英语词源

• mosh pit 英文词源 mosh (v.) "to dance (with a certain amount of violence) to metal music in a tightly packed arena," 1987, perhaps a variant of mash . Related: Mosh pit . 中文词源 mosh pit ：狂舞区 mosh,狂舞，pit,舞池。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mosh pit 词源， mosh pit 含义。
• mosh 英文词源 mosh (v.) "to dance (with a certain amount of violence) to metal music in a tightly packed arena," 1987, perhaps a variant of mash . Related: Mosh pit . 中文词源 mosh ：狂舞，劲舞 可能来自mash拼写变体，即捣碎，猛捣，捣成糊糊。用于指狂舞，劲舞。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mosh 词源， mosh 含义。
• mosey 英文词源 mosey (v.) 1829, American English slang, of unknown origin, perhaps related to British dialectal mose about "go around in a dull, stupid way." Or perhaps from Spanish vamos (see vamoose ). Related: Moseyed ; moseying . 中文词源 mosey ：漫步，溜达 俚语，词源不详，可能来自西班牙语vamos,漫步，溜达，词源同vamoose. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• Moses 英文词源 Moses masc. proper name, name of Hebrew prophet and lawgiver, from Latin, from Greek Mouses , from Hebrew Mosheh , of unknown origin. Most scholars see in it the Hebraization of Egyptian mes, mesu 'child, son,' which is often used in theophorous names. According to this derivation the words of Pharaoh's daughter in Ex. 2:10, 'For out of the water I drew him' are not the explanation of
• Moselle 英文词源 Moselle river in Western Europe, Latin Mosella , literally "Little Meuse ," in reference to the longer River Meuse (Latin Mosa ), into which it flows. From 1680s as "wine from the valley of the river Moselle . 中文词源 Moselle ：摩泽尔白葡萄酒 法国地名，盛产白葡萄酒。字面意思即Little Meuse,小默兹河，西欧重要河流。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• mortuary 英文词源 mortuary mortuary: see mortal mortuary (n.) early 14c., from Anglo-French mortuarie "gift to a parish priest from a deceased parishioner," from Medieval Latin mortuarium , noun use of neuter of Late Latin adjective mortuarius "pertaining to the dead," from Latin mortuus , past participle of mori "to die" (see mortal (adj.)). Meaning "place where bodies are kept temporarily" first reco
• mortise 英文词源 mortise (n.) c. 1400, "hole or groove in which something is fitted to form a joint," from Old French mortaise (13c.), possibly from Arabic murtazz "fastened," past participle of razza "cut a mortise in." Compare Spanish mortaja . mortise (v.) mid-15c., from mortise (n.). Related: Mortised ; mortising . 中文词源 mortise ：榫眼 来自古法语mortaise,可能来自阿拉伯语murt
• mortify 英文词源 mortify (v.) late 14c., "to kill," from Old French mortefiier "destroy, overwhelm, punish," from Late Latin mortificare "cause death, kill, put to death," literally "make dead," from mortificus "producing death," from Latin mors (genitive mortis ) "death" (see mortal (adj.)) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious ). Religious sense of "to subdue the flesh by abstinence and discipl
• mortician 英文词源 mortician (n.) 1895, American English, coined from mortuary + -ician , as in physician . An undertaker will no longer be known as an "undertaker and embalmer." In the future he will be known as the "mortician." This was decided on at the second day's meeting of the Funeral Directors' Association of Kentucky, which was held in Louisville. ["The Medical Herald," July 1895] 中文词源
• mortgagor 英文词源 mortgagor (n.) 1580s, agent noun in Latin form from mortgage (v.). Native form mortgager attested from 1630s. 中文词源 mortgagor ：抵押人 来自mortgage,按揭，抵押，-er,主施动人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mortgagor 词源， mortgagor 含义。
• mortgagee 英文词源 mortgagee (n.) 1580s, from mortgage (v.) + -ee . 中文词源 mortgagee ：抵押权人 来自mortgage,按揭，抵押，-ee,被施动人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mortgagee 词源， mortgagee 含义。
