英语词源

• miscarriage 英文词源 miscarriage (n.) 1580s, "mistake, error;" 1610s, "misbehavior;" see miscarry + -age . Meaning "untimely delivery" is from 1660s. Miscarriage of justice is from 1875. 中文词源 miscarriage ：流产 来自miscarry,流产，-age,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： miscarriage 词源， miscarriage 含义。
• miscalculate 英文词源 miscalculate (v.) 1705; from mis- (1) + calculate . Related: Miscalculated ; miscalculating . 中文词源 miscalculate ：错误的估计，误算 mis-,坏的，错的，不好的，calculate,计算。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： miscalculate 词源， miscalculate 含义。
• misbehave 英文词源 misbehave (v.) "conduct oneself improperly," late 15c.; see mis- (1) + behave . Related: Misbehaved ; misbehaving . 中文词源 misbehave ：行为不端 mis-,坏的，错的，不好的，behave,表现，举止。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： misbehave 词源， misbehave 含义。
• misbegotten 英文词源 misbegotten (adj.) "bastard, illegitimate," 1550s, past participle adjective from obsolete misbeget (c. 1300); see mis- (1) + beget . 中文词源 misbegotten ：设计拙劣的 mis-,坏的，错的，不好的，begot,得到。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： misbegotten 词源， misbegotten 含义。
• misappropriate 英文词源 misappropriate (v.) 1803, from mis- (1) + appropriate (v.). Related: Misappropriated ; misappropriating . 中文词源 misappropriate ：私吞，挪用 mis-,坏的，错的，不好的，此处表强调，appropriate,盗用，侵吞。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： misappropriate 词源， misappropriate 含义。
• misapprehension 英文词源 misapprehension (n.) 1620s; from mis- (1) + apprehension . Related: Misapprehensive . 中文词源 misapprehension ：误解，误会 mis-,坏的，错的，不好的，apprehension,理解。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： misapprehension 词源， misapprehension 含义。
• misapply 英文词源 abuse (v.) early 15c., "to misuse, misapply," from Middle French abuser , from Vulgar Latin *abusare , from Latin abusus "an abusing, using up," past participle of abuti "use up," also "misuse," from ab- "away" (see ab- ) + uti "use" (see use ). Of sexual situations from early 15c., but originally incest, homosexuality, prostitution, etc.; meaning "to misuse sexually, ravish" is from
• misanthrope 英文词源 misanthrope (n.) "one who hates mankind," 1560s, from Greek misanthropos "hating mankind," from misein "to hate" (see miso- ) + anthropos "man" (see anthropo- ). Alternative form misanthropist is attested from 1650s. 中文词源 misanthrope ：厌世者 miso-,厌恶，-anthrop,人类，词源同anthropology,android.引申词义厌世者。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• misandry 英文词源 misandry (n.) 1878, from miso- "hatred" + andros "of man, male human being" (see anthropo- ). Related: Misandrist . 中文词源 misandry ：厌恶男人 miso-,厌恶，-andro,男人，词源同android,androgynous. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： misandry 词源， misandry 含义。
• misaligned 英文词源 misaligned (adj.) 1903, from mis- (1) + past participle of align . 中文词源 misaligned ：未对准的 mis-,坏的，错的，不好的，align,调整，对准。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： misaligned 词源， misaligned 含义。
• misadventure 英文词源 misadventure (n.) late 13c., misaventure , from Old French mesaventure (12c.) "accident, mishap," from mesavenir "to turn out badly;" see mis- (2) + adventure (n.). 中文词源 misadventure ：恶运，不幸遭遇 mis-,坏的，错的，不好的，adventure,j冒险。引申词义恶运，不幸遭遇。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： misadventure 词源， m
• mirthless 英文词源 mirthless (adj.) late 14c., from mirth + -less . Related: Mirthlessly . 中文词源 mirthless ：无欢乐的 来自merry,欢乐的，-less,无，没有。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mirthless 词源， mirthless 含义。
• mirth 英文词源 mirth mirth: see merry mirth (n.) Old English myrgð "joy, pleasure," from Proto-Germanic *murgitha (cognates: Middle Dutch merchte ), noun of quality from *murgjo- (see merry ; also see -th (2)). Mirthquake "entertainment that excites convulsive laughter" first attested 1928, in reference to Harold Lloyd movies. 中文词源 mirth ：欢乐，欢笑 来自merry,欢乐的，-th,名词后
