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• metro 英文词源 Metro (n.) Paris underground, 1904, from French abbreviation of Chemin de Fer Métropolitain "Metropolitan Railway" (see metropolitan (adj.)). French chemin de fer "railroad" is literally "iron road." 中文词源 metro ：大都会，地铁 缩写自metropolitan,大都会，大城市。用于口语指地铁。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： metro 词源， met
• metrication 英文词源 Fahrenheit Fahrenheit: [18] The ‘pre-metrication’ temperature scale takes its name from its inventor, the German physicist Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit (1686-1736). Not only did he develop the idea of a scale in which ice melts at 32º and water boils at 212º, he also invented the mercury thermometer. 中文词源 metrication ：公制化 来自metre,米，公制。 该词的英语词
• metrical 英文词源 metrical (adj.) "pertaining to versification," early 15c., from Latin metricus "metrical," from Greek metrikos "of or for meter, metrical," from metron "poetic meter" (see meter (n.2)). Old English had meterlic in this sense. 中文词源 metrical ：格律的 来自metre,格律。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： metrical 词源， metrical 含义。
• metric 英文词源 metric (adj.) "pertaining to the system of measures based on the meter," 1855, from French métrique , from mèter (see meter (n.2)). In this sense, metrical is attested from 1797. metric (n.) "science of versification," 1760, from Greek he metrike "prosody," plural of metron "meter, a verse; that by which anything is measured; measure, length, size, limit, proportion" (see meter (n.2
• metre 英文词源 metre metre: [14] Greek métron meant ‘measure’: it came ultimately from the Indo-European base * me - ‘measure’, which also produced English measure , immense , etc. English originally acquired it, via Latin metrum and Old French metre , in the sense ‘measured rhythmic pattern of verse’. Then at the end of the 18th century French mètre was designated as the standard meas
• metonymy 英文词源 metonymy (n.) 1560s, from French métonymie (16c.) and directly from Late Latin metonymia , from Greek metonymia , literally "a change of name," related to metonomazein "to call by a new name; to take a new name," from meta- "change" (see meta- ) + onyma , dialectal form of onoma "name" (see name (n.)). Figure in which the name of one thing is used in place of another that is suggeste
• Metis 英文词源 Metis first wife of Zeus, from Greek Metis , literally "advice, wisdom, counsel; cunning, skill, craft," from PIE root *me- "to measure" (see meter (n.2)). metis (n.) "person of mixed parentage," especially French Canadian and North American Indian, from French métis , from Late Latin mixticus "of mixed race," from Latin mixtus "mixed," past participle of miscere "to mix, mingle" (se
• me-time 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random dare dare: [OE] Dare used to be a widespread Germanic verb, with relatives in Old High German ( giturran ) and Gothic ( gadaursan ), but today it survives only in English (the similarlooking Danish turde and Swedish töras are probably not related). It comes via Germanic * ders - from an Indo-European * dhers -, which also produ
• metier 英文词源 métier métier: see minister metier (n.) "skill, talent, calling," 1792, from French métier "trade, profession," from Old French mestier "task, affair, service, function, duty," from Gallo-Roman *misterium , from Latin ministerium "office, service," from minister "servant" (see minister (n.)). 中文词源 metier ：职业，专长 来自法语metier,职业，专长，来自拉丁语
• meticulous 英文词源 meticulous (adj.) 1530s, "fearful, timid," from Latin meticulosus "fearful, timid," literally "full of fear," from metus "fear, dread, apprehension, anxiety," of unknown origin. Sense of "fussy about details" is first recorded in English 1827, from French méticuleux "timorously fussy" [Fowler attributes this use in English to "literary critics"], from the Latin word. Related: Meticul
