英语词源

• melanin 英文词源 melanin (n.) dark brown or black pigment found in animal bodies, 1832, Modern Latin, with chemical suffix -in (2); first element from Greek melas (genitive melanos ) "black," from PIE root *mel- (2) "of darkish color" (cognates: Sanskrit malinah "dirty, stained, black," Lithuanian melynas "blue," Latin mulleus "reddish"). Related: Melanism ; melanistic . 中文词源 melanin ：黑色素
• melan- 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random forgive forgive: [OE] Forgive is what is known technically as a ‘calque’ or loan translation – that is, it was created by taking the component parts of a foreign word, translating them literally, and then putting them back together to form a new word. In this case the foreign word was Latin perdōnāre ‘forgive’ (sourc
• melange 英文词源 melange (n.) 1650s, from French mélange (15c.), from mêler "to mix, mingle," from Old French mesler (see meddle ). 中文词源 melange ：混合物 来自法语meler,混合，搅拌，来自古法语mesler,混合，词源同mix,medley,-ange,动名词后缀，即-ing.引申词义混合物。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： melange 词源， melange 含义。
• melancholic 英文词源 melancholic (adj.) late 14c., from melancholy + -ic , or else from Late Latin melancholicus , from Greek melankholikos "choleric," from melankholia “sadness” (see melancholy ). As a noun, from 1580s. Earlier adjective formation was melancholian (mid-14c.), and melancholiac (mid-19c.) also was tried. 中文词源 melancholic ：忧郁的 来自melancholy,忧郁，悲伤。 该词
• melancholia 英文词源 melancholia (n.) 1690s, from Modern Latin melancholia (see melancholy ). 中文词源 melancholia ：忧郁症 来自melancholy,忧郁，悲伤，-ia,疾病症状。引申词义忧郁症。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： melancholia 词源， melancholia 含义。
• melamine 英文词源 melamine "A white crystalline compound made by heating cyanamide and used in making plastics", Mid 19th century: from German melam (an arbitrary formation), denoting an insoluble amorphous organic substance, + amine. 中文词源 melamine ：三聚氰胺，蜜胺 来自德语melam,蜜白胺，可能来自PIE*mel,甜的，词源同molasses.amine,胺。字面意思即蜜胺，三聚氰胺
• meitnerium 英文词源 meitnerium "The chemical element of atomic number 109, a very unstable element made by high-energy atomic collisions", 1990s: modern Latin , from the name of L. Meitner (see Meitner, Lise ). 中文词源 meitnerium ：化学元素（钅麦，第109号元素） 一种放射性化学元素，来自20世纪瑞典原子物理学家Lise Meitner,被称为“原子弹之母”，以纪念她对
• meiosis 英文词源 meiosis (n.) "division of a cell nucleus," 1905, from Greek meiosis "a lessening," from meioun "to lessen," from meion "less," from PIE root *mei- (2) "small" (see minus ). Earlier (1580s) it was a rhetorical term, a figure of speech "weak or negative expression used for a positive and forcible one, so that it may be made all the more emphatic," as when one says "not bad" meaning "ver
• mein 英文词源 mein (n.) "Chinese wheat flour noodles" (in lo mein , chow mein , etc.), 1934, from Chinese, literally "wheat flour." 中文词源 mein ：面 来自汉语。常见于餐饮菜单chow mein,炒面。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mein 词源， mein 含义。
• meh 英文词源 meh expression of apathy or indifference, by 2003 (perhaps from 1992). 中文词源 meh ：哦 拟声词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： meh 词源， meh 含义。
• megawatt 英文词源 megawatt (v.) 1900, from mega- + watt . 中文词源 megawatt ：兆瓦 mega-,百万，兆，watt,瓦。通常缩写为MW,用于发电量计算单位。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： megawatt 词源， megawatt 含义。
• megaton 英文词源 megaton (n.) unit of explosive power equal to one million tons of TNT, 1952, from mega- + ton . Related: Megatonnage . 中文词源 megaton ：百万吨级TNT炸药威力 mega-,百万，兆，ton,吨。即百万吨级TNT炸药威力，用于核武器爆炸能量单位。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： megaton 词源， megaton 含义。
