英语词源

• midwife 英文词源 midwife midwife: [14] A midwife is etymologically a ‘with-woman’. The mid - element represents the long extinct preposition mid ‘with’ (its Germanic relatives are still alive and well: German mit , Dutch met , and Swedish and Danish med ). Wife preserves the original meaning of Old English wīf , ‘woman’. The idea underlying the word is that a midwife is ‘with’ a woman
• midtown 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random abet abet: see bait 中文词源 midtown ：市中心区 mid-,中间的，town,城镇。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： midtown 词源， midtown 含义。
• midterm 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random bible bible: [13] Greek ta biblía meant literally ‘the books’. This was borrowed into ecclesiastical Latin as biblia , where the plural form came to be misanalysed as a feminine singular; hence Old French, and through it English, received bible as a singular noun. Greek biblía itself was the plural of biblíon ‘book’ (
• Midsummer 英文词源 midsummer (n.) Old English midsumor , from mid + sumor "summer" (see summer (n.1)). Midsummer Day , as an English quarter-day, was June 24. Astronomically June 21, but traditionally reckoned in Europe on the night of June 23-24. 中文词源 midsummer ：仲夏，中夏 mid-,中间的，summer,夏天。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： midsummer 词源， midsumm
• midsummer 英文词源 midsummer (n.) Old English midsumor , from mid + sumor "summer" (see summer (n.1)). Midsummer Day , as an English quarter-day, was June 24. Astronomically June 21, but traditionally reckoned in Europe on the night of June 23-24. 中文词源 midsummer ：仲夏，中夏 mid-,中间的，summer,夏天。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： midsummer 词源， midsumm
• midstream 英文词源 midstream (n.) also mid-stream , Old English midstream ; see mid + stream (n.). 中文词源 midstream ：中流 mid-,中间的，stream,水流。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： midstream 词源， midstream 含义。
• midst 英文词源 midst (n.) c. 1400, from Middle English middes (mid-14c.), from mid + adverbial genitive -s . The parasitic -t is perhaps on model of superlatives (compare against ). 中文词源 midst ：中间的 来自mid,中间的，-s,所有格后缀，-t,寄生字母。比较against. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： midst 词源， midst 含义。 midst ：中部，中间，
• midshipman 英文词源 midshipman (n.) c. 1600, originally so called because he was stationed amidships when on duty (see amid ). 中文词源 midshipman ：海军军校学员 比喻用法，因军校学员站在船中间执勤而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： midshipman 词源， midshipman 含义。
• midriff 英文词源 midriff (n.) Old English midhrif , from mid "mid" (see mid ) + hrif "belly," from Proto-Germanic *hrefiz- (cognates: Old High German href , Old Frisian hrif "belly"), from PIE *kwrep- "body, form, appearance" (see corporeal ). More or less obsolete after 18c. except in phrase to tickle (one's) midriff "to cause laughter," the word revived 1941 in fashion usage for "portion of a woman'
• midlife crisis 英文词源 midlife (n.) also mid-life , 1837, from mid + life . Midlife crisis attested from 1965. 中文词源 midlife crisis ：中年危机 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： midlife crisis 词源， midlife crisis 含义。
• midlife 英文词源 midlife (n.) also mid-life , 1837, from mid + life . Midlife crisis attested from 1965. 中文词源 midlife ：中年 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： midlife 词源， midlife 含义。
• midi system 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random leak leak: [15] The ultimate source of leak is probably a prehistoric Germanic * lek -, which denoted ‘deficiency’ (a variant * lak - gave English lack ). It is not clear how this reached English; it could have been via Old Norse leka , or through Middle Dutch lēken . = lack 中文词源 midi system ：迷笛音响系统 缩写
• midget 英文词源 midget midget: see mosquito midget (n.) as a type of tiny biting insect, 1839, American English, from midge , perhaps with diminutive suffix -et . Dr. Webster is in error in saying the word "midge" is "not in use" at the present day. In the neighboring Green mountain districts, one or more most annoying species of Simulium that there abound, are daily designated in common conversation
• midge 英文词源 midge midge: see mosquito midge (n.) Old English mygg , mycg "gnat," from Proto-Germanic *mugjon (cognates: Swedish mygga , Old Saxon muggia , Middle Dutch mugghe , Dutch mug , Old High German mucka , German Mücke "midge, gnat"). No certain cognates beyond Germanic, unless doubtful Armenian mun "gnat" and Albanian mize "gnat" are counted. But Watkins, Klein and others suggest an imit
• middling 英文词源 middling (adj.) 1540s, from Scottish mydlyn (mid-15c.), from middle + suffix -ing . Used to designate the second of three grades of goods. As an adverb by 1719. 中文词源 middling ：中间的 来自middle,中间的，-ing,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： middling 词源， middling 含义。
• middleweight 英文词源 middleweight (n.) also middle weight , 1842, from middle + weight . 中文词源 middleweight ：中量级拳击手 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： middleweight 词源， middleweight 含义。
• middleware 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random scrutinize scrutinize: [17] The etymological notion underlying scrutinize is of ragpickers searching through piles of garbage looking for anything of use or value. For its ultimate source is Latin scrūta ‘rubbish’. From this was formed the verb scrūtārī ‘rummage through rubbish’, hence broadly ‘search, examine’.
