英语词源

• misunderstanding 英文词源 misunderstanding (n.) "want of understanding," mid-15c., from present participle of misunderstand . When misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood. [Lionel Trilling] Meaning "dissention, disagreement" is first recorded 1640s. 中文词源 misunderstanding ：误解，误会  词根词缀： mis-错误,否定 + under-在下 + stand站 +
• misguide 英文词源 misguide (v.) late 14c., "to go astray;" see mis- (1) + guide (v.). Transitive sense of "to guide in the wrong direction" is first attested c. 1500. Related: Misguided ; misguiding . 中文词源 misguide ：把(某人)带错方向，使...误入歧途 词根词缀： mis-错误 + guide指南 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： misguide 词源， misguide 含义。
• misapprehend 英文词源 misapprehend (v.) 1640s, from mis- (1) + apprehend . Related: Misapprehended ; misapprehending . 中文词源 misapprehend ：误解，误会 词根词缀： mis-坏,错误 + ap-临近 + -prehend-抓住 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： misapprehend 词源， misapprehend 含义。
• minimise 英文词源 minimise (v.) chiefly British English spelling of minimize . For suffix, see -ize . Related: Minimised ; minimising . 中文词源 minimise ：最小化 词根词缀： minim(um)→ -min-小 + -ise动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： minimise 词源， minimise 含义。
• mini 英文词源 mini (n.) 1961, abbreviation of mini-car , a small car made by British Leyland (formerly British Motor Corp.). As an abbreviation of miniskirt , it is attested from 1966. The vogue for mini- as a prefix in English word coinage dates from c. 1960. 中文词源 mini ：迷你裙，超短裙；袖珍型的东西   -mini-小 → mini 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• militancy 英文词源 militancy (n.) 1640s, from militant + -cy . 中文词源 militancy ：战斗性，交战状态 词根词缀： -milit-兵 + -ancy名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： militancy 词源， militancy 含义。
• migrator 英文词源 migratory (adj.) 1753, from Latin migrat- , past participle stem of migrare "to movefrom one place to another" (see migration ) + -ory . 中文词源 migrator ：候鸟，移居者  词根词缀： -migr-迁移 + -ator名词词尾,人 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： migrator 词源， migrator 含义。
• midnight 英文词源 midnight (n.) Old English mid-niht , or middre niht (with dative). See mid + night . Midnight oil symbolizing "late night work" is attested from 1630s. 中文词源 midnight ：半夜，午夜 词根词缀： mid(i→e, -med- )中间 + night夜晚 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： midnight 词源， midnight 含义。
• midland 英文词源 midland (adj.) early 15c., mydlonde ; mid + land (n.). As a noun from 1550s, first of the Midlands of England. 中文词源 midland ：内地 词根词缀： mid(-med-)中间 + land地 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： midland 词源， midland 含义。
• microscopic 英文词源 microscopic (adj.) 1732, "like a microscope;" see microscope + -ic . Meaning "of minute size" is from 1760s. Related: Microscopical ; microscopically . 中文词源 microscopic ：显微镜的；微观的，细致的 词根词缀： -micro-微,小 + -scop-观察,镜 + -ic形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： microscopic 词源， microscopic 含义。
• mercury 英文词源 mercury mercury: [14] The Roman god Mercury got his name from his original role as patron of trade and tradesmen: Latin Mercurius was a derivative of merx ‘goods for sale’ (source of English commerce and merchant ). The inspiration for the medieval application of the term to the fluid metal was its use as a planet-name, which dates from the classical Latin period. = commerce , mer
• mentalism 英文词源 environmentalism (n.) 1923, as a psychological theory (in the nature vs. nurture debate), from environmental + -ism . The ecological sense is from 1972. Related: Environmentalist (n.), 1916 in the psychological sense, 1970 in the ecological sense. fundamentalism (n.) 1920 in the religious sense; see fundamentalist + -ism . governmentalism (n.) "disposition to enlarge the power and sco
