英语词源

• merestone 英文词源 merestone (n.) "stone serving as a landmark," Old English mærstan "boundary stone," from mære "boundary, object indicating a boundary," from Proto-Germanic *mairjo- (cognates: Middle Dutch mere "boundary mark, stake," Old Norse -mæri "boundary, border-land"), related to Latin murus "wall" (see mural ). Hence also meresman "man appointed to find boundaries" (of a parish, etc.). 中文
• merely 英文词源 merely (adv.) mid-15c., "entirely, purely," from mere (adj.) + -ly (2). Meaning "and nothing more" is from 1580s. 中文词源 merely ：纯粹地，仅仅 来自mere,纯粹的，仅仅，只不过。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： merely 词源， merely 含义。
• mere 英文词源 mere mere: see mermaid mere (adj.) c. 1400, "unmixed, pure," from Old French mier "pure" (of gold), "entire, total, complete," and directly from Latin merus "unmixed" (of wine), "pure; bare, naked;" figuratively "true, real, genuine," probably originally "clear, bright," from PIE *mer- "to gleam, glimmer, sparkle" (cognates: Old English amerian "to purify," Old Irish emer "not clear,"
• mercy killing 英文词源 euthanasia euthanasia: [17] Etymologically, euthanasia means ‘good death’, and that was more or less its signification when it was introduced into English: ‘Give me but gentle Death: Euthanasia, Euthanasia, that is all I implore’, Tatler 1709. The modern use of the word, ‘mercy killing’, seems to have originated in the 1860s; the first recorded use of it was by William Lec
• mercurial 英文词源 mercurial (adj.) late 14c., "pertaining to the planet Mercury" (see Mercury ). Meaning "sprightly, volatile, quick" (1590s) is from supposed qualities of those born under the planet Mercury (they also are the qualities of the god Mercury), probably also partly by association with the qualities of quicksilver. A variant in this sense was mercurious (1590s). Related: Mercurially ; mercu
• merciless 英文词源 merciless (adj.) late 14c., see mercy + -less . Related: Mercilessly . 中文词源 merciless ：无情的，残忍的 mercy,宽大，怜悯，仁慈，-less,无，没有。引申词义无情的，残忍的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： merciless 词源， merciless 含义。
• merciful 英文词源 merciful (adj.) mid-14c.; see mercy + -ful . Related: Mercifully . 中文词源 merciful ：宽大的，仁慈的 mercy,宽大，怜悯，仁慈。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： merciful 词源， merciful 含义。
• merchant navy 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random feint feint: The noun feint [17] and the adjective feint [19] are essentially different words, but they have a common ultimate origin. Feint ‘misleading mock attack’ was borrowed from French feinte , a noun use of the feminine form of the past participle of feindre ‘pretend’ (from which English got feign ). Feint ‘prin
• merchant bank 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random own own: [OE] The adjective own originated as the past participle of * aigan , the prehistoric Germanic ancestor of English owe . Its original form was * aiganaz , which has produced German and Dutch eigen and Swedish and Danish egen as well as English own . The verb own is a derivative of the adjective. = owe 中文词源 merch
• merchantable 英文词源 merchantable "Suitable for sale", Late 15th century: from the obsolete verb merchant 'haggle, trade as a merchant', from Old French marchander , from marchand 'merchant'. 中文词源 merchantable ：可买卖的，有销路的 来自merchant,商人，零售商。引申词义商人的，可买卖的，有销路的等。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： merchantab
• merchant 英文词源 merchant merchant: [13] Latin merx denoted ‘goods for sale’. From it was derived the verb mercārī ‘trade’ (whose past participle was the source of English market ). Mercārī was adapted in Vulgar Latin to mercātāre , whose present participle mercātāns produced the Old French noun marcheant ‘trader’, source of English merchant . Merchandise [13] comes from a derivati