• methylene 英文词源 methylene (n.) 1835, from French méthylène (1834), coined by Jean-Baptiste-André Dumas (1800-1884) and Eugène-Melchior Péligot (1811-1890) from Greek methy "wine" (see mead (n.1)) + hyle "wood" + Greek name-forming element -ene . So called because detected in wood alcohol. "The breakdown of methylene into methyl and -ene , and the identification of the last syllable of methyl wit
• methylated spirit 英文词源 mead mead: [OE] Mead goes back ultimately to Indo- European * medhu - which meant ‘sweet drink’ (it was also the source of Greek méthu ‘wine’, from which English gets methyl [19] and hence methylated spirits [19]). Its prehistoric Germanic descendant was * meduz , from which come German met , Dutch mede , Swedish mjöd , and Danish mjød as well as English mead . = methyl 中文
• methyl 英文词源 methyl methyl: see mead methyl (n.) univalent hydrocarbon radical, 1840, from German methyl (1840) or directly from French méthyle , back-formation from French méthylène (see methylene ). 中文词源 methyl ：甲基，木精 由methylene的回构词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： methyl 词源， methyl 含义。
• Methuselah 英文词源 methuselah "A wine bottle of eight times the standard size", 1930s: from Methuselah. 中文词源 Methuselah ：老寿星，特大酒瓶 来自旧约圣经人物Methuselah,圣经中记载活了969年，为古代最长寿的人。其名字在葡萄酒行业用于指相当于普通酒瓶八倍的特大酒瓶。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Methuselah 词源，
• meths 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random skull skull: [13] The Old English word for ‘skull’ was hēafodpanne , literally ‘head-pan’. It has never been firmly established where its Middle English replacement skull came from, but is seems more than likely that it was borrowed from a Scandinavian language (Swedish and Norwegian have skalle ‘skull’). 中文词源
• methodology 英文词源 methodology (n.) 1800, from French méthodologie or directly from Modern Latin methodologia ; see method + -ology . 中文词源 methodology ：方法，原则 来自method,方法，-logy,学说。引申词义原则。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： methodology 词源， methodology 含义。 methodology ：方法论，方法，方式；(某一学科的)一套方
• Methodist 英文词源 Methodist (n.) "One of a new kind of puritans lately arisen, so called from their profession to live by rules and in constant method" [Johnson]. Protestant religious sect founded 1729 at Oxford University by John and Charles Wesley, took that name almost from inception, but it had been used since at least 1686 for various new methods of worship. Related: Methodism . 中文词源 Metho
• methodical 英文词源 methodical (adj.) 1560s, with -al (1) and methodic (1540s), from Middle French methodique , from Late Latin methodicus , from Greek methodikos , from methodos (see method ). Related: Methodically . 中文词源 methodical ：有方法的，有条理的 来自method,方法，条理。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： methodical 词源， methodical 含义。
• method acting 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random least least: [OE] In origin, least is simply the superlative form of less . The prehistoric Germanic ancestor of less was * laisiz (itself a comparative form). Addition of the superlative suffix produced * laisistaz , which passed into Old English as lǣsest . Unchanged, this would have become in modern English * lessest , but i
• method 英文词源 method method: [16] Method comes via French méthode and Latin methodus from Greek méthodos , which meant ‘pursuit’. It was a compound noun formed from the prefix metá - ‘after’ and hodós ‘way, journey’ (found also in English episode , exodus , and period ). ‘Pursuit’ of a particular objective gradually developed into a ‘procedure for attaining it’, the meaning
• methinks 英文词源 methinks (v.) Old English me þyncð "it seems to me," from me (pron.), dative of I , + þyncð , third person singular of þyncan "to seem," reflecting the Old English distinction between þyncan "to seem" and related þencan "to think," which bedevils modern students of the language (see think ). The two thinks were constantly confused, then finally merged, in Middle English. Relate
