英语词源

• molest 英文词源 molest (v.) late 14c., "to cause trouble, grief, or vexation," from Old French molester "to torment, trouble, bother" (12c.) and directly from Latin molestare "to disturb, trouble, annoy," from molestus "troublesome, annoying, unmanageable," perhaps related to moles "mass" (see mole (n.3)) on notion of either "burden" or "barrier." Meaning "sexually assault" first attested 1950. Relat
• moleskin 英文词源 moleskin (n.) 1660s, from mole (2) + skin (n.). 中文词源 moleskin ：厚毛头斜纹棉布 mole,鼹鼠，skin,皮。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： moleskin 词源， moleskin 含义。
• molehill 英文词源 molehill (n.) also mole-hill , mid-15c., from mole (n.2) + hill (n.). To much amplifying thinges yt. be but small, makyng mountaines of Molehils. [John Foxe, "Acts and Monuments," 1570] 中文词源 molehill ：鼹丘 mole,鼹鼠，hill,小山。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： molehill 词源， molehill 含义。
• molecule 英文词源 molecule (n.) 1794, "extremely minute particle," from French molécule (1670s), from Modern Latin molecula , diminutive of Latin moles "mass, barrier" (see mole (3)). A vague meaning at first; the vogue for the word (used until late 18c. only in Latin form) can be traced to the philosophy of Descartes. First used of Modern Latin molecula in modern scientific sense by Amedeo Avogadro (
• mole 英文词源 mole mole: English has four distinct words mole . The oldest is ‘brown spot’ [OE]. It is the descendant of Old English māl , which meant broadly ‘discoloured mark’. This developed in Middle English to ‘spot on the skin’, but the specific sense ‘brown mark’ did not emerge until fairly recently. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * mailam , a derivative of a b
• moldy 英文词源 moldy (adj.) also mouldy , 1570s, earlier mowly (late 14c.), from mold (n.2) + -y (2). Related: Moldiness . 中文词源 moldy ：发霉的，带霉斑的 来自mold,发霉。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： moldy 词源， moldy 含义。
• moldwarp 英文词源 moldwarp (n.) also mouldwarp , early 14c., moldewarp , from Proto-Germanic *moldo-worpo(n)- , literally "earth-thrower," from to Old English molde "earth, soil" (see mole (n.2) + weorpan "to throw" (see warp (v.)). Common Germanic, compare Old Saxon moldwerp , Dutch mulworp , Norwegian moldvarp , Danish muldvarp , Old High German multwurf , German Maulwurf (influenced by Maul "mouth")
• molding 英文词源 molding (n.) also moulding , early 14c., "act of kneading," from mold (n.1). Architectural sense is from mid-15c.; carpentry sense is from 1670s. 中文词源 molding ：线脚（用于檐口、门楣等的凹凸形装饰） 来自mold,模子，铸模。引申词义形成模子的，用于建筑学术语线脚。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： molding 词源，
• molder 英文词源 molder (v.) also moulder , "to crumble away," 1530s, probably frequentative of mold (n.3) "loose earth." Related: Moldered ; moldering . molder (n.) also moulder , mid-15c., "one who molds or forms," agent noun from mold (v.). From late 13c. as a surname. 中文词源 molder ：腐烂，腐朽 来自mold,发霉。引申词义腐烂，腐朽。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• mold 英文词源 mold (n.1) also mould , "hollow shape," c. 1200, originally "fashion, form; nature, native constitution, character," metathesized from Old French modle "model, plan, copy; way, manner" (12c., Modern French moule ), from Latin modulum (nominative modulus ) "measure, model," diminutive of modus "manner" (see mode (1)). From c. 1300 as "pattern or model by which something is shaped or ma
• molasses 英文词源 molasses molasses: [16] The etymological connections of molasses are with ‘honey’ rather than ‘sugar’. It comes via Portuguese melaço from late Latin mellāceum ‘fermenting grape juice, new wine’. This was a derivative of mel ‘honey’, source of English mellifluous [15] and related to mildew . = mellifluous , mildew molasses (n.) 1580s, from Portuguese melaço , from L
