英语词源

• mind game 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random allay allay: [OE] In Old English, alecgan meant literally ‘lay aside’ (- a ‘away, aside, out’, lecgan ‘lay’). The more recent senses ‘relieve, mitigate’ developed from the 13th to the 15th centuries owing to the influence of two formally similar Old French verbs: aleger ‘lighten’ (from Latin alleviāre , sour
• mindful 英文词源 mindful (adj.) mid-14c., from mind (n.) + -ful . Related: Mindfully ; mindfulness . Old English myndful meant "of good memory." Old English also had myndig (adj.) "mindful, recollecting; thoughtful," which if it had lived might have yielded a modern *mindy . 中文词源 mindful ：想着的，记挂着的 mind,思想，思维，挂念，-ful,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访
• minder 英文词源 reminder (n.) "something which reminds," 1650s, agent noun from remind . 中文词源 minder ：照顾者，照料者 mind,思想，思维，挂念，-er,人。引申词义照顾者，照料者。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： minder 词源， minder 含义。 minder ：照顾者，照料者 mind,思想，思维，挂念，-er,人。引申词义照顾者，照料
• mind-boggling 英文词源 mind-boggling (adj.) 1964; see mind (n.) + present participle of boggle . 中文词源 mind-boggling ：惊愕的 mind,思想，思维，boggle,惊愕。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mind-boggling 词源， mind-boggling 含义。 mind-boggling ：惊愕的 mind,思想，思维，boggle,惊愕。
• mind-blowing 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random insect insect: [17] The Greek word for ‘insect’ was éntomon (source of English entomology [18]). It was derived from entémnein ‘cut up’, a compound verb formed from en - ‘in’ and témnein ‘cut’ (a close relative of English tome ), and denoted literally ‘creature divided up into segments’. The term was trans
• mind-bending 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random parturition parturition: see parent 中文词源 mind-bending ：极度兴奋的，致幻的 mind,思想，思维，bending,兴奋的，发疯。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mind-bending 词源， mind-bending 含义。 mind-bending ：极度兴奋的，致幻的 mind,思想，思维，bending,兴奋的，
• mind 英文词源 mind mind: [12] Mind is a member of a large and diverse family of English words (including mandarin , mathematics , memory , and reminisce ) that go back ultimately to the Indo-European base * men - ‘think’. Amongst its other descendants were Latin mēns ‘mind’, source of English mental [15], and prehistoric Germanic * gamunthiz (formed with the collective prefix * ga -). This
• mincing 英文词源 mincing (adj.) "affectedly dainty," 1520s, probably originally in reference to speech, when words were "clipped" to affect elegance; or in reference to walking with short steps; present participle adjective from mince (v.). 中文词源 mincing ：装模作样的 来自mince,绞肉，装模作样。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mincing 词源， mincing 含义。
• mincer 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random ransom ransom: [13] Heavily disguised, ransom is the same word ultimately as redemption . It was borrowed from Old French ransoun , which, much weathered over the centuries, was descended from Latin redemptiō , source of English redemption . The etymological notion underlying the word is thus of money paid to ‘redeem’ or re
• mince pie 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random defy defy: [14] The underlying notion of defy is of the renunciation of allegiance. It comes via Old French defier from a Vulgar Latin * disfidāre ‘renounce one’s faith’, a compound verb formed from the prefix dis -, denoting reversal, and Latin fīdus ‘trusting’. This adjective came from a lengthened variant of the s
• mincemeat 英文词源 mincemeat (n.) 1660s, originally in the figurative sense of what someone plans to make of his enemy, an alteration of earlier minced meat (1570s); from mince (v.) + meat (n.). Mince-pie is attested from c. 1600; as rhyming slang for "eye" it is attested from 1857. 中文词源 mincemeat ：百果馅 mince,绞，绞肉，meat,肉。原用于形容对敌人的仇恨，即恨不得千刀万
• mince 英文词源 mince mince: [14] Etymologically, to mince something is to make it extremely ‘small’. The word comes via Old French mincier from Vulgar Latin * minūtiāre , a derivative of Latin minūtia ‘small thing’. This in turn was based on minūtus ‘small’, source of English minute . = minute mince (v.) late 14c., "to chop in little pieces," from Old French mincier "make into small