• middle-of-the-road 英文词源 middle (adj.) Old English middel , from West Germanic *middila (cognates: Old Frisian middel , Old Saxon middil , Middle Low German, Dutch middel , Old High German mittil , German mittel ), from Proto-Germanic *medjaz (see mid ). Middle name attested from 1815; as "one's outstanding characteristic," colloquial, from 1911, American English. According to Mr. H.A. Hamilton, in his "Quart
• middle management 英文词源 middle (adj.) Old English middel , from West Germanic *middila (cognates: Old Frisian middel , Old Saxon middil , Middle Low German, Dutch middel , Old High German mittil , German mittel ), from Proto-Germanic *medjaz (see mid ). Middle name attested from 1815; as "one's outstanding characteristic," colloquial, from 1911, American English. According to Mr. H.A. Hamilton, in his "Quart
• middleman 英文词源 middleman (n.) in the trading sense, 1795, from middle + man . From mid-15c. as the name of some type of workman in wire-making. From 1741 as "one who takes a middle course." 中文词源 middleman ：中间人，经销商 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： middleman 词源， middleman 含义。
• middle ground 英文词源 medium (n.) 1580s, "a middle ground, quality, or degree," from Latin medium "the middle, midst, center; interval," noun use of neuter of adjective medius (see medial (adj.)). Meaning "intermediate agency, channel of communication" is from c. 1600. That of "person who conveys spiritual messages" first recorded 1853, from notion of "substance through which something is conveyed." Artist
• Middle English 英文词源 across across: [13] English originally borrowed across , or the idea for it, from Old French. French had the phrase à croix or en croix , literally ‘at or in cross’, that is, ‘in the form of a cross’ or ‘transversely’. This was borrowed into Middle English as a creoix or o(n) croice , and it was not until the 15th century that versions based on the native English form of
• middle class 英文词源 middle class (n.) 1766; as an adjective, "characteristic of the middle class" (depreciative) it dates from 1893. 中文词源 middle class ：中产阶级 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： middle class 词源， middle class 含义。
• middlebrow 英文词源 middlebrow 1911 (adj.), 1912 (n.), from middle + brow (compare highbrow , lowbrow ). [T]here is an alarmingly wide chasm, I might almost say a vacuum, between the high-brow, who considers reading either as a trade or as a form of intellectual wrestling, and the low-brow, who is merely seeking for gross thrills. It is to be hoped that culture will soon be democratized through some less
• middle-age spread 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random aurochs aurochs: see ox 中文词源 middle-age spread ：中年发福 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： middle-age spread 词源， middle-age spread 含义。
• middle 英文词源 middle middle: [OE] Middle traces its ancestry back to Indo-European * medhjo -, which also produced Latin medius ‘middle’ (source of English mediate , medium , etc) and Greek mésos ‘middle’ (source of the English prefix meso -). Its prehistoric Germanic descendant was * mithja -, which has given English the adjective mid [OE] and the derived noun midst [14]. From * mithja wa
• midden 英文词源 midden midden: see muck midden (n.) mid-14c., "dung hill," of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish mødding , from møg "muck" (see muck (n.)) + dynge "heap of dung" (see dung ). Modern archaeological sense of "kitchen midden" is from Danish excavations. 中文词源 midden ：粪堆，垃圾堆，贝丘 来自中古英语myddyng,来自古丹麦语mykdyngja,来自myk-,粪，词源同mu
• midday 英文词源 midday (n.) Old English middæg "midday, noon," contracted from midne dæg ; see mid + day . Similar formation in Old High German mittitag , German mittag , Old Norse miðdagr . 中文词源 midday ：中午 mid-,在中间，day,白天。即中午。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： midday 词源， midday 含义。 midday ：日中，正午 词根词缀： mid(i→