• molar 英文词源 molar molar: see mill molar (n.) "grinding tooth," mid-14c., from Latin molaris dens "grinding tooth," from mola "millstone," from PIE root *mel- "to rub, grind" (see mill (n.1)). As an adjective in this sense from 1620s. In Old English they were cweornteð "quern-teeth." molar (adj.) in chemistry, "pertaining to one mole," 1902, from mole (4) + -ar . 中文词源 molar ：磨牙，臼齿
• mola 英文词源 mola (n.1) type of fish, 1670s, from Latin mola , literally "millstone" (see molar ). So called because of the fish's shape and rough skin. mola (n.2) "false conception," c. 1600, from Latin mola "false conception," from earlier sense "salt cake;" literally "millstone" (see molar ). 中文词源 mola ：翻车鱼 来自拉丁语mola,磨石，石磨，词源同molar,mill,mallet.因这种
• mojo 英文词源 mojo (n.) "magic," 1920s, probably of Creole origin, compare Gullah moco "witchcraft," Fula moco'o "medicine man." 中文词源 mojo ：符咒，护身符 来自美国克里奥尔语moco,巫术，护身符，voodoo的别称。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mojo 词源， mojo 含义。
• moisturizer 英文词源 moisturizer (n.) 1915, from moisture ; attested earlier than moisturize . 中文词源 moisturizer ：润肤膏 来自moisturize,使皮肤滋润。引申词义润肤膏。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： moisturizer 词源， moisturizer 含义。
• moisturize 英文词源 moisturize (v.) 1945, from moisture + -ize . Related: Moisturized ; moisturizing . 中文词源 moisturize ：使皮肤滋润 来自moist,微湿的，湿润的。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： moisturize 词源， moisturize 含义。
• moisture 英文词源 moisture (n.) mid-14c., from Old French moistour "moisture, dampness, wetness" (13c., Modern French moiteur ), from moiste (see moist ). 中文词源 moisture ：潮气，水气 来自moist,微湿的，湿润的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： moisture 词源， moisture 含义。 moisture ：潮湿，湿气 词根词缀： moist潮湿的 + -ure名词词尾
• moisten 英文词源 moisten (v.) 1570s, from moist + -en (1). Related: Moistened ; moistening . The earlier verb was simply moist (early 14c.), from Old French moistir . 中文词源 moisten ：使潮湿，使湿润 来自moist,微湿的，湿润的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： moisten 词源， moisten 含义。 moisten ：使湿润，滋润   词根词缀： moist潮湿的
• moist 英文词源 moist moist: [14] Latin mūcidus meant ‘mouldy’ and ‘snivelling’ (it was a derivative of mūcus , source of English mucus ). In Vulgar Latin it became altered to * muscidus , which is thought to have branched out in meaning to ‘wet’, and passed in this sense into Old French as moiste – whence English moist . From the 15th to the 17th centuries the derived adjective moist
• moire 英文词源 moire (n.) "watered silk," 1650s, from French moire (17c.); see mohair . As an adjective, moiré "having the appearance of watered silk," it is attested from 1823. 中文词源 moire ：波纹丝绸 来自法语moire,法语借自英语mohair,安哥拉山羊毛织物。后用于指一种波纹丝绸。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： moire 词源， moire 含义。
• moi 英文词源 moi "Me (used in questions when accused of something that one knows one is guilty of)", French, 'me'. 中文词源 moi ：我 来自me的法语拼写形式。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： moi 词源， moi 含义。
• Mohican 英文词源 Mohican from Mahican (Algonquian) ma:hi:kan "people of the tidal estuary." Spelling with -o- popularized by James Fenimore Cooper's novel. 中文词源 Mohican ：莫希干发型 来自Mohawk拼写变体，即Mohawk人的发型。因足球明星贝克汉姆的使用而在世界掀起莫希干风。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Mohican 词源， Mohican 含义。
• Mohawk 英文词源 Mohawk North American Indian tribe name, Iroquoian, 1630s, Mohowawogs (plural), said to mean "they eat living things" in a southern New England Algonquian tongue, probably a reference to cannibalism. Compare Unami Delaware /muhuwe:yck/ "cannibal monsters." The people's name for themselves is kanye'keha:ka . Meaning "haircut style favored by punk rockers" is c. 1975, from fancied resem