• merchandising 英文词源 department store (n.) 1878; a store that sells a variety of items, organized by department . The "Department Store" is the outgrowth of the cheap counter business originated by Butler Brothers in Boston about ten years ago. The little "Five Cent Counter" then became a cornerstone from which the largest of all the world's branches of merchandising was to be reared. It was the "Cheap Co
• merchandise 英文词源 merchandise (n.) mid-13c., "trading, commerce;" mid-14c., "commodities of commerce, wares, articles for sale or trade," from Anglo-French marchaundise , Old French marcheandise "goods, merchandise; trade, business" (12c.), from marchaunt "merchant" (see merchant ). merchandise (v.) also merchandize , "to buy and sell; to market," late 14c.; see merchant + -ize . Meaning "promote the s
• mercenary 英文词源 mercenary (n.) late 14c., "one who works only for hire," from Old French mercenaire "mercenary, hireling" (13c.) and directly from Latin mercenarius "one who does anything for pay," literally "hired, paid," from merces (genitive mercedis ) "pay, reward, wages," from merx (see market (n.)). mercenary (adj.) 1530s, from mercenary (n.), or in part from Latin mercenarius "hired, paid, ser
• Mercator projection 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random supercilious supercilious: [16] The etymological notion underlying supercilious is of raising the ‘eyebrows’ as a sign of haughty disdain. It comes from Latin superciliōsus , a derivative of supercilium ‘eyebrow’, hence ‘haughtiness’. This was a compound noun formed from the prefix super - ‘above’ and cilium ‘
• mercantilism 英文词源 mercantilism (n.) 1834, from French mercantilisme ; see mercantile + -ism . Related: mercantilist . 中文词源 mercantilism ：重商主义 来自mercantile,商业的，-ism,主义，思想。引申词义重商主义。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mercantilism 词源， mercantilism 含义。
• mercantile 英文词源 mercantile (adj.) 1640s, from French mercantile (17c.), from Italian mercantile , from Medieval Latin mercantile , from Latin mercantem (nominative mercans ) "a merchant," also "trading," present participle of mercari "to trade," from merx (see market (n.)). Mercantile system first appears in Adam Smith (1776). 中文词源 mercantile ：商业的，贸易的 来自拉丁语mercari,交易
• Mephistophelian 英文词源 Mephistophelian "Wicked; fiendish", Mid 19th century: from Mephistopheles, an evil spirit to whom Faust, in the German legend, sold his soul. 中文词源 Mephistophelian ：魔鬼似的 来自Mephistopheles,恶魔，魔鬼。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Mephistophelian 词源， Mephistophelian 含义。
• Mephistopheles 英文词源 Mephistopheles 1590s, the evil spirit to whom Faust sold his soul in the German legend, from German (1587), of unknown origin. According to the speculation of eminent Göthe scholar K.J. Schröer (1886) it is a compound of Hebrew mephitz "destroyer" + tophel "liar" (short for tophel sheqer , literally "falsehood plasterer;" see Job xiii:4). Klein writes that the names of devils in the
• meow 英文词源 meow (n.) representation of cat sound, 1842, earlier miaow , miau , meaw (1630s). Of imitative origin, compare French miaou , German miauen , Persian maw , Japanese nya nya , Arabic nau-nau , and Joyce's mrkgnao . In Chinese, miau means "cat." As a verb by 1630s, meaw , also meawle . Compare Old French miauer "to meow, caterwaul." Related: Meowed ; meowing . 中文词源 meow ：猫叫声
• menu 英文词源 menu menu: see minute menu (n.) 1837, from French menu de repas "list of what is served at a meal," from Middle French menu (adj.) "small, detailed" (11c.), from Latin minutus "small," literally "made smaller," past participle of minuere "to diminish," from root of minus "to diminish" (see minus ). Computer usage is from 1967, from expanded sense of "any detailed list," first attested