• methicillin 英文词源 methicillin "A semi-synthetic form of penicillin used against staphylococci which produce penicillinase", 1960s: from meth(yl ) and ( pen)icillin . 中文词源 methicillin ：甲氧西林，甲氧苯青霉素 来自methyl和penicillin的合成词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： methicillin 词源， methicillin 含义。
• methanol 英文词源 methanol (n.) "methyl alcohol," 1892 (adopted that year by the international scientific community), from methyl + -ol , suffix denoting "alcohol." 中文词源 methanol ：甲醇 mety-,甲基化，缩写自methyl,甲基，-ol,醇。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： methanol 词源， methanol 含义。
• methane 英文词源 methane (n.) "inflammable colorless and odorless gas, marsh gas," 1867, coined from chemical suffix -ane + syllable abstracted from methyl . 中文词源 methane ：甲烷，沼气 mety-,甲基化，缩写自methyl,甲基，-ane,化学名词后缀，烷。俗称沼气。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： methane 词源， methane 含义。
• methamphetamine 英文词源 methamphetamine (n.) 1949, from methyl + amphetamine ; so called because it was a methyl derivative of amphetamine. 中文词源 methamphetamine ：甲基苯丙胺，冰毒 来自methyl,甲基，amphetamine,安非他明，苯基丙胺。因从安非他明提炼而得名，俗称冰毒。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： methamphetamine 词源， methamphetamine 含
• methadone 英文词源 methadone (n.) 1947, generic designation for 6-dimethylamino-4, 4-diphenyl-3-heptanone . For origins of the syllables, see methyl + amino + di- + -one . 中文词源 methadone ：美沙酮（一种镇静剂） 化学名词。来自meth-,甲基，a-,缩写自amino, 氨，di-,二，-one,酮。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： methadone 词源， methadone 含义。
• meteorology 英文词源 meteorology (n.) "science of the atmosphere, weather forecasting," 1610s, from French météorologie and directly from Greek meteorologia "treatise on celestial phenomena, discussion of high things," from meteoron , literally "thing high up" (see meteor ), + -logia "treatment of" (see -logy ). 中文词源 meteorology ：气象学 来自meteor,大气现象，-logy,学说。即气象学。
• meteorologist 英文词源 meteorologist (n.) 1620s, from meteorology + -ist . Earlier was meteorologician (1570s). Greek meteorologos meant "one who deals with celestial phenomena, astronomer." 中文词源 meteorologist ：气象学家 来自meteorology,气象学。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： meteorologist 词源， meteorologist 含义。
• meteorite 英文词源 meteorite (n.) "rock that falls to earth, after streaking across the sky as a meteor," 1818, from meteor + -ite . 中文词源 meteorite ：陨石 来自meteor,流星，-ite,相关的。用于指陨石。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： meteorite 词源， meteorite 含义。
• meteoric 英文词源 meteoric (adj.) 1812, "pertaining to meteors;" earlier "dependent on atmospheric conditions" (1789), from meteor + -ic . Figurative sense of "transiently brilliant" is from 1836. 中文词源 meteoric ：流星般的，转瞬即逝的 来自meteor,流星。引申词义转瞬即逝的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： meteoric 词源， meteoric 含义。
• meteor 英文词源 meteor meteor: [15] Greek metéōron meant literally ‘something high up’, and was used to denote ‘phenomena in the sky or heavens’. It was a compound noun formed from the intensive prefix metá - and * eōr -, a variant form of the base of the verb aeírein ‘raise’. When English first took it over, via medieval Latin meteōrum , it was still in the sense ‘phenomenon of t
• mete 英文词源 mete mete: see meet mete (v.) "to allot," Old English metan "to measure, mete out; compare, estimate" (class V strong verb; past tense mæt , past participle meten ), from Proto-Germanic *metan (cognates: Old Saxon metan , Old Frisian, Old Norse meta , Dutch meten , Old High German mezzan , German messen , Gothic mitan "to measure"), from PIE *med- "to take appropriate measures" (see
• metatarsal 英文词源 metatarsal (adj.) 1739, from metatarsus (1670s), from Modern Latin metatarsus , from meta- (see meta- ) + tarsus (see tarsus ). As a noun from 1854. 中文词源 metatarsal ：跖骨 meta-,在上，tarsal,跗骨的。即跗骨之上的跖骨。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： metatarsal 词源， metatarsal 含义。