• mortar board 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random oscillate oscillate: [18] Latin ōs originally meant ‘mouth’ (it was the source of English oral ), but it was also used for ‘face’. Its diminutive form ōscillum ‘little face’ was applied to a mask depicting the god Bacchus that was hung up as a charm in vineyards, to be swung to and fro by the breeze. In due course
• mortar 英文词源 mortar mortar: [13] Latin mortārium , a word of unknown origin, denoted both a ‘bowl for grinding’ and, by extension, the ‘substance made in such a bowl’. These twin meanings survived through Anglo-Norman morter into modern English mortar as the ‘bowl used with a pestle’ and a ‘building mixture of cement, sand, and water’. The shape of the former led in the 17th centu
• mortally 英文词源 mortally (adv.) late 14c., "to the death; resulting in death," also "bitterly, intensely," from mortal (adj.) + -ly (2). 中文词源 mortally ：致死的，致命的 来自mortal,死亡的，致命的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mortally 词源， mortally 含义。 mortally ：要命地，致命地；极度地，非常地 词根词缀： -mort-死 + -a
• mortality 英文词源 mortality (n.) mid-14c., "condition of being mortal," from Old French mortalite "massacre, slaughter; fatal illness; poverty; destruction" (12c.), from Latin mortalitem (nominative mortalitas ) "state of being mortal; subjection to death," from mortalis (see mortal (adj.)). Meaning "widespread death" is from c. 1400; meaning "number of deaths from some cause or in a given period" is f
• morsel 英文词源 morsel morsel: [13] Etymologically, a morsel is a piece ‘bitten’ off. The word comes from Old French morsel , a diminutive of mors ‘bite’. This in turn goes back to Latin morsus , a derivative of the same base as the verb mordēre ‘bite’. Other English words from the same source include mordant [15] and remorse . = mordant , remorse morsel (n.) late 13c., "a bite, mouthful
• Morse code 英文词源 Morse code (n.) 1867, earlier Morse key (1858), in honor of Samuel F.B. Morse (1791-1872), U.S. inventor who produced a system of telegraphic communication 1836. He invented both the recording telegraph and the alphabet of dots and dashes. 中文词源 Morse code ：莫尔斯电码 来自其该电码发明人19世纪美国工程师F.B.Morse. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• morrow 英文词源 morrow (n.) mid-13c., morewe- ; c. 1300, morwe , shortened variation of morewen "morrow" (see morn ). 中文词源 morrow ：次日，明天 来自古英语morgen,早晨，词源同morning.引申词义明天早晨，次日，明天。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： morrow 词源， morrow 含义。
• morris dance 英文词源 morris dance (n.) mid-15c., moreys daunce "Moorish dance," from Flemish mooriske dans , from Old French morois "Moorish, Arab, black," from More "Moor" (see Moor ). Unknown why the English dance was called this, unless in reference to fantastic dancing or costumes (compare Italian Moresco , a related dance, literally "Moorish;" German moriskentanz , French moresque ). 中文词源 mor
• morphology 英文词源 morphology morphology: see form morphology (n.) 1824 in biology (from German Morphologie , 1817); 1869 in philology; from morpho- + -logy . Related: Morphological ; morphologist . Related: Morphologist . 中文词源 morphology ：形态学 morpho-,形状，形态，-logy,学说。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： morphology 词源， morphology 含义。
• Morpheus 英文词源 Morpheus name for the god of dreams in Ovid, son of Sleep, literally "the maker of shapes," from Greek morphe "form, shape, figure," especially "a fine figure, a beautiful form; beauty, fashion, outward appearance," perhaps from PIE *merph- , a possible Greek root meaning "form." Related: Morphean . Morpho was an epithet of Aphrodite, literally "shapely." 中文词源 Morpheus ：梦神
• morpheme 英文词源 morpheme (n.) "smallest meaningful unit in a language," 1896, from German morpheme , coined 1895 by Polish-born linguist Jan Baudouin de Courtenay (1845-1929), from Greek morphe "form, shape" (see Morpheus ), on analogy of phonème . 中文词源 morpheme ：词素 来自希腊语morphe,形状，形成，-eme,单个，单体，衍生自phoneme.引申词义形成词的单位，即词素。