• midbrain 英文词源 mesencephalon "Another term for midbrain", Mid 19th century: from Greek mesos 'middle' + encephalon. 中文词源 midbrain ：中脑 mid-,在中间，brain,大脑。引申词义中脑。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： midbrain 词源， midbrain 含义。
• mid-Atlantic 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random gaudy gaudy: [16] Middle English had a colour term gaudy-green ‘yellowish-green’, which originally denoted ‘green produced by dye obtained from the plant dyer’s rocket, Reseda luteola ’, a plant formerly known as weld [14]. The word weld came from a Germanic source which, borrowed into Old French, produced gaude – wh
• Midas touch 英文词源 Midas touch "The ability to turn one's actions to financial advantage; the fact of having one's actions always bring financial reward, whether intentionally or not", Mid 17th cent.. 中文词源 Midas Touch （点金术）：点石成金的国王迈达斯 在希腊神话传说中，有一位名叫 Midas（迈达斯）的佛里吉亚（Phrygia）国王。有一次，酒神的老师喝高
• mid-air 英文词源 mid-air (n.) also midair , 1660s, from mid + air (n.1). Lit. "the part of the air between the clouds and the air near the ground." 中文词源 mid-air ：中空 mid-,在中间，air,空气，天空。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mid-air 词源， mid-air 含义。
• mid- 英文词源 mid- "Denoting the middle of", Old English midd , of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin medius and Greek mesos . 中文词源 mid- ：在中间 来自古英语介词mid,在中间，相伴，陪伴，词源同middle. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mid- 词源， mid- 含义。
• micturition 英文词源 micturition (n.) 1725, "the need very badly to urinate," from Latin micturitum , from past participle of micturire "to desire to urinate," desiderative of mingere "to urinate," from PIE *meigh- "to urinate" (cognates: Sanskrit mehati "urinates;" Avestan maezaiti "urinates;" Greek omeikhein "to urinate;" Armenian mizem "urinate;" Lithuanian minžu "urinate;" Old English migan "to urina
• micturate 英文词源 micturate micturate: see ant micturate (v.) "urinate," by 1842, from micturition ; malformed and with an erroneous sense; condemned from its birth. 中文词源 micturate ：排尿，小便 回构自micturition. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： micturate 词源， micturate 含义。
• microwave 英文词源 microwave (n.) type of electromagnetic wave, 1931, coined in English from micro- + wave (n.). First record of microwave oven is from 1961; microwave as short for this is attested from 1974; as a verb, from 1976. 中文词源 microwave ：微波 micro-,微小的，wave,波，水波。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： microwave 词源， microwave 含义。 microwa
• microsurgery 英文词源 microsurgery (n.) 1927, from micro- + surgery . 中文词源 microsurgery ：微型手术 micro-,微小的，surgery,手术。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： microsurgery 词源， microsurgery 含义。
• microsecond 英文词源 microsecond (n.) 1906, from micro- + second (n.). 中文词源 microsecond ：微秒 micro-,微小的，second,秒。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： microsecond 词源， microsecond 含义。
• microscope 英文词源 microscope (n.) 1650s, from Modern Latin microscopium , literally "an instrument for viewing what is small," from Greek micro- (see micro- ) + -skopion , from skopein "to look, see" (see -scope ). 中文词源 microscope ：显微镜 micro-,微小的，-scope,看，词源同telescope.比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： microscope 词源， microscope
• microprocessor 英文词源 microprocessor (n.) 1970, from micro- + processor . 中文词源 microprocessor ：微处理器 micro-,微小的，processor,处理器。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： microprocessor 词源， microprocessor 含义。 microprocessor ：微处理器   词根词缀： -micro-微,小 + pro-前 + -cess-行走 + -or名词词尾
• microportal 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random deputy deputy: [16] A deputy is literally ‘someone who has been deputed to act on someone else’s behalf’. It represents a reformulation of the Middle English noun depute . This was borrowed from the past participle of Old French deputer (source of the English verb depute [15] and hence of deputation [16]), which in turn ca