• melted 英文词源 broth broth: [OE] Broth comes ultimately from the Indo-European base * bhreu - or * bhru - ‘heat, boil’, which also produced brew and fervent . Etymologically, therefore, it means ‘liquid in which something has been boiled’. The notion of ‘heating’ has now disappeared, but it seems to have survived into the modern English period, as is shown by such compounds as snow-broth
• medicable 英文词源 medicable (adj.) 1610s, from Latin medicabilis "curable," from medicare (see medical ). 中文词源 medicable ：可治疗的 词根词缀： -med-医药 + -ic名词词尾 + -able形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： medicable 词源， medicable 含义。
• mediatress 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random implacable implacable: see please 中文词源 mediatress ：女居中人，女调解者 词根词缀： -medi-中间 + -ator名词词尾(o略) + -ess名词词尾,女性或雌性 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mediatress 词源， mediatress 含义。
• mediation 英文词源 mediation (n.) late 14c., from Medieval Latin mediationem (nominative mediatio ) "a division in the middle," noun of action from past participle stem of mediare (see mediator ). Related: Mediational . 中文词源 mediation ：居中调停，调解 词根词缀： -medi-中间 + -ation名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mediation 词源， mediation 含义
• mediacy 英文词源 immediacy (n.) c. 1600, from immediate + -cy . 中文词源 mediacy ：中间状态；媒介；调停 词根词缀： -medi-中间 + -acy名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mediacy 词源， mediacy 含义。
• mechanics 英文词源 mechanics (n.) 1640s, based on Late Latin mechanica , from Greek mekhanike , mekhanika (see mechanic (adj.)); also see -ics . 中文词源 mechanics ：机械学，力学 词根词缀： -mechan-机器,机械 + -ics名词词尾,…学 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mechanics 词源， mechanics 含义。
• mechanical 英文词源 mechanical (adj.) early 15c., "of or pertaining to machines," from mechanic (adj.) + -al (1); of persons or human actions, "resembling machines, automatic" it is from c. 1600. Related: Mechanically . Mechanical-minded is recorded from 1820. 中文词源 mechanical ：机械的，由机械制的；机械似的，呆板的 词根词缀： -mechan-机器,机械 + -ical形容词词尾 该词
• maximise 英文词源 maximise (v.) chiefly British English spelling of maximize . For suffix, see -ize . Related: Maximised ; maximising . 中文词源 maximise ：最大化 词根词缀： -magn-大→maxim(um) + -ise动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： maximise 词源， maximise 含义。
• Martian 英文词源 Martian (adj.) late 14c., marcien "of the planet Mars" (originally in reference to astrological influence), from Latin Martius "sacred to Mars; pertaining to the planet Mars," from Mars (genitive Martis ). The noun meaning "an inhabitant of the planet Mars" is attested from 1883. 中文词源 martian ：战神的，火星的 来自Mars,战神，火星。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• martensitic 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random morganatic morganatic: [18] A morganatic marriage is one between people of different social status, in which the rank and entitlements of the higherstatus partner are not shared by the lower or their offspring. The word morganatic is a survival of an ancient Germanic marriage custom. On the morning after the wedding night, after
• martensite 英文词源 martensite "A hard and very brittle solid solution of carbon in iron that is the main constituent of hardened steel", Late 19th century: named after Adolf Martens (1850–1914), German metallurgist, + -ite 1 . 中文词源 martensite ：马氏体 一种以德国冶金学家 词根词缀： martens + -ite名称词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： martensite 词源