• morph 英文词源 morph as a noun, in biology, 1955; as a verb, in cinematic special effects, c. 1987, short for metamorphosis . Related: Morphed ; morphing . Earlier it was a slang shortening of morphine (1912). 中文词源 morph ：图像平稳变换 缩写自metamorphosis,变形，改变。后用于电影术语图像平衡变换。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： morph 词源，
• morph- 英文词源 morpho- before vowels morph- , word-forming element meaning "form, shape," from comb. form of Greek morphe "form, shape; beauty, outward appearance" (see Morpheus ). 中文词源 morph- ：形状 来自希腊语morphe,形状，外形，可能来自PIE*merph,形状，词源同Morpheus,form. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： morph- 词源， morph- 含义。
• morose 英文词源 morose (adj.) 1530s "gloomy," from Latin morosus "morose, peevish, hypercritical, fastidious," from mos (genitive moris ) "habit, custom" (see moral (adj.)). In English, manners by itself means "(good) manners," but here the implication in Latin is "(bad) manners." Related: Morosity . 中文词源 morose ：忧郁的，闷闷不乐的 来自拉丁语moris,习惯，风俗，举止，词源
• moron 英文词源 moron (n.) 1910, medical Latin, from Greek (Attic) moron , neuter of moros "foolish, dull, sluggish, stupid," probably cognate with Sanskrit murah "idiotic." Latin morus "foolish" is a loan-word from Greek. Adopted by the American Association for the Study of the Feeble-minded with a technical definition "adult with a mental age between 8 and 12;" used as an insult since 1922 and subs
• morocco 英文词源 morocco (n.) "kind of fine flexible leather," 1630s, earlier maroquin (16c.), via French; ultimately from Morocco , the country in northwest Africa, where the tanned leather first was made. Morocco country in northwest Africa, from Italian, from Berber Marrakesh (properly the name of the city of Marrakesh ), from Arabic Maghrib-al-Aqsa "Extreme West." Compare French Maroc , German Mar
• morning glory 英文词源 morning (n.) mid-13c., morn, morewen (see morn ) + suffix -ing , on pattern of evening . Originally the time just before sunrise. As an adjective from 1530s. Morning after in reference to a hangover is from 1884; in reference to a type of contraception, attested from 1867. Morning sickness as a symptom of pregnancy is from 1793 (Old English had morgenwlætung ). Morning glory is from
• morning coat 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random twilight twilight: [15] Twilight is etymologically ‘light between day and night’. The word was compounded from the prefix twi - ‘two’, apparently used here in the sense ‘between’ ( between itself comes from the same ultimate source as two ) and light . German has the parallel zwielicht . = two 中文词源 morning co
• morning 英文词源 morning morning: [13] The Old English word for ‘morning’ was morgen . It came from a prehistoric Germanic * murganaz (source also of German, Dutch, and Danish morgen ‘morning’), and links have been suggested with forms such as Old Church Slavonic mruknati ‘darken’ and Lithuanian mirgeti ‘twinkle’, which may point to an underlying etymological notion of the ‘glimmer o
• morn 英文词源 morn (n.) contracted from Middle English morwen , from Old English (Mercian) margen (dative marne ), earlier morgen (dative morgne ) "morning, forenoon, sunrise," from Proto-Germanic *murgana- "morning" (cognates: Old Saxon morgan , Old Frisian morgen , Middle Dutch morghen , Dutch morgen , Old High German morgan , German Morgen , Gothic maurgins ), from PIE *merk- , perhaps from root
• Mormon 英文词源 Mormon (n.) 1830, coined by religion founder Joseph Smith (1805-1844) in Seneca County, N.Y., from Mormon , supposed prophet and author of "The Book of Mormon," explained by Smith as meaning more mon , from English more + Egyptian mon "good." As an adjective by 1842. Related: Mormonism . 中文词源 Mormon ：摩门教徒 来自19世纪该教创始人Joseph Smith杜撰的新词，来自
