: Modernized ; modernizing ; modernizer . 中文词源 modernise :使现代化 词根词缀:mod-模式 + -ern形容词词尾 + -ise动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: modernise 词源, modernise 含义。
  • mutability 英文词源 mutability (n.) late 14c., "tendency to change, inconstancy," from Middle French mutabilité , from Latin mutabilitas , from mutabilis (see mutable ). 中文词源 mutability :易变 词根词缀: -mut-变 + -ability名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: mutability 词源, mutability 含义。
  • murderous 英文词源 murderous (adj.) 1530s, a hybrid from murder + -ous . An Old English word for it was morðorhycgende . Related: Murderously ; murderousness . 中文词源 murderous :杀人的,杀气腾腾的 词根词缀: murd-(= -mort-死) + -er动词词尾 + -ous形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: murderous 词源, murderous 含义。 murderous :蓄意谋杀
  • murderer 英文词源 murderer (n.) mid-14c., alteration of murtherer (c. 1300), agent noun from murder (v.); in part from Old French mordrere , from Medieval Latin murdrarius , from Germanic. Old English words for this included morðorcwalu , morðorslaga , morðorwyrhta , literally "murder-wright." The original murderer's row was in New York City's Tombs prison; figurative use in baseball dates to 1858,
  • murder 英文词源 murder murder: [OE] The ultimate source of murder is the Indo-European base * mor -, * mr - ‘die’ (source also of English mortal ). Its extension * mrt - produced a prehistoric Germanic * mortam (source of German, Swedish, and Danish mord and Dutch moord ‘murder’) and * murthram , from which comes English murder . = mortal murder (n.) c. 1300, murdre , from Old English morðor
  • munition 英文词源 munition (n.) mid-15c., from Middle French municion "fortification, defense, defensive wall" (14c.), from Latin munitionem (nominative munitio ) "a defending, fortification, protecting," noun of action from past participle stem of munire "to fortify," from moenia "defensive walls," related to murus "wall" (see mural ). By 1530s the sense had passed through "military stores" to become
  • municipal 英文词源 municipal municipal: [16] Latin mūnus meant ‘office, duty, gift’. Combined with - ceps ‘taker’ (a derivative of the verb capere ‘take’, source of English capture ) it formed mūniceps , which denoted a ‘citizen of a Roman city (known as a mūnicipium ) whose inhabitants had Roman citizenship but could not be magistrates’. From mūnicipium was derived the adjective mū
  • multitude 英文词源 multitude (n.) early 14c., from Old French multitude (12c.) and directly from Latin multitudinem (nominative multitudo ) "a great number, a crowd; the crowd, the common people," from multus "many, much" (see multi- ) + suffix -tudo (see -tude ). Related: Multitudes . 中文词源 multitude :大量,众多;(the multitude)大众,民众 词根词缀: -multi-多重的 + -tude名词
  • multipotent 英文词源 multipotent "Having much power; very powerful. Now rare ", Early 17th cent.; earliest use found in William Shakespeare (1564–1616), playwright and poet. From classical Latin multipotent- , multipotēns from multi- + potent- , potēns . 中文词源 multipotent :能产生多种效果(或结果)的   词根词缀: -multi-多(重)的 + -pot-能够 + -ent形容词后缀 该词的英
  • multiplication 英文词源 multiplication (n.) mid-14c., from Old French multiplicacion (12c.) "multiplication, duplication; multiplicity, diversity," from Latin multiplicationem (nominative multiplicatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of multiplicare (see multiply ). Mathematical sense is attested from late 14c. 中文词源 multiplication :乘法;增加,繁殖 词根词缀: -multi-多重的
  • multiple 英文词源 multiple (adj.) 1640s, "involving many parts," from French multiple (14c.), from Late Latin multiplus "manifold," from Latin multi- "many, much" (see multi- ) + -plus "-fold" (see -plus ). The noun is from 1680s, in mathematics, from the adjective. Multiple choice as a type of question attested from 1828. Multiple exposure first recorded 1923. 中文词源 multiple :多重的,多样
  • multiped 英文词源 multiped "An animal with many feet (now chiefly historical and poetic )", Early 17th century; earliest use found in Philemon Holland (1552–1637), translator. From classical Latin multipeda (also multiped- , multipēs ) a small creature with many feet or legs from multi- + pēs foot, after ancient Greek πολύπους polypus . 中文词源 multiped :多足的 词根词缀: -m