• mohair 英文词源 mohair (n.) 1610s, earlier mocayre , 1560s, "fine hair of the Angora goat," also "a fabric made from this," from Middle French mocayart (16c.), Italian mocaiarro , both from Arabic mukhayyar "cloth of goat hair," literally "selected, choice," from khayyara "he chose." Spelling influenced in English by association with hair . Moire "watered silk" (1650s) probably represents English moh
• mogul 英文词源 mogul (n.1) "powerful person," 1670s, from Great Mogul , Mongol emperor of India after the conquest of 1520s, from Persian and Arabic mughal , mughul , alteration of Mongol (q.v.), the Asiatic people. mogul (n.2) "elevation on a ski slope," 1961, probably [Barnhart] from Scandinavian (compare dialectal Norwegian mugje , fem. muga , "a heap, a mound"), or [OED] from southern German dia
• moggie 英文词源 moggie "A cat, typically one that does not have a pedigree or is otherwise unremarkable", Late 17th century: variant of Maggie , pet form of the given name Margaret .MoreThis informal word for a cat is a variant of Maggie, a pet form of the name Margaret. 中文词源 moggie ：猫 来自人名Maggie变体，来自常见女性人名Margaret的昵称。用于指猫。比较doll. 该词的
• mody 英文词源 mody (adj.) "fashionable," 1701, from mode (n.2) + -y (2). 中文词源 mody ：时尚的，时髦的 来自mode,模式，方式。引申词义最新模式的，时尚的，时髦的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mody 词源， mody 含义。
• modus vivendi 英文词源 modus vivendi (n.) 1879, Latin, literally "way of living or getting along" (see modus ). Modus vivendi is any temporary compromise that enables parties to carry on pending settlement of a dispute that would otherwise paralyse their activities. [Fowler] 中文词源 modus vivendi ：生活方式，妥协，权宜之计 来自拉丁语，modus,模式，方法，词源同mode,vivendi,生存
• modus operandi 英文词源 modus operandi (n.) "way of doing or accomplishing," 1650s, Latin, literally "mode of operating" (see modus ). Abbreviation m.o. is attested from 1955. 中文词源 modus operandi ：工作方法 来自拉丁语，modus,模式，方法，词源同mode,operandi,运作，操作，词源同operate. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： modus operandi 词源， modus oper
• module 英文词源 module module: see model module (n.) 1580s, "allotted measure," from Middle French module (1540s) or directly from Latin modulus "small measure," diminutive of modus "measure, manner" (see mode (n.1)). Meaning "interchangeable part" first recorded 1955; that of "separate section of a spacecraft" is from 1961. 中文词源 module ：模块，单元 来自mode,模式，模型，方式，尺
• modulate 英文词源 modulate (v.) 1610s, in music, back-formation from modulation , or else from Latin modulatus , past participle of modulari . General sense from 1620s. In telecommunications from 1908. Related: Modulated ; modulating . 中文词源 modulate ：调节，调整 来自module,模块，单元，-ate,使。即使模块化，单元化，引申词义调节，调整。 该词的英语词源请访
• modular 英文词源 modular (adj.) 1798, as a term in mathematics, from French modulaire or directly from Modern Latin modularis , from Latin modulus "a small measure" (see module ). Meaning "composed of interchangeable units" first recorded 1936. 中文词源 modular ：模块的，分单元的 来自module,模块，单元。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： modular 词源， modul
• modish 英文词源 modish (adj.) 1650s, from mode (n.2) + -ish . "Very common in 17-18 c.; now somewhat arch [aic]." [OED]. 中文词源 modish ：时髦的 来自modern,现代的，-ish,形容词后缀。引申词义时髦的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： modish 词源， modish 含义。
• modify 英文词源 modify modify: see model modify (v.) late 14c., from Old French modifier (14c.), from Latin modificare "to limit, measure off, restrain," from modus "measure, manner" (see mode (n.1)) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious ). Related: Modified ; modifying . 中文词源 modify ：修改，调整 来自mode,模式，方式，尺度，-fy,使。即符合模式，使达到最新模式，
• modification 英文词源 modification (n.) c. 1500, in philosophy, from Middle French modification (14c.) and directly from Latin modificationem (nominative modificatio ) "a measuring," noun of action from past participle stem of modificare (see modify ). Meaning "alteration to an object to bring it up to date" is from 1774. Biological sense is attested by 1896. 中文词源 modification ：修改，改进 来自