• minatory 英文词源 minatory (adj.) "expressing a threat, 1530s, from Middle French minatoire , from Late Latin minatorius , from minat- , stem of minari "to threaten" (see menace (n.)). 中文词源 minatory ：威胁的 来自menace的形容词形式。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： minatory 词源， minatory 含义。
• minaret 英文词源 minaret (n.) 1680s, from French minaret , from Turkish minare "a minaret," from Arabic manarah , manarat "lamp, lighthouse, minaret," related to manar "candlestick," derivative of nar "fire;" compare Hebrew ner "lamp" (see menorah ). 中文词源 minaret ：宣礼塔 来自阿拉伯语manarah,灯塔，宣礼塔，来自ma-,方位格前缀，nar,火，灯，词源同menorah. 该词的英
• Min 英文词源 Min "A dialect of Chinese spoken by over 50 million people, mainly in Fujian province, Hainan, and Taiwan. It has two main forms, northern and southern", Chinese. 中文词源 Min ：闽方言 来自汉语闽。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Min 词源， Min 含义。
• mimosa 英文词源 mimosa (n.) genus of leguminous shrubs, 1731, coined in Modern Latin (1619) from Latin mimus "mime" (see mime (n.)) + -osa , adjectival suffix (fem. of -osus ). So called because some species (including the common Sensitive Plant) fold leaves when touched, seeming to mimic animal behavior. The alcoholic drink (by 1977) is so called from its yellowish color, which resembles that of the
• mimicry 英文词源 mimicry (n.) 1680s, from mimic + -ry . Zoological sense is from 1861. 中文词源 mimicry ：模仿的技巧 来自mime,模仿，-ry,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mimicry 词源， mimicry 含义。
• mimic 英文词源 mimic (n.) 1580s, "a mime," from Latin mimicus , from Greek mimikos "of or pertaining to mimes," from mimos "mime." mimic (v.) 1680s, from mimic (n.). Related: Mimicked ; mimicking . mimic (adj.) 1590s, from Latin mimicus , from Greek mimikos "of or pertaining to mimes," verbal adjective from mimeisthai "to mimic, imitate, portray by means of imitation" (see mimeograph ). 中文词源
• mimetic 英文词源 mimetic (adj.) 1630s, "having an aptitude for mimicry," from Greek mimetikos "imitative, good at imitating," from mimetos , verbal adjective of mimeisthai "to imitate." Originally of persons, attested of animals or plants from 1851. Related: Mimetical (1610s); mimetically . 中文词源 mimetic ：模仿的 来自mime,模仿，-etic,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• mimesis 英文词源 mimesis (n.) 1540s, in rhetoric, from Greek mimesis "imitation, representation, representation by art," from mimeisthai "to imitate" (see mimeograph ). 中文词源 mimesis ：模仿 来自mime,模仿，-esis,状态后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mimesis 词源， mimesis 含义。
• mime 英文词源 mime mime: [17] Greek mimos meant ‘imitator’, and hence ‘actor’. English took it over via Latin mīmus , and lost no time in turning it into a verb. The derived Greek adjective mīmikós has given English mimic [16], and other related forms include mimeograph [19], so called because it copies things, and mimosa [18], named from its tendency to curl up when touched, as if in ‘
• milord 英文词源 milord "Used to address or refer to an English nobleman", Early 17th century: via French from English my lord ; compare with milady. 中文词源 milord ：老爷，大人 幽默用法，即my lord. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： milord 词源， milord 含义。
• milometer 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random leather leather: [OE] The Indo-European ancestor of leather was * letrom . It has descendants in two branches of the Indo-European language family: in Celtic, Welsh lledr , Irish leathar , and Breton ler ; and in Germanic, German leder , Dutch leer , Swedish läder , Danish læder , and English leather . 中文词源 milometer ：
• mill wheel 英文词源 mill (v.2) "to keep moving round and round in a mass," 1874 (implied in milling ), originally of cattle, from mill (n.1) on resemblance to the action of a mill wheel. Related: Milled . 中文词源 mill wheel ：水车轮 mill,磨坊，水磨，wheel,轮子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mill wheel 词源， mill wheel 含义。
• millstream 英文词源 millstream (n.) Old English mylestream ; see mill (n.1) + stream (n.). 中文词源 millstream ：水磨动力水流 mill,磨坊，水磨，stream,水流。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： millstream 词源， millstream 含义。