• mention 英文词源 mention mention: [14] The etymological notion underlying mention is of ‘reminding’. For it comes via Old French from Latin mentiō , which originally meant ‘remembrance’ (it was a derivative of the Indo-European base * men -, which also produced English memory , remember , etc). It developed via ‘cause to remember something by speaking or writing of it’ (a sense still pres
• mentholated 英文词源 mentholated (adj.) of cigarettes, 1933, from menthol + -ate (2). 中文词源 mentholated ：含薄荷醇的 来自menthol,薄荷醇。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mentholated 词源， mentholated 含义。
• menthol 英文词源 menthol menthol: see mint menthol (n.) white crystalline substance, 1862, from German Menthol , coined 1861 by Alphons Oppenheim from Latin mentha "mint" (see mint (n.1)) + oleum "oil" (see oil (n.)). So called because it was first obtained from oil of peppermint. 中文词源 menthol ：薄荷醇 来自拉丁语mentha,薄荷，词源同mint.-ol,醇。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• mentee 英文词源 caucus (n.) "private meeting of party leaders," 1763, American English (New England), perhaps from an Algonquian word caucauasu "counselor, elder, adviser" in the dialect of Virginia, or from the Caucus Club of Boston, a 1760s social political club whose name possibly derived from Modern Greek kaukos "drinking cup." Another old guess is caulker's (meeting) [Pickering, 1816], but OED f
• mentality 英文词源 mentality (n.) 1690s, from mental (adj.) + -ity . Rare before 20c. 中文词源 mentality ：心理状况，心态 来自mental,心理的，-ity,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mentality 词源， mentality 含义。 mentality ：脑力，智力；精神 词根词缀： -ment-记忆,智力 + -ality名词词尾
• mental arithmetic 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random miss miss: English has two words miss . The one used as a title for an unmarried woman [17], which originated as a shortened form of mistress (see MASTER), is a comparatively recent introduction, but the verb miss [OE] has a much longer history. It comes from a prehistoric Germanic * missjan (source of German and Dutch missen ,
• mental 英文词源 mental mental: see mind mental (adj.) early 15c., "pertaining to the mind," from Middle French mental , from Late Latin mentalis "of the mind," from Latin mens (genitive mentis ) "mind," from PIE root *men- "to think" (cognates: Sanskrit matih "thought, mind," Gothic gamunds , Old English gemynd "memory, remembrance;" see mind (n.)). Meaning "crazy, deranged" is from 1927, probably fr
• menswear 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random relate relate: [16] Something that is related to something else is etymologically ‘carried back’ to it. The word is based on relātus , the past participle of Latin referre ‘carry back, refer to’ (source of English refer ). ( Lātus was not the original past participle of Latin ferre ‘carry’; it was drafted in from t
• menstruation 英文词源 menstruation (n.) 1680s, from Late Latin menstruare , from menstruus "monthly" (see menstrual ) + -ation . Old English equivalent was monaðblot "month-blood." Middle English had menstrue (n.), late 14c., from Old French menstrue , from Latin menstruum . 中文词源 menstruation ：月经 来自menstruate,来月经。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： menstruatio
• menstruate 英文词源 menstruate (v.) 1680s, probably a back-formation from menstruation , or else from Latin menstruatus , past participle of menstruare . Related: Menstruated ; menstruating . 中文词源 menstruate ：来月经 来自menses,月经。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： menstruate 词源， menstruate 含义。
• menstrual 英文词源 menstrual menstrual: [14] Etymologically, menstrual means ‘monthly’. It comes from Latin mēnstruālis , an adjective derived from mēnsis ‘month’ (a close relative of English month ). From the same source comes menses [16], originally the plural of Latin mēnsis , and menopause [19] is based on the related Greek word for ‘month’, mén . Their gynaecological application co
• menses 英文词源 menses (n.) "monthly discharge of blood from the uterus," 1590s, from Latin menses , plural of mensis "month" (see moon (n.)). 中文词源 menses ：月经 来自拉丁语menses,每月，来自mensis,月，词源同moon,-es,表复数。引申词义月经。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： menses 词源， menses 含义。