• mirror site 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random daub daub: [14] The ultimate source of daub , Latin dēalbāre , meant literally ‘whiten’. It was derived from the adjective albus ‘white’, ancestor of English albino and album . It developed the specific meaning ‘cover with some white substance, such as whitewash or plaster’, and by the time it reached English, via
• mirror image 英文词源 enantiomorph "Each of two crystalline or other geometrical forms which are mirror images of each other", Late 19th century: from Greek enantios 'opposite' + -morph. enantiomer "Each of a pair of molecules that are mirror images of each other", 1930s: from Greek enantios 'opposite' + -mer. 中文词源 mirror image ：镜像 mirror,镜子，image,影像。比喻用法。 该词的英语词
• mirror 英文词源 mirror mirror: [13] Mirror belongs to a small family of English words which illustrate how a Latin term originally signifying ‘wonder at’ weakened (presumably via ‘stare in wonder at’) to ‘look at’. Etymologically, a mirror is something you ‘look at’ yourself in. The word comes via Old French mirour from Vulgar Latin * mīrātōrium , a derivative of * mirāre ‘look
• mired 英文词源 admire (v.) early 15c. (implied in admired ), from Middle French admirer (Old French amirer , 14c.), or directly from Latin admirari "to wonder at" (see admiration ). Related: Admiring ; admiringly . cold shoulder (n.) 1816, in the figurative sense of "icy reception," first in Sir Walter Scott, probably originally a literal figure, but commonly used with a punning reference to "cold s
• mire 英文词源 mire (n.) c. 1300, from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse myrr "bog, swamp," from Proto-Germanic *miuzja- (source of Old English mos "bog, marsh"), from PIE *meus- "damp" (see moss ). mire (v.) c. 1400, in figurative sense of "to involve in difficulties," from mire (n.). Literal sense is from 1550s. Related: Mired ; miring . 中文词源 mire ：泥沼 来自Proto-Germanic*miuzj
• Miranda 英文词源 Miranda (1) fem. proper name, fem. of Latin mirandus "worthy to be admired," gerundive of mirari "to admire" (see miracle ). Miranda (2) criminal suspects' arrest rights in U.S., 1967, in reference to Fifth Amendment cases ruled on by U.S. Supreme Court June 13, 1966, under heading Ernesto A. Miranda v. the State of Arizona . 中文词源 Miranda ：米兰达原则 即警察必须告诉
• mirage 英文词源 mirage (n.) "optical illusion of water in sandy deserts," 1812, from French mirage (1753), from se mirer "to be reflected," from Latin mirare (see mirror (n.)). Or the French word is from Latin mirus "wonderful" (see miracle ). Similarity to Arabic mi'raj has been noted, but the usual sense of that word is "ladder, stairs; climb, ascent," and the resemblance appears to be coincidental
• miraculous 英文词源 miraculous (adj.) mid-15c., from Middle French miraculeux , from Medieval Latin miraculosus , from Latin miraculum "miracle, marvel, wonder" (see miracle ). Related: Miraculously (early 15c.); miraculousness . 中文词源 miraculous ：奇迹般的 来自miracle,奇迹。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： miraculous 词源， miraculous 含义。 miraculous ：奇迹
• miracle 英文词源 miracle (n.) mid-12c., "a wondrous work of God," from Old French miracle (11c.) "miracle, story of a miracle, miracle play," from Latin miraculum "object of wonder" (in Church Latin, "marvelous event caused by God"), from mirari "to wonder at, marvel, be astonished," figuratively "to regard, esteem," from mirus "wonderful, astonishing, amazing," earlier *smeiros , from PIE *smei- "to
• minx 英文词源 minx (n.) 1540s, mynx "pet dog," later "a young, pert, wanton girl" [Johnson] (1590s), of uncertain origin, perhaps a shortening of minikin "girl, woman," from Middle Dutch minnekijn "darling, beloved," from minne "love" (see minnesinger ) + -kijn , diminutive suffix. Klein's sources suggest the word is from Low German minsk "a man," also "an impudent woman," related to German Mensch