• millstone 英文词源 millstone (n.) Old English mylenstan, from mill (n.1) + stone (n.). Figurative sense of "a burden" (1720) is from Matt. xviii:6. 中文词源 millstone ：磨坊磨石 mill,磨坊，stone,石头。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： millstone 词源， millstone 含义。
• millpond 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random fight fight: [OE] The deadly earnestness of fighting seems to have had its etymological origins in the rather petty act of pulling someone’s hair. Fight , together with German fechten and Dutch vechten , goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * fekhtan , which appears to come from the same ultimate source as Latin pectere ‘comb’
• millivolt 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random stalactite stalactite: [17] A stalactite is etymologically something that ‘drips’. The word was coined in modern Latin as stalactītēs , based on Greek stalaktós ‘dripping’, a derivative of the verb stalássein ‘drip’. Also derived from stalássein was stalagmós ‘dropping’, which formed the basis of stalagmite
• millisecond 英文词源 millisecond (n.) "one thousandth of a second," 1922, from milli- + second (n.). 中文词源 millisecond ：毫秒 milli-,毫，second,秒。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： millisecond 词源， millisecond 含义。
• millipede 英文词源 millipede (n.) also millepede , c. 1600, from Latin millepeda "wood louse," a type of crawling insect, from mille "thousand" (see million ) + pes (genitive pedis ) "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)). Probably a loan-translation of Greek chiliopous . 中文词源 millipede ：千足虫 milli-,千，-ped,脚，词源同foot.比较centipede. 该词的英语词源请访
• millionairess 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random guise guise: see geezer 中文词源 millionairess ：百万女富翁 来自millionaire,百万富翁，-ess,表阴性。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： millionairess 词源， millionairess 含义。
• millionaire 英文词源 millionaire (n.) 1821, from French millionnaire (1762); see million . The first in America is said to have been John Jacob Astor (1763-1848). 中文词源 millionaire ：百万富翁 来自法语，million,百万，-aire,人，对应英语-ary.引申词义百万富翁。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： millionaire 词源， millionaire 含义。 millionaire ：百
• million 英文词源 million million: see mile million (n.) late 14c., from Old French million (late 13c.), from Italian millione (now milione ), literally "a great thousand," augmentative of mille "thousand," from Latin mille , which is of uncertain origin. Used mainly by mathematicians until 16c. India, with its love of large numbers, had names before 3c. for numbers well beyond a billion. The ancient G
• milling 英文词源 milling (n.) "act or business of grinding in a mill," mid-15c., verbal noun from mill (v.1). 中文词源 milling ：成群乱转的 来自mill,磨，水磨。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： milling 词源， milling 含义。
• millinery 英文词源 millinery (n.) 1670s; see milliner + -y (1). 中文词源 millinery ：女帽业 来自milliner,女帽制造商，-y,集合名词后缀。引申词义女帽业。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： millinery 词源， millinery 含义。
• millimeter 英文词源 millimeter (n.) also millimetre , 1802, from French millimetre ; see milli- + meter (n.2). 中文词源 millimeter ：毫米 milli-,毫，meter,米。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： millimeter 词源， millimeter 含义。 millimeter ：毫米 词根词缀： milli-千分之一 + -meter-测量,仪表
• milliliter 英文词源 milliliter (n.) also millilitre , 1802, from French millilitre ; see milli- + liter . 中文词源 milliliter ：毫升 milli-,毫，liter,升。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： milliliter 词源， milliliter 含义。
• milligram 英文词源 milligram (n.) also milligramme , 1802, from French milligramme ; see milli- + gram . 中文词源 milligram ：毫克 milli-,毫，gram,克。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： milligram 词源， milligram 含义。
• millibar 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random book book: [OE] Book is widespread throughout the Germanic languages. German has buch , for example, Dutch bock , and Swedish bok . There point to a prehistoric Germanic * bōks , which was probably related to * bōkā ‘beech’, the connection being that the early Germanic peoples used beechwood tablets for writing runic insc