• mensch 英文词源 mensch (n.) "person of strength and honor," 1907, from Yiddish, from German Mensch , literally "man, person," from Old High German mennisco "human," from Proto-Germanic adjective *manniska- "human" (see mannish ). 中文词源 mensch ：好人，乐于助人的人 来自高地德语mennisco,人的，人道的，来自Proto-Germanic*manniska,人的，词源同mannish.引申词义好人，
• mensa 英文词源 mensa (n.) "altar top," 1848, Latin, literally "table," also "meal, supper," and "altar, sacrificial table," hence used in Church Latin for "upper slab of a church altar" (see mesa ). With a capital M- , the name of an organization for people of IQs of 148 or more founded in England in 1946, the name chosen, according to the organization, to suggest a "round table" type group. The con
• menorah 英文词源 menorah (n.) 1886, from Hebrew menorah "candlestick," from Semitic stem n-w-r "to give light, shine" (compare Arabic nar "fire," manarah "candlestick, lighthouse, tower of a mosque," see minaret ). 中文词源 menorah ：大烛台 来自希伯来语menorah,蜡烛，大烛台，来自me-,方位格前缀，-norah,灯光，照明，词源同minaret. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• menopause 英文词源 menopause (n.) 1852 (from 1845 as a French word in English), from French ménopause , from medical Latin menopausis , from Greek men (genitive menos ) "month" (see moon (n.)) + pausis "a cessation, a pause," from pauein "to cause to cease" (see pause (n.)). Earlier it was change of life . 中文词源 menopause ：更年期 来自拉丁语menopausis,停经，来自menses,月经，词源
• Mennonite 英文词源 Mennonite (n.) member of an Anabaptist sect, 1560s, from name of Menno Simons (1492-1559), founder of the sect in Friesland, + -ite (1). As an adjective by 1727. Alternative form Mennonist (n.) attested from 1640s. 中文词源 Mennonite ：门诺派教徒 美国和加拿大一个新教教派的成员，生活简朴。来自其创始人16世纪荷兰宗教改革家Menno Simons. 该词的
• meniscus 英文词源 meniscus (n.) "crescent-shaped body," 1690s in reference to lenses, c. 1812 in reference to liquid surfaces, Modern Latin meniscus , from Greek meniskos "lunar crescent," diminutive of mene "moon" (see moon (n.)). Related: Meniscoid . 中文词源 meniscus ：膝关节的半月板 来自希腊语meniskos,新月形，半月形，来自mene,月亮，词源同moon.-isc,形容词后缀，词
• meningitis 英文词源 meningitis (n.) "inflammation of the meninges," 1825, coined from Modern Latin meninga , from Greek meninx (genitive meningos ) "membrane," in medical Latin especially that of the brain (see member ) + -itis "inflammation." Related: Meningitic . 中文词源 meningitis ：脑膜炎 来自meninges,脑膜，-itis,炎症。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： meningiti
• meninges 英文词源 meninges (n.) plural, 1610s, "the three membranes enveloping the brain and spinal cord," from Middle French meninges (1530s) or directly from medical Latin, plural of meninx , from Greek meninx (see meningitis ). 中文词源 meninges ：脑膜，脑脊膜 来自希腊语meninx,脑脊膜，来自PIE*mems,肉，词源同member,membrane.引申词义肢体，四肢，皮肤，膜等。拼写
• menial 英文词源 menial (adj.) late 14c., "pertaining to a household," from Anglo-French meignial , from Old French mesnie "household," earlier mesnede , from Vulgar Latin *mansionata , from Latin mansionem "dwelling" (see mansion ). Sense of "lowly, humble, suited to a servant" is recorded by 1670s. menial (n.) "domestic servant," late 14c., meynyal ; see menial (adj.). 中文词源 menial ：仆人，
• menfolk 英文词源 menfolk (n.) also men-folk "the male sex, men generally," 1802, from men + folk (n.). 中文词源 menfolk ：男人群体 men,男人，folk,群体。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： menfolk 词源， menfolk 含义。
• mendicant 英文词源 mendicant (adj.) late 14c., from Latin mendicantem (nominative mendicans ) present participle of mendicare "to beg, ask alms," from mendicus "beggar," originally "cripple" (connection via cripples who must beg), from menda "fault, physical defect" (see mendacious ). As an adjective from 1540s. Also in Middle English was mendinant (mid-14c.), from Old French mendinant , present partici