• married 英文词源 married (adj.) "formally wedded," late 14c., from past participle of marry (v.). 中文词源 married ：已婚的，夫妇的 词根词缀： marry结婚(y→i) + -ed 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： married 词源， married 含义。
• marriageable 英文词源 marriageable (adj.) 1550s, from marriage + -able . Earlier was mariable (mid-15c.). Related: Marriageability . 中文词源 marriageable ：可以结婚的  词根词缀： marry结婚(y→i) + -age名词词尾 + -able形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： marriageable 词源， marriageable 含义。
• marked 英文词源 marked (adj.) "having a mark," Old English gemearcodan (see mark (v.)). Meaning "clearly defined" (pronounced as two syllables) is from 1795. Related: Markedly . Marked man "one who is watched with hostile intent" is from 1769. 中文词源 marked ：引人注目的，显著的 词根词缀： mark记号 + -ed 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： marked 词源， mar
• manumit 英文词源 manumit (v.) early 15c., from Latin manumittere "to release, set at liberty, emancipate," literally "to send from one's 'hand'" (i.e. "control"); see manumission . Related: Manumitted ; manumitting . 中文词源 manumit ：解放；释放 词根词缀： -manu-手 + -mit-送,派 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： manumit 词源， manumit 含义。
• manufacturer 英文词源 manufacturer (n.) 1719, "worker in a manufacturing establishment," agent noun from manufacture (v.). Meaning "one who employs workers in manufacturing" is from 1752. 中文词源 manufacturer ：制造厂，制造商 词根词缀： -manu-手 + -fact-做,作 + -ure名词词尾 + -er 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： manufacturer 词源， manufacturer 含义。
• managerial 英文词源 managerial (adj.) 1767, see manager + -al (1). 中文词源 managerial ：管理上的，经营上的 adj. 管理上的,经营上的 词根词缀： -man-手 + ag + -er人 + -ial形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： managerial 词源， managerial 含义。
• malnutrition 英文词源 malnutrition (n.) 1843, from mal- + nutrition . 中文词源 malnutrition ：营养失调，营养不良 词根词缀： mal-坏,错误 + -nutr-营养 + -ition名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： malnutrition 词源， malnutrition 含义。
• malevolence 英文词源 malevolence (n.) mid-15c., from Middle French malevolence and directly from Latin malevolentia "ill-will, dislike, hatred," from malevolentem (nominative malevolens ) "malevolent" (see malevolent ). 中文词源 malevolence ：恶意 词根词缀： male-坏,错误 + -vol-自愿,意愿 + -ence名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： malevolence 词源， mal
• maleficent 英文词源 maleficent (adj.) 1670s, from Latin maleficent- , altered stem of maleficus (see malefic ). 中文词源 maleficent ：有害的；犯罪的，作恶的 词根词缀： male-坏,错误 + -fic-做,作 + -ent形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： maleficent 词源， maleficent 含义。
• mainland 英文词源 mainland (n.) c. 1400, from main (adj.) + land (n.). Usually referring to continuous bodies of land and not islands or peninsulas. Related: Mainlander . 中文词源 mainland ：大陆，本土 词根词缀： main主要的 + land陆地 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mainland 词源， mainland 含义。
• magnetic 英文词源 magnetic (adj.) 1610s, literal; 1630s, figurative, from Modern Latin magneticus , from Latin magnes (see magnet ). 中文词源 magnetic ：磁的，有磁性的；有吸引力的 词根词缀： magnet磁铁 + -ic形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： magnetic 词源， magnetic 含义。
• magical 英文词源 magical (adj.) 1550s, from magic (n.) + -al (1). Related: Magically . 中文词源 magical ：有魔力的，奇妙或迷人的   词根词缀： magic魔法 + -al形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： magical 词源， magical 含义。
• macroscopic 英文词源 macroscopic (adj.) 1872, from macro- + ending from microscopic . Related: Macroscopical ; macroscopically . 中文词源 macroscopic ：宏观的 词根词缀： -macro-长,大,宏 + -scop-观察,镜 + -ic形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： macroscopic 词源， macroscopic 含义。