• modicum 英文词源 modicum modicum: see model modicum (n.) "small quantity or portion," late 15c., Scottish, from Latin modicum "a little," noun use of neuter of modicus "moderate, having a proper measure; ordinary, scanty, small, few," from modus "measure, manner" (see mode (n.1)). 中文词源 modicum ：少量，一点点 来自mode,模式，方式，尺度，-ic,形容词后缀，-um,表中性。即按
• modesty 英文词源 modesty (n.) 1530s, "freedom from exaggeration, self-control," from Middle French modestie or directly from Latin modestia "moderation, sense of honor, correctness of conduct," from modestus "moderate, keeping measure, sober, gentle, temperate," from modus "measure, manner" (see mode (n.1)). Meaning "quality of having a moderate opinion of oneself" is from 1550s; that of "womanly prop
• modest 英文词源 modest modest: [16] Etymologically, modest means ‘kept within due measure’. It comes via French from Latin modestus , a derivative of the same source as produced English moderate . This was * modes -, a close relative of Latin modus ‘measure’ (from which English gets mode and model ). = mode , model modest (adj.) 1560s, "having moderate self-regard," from Middle French modeste
• modernize 英文词源 modernize (v.) 1748, from modern + -ize , or from French moderniser . Related: Modernized ; modernizing ; modernizer . 中文词源 modernize ：现代化 来自modern,现代的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： modernize 词源， modernize 含义。 modernize ：使现代化 词根词缀：mod-模式 + -ern形容词词尾 + -ize动词词尾
• modernity 英文词源 modernity (n.) 1620s, from Medieval Latin modernitatem , noun of quality from modernus (see modern ). 中文词源 modernity ：现代性 来自modern,现代的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： modernity 词源， modernity 含义。 modernity ：现代性，新式，现代作风；[pl.]现代事物 词根词缀： -mod-模式 + -ern形容词词尾 + -ity名词词
• modernism 英文词源 modernism (n.) 1737, "deviation from the ancient and classical manner" [Johnson, who calls it "a word invented by Swift"], from modern + -ism . From 1830 as "modern ways and styles." Used in theology since 1901. As a movement in the arts (away from classical or traditional modes), from 1929. 中文词源 modernism ：现代主义 来自modern,现代的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• modern English 英文词源 abbot abbot: [OE] Abbot comes ultimately from abbā , a Syriac word meaning ‘father’ (which itself achieved some currency in English, particularly in reminiscence of its biblical use: ‘And he said, Abba, father, all things are possible unto thee’, Mark 14:36). This came into Greek as abbás , and thence, via the Latin accusative abbatem , into Old English as abbud or abbod . T
• modern 英文词源 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 present time’ – source, via French, of English modern . At
• moderator 英文词源 moderator (n.) late 14c., "ruler, governor," from Latin moderator "manager, ruler, director," literally "he who moderates," from moderatus (see moderate (adj.)). Meaning "one who acts as an umpire" is from 1560s. Fem. form moderatrix attested from 1530s. 中文词源 moderator ：调解人，调停人 来自moderate,适中的，适度的。引申词义调解人，调停人。 该词的英
• moderation 英文词源 moderation (n.) early 15c., from Old French moderacion (14c.) "alteration, modification; mitigation, alleviation," from Latin moderationem (nominative moderatio ) "a controlling, guidance, government, regulation; moderation, temperateness, self-control," noun of action from moderatus (see moderate (adj.)). 中文词源 moderation ：适度，适中 来自moderate,适度的，适中的。
• moderately 英文词源 moderately (adv.) late 14c., from moderate (adj.) + -ly (2). 中文词源 moderately ：一般地，勉强的 来自moderate,适中的。词义贬义化，引申词义一般地，勉强地。比较mean. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： moderately 词源， moderately 含义。 moderately ：适度地，相当地  词根词缀： -mod-模式→控制→适中 + -
