英语词源

• mutatis mutandis 英文词源 mutatis mutandis "with the necessary changes," Latin, literally "things being changed that have to be changed," from the ablative plurals of, respectively, the past participle and gerundive of mutare "to change" (see mutable ). 中文词源 mutatis mutandis ：作必要的小修改 来自拉丁语，mutatis,改变，来自mutare的将来时被动分词，mutandis,必要改变，来自
• mutation 英文词源 mutation (n.) late 14c., "action of changing," from Old French mutacion (13c.), and directly from Latin mutationem (nominative mutatio ) "a changing, alteration, a turn for the worse," noun of action from past participle stem of mutare "to change" (see mutable ). Genetic sense is from 1894. 中文词源 mutation ：突变，变异 来自mutate,变异，突变。 该词的英语词源请
• mutate 英文词源 mutate mutate: [19] Semantically, mutate is probably the most direct English descendant of the Indo- European base * moi -, * mei - ‘change, exchange’, which has also given English mad , mean ‘unworthy, ignoble’, municipal , mutual [15] (from Latin mūtuus ‘exchanged, reciprocal’), the final syllable of common , and probably migrate [17]. Mutate itself comes from Latin mū
• mutant 英文词源 mutant (n.) 1901, in the biological sense, from Latin mutantem (nominative mutans ) "changing," present participle of mutare "to change" (see mutable ). In the science fiction sense, it is attested from 1954. As an adjective from 1903. 中文词源 mutant ：变异体，异形 来自mutate,变异，突变。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mutant 词源， mutan
• mutable 英文词源 mutable (adj.) late 14c., "liable to change," from Latin mutabilis "changeable," from mutare "to change," from PIE root *mei- (1) "to change, go, move" (cognates: Sanskrit methati "changes, alternates, joins, meets;" Avestan mitho "perverted, false;" Hittite mutai- "be changed into;" Latin meare "to go, pass," migrare "to move from one place to another;" Old Church Slavonic mite "alte
• musty 英文词源 musty musty: see moist musty (adj.) 1520s, perhaps a variant of moisty "moist, damp" (see moist ). Related: Mustiness . 中文词源 musty ：霉臭味的 可能来自moist,潮湿的，有湿气的，-y,形容词后缀。引申词义受潮的，发霉的，散发霉臭味的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： musty 词源， musty 含义。
• muster 英文词源 muster muster: see monster muster (v.) c. 1300, "to display, reveal, appear," from Old French mostrer "appear, show, reveal," also in a military sense (10c., Modern French montrer ), from Latin monstrare "to show," from monstrum "omen, sign" (see monster ). Meaning "to collect, assemble" is early 15c.; figurative use (of qualities, etc.) is from 1580s. To muster out "gather to be disc
• mustard 英文词源 mustard mustard: [13] Mustard was originally made by mixing the crushed seeds of various plants of the cabbage family with the freshly pressed juice of grapes – the ‘must’. Hence its name, which comes from Old French moustarde , a word derived from a descendant of Latin mustum ‘new wine’ (source of English must ‘grape juice’). = must mustard (n.) late 13c. (late 12c. as
• mustang 英文词源 mustang mustang: [19] Etymologically, a mustang is a ‘mixed’ animal. The word comes from Mexican Spanish mestengo , which originally in Spanish meant ‘stray’. This was derived from mesta ‘annual roundup of cattle, participated in by all the herdsmen, in which stray cattle were disposed of’, which in turn goes back to medieval Latin mixta . And mixta (literally ‘mixed’)
• mustache 英文词源 mustache (n.) 1580s, from French moustache (15c.), from Italian mostaccio , from Medieval Greek moustakion , diminutive of Doric mystax (genitive mystakos ) "upper lip, mustache," related to mastax "jaws, mouth," literally "that with which one chews," from PIE root *mendh- "to chew" (see mandible ). Borrowed earlier (1550s) as mostacchi , from the Italian word or its Spanish derivativ