• modernisation 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random creep creep: [OE] Creep is an ancient verb, which has been traced back to Indo–European * greub -. This was the source also of Dutch kriupen and Swedish krypa ‘creep’, and of Lithuanian grubineti ‘stumble’, and links have been suggested with English cripple . The related Indo-European * greug - produced German kriechen
• modernization 英文词源 modernization (n.) 1770, from modernize + -ation . 中文词源 modernization ：现代化 词根词缀：mod-模式 + -ern形容词词尾 + -ize动词词尾 + -ation名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： modernization 词源， modernization 含义。
• MI 英文词源 abominable abominable: [14] The Latin original of this word meant ‘shun as an evil omen’. The prefix ab - ‘away’ was added to ōmen (source of English omen ) to produce the verb abōminārī . From this was created the adjective abōminābilis , which reached English via Old French. From the 14th to the 17th century there was a general misapprehension that abominable was deriv
• Mnemosyne 英文词源 Mnemosyne titaness, mother of the Muses, from Greek mnemosyne , literally "memory, remembrance," from mneme "memory" (see mnemonic ). 中文词源 Mnemosyne （摩涅莫辛涅）：希腊神话中的记忆女神摩涅莫辛涅 摩涅莫辛涅Mnemosyne是希腊神话中的记忆女神。她是天神乌拉诺斯和大地女神盖亚的女儿，十二泰坦神之一。她是宙斯的情人
• Morphine 英文词源 morphine (n.) chief alkaloid of opium, 1828, from French morphine or German Morphin (1816), name coined by German apothecary Friedrich Sertürner (1783-1840) in reference to Latin Morpheus , Ovid's name for the god of dreams, from Greek morphe "form, shape, beauty, outward appearance," perhaps from PIE *merph- , a possible Greek root meaning "form," of unknown origin. So called becaus
• malgorithm 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random dispatch dispatch: [16] Dispatch appears to have been borrowed from Spanish despachar ‘expedite’, but its ultimate origins are not clear. The likeliest source of the Spanish word is Old French despeechier ‘set free’ (source of modern French dépêcher ‘hurry’), a compound verb formed from the prefix des - ‘un-’ a
• multiply 英文词源 multiply multiply: [13] Multiply is one of a large family of English words based on Latin multus ‘much’, a word of uncertain origin which may be related to Greek mála ‘very’ and Latin melior ‘better’. Multiply itself comes from the Latin derivative multiplicāre , formed with the element plic - ‘fold’ found also in complicated , explicit , etc, and therefore very clos
• mafia 英文词源 mafia (n.) 1875, from Italian Mafia "Sicilian secret society of criminals" (the prevailing sense outside Sicily), earlier, "spirit of hostility to the law and its ministers," from Italian (Sicilian) mafia "boldness, bravado," probably from Arabic mahjas "aggressive, boasting, bragging." Or perhaps from Old French mafler "to gluttonize, devour." A member is a mafioso (1870), fem. mafio
• mecca 英文词源 Mecca Arabic Makkah , sacred city of Islam, birthplace of Muhammad, which every Muslim must visit at least once. Origins have been proposed in Phoenician maqaq "ruined" or Arabic mahrab "sanctuary." Figurative sense of "any place one holds supremely sacred" (usually with lower-case m- ) is in English from 1850. Related: Meccan . 中文词源 Mecca ：麦加 来自阿拉伯语Makkah,伊斯
• mimeograph 英文词源 mimeograph (n.) 1889, "copying machine" (invented by Edison), from Greek mimeisthai "to mimic, represent, imitate, portray," in art, "to express by means of imitation," from mimos "mime" (see mime (n.)) + -graphos , from graphein "to write" (see -graphy ). A proprietary name from 1903 to 1948. The verb meaning "to reproduce by means of a mimeograph" is first attested 1895. Related: Mi