• megastore 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random dispatch dispatch: [16] Dispatch appears to have been borrowed from Spanish despachar ‘expedite’, but its ultimate origins are not clear. The likeliest source of the Spanish word is Old French despeechier ‘set free’ (source of modern French dépêcher ‘hurry’), a compound verb formed from the prefix des - ‘un-’ a
• megastar 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random scuttle scuttle: English has three distinct words scuttle . The oldest, ‘large container’ [15] (now mainly encountered in coal-scuttle ), was borrowed from Old Norse skutill , which goes back ultimately to Latin scutella ‘tray, salver’ (from which English also gets scullery and skillet ). Scuttle ‘sink a ship’ [17] i
• megapixel 英文词源 megapixel (n.) by 1977, from mega- + pixel . 中文词源 megapixel ：百万像素 mega-,百万，兆，pixel,像素。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： megapixel 词源， megapixel 含义。
• megaphone 英文词源 megaphone (n.) 1878, coined (perhaps by Thomas Edison, who invented it) from Greek megas "great" (see mega- ) + phone "voice" (see fame (n.)). Related: Megaphonic . In Greek, megalophonia meant "grandiloquence," megalophonos "loud-voiced." 中文词源 megaphone ：扩音器 megalo-,巨大的，-phone,声音，词源同phone,fame.用于指扩音器。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• megalopolis 英文词源 megalopolis (n.) 1832, from comb. form of Greek megas (genitive megalou ) "great" (see mickle ) + polis "city" (see polis ). The word was used in classical times as an epithet of great cities (Athens, Syracuse, Alexandria), and it also was the name of a former city in Arcadia. 中文词源 megalopolis ：大都会 megalo-,巨大的，-polis,城市，词源同policy,police.在古代特指
• megalomaniac 英文词源 megalomaniac 1882 (n.), 1883 (adj.), from megalomania (q.v.). The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history. [Bertrand Russell, "The Conquest of Happiness"] 中文词源 megalomaniac ：自大狂患者 来自meg
• megalomania 英文词源 megalomania (n.) "delusions of greatness," 1866, from French mégalomanie ; see megalo- + mania "madness." 中文词源 megalomania ：自大狂 megalo-,巨大的，夸大的，mania,发狂。引申词义自大狂。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： megalomania 词源， megalomania 含义。
• megalo- 英文词源 megalo- word-forming element meaning "large, great, exaggerated," from comb. form of Greek megas "large, great" (stem megal- ); see mickle . 中文词源 megalo- ：巨大的，夸大的 来自希腊语megas,大的，巨大的，词源同magnate.引申词义夸大的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： megalo- 词源， megalo- 含义。
• megalith 英文词源 megalith megalith: see lithograph megalith (n.) huge prehistoric stone, 1853, back-formation from megalithic . 中文词源 megalith ：巨石 mega-,巨大的，-lith,石头，词源同lithilogy. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： megalith 词源， megalith 含义。
• megahertz 英文词源 megahertz (n.) 1941, from mega- + Hertz . 中文词源 megahertz ：兆赫兹 mega-,百万，兆，hertz,赫兹。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： megahertz 词源， megahertz 含义。
• megadeath 英文词源 megadeath (n.) 1953, from mega- in scientific sense (one million) + death (n.). The death of one million persons, as a measure of the effectiveness of nuclear weapons. The resulting pile of dead bodies would be a megacorpse , according to writings on the topic. 中文词源 megadeath ：一百万人的死亡 mega-,百万，兆，death,死亡。用于核武器杀伤力的计算单位。
• megabyte 英文词源 megabyte (n.) 1972, from mega- + byte . The Sussex team has run the Forrester/Meadows models more than 1000 times on the UK's most powerful computer (the giant two-megabyte IBM 370/165 at Harwell). ["New Scientist," May 4, 1972] 中文词源 megabyte ：兆字节 mega-,百万，兆，byte,字节。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： megabyte 词源， megabyte 含义
• megabucks 英文词源 megabucks (n.) 1946, originally "one million dollars," from mega- in the scientific sense + slang buck (n.) "dollar." A jocular coinage of U.S. scientists working on expensive atomic research. 中文词源 megabucks ：一大笔钱 mega-,百万，兆，buck,一美元。原用于诙谐用语，形容原子弹研究耗钱。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： megabuc