• microphone 英文词源 microphone (n.) 1680s, "ear trumpet for the hard-of-hearing," coined from Greek mikros "small" (see mica ) + phone "sound," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (see fame (n.)). Modern meaning dates from 1929, from use in radio broadcasting and movie recording. Earlier, "amplifying telephone transmitter" (1878). Of the two spellings of the short form of the word, mike (1927)
• micro-organism 英文词源 micro-organism (n.) also microorganism , 1855, from micro- + organism . 中文词源 micro-organism ：微生物 micro-,微小的，organism,有机体，生物体。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： micro-organism 词源， micro-organism 含义。
• micron 英文词源 micron (n.) "one millionth of a meter," 1892, coined 1880 in French from Greek mikron, neuter of mikros "small" (see mica ). 中文词源 micron ：微米 来自希腊语mikros的中性格，用于科技术语微米。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： micron 词源， micron 含义。
• micrometer 英文词源 micrometer (n.) 1660s, from micro- + -meter . Originally a telescope attachment; from 1884 as a craftsman's fine measuring tool. Related: Micrometry ; micrometric . 中文词源 micrometer ：微米 micro-,微小的，meter,米。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： micrometer 词源， micrometer 含义。 micrometer ：测微计，千分尺 词根词缀： -micro-微
• micromanage 英文词源 micromanage (v.) by 1982, from micro- + manage (v.). Related: Micromanagement ; micromanaged ; micromanaging . 中文词源 micromanage ：微观管理，事无巨细的管理 micro-,微小的，manage,管理。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： micromanage 词源， micromanage 含义。
• microlight 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random intend intend: [14] The Latin verb intendere (a compound formed from the prefix in - ‘towards’ and tendere ‘stretch’) had a variety of metaphorical meanings, some of which have come through into English. Principal among them was ‘form a plan or purpose’, an extension of an earlier ‘direct or ‘stretch’ one’s t
• microgram 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random erupt erupt: [17] Etymologically, erupt means simply ‘break out’. It comes from the past participle of Latin ērumpere , a compound verb formed from the prefix ex - ‘out, from’ and rumpere ‘break’ (source of English rout , route , routine , and rupture , and related to bereave , rob , and robe ). English actually acq
• microfinance 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random fold fold: [OE] The verb fold comes ultimately from the Indo-European base * pel -, which also produced Latin plicāre ‘fold’ (source of or related to English accomplice , complicated , explicit , perplex , plait , pleat , pliant , pliers , plight , ply , reply , and supple ) and the final element - ple or - ble in such word
• microfilm 英文词源 microfilm (n.) 1927, coined from micro- + film (n.). The verb is first recorded 1940, from the noun. Related: Microfilmed ; microfilming . 中文词源 microfilm ：缩微胶卷 micro-,微小的，film,膜，胶卷，电影。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： microfilm 词源， microfilm 含义。
• microfiche 英文词源 microfiche (n.) 1950, from French microfiche , from micro- + French fiche "slip of paper" (see fiche ). 中文词源 microfiche ：缩微胶片 micro-,微小的，fiche,胶片，纸片，卡片，词源同fix. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： microfiche 词源， microfiche 含义。
• microfiber 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random testament testament: [13] Testament is one of a range of English words that go back to Latin testis ‘witness’. This was derived from a prehistoric Indo-European base * tris - ‘three’, and so denoted etymologically a ‘third person’, who was not party to an agreement and thus could be a disinterested witness to it. Oth