• muckraker 英文词源 muckraker (n.) c. 1600, "one who rakes muck," from muck (n.) + agent noun from rake (v.). Meaning "one who inquires into and publishes scandal and allegations of corruption among political and business leaders," popularized 1906 in speech by President Theodore Roosevelt, in reference to "man ... with a Muckrake in his hand" in Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" (1684) who seeks worldly gai
• M 英文词源 M 13th letter, from Greek mu , from Semitic mem . The Roman symbol for 1,000; sometimes used in this sense in English 15c.-16c.; but in late 20c. newspaper headlines it stands for million . As a thickness of type, from 1680s. 中文词源 M ：英语字母表的第十三个字母 英语字母 M 来自希腊字母Mu,来自希伯来字母Mem, 水。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• mzee 英文词源 mzee "(In East Africa) an older person; an elder", Kiswahili, 'ancestor, parent, old person'. 中文词源 mzee ：前辈，大人 来自南非斯瓦西里语，老人，长者。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mzee 词源， mzee 含义。
• myxomatosis 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random penicillin penicillin: see pencil 中文词源 myxomatosis ：兔黏液瘤病 来自myxoma,黏液瘤，-osis,炎症。引申词义兔黏液瘤病，一种仅对兔子有效，对人和其它动物无效的传染病，有时用做草原灭兔子用。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： myxomatosis 词源， my
• myxoma 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random hypotenuse hypotenuse: [16] The hypotenuse is etymologically a line that is ‘stretched under’ the right angle of a triangle. The word comes via Latin hypotēnūsa from Greek hupoteínousa , a derivative of hupoteínein . This was a compound verb formed from the prefix hupo - ‘under’ and teínein ‘stretch’ (a relative
• mythology 英文词源 mythology (n.) early 15c., "exposition of myths," from Middle French mythologie and directly from Late Latin mythologia , from Greek mythologia "legendary lore, a telling of mythic legends; a legend, story, tale," from mythos "myth" (of unknown origin) + -logy "study." Meaning "a body of myths" first recorded 1781. 中文词源 mythology ：神话统称 来自myth,神话，-logy,学说。
• mythic 英文词源 mythic (adj.) 1660s, from Late Latin mythicus "legendary," from Greek mythikos , from mythos (see myth ). 中文词源 mythic ：神话般的 来自myth,神话。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mythic 词源， mythic 含义。 mythic ：神话的，虚构的 词根词缀： -myth-神话 + -ic形容词词尾
• myth 英文词源 myth (n.) 1830, from French Mythe (1818) and directly from Modern Latin mythus , from Greek mythos "speech, thought, story, myth, anything delivered by word of mouth," of unknown origin. Myths are "stories about divine beings, generally arranged in a coherent system; they are revered as true and sacred; they are endorsed by rulers and priests; and closely linked to religion. Once this
• mystique 英文词源 mystique (n.) 1891, "atmosphere of mystery," from French mystique "a mystic; mystical," from Latin mysticus (see mystic (adj.)). 中文词源 mystique ：神秘的 来自mystery,神秘，-ique,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mystique 词源， mystique 含义。 mystique ：神秘性，神秘气氛；神秘，技巧；不可言传的性质，秘
• mystify 英文词源 mystify (v.) 1814, from French mystifier (1772), a verb formed irregularly from mystique "a mystic" (see mystic (adj.)) + -fier (see -fy ). Related: Mystified ; mystifying . 中文词源 mystify ：迷惑，使糊涂 来自mystery,神秘，-fy,使。即神秘，引申词义使迷惑，使糊涂。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mystify 词源， mystify 含义。
• mysticism 英文词源 mysticism (n.) 1736, from mystic (adj.) + -ism . 中文词源 mysticism ：神秘主义 来自mystery,神秘，-ism,主义，思想。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mysticism 词源， mysticism 含义。 mysticism ：神秘主义者的信仰和体验；神秘主义 词根词缀： -myst-神秘 + -ic形容词词尾 + -ism名词词尾