• megabit 英文词源 mega- before vowels meg- , word-forming element often meaning "large, great," but in precise scientific language "one million" ( megaton, megawatt, etc.), from Greek megas "great, large, vast, big, high, tall; mighty, important" (fem. megale ), from PIE *meg- "great" (cognates: Latin magnus , Old English micel ; see mickle ). Mega began to be used alone as an adjective by 1982. High-s
• mega- 英文词源 mega- before vowels meg- , word-forming element often meaning "large, great," but in precise scientific language "one million" ( megaton, megawatt, etc.), from Greek megas "great, large, vast, big, high, tall; mighty, important" (fem. megale ), from PIE *meg- "great" (cognates: Latin magnus , Old English micel ; see mickle ). Mega began to be used alone as an adjective by 1982. High-s
• meeting 英文词源 meeting (n.) "action of coming together," Old English gemeting , verbal noun from meet (v.). Meaning "gathering of people for discussion, etc." is from 1510s. In 17c., it was applied generally to worship assemblies of nonconformists, but this now is retained mostly by Quakers. 中文词源 meeting ：会议 来自meet,见面，集会，-ing,动名词。引申词义开会，会议。 该
• meet 英文词源 meet meet: [OE] English has two words meet , although one of them has almost died out. The verb comes from a prehistoric Germanic * gamōtjan , a derivative of the noun * mōtam ‘meeting’ (from which English gets moot ). Its Germanic relatives include Dutch moeten , Swedish mōta , and Danish møde . The adjective, ‘suitable’, originally meant literally ‘fitting’, and goes
• meerkat 英文词源 meerkat (n.) late 15c., "monkey," from Dutch meerkat "monkey" (related to Old High German mericazza ), apparently from meer "lake" + kat "cat." But compare Hindi markat , Sanskrit markata "ape," which might serve as a source of a Teutonic folk-etymology, even though the word was in Germanic before any known direct contact with India. First applied to the small South African mammals in
• meek 英文词源 meek meek: see muck meek (adj.) c. 1200, "gentle, quiet, unaggressive; benevolent, kind; courteous, humble, unassuming;" of a woman, "modest," from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse mjukr "soft, pliant, gentle," from Proto-Germanic *meukaz (cognates: Gothic muka-modei "humility," Dutch muik "soft"), of uncertain origin, perhaps from PIE *meug- "slippery, slimy." In the Bible, it
• medusa 英文词源 medusa (n.) "jellyfish," 1758, as genus name, from the name of one of the three Gorgons with snakes for hair, whose glance turned to stone him who looked upon it (attested in English from late 14c.). Her name is from Greek Medousa , literally "guardian," fem. present participle of the verb medein "to protect, rule over" (see Medea ). The zoological name was chosen by Linnæus, suggest
• medlar 英文词源 medlar (n.) "small fruit-bearing tree," mid-14c. (in reference to the fruit itself), from Old French medler , variant of mesple, from Latin mespila "fruit of the medlar," from Greek mespilion , a foreign word of unknown origin. The Old English name was openærs , literally "open-arse." 中文词源 medlar ：欧楂果 来自古法语medler,欧楂果。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• medley 英文词源 medley medley: see mix medley (n.) c. 1300, "hand-to-hand combat," from Old French medlee , variant of meslee (see meddle ). Meaning "combination, mixture" is from mid-15c.; that of "musical combination consisting of diverse parts" is from 1620s. 中文词源 medley ：混成曲 来自古法语medlee,混乱，混战，来自拉丁语misculare,混合，搅拌，词源同mix,meddle.后引