• milli- 英文词源 milli- word-forming element meaning "thousandth part of a metric unit," from comb. form of Latin mille "thousand" (see million ). 中文词源 milli- ：千，毫，千分之一 来自拉丁语mille,千，来自PIE*smgheslo,词源同chiliasm,chiliad.由该印欧词同时衍生前缀chili-,千，但由于与法语词chier(粪便)发音过于接近，最后被改写成kilo-,千。该前缀
• millet 英文词源 millet (n.) cereal grain, c. 1400, from Middle French millet , diminutive of mil "millet," from Latin milium "millet" (see mallet ). Cognate with Greek meline , Lithuanian malnus (plural) "millet." 中文词源 millet ：黍类，粟 来自拉丁语milium,黍类，粟，词源同mill,mallet. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： millet 词源， millet 含义。
• miller 英文词源 miller (n.) mid-14c. (attested as a surname by early 14c.), agent noun from mill (v.1). The Old English word was mylnweard , literally "mill-keeper" (preserved in surname Millward , attested from late 13c.). 中文词源 miller ：磨坊工人 来自mill,磨坊。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： miller 词源， miller 含义。
• millennium 英文词源 millennium millennium: see mile millennium (n.) 1630s, from Modern Latin millennium , from Latin mille "thousand" (see million ) + annus "year" (see annual ); formed on analogy of biennium , triennium , etc. For vowel change, see biennial . First in English in sense of "1,000-year period of Christ's anticipated rule on Earth" (Rev. xx:1-5). Sense of "any 1,000-year period" first recor
• millenarian 英文词源 millenarian (n.) 1550s, "one who believes in the coming of the (Christian) millennium," from Latin millenarius (see millennium ) + -ian . As an adjective, "pertaining to the millennium," from 1630s. Related: Millennarianism . 中文词源 millenarian ：千禧年信徒 笃信未来基督再临地球时会出现太平盛世的信徒。来自millennium,千禧年，-arian,人。 该词的英
• mill 英文词源 mill mill: [OE] Mill is one of a large family of English words that go back ultimately to the Indo- European base * mel -, * mol -, * ml -, denoting ‘grind’. It includes meal ‘flour’, mollify , mollusc , mould ‘earth’, and (via the extended form * meld-, *mold -) melt and mild . One particular subset of the family comes from closely related Latin sources: the verb molere ‘
• milky 英文词源 milky (adj.) late 14c., "milk-like in color or consistency," from milk (n.) + -y (2). Related: Milkily ; milkiness . 中文词源 milky ：奶制的 来自milk,奶。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： milky 词源， milky 含义。
• milk tooth 英文词源 milk (n.) Old English meoluc (West Saxon), milc (Anglian), from Proto-Germanic *meluks "milk" (cognates: Old Norse mjolk , Old Frisian melok , Old Saxon miluk , Dutch melk , Old High German miluh , German Milch , Gothic miluks ), from *melk- "to milk," from PIE root *melg- "to wipe, to rub off," also "to stroke; to milk," in reference to the hand motion involved in milking an animal (
• milksop 英文词源 milksop (n.) "effeminate spiritless man," late 14c., attested as a (fictional) surname mid-13c.; also applied in Middle English to the infant Christ. Literal sense "piece of bread soaked in milk" attested late 15c.; see milk (n.) + sop (n.). 中文词源 milksop ：懦弱的男孩 milk,奶，sop,面包片。字面意思即浸在牛奶里面的面包片，比喻用法。 该词的英语词
• milkshake 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random morello morello: see moor 中文词源 milkshake ：奶昔 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： milkshake 词源， milkshake 含义。
• milk run 英文词源 rennet (n.1) "inner membrane of a calf's fourth stomach," c. 1400, probably from an unrecorded Old English *rynet , related to gerennan "cause to run together," because it makes milk run or curdle; from Proto-Germanic *rannijanan, causative of *renwanan "to run" (see run (v.)). Compare German rinnen "to run," gerinnen "to curdle." 中文词源 milk run ：沿途多次停靠的火车或飞
• milk round 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random layer layer: see lair 中文词源 milk round ：大公司巡回招聘 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： milk round 词源， milk round 含义。
• milkmaid 英文词源 milkmaid (n.) 1550s, from milk (n.) + maid . 中文词源 milkmaid ：挤奶女工 milk,奶，maid,少女。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： milkmaid 词源， milkmaid 含义。
• milk float 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random impeach impeach: [14] Impeach has nothing to do with peaches. In fact it is closely related to impede , and indeed originally meant ‘impede’ in English. Both verbs comes ultimately from Latin pēs ‘foot’. Impede [17] goes back to Latin impedīre , a compound verb based on pēs which originally meant literally ‘tie the