• mender 英文词源 mender (n.) late 14c., agent noun from mend (v.). 中文词源 mender ：修理工 来自mend,修理。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mender 词源， mender 含义。
• mendelevium 英文词源 mendelevium (n.) 1955, Modern Latin, in honor of Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev . 中文词源 mendelevium ：钔 来自19世纪俄罗斯化学家Dmitri Mendeleev（门捷列夫）,即元素周斯表的建立者，以表达对他的纪念。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mendelevium 词源， mendelevium 含义。
• mendacity 英文词源 mendacity (n.) "tendency to lie," 1640s, from Middle French mendacité and directly from Late Latin mendacitas "falsehood, mendacity," from Latin mendax "lying; a liar" (see mendacious ). 中文词源 mendacity ：撒谎，捏造 来自mendacious,撒谎的，捏造的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mendacity 词源， mendacity 含义。
• mendacious 英文词源 mendacious (adj.) 1610s, from Middle French mendacieux , from Latin mendacium "a lie, untruth, falsehood, fiction," from mendax (genitive mendacis ) "lying, deceitful," from menda "fault, defect, carelessness in writing," from PIE root *mend- "physical defect, fault" (see amend (v.)). The sense evolution of Latin mendax was influenced by mentiri "to speak falsely, lie, deceive." Relat
• mend 英文词源 mend mend: [12] Mend originated as a shortened form of amend [13] – or rather, of the Old French source of amend , which did not arrive in English until after mend . The Old French verb was amender , a descendant of Vulgar Latin * admendāre ‘remove faults, correct’. This in turn was an alteration of classical Latin ēmendāre (source of English emend [15]), a compound verb form
• menagerie 英文词源 menagerie menagerie: see manor menagerie (n.) "collection of wild animals kept in captivity," 1712, from French ménagerie "housing for domestic animals" (16c.), from Old French manage (see menage ). 中文词源 menagerie ：小动物园，私人野生动物园 来自法语menagerie,畜养野生动物的屋子，来自menage,家庭，居住地。引申词义小动物园，尤指私人野
• menage a trois 英文词源 menage a trois (n.) 1891, see menage . 中文词源 menage a trois ：三人同居 来自法语。menage,家庭，trois,三，三个，词源同three.引申词义三人同居，尤指夫妇和情人同居。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： menage a trois 词源， menage a trois 含义。
• menage 英文词源 menage (n.) 1690s, "management of a household, domestic establishment," from French ménage , from Old French manage "household, family dwelling" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *mansionaticum "household, that which pertains to a house," from Latin mansionem "dwelling" (see mansion ). Now generally used in suggestive borrowed phrase ménage à trois (1891), literally "household of three." B
• menacing 英文词源 menacing (adj.) 1540s, present participle adjective from menace (v.). Related: Menacingly . 中文词源 menacing ：威胁的 来自menace,威胁。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： menacing 词源， menacing 含义。
• memsahib 英文词源 memsahib "A married white or upper-class woman (often used as a respectful form of address by non-whites)", From mem (representing an Indian pronunciation of ma'am) + sahib. 中文词源 memsahib ：夫人，太太 来自印度语。mem-,即ma’am,女士，夫人，sahib,先生，阁下。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： memsahib 词源， memsahib 含义。
• memory stick U 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random nostril nostril: [OE] Etymologically, a nostril is a ‘nosehole’. Its Old English ancestor was nosthyrl , a compound formed from nosu ‘nose’ and thyrl ‘hole’. This was a derivative of thurh ‘through’, and still survives as thirl , a dialectal word for ‘hole’. = nose , thrill , through 中文词源 memory stick
• memorize 英文词源 memorize (v.) 1590s, "commit to writing;" see memory + -ize . The meaning "commit to memory" is from 1838. Related: Memorized ; memorizing . 中文词源 memorize ：记忆 来自memory,记忆，-ize,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： memorize 词源， memorize 含义。 memorize ：记住，熟记 词根词缀： -memor-记忆 + -ize动词词尾