• medium 英文词源 medium medium: [16] Latin medius meant ‘middle’ (it came from an Indo-European source that also produced English mid and middle ). Its neuter form, used as a noun, has given English medium , but it has made several other contributions to the language, including mean ‘average’, medial [16], median [16], mediate [16] (and its derivatives immediate [16] – etymologically ‘acti
• Mediterranean 英文词源 Mediterranean "the sea between southern Europe and northern Africa," c. 1400, from Late Latin Mediterraneum mare "Mediterranean Sea" (7c.), from Latin mediterraneus "midland;" the original sense being of "sea in the middle of the earth," from medius "middle" (see medial (adj.)) + terra "land, earth" (see terrain ). The Old English name was Wendel-sæ , so called for the Vandals , Germ
• meditative 英文词源 meditative (adj.) 1650s, from Late Latin meditativus , from meditat- , past participle stem of Latin meditari (see meditation ). Related: Meditatively ; meditativeness . 中文词源 meditative ：沉思的，冥想的 来自meditate,沉思，冥想。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： meditative 词源， meditative 含义。
• meditation 英文词源 meditation (n.) c. 1200, "contemplation; devout preoccupation; devotions, prayer," from Old French meditacion "thought, reflection, study," and directly from Latin meditationem (nominative meditatio ) "a thinking over, meditation," noun of action from past participle stem of meditari "to meditate, think over, reflect, consider," frequentative form from PIE root *med- "to measure, limi
• meditate 英文词源 meditate (v.) 1580s, "to ponder," back-formation from meditation , or else from Latin meditatus , past participle of meditari (see meditation ). Related: Meditated ; meditating . 中文词源 meditate ：沉思，冥想 来自拉丁语meditari,沉思，思考，考虑，来自PIE*med,测量，考虑，词源同measure,medical.引申词义沉思，冥想。也有可能来自拉丁语me
• mediocrity 英文词源 mediocrity (n.) early 15c., "moderation; intermediate state or amount," from Middle French médiocrité and directly from Latin mediocritatem (nominative mediocritas ) "a middle state, middling condition, medium," from mediocris (see mediocre ). Neutral at first; disparaging sense began to predominate from late 16c. The meaning "person of mediocre abilities or attainments" is from 169
• mediocre 英文词源 mediocre mediocre: [16] Etymologically, mediocre means ‘halfway up a mountain’. It comes from Latin mediocris ‘of middle height, in a middle state’, which was formed from medius ‘middle’ (source of English medium ) and ocris ‘rough stony mountain’. = medium mediocre (adj.) 1580s, from Middle French médiocre (16c.), from Latin mediocris "of middling height or state, mo
• medieval 英文词源 medieval medieval: see medium medieval (adj.) 1827, "pertaining to or suggestive of the Middle Ages," coined in English from Latin medium "the middle" (see medium (n.)) + aevum "age" (see eon ). 中文词源 medieval ：中世纪的（约公元1400年到1450年） med-,中间，词源同middle,-ev,时期，年代，词源同age,longevity.用于指欧洲的中世纪。 该词的英语词
• medico 英文词源 medico (n.) "medical practitioner," 1680s, from Spanish médico or Italian medico , from Latin medicus (see medical (adj.)). 中文词源 medico ：医生，大夫 来自西班牙语medico,医生，大夫，词源同medical. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： medico 词源， medico 含义。
• medicine man 英文词源 mojo (n.) "magic," 1920s, probably of Creole origin, compare Gullah moco "witchcraft," Fula moco'o "medicine man." powwow (n.) 1620s, "priest, sorcerer," from a southern New England Algonquian language (probably Narragansett) powwaw "shaman, medicine man, Indian priest," from a verb meaning "to use divination, to dream," from Proto-Algonquian *pawe:wa "he dreams, one who dreams." Mean
• medicine ball 英文词源 medicine (n.) c. 1200, "medical treatment, cure, remedy," also used figuratively, of spiritual remedies, from Old French medecine (Modern French médicine ) "medicine, art of healing, cure, treatment, potion," from Latin medicina "the healing art, medicine; a remedy," also used figuratively, perhaps originally ars medicina "the medical art," from fem. of medicinus (adj.) "of a doctor,