• must 英文词源 must must: English has three words must . By far the commonest is of course the verb, ‘have to’ [OE], which originated in Old English as the past tense of the now obsolete mūt ‘may, must’. It has relatives in German muss and Dutch moet , but its ultimate origins are not known for certain (there may be some distant link with Germanic ‘measure’-words, such as English mete ,
• mussel 英文词源 mussel mussel: see muscle mussel (n.) Old English muscle , musscel "shellfish, mussel," from Late Latin muscula (source of Old French musle , Modern French moule , Middle Dutch mosscele , Dutch mossel , Old High German muscula , German Muschel ), from Latin musculus "mussel," literally "little mouse," also "muscle;" like muscle , derived from mus "mouse" on the perceived similarity of
• muss 英文词源 muss (v.) "to make untidy," 1837, probably a variant of mess in its sense of "disorder." Earlier (1830) as a noun meaning "disturbance." Related: Mussed ; mussing . 中文词源 muss ：弄乱 来自mess拼写变体。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： muss 词源， muss 含义。
• musquash 英文词源 musquash "another term for muskrat", Early 17th century: from Western Abnaki mòskwas . 中文词源 musquash ：麝鼠皮 来自muskrat拼写未俗化前的拼写形式。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： musquash 词源， musquash 含义。
• muso 英文词源 muso "A musician, especially one over-concerned with technique", 1960s: abbreviation. 中文词源 muso ：乐迷 俚语，缩写自musician. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： muso 词源， muso 含义。
• muslin 英文词源 muslin muslin: [17] Etymologically, muslin is ‘cloth from Mosul’, a city in Iraq where fine cotton fabric was once made. The Arabic form mūslin was adopted into Italian as mussolino , and made its way into English via French mousseline . muslin (n.) c. 1600, "delicately woven cotton fabric," from French mousseline (17c.), from Italian mussolina , from Mussolo , Italian name of Mo
• Muslim 英文词源 Muslim 1610s (n.), 1777 (adj.), from Arabic muslim "one who submits" (to the faith), from root of aslama "he resigned." Related to Islam . 中文词源 Muslim ：穆斯林 来自阿拉伯语muslim,信仰神的人，服从神的旨意的人，来自mu-,表指向，aslama,屈从，顺从，来自阿拉伯语三字母根s-l-m,和平，平静，顺从，词源同Islam,salaam,shalom. 该词的
• muskrat 英文词源 muskrat (n.) also musk-rat , 1610s, alteration (by association with musk and rat ) of musquash , from Algonquian (probably Powhatan) muscascus , literally "it is red," so called for its colorings. From cognate Abenaki muskwessu comes variant form musquash (1620s). 中文词源 muskrat ：麝鼠 来自北美印第安某土著语言musquash,形如鼠，散发麝香味，拼写被俗化。
• musketeer 英文词源 musketeer (n.) "soldier armed with a musket," 1580s, from musket + -eer , or else from French mousquetaire , from mousquette (see musket ). 中文词源 musketeer ：火枪手 来自musket,火枪，-er,人。即操弄火枪的人，火枪手。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： musketeer 词源， musketeer 含义。
• musket 英文词源 musket musket: see mosquito musket (n.) "firearm for infantry" (later replaced by the rifle), 1580s, from Middle French mousquette , also the name of a kind of sparrow-hawk, diminutive of mosca "a fly," from Latin musca (see midge ). The hawk so called either for its size or because it looks speckled when in flight. Early firearms often were given names of beasts (compare dragoon , al
• musk 英文词源 musk musk: [14] Like the substance musk itself, the name musk came to Europe from the East. Its ultimate ancestor appears to have been Sanskrit muska ‘scrotum, testicle’. This meant literally ‘little mouse’ (it was a diminutive form of Sanskrit mūs ‘mouse’), and its metaphorical reapplication was due to a supposed similarity in shape between mice and testicles (a parallel
• musing 英文词源 musing (n.) late 14c., "complaint," verbal noun from muse (v.). Meaning "pondering" is from mid-15c. Related: Musingly ; musings . 中文词源 musing ：沉思，冥想 来自muse,沉思，冥想。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： musing 词源， musing 含义。