• mystical 英文词源 mystical (adj.) late 15c., "enigmatic, obscure, symbolic," from mystic + -al (1). Related: Mystically . Meaning "having spiritual significance" is from 1520s. 中文词源 mystical ：神秘的 来自mystery,神秘。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mystical 词源， mystical 含义。 mystical ：神秘的，奥秘的 词根词缀： -myst-神秘 + -ic形容词词
• mystic 英文词源 mystic (adj.) late 14c., "spiritually allegorical, pertaining to mysteries of faith," from Old French mistique "mysterious, full of mystery" (14c.), or directly from Latin mysticus "mystical, mystic, of secret rites" (source also of Italian mistico , Spanish mistico ), from Greek mystikos "secret, mystic, connected with the mysteries," from mystes "one who has been initiated" (see mys
• mystery play 英文词源 finance finance: [14] Finance comes ultimately from Latin fīnis ‘end’, and its present-day monetary connotations derive from the notion of ‘finally settling a debt by payment’. Its immediate source is Old French finance , a derivative of the verb finer ‘end, settle’, which when it was originally acquired by English still meant literally ‘end’: ‘God, that all things
• mystery 英文词源 mystery mystery: [14] Greek múein meant ‘close one’s eyes or mouth’, and hence was used figuratively for ‘keep secret’. Its association with secret initiation ceremonies inspired the formation from it of muein ‘initiate’, whose derivative mústēs meant ‘initiated person’. This in turn formed the basis of mustérion ‘secret ceremony, secret thing’, which passed
• mysterious 英文词源 mysterious (adj.) 1610s, "full of mystery," from Latin mysterium (see mystery (n.1)) + -ous . Related: Mysteriously ; mysteriousness . Earlier in same sense was mysterial (early 15c.), from Late Latin mysterialis . 中文词源 mysterious ：神秘的 来自mystery,神秘。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mysterious 词源， mysterious 含义。 mysterious ：神
• mysophobia 英文词源 mysophobia (n.) "dread of dirt or defilement," 1879, from Greek mysos "uncleanliness," from PIE *meus- "damp" (see moss ) + -phobia . 中文词源 mysophobia ：不洁恐惧症，洁癖 来自希腊语mysos,肮脏物，词源同moss,-phobia,恐惧，词源同claustrophobia. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mysophobia 词源， mysophobia 含义。
• myrtle 英文词源 myrtle (n.) c. 1400, from Old French mirtile , from Medieval Latin myrtillus , diminutive of Latin myrtus "myrtle tree," from Greek myrtos "the myrtle, a sprig of myrtle," from same Semitic source as Greek myrrha (see myrrh ). 中文词源 myrtle ：爱神木，香桃木 词源同myrrh,一种与没药同科的灌木植物。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： myrtl
• myrrh 英文词源 myrrh (n.) Old English myrre , from Latin myrrha (also source of Dutch mirre , German Myrrhe , French myrrhe , Italian, Spanish mirra ), from Greek myrrha , from a Semitic source (compare Akkadian murru , Hebrew mor , Arabic murr "myrrh"), from a root meaning "was bitter." 中文词源 myrrh ：没药（芳香液状树脂，用于制香水等） 来自希腊语murrha,来自闪族语系三
• myriad 英文词源 myriad (n.) 1550s, from Middle French myriade and directly from Late Latin myrias (genitive myriadis ) "ten thousand," from Greek myrias (genitive myriados ) "a number of ten thousand, countless numbers," from myrios (plural myrioi ) "innumerable, countless, infinite; boundless," as a definite number, "ten thousand" ("the greatest number in Greek expressed by one word," Liddell Scott
• myopia 英文词源 myopia (n.) "short-sightedness," 1727, medical Latin, from Late Greek myopia "near-sightedness," from myops "near-sighted," literally "closing the eyes," from myein "to shut" (see mute (adj.)) + ops (genitive opos ) "eye" (see eye (n.)). 中文词源 myopia ：近视，目光短浅 来自希腊语myein,关闭，闭眼，合嘴，词源同mute,mystery.-op,眼睛，词源同eye,optic,op