• moderate 英文词源 moderate moderate: [14] Latin moderārī or moderāre meant ‘reduce, control’. They were derived from an unrecorded * modes - (source also of modest ), which was related to modus ‘measure’ (source of English mode and model ), and hence denoted etymologically ‘keep within due measure’. Their past participle moderātus was taken over by English as an adjective, and converted
• modem 英文词源 modem (n.) "device to convert digital signals to analog and vice versa," 1958, coined from first elements of modulator + demodulator . 中文词源 modem ：调制解调器 缩写自modulator和demodulator,用于指接通网络的调制解调器。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： modem 词源， modem 含义。 modem ：调制解调器  modulator(调制器)和d
• modelling 英文词源 express express: [14] Something that is expressed is literally ‘pressed out’. The word comes via Old French from Vulgar Latin * expressāre , a compound verb formed from the prefix ex - ‘out’ and pressāre ‘press’. Its meaning developed metaphorically from ‘press out’ to ‘form by pressure’ (presumably applied originally to modelling in clay or some similar substanc
• modeller 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random bombast bombast: [16] Bombast originally meant ‘cotton-wool’, especially as used for stuffing or padding clothes, upholstery, etc; hence, before the end of the 16th century, it had been transferred metaphorically to ‘pompous or turgid language’. The ultimate source of the word was Greek bómbux ‘silk, silkworm’, whic
• model home 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random fauvism fauvism: see fallow 中文词源 model home ：模板房 model,模型，home,家，屋子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： model home 词源， model home 含义。
• model 英文词源 model model: [16] Latin modus meant originally ‘measure’ (it came from the same Indo- European base, * met -, * med -, as produced English measure and metre ). It subsequently spread out semantically to ‘size’, ‘limit’, ‘way, method’, and ‘rhythm, harmony’. From it was derived the diminutive form modulus , source of English modulate [16], module [16], and mould ‘
• mode 英文词源 mode (n.1) "manner," late 14c., "kind of musical scale," from Latin modus "measure, extent, quantity; proper measure, rhythm, song; a way, manner, fashion, style" (in Late Latin also "mood" in grammar and logic), from PIE root *med- "to measure, limit, consider, advise, take appropriate measures" (see medical ). Meaning "manner in which a thing is done" first recorded 1660s. mode (n.2
• modding 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random 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 mucilag
• mod cons 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random solemn solemn: [14] Solemn comes via Old French solemne from Latin sollemnis ‘customary’, hence ‘performed with due ceremony on a particular fixed day’. This was derived from sollus ‘whole’ (source also of English solicit ). = solicit 中文词源 mod cons ：现代化的生活设备 缩写自modern convenience,-s,复数
• modality 英文词源 modality (n.) 1610s, from Old French modalité or directly from Medieval Latin modalitatem (nominative modalitas ) "a being modal," from modalis (see modal ). Related: Modalities . 中文词源 modality ：模式，样式，方式 来自mode,模式。引申词义样式，方法等。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： modality 词源， modality 含义。 modality ：
• modal 英文词源 modal (adj.) 1560s, term in logic, from Middle French modal and directly from Medieval Latin modalis "of or pertaining to a mode," from Latin modus "measure, manner, mode" (see mode (n.1)). Musical sense is from 1590s. 中文词源 modal ：情态动词 来自mode,模式。即模式的，用于语法格指情态动词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： modal 词源