• milk 英文词源 milk milk: [OE] Far back into prehistory, milk traces its ancestry to an Indo-European base * melg -, which denoted ‘wiping’ or ‘stroking’. The way of obtaining milk from animals is to pull one’s hand down their teats, and so * melg - came in due course to be used for ‘milk’. It passed into Germanic as * melk -, which formed the basis of the noun * meluks , and this over
• militiaman 英文词源 militiaman (n.) 1780, from militia + man (n.). 中文词源 militiaman ：民兵 militia,民兵组织，man,人。即民兵。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： militiaman 词源， militiaman 含义。
• militia 英文词源 militia (n.) 1580s, "system of military discipline," from Latin militia "military service, warfare," from miles "soldier" (see military ). Sense of "citizen army" (as distinct from professional soldiers) is first recorded 1690s, perhaps from a sense in French cognate milice . In U.S. history, "the whole body of men declared by law amenable to military service, without enlistment, whet
• militate 英文词源 militate (v.) 1620s, "to serve as a soldier" (now rare), from Latin militatum , past participle of militare "serve as a soldier," from miles "soldier" (see military (adj.)). Sense developed via "conflict with," to "be evidence" for or against (1640s). Related: Militated ; militating . 中文词源 militate ：动武，妨碍，阻止 来自拉丁语militare,当兵，战斗，来自mil
• military service 英文词源 ban ban: [OE] Ban is one of a widespread group of words in the European languages. Its ultimate source is the Indo-European base * bha -, which also gave English fame (from a derivative of Latin fārī ‘speak’) and phase (from Greek phāsis ). The Germanic offshoot of the Indo- European base, and source of the English word, was * bannan , which originally probably meant simply ‘
• military police 英文词源 gendarme (n.) "French military police," 1796, from French (they were first organized in France 1790); earlier "mounted trooper" (1540s), from French contraction (14c.) of gens d'armes "men at arms." Gens is plural of gent "nation, people," from Latin gentem (nominative gens ) "race, nation, people" (see genus ). For armes see arm (n.2). Related: Gendarmerie , gendarmeryFrench also had
• military band 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random budget budget: [15] Originally, a budget was a ‘pouch’. English got the word from Old French bougette , which was a diminutive form of bouge ‘leather bag’ (from which we get bulge ). This came from Latin bulga , which may have been of Gaulish origin (medieval Irish bolg ‘bag’ has been compared). The word’s financia
• military 英文词源 military military: [16] Military traces its history back to Latin mīles ‘soldier’, a word possibly of Etruscan origin. Its derived adjective mīlitāris entered English via French militaire . Also based on mīles was the verb mīlitāre ‘serve as a soldier’, which has given English militant [15] and militate [17], a verb whose meaning has changed sharply over the centuries: a
• militarize 英文词源 demilitarize (v.) 1883, in reference to the Austrian military frontier in the Balkans; see de- + military + -ize . Demilitarized zone attested by 1921 (the Versailles Treaty uses neutralized zone ). remilitarize (v.) 1920, originally of Soviet Russia, from re- + militarize . Related: remilitarized ; remilitarizing . 中文词源 militarize ：使军事化，武装化 来自military,军事
• militarism 英文词源 militarism (n.) 1864, from French militarisme , from militaire "military" (see military ). 中文词源 militarism ：军国主义 来自military,军事的，军队的，-ism,主义，思想。引申词义军国主义。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： militarism 词源， militarism 含义。 militarism ：军国主义；黩武主义；尚武精神，战斗精神
• militant 英文词源 militant (adj.) early 15c., "fighting, engaged in warfare," from Middle French militant "fighting," from Latin militantem (nominative militans ), present participle of militare "serve as a soldier" (see militate ), originally especially in Church militant . Related: Militantly . militant (n.) "one engaged in war or strife," c. 1600, from militant (adj.); in a political sense, it is at