• moribund 英文词源 moribund (adj.) 1721, "about to die," from Middle French moribund (16c.), from Latin moribundus "dying, at the point of death," from mori "to die" (see mortal (adj.)). Figurative sense of "near an end" is from 1837. Related: Moribundity . 中文词源 moribund ：垂死的，行将灭亡的 来自拉丁语mori,去死，将死，词源同mortal,murder.-bund,工具格后缀，将成为，
• mores 英文词源 mores (n.) "customs," 1907, from Latin mores "customs, manners, morals" (see moral (adj.)). 中文词源 mores ：风俗习惯，传统 来自拉丁语mores,习惯，风俗，道德，来自mos的拉丁语复数形式，词源同mood,moral,morose. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mores 词源， mores 含义。 mores ：风俗，习惯，民德，道德观念 词根
• moreover 英文词源 moreover (adv.) late 14c., in phrase and yit more ouer "there is more to say;" from more (adv.) + over (adv.). Written as one word from late 14c. 中文词源 moreover ：此外 more,更加，over,在上。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： moreover 词源， moreover 含义。
• morello 英文词源 morello morello: see moor morello (n.) kind of bitter cherry, 1640s, of uncertain origin, perhaps ultimately from Latin amarus "bitter." Earlier form was morell (1610s). 中文词源 morello ：黑樱桃，欧洲酸樱桃 来自拉丁语amarus,苦的，词源同maraschino. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： morello 词源， morello 含义。
• morel 英文词源 morel (n.) type of edible mushroom, 1670s, from French morille (16c.), of uncertain origin, apparently from Germanic; compare Old High German morhilo (German Morchel ), diminutive of morha "root of a tree or plant," from Proto-Germanic *murhon- (source of Old English more , German möhre "carrot"). 中文词源 morel ：牛肚菌 来自法语morille,牛肚菌，来自Proto-Germanic*mu
• moreish 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random proximity proximity: [15] Latin proximus meant ‘nearest, next’ (it was the superlative form of an unrecorded * proqe ‘near’, a variant of prope , from which English gets approach and propinquity [14]). From it were formed the verb proximāre ‘come near’, ultimate source of English approximate [15], and the noun proxi
• more 英文词源 more more: [OE] The Indo-European term for ‘more’ was * meis (it was formed from the same base as produced Latin magis ‘more’, source of Spanish mas ‘more’ and English master , and Latin magnus ‘large’, source of English magnitude ). Its Germanic descendant was * maiz , which evolved into modern German mehr ‘more’, and also into Old English mā ‘more’, which su
• mordant 英文词源 mordant mordant: see morsel mordant (adj.) late 15c., "caustic" (of words, speech), from Middle French mordant, literally "biting," present participle of mordre "to bite," from Latin mordere "to bite, bite into; nip, sting;" figuratively "to pain, cause hurt," perhaps from PIE root mer- (2) "to rub away, harm" (see smart (v.)). Related: Mordantly . The noun sense in dyeing is first re
• mordacious 英文词源 mordacious (adj.) "given to biting," 1640s (originally figurative), from Latin mordac- , stem of mordax , from mordere "to bite," perhaps from PIE root mer- (2) "to rub, harm" (see smart (v.)). Related: Mordacity . 中文词源 mordacious ：咬痛的，锐利的，刻薄的 来自拉丁语mordere,咬，来自PIE*smerd,咬，叮，词源同morsel,remorse,smart.引申词义咬痛的，锐
• morbid 英文词源 morbid (adj.) 1650s, "of the nature of a disease, indicative of a disease," from Latin morbidus "diseased," from morbus "sickness, disease, ailment, illness," from root of mori "to die," which is possibly from PIE root *mer- "to rub, pound, wear away" (cognates: Sanskrit mrnati "crushes, bruises;" Greek marainein "to consume, exhaust, put out, quench," marasmus "consumption"). Transfe
• moray 英文词源 moray (n.) 1620s, from Portuguese moreia , from Latin muraena "sea eel, lamprey," from Greek smyraina , from smyros "sea eel." 中文词源 moray ：海鳝 来自拉丁语muraena,海鳝。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： moray 词源， moray 含义。
• moratorium 英文词源 moratorium moratorium: see demur moratorium (n.) 1875, originally a legal term for "authorization to a debtor to postpone payment," from neuter of Late Latin moratorius "tending to delay," from Latin morari "to delay," from mora "pause, delay," from PIE *mere- "to hinder, delay." The word didn't come out of italics until 1914. General sense of "a postponement, deliberate temporary sus