• mod 英文词源 mod (n.1) "tidy, sophisticated teen" (usually contrasted with rocker ), 1960, slang shortening of modern . mod (n.2) short for modification , c. 1920, originally among aviators. 中文词源 mod ：摩登派青年 俚语，缩写自modern. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mod 词源， mod 含义。
• mock-up 英文词源 mockup (n.) also mock-up , "model, simulation" 1919, perhaps World War I, from mock (v.) + up (adv.). The verbal phrase mock up is attested from 1911. simulation (n.) mid-14c., "a false show, false profession," from Old French simulation "pretence" and directly from Latin simulationem (nominative simulatio ) "an imitating, feigning, false show, hypocrisy," noun of action from past par
• mockney 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random board board: [OE] Old English bord had a wide range of meanings, whose two main strands (‘plank’ and ‘border, side of a ship’) reveal that it came from two distinct sources: Germanic * bortham and * borthaz respectively (despite their similarity, they have not been shown to be the same word). Related forms in other Germa
• mockingbird 英文词源 mockingbird (n.) also mocking-bird , 1670s, from mocking (adj.), 1520s, from present participle of mock (v.) + bird (n.1). Earlier form was mock-bird (1640s). 中文词源 mockingbird ：嘲鸫 mocking,模仿，bird,鸟。一种能模仿其它鸟发出声音的鸟。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mockingbird 词源， mockingbird 含义。
• mocking 英文词源 mockingbird (n.) also mocking-bird , 1670s, from mocking (adj.), 1520s, from present participle of mock (v.) + bird (n.1). Earlier form was mock-bird (1640s). 中文词源 mocking ：嘲笑的，嘲讽的 来自mock,嘲笑，嘲弄。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mocking 词源， mocking 含义。
• mockery 英文词源 mockery (n.) early 15c., from Old French moquerie "sneering, mockery, sarcasm" (13c.), from moquer (see mock (v.)). 中文词源 mockery ：嘲笑，愚弄 来自mock,嘲笑，嘲弄。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mockery 词源， mockery 含义。
• mockers 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random eunuch eunuch: [15] Eunuch has no etymological connection with ‘castration’. It is simply the fact that in former times male harem attendants in Oriental courts had their testicles removed, to ensure that they were not distracted from their work, that has led ultimately to the equation of eunuch with ‘castrated man’. Lit
• mock 英文词源 mock (v.) early 15c., "to deceive;" mid-15c. "make fun of," from Old French mocquer "deride, jeer," of unknown origin, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *muccare "to blow the nose" (as a derisive gesture), from Latin mucus ; or possibly from Middle Dutch mocken "to mumble" or Middle Low German mucken "grumble." Or perhaps simply imitative of such speech. Related: Mocked ; mocking ; mockingly
• mocha 英文词源 mocha (n.) 1733, "fine coffee," from Mocha , Red Sea port of Yemen, from which coffee was exported. Meaning "mixture of coffee and chocolate" first recorded 1849. As a shade of dark brown, it is attested from 1895. 中文词源 mocha ：摩卡咖啡 来自也门海港城市Mocha,著名的咖啡生产和出口地。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mocha 词源，
• moccasin 英文词源 moccasin (n.) "North American Indian shoe" (made of deerskin or soft leather), 1610s, from an Algonquian language of Virginia, probably Powhatan makasin "shoe," from Central Atlantic Coast Algonquian *mockasin , similar to Southern New England Algonquian *makkusin , Munsee Delaware mahkusin , Ojibwa makizin . The venomous snake of southern U.S. (1784) is perhaps a different word, but
• mobster 英文词源 mobster (n.) 1916, from mob (n.) in the criminal sense + -ster . 中文词源 mobster ：暴徒 来自mob,暴徒，-ster,人，贬义后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mobster 词源， mobster 含义。 mobster ：(美俚)犯罪集团成员，匪徒，歹徒 词根词缀： -mob-移动→到处迁移的人 + -ster名词词尾