• milieu 英文词源 milieu (n.) "surroundings," 1877, from French milieu , "middle, medium, mean," literally "middle place" (12c.), from mi "middle" (from Latin medius ; see medial (adj.)) + lieu "place" (see lieu ). 中文词源 milieu ：社会环境 来自法语milieu,来自mi,中间的，词源同middle,lieu,地方，词源同location,lieutenant.引申词义周围的环境，社会环境。 该词的英
• milepost 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random stringent stringent: see strain 中文词源 milepost ：里程柱，里程碑 mile,英里，post,柱子。即每英里设置的界柱，引申词义里程碑。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： milepost 词源， milepost 含义。
• mileage 英文词源 mileage (n.) 1754, "fixed rate per mile," from mile + -age . Meaning "a total number of miles" is from 1861. 中文词源 mileage ：英里数，里程 来自mile,英里，-age,名词后经。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mileage 词源， mileage 含义。
• mild steel 英文词源 Mitis " Attributive , especially in Mitis casting. Designating pure iron made fluid enough for casting by the addition of a very small quantity of aluminium; (also) designating this method of production or a casting made by this method", Late 19th cent. From classical Latin mītis mild, after the sense of mild in mild steel . 中文词源 mild steel ：软钢 比喻用法。 该词的英
• mild-mannered 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random dabchick dabchick: see deep 中文词源 mild-mannered ：举止温和的 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mild-mannered 词源， mild-mannered 含义。
• mildly 英文词源 mildly (adv.) Old English mildelice "graciously, affably, kindly;" see mild + -ly (2). Phrase to put it mildly is attested from 1929. 中文词源 mildly ：轻微地 来自mile,轻微的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mildly 词源， mildly 含义。
• mildewed 英文词源 mildew (n.) mid-13c., mildeu "honeydew, nectar," from Old English meledeaw "honeydew" (sticky stuff exuded by aphids), from Proto-Germanic compound of *melith "honey" (see Melissa ) + *dawwaz "dew" (see dew ). Similar formation in Old Saxon milidou , Dutch meeldauw , German Meltau "mildew." First element in many cases assimilated to forms of meal (n.2) "ground grain." As a kind of fun
• mildew 英文词源 mildew mildew: [OE] Mildew originally meant ‘honeydew’ (which is a sort of sticky substance exuded by aphids and similar insects on to leaves). It is a compound noun formed in the prehistoric Germanic period from * melith ‘honey’ (a relative of Latin mel ‘honey’, source of English mellifluous and molasses ) and * daw-waz , ancestor of English dew . The metaphorical transfe
• mild 英文词源 mild mild: [OE] Mild goes back ultimately to Indo- European * meld -, * mold -, * mld -, which denoted ‘softness’ and also produced English melt and Latin mollis ‘soft’, source of English mollify and mollusc . From it was derived the Germanic adjective * milthjaz , whose modern descendant has shown remarkable formal stability: German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, and English all sh
• milch cow 英文词源 milk milk: [OE] Far back into prehistory, milk traces its ancestry to an Indo-European base * melg -, which denoted ‘wiping’ or ‘stroking’. The way of obtaining milk from animals is to pull one’s hand down their teats, and so * melg - came in due course to be used for ‘milk’. It passed into Germanic as * melk -, which formed the basis of the noun * meluks , and this over
• Milan 英文词源 Milan city in northern Italy, Roman Mediolanum , from Gaulish medios "middle" + lanu "plain," in reference to its situation in the Po Valley. Related: Milanese . 中文词源 Milan ：米兰 意大利城市，时尚之都。来自拉丁语Mediolanum,来自高卢语medios,中间的，词源同middle,lanu,平原，其原义可能为盘子，词源同balance.字面意思即中部平原。
• milady 英文词源 milady "Used to address or refer to an English noblewoman or great lady", Late 18th century: via French from English my lady ; compare with milord. 中文词源 milady ：夫人，太太 幽默用法，即my lady. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： milady 词源， milady 含义。
• mikado 英文词源 mikado (n.) 1727, former title of the emperor of Japan, from mi "honorable" + kado "gate, portal." Similar to Sublime Porte , old title of the Ottoman emperor/government, and Pharaoh , which literally means "great house." 中文词源 mikado ：日本天皇的旧称 来自日语，mi,伟大的，可敬的，kado,门。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mikado 词源