• morass 英文词源 morass (n.) "wet, swampy tract," 1650s, from Dutch moeras "marsh, fen," from Middle Dutch marasch , from Old French marais "marsh," from Frankish, possibly from West Germanic *marisk , from Proto-Germanic *mariskaz "like a lake," from *mari "sea" (see mere (n.)). The word was influenced in Dutch by moer "moor" (see moor (n.)). Figurative use is attested from 1867. Replaced earlier mar
• moralize 英文词源 moralize (v.) c. 1400, "expound or interpret spiritual or moral significance," from Old French moraliser and directly from Late Latin moralizare , from moralis (see moral (adj.)). Related: Moralized ; moralizing . 中文词源 moralize ：进行道德说教 来自moral,道德的，-ize,使。讽刺用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： moralize 词源， mora
• morality 英文词源 morality (n.) late 14c., "moral qualities," from Old French moralité "moral (of a story); moral instruction; morals, moral character" (13c.) and directly from Late Latin moralitatem (nominative moralitas ) "manner, character," from Latin moralis (see moral (adj.)). Meaning "goodness" is attested from 1590s. Where there is no free agency, there can be no morality. Where there is no te
• moralistic 英文词源 moralistic (adj.) 1845; from moralist + -ic . Related: Moralistically . 中文词源 moralistic ：说教的 来自moralist,道学家。引申词义说教的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： moralistic 词源， moralistic 含义。
• moralist 英文词源 moralist (n.) "moral person," 1620s; "teacher of morals," 1630s, from moral (adj.) + -ist . 中文词源 moralist ：卫道士，道学家 来自moral,道德的，-ist,人。讽刺用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： moralist 词源， moralist 含义。
• moral fiber 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random excrement excrement: [16] Latin excrēmentum meant originally ‘that which is sifted out’ (it was a derivative of the verb excernere , a compound formed from the prefix ex - ‘out’ and cernere ‘sift, decide’, from which English gets certain ). Hence it was applied metaphorically to any substance that is excreted from o
• morale 英文词源 morale (n.) 1752, "moral principles or practice," from French morale "morality, good conduct," from fem. of Old French moral "moral" (see moral (adj.)). Meaning "confidence" (especially in a military context) first recorded 1831, from confusion with French moral (French distinguishes le moral "temperament" and la morale "morality"). 中文词源 morale ：士气 来自moral,道义，道
• moral 英文词源 moral moral: [14] Latin mōs ‘custom’ is the starting point of the English family of ‘morality’-words (and its plural mōres was acquired by English as mores in the 20th century). Its derived adjective mōrālis was coined, according to some by Cicero, as a direct translation of Greek ēthikós ‘ethical’, to denote the ‘typical or proper behaviour of human beings in soci
• moraine 英文词源 moraine (n.) "ridge of rock deposited by a glacier," 1789, from French moraine (18c.), from Savoy dialect morena "mound of earth," from Provençal morre "snout, muzzle," from Vulgar Latin *murrum "round object," of unknown origin, perhaps from a pre-Latin Alpine language. Related: Morainal ; morainic . 中文词源 moraine ：冰碛 来自法国普罗旺斯方言morre,鼻子，突起部
• moquette 英文词源 moquette "A thick pile fabric used for carpets and upholstery", 1930s: from French, perhaps from obsolete Italian mocaiardo 'mohair'. 中文词源 moquette ：绒头织布 可能来自古意大利语mocaiardo,安哥拉山羊毛，词源同mohair,moire.-ette,小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： moquette 词源， moquette 含义。
• moppet 英文词源 moppet (n.) endearing term for a baby, a girl, etc., c. 1600, from Middle English moppe "little child, baby doll" (mid-15c.) + -et , diminutive suffix. The Middle English word also meant "simpleton, fool," and may have been cognate with Low German mop "simpleton" [Barnhart]. Or, if "baby doll" is the original sense in Middle English, perhaps from Latin mappa "napkin, tablecloth," henc