• medicine 英文词源 medicine medicine: [13] Latin medērī ‘heal’ underlies all the English ‘medical’-words (it was formed from the base * med -, which also produced English remedy ). From it was derived medicus ‘doctor’, which has given English medical [17]; and on medicus in turn were based Latin medicīna ‘practice of medicine’ (source of English medicine ) and medicārī ‘give medic
• medication 英文词源 medication (n.) early 15c., "medical treatment of a disease or wound," from Middle French médication and directly from Latin medicationem (nominative medicatio ) "healing, cure," from past participle stem of medicare , medicari "to medicate, heal, cure" (poetic and Late Latin) from medicus "physician, healing" (see medical (adj.)). 中文词源 medication ：药，药物 来自medica
• medicate 英文词源 medicate (v.) "to treat medicinally," 1620s, a back-formation from medication , or else from Late Latin medicatus , past participle of medicare . Related: Medicated ; medicating . The earlier verb in English was simply medicin (late 14c.). 中文词源 medicate ：用药物治疗 来自medical,医疗的，-ate,使。即进行医疗，用药物治疗。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• medicaster 英文词源 medicaster (n.) "quack," c. 1600, from Latin *medicaster (source also of Italian medicastro , French médicastre , 16c.), from medicus (see medical (adj.)). The feminine form is medicastra . Compare also -aster . 中文词源 medicaster ：江湖医生，庸医 来自拉丁语medicus,医生，大夫，词源同medicine,-aster,贬义后缀。即差劲的医生，比喻用法。 该词的
• Medicare 英文词源 Medicare name for a state-run health insurance system, 1962, originally in a Canadian context, from medical + care (n.). U.S. use is from 1965. 中文词源 Medicare ：老年医疗保障制度 专有名词，来自medical和care.用于指老年医疗保障制度。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Medicare 词源， Medicare 含义。
• medical 英文词源 medical (adj.) 1640s, from French médical , from Late Latin medicalis "of a physician," from Latin medicus "physician, surgeon, medical man" (n.); "healing, madicinal" (adj.), from mederi "to heal, give medical attention to, cure," originally "know the best course for," from an early specialization of the PIE root *med- "to measure, limit, consider, advise, take appropriate measures"
• Medicaid 英文词源 Medicaid 1966, U.S. medical assistance program set up by Title XIX of the Social Security Act of 1965. See medical + aid (n.). 中文词源 Medicaid ：医疗补助制度 专有名词，来自medical和aid.用于指医疗补助制度。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Medicaid 词源， Medicaid 含义。
• medic 英文词源 medic (n.) 1650s, "physician, medical student," from Latin medicus "physician" (see medical (adj.)); modern sense of "serviceman in a military medical corps" first recorded 1925. 中文词源 medic ：医科学生，大夫 来自拉丁语medicus,医生，大夫，词源同medicine.后也用于指医科学生。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： medic 词源， med
• mediator 英文词源 mediator (n.) mid-14c., from Late Latin mediatorem (nominative mediator ) "one who mediates," agent noun from past participle stem of mediari "to intervene, mediate," also "to be or divide in the middle," from Latin medius "in the middle" (see medial (adj.)). Originally applied to Christ, who in Christian theology "mediates" between God and man. Meaning "one who intervenes between two
• mediate 英文词源 mediate mediate: see medium mediate (v.) 1540s, "divide in two equal parts," probably a back-formation from mediation or mediator , or else from Latin mediatus , past participle of mediare . Meaning "act as a mediator" is from 1610s; that of "settle by mediation" is from 1560s. Related: Mediated , mediates , mediating . 中文词源 mediate ：调停，调解 来自拉丁语medius,在中