  • multiparous 英文词源 multiparous (adj.) "bringing forth many young at a birth," 1640s, from Modern Latin multiparus , from multi- + stem of parere "to bring forth" (see pare ). 中文词源 multiparous :一胎多子的,非初产的,(植)多产的 词根词缀: -multi-多(重)的 + -par-生育 + -ous形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: multiparous 词源, multipa
  • multimeter 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random meter meter: see metre 中文词源 multimeter :万用表  词根词缀: -multi-多(重)的 + -meter-测量;仪表 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: multimeter 词源, multimeter 含义。
  • multilingual 英文词源 multilingual (adj.) also multi-lingual , 1838, from multi- + Latin lingua "language," literally "tongue" (see lingual ). Related: Multilingually ; multilingualism . 中文词源 multilingual :使用多种语言的 词根词缀: -multi-多(重)的 + -lingu-语言 + -al形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: multilingual 词源, multilingual 含义。
  • multilateral 英文词源 multilateral (adj.) also multi-lateral , 1690s, in geometry, "having many sides," from multi- + Latin latus (genitive lateris ) "side" (see oblate (n.)). Figurative use by 1748. Meaning "pertaining to three or more countries" is from 1802. Related: Multilaterally . 中文词源 multilateral :多边的,涉及多方的,多国参与的   词根词缀: -multi-多(重)的 + -late
  • multiflorous 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random total total: [14] Total goes back ultimately to Latin tōtus ‘whole’ (source also of French tout , Italian tutto , and Spanish todo ‘all’). From it was derived medieval Latin totālis ‘of the whole’, which passed into English via Old French total . Tot [18], as in ‘tot up’, is short for total . Totalizator was co
  • multicultural 英文词源 multicultural (adj.) also multi-cultural , 1941, from multi- + cultural . At first often in a Canadian context. Picked up by U.S. education writers 1980s; widespread popular use from c. 1990. 中文词源 multicultural :多种文化的 词根词缀: -multi-多重的 + culture文化 + -al形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: multicultural 词源,
  • movie 英文词源 movie (n.) 1912 (perhaps 1908), shortened form of moving picture in the cinematographic sense (1896). As an adjective from 1913. Movie star attested from 1913. Another early name for it was photoplay . 中文词源 movie :电影 词根词缀: -mov-移动 + -ie名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: movie 词源, movie 含义。 movie :电影 缩写自
  • movement 英文词源 movement (n.) late 14c., from Old French movement "movement, exercise; start, instigation" (Modern French mouvement ), from Medieval Latin movimentum , from Latin movere (see move (v.)). In the musical sense of "major division of a piece" it is attested from 1776; in the political/social sense, from 1828. Related: Movements . 中文词源 movement :运动;动作;移动 词根词缀
  • move 英文词源 move move: [13] Move comes via Anglo-Norman mover from Latin movēre ‘move’, which was related to Sanskrit mīv - ‘push, press’. Derivatives of the Latin verb have been a rich source of English vocabulary, including emotion , moment , motion , motor , and mutiny . = emotion , moment , motion , motor , mutiny move (v.) late 13c., from Anglo-French mover , Old French movoir "to
  • movable 英文词源 movable (adj.) also moveable , late 14c., "disposed to movement;" c. 1400, "capable of being moved," from Old French movable , from moveir (see move (v.)). A moveable feast (early 15c.) is one in the Church calendar which, though always on the same day of the week, varies its date from year to year. Related: Movability . 中文词源 movable :可动的;活动的 词根词缀: -m
  • motorize 英文词源 motorize (v.) "to furnish with a motor or motors," 1901, from motor (n.) + -ize . Related: Motorized ; motorizing ; motorization . 中文词源 motorize :机械化;使机械化 词根词缀: -mot-移动 + -or名词词尾,物 + -ize动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: motorize 词源, motorize 含义。
  • moralization 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random amuse amuse: [15] Amuse is probably a French creation, formed with the prefix a - from the verb muser (from which English gets muse ‘ponder’ [14]). The current meaning ‘divert, entertain’ did not begin to emerge until the 17th century, and even so the commonest application of the verb in the 17th and 18th centuries was ‘