• metastasis 英文词源 metastasis (n.) 1570s, originally in rhetoric, from Late Latin metastasis "transition," from Greek metastasis "a removing, removal; migration; a changing; change, revolution," from methistanai "to remove, change," from meta- "over, across" (see meta- ) + histanai "to place, cause to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet ). A rhetorical term in Late Latin for "a sudden trans
• metaphysics 英文词源 metaphysics (n.) 1560s, plural of Middle English metaphisik , methaphesik (late 14c.), "branch of speculation which deals with the first causes of things," from Medieval Latin metaphysica , neuter plural of Medieval Greek (ta) metaphysika , from Greek ta meta ta physika "the (works) after the Physics," title of the 13 treatises which traditionally were arranged after those on physics
• metaphysical poets 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random palm palm: Palm the tree [OE] and the palm of the hand [14] are effectively distinct words in English, but they have the same ultimate source: Latin palma . This originally meant ‘palm of the hand’ (it is related to Irish lám ‘hand’ and Welsh llaw ‘hand’), and the application to the tree is a secondary one, alluding
• metaphorical 英文词源 metaphorical (adj.) 1550s, from metaphor + -ical . Related: metaphorically . 中文词源 metaphorical ：暗喻的，隐喻的 来自metaphor,暗喻，隐喻。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： metaphorical 词源， metaphorical 含义。
• metaphor 英文词源 metaphor (n.) late 15c., from Middle French metaphore (Old French metafore , 13c.), and directly from Latin metaphora , from Greek metaphora "a transfer," especially of the sense of one word to a different word, literally "a carrying over," from metapherein "transfer, carry over; change, alter; to use a word in a strange sense," from meta- "over, across" (see meta- ) + pherein "to car
• metamorphosis 英文词源 metamorphosis (n.) 1530s, "change of form or shape," especially by witchcraft, from Latin metamorphosis , from Greek metamorphosis "a transforming, a transformation," from metamorphoun "to transform, to be transfigured," from meta- "change" (see meta- ) + morphe "form" (see Morpheus ). Biological sense is from 1660s. As the title of Ovid's work, late 14c., Metamorphoseos , from Latin
• metamorphose 英文词源 metamorphose (v.) 1570s, from Middle French métamorphoser (16c.), from métamorphose (n.), from Latin metamorphosis (see metamorphosis ). Related: Metamorphosed . The Greek verb was metamorphoun . 中文词源 metamorphose ：使变形，发生质变 来自metamorphosis,变形，质变。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： metamorphose 词源， metamorphose 含义。
• metamorphic 英文词源 metamorphic (adj.) 1833 (Lyell) in the geological sense, in reference to rock whose form has been changed by heat or pressure, from metamorphosis + -ic . Earlier (1816) in non-technical sense "characterized by change." 中文词源 metamorphic ：变形的 meta-,改变，-morph,形状，词源同form.即变形的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： metamorphic 词源
• metalwork 英文词源 smith smith: [OE] Smith is a general Germanic word, with relatives in German schmied , Dutch smid , and Swedish and Danish smed . These point back to a prehistoric Germanic ancestor * smithaz . This appears to have meant simply ‘worker, craftsman’, a sense which survived into Old Norse smithr . The specialization to ‘metalworker’ is a secondary development. Sheffield manufactu
• metallurgy 英文词源 metallurgy (n.) 1704, from Modern Latin metallurgia , from Greek metallourgos "worker in metal," from metallon "metal" (see metal ) + ergon "work" (see organ ). Related: Metallurgical ; metallurgist . 中文词源 metallurgy ：冶金学 metal,金属，-urg,作工，工作，词源同work,allergy.即冶金学。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： metallurgy 词源，