• memorialize 英文词源 memorialize (v.) 1798, from memorial + -ize . Related: Memorialized ; memorializing . Earlier verb was simply memorial (1731). 中文词源 memorialize ：纪念 来自memorial,记忆的，-ize,使。即使记忆，纪念。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： memorialize 词源， memorialize 含义。
• memorial 英文词源 memorial (adj.) late 14c., "memorable, excellent; remembered, committed to memory," from Old French memorial "mindful of, remembering," from Latin memorialis (adj.) "of or belonging to memory," from memoria "memory" (see memory ). memorial (n.) late 14c., "fame, renown, reputation," also "commemorative gesture, monument, or rite;" in general, "something by which the memory of a person
• memorandum 英文词源 memorandum (n.) early 15c., from Latin memorandum "(thing) to be remembered," neuter singular of memorandus "worthy of remembrance, noteworthy," gerundive of memorare "to call to mind," from memor "mindful of" (see memory ). Originally a word written at the top of a note, by 1540s it came to stand for the note itself. The Latin plural is memoranda . Compare also agenda . 中文词源
• memorable 英文词源 memorable (adj.) mid-15c., from Middle French mémorable , from Latin memorabilis "that may be told; worthy of being remembered, remarkable," from memorare "to bring to mind," from memor "mindful of" (see memory ). Related: Memorably . 中文词源 memorable ：难忘的 来自memory,记忆。即值得记忆的，难忘的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： memo
• memorabilia 英文词源 memorabilia (n.) "things worth remembering," 1806, from Latin memorabilia "notable achievements," noun use of neuter plural of memorabilis "worthy of being remembered" (see memorable ). 中文词源 memorabilia ：纪念品 来自拉丁语memorabilia,纪念品，值得记忆之事，词源同memory,memorable. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： memorabilia 词源，
• memoir 英文词源 memoir (n.) early 15c., "written record," from Anglo-French memorie "note, memorandum, something written to be kept in mind" (early 15c., Old French memoire ), from Latin memoria (see memory ). Meaning "person's written account of his life" is from 1670s. 中文词源 memoir ：回忆录 来自拉丁语memoria,记忆，回忆，词源同memory.引申词义回忆录。 该词的英语词
• memo 英文词源 memo (n.) 1889, shortening of memorandum (q.v.). 中文词源 memo ：备忘录 缩写自memorandum. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： memo 词源， memo 含义。 memo ：备忘录，便条  -memor-记忆 → memo
• memento mori 英文词源 memento mori (n.) "reminder of death," 1590s, Latin, literally "remember that you must die." 中文词源 memento mori ：死亡提醒 来自拉丁语，memento,记忆，提醒，mori,死亡，词源同murder. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： memento mori 词源， memento mori 含义。
• memento 英文词源 memento (n.) c. 1400, "Psalm cxxxi in the Canon of the Mass" (which begins with the Latin word Memento and in which the dead are commemorated), from Latin memento "remember," imperative of meminisse "to remember, recollect, think of, bear in mind," a reduplicated form, related to mens "mind" (see mind (n.)). Meaning "reminder, object serving as a warning" is from 1580s; sense of "keep
• meme 英文词源 meme (n.) 1976, introduced by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in "The Selfish Gene," coined by him from Greek sources, such as mimeisthai "to imitate" (see mime ), and intended to echo gene . We need a name for the new replicator, a noun that conveys the idea of a unit of cultural transmission, or a unit of imitation . 'Mimeme' comes from a suitable Greek root, but I want a mon
• membranous 英文词源 membranous (adj.) 1590s, from Middle French membraneux (16c.), from membrane , from Latin membrana (see membrane ). 中文词源 membranous ：膜的，膜状的 来自membrane,包膜。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： membranous 词源， membranous 含义。
• membrane 英文词源 membrane (n.) early 15c., "thin layer of skin or tissue," a term in anatomy, from Latin membrana "a skin, membrane; parchment (skin prepared for writing)," from membrum "limb, member of the body" (see member ). The etymological sense is "that which covers the members of the body." 中文词源 membrane ：包膜，身体内的膜，植物的细胞膜 来自拉丁语membrana,皮肤，m