• musicology 英文词源 musicology (n.) "the study of the science of music," 1909, from music + -ology . Related: Musicological ; musicologist . 中文词源 musicology ：音乐学 来自music,音乐，乐曲，-logy,学说。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： musicology 词源， musicology 含义。
• musicianship 英文词源 musicianship (n.) 1828, from musician + -ship . 中文词源 musicianship ：音乐才能 来自musician,音乐家，-ship,抽象名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： musicianship 词源， musicianship 含义。
• musician 英文词源 musician (n.) late 14c., "one skilled in music," from Old French musicien (14c.), or a native formation from music + -ian . Sense of "professional musical performer" first recorded mid-15c. 中文词源 musician ：音乐家 来自music,音乐，乐曲。即搞音乐的人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： musician 词源， musician 含义。 musician ：音乐家
• musicality 英文词源 musicality (n.) 1812, from musical (adj.) + -ity . 中文词源 musicality ：乐感，音乐才能 来自music,音乐，乐曲。引申词义乐感，音乐才能。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： musicality 词源， musicality 含义。
• musical 英文词源 musical (adj.) early 15c., "pertaining to music; tuneful, harmonious; adept at making music," from Middle French musical (14c.) and directly from Medieval Latin musicalis , from Latin musica (see music ). Musical box is from 1829. Children's game musical chairs is attested from 1877, hence use of musical as a modifier meaning "changing rapidly from one to another possessor" (1924). Re
• music 英文词源 music music: [13] Etymologically, music comes from the ‘muses’, Greek goddesses who inspired poets, painters, musicians, etc. The word traces its history back via Old French musique and Latin mūsica to Greek mousiké , a noun use of mousikós ‘of the muses’, an adjective derived from mousa ‘muse’. The specialization of the word’s meaning began in Greek – first to ‘p
• mushy 英文词源 mushy (adj.) "soft, pulpy, 1839; "sentimental," 1870; from mush (n.) + -y (2). Mush (n.) in a transferred sense of "sentimentality" is attested from 1908. 中文词源 mushy ：糊状的 来自mush,糊。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mushy 词源， mushy 含义。
• mushroom 英文词源 mushroom (n.) mid-15c., muscheron , musseroun (attested 1327 as a surname, John Mussheron ), from Anglo-French musherun , Old French meisseron (11c., Modern French mousseron ), perhaps from Late Latin mussirionem (nominative mussirio ), though this might as well be borrowed from French. Barnhart says "of uncertain origin." Klein calls it "a word of pre-Latin origin, used in the North
• musher 英文词源 musher "A person who owns and drives a taxi cab", Late 19th century: from slang mush 'owner-driver of a cab', from mushroom, apparently referring to the increase in the number of vehicles owned as the business grows. 中文词源 musher ：赶狗拉雪橇的人 可能来自march,前进，行军，-er,人。引申词义赶狗拉雪橇的人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• mush 英文词源 mush (n.) "kind of porridge," 1670s, in the American colonies, variant of mash (n.) "soft mixture." Meaning "anything soft and thick" is attested from 1824. mush (interj.) command to sled dogs, first recorded 1862, as mouche , perhaps altered from French marchons! "advance!" (imperative of marcher "to march;" see march (v.)). mush (v.) "to pound to a pulp," 1781, from mush (n.). Relat
• museum 英文词源 museum museum: [17] Etymologically, a museum is a place devoted to the ‘muses’. It comes via Latin mūsēum ‘library, study’ from Greek mouseion ‘place of the muses’, a noun based on the adjective mouseios ‘of the muses’. This in turn was derived from mousa ‘muse’, source of English muse [14]. Other English words from the same source are mosaic and music . But muse
• musculature 英文词源 musculature (n.) "system of muscles," 1875, from French musculature , from Latin musculus (see muscle (n.)). 中文词源 musculature ：肌肉系统 来自muscular,肌肉的，-ure,集合名词后缀。引申词义肌肉系统。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： musculature 词源， musculature 含义。