• metallurgist 英文词源 Krupp (n.) 1883, gun made at the armaments works in Essen, Germany, founded by German metallurgist Alfred Krupp (1812-1887). metallurgy (n.) 1704, from Modern Latin metallurgia , from Greek metallourgos "worker in metal," from metallon "metal" (see metal ) + ergon "work" (see organ ). Related: Metallurgical ; metallurgist . martensite "A hard and very brittle solid solution of carbon
• metalloid 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random paragon paragon: [16] When we say someone is a ‘paragon of virtue’ – a perfect example of virtue, able to stand comparison with any other – we are unconsciously using the long-dead metaphor of ‘sharpening’ them against others. The word comes via archaic French paragon and Italian paragone from medieval Greek parakónē
• metallic 英文词源 metallic (adj.) 1560s, from Middle French métallique or directly from Latin metallicus , from Greek metallikos , from metallon (see metal ). 中文词源 metallic ：金属的 来自metal,金属。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： metallic 词源， metallic 含义。
• metalled 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random magma magma: see make 中文词源 metalled ：碎石铺面的 来自metal,金属，矿石。字面意思即金属的，矿石的，特别用于指碎石铺的路面。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： metalled 词源， metalled 含义。
• metalinguistic 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random ilk ilk: [OE] Historically ilk means simply ‘same’. Its Old English form was ilca , which was ultimately a compound made up of the demonstrative particle * i - ‘that (same)’ and * līk - ‘form’ (as in the English verb like ). It had virtually died out by the mid-16th century as a straight synonym for same , but one c
• metalanguage 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random fashion fashion: [13] The underlying notion of fashion is of ‘making’, ‘forming’, or ‘shaping’. The main modern sense of the word developed via ‘particular shape or style’, ‘way, manner’, and ‘prevailing or current manner’. English acquired it via Anglo-Norman fasun from Latin factiō , a derivative of fa
• metal 英文词源 metal metal: [13] Greek métallon , a word of unknown origin, had a range of meanings, including ‘mine’ (the original sense) and ‘mineral’ as well as ‘metal’. These were carried over into Latin metallum , but by the time the word reached English, via Old French metal , ‘metal’ was all that was left. Mettle [16] is a variant spelling of metal , used to distinguish its m
• metafiction 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random bag bag: [13] English acquired bag from Old Norse baggi ‘bag, bundle’, but it does not appear in any other Germanic language, which suggests that it may have been borrowed at some point from a non-Germanic language. Forms such as Old French bague , Italian baga , and Portuguese bagua show that it existed elsewhere. A derivat
• metadata 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random megalith megalith: see lithograph 中文词源 metadata ：元数据 meta-,元，data,数据。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： metadata 词源， metadata 含义。
• metacarpal 英文词源 metacarpus (n.) 1650s, Modern Latin, from Greek metakarpion , from meta- (see meta- ) + karpos "wrist" (see carpus ). Related: Metacarpal . opponens pollicis "A muscle of the hand, originating from the trapezium and flexor retinaculum and inserting into the first metacarpal, which serves to cup the palm and assist in the opposing of the thumb to the other fingers", Mid 18th cent. From
• metabolize 英文词源 metabolize (v.) 1887 (transitive), 1934 (intransitive), from Greek metabole "a change" (see metabolism ) + -ize . Related: Metabolized ; metabolizing . 中文词源 metabolize ：发生新陈代谢 来自metabolism,新陈代谢，-ize,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： metabolize 词源， metabolize 含义。
• metabolism 英文词源 metabolism (n.) in physiology sense, 1878, from French métabolisme , from Greek metabole "a change," from metaballein "to change," from meta- "over" (see meta- ) + ballein "to throw" (see ballistics ). 中文词源 metabolism ：新陈代谢 meta-,改变，-bol,扔，投，词源同hyperbole,ballet,ballistic.即改变扔的方向，使发生变化，并用于生物学术语新陈代谢