• microelectronics 英文词源 microelectronics (n.) 1960, from micro- + electronics . 中文词源 microelectronics ：微电子学 micro-,微小的，electronics,电子学。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： microelectronics 词源， microelectronics 含义。
• microdot 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random revere revere: [17] Revere goes back ultimately to Latin verērī ‘hold in awe or fear’, a possible distant relative of English aware and beware . Addition of the intensive prefix re - produced reverērī , which English probably acquired via French révérer . The derivative reverend [15], which comes from the Latin gerundi
• microcosm 英文词源 microcosm (n.) c. 1200, mycrocossmos (modern form from early 15c.), "human nature, man viewed as the epitome of creation," literally "miniature world," from Middle French microcosme and in earliest use directly from Medieval Latin microcosmus , from Greek mikros "small" (see mica ) + kosmos "world" (see cosmos ). General sense of "a community constituting a world unto itself" is attes
• microcomputer 英文词源 microcomputer (n.) 1971, from micro- + computer . 中文词源 microcomputer ：微型计算机 micro-,微小的，computer,计算机。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： microcomputer 词源， microcomputer 含义。
• microclimate 英文词源 microclimate (n.) 1918, from micro- + climate . Related: Microclimatology . 中文词源 microclimate ：微气候，有别于周围地区的小气候 micro-,微小的，climate,气候。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： microclimate 词源， microclimate 含义。
• microchip 英文词源 microchip (n.) "integrated circuit," 1975, from micro- + chip (n.1). 中文词源 microchip ：微芯片 micro-,微小的，chip,芯片。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： microchip 词源， microchip 含义。
• microblog 英文词源 microblog "A social media site to which a user makes short, frequent posts", Early 21st century: from micro- + blog. 中文词源 microblog ：微博 micro-,微小的，blog,博客。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： microblog 词源， microblog 含义。
• microbiology 英文词源 microbiology (n.) 1880, coined in English from micro- + biology . Related: Microbiological . 中文词源 microbiology ：微生物学 来自microbe,微生物，-logy,学说。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： microbiology 词源， microbiology 含义。
• microbe 英文词源 microbe (n.) popular name for a bacterium, 1878, from French microbe , "badly coined ... by Sédillot" [Weekley] in 1878 from Greek mikros "small" (see mica ) + bios "life" (see bio- ). It is an incorrect use of bios ; in Greek the word would mean literally "short-lived." 中文词源 microbe ：微生物 micro-,微小的，-be,生命，词源同biology,zoo.引申词义微生物。 该词
• mickle 英文词源 mickle (adj.) dialectal survival of Old English micel , mycel "great, intense, big, long, much, many," from Proto-Germanic *mekilaz (cognates: Old Saxon mikil , Old Norse mikill , Old High German mihhil , Gothic mikils ), from PIE root *meg- "great, large" (cognates: Armenian mets "great;" Sanskrit mahat- "great, mazah- "greatness;" Avestan mazant- "great;" Hittite mekkish "great, lar
• Mickey Mouse 英文词源 Mickey Mouse cartoon mouse character created 1928 by U.S. animator Walt Disney (1901-1966). As an adjective meaning "small and worthless" it dates from 1936, originally used especially of mediocre dance-band music, a put-down based on the type of tunes played as background in cartoon films. 中文词源 Mickey Mouse ：米老鼠，质量不高的 卡通漫画角色，由美国动画片绘
• Mickey Finn 英文词源 Mickey Finn "strong drink, drink laced with chloral hydrate," by 1928 (perhaps 1890s), of unknown origin. Presumably named after someone, but the various stories about the name cannot be substantiated. 中文词源 Mickey Finn ：蒙汗药饮料 词源不详。通常认为是来自19世纪臭名昭著的芝加哥酒馆老板Michey Finn. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• mickey 英文词源 mickey (n.) short for Mickey Finn , 1938. 中文词源 mickey ：取笑，戏弄 常见于短语take the mickey out of sb,取笑，戏弄。词源不详，可能来自某人名Michey. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mickey 词源， mickey 含义。