• minutiae 英文词源 minutiae (n.) 1751, plural of Latin minutia "smallness" (see minutia ); hence, in plural, "trifles." 中文词源 minutiae ：微小的细节 来自拉丁语minutia,微小，来自minutus,小的，-ia,抽象名词后缀，-e,复数后缀。引申词义微小的细节。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： minutiae 词源， minutiae 含义。
• Minuteman 英文词源 minuteman (n.) U.S. history, one of a class of militia available for immediate service (i.e. "ready in a matter of minutes"), 1774. As the name of a type of ICBM, from 1961, so called because they could be launched with very little preparation. 中文词源 Minuteman ：美国革命时期的即时应召民兵 专有名词，来自minute,分钟，man,人。即1分钟就能出发的人，
• minute 英文词源 minute minute: [14] Latin minūtus ‘small’ was a derivative of the verb minuere ‘lessen’ (source of English diminish ), which itself was based on the element min - ‘small’. In medieval Latin the term pars minuta prima ‘first small part’ was applied to a ‘sixtieth part of a whole’ – originally of a circle, later of an hour (likewise a second was originally a secun
• minuscule 英文词源 minuscule (n.) 1705, "small (not capital) letter;" as an adjective, "small," from 1727 (in printing; general sense of "extremely small" by 1893), from French minuscule (17c.), from Latin minuscula , in minuscula littera "slightly smaller letter," fem. of minusculus "rather less, rather small," diminutive of minus "less" (see minus ). Related: Minuscular . 中文词源 minuscule ：极小
• minus 英文词源 minus (prep.) late 15c., "with subtraction of," from Latin minus "less," neuter of minor "smaller," from PIE *mi-nu- , suffixed form of root *mei- (2) "small" (cognates: Latin minuere "to diminish, reduce, lessen," Greek meion "less, smaller," Old English minsian "to diminish," Sanskrit miyate "diminishes, declines," Russian men'she "less"). Mathematical use in expressions of calculat
• minuet 英文词源 minuet (n.) "slow dance in triple measure," 1670s, from French menuet , from Old French menuet (adj.) "small, fine, delicate, narrow," from menu "small," from Latin minutus "small, minute" (see minute (adj.)). So called from the short steps taken in the dance. Spelling influenced in English by Italian minuetto . 中文词源 minuet ：小步舞曲 来自拉丁语minutus,小的，词源同
• minty 英文词源 minty (adj.) 1867, from mint (n.1) + -y (2). Related: Mintiness . 中文词源 minty ：薄荷味的 来自mint,薄荷。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： minty 词源， minty 含义。
• mint julep 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random starve starve: [OE] Starve means etymologically ‘be stiff’ – it goes back to a prehistoric Germanic base * star -, * ster - ‘be stiff’, which also produced English starch , stare , etc. The ‘stiffness’ of a corpse led to its use for ‘die’ – a meaning which it retains in the related German sterben and Dutch st
• minted 英文词源 frank frank: [13] To call someone frank is to link them with the Germanic people who conquered Gaul around 500 AD, the Franks, who gave their name to modern France and the French. After the conquest, full political freedom was granted only to ethnic Franks or to those of the subjugated Celts who were specifically brought under their protection. Hence, franc came to be used as an adjec
• mint 英文词源 mint mint: [OE] English has two completely unconnected words mint . The ‘money factory’ comes ultimately from Latin monēta ‘mint, money’ (source also of English money ). It was borrowed into prehistoric West Germanic as * munita , which in due course produced Old English mynet . This denoted ‘coin’ (as its modern German relative münze still does), and it was not until th
• minster 英文词源 minster minster: see monk minster (n.) Old English mynster "the church of a monastery" (8c.), from Late Latin monasterium (see monastery ). Compare Old French moustier , French moûtier , Old Irish manister . 中文词源 minster ：大教堂 来自古英语mynster,修道院大教堂，来自拉丁语monasterium,即monastery. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mins