• mete- 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random picnic picnic: [18] Picnic was borrowed from French piquenique , a word which seems to have originated around the end of the 17th century. It is not clear where it came from, but one theory is that it was based on the verb piquer ‘pick, peck’ (source of English pick ), with the rhyming nique perhaps added in half reminiscenc
• Met 英文词源 Met (n.) 1879 as colloquial shortening of Metropolitan (n.) "member of the New York Metropolitan Base-Ball Club." THE baseball season has opened, and along with the twittering of the birds, the budding of the trees, and the clattering of the truck, comes the news that the "Mets were beaten yesterday 17 to 5." It is an infallible sign of spring when the Mets are beaten 17 to 5, and we
• mestizo 英文词源 mestizo (adj.) 1580s, from Spanish mestizo "of mixed European and Amerindian parentage," from Late Latin mixticius "mixed, mongrel," from Latin mixtus "mixed," past participle of miscere "to mix, mingle" (see mix (v.)). Fem. form mestiza is attested from 1580s. 中文词源 mestizo ：混血儿 来自西班牙语mestizo,欧洲人与印第安人后裔，来自拉丁语miscere,混合，混
• mestiza 英文词源 mestizo (adj.) 1580s, from Spanish mestizo "of mixed European and Amerindian parentage," from Late Latin mixticius "mixed, mongrel," from Latin mixtus "mixed," past participle of miscere "to mix, mingle" (see mix (v.)). Fem. form mestiza is attested from 1580s. 中文词源 mestiza ：女混血儿 来自mestizo,混血儿，-a,表阴性。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• messy 英文词源 messy (adj.) 1843, "untidy," from mess (n.) + -y (2). Figurative use ("unethical") by 1924. Related: Messily ; messiness . 中文词源 messy ：混乱的，肮脏的 来自mess,混乱，肮脏。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： messy 词源， messy 含义。
• Messrs Mr 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random transpose transpose: see position 中文词源 Messrs Mr ：的复数形式 缩写自法语messieurs,来自monsieur的复数形式，字面意思即My senior.用于Mr的复数形式。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Messrs Mr 词源， Messrs Mr 含义。
• messianic 英文词源 messianic (adj.) 1831, from Modern Latin messianicus , from Messias (see messiah ). 中文词源 messianic ：救星的 来自Messiah,弥赛亚，救世主基督。引申词义救星的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： messianic 词源， messianic 含义。
• Messiah 英文词源 messiah (n.) c. 1300, Messias , from Late Latin Messias , from Greek Messias , from Aramaic meshiha and Hebrew mashiah "the anointed" (of the Lord), from mashah "anoint." This is the word rendered in Septuagint as Greek Khristos (see Christ ). In Old Testament prophetic writing, it was used of an expected deliverer of the Jewish nation. The modern English form represents an attempt to
• messenger 英文词源 messenger (n.) c. 1200, messager , from Old French messagier "messenger, envoy, ambassador," from message (see message (n.)). With parasitic -n- inserted by c. 1300 for no apparent reason except that people liked to say it that way (compare passenger , harbinger , scavenger ). 中文词源 messenger ：信使 来自古法语messagier,信使，来自message,信息，消息。插入字母
• message 英文词源 message message: [13] Etymologically, a message is something that is ‘sent’. The word comes via Old French message from Vulgar Latin * missāticum , a derivative of the Latin verb mittere (from which English also gets admit , mission , transmit , etc). Messenger [13] comes from the Old French derivative messager , and was originally messager in English; the n is a 14thcentury intr
• mess 英文词源 mess mess: [13] Mess comes via Old French mes from late Latin missus , a derivative of the verb mittere ‘send’ (source of English admit , mission , transmit , etc). This meant ‘sending, placement’, and its original metaphorical application was to a ‘round or heat of a contest’, but it was also used for a ‘course of a meal’, and this was the sense in which it originally