• moped 英文词源 moped (n.) 1956, from Swedish (c. 1952), from (trampcykel med) mo(tor och) ped(aler) "pedal cycle with engine and pedals" (the earliest versions had auxiliary pedals). Compare obsolete English mo-bike (1925), from motor bicycle . 中文词源 moped ：摩托自行车 来自motor和pedal的合成词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： moped 词源， moped 含义。
• mope 英文词源 mope (v.) 1560s, "to move and act unconsciously;" 1580s, "to be listless and apathetic," the sound of the word perhaps somehow suggestive of low feelings (compare Low German mopen "to sulk," Dutch moppen "to grumble, to grouse," Danish maabe , dialectal Swedish mopa "to mope"). Related: Moped ; moping ; mopey ; mopish . 中文词源 mope ：自怨自艾 词源不确定，可能来自拟
• mop 英文词源 mop mop: [15] Mop first appeared in the guise mappe , a late 15th-century sailors’ term for an improvised brush used for caulking ships’ seams with tar. The modern form mop , presumably the same word, did not emerge until the mid-17thcentury. It may be a truncation of an earlier mapple ‘mop’ [15], which came from late Latin mappula ‘towel, cloth’, a diminutive form of Lati
• moot court 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random bric-a-brac bric-a-brac: [19] Bric-a-brac first appears in English in William Thackeray’s The adventures of Philip 1862: ‘all the valuables of the house, including, perhaps, JJ’s bricabrac, cabinets, china, and so forth’. It comes from the obsolete French phrase à bric et à brac ‘at random’; the brac element is a f
• moot 英文词源 moot moot: [OE] Etymologically, a ‘moot point’ is one talked about at a ‘meeting’. For ‘meeting’ is the original sense of the noun moot – particularly as applied in early medieval England to a meeting functioning as a court of law. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * mōtam ‘meeting’, source also of English meet . Its modern adjectival usage seems to have
• moose 英文词源 moose moose: [17] The moose’s name is a native American word. It comes from Natick moos , which has been linked by some with Narragansett moosu ‘he strips’, an allusion to the moose’s habit of stripping the bark from trees. moose (n.) 1610s, from an Algonquian language, probably Narragansett moos or Abenaki moz (compare Penobscot muns , Ojibwa mooz , Unami Delaware /mo:s/ ), s
• moorland 英文词源 moorland (n.) Old English morlond ; see moor (n.) + land (n.). 中文词源 moorland ：高沼 moor,沼泽，land,土地。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： moorland 词源， moorland 含义。
• mooring 英文词源 mooring (n.) "place where a vessel can be moored," early 15c., "process of making a ship secure," verbal noun from moor (v.). 中文词源 mooring ：系泊用具 词源不详，可能来自古英语maerels,系泊绳索，系泊用具。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mooring 词源， mooring 含义。
• moorhen 英文词源 grouse (n.) type of game bird, 1530s, grows (plural, used collectively), of unknown origin, possibly from Latin or Welsh. Originally the moorhen of the British Isles; later the name was extended to similar birds in other places. 中文词源 moorhen ：沼泽鸡，黑水鸡 moor,沼泽，hen,母鸡。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： moorhen 词源， moorhen 含义
• moor 英文词源 moor moor: Counting the capitalized form, English has three separate words moor . The oldest, ‘open land’ [OE], comes from a prehistoric Germanic * mōraz or * mōram , whose other modern descendants, such as German moor , mean ‘swamp’, suggest the possibility of some connection with English mere ‘lake’ (see MARINE). Moor ‘tie up a boat’ [15] was probably borrowed from
• Moor 英文词源 moor moor: Counting the capitalized form, English has three separate words moor . The oldest, ‘open land’ [OE], comes from a prehistoric Germanic * mōraz or * mōram , whose other modern descendants, such as German moor , mean ‘swamp’, suggest the possibility of some connection with English mere ‘lake’ (see MARINE). Moor ‘tie up a boat’ [15] was probably borrowed from