• muscular 英文词源 muscular (adj.) 1680s, "pertaining to muscles," from Latin musculus (see muscle (n.)) + -ar . Earlier in same sense was musculous (early 15c.). Meaning "having well-developed muscles" is from 1736. Muscular Christianity (1857) is originally in reference to philosophy of Anglican clergyman and novelist Charles Kingsley (1819-1875). Muscular dystrophy attested from 1886. 中文词源 mu
• muscleman 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random gallows gallows: [13] Gallows was probably borrowed from Old Norse gálgi (the related Old English galga does not seem to have survived into the Middle English period). Both go back to a prehistoric Germanic * galgon ‘pole’, whose descendants, which also include Old High German galgo and Gothic galga , were often used for th
• muscatel 英文词源 muscatel (n.) 1530s, variant of muskadell (c. 1400), from Old French muscadel , from Old Provençal *muscadel , diminutive of muscat "(grape) with the fragrance of musk" (see muscat ). 中文词源 muscatel ：麝香葡萄，玫瑰香葡萄 来自musk,麝香。用以指一种散发麝香香味的白葡萄。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： muscatel 词源， mus
• muscat 英文词源 muscat muscat: see musk muscat (n.) type of wine, 1570s, from French, from Italian moscato , literally "musky-flavored," from Vulgar Latin *muscatus , from Latin muscus (see musk ). Muscat capital of Oman, from Arabic Masqat , said to mean "hidden" (it is isolated from the interior by hills). 中文词源 muscat ：麝香白葡萄 来自musk,麝香。用以指一种散发麝香香味的
• Mountie 英文词源 Mountie (n.) 1914, member of the Royal Canadian (originally North-west) Mounted Police, formed 1873 to keep order in the former Hudson's Bay Company lands. Also see -ie . 中文词源 Mountie ：加拿大皇家骑警队队员 来自Royal Canadian Mounted Police的昵称。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Mountie 词源， Mountie 含义。
• mounted 英文词源 mounted (adj.) 1580s, "on horseback," past participle adjective from mount (v.). From 1854 as "set up for display." 中文词源 mounted ：骑马的，跨上马的 来自mount,骑马，跨上。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mounted 词源， mounted 含义。
• mountebank 英文词源 mountebank (n.) "a doctor that mounts a bench in the market, and boasts his infallible remedies and cures" [Johnson], 1570s, from Italian montambanco , contraction of monta in banco "quack, juggler," literally "mount on bench" (to be seen by crowd), from monta , imperative of montare "to mount" (see mount (v.)) + banco , variant of banca "bench" (see bank (n.2)). Figurative and extend
• mountainous 英文词源 mountainous (adj.) late 14c., from Old French montagneux , from Vulgar Latin *montaneosus "mountainous," from *montanea (see mountain ). 中文词源 mountainous ：多山的 来自mountain,高山，山地，-ous,形容词后缀。即多山的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mountainous 词源， mountainous 含义。 mountainous ：多山的，巨大的 词根
• mountaineering 英文词源 rappel (n.) 1931, "mountaineering technique for descending steep faces," from French rappel , literally "recall" (Old French rapel ), from rapeler "to recall, summon" (see repeal (v.)). The same word had been borrowed earlier (1848) to mean "a drum roll to summon soldiers." rappel (v.) 1957 in the mountaineering sense; see rappel (n.). Related: Rappeled ; rappelling . 中文词源 mou
• mountain ash 英文词源 ash (n.2) type of tree, Old English æsc "ash tree," also "spear made of ash wood," from Proto-Germanic *askaz , *askiz (cognates: Old Norse askr , Old Saxon ask , Middle Dutch esce , German Esche ), from PIE root *os- "ash tree" (cognates: Armenian haci "ash tree," Albanian ah "beech," Greek oxya "beech," Latin ornus "wild mountain ash," Russian jasen , Lithuanian uosis "ash"). Ash w