• moblog 英文词源 moblog "A blog that consists of pictures and other content posted from a mobile phone", Early 21st century: blend of mobile and weblog. 中文词源 moblog ：手机博客 来自mobile和weblog的合成词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： moblog 词源， moblog 含义。
• Mobius strip 英文词源 Mobius strip (n.) one-sided object, 1904, see Mobius . 中文词源 Mobius strip ：麦比乌斯带 只有一面的连续曲面，把一条带子的一端扭转180度后将两端连接起来构成。来自其设计者19世纪德国数学家August Ferdinand Mobius,原拼做Moebius unilateral paper strip. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Mobius strip 词源， Mobi
• mobilize 英文词源 mobilize (v.) 1833 in the military sense; 1838 as "render capable of movement, bring into circulation," from French mobiliser , from mobile "movable" (see mobile ). Related: Mobilized ; mobilizing . 中文词源 mobilize ：组织，动员 来自mobile,移动的，-ize,使。即使移动，引申词义组织，动员。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mobilize 词
• mobility 英文词源 mobility (n.) early 15c., "capacity for motion," from Old French mobilité "changeableness, inconsistency, fickleness," from Latin mobilitatem (nominative mobilitas ) "activity, speed," figuratively "changeableness, fickleness, inconstancy," from mobilis (see mobile (adj.)). Socio-economics sense is from 1900 and writers in sociology. 中文词源 mobility ：流动能力 来自mobile
• mobile 英文词源 mobile (adj.) late 15c., from Middle French mobile (14c.), from Latin mobilis "movable, easy to move; loose, not firm," figuratively, "pliable, flexible, susceptible, nimble, quick; changeable, inconstant, fickle," contraction of *movibilis , from movere "to move" (see move (v.)). Sociology sense from 1927. Mobile home first recorded 1940. Mobile city in Alabama, U.S., attested c. 154
• mob cap 英文词源 mob cap "A large soft hat covering all of the hair and typically having a decorative frill, worn indoors by women in the 18th and early 19th centuries", Mid 18th century: mob , variant of obsolete mab 'slut'. The word mob was first used in the sense 'prostitute' (mid to late 17th century), later denoting a negligee. 中文词源 mob cap ：头巾式女帽 mob,荡妇，泼妇，来自古
• mob 英文词源 mob mob: [17] Mob is famous as one of the then new ‘slang’ abbreviations against which Joseph Addison and Jonathan Swift inveighed at the beginning of the 18th century (others included pozz for positively and rep for reputation ). Mob was short for mobile , which itself was a truncated form of mobile vulgus , a Latin phrase meaning ‘fickle crowd’. Latin mōbilis ‘movable’,
• moat 英文词源 moat moat: [14] The word moat originally meant a ‘mound’ or ‘embankment’ (this has since been hived off into the specialized form motte ). The word was borrowed from Old French mote or motte ‘hill, mound’, whose ultimate source was probably a Gaulish mutt or mutta . The use of the word for the mound on which a castle keep was built led in Old French or Anglo-Norman to its
• moan 英文词源 moan (n.) c. 1200, "lamentation, mourning, weeping; complaining, the expressing of complaints; a complaint; lover's complaint; accusation, charge," probably from an unrecorded Old English *man "complaint," related to Old English mænan "complain, moan," also "tell, intend, signify" (see mean (v.1)); but OED discounts this connection. Meaning "long, low inarticulate murmur from some pr
• moa 英文词源 moa (n.) extinct, flightless bird of New Zealand, 1842, native Maori name. 中文词源 moa ：恐鸟 新西兰一种已经灭绝的不能飞的大鸟，来自毛利语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： moa 词源， moa 含义。
• mo 英文词源 mo (1) colloquial shortening of momentum , by 1896. mo (2) representing U.S. black pronunciation of more , by 1902; it was an acceptable variant form of more in the Middle Ages and has roots in Old English; see more . 中文词源 mo ：顷刻，瞬间 缩写自moment. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mo 词源， mo 含义。
• mnemonics 英文词源 mnemonics (n.) "art of developing memory," 1721; see mnemonic ; also see -ics . 中文词源 mnemonics ：记忆术，助记方法 来自mnemonic,记忆的，助记的，-ics,学说。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mnemonics 词源， mnemonics 含义。