• moonwalk 英文词源 moonwalk (n.) "a walking on the moon," 1966, from moon (n.) + walk (n.). 中文词源 moonwalk ：太空舞步 moon,月亮，walk,散步。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： moonwalk 词源， moonwalk 含义。
• moonstruck 英文词源 moonstruck (adj.) 1670s, from moon (n.) + struck (see strike (v.)). Compare Greek selenobletos . For sense, see moon (v.). Perhaps coined by Milton. 中文词源 moonstruck ：因爱成痴的 moon,月亮，struck,击，打。比喻用法，比较lunar,lunatic. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： moonstruck 词源， moonstruck 含义。
• moonstone 英文词源 selenite "A form of gypsum occurring as transparent crystals or thin plates", Mid 17th century: via Latin from Greek selēnitēs lithos 'moonstone', from selēnē 'moon' + lithos 'stone'. 中文词源 moonstone ：月长石 moon,月亮，stone,石头。比喻用法，一种如月亮光泽的半珍贵的石头。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： moonstone 词源，
• moonshine 英文词源 moonshine (n.) c. 1500, "moonlight," from moon (n.) + shine (n.). In figurative use, implying "appearance without substance," from late 15c.; perhaps connected in that sense with notion of "moonshine in water" (see moonraker ). Meaning "illicit liquor" is attested from 1785 (earliest reference is to that smuggled on the coasts of Kent and Sussex); moonlight also occasionally was used
• moonscape 英文词源 moonscape (n.) 1926, from moon (n.) + scape (n.1). 中文词源 moonscape ：月亮表面的荒凉景色 moon,月亮，-scape,景色，缩写自landscape. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： moonscape 词源， moonscape 含义。
• moonrace 英文词源 moonrace (n.) also moon race , "national rivalry to be first to send humans to the moon," 1963, from moon (n.) + race (n.1). 中文词源 moonrace ：航天登月比赛 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： moonrace 词源， moonrace 含义。
• moonlight 英文词源 moonlight (v.) "hold a second job, especially at night," 1957 (implied in moonlighting ), from moonlighter (1954), from the notion of working by the light of the moon; see moonlight (n.). Related: Moonlighting . Earlier the word had been used to mean "commit crimes at night" (1882). moonlight (n.) "light of the moon," mid-14c., from moon (n.) + light (n.). 中文词源 moonlight ：兼职
• moonie 英文词源 Moonie (n.) 1974, a member of the Unification Church, headed by Sun Myung Moon . 中文词源 Moonie ：文鲜明信徒 蔑称，来自韩国统一教创始人Sun Myung Moon,被多方指控为邪教。参照百度百科。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Moonie 词源， Moonie 含义。 moonie ：屁股 俚语，比喻用法，常见于短语do a moonie,当众露
• Moonie 英文词源 Moonie (n.) 1974, a member of the Unification Church, headed by Sun Myung Moon . 中文词源 Moonie ：文鲜明信徒 蔑称，来自韩国统一教创始人Sun Myung Moon,被多方指控为邪教。参照百度百科。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Moonie 词源， Moonie 含义。 moonie ：屁股 俚语，比喻用法，常见于短语do a moonie,当众露
• moonbeam 英文词源 moonbeam (n.) 1580s, from moon (n.) + beam (n.). 中文词源 moonbeam ：月光 moon,月亮，beam,柱子。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： moonbeam 词源， moonbeam 含义。
• moon 英文词源 moon moon: [OE] Indo-European * mēnes - meant both ‘moon’ and ‘month’. It was probably a derivative of the base * me - (source of English measure ), reflecting the fact that in ancient times the passage of time was measured by the revolutions of the moon. Both strands of meaning have been preserved in the Germanic languages, represented by different forms: the ‘moon’ stra
• mooli 英文词源 mooli "A radish of a variety with a large slender white root which is typically eaten cooked, especially in Eastern cuisine, and is also used for stockfeed", 1960s: from Hindi mūlī , from Sanskrit mūla 'root'. 中文词源 mooli ：大根，白萝卜 来自印度语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mooli 词源， mooli 含义。
• moody 英文词源 moody (adj.) Old English modig "brave, proud, high-spirited, impetuous, arrogant," from Proto-Germanic *modago- (cognates: Old Saxon modag , Dutch moedig , German mutig , Old Norse moðugr ); see mood (1) + -y (2). Meaning "subject to gloomy spells" is first recorded 1590s (via a Middle English sense of "angry"). 中文词源 moody ：情绪多变的，反复无常的 来自mood,情绪，