• membership 英文词源 membership (n.) 1640s, "state of being a member," from member + -ship . Meaning "number of members" is from 1850. 中文词源 membership ：成员资格，会员资格 来自member,成员，会员，-ship,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： membership 词源， membership 含义。
• member 英文词源 member member: [13] Latin membrum originally meant ‘part of the body, limb, organ’ (it has been connected tentatively with various words in other Indo-European languages meaning ‘flesh, meat’, including Sanskrit māmsám and Gothic mimz ). But it was early broadened out metaphorically to ‘part of anything, one that belongs’, and brought that meaning with it via Old French
• melting 英文词源 bullion bullion: [14] The immediate source of bullion was Anglo-Norman bullion , which meant ‘place where coins are made, mint’, so presumably the underlying connotation is of melting, or ‘boiling’, metal down and then turning it into coins. On this reasoning it would come ultimately from Vulgar Latin * bulliōnem , a nominal derivative of Latin bullīre ‘boil’, from bulla
• meltdown 英文词源 meltdown (n.) by 1937 in the ice-cream industry; by 1956 in reference to a nuclear reactor, from verbal phrase, from melt (v.) + down (adv.). Metaphoric extension since 1979. 中文词源 meltdown ：核反应堆核心熔毁 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： meltdown 词源， meltdown 含义。
• melt 英文词源 melt melt: [OE] Melt goes back ultimately to an Indo- European * meld -, * mold -, * mld -, denoting ‘softness’, which also produced English mild and Latin mollis ‘soft’ (source of English mollify and mollusc ). Its prehistoric Germanic descendant * melt -, * malt - produced the verb * maltjan ‘dissolve’, which has become English melt . Malt comes from the same Germanic so
• melon 英文词源 melon melon: [14] Greek mēlon actually meant ‘apple’. But combination with pépōn ‘ripe’ (a relative of English peptic [17]) produced mēlopépōn , which was used for ‘melon’. This passed into Latin as mēlopepō , but the - pepō part was subsequently dropped, giving mēlō – source, via Old French, of English melon . = marmalade melon (n.) late 14c., from Old French
• melody 英文词源 melody melody: [13] Greek mélos originally meant ‘limb’ (it is related to Cornish mal ‘joint’), but it was transferred metaphorically to a ‘limb or ‘part’ of a piece of music’, a ‘musical phrase’, and from there to ‘song’. It was combined with the element ōid - ‘singing’ (source of English ode ) to form melōidíā ‘choral song’, which passed into Eng
• melodramatics 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random grind grind: [OE] Grind is part of the ancient Indo- European word-stock. Relatives such as Latin frendere ‘crush’ and Lithuanian grendu ‘rub’ point back to an Indo-European * ghrendh -. This perhaps denoted ‘crushing’ rather than what we would today call ‘grinding’; for in earliest times grain was crushed rather
• melodramatic 英文词源 melodramatic (adj.) 1776; from foreign source of melodrama on model of dramatic . Related: Melodramatically . 中文词源 melodramatic ：情节剧的，夸张的 来自melodrama,情节剧。引申词义戏剧般的，夸张的。比较dramatic,drastic. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： melodramatic 词源， melodramatic 含义。
• melodrama 英文词源 melodrama (n.) 1784 (1782 as melo drame ), "a stage-play in which songs were interspersed and music accompanied the action," from French mélodrame (18c.), from Greek melos "song" (see melody ) + French drame "drama" (see drama ). Meaning "a romantic and sensational dramatic piece with a happy ending" is from 1883, because this was often the form of the original melodramas. Also from
• melodist 英文词源 shoot (v.) Old English sceotan "to hurl missiles, cast; strike, hit, push; run, rush; send forth swiftly; wound with missiles" (class II strong verb; past tense sceat , past participle scoten ), from Proto-Germanic *skeutanan (cognates: Old Saxon skiotan , Old Norse skjota "to shoot with (a weapon); shoot, launch, push, shove quickly," Old Frisian skiata , Middle Dutch skieten , Dutch