• Minotaur 英文词源 Minotaur (n.) late 14c., from Greek minotauros , from Minos , king of Crete + tauros "bull" (see Taurus ). A flesh-eating monster, half man half bull, son of Pasiphae (wife of Minos) by a bull. 中文词源 Minotaur ：米诺陶诺斯（人身牛头怪物） 来自希腊语minotauros,来自Minos,古希腊克立特岛国王，tauros,公牛，词源同Taurus,金牛座。传说中，因M
• minority 英文词源 minority (n.) 1530s, "condition of being smaller," from Middle French minorité (15c.), or directly from Medieval Latin minoritatem (nominative minoritas ), from Latin minor (see minor (adj.)). Meaning "state of being under legal age" is from 1540s; that of "smaller number or part" is from 1736. The meaning "group of people separated from the rest of a community by race, religion, lan
• minor 英文词源 minor minor: [13] Latin minor ‘less’ was a comparative form based on the element min - ‘small’ (source of English minute and a whole range of other ‘small’-words). The noun derived from it, minus ‘less’, was taken over by English in the 15th century. = minute minor (n.) early 14c., "a Franciscan," from Latin Fratres Minores "lesser brethren," name chosen by St. Francis
• minnow 英文词源 minnow (n.) small freshwater fish, early 15c., probably related to Old English myne , earlier *mynwe , a name for some kind of fish, from Proto-Germanic *muniwon (cognates: Middle Low German möne , Dutch meun , Old High German muniwa , German Münne ), of unknown origin, perhaps from PIE *men- "small." Perhaps influenced in Middle English by French menu "small." 中文词源 minnow ：
• minke 英文词源 minke (n.) type of small whale ( Balaenoptera acutorostrata ), 1939, supposedly from the Norwegian surname Meincke . The name minke is said to have derived from one of Svend Foyn's crew by the name of Meincke, who mistook a school of these whales for blue whales. Whalers all over the world considered this incident so amusing that they used his name as a household word to describe this
• mink 英文词源 mink (n.) early 15c., "skin or fur of the mink," from a Scandinavian source (compare Swedish menk "a stinking animal in Finland"). Applied in English to the animal itself from 1620s. 中文词源 mink ：水貂 来自北欧某语言。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mink 词源， mink 含义。 mink ：水貂 来自北欧某语言。
• minivan 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random disguise disguise: see geezer 中文词源 minivan ：小货车，小面包车 mini-,小的，迷你，van,货车。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： minivan 词源， minivan 含义。 minivan ：小货车，小面包车 mini-,小的，迷你，van,货车。
• ministry 英文词源 ministry (n.) late 14c., "function of a priest," from Old French menistere "service, ministry; position, post, employment," and directly from Latin ministerium "office, service, attendance, ministry," from minister (see minister (n.)). Began to be used 1916 as name of certain departments in British government. 中文词源 ministry ：政府的部 来自minister,部长，-y,名词后缀
• ministrations 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random decease decease: see predecessor 中文词源 ministrations ：照料，看护 来自拉丁语ministrer,服务，倍侍，侍立，词源同minister.引申词义照料，看护。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ministrations 词源， ministrations 含义。 ministrations ：照料，看护 来自拉丁语
• ministering 英文词源 homeopathy homeopathy: [19] Greek hómoios meant ‘like, similar’. It was derived from homós ‘same’, a word ultimately related to English same which has contributed homogeneous [17], homonym [17], homophone [17], and homosexual [19] to the English language. Combined with - pátheia , a derivative of Greek páthos ‘passion, suffering’, it produced German homöopathie , whic
• ministerial 英文词源 ministerial (adj.) 1560s, of religion; 1650s, of state; in some uses from Middle French ministériel and directly from Medieval Latin ministerialis "pertaining to service, of a minister," from Latin ministerium (see ministry ); in some cases probably directly from minister or ministry . 中文词源 ministerial ：部长的，大臣的 来自minister,部长，大臣。 该词的英语词