• mountain 英文词源 mountain mountain: [13] Latin mōns ‘mountain’ could well go back ultimately to a variant of the base * min - ‘jut’ which produced English eminent , imminent , menace , and prominent . English acquired it originally direct from Latin as a noun, mount [OE], which is now used only in the names of mountains. The verb mount followed in the 14th century, via Old French munter . Lat
• mount 英文词源 mount (v.) c. 1300, "to mount a horse;" mid-14c., "to rise up, ascend; fly," from Old French monter "to go up, ascend, climb, mount," from Vulgar Latin *montare, from Latin mons (genitive montis ) "mountain" (see mount (n.)). Meaning "to set or place in position" first recorded 1530s. Sense of "to get up on for purposes of copulation" is from 1590s. Related: Mounted ; mounting . mount
• mound 英文词源 mound (n.) 1550s, "hedge, fence," also "embankment, dam" (a sense probably influenced by mount (n.)). The relationship between the noun and the verb is uncertain. Commonly supposed to be from Old English mund "hand, protection, guardianship" (cognate with Latin manus ), but this is not certain (OED discounts it on grounds of sense). Perhaps a confusion of the native word and Middle Du
• moult 英文词源 moult moult: [14] The etymological meaning of moult is simply ‘change’. It comes (via an assumed but never recorded Old English * mūtian ) from a prehistoric Germanic verb borrowed from Latin mūtāre ‘change’ (source of English mutate ). The extreme semantic narrowing down from ‘change’ to ‘change a coat of feathers’ is shown too in the related mews , which originall
• mouldy 英文词源 mouldy (adj.) see moldy . 中文词源 mouldy ：发霉的 来自mold的英式拼写形式。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mouldy 词源， mouldy 含义。
• moulding 英文词源 plastic plastic: [16] Plastic is etymologically a ‘mouldable’ substance. The word comes via French plastique and Latin plasticus from Greek plastikós ‘fit for moulding’, a derivative of the verb plássein ‘mould’ (source also of English plasma [18] and plaster ). Up until the 20th century its main use in English was as an adjective, meaning ‘pliable’. The first record
• moulder 英文词源 moulder see molder . Related: Mouldered ; mouldering . 中文词源 moulder ：腐烂，腐朽 来自mold的英式拼写形式。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： moulder 词源， moulder 含义。
• mould 英文词源 mould mould: English has three words mould . By some way the oldest is ‘earth, soil’ [OE], which comes ultimately from the Indo-European base * mel -, * mol -, * ml - ‘grind’ (source also of English meal ‘flour’, mill , etc). Moulder [16] may be derived from it. Mould ‘form’ [13] is assumed to come from Old French modle ‘form, shape, pattern’. This was descended fr
• motto 英文词源 motto (n.) 1580s, from Italian motto "a saying, legend attached to a heraldic design," from Late Latin muttum "grunt, word," from Latin muttire "to mutter, mumble, murmur" (see mutter ). 中文词源 motto ：格言，座右铭 来自意大利语motto,格言，来自拉丁语muttire,说，咕哝，词源同mutter,mot,motet. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： motto 词
• mottled 英文词源 mottled (adj.) 1670s, past participle adjective; see mottle (v.). 中文词源 mottled ：斑驳的，杂色的 可能来自motley的回构词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mottled 词源， mottled 含义。
• motte 英文词源 motte "A mound forming the site of a castle or camp", Late 19th century: from French, 'mound', from Old French mote (see moat ). 中文词源 motte ：城墙，尤指土堡式防御墙 来自古法语mote,小山，土堡，堤岸，词源同moat. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： motte 词源， motte 含义。
• Motown 英文词源 Motown recording label launched 1960 by Berry Gordy Jr., from Mo(tor) Town , perhaps based on Motor City , a nickname for Detroit attested by 1911. 中文词源 Motown ：底特律，汽车城音乐 来自美国汽车城底特律的绰号Motor Town,后该词用于指一种流行于当地的音乐风格。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Motown 词源， Motown 含
• motorway 英文词源 motorway (n.) 1903, from motor- + way (n.). 中文词源 motorway ：高速公路 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： motorway 词源， motorway 含义。 motorway ：高速公路 词根词缀： -mot-移动 + -or名词词尾,物 + way路