• mnemonic 英文词源 mnemonic (adj.) "aiding the memory," 1753, back-formation from mnemonics , or from Greek mnemonikos "of or pertaining to memory," from mnemon (genitive mnemonos ) "remembering, mindful," from memne "memory, a remembrance, record, an epitaph; memory as a mental faculty," from base of mnasthai "remember," from PIE root *men- "to think" (see mind (n.)). The noun meaning "mnemonic device"
• mizzen 英文词源 mizzen (n.) "aftermost fore-and-aft sail of a three-masted ship," early 15c., from Middle French misaine "foresail, foremast," altered (by influence of Italian mezzana "mizzen") from Old French migenne , from Catalan mitjana , from Latin medianus "of the middle" (see median ). The sense in this transmission must have been something other than "middle," or the thing described changed,
• mixture 英文词源 mixture (n.) early 15c., from Old French misture and directly from Latin mixtura "a mixing," from mixtus (see mix (v.)). 中文词源 mixture ：混合体 来自mix,混合，-t,过去分词后缀，-ure,名词后缀。引申词义混合体。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mixture 词源， mixture 含义。 mixture ：混合；混合物，混合济 来源于拉丁
• mixer 英文词源 mixer (n.) 1610s, "worker who mixes," agent noun from mix (v.). As a type of machine, from 1876. Meaning "troublemaker" attested by 1938; sense of "social gathering to mingle and get acquainted" dates from 1916. 中文词源 mixer ：搅拌器 来自mix,搅拌。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mixer 词源， mixer 含义。 mixer ：搅拌器，混合器；调酒
• mixes up 英文词源 garble (v.) early 15c., "to inspect and remove the dirt and dross from (spices)," from Anglo-French garbeler "to sift" (late 14c.) and directly from Medieval Latin and Italian garbellare , from Arabic gharbala "to sift and select spices," related to kirbal "sieve," perhaps from Late Latin cribellum , diminutive of Latin cribrum "sieve" (see crisis ). Apparently the word was widespread
• mixed blessing 英文词源 mixed (adj.) mid-15c., from mix (n.). Mixed blessing from 1933. Mixed marriage is from 1690s (originally in a religious context; racial sense was in use by 1942 in U.S., though mixed breed in reference to mulattoes is found by 1775). Mixed bag "heterogeneous collection" is from 1936. Mixed up is from 1884 as "confused," from 1862 as "involved." Mixed drink in the modern liquor sense i
• mix 英文词源 mix mix: [15] English originally acquired this word in the form mixt or mixed , a past participial adjective, and did not coin the new verb mix from it until the 16th century. Mixt came via Old French from Latin mixtus , the past participle of the verb miscēre ‘mix’. Derivatives of miscēre to have reached English include miscellaneous [17] and promiscuous [17], and its Vulgar La
• mitten 英文词源 mitten mitten: [14] Etymologically, a mitten is ‘half a glove’. The word comes via Old French mitaine from Vulgar Latin * medietāna ‘cut off in the middle’ (originally an adjective, and applied to gloves, but subsequently used independently as a noun meaning ‘cut-off glove’). This in turn came from Latin medietās ‘half’ (source of English moiety [15]), a derivative o
• mitt 英文词源 mitt (n.) 1765, shortened form of mitten (q.v.). Baseball sense is from 1902. Slang sense of "hand" is from 1896. 中文词源 mitt ：棒球手套 缩写自mitten,连指手套。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mitt 词源， mitt 含义。
• mitre 英文词源 mitre (n.) bishop's tall hat, late 14c., from Old French mitre , from Latin mitra "headband, turban," from Greek mitra "headband, turban," earlier a belt or cloth worn under armor about the waist, from PIE root *mei- "to tie" (cognates: Sanskrit Mitrah , Old Persian Mithra- , god names; Russian mir "world, peace," Greek mitos "a warp thread"). In Latin, "a kind of headdress common amo