• mynah 英文词源 mynah (n.) type of passerine bird of India and the East, "talking starling," 1769, from Hindi maina "a starling," from Sanskrit madana- "delightful, joyful," related to madati "it gladdens," literally "it bubbles," from PIE root *mad- "moist, wet" (see mast (n.2). 中文词源 mynah ：八哥 来自印度语maina,椋鸟，八哥。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• myeloma 英文词源 myeloma (n.) 1857, from comb. form of Greek myelos "marrow" + -oma . 中文词源 myeloma ：骨髓瘤 来自希腊语myelos,骨髓，-oma,瘤，肿块，词源同sarcoma,melanoma. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： myeloma 词源， myeloma 含义。
• myelin 英文词源 myelin (n.) also myeline , "soft material found in nerve tissues," 1867, from German Myelin (1854), from Greek myelos "marrow; the brain, innermost part," of unknown origin. 中文词源 myelin ：髓磷脂 来自希腊语myelos,骨髓，-in,化学名词后缀，脂。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： myelin 词源， myelin 含义。
• mycology 英文词源 mycology (n.) 1822, from myco- + -logy . Related: Mycological ; mycologist . 中文词源 mycology ：真菌学 来自希腊语mykes,真菌，来自PIE*meug,黏的，黏滑的，词源同mucus.-logy,学说。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mycology 词源， mycology 含义。
• myalgia 英文词源 myalgia (n.) "muscular pain," 1827, coined in Modern Latin (on analogy of neuralgia ) from myo- "muscle" + -algia "pain." 中文词源 myalgia ：肌痛 来自希腊语mys,肌肉，词源同muscle,-algia,痛，词源同neuralgia. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： myalgia 词源， myalgia 含义。
• my 英文词源 my my: [12] My is simply a reduced form of mine , which used to be an adjective, but is now restricted almost entirely to pronoun use. At first it was used only before consonants (except h ), but gradually from the 14th century it came to be used before all nouns, whatever their initial sound. The first record of its use as an exclamation (short, of course, for my goodness! , my word!
• mwah 英文词源 mwah sound indicative of a kiss or an air-kiss, 1994, imitative. 中文词源 mwah ：亲吻的声音 拟声词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mwah 词源， mwah 含义。
• muzzy 英文词源 muzzy (adj.) "confused, dazed," 1720s, perhaps from mossy , or from dialectal mosey (adj.) "moldy, hazy; stupefied with drink, dull, stupid." 中文词源 muzzy ：模糊的，不清晰的 可能来自mossy,苔藓的，地衣的。引申词义模糊的，不清晰的等。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： muzzy 词源， muzzy 含义。
• muzzle 英文词源 muzzle muzzle: see amuse muzzle (n.) late 14c., "device put over an animal's mouth to stop it from biting, eating, or rooting," from Old French musel "muzzle," also "snout, nose" (12c., Modern French museau ), from muse "muzzle," from Gallo-Roman *musa "snout" (source also of Provençal mus , Old Spanish mus , Italian muso ), of unknown origin, possibly related to Latin morsus "bite"
• Muzak 英文词源 Muzak (n.) 1935, proprietary name for piped music, supposedly a blend of music and Kodak , said to have been coined c. 1922 by Gen. George Squier, who developed the system of background music for workplaces. 中文词源 Muzak ：米尔扎克背景音乐 专利名，来自music. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Muzak 词源， Muzak 含义。
• mutual 英文词源 mutual (adj.) late 15c., originally of feelings, from Middle French mutuel (14c.), from Latin mutuus "reciprocal, done in exchange," from PIE root *mei- (1) "to change, exchange" (see mutable ). That is common which pertains equally to two or more persons or things. That is mutual which is freely interchanged: mutual love, affection, hatred. The word is sometimes incorrectly used for
• muttonhead 英文词源 mutt (n.) 1901, "stupid or foolish person," probably a shortening of muttonhead (1803) in the same sense; see mutton and compare meathead , etc. Mutt was used by 1898 of a dog, especially a stupid one, and perhaps this is the same word formed independently ( muttonhead also was used of stupid animals), or else a separate word of unknown derivation. Wright's "English Dialect Dictionary