• median 英文词源 median median: see medium median (adj.) 1590s, from Middle French médian (15c.) and directly from Latin medianus "of the middle," from medius "in the middle" (see medial (adj.)). Originally anatomical, of veins, arteries, nerves. Median strip "strip between lanes of traffic" is from 1954. median (n.) "a median part," 1540s, from Latin medianus (see median (adj.)). Meaning "middle num
• medial 英文词源 medial medial: see medium medial (adj.) 1560s, "pertaining to a mathematical mean," from Late Latin medialis "of the middle," from Latin medius "in the middle," from PIE *medhyo- "middle" (cognates: Sanskrit madhyah , Avestan madiya- "middle," Greek mesos , Gothic midjis , Old English midd "middle," Old Church Slavonic medzu "between," Armenian mej "middle"); perhaps related to PIE ro
• media 英文词源 media (n.) "newspapers, radio, TV, etc." 1927, perhaps abstracted from mass media (1923, a technical term in advertising), plural of medium , on notion of "intermediate agency," a sense found in that word in English from c. 1600. 中文词源 media ：媒体，大众传播媒介 来自medium,媒介，媒介质，中间物，词源同middle,-a,复数后缀。引申词义媒体，大众传
• medevac 英文词源 medevac 1966, U.S. military, formed from elements of medical evacuation . 中文词源 medevac ：伤员等的空运救护 美国军事俚语，缩写自medical evacuation,医疗疏散。用于指伤员等的空运救护。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： medevac 词源， medevac 含义。
• meddlesome 英文词源 meddlesome (adj.) 1610s, from meddle + -some (1). Earlier was medlous "quarrelsome, meddlesome" (mid-15c.). Related: Meddlesomely . Character name Meddlesome Mattie attested from 1814. 中文词源 meddlesome ：好管闲事的 来自meddle,管闲事，-some,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： meddlesome 词源， meddlesome 含义。
• meddler 英文词源 meddler (n.) late 14c., "practitioner," agent noun from meddle (v.). Meaning "one who interferes, a nuisance" is mid-15c. 中文词源 meddler ：管闲事的人 来自meddle,管闲事。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： meddler 词源， meddler 含义。
• meddle 英文词源 meddle meddle: see mix meddle (v.) early 14c., "to mingle, blend, mix," from Old North French medler (Old French mesler , 12c., Modern French mêler ) "to mix, mingle, to meddle," from Vulgar Latin *misculare (source of Provençal mesclar , Spanish mezclar , Italian mescolare , meschiare ), from Latin miscere "to mix" (see mix (v.)). From late 14c. as "busy oneself, be concerned with,
• medallion 英文词源 medallion (n.) 1650s, from French médaillon (17c.), from Italian medaglione "large medal," augmentative of medaglia (see medal ). 中文词源 medallion ：大奖牌，状似大奖牌的项链垂饰 来自medal,奖牌，-on,大词后缀。后用于指状似大奖牌的项链垂饰。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： medallion 词源， medallion 含义。
• medal 英文词源 medal medal: see metal medal (v.) 1845, "stamped onto a medal," from medal (n.). From 1857 as "to award (someone or something) a medal;" intransitive sense is 20c. Related: Medaled ; medalled ; medaling ; medalling . medal (n.) 1580s, from Middle French médaille (15c.), from Italian medaglia "a medal," according to OED from Vulgar Latin *metallea (moneta) "metal (coin)," from Latin m
• mechanize 英文词源 mechanize (v.) 1670s; see mechanic (adj.) + -ize . Related: Mechanized ; mechanizing . 中文词源 mechanize ：使机械化的 来自mechanic,机械的，-ize,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mechanize 词源， mechanize 含义。 mechanize ：使机械化；用机械装备工作   词根词缀： -mechan-机器,机械 + -ize动词词尾
• mechanistic 英文词源 post-modern (adj.) also post-modern , post modern , by 1919, in frequent use from 1949, from post- + modern . But it has been only during the later decades of the modern era -- during that time interval that might fairly be called the post-modern era -- that this mechanistic conception of things has begun seriously to affect the current system of knowledge and belief; and it has not h