• migratory 英文词源 migratory (adj.) 1753, from Latin migrat- , past participle stem of migrare "to movefrom one place to another" (see migration ) + -ory . 中文词源 migratory ：迁徙的 来自migrate,迁徙。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： migratory 词源， migratory 含义。 migratory ：移栖的，移居的；游牧的，漂泊的；流动的   词根词缀： -mig
• migration 英文词源 migration (n.) 1610s, of persons, 1640s of animals, from Latin migrationem (nominative migratio ) "a removal, change of abode, migration," noun of action from past participle stem of migrare "to move from one place to another," probably originally *migwros , from PIE *meigw- (source of Greek ameibein "to change"), from root *mei- (1) "to change, go, move" (see mutable ). Related: Migr
• migrate 英文词源 migrate migrate: see mutate migrate (v.) 1690s, from Latin migratus , past participle of migrare "to move from one place to another" (see migration ). Related: Migrated ; migrating . 中文词源 migrate ：迁徙，移居，转移 来自拉丁语migrare,离开，移除，搬家，来自PIE*meigw,来自PIE*mei,改变，变动，词源同move,mutable,motion.引申词义迁徙，移居。
• migrant 英文词源 migrant (adj.) 1670s, from Latin migrantem (nominative migrans ), present participle of migrare "to remove, depart, to move from one place to another" (see migration ). migrant (n.) "person who migrates," 1760, from migrant (adj.). 中文词源 migrant ：移民，候鸟 来自migrate,迁徙，-ant,人，物。引申词义移民，候鸟。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• migraine 英文词源 migraine migraine: [14] The earliest English forms of this word were mygrame and mygrane , but eventually it became institutionalized as megrim . Not until the 18th century did what is now the standard form, migraine , begin to appear on the scene, probably as a reborrowing of the word’s original source, French migraine . This came via late Latin hēmicrānia from Greek hēmikrāníā
• mighty 英文词源 mighty (adj.) Old English mihtig , earlier mæhtig , from miht (see might (n.)). Similar formation in Old Frisian mechtig , Old Saxon mahtig , Dutch machtig , German mächtig . As an adverb, it is attested from c. 1300, though now considered colloquial. 中文词源 mighty ：强有力的 来自mighty,强大的，有力的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： migh
• mightily 英文词源 mightily (adv.) Old English mihtiglice ; see mighty + -ly (2). 中文词源 mightily ：强大地，非常地 来自might,强大力量，威力。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mightily 词源， mightily 含义。
• might 英文词源 might might: [OE] Might goes back ultimately to Indo- European * mag - ‘be able, have power’, the same base as produced the auxiliary verb may . The noun might was formed with the Germanic suffix *- tiz , which also gave German and Dutch macht ‘power’; and the verb might , the past form of may , contains the past inflectional suffix (in modern English -( e)d ). = may might (v.
• miffed 英文词源 miffed (adj.) 1824, past participle adjective from miff (v.). Sir Walter Scott calls it "a women's phrase." 中文词源 miffed ：气恼的 来自miff,激怒。即激怒的，气恼的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： miffed 词源， miffed 含义。
• miff 英文词源 miff (n.) 1620s, "fit of ill humor," perhaps imitative of an exclamation of disgust (compare German muffen "to sulk"). miff (v.) 1797, "to take offense at;" 1811, "to put out of humor," from miff (n.). Related: miffed ; miffing . 中文词源 miff ：使恼怒，激怒 拟声词，不耐烦的声音。引申词义使恼怒，激怒。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• mien 英文词源 mien (n.) "facial expression," 1510s, probably a shortening of Middle English demean "bearing, demeanor" (see demeanor ) and influenced by Middle French mine "appearance, facial expression," which is of unknown origin, possibly Celtic (compare Breton min "beak, muzzle, nose," Irish men "mouth"). 中文词源 mien ：举止，风度 可能缩写自中古英语demean,举止，表现，词
• midwinter 英文词源 midwinter (n.) also mid-winter , Old English midwinter , also midde winter ; see mid + winter (n.). The middle of winter, especially the period around the winter solstice (Dec. 21). As an adjective from mid-12c. 中文词源 midwinter ：仲冬 mid-,中间的，winter,冬天。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： midwinter 词源， midwinter 含义。
• midwifery 英文词源 midwifery (n.) late 15c.; a hybrid from midwife + -ery . 中文词源 midwifery ：助产，接生 来自midwife,助产，接生。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： midwifery 词源， midwifery 含义。