• motormouth 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random September September: [11] September is etymologically the ‘seventh’ month. The word comes from Latin September , a derivative of septem ‘seven’ (the Roman year started with March). Other English descendants of Latin septem , which is a distant relative of English seven , include septet [19] and septuagenarian [18]. = sev
• motorized 英文词源 autograph autograph: [17] Greek auto - was a prefixal use of the adjective autós , meaning ‘same, self’. Many of the commonest auto - words in English, including autograph itself and also autocrat [19], automatic [18] (a derivative of automaton [17], which was formed from a hypothetical base * men - ‘think’ related to mental and mind ), autonomy [17], and autopsy [17] (origin
• motorist 英文词源 motorist (n.) "motor-car driver," 1896, from motor- + -ist . Earlier as a name for electric railway drivers (1889). Other early alternatives included motorneer . "Motorer" we have given our reasons for rejecting, and there only remains "motorist" or a compound like "motor-man" or "motor-driver." Mr. C.P.G. Scott, the etymologist of the Century Dictionary, strongly favors "motor-man" o
• motorcycle 英文词源 motorcycle (n.) 1895, a hybrid from motor + -cycle , from bicycle . Motocycle also was used late 19c. The horse follows the crooks of a country road, but then the training of the "motorcycle" (horrid name) will inevitably straighten out the crooks in the country road, and afford long ranges of straight tracks. [Payson Burleigh, "The Age of Steel," Oct. 12, 1895] Related: Motorcyclist
• motorcade 英文词源 motorcade (n.) 1909, from motor- + suffix from cavalcade . 中文词源 motorcade ：载有要人的车队 motor-,汽车，-cade,车队，缩写自cavalcade.用于指载有要人的车队。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： motorcade 词源， motorcade 含义。
• motor 英文词源 motor motor: [16] The most direct English descendant of Latin movēre ‘move’ is of course move , but several more have found their way into the language via derivatives. From mōtiō ‘movement’ comes motion [15] (and its collateral forms commotion [15], emotion , and promotion [15]); from mōtīvus ‘causing to move’ come motivate [19], motive [14], and (via modern French)
• motocross 英文词源 motocross also moto-cross , by 1956, from motorcycle + cross-country . 中文词源 motocross ：摩托车越野赛 缩写自motorcycle cross-country. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： motocross 词源， motocross 含义。
• motley 英文词源 motley (adj.) late 14c., "parti-colored" (originally of fabric), from Anglo-French motteley , probably from Old English mot "speck" (see mote ). But Klein's sources say probably from Gaulish. "Diversified in color," especially of a fool's dress. Hence, allusively, "a fool" (1600). As a noun meaning "cloth of mixed color" from late 14c. 中文词源 motley ：混杂的，杂色的 缩写
• mot juste 英文词源 mot juste "The exact, appropriate word", French. 中文词源 mot juste ：恰当的用词 来自法语，mot,词，juste,恰当的，词源同just. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mot juste 词源， mot juste 含义。
• motive 英文词源 motive (n.) mid-14c., "something brought forward," from Old French motif "will, drive, motivation," noun use of adjective, literally "moving," from Medieval Latin motivus "moving, impelling," from Latin motus "a moving, motion," past participle of movere "to move" (see move (v.)). Meaning "that which inwardly moves a person to behave a certain way" is from early 15c. motive (adj.) lat
• motivate 英文词源 motivate (v.) 1863, "to stimulate toward action," from motive + -ate (2); perhaps modeled on French motiver or German motivieren . Related: Motivated ; motivating . 中文词源 motivate ：激励，激发 来自motive,动机，-ive,使。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： motivate 词源， motivate 含义。 motivate ：推动；激励 词根词缀：