• melodious 英文词源 melodious (adj.) late 14c., from Old French melodios "melodious; delightful" (French mélodieux ), from Medieval Latin melodiosus , from Latin melodia (see melody ). Related: Melodiously ; melodiousness . 中文词源 melodious ：悦耳的 来自melody,韵律，旋律。即有旋律的，引申词义悦耳的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： melodious 词源，
• melodica 英文词源 melodica "A wind instrument with a small keyboard controlling a row of reeds, and a mouthpiece at one end", 1960s: from melody, on the pattern of harmonica . 中文词源 melodica ：口风琴 来自melody,韵律，曲调，-a,表阴性。用于乐器名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： melodica 词源， melodica 含义。
• melodic 英文词源 melodic (adj.) 1818, from French mélodique , from Late Latin melodicus , from Greek melodikos , from melodia (see melody ). 中文词源 melodic ：有旋律的，悦耳的 来自melody,韵律，旋律。即有旋律的，引申词义悦耳的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： melodic 词源， melodic 含义。
• mellow 英文词源 mellow mellow: see meal mellow (adj.) mid-15c., melwe "soft, sweet, juicy" (of ripe fruit), perhaps related to melowe , variant of mele "ground grain" (see meal (2)), influenced by Middle English merow "soft, tender," from Old English mearu . Meaning "slightly drunk" is from 1680s. Mellow yellow "banana peel smoked in an effort to get high" is from 1967. Related: Mellowly ; mellowness
• mellifluous 英文词源 mellifluous mellifluous: see flux , molasses mellifluous (adj.) early 15c., "sweet, pleasing" (of an odor, a style of speaking or writing, etc.), from Late Latin mellifluus "flowing with (or as if with) honey," from Latin mel (genitive mellis ) "honey" (related to Greek meli "honey;" see Melissa ) + -fluus "flowing," from fluere "to flow" (see fluent ). Related: Melifluously ; meliflu
• meliorism 英文词源 meliorism (n.) "belief that the world tends to become better," 1868, from Latin melior (see meliorate ) + -ism . Related: Meliorist (1835). 中文词源 meliorism ：社会向善论 来自meliorate,改善，变好，-ism,主义，思想。引申词义社会向善论。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： meliorism 词源， meliorism 含义。
• meliorate 英文词源 meliorate (v.) 1550s, "to make better," back-formation from melioration or else from Late Latin melioratus , past participle of Latin meliorare "improve," from melior "better," used as comparative of bonus "good," but probably originally meaning "stronger," from PIE root *mel- "strong, great, numerous" (see multi- ). Related: Meliorated ; meliorating ; melioration ; meliorative . 中文
• melee 英文词源 mêlée mêlée: see mix melee (n.) 1640s, from French mêlée , from Old French meslee "brawl, confused fight; mixture, blend" (12c.), noun use of fem. past participle of mesler "to mix, mingle" (see meddle ). See also medley . Borrowed in Middle English as melle but lost and then reborrowed 17c. 中文词源 melee ：混战，混乱，混乱的人群 来自古法语meslee,混战，混
• meld 英文词源 meld (v.) "to blend together, merge, unite" (intransitive), by 1910, of uncertain origin. OED suggests "perh. a blend of MELT v. 1 and WELD v. " Said elsewhere to be a verb use of melled "mingled, blended," past participle of dialectal mell "to mingle, mix, combine, blend." [T]he biplane grew smaller and smaller, the stacatto clatter of the motor became once more a drone which imperce
• melatonin 英文词源 melatonin (n.) 1958, from Greek melas "black, dark" (see melanin ) + ending from serotonin . So called because its secretion is inhibited by sunlight. 中文词源 melatonin ：褪黑激素 melan-,黑色的，-ton,延展性，弹性，词源同tonic,-in,化学名词后缀。该激素因可以通过使一种产生黑色素的细胞发亮，从而抑制黑色素生长而得名。 该词的
• melanoma 英文词源 melanoma (n.) "tumor containing melanin," 1826, medical Latin, from Greek melas (genitive melanos ) "black" (see melanin ) + -oma . 中文词源 melanoma ：黑色素瘤 melan-,黑色的，-oma,瘤，肿块，词源同sarcoma,carcinoma. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： melanoma 词源， melanoma 含义。