• Mick 英文词源 mick (n.) derogatory slang for "Irishman," 1856, from nickname of common Irish name Michael (q.v.). 中文词源 Mick ：爱尔兰佬 缩写自常见爱尔兰人名Micheal. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Mick 词源， Mick 含义。
• Michelin man 英文词源 Michelin man "A fat person", 1990s: from the name of a cartoon character with a body and limbs made up of pneumatic tyres. 中文词源 Michelin man ：身宽体圆的人 来自米其林轮胎公司标志的肥胖卡通人物，全身用轮胎形象勾画。引申词义身宽体圆的人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Michelin man 词源， Michelin man 含义
• Michelin 英文词源 Michelin type of tires, 1902, from French motor vehicle manufacturers André (1853-1931) and Édouard (1859-1940) Michelin , who first made the tires. 中文词源 Michelin ：米其林轮胎公司 来自著名轮胎公司，来自其创始人法国工业家Michelin兄弟。其字面意思为小天使长。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Michelin 词源， Mich
• Michaelmas daisy 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random formic acid formic acid: see ant 中文词源 Michaelmas daisy ：荷兰紫菀 比喻用法，因于每年米迦勒节左右开花而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Michaelmas daisy 词源， Michaelmas daisy 含义。
• Michaelmas 英文词源 Michaelmas early 12c., Sanct Micheles mæsse , the feast of St. Michael (Sept. 29, an English quarter-day), from Michael + mass (n.2). Goose is the day's traditional fare since at least 15c. 中文词源 Michaelmas ：米迦勒节（基督教节日，每年9月29日） 来自Michael,天使长米迦勒，-mas,弥撒，词源同Christmas.基督教重要节日，于每年9月29日举行。
• Michael 英文词源 Michael masc. proper name, name of an archangel, from Late Latin Michael (source of French Michel , Spanish Miguel ), from Greek Mikhael , from Hebrew Mikha-el , literally "Who is like God?" 中文词源 Michael ：迈克尔，天使长米迦勒 常见人名，圣经中的天使长。来自希伯来语Mikha-el,像上帝一样的人，来自mi,谁是，ka,像，el,神，词源同Allah.
• mica 英文词源 mica mica: [18] Latin mīca meant ‘grain’, and its original use in English (perhaps influenced by the similar but unrelated Latin verb micāre ‘shine’) was to ‘small shiny particles or platelets’ in certain sorts of rock. The modern application to a group of related silicates, which contain such shiny plates, dates from the 1790s. mica (n.) 1706, from specialized use of La
• miasma 英文词源 miasma (n.) 1660s, from Modern Latin miasma "noxious vapors," from Greek miasma (genitive miasmatos ) "stain, pollution, defilement, taint of guilt," from stem of miainein "to pollute," from possible PIE root *mai- "to stain, soil, defile" (source of Old English mal "stain, mark," see mole (n.1)). Earlier form was miasm (1640s), from French miasme . Related: Miasmatic ; miasmal . 中文
• miaow 英文词源 miaow "The characteristic crying sound of a cat", Early 17th century: imitative. 中文词源 miaow ：猫叫声 拟声词，模仿猫的叫声。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： miaow 词源， miaow 含义。
• mezzotint 英文词源 mezzotint (n.) 1738; see mezzo + tint . As a verb, from 1827. 中文词源 mezzotint ：金属版印刷法 mezzo-,中间的，中度的，tint,染色，着色。用于印刷术术语金属版印刷法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mezzotint 词源， mezzotint 含义。
• mezzo-soprano 英文词源 mezzo-soprano (n.) 1753; see mezzo + soprano . 中文词源 mezzo-soprano ：女中音歌手 mezzo-,中间的，soprano,女高音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mezzo-soprano 词源， mezzo-soprano 含义。
• mezzanine 英文词源 mezzanine mezzanine: see medium mezzanine (n.) 1711, "a low story between two tall ones in a building," from French mezzanine (17c.), from Italian mezzanino , from mezzano "middle," from Latin medianus "of the middle," from medius (see medial (adj.)). Sense of "lowest balcony in a theater" first recorded 1927. 中文词源 mezzanine ：两层楼之间的中间层 来自意大利语mez
• Mexican wave 英文词源 Mexican wave "An effect resembling a moving wave produced by successive sections of the crowd in a stadium standing up, raising their arms, lowering them, and sitting down again", 1980s: so named because of the repeated practice of the movement at the 1986 soccer World Cup finals in Mexico City. 中文词源 Mexican wave ：墨西哥人浪 体育比赛中观众的波浪形喝彩场面。