• motion 英文词源 motion (n.) late 14c., "suggestion; process of moving," from Old French mocion "movement, motion; change, alteration" (13c.), from Latin motionem (nominative motio ) "a moving, a motion; an emotion," from past participle stem of movere "to move" (see move (v.)). Motion picture attested from 1896. motion (v.) late 15c., "to request, petition" (obsolete), from motion (n.). The sense in
• motif 英文词源 motif (n.) "theme, predominant feature," 1848, from French motif "dominant idea, theme" (see motive ). 中文词源 motif ：主旨，动机，装饰图案 来自motive的法语拼写形式。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： motif 词源， motif 含义。
• mother-to-be 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random proponent proponent: see purpose 中文词源 mother-to-be ：准妈妈 形象说法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mother-to-be 词源， mother-to-be 含义。
• mother's ruin 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random sly sly: [12] Etymologically, sly means ‘able to hit’. It was borrowed from Old Norse slǣgr ‘clever, cunning’, which went back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base * slakh -, * slag -, * slōg - ‘hit’ (source also of English slaughter , slay , etc). The word’s original approbatory connotations of ‘clevern
• mother lode 英文词源 mother (n.1) Old English modor "female parent," from Proto-Germanic *mothær (cognates: Old Saxon modar , Old Frisian moder , Old Norse moðir , Danish moder , Dutch moeder , Old High German muoter , German Mutter ), from PIE *mater- "mother" (cognates: Latin mater , Old Irish mathir , Lithuanian mote , Sanskrit matar- , Greek meter , Old Church Slavonic mati ), "[b]ased ultimately on
• motherland 英文词源 motherland (n.) 1711, from mother (n.1) + land (n.). 中文词源 motherland ：祖国 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： motherland 词源， motherland 含义。
• mother-in-law 英文词源 mother-in-law (n.) mid-15c., "mother of one's spouse," from mother (n.1) + in-law . Also in early use, "stepmother." In British slang c. 1884, mother-in-law was "a mixture of ales old and bitter." 中文词源 mother-in-law ：岳母 形象说法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mother-in-law 词源， mother-in-law 含义。
• mothering 英文词源 Burke (v.) family name (first recorded 1066), from Anglo-Norman pronunciation of Old English burgh . Not common in England itself, but it took root in Ireland, where William de Burgo went in 1171 with Henry II and later became Earl of Ulster. As shorthand for a royalty reference book, it represents "A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the United Kingdom,
• motherhood 英文词源 motherhood (n.) 1590s, from mother (n.1) + -hood . 中文词源 motherhood ：母性 mother,母亲，-hood,抽象名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： motherhood 词源， motherhood 含义。
• mother hen 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random recollect recollect: [16] Recollect originated in Latin as recolligere , a compound verb formed from the prefix re - ‘again’ and colligere ‘gather’ (source of English collect ). At first it simply meant literally ‘gather again’, but in the post-classical period it was extended metaphorically to ‘recall, remember’
• mother figure 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random rapid rapid: [17] Like rape and rapture , rapid comes ultimately from Latin rapere ‘seize by force’. From this was derived the adjective rapidus , which originally denoted ‘carrying off by force’. The notion of ‘swiftness’ soon became incorporated into the meaning, however, and although the Latin adjective retained i
• mother 英文词源 mother mother: [OE] The ancestral Indo-European word for ‘mother’ was * māter -, which has descendants in virtually all the modern European languages. It was probably based on the syllable ma , suggested by the burbling of a suckling baby, which also lies behind English mama , mamma (and indeed mammal ). Amongst its immediate descendants were Latin māter (source of English madri