• miniskirt 英文词源 miniskirt (n.) also mini-skirt , 1965, from mini- + skirt (n.); reputedly the invention of French fashion designer André Courrèges (b.1923). "The miniskirt enables young ladies to run faster, and because of it, they may have to." [John V. Lindsay, "New York Times," Jan. 13, 1967] Related: Miniskirted . 中文词源 miniskirt ：迷你裙 mini-,小的，迷你，skirt,裙子。 该词的
• miniseries 英文词源 mini-series also miniseries "television series of short duration, on a single theme," 1971, from mini- + series . 中文词源 miniseries ：电视连续剧 mini-,小的，迷你，series,系列，电视剧。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： miniseries 词源， miniseries 含义。 miniseries ：电视连续剧 mini-,小的，迷你，series,系列，电视剧。
• mini-roundabout 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random writhe writhe: see wrist 中文词源 mini-roundabout ：微型环岛 mini-,小的，迷你，roundabout,交通环岛，转盘。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mini-roundabout 词源， mini-roundabout 含义。 mini-roundabout ：微型环岛 mini-,小的，迷你，roundabout,交通环岛，转盘。
• minion 英文词源 minion (n.) c. 1500, "a favorite; a darling; a low dependant; one who pleases rather than benefits" [Johnson], from Middle French mignon "a favorite, darling" (n.), also a term of (probably homosexual) abuse;" as an adjective, "dainty, pleasing, favorite," from Old French mignot "pretty, attractive, dainty, gracious, affectionate," perhaps of Celtic origin (compare Old Irish min "tend
• mining 英文词源 mining (n.) 1520s, verbal noun from mine (v.1). 中文词源 mining ：采矿 来自mine,采矿，开矿。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mining 词源， mining 含义。 mining ：采矿 来自mine,采矿，开矿。
• minimum 英文词源 minimum minimum: see minute minimum (n.) 1660s, "smallest portion into which matter is divisible," from Latin minimum "smallest" (thing), neuter of minimus "smallest, least," superlative of minor "smaller" (see minor ). Meaning "least amount attainable" is from 1670s. minimum (adj.) 1810, from minimum (n.). 中文词源 minimum ：最小值，最低限度 来自拉丁语minimus,最小的
• minimoto 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random phosphorus phosphorus: [17] Etymologically, phosphorus means ‘bringing light’. The word comes via Latin phōsphorus from Greek phōsphóros , a compound adjective formed from phōs ‘light’ and the suffix - phóros ‘carrying’ (a relative of English bear ), which was used as an epithet for the planet Venus as it appear
• minimize 英文词源 minimize (v.) 1802, first recorded in Bentham; see minimum + -ize . 中文词源 minimize ：最小化 来自拉丁语minimus,最小的，-ize,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： minimize 词源， minimize 含义。 minimize ：最小化 来自拉丁语minimus,最小的，-ize,使。 minimize ：使减少到最少，使降低到最低  词根词缀： minim
• minimart 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random gelatine gelatine: see jelly 中文词源 minimart ：杂货铺 mini-,小的，迷你，mart,货铺，market的拼写变体。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： minimart 词源， minimart 含义。 minimart ：杂货铺 mini-,小的，迷你，mart,货铺，market的拼写变体。
• minimalist 英文词源 minimalist (n.) 1907; see minimal + -ist . Originally an Englishing of Menshevik (q.v.); in sense of "practitioner of minimal art" it is first recorded 1967; the term minimal art is from 1965. As an adjective from 1917 in the Russian political sense; 1969 in reference to art. Related: Minimalistic ; Minimalism . 中文词源 minimalist ：极简主义者 来自拉丁语minimus,最小的
• minimal 英文词源 minimal (adj.) "smallest, least," 1660s, from Latin minimus (see minim ) + -al (1). 中文词源 minimal ：最小的 来自拉丁语minimus,最小的，-al,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： minimal 词源， minimal 含义。 minimal ：最小的 来自拉丁语minimus,最小的，-al,形容词后缀。 minimal ：最小的，最低限度的 来源
• minim 英文词源 minim (n.) mid-15c., in music, from Latin minimus "smallest, least; minute, trifling, insignificant;" of time, "least, shortest, very short;" of age, "youngest;" as a noun, "least price, lowest price" (see minimum ). Calligraphy sense is from c. 1600. 中文词源 minim ：二分音符 来自拉丁语minimus,最小的，琐碎的。用于音乐术语二分音符。 该词的英语词源