• Mexico 英文词源 Mexico from Spanish, from Nahuatl (Aztecan) mexihco , the name of the ancient Aztec capital. The etymology of this is opaque. Because of the difference in vowel length, it cannot be derived from ME-TL 'maguey.' The sequence XIH also differs in vowel length from XIC-TLI 'navel,' which has been proposed as a component element. The final element is locative -C(O). [Kartunnen] 中文词源
• mews 英文词源 mews mews: [14] In former times, a mew was a place where trained falcons were kept (etymologically the word means ‘moulting-place’; it came from Old French mue , a derivative of muer ‘moult’, which was descended from Latin mūtāre ‘change’). In the latter part of the 14th century the Royal Mews were built in London on the site of what is now Trafalgar Square, to house the
• mewl 英文词源 mewl (v.) "to cry feebly," c. 1600, imitative. Related: Mewled ; mewling . 中文词源 mewl ：呜咽 拟声词，模仿呜咽的声音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mewl 词源， mewl 含义。
• mew 英文词源 mew (v.) "make a sound like a cat," early 14c., mewen , of imitative origin (compare German miauen , French miauler , Italian miagolare , Spanish maullar , and see meow ). Related: Mewed ; mewing . As a noun from 1590s. mew (n.1) "seagull," Old English mæw , from Proto-Germanic *maigwis (cognates: Old Saxon mew , Frisian meau , Middle Dutch and Middle Low German mewe , Dutch meeuw "g
• mettlesome 英文词源 mettlesome (adj.) 1660s, from mettle + -some (1). 中文词源 mettlesome ：有精神的，有气概的 来自mettle,精神，气概，-some,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mettlesome 词源， mettlesome 含义。
• mettle 英文词源 mettle (n.) 1580s, variant spelling of metal , both forms used interchangeably (by Shakespeare and others) in the literal sense and in the figurative one of "stuff of which a person is made" (1550s) until the spellings and senses diverged early 18c. 中文词源 mettle ：精神，气概 来自metal的拼写变体。后产生词义上的差别。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• metrosexual 英文词源 metrosexual (adj.) by 2001, from metropolitan + -sexual , ending abstracted from homosexual , heterosexual . 中文词源 metrosexual ：都市美男 来自metropolitan和heterosexual合成词。幽默用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： metrosexual 词源， metrosexual 含义。
• metropolitan 英文词源 metropolitan (n.) early 15c., "bishop having oversight of other bishops," from Late Latin metropolitanus , from Greek metropolis "mother city" (from which others have been colonized), also "capital city," from meter "mother" (see mother (n.1)) + polis "city" (see polis ). In Greek, "parent state of a colony;" later, "see of a metropolitan bishop." In the West, the position now roughly
• metropolis 英文词源 metropolis metropolis: [16] A metropolis is etymologically a ‘mother city’. The word comes via late Latin mētropolis from Greek mētrópolis , a compound formed from métēr ‘mother’ (a distant relative of English mother ) and pólis ‘city’ (source of English police , policy , politics , etc). = mother , police , policy , politics metropolis (n.) "seat of a metropolitan b
• metronymic 英文词源 metronymic (adj.) "derived from the name of a mother or maternal ancestor," 1881, from Late Greek metronymikos "named for one's mother," from meter (genitive metros ) "mother" (see mother (n.1)) + onyma (see name (n.)). Related: Metronymically (1822). 中文词源 metronymic ：母系的，母名的，跟母亲姓的 来自希腊语meter,母亲，词源同mother,-onym,名字，词源同
• metronome 英文词源 metronome (n.) mechanical musical time-keeper, 1815, coined in English from comb. form of Greek metron "measure" (see meter (n.2)) + -nomos "regulating," verbal adjective of nemein "to regulate" (see numismatic ). The device invented 1815 by Johann Maelzel (1772-1838), German civil engineer and showman. Related: Metronomic . 中文词源 metronome ：节拍器 来自希腊语metron,测量
• metrology 英文词源 metrology "The scientific study of measurement", Early 19th century: from Greek metron 'measure' + -logy. 中文词源 metrology ：计量学 来自metre,米，公制，测量，-logy,学说。引申词义计量学。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： metrology 词源， metrology 含义。 metrology ：度量衡学；计量学 词根词缀： -metr-测量,仪表