• mechanism 英文词源 mechanism (n.) 1660s, from Modern Latin mechanismus , from Greek mekhane "machine, instrument" (see machine (n.)). 中文词源 mechanism ：机械装置，机械，机制 来自mechanic,机械的，-ism,主义，思想。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mechanism 词源， mechanism 含义。 mechanism ：机械装置，机构；(自然现象等的)作用过程，
• mechanic 英文词源 mechanic (adj.) late 14c., "pertaining to or involving mechanical labor" (now usually mechanical ), also "having to do with tools," from Latin mechanicus , from Greek mekhanikos "full of resources, inventive, ingenious," literally "mechanical, pertaining to machines," from mekhane (see machine (n.)). Meaning "of the nature of or pertaining to machines" is from 1620s. mechanic (n.) "ma
• Mecca 英文词源 Mecca Arabic Makkah , sacred city of Islam, birthplace of Muhammad, which every Muslim must visit at least once. Origins have been proposed in Phoenician maqaq "ruined" or Arabic mahrab "sanctuary." Figurative sense of "any place one holds supremely sacred" (usually with lower-case m- ) is in English from 1850. Related: Meccan . 中文词源 Mecca ：麦加 来自阿拉伯语Makkah,伊斯
• mebibyte 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random tease tease: [OE] Tease originally meant ‘separate the fibres of wool’ (a sense still perceptible in the metaphorical tease out ‘disentangle something complicated’). It came from a prehistoric West Germanic * taisjan , whose base was also the source of English teasel [OE], a plant whose prickly flower heads were used for
• mebibit 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random spoonerism spoonerism: [19] The term spoonerism commemorates the name of the Reverend William Spooner (1844–1930), Warden of New College, Oxford, who reputedly was in the habit of producing utterances with the initial letters of words reversed, often to comic effect (as in ‘hush my brat’ for ‘brush my hat’ or ‘scoop
• meaty 英文词源 meaty (adj.) "full of meat," 1787, from meat (n.) + -y (2). Figurative sense "full of substance" is from 1881. Related: Meatiness . 中文词源 meaty ：多肉的，有趣的 来自meat,肉。即多肉的，引申词义丰富的，有趣的，重要的等。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： meaty 词源， meaty 含义。
• meat and two veg 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random Urdu Urdu: see hoard 中文词源 meat and two veg ：一荤两素 meat,肉，veg,蔬菜。典型的英国传统家常菜。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： meat and two veg 词源， meat and two veg 含义。
• meat and potatoes 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random incline incline: [13] Latin - clīnāre (a relative of English lean , but itself only ever recorded in compounds) meant ‘bend, lean’. Add to this the prefix in - and you had inclīnāre ‘lean towards’. This was originally borrowed into English via Old French encliner as encline – a form which survived until the 17th ce
• meat 英文词源 meat meat: [OE] Etymologically, meat is a ‘portion of food measured out’. The word’s ultimate source is Indo-European * mat -, * met - ‘measure’, which also lies behind English measure . This produced a prehistoric Germanic * matiz , which by the time it passed into Old English as mete had broadened out in meaning from ‘portion of food’ to simply ‘food’. That is stil
• measurement 英文词源 measurement (n.) 1751, "act of measuring," from measure (v.) + -ment . Related: Measurements . Meaning "dimension obtained by measuring" is from 1756. 中文词源 measurement ：测量，度量 来自measure,测量，度量，-ment,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： measurement 词源， measurement 含义。 measurement ：测量，度量 词根词缀
• measureless 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random dissonant dissonant: see sound 中文词源 measureless ：无边无际的 来自measure,测量，-less,无，没有。即没法测量的，引申词义无边无际的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： measureless 词源， measureless 含义。