• minigolf 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random dominion dominion: [15] Dominion , in common with demesne , domain , dominant , dominate , domineer , dominie , domino , and don , and indeed danger and dungeon , comes ultimately from Latin dominus ‘lord, master’. This was a derivative of Latin domus ‘house’ (source of English dome ) and, like the parallel Greek formati
• minidress 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random side side: [OE] The etymological meaning of side appears to be the ‘long’ surface of something (as opposed to the ends or the top or bottom , which are the ‘shorter’ or ‘narrower’ surfaces). The word goes back, together with German seite , Dutch zijde , Swedish sida , and Danish side , to a prehistoric Germanic * sī
• minidisc 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random polio polio: [20] Polio is an abbreviation of poliomyelitis [19], a term coined in modern Latin from Greek poliós ‘grey’ and muelós ‘marrow’ (a derivative of mūs ‘muscle’) – hence ‘inflammation of the ‘grey matter’ of the spinal chord’ 中文词源 minidisc ：微型光碟 mini-,小的，迷你，disc,光碟
• minicomputer 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random tip tip: English has three distinct words tip , two of them possibly related. Tip ‘extremity’ [15] was probably borrowed from Old Norse typpi . This was descended from prehistoric Germanic * tupp - ‘upper extremity’ (source also of English top and toupee ). Tip ‘touch lightly’ [13] (as in ‘tip-and-run cricket’) m
• minicam 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random argosy argosy: [16] On the face of it argosy , an archaic term for ‘large merchant ship’, gives every appearance of being connected with the Argonauts, members of the crew of the ship Argo who sailed with Jason in quest of the Golden Fleece; but in fact the words are completely unrelated. When English first acquired argosy ,
• minicab 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random embargo embargo: [16] Something that has been embargoed has been literally ‘placed behind bars’ (compare EMBARRASS). The word comes from Vulgar Latin * imbarricāre , which was formed from the Latin prefix in - ‘in’ and Vulgar Latin * barra (source of English bar ). This passed into Spanish as embargar ‘impede, restrai
• minibus 英文词源 lemur (n.) nocturnal Madagascar mammal, 1795, coined by Linnaeus, from Latin lemures (plural) "spirits of the dead" in Roman mythology. The oldest usage of "lemur" for a primate that we are aware of is in Linnaeus's catalog of the Museum of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (Tattersall, 1982); .... In this work, he explained his use of the name "lemur" thus: "Lemures dixi hos, quod noctu
• minibeast 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random tenement tenement: see tenant 中文词源 minibeast ：小型无脊椎动物 mini-,小的，迷你，beast,野兽。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： minibeast 词源， minibeast 含义。 minibeast ：小型无脊椎动物 mini-,小的，迷你，beast,野兽。比喻用法。
• minibar 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random outrage outrage: [13] Outrage has no etymological connection with either out or rage . It comes via Old French outrage from Vulgar Latin * ultrāticum ‘excess’, a noun derived from the Latin preposition ultrā ‘beyond’. This of course has given English the prefix ultra -, and it is also the source of French outré ‘ecc
• miniaturize 英文词源 miniaturize (v.) 1946, from miniature (adj.) + -ize . Minify in same sense is from 1670s, on analogy of magnify . Related: Miniaturized ; miniaturizing . 中文词源 miniaturize ：使微型化 来自miniature,缩微模型，-ize,使。引申词义使微型化。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： miniaturize 词源， miniaturize 含义。 miniaturize ：使微型化