• mood 英文词源 mood mood: English has two words mood . The original one, ‘emotional state’ [OE], goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * mōthaz or * mōtham , whose descendants have denoted a wide range of such states: ‘anger’, for instance (Old Norse móthr ), and ‘courage’ (German mut ). Old English mōd meant ‘mind, thought’, ‘pride’, ‘courage’, and ‘anger’ as well as ‘
• moocher 英文词源 moocher (n.) "beggar, scrounger," 1857, agent noun from mooch (v.). 中文词源 moocher ：骗子，乞丐 来自mooch,乞讨，行骗，吃白食。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： moocher 词源， moocher 含义。
• mooch 英文词源 mooch (v.) mid-15c., "pretend poverty," probably from Old French muchier , mucier "to hide, sulk, conceal, hide away, keep out of sight," of uncertain origin, perhaps from Celtic or Germanic (Liberman prefers the latter, Klein the former). Or the word may be a variant of Middle English mucchen "to hoard, be stingy" (c. 1300), probably originally "to keep coins in one's nightcap," from
• moo 英文词源 moo (v.) "to make the characteristic sound of a cow," 1540s, of imitative origin. Related: Mooed ; mooing . The noun is from 1789. Baby-talk moo-cow (n.) attested from 1812. 中文词源 moo ：牛叫声 拟声词，模仿牛的叫声。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： moo 词源， moo 含义。
• monumentally 英文词源 monumental (adj.) c. 1600, "pertaining to a monument," from Late Latin monumentalis "pertaining to a monument," from monumentum (see monument ). From 1650s in the loose sense of "vast, stupendous." Related: Monumentally . 中文词源 monumentally ：巨大地，极其地，非常地 来自monumental,纪念碑的，不朽的，-ly,副词后缀。该词常用做负面词义，表强调。
• monumental 英文词源 monumental (adj.) c. 1600, "pertaining to a monument," from Late Latin monumentalis "pertaining to a monument," from monumentum (see monument ). From 1650s in the loose sense of "vast, stupendous." Related: Monumentally . 中文词源 monumental ：不朽的，意义深远的 来自monument,纪念碑。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： monumental 词
• monument 英文词源 monument monument: see monster monument (n.) late 13c., "a sepulchre," from Old French monument "grave, tomb, monument," and directly from Latin monumentum "a monument, memorial structure, statue; votive offering; tomb; memorial record," literally "something that reminds," from monere "to remind, warn" (see monitor (n.)). Sense of "structure or edifice to commemorate a notable person,
• monty 英文词源 monty "The full amount expected, desired, or possible", Of unknown origin; the phrase is only recorded recently. Among various (unsubstantiated) theories, one cites the phrase the full Montague Burton , apparently meaning 'a complete three-piece suit' (from the name of a tailor of made-to-measure clothing in the early 20th century); another recounts the possibility of a military usage
• month 英文词源 month month: [OE] In ancient times the passing of time was recorded by noting the revolutions of the moon. Consequently prehistoric Indo-European had a single word, * mēnes -, which denoted both ‘moon’ and ‘month’. The Romance languages retain it only for ‘month’: Latin mēnsis (source of English menstrual ) has given French mois , Italian mese , and Spanish mes . The Ger
• Monterey Jack 英文词源 Monterey Jack "A kind of cheese resembling Cheddar", From the name of Monterey County, California, where it was first made; the origin of Jack is unknown. 中文词源 Monterey Jack ：蒙特里杰克干酪 原产自美国加利福利亚州Monterey市的一种奶酪，后由加利福利亚商人David Jack进行商业化运作而得名。该城市名来自西班牙语人名Monterey,字面
• montane 英文词源 montane "Of or inhabiting mountainous country", Mid 19th century: from Latin montanus , from mons , mont- 'mountain'. 中文词源 montane ：山地的，山的 来自拉丁语mons,山，词源同mountain. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： montane 词源， montane 含义。