• mothball 英文词源 mothball (n.) also moth-ball , moth ball , "naphthalene ball stored among fabrics to keep off moths," 1891, from moth + ball (n.1). mothball (v.) 1902 in a literal sense (to store away with mothballs), from mothball (n.); figurative sense from 1901. 中文词源 mothball ：樟脑丸 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mothball 词源， mothball 含义
• moth 英文词源 moth (n.) Old English moððe (Northumbrian mohðe ), common Germanic (Old Norse motti , Middle Dutch motte , Dutch mot , German Motte "moth"), perhaps related to Old English maða "maggot," or from the root of midge (q.v.). Until 16c. used mostly of the larva and usually in reference to devouring clothes (see Matt. vi:20). 中文词源 moth ：蛾子 来自古英语mothe,蛾子，来自
• motet 英文词源 motet (n.) "choral composition on a sacred text," late 14c., from Old French motet (13c.), diminutive of mot "word" (see mot ). 中文词源 motet ：经文歌 来自古法语motet,经文歌，来自拉丁语muttire,咕哝，嘀咕，拟声词，词源同mot,mutter.-et,小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： motet 词源， motet 含义。
• motel 英文词源 motel (n.) 1925, coined from motor- + hotel . Originally a hotel for automobile travelers. The Milestone Interstate Corporation ... proposes to build and operate a chain of motor hotels between San Diego and Seattle, the hotels to have the name 'Motel.' ["Hotel Monthly," March 1925] 中文词源 motel ：汽车旅馆 来自motor和hotel的合成词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• mote 英文词源 mote (n.) "particle of dust," Old English mot , of unknown origin; perhaps related to Dutch mot "dust from turf, sawdust, grit," Norwegian mutt "speck, mote, splinter, chip." Many references are to Matt. vii:3. 中文词源 mote ：尘埃，微粒 来自古英语mot,尘埃，微粒，锯末，可能来自PIE*smi,砍，切，词源同smith. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• mot 英文词源 mot (n.) "a witty saying," 1580s, from French mot (12c.) "remark, short speech," literally "word," cognate of Italian motto , from Latin mutum "grunt, murmur" (see mutter ). Mot juste (1912) is French, literally "exact word," the precisely appropriate expression in some situation. The mot juste is an expression which readers would like to buy of writers who use it, as one buys one's n
• Mosul 英文词源 Mosul city in northern Iraq, from Arabic al-Mawsul , literally "the joined," a reference to the bridge and ford over the Tigris here. 中文词源 Mosul ：摩苏尔 伊拉克北部城市。来自阿拉伯语al-Mawsul,连接的，因其位于底格里斯河中转要道而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Mosul 词源， Mosul 含义。
• most 英文词源 most most: [OE] Like more , most comes ultimately from prehistoric Germanic * maiz . Addition of the superlative suffix produced * maistaz , which passed into Old English as mǣst . This subsequently evolved to most in Middle English under the influence of more . = magnitude , master , more most (adj.) Old English mast "greatest number, amount, extent," earlier mæst , from Proto-Germ
• moss 英文词源 moss moss: [OE] The prehistoric Germanic ancestor of moss was * musam . This had two distinct meanings: ‘swamp’ and ‘moss’. It is not altogether clear which was primary, but it seems more probable than not that ‘moss’ (a plant which frequents damp places) was derived from ‘swamp’. The only meaning recorded for its Old English descendant mos was ‘swamp’ (which survi
• mosque 英文词源 mosque mosque: [17] Mosque means etymologically a place where you ‘bow down’ in prayer and is, not surprisingly, of Arabic origin. It comes from Arabic masjid ‘place of worship’, a derivative of the verb sajada ‘bow down’. English acquired the word via Italian moschea and French mosquée as mosquee , but soon dropped the final - e . (The Arabic form masjid or musjid has be