• miniaturist 英文词源 miniaturist (n.) "maker of miniatures," 1800, from miniature (n.) + -ist . 中文词源 miniaturist ：细密画画家 来自miniature,细密画。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： miniaturist 词源， miniaturist 含义。 miniaturist ：细密画画家 来自miniature,细密画。 miniaturist ：微型图画绘制者，微图画家 词根词缀： -mini-小 +
• miniature 英文词源 miniature miniature: [16] ‘Smallness’ is a purely secondary semantic development as far as miniature is concerned, inspired by its accidental similarity to the min - element of words like minimum and minute . It in fact comes ultimately from Latin minium ‘red lead’. Red lead was used in ancient and medieval times for making a sort of red ink with which manuscripts were decorat
• mingy 英文词源 mingy "Mean", Early 20th century: perhaps a blend of mean 2 and stingy. 中文词源 mingy ：小气的，吝啬的 可能来自mean和stingy的合成词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mingy 词源， mingy 含义。 mingy ：小气的，吝啬的 可能来自mean和stingy的合成词。
• mingle 英文词源 mingle mingle: see among mingle (v.) mid-15c., "to bring together," frequentative of Middle English myngen "to mix," from Old English mengan (related to second element in among ), from Proto-Germanic *mangjan "to knead together" (cognates: Old Saxon mengian , Old Norse menga , Old Frisian mendza , German mengen ), from PIE *mag- "to knead, fashion, fit" (see macerate ). The formation
• minging 英文词源 minging "Foul-smelling", 1970s: perhaps from Scots dialect ming 'excrement'. 中文词源 minging ：糟糕的，丑陋的 可能来自苏格兰方言ming,粪便，排便。引申词义糟糕的，丑陋的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： minging 词源， minging 含义。 minging ：糟糕的，丑陋的 可能来自苏格兰方言ming,粪便，排便。引申
• minger 英文词源 minger "An unattractive or unpleasant person or thing", 1990s: from minging. 中文词源 minger ：毫无魅力的人 来自minging,糟糕的，丑陋的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： minger 词源， minger 含义。 minger ：毫无魅力的人 来自minging,糟糕的，丑陋的。
• minesweeper 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random goal goal: [16] The earliest examples of what can confidently be identified as the word goal come from the first half of the 16th century, when it was used for both the ‘finishing line of a race’ and the ‘posts through which the ball is sent in football’. Before that we are in the realm of speculation. A 14th-century tex
• minestrone 英文词源 minestrone (n.) Italian vegetable soup, 1871, from Italian minestrone , with augmentative suffix -one + minestra "soup, pottage," literally "that which is served," from minestrare "to serve, to prepare (soup, etc.)," from Latin ministrare (see minister (v.)). 中文词源 minestrone ：意大利浓菜汤 来自意大利语minestrone,来自拉丁语minestrare,服务，上菜，备汤，词
• mineshaft 英文词源 stemple "Each of a number of crossbars in a mineshaft, serving as supports or steps", Mid 17th century: perhaps related to German Stempel . 中文词源 mineshaft ：矿井，竖井 mine,矿山，shaft,竖井。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mineshaft 词源， mineshaft 含义。 mineshaft ：矿井，竖井 mine,矿山，shaft,竖井。
• mineral water 英文词源 Evian in reference to mineral water, 1857, from the town of Évian-les-Bains on the shore of Lake Geneva in eastern France. The place is recorded from 8c. as Laquatico , from Latin aqua "water." mineral (adj.) early 15c., "neither animal nor vegetable," from Old French mineral and directly from Medieval Latin mineralis (see mineral (n.)). Mineral water (early 15c.) originally was wate
• mineralogy 英文词源 mineralogy (n.) 1680s, a hybrid from mineral (n.) + -logy or else from French minéralogie (1640s). Related: Mineralogist ; mineralogical . 中文词源 mineralogy ：矿物学 来自mineral,矿物质，-logy,学说。即矿物学。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mineralogy 词源， mineralogy 含义。 mineralogy ：矿物学 来自mineral,矿物质，-logy,学
• mineralogist 英文词源 nickel nickel: [18] The element nickel was named in 1754 by the Swedish mineralogist Axel von Cronstedt. The word he chose was a truncated form of kupfernickel , a term formerly used by German miners for niccolite, a nickle-bearing ore. This meant literally ‘copperdemon’, an allusion probably to the fact that niccolite looks as though it contains copper, but does not. The - nickel