• mesquite 英文词源 mesquite (n.) type of North American shrub of the pea family, 1759, from Mexican Spanish mezquite , from Nahuatl (Aztecan) mizquitl "mesquite." 中文词源 mesquite ：牧豆树 一种北美地区用以制木炭的灌木。来自西班牙语mezquite,来自当地土著语言mizquitl. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mesquite 词源， mesquite 含义。
• mesosphere 英文词源 mesosphere (n.) 1950, from meso- + second element in atmosphere . 中文词源 mesosphere ：大气层的中间层 meso-,在中间，sphere,球体。用于地理学术语指大气层的中间层。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mesosphere 词源， mesosphere 含义。
• mesophyll 英文词源 mesophyll "The inner tissue (parenchyma) of a leaf, containing many chloroplasts", Mid 19th century: from meso- 'middle' + Greek phullon 'leaf'. 中文词源 mesophyll ：叶肉 meso-,在中间，-phyll,叶子，词源同folio,foliage.用于指叶肉。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mesophyll 词源， mesophyll 含义。
• meso- 英文词源 meso- word-forming element meaning "middle, intermediate, halfway," sometimes mes- before vowels, comb. form of Greek mesos "middle, in the middle; middling, moderate; between" (see medial (adj.)). 中文词源 meso- ：中间的 来自希腊语mesos,中间的，在中间，词源同middle,medial. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： meso- 词源， meso- 含义。
• mesmeric 英文词源 mesmeric (adj.) "pertaining to mesmerism," 1829; see mesmerism + -ic . 中文词源 mesmeric ：迷人的，吸引的 来自mesmerize,迷住，着迷，-ic,形容词后缀。引申词义有吸引力的，迷人的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mesmeric 词源， mesmeric 含义。 mesmeric ：催眠术的；催眠的 词源上，它来自奥地利医师、当
• mesh 英文词源 mesh (n.) late 14c., mesche , "open space in a net," probably from late Old English max "net," earlier mæscre , from Proto-Germanic *mask- (cognates: Old Norse möskvi , Danish maske , Swedish maska , Old Saxon masca , Middle Dutch maessce , Dutch maas "mesh," Old High German masca , German Masche "mesh"), from PIE root *mezg- "to knit, plait, twist" (cognates: Lithuanian mezgu "to k
• mescaline 英文词源 mescaline (n.) crystalline alkaloid, 1896, from German mezcalin (1896), so called because it originally was found in the buttons that grow atop the mescal cacti (see mescal ). With chemical suffix -ine (2). 中文词源 mescaline ：仙人球毒碱 来自mescal,仙人球，-ine,化学名词后缀。因提炼自这种植物而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• mescal 英文词源 mescal (n.) "plant of the genus Agave ," found in deserts of Mexico and southwestern U.S., especially the American aloe, or maguey plant, 1702, from Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl (Aztecan) mexcalli "fermented drink made from agave," from metl "agave" + ixcalli "stew." Meaning "intoxicating liquor from fermented juice of the agave" is attested in English from 1828. Also the name of a s
• mesa 英文词源 mesa (n.) "high table land," 1759, from Spanish mesa "plateau," literally "table," from Latin mensa "table" (source of Rumanian masa , Old French moise "table"). 中文词源 mesa ：方山，桌子形山 来自西班牙语mesa,高原，来自拉丁语mensa,桌子，方桌，词源同commensal.引申词义方山，桌子形山。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• merrymaking 英文词源 merrymaking (n.) also merry-making , 1714; see merry + make (v.). Related: Merry-maker (1827). 中文词源 merrymaking ：行乐 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： merrymaking 词源， merrymaking 含义。
• merry 英文词源 merry merry: [OE] Merry goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * murgjaz , which appears to have been derived from a base meaning ‘short’. By the time it reached Old English, as myrige , it meant ‘pleasant’ – a semantic leap perhaps inspired by the notion of ‘shortening’ time by passing it pleasantly. The modern meaning ‘jolly’ did not emerge until the 14th century. A d
• merriment 英文词源 merriment (n.) 1570s, "comedic entertainment," from merry + -ment . General sense of "mirth" is from 1580s. 中文词源 merriment ：高兴 来自merry,高兴，兴奋，ment,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： merriment 词源， merriment 含义。
• merrily 英文词源 merrily (adv.) Old English myriglice "pleasantly, melodiously;" see merry + -ly (2). 中文词源 merrily ：高兴的 来自merry,高兴，兴奋。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： merrily 词源， merrily 含义。