• measured 英文词源 measured (adj.) late 14c., "deliberate, restrained," adjective from past participle of measure (v.). Meaning "uniform, regular" is from c. 1400. 中文词源 measured ：克制的，慎重的 来自measure,测量，衡量。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： measured 词源， measured 含义。
• measure 英文词源 measure measure: [13] The distant ancestor of English measure was the Indo-European base * ma -, * me - ‘measure’. This has generated a wide range of often unexpected English progeny, including meal ‘repast’, month , and moon . Measure itself comes from an extension of the base, * mat -, * met -, from which was derived the Latin verb mētīrī ‘measure’. Its past participi
• measurable 英文词源 measurable (adj.) c. 1300, "moderate," from Old French mesurable "restrained, moderate, sensible; restricted," from Late Latin mensurabilis , from mensurare (see measure (v.)). Meaning "that can be measured" is from mid-14c. Related: Measurably . 中文词源 measurable ：可测量的，显著的 来自measure,测量。引申词义显著的等。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• measly 英文词源 measly (adj.) "affected with measles," 1680s, from measle (see measles ) + -y (2); sense of "meager and contemptible" first recorded 1864 in British slang. 中文词源 measly ：患麻疹的，很小的，微不足道的 来自measle,麻疹，-y,形容词后缀。即患麻疹的，俚语义可怜的，可鄙视的，或很小的，微不足道的等。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• measles 英文词源 measles measles: [14] Measles means literally ‘spots, blemishes’. The word was originally borrowed from Middle Dutch māsel ‘blemish’, which went back to a prehistoric Germanic base * mas - ‘spot, blemish, excrescence’. The earliest English form of the word was thus maseles , and the change to measles (which began in the 14th century) may have been due to association with
• meany 英文词源 meany see meanie . 中文词源 meany ：小气鬼，刻薄鬼 来自mean,小气的，吝啬的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： meany 词源， meany 含义。
• meanwhile 英文词源 meanwhile (n.) also mean while , mid-14c., from mean (adj.2) "middle, intermediate" + while (n.). Late 14c. as an adverb. 中文词源 meanwhile ：同时 mean,中间的，其间，while,一段时间。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： meanwhile 词源， meanwhile 含义。 meanwhile ：同时 词根词缀： mean中间 + while(一段)时间
• meantime 英文词源 meantime (n.) also mean time , mid-14c., from mean (adj.2) "middle, intermediate" + time (n.). Late 14c. as an adverb. In the mean space "meanwhile" was in use 16c.-18c. 中文词源 meantime ：同时 mean,中间的，其间，time,时间。引申词义同时。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： meantime 词源， meantime 含义。 meantime ：其间，其时 词根
• means test 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random drought drought: [OE] Etymologically, drought means simply ‘dryness’. The prehistoric Germanic base that produced English dry (and indeed drain ) was * draug -, * drūg -. To this was added the suffix - th , used for creating abstract nouns from adjectives, as in length , strength , and truth ; this gave Old English drūgath
• means 英文词源 means (n.) "course of action," late 14c., from mean (n.); sense of "wealth" is first recorded c. 1600. Compare French moyens , German Mittel . Phrase by no means attested from late 15c.; means-test is from 1930. 中文词源 means ：方式，方法，钱财，财富 来自mean,中间的。后形容词做名词，引申词义调解人，调停人，有影响力的人，最终用于指方
• meaningless 英文词源 meaningless (adj.) 1730, from meaning + -less . Related: Meaninglessly ; meaninglessness . 中文词源 meaningless ：无意义的 meaning,意义，-less,无，没有。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： meaningless 词源， meaningless 含义。
• meaningful 英文词源 meaningful (adj.) 1827, from meaning (n.) + -ful . Related: Meaningfully . 中文词源 meaningful ：有意义的，重要的 meaning,意义，-ful,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： meaningful 词源， meaningful 含义。
• meaning 英文词源 meaning (n.) "sense, import, intent," c. 1300, from mean (v.). 中文词源 meaning ：意思，意义 来自mean,意思，意味着。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： meaning 词源， meaning 含义。