• mineral 英文词源 mineral mineral: [15] A mineral is etymologically something obtained by ‘mining’. The word comes from medieval Latin minerāle , a derivative of the adjective minerālis . This in turn was derived from minera ‘ore’, a latinization of Old French miniere . And miniere itself came from Vulgar Latin * mināria , a derivative of * mina – source of English mine . = mine mineral (n
• miner 英文词源 miner (n.) late 13c., from Old French minour (13c.), from miner "to mine" (see mine (n.1)). 中文词源 miner ：矿工 来自mine,开矿。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： miner 词源， miner 含义。 miner ：矿工 来自mine,开矿。 miner ：矿工 词根词缀： mine采矿 + -er名称词尾
• minehunter 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random lily lily: [OE] Lily probably originated in a pre-Indo- European language of the Mediterranean seaboard. Latin acquired it (either independently or via Greek leírion ) as līlium , and passed it on to English in the 10th century. It is now common to virtually all western European languages, including German ( lilie ), Dutch ( l
• minefield 英文词源 minefield (n.) 1877, from mine (n.2) + field (n.). Figurative use by 1947. 中文词源 minefield ：雷区 mine,地雷，field,场。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： minefield 词源， minefield 含义。 minefield ：雷区 mine,地雷，field,场。
• mine dump 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random sort sort: [14] Latin sors originally denoted a ‘piece of wood used for drawing lots’ (it is the source of English sorcerer ). It later developed metaphorically into ‘that which is allotted to one by fate’, and hence one’s ‘fortune’ or ‘condition’, and by the time it had turned into * sorta , in the post-Latin
• mine 英文词源 mine mine: English has two quite distinct words mine . The first person possessive pronoun [OE] goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * mīnaz (source also of German mein , Dutch mijn , and Swedish and Danish min ), which was derived from the same Indo-European source as produced English me . Originally it was an adjective, but in the 13th century the - n was dropped before consonants,
• mindshare 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random dine dine: see dinner 中文词源 mindshare ：心理份额 mind,思想，思维，share,份额。比喻用法，即对市场的预期占有率。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mindshare 词源， mindshare 含义。 mindshare ：心理份额 mind,思想，思维，share,份额。比喻用法，即对市场
• mindset 英文词源 mindset (n.) also mind-set , "habits of mind formed by previous experience," 1920, in educators' jargon, from mind (n.) + set (v.). 中文词源 mindset ：思维定式 mind,思想，思维，挂念，set,设定。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mindset 词源， mindset 含义。 mindset ：思维定式 mind,思想，思维，挂念，set,设定。
• mind-reader 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random instrument instrument: [13] Instrument comes from the same source as instruct : the Latin verb instruere ‘build, prepare, equip, teach’. From it was derived the noun instrūmentum , which meant ‘tool, equipment’. When introduced into English via Old French at the end of the 13th century it was used for a ‘musical instr
• mind-numbing 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random convolvulus convolvulus: see volume 中文词源 mind-numbing ：乏味的 mind,思想，思维，numb,麻木的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mind-numbing 词源， mind-numbing 含义。 mind-numbing ：乏味的 mind,思想，思维，numb,麻木的。
• mindless 英文词源 mindless (adj.) c. 1400, "unmindful, heedless, negligent," from mind (n.) + -less . Related: Mindlessly ; mindlessness . Old English had myndleas "foolish, senseless." 中文词源 mindless ：无头脑的，盲目的 mind,思想，思维，-less,无，没有。引申词义无头脑的，盲目的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mindless 词源， mindless 含义