• merman 英文词源 merman (n.) c. 1600, literally "man of the sea," from first element in mermaid (q.v.) + man (n.). 中文词源 merman ：人鱼 mer-,海，词源同marine,mere,man,人。引申词义人鱼。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： merman 词源， merman 含义。
• merlin 英文词源 merlin (n.) small, strong European falcon, early 14c., from Anglo-French merilun , a shortened form of Old French esmerillon "merlin, small hawk" (12c., Modern French émerillon ), from Frankish *smiril or some other Germanic source (compare Old High German smerlo , German Schmerl "merlin"). Spanish esmerejon , Italian smeriglio also are Germanic loan-words. Merlin sorcerer and sooths
• meritorious 英文词源 meritorious (adj.) early 15c., "deserving of divine grace," from Latin meritorius "that for which money is paid, that by which money is earned," from meritus , past participle of merere "to earn" (see merit (n.)). Related: Meritoriously ; meritoriousness . 中文词源 meritorious ：有功绩的，值得赞扬的 来自merit,功绩，才能。即有功绩的，有才能，引申词义值
• meritocracy 英文词源 meritocracy (n.) coined 1958 by British sociologist Michael Young (1915-2002) and used in title of his book, "The Rise of the Meritocracy"; from merit (n.) + -cracy . Related: Meritocratic . [Young's book] imagined an elite that got its position not from ancestry, but from test scores and effort. For him, meritocracy was a negative term; his spoof was a warning about the negative cons
• merit 英文词源 merit (n.) c. 1200, "spiritual credit" (for good works, etc.); c. 1300, "spiritual reward," from Old French merite "wages, pay, reward; thanks; merit, moral worth, that which assures divine pity," and directly from Latin meritum "a merit, service, kindness, benefit, favor; worth, value, importance," neuter of meritus , past participle of merere , meriri "to earn, deserve, acquire, gai
• merino 英文词源 merino (n.) fine-wool breed of sheep, 1781, from Spanish merino , possibly from Arabic Merini , a Berber family or tribe of sheep farmers in northwest Africa whose animals were imported into Spain 14c.-15c. to improve local breeds. Or from or influenced by Latin majorinus , from major "greater," either in reference to size of the animals or from Spanish derivative merino (n.) "oversee
• meringue 英文词源 meringue (n.) whites of eggs mixed with sugar, 1706, from French méringue (18c.), of unknown origin. 中文词源 meringue ：蛋白酥 来自法语meringue,蛋白酥。词源不详，可能来自瑞士村庄Meiringen而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： meringue 词源， meringue 含义。
• meridian 英文词源 meridian meridian: [14] Etymologically, meridian denotes the ‘middle of the day’. It comes via Old French from Latin merīdiānus , a derivative of merīdiēs ‘mid-day’. This was an alteration of an earlier medidiēs , a compound noun formed from medius ‘middle’ (source of English medium ) and diēs ‘day’. The application of the word to a circle passing round the Earth
• merger 英文词源 merger (n.) 1728 in legal sense, "extinguishment by absorption," from merge (v.), on analogy of French infinitives used as nouns (see waiver ). From 1889 in the business sense; not common until c. 1926. General meaning "any act of merging" is from 1881. 中文词源 merger ：合并，归并 来自merge,合并，融合。用于经济学术语，指两个公司的合并。 该词的英语
• merge 英文词源 merge merge: [17] Merge comes from Latin mergere , which meant ‘dive, plunge’ (it was also the source of English emerge [16], which etymologically means ‘rise out of a liquid’, immerse [17], and submerge [17]). Merge was originally used for ‘immerse’ in English too, and the modern meaning ‘combine into one’ did not emerge fully until as recently as the 20th century. It
• meretricious 英文词源 meretricious (adj.) 1620s, "pertaining to harlots," from Latin meretricius "of or pertaining to prostitutes," from meretrix (genitive meretricis ) "prostitute," literally "woman who earns money," from merere, mereri "to earn, gain" (see merit (n.)). Meaning "gaudily alluring" is from 1630s. Related: Meretriciously ; meretriciousness . 中文词源 meretricious ：妓女的，虚有其表