• mutton chop whiskers 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random swine swine: [OE] Swine is the ancestral English term for the ‘pig’, and it remained the main word until pig began to take over from it in the early modern English period. It came from a prehistoric Germanic * swīnam , which also produced German schwein , Dutch swijn , and Swedish and Danish svin . And this in turn went bac
• mutton 英文词源 mutton (n.) "flesh of sheep used as food," late 13c., from Old French moton "mutton; ram, wether, sheep" (12c., Modern French mouton ), from Medieval Latin multonem (8c.), probably from Gallo-Roman *multo-s , accusative of Celtic *multo "sheep" (cognates: Old Irish molt "wether," Mid-Breton mout , Welsh mollt ); the same word also was borrowed into Italian as montone "a sheep." Transf
• muttering 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
• mutter 英文词源 mutter (v.) early 14c., moteren "to mumble," from a common PIE imitative *mut- "to grunt, mutter" (cognates: Old Norse muðla "to murmur," Latin muttire "to mutter," Old High German mutilon "to murmur, mutter; to drizzle"), with frequentative suffix -er . Related: Muttered ; muttering . mutter (n.) 1630s, from mutter (v.). 中文词源 mutter ：嘟哝，嘀咕 拟声词，模仿嘀咕的
• mutt 英文词源 mutt (n.) 1901, "stupid or foolish person," probably a shortening of muttonhead (1803) in the same sense; see mutton and compare meathead , etc. Mutt was used by 1898 of a dog, especially a stupid one, and perhaps this is the same word formed independently ( muttonhead also was used of stupid animals), or else a separate word of unknown derivation. Wright's "English Dialect Dictionary
• mutism 英文词源 mutism (n.) "state of being mute," 1824, from French mutisme (1741), from Latin mutus (see mute (adj.)). 中文词源 mutism ：哑症，缄默症 来自mute,哑的，-ism,主义，思想。引申词义哑症，缄默症，即哑巴主义。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mutism 词源， mutism 含义。
• mutiny 英文词源 mutiny mutiny: [16] Etymologically, a mutiny is simply a ‘movement’. The word was adapted from the now obsolete mutine , a borrowing from French mutin ‘rebellion’. This in turn was a derivative of an earlier muete , literally ‘movement’, hence ‘rebellion’ (remembered in English in the related émeute ‘uprising’), which came from Vulgar Latin * movita , a descendant
• mutinous 英文词源 mutinous (adj.) 1570s, from mutine (see mutiny ) + -ous . Related: Mutinously ; mutinousness . 中文词源 mutinous ：暴乱的，叛变的 来自mutiny,哗变，暴乱。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mutinous 词源， mutinous 含义。 mutinous ：暴动的，反抗的 词根词缀： -mut-变 + in + -ous形容词词尾
• mutineer 英文词源 mutineer (n.) "one guilty of mutiny," c. 1600, from French mutinier (16c.), from Middle French meutin "rebellious" (see mutiny (n.)). As a verb from 1680s. 中文词源 mutineer ：暴乱者，叛变者 来自mutiny,哗变，暴乱。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mutineer 词源， mutineer 含义。 mutineer ：反叛者，哗变者 词根词缀： -mut-往来
• mutilate 英文词源 mutilate (v.) 1530s, of things; 1560s, of persons; from Latin mutilatus , past participle of mutilare "to cut off, lop off, cut short; maim, mutilate," from mutilus "maimed" (see mutilation ). Technically, to deprive of some principal part, especially by cutting off. Related: Mutilated ; mutilating . 中文词源 mutilate ：使残废 来自拉丁语mutilus,使残的，可能来自PIE
• mute 英文词源 mute (adj.) late 14c., mewet "silent," from Old French muet "dumb, mute" (12c.), diminutive of mut , mo , from Latin mutus "silent, speechless, dumb," probably from imitative base *meue- (cognates: Sanskrit mukah "dumb," Greek myein "to be shut," of the mouth). Form assimilated in 16c. to Latin mutus . mute (v.) "deaden the sound of," 1861, from mute (n.). Related: Muted ; muting . mu