英语词源

• meanie 英文词源 meanie (n.) also meany , "cruel person," 1927, from mean (adj.) + -y (3). 中文词源 meanie ：小气鬼，吝啬鬼 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： meanie 词源， meanie 含义。
• meadnerings 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random accident accident: [14] Etymologically, an accident is simply ‘something which happens’ – ‘an event’. That was what the word originally meant in English, and it was only subsequently that the senses ‘something which happens by chance’ and ‘mishap’ developed. It comes from the Latin verb cadere ‘fall’ (also
• meander 英文词源 meander meander: [16] The word meander comes from the name of an actual river, the Maeander (now known as the Büyük Menderes), which flows through Turkey into the Aegean sea. It was famous in ancient times for its winding course, and so Greek maíandros came to be used as a generic term for ‘winding course’. The word passed into English via Latin maeander , and was turned into a
• mean 英文词源 mean mean: English has three distinct words mean . The oldest, ‘intend’ [OE], goes back via a prehistoric West Germanic * mainjan to the Indo-European base * men - ‘think’ (source also of English memory , mention , mind , etc). The adjective ‘petty, stingy’ [12] originally meant ‘common, shared by all’. It comes from a prehistoric Germanic * gamainiz (source also of Ge
• mealy-mouthed 英文词源 mealy-mouthed (adj.) "afraid to say what one really thinks," 1570s; first element perhaps from Old English milisc "sweet," from Proto-Germanic *meduz "honey" (see mead (n.1)), which suits the sense, but if the Old English word did not survive long enough to be the source of this, perhaps the first element is from meal (n.2) on notion of the "softness" of ground flour (compare Middle E
• mealy 英文词源 mealy (adj.) "resembling or consisting of meal," 1530s, from meal (n.2) + -y (2). Related: Mealiness . 中文词源 mealy ：粉状的 来自meal,粉。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mealy 词源， mealy 含义。
• mealworm 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random mine mine: English has two quite distinct words mine . The first person possessive pronoun [OE] goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * mīnaz (source also of German mein , Dutch mijn , and Swedish and Danish min ), which was derived from the same Indo-European source as produced English me . Originally it was an adjective, but in
• meal ticket 英文词源 meal (n.1) "food; time for eating," c. 1200 (perhaps late Old English), mel "appointed time for eating," also "a meal, feast," from Old English mæl "fixed time, occasion, a meal," from Proto-Germanic *mæla- (cognates: Old Frisian mel "time;" Middle Dutch mael , Dutch maal "time, meal;" Old Norse mal "measure, time, meal;" German Mal "time," Mahl "meal;" Gothic mel "time, hour"), fro
• mealie 英文词源 mealie "A maize plant", Early 19th century: from Afrikaans mielie , from Portuguese milho 'maize, millet' from Latin milium . 中文词源 mealie ：玉米 来自南非荷兰语mielie,来自拉丁语milium,词源同millet,小米，粟。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mealie 词源， mealie 含义。
• meal 英文词源 meal meal: [OE] Meal ‘repast’ and meal ‘flour’ are two distinct words. The former originally meant ‘measure’: it goes back via prehistoric Germanic * mǣlaz (source of German mal ‘time, occasion’ and mahl ‘meal’, Dutch maal ‘time, meal’, and Swedish mål ‘meal’) to the Indo-European base * me - ‘measure’, which is also the ancestor of English measure .
• meager 英文词源 meager (adj.) late 14c. (late 12c. as a surname), "lean, thin, emaciated" (of persons or animals), from Old French megre , maigre "thin" (12c.), from Latin macrum (nominative macer ) "lean, thin" (source of Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian magro ), from PIE *makro- (see macro- ). Of material things (land, food, etc.) from early 15c. Cognate Germanic words (Old Norse magr "thin," Old H
• meadowlark 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random 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
• meadow 英文词源 meadow meadow: [OE] Etymologically, meadow means ‘mowed land’. It goes back ultimately to an Indo-European * mētwá , a derivative of the base * mē - ‘mow’ (source of English mow [OE]). In prehistoric Germanic this became * mǣdwō (whence German matte ‘meadow’), which passed into Old English as mǣd . The modern English descendant of this, mead , now survives only as an
• mead 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 mea
• mea culpa 英文词源 mea culpa Latin, literally "I am to blame," a phrase from the prayer of confession in the Latin liturgy. 中文词源 mea culpa ：我的错 来自拉丁语，mea,来自meus的阴性格，来自me的所有格，即我的，culpa,错误，词源同culpable. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mea culpa 词源， mea culpa 含义。
• me 英文词源 me me: [OE] Me is an ancient and widespread word. It goes back to Indo-European * me , which is the source of the pronoun corresponding to me in all modern Indo-European languages (for instance German mich , Dutch mij , Swedish mig , French, Italian, and Spanish me , Greek me , emé , and Welsh and Irish mi ). The derivative mine is equally ancient, but my is a later shortening of min
• McIntosh 英文词源 McIntosh kind of red apples, 1874, from John McIntosh (b.1777), Ontario farmer who found them in 1796 while clearing woodland on his farm and began to cultivate them. The surname is Gaelic Mac an toisich "son of the chieftain." 中文词源 McIntosh ：苹果 一种红苹果品种，由美国19世纪安大略农民John McIntosh所培育。后苹果公司创始人乔布斯借用该词来
• McCoy 英文词源 McCoy as in the real McCoy , 1881, said to be from Scottish the real Mackay (1883), of uncertain origin, though there are many candidates, including whiskey distilled by A. and M. Mackay of Glasgow (the phrase the real McCoy became popular during Prohibition to describe liquor); Charles S. "Kid" McCoy (1872-1940), former welterweight boxing champ; and a claimant for chief of the north
• McCarthyism 英文词源 McCarthyism 1950, with -ism + name of U.S. Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (1908-1957), leader of U.S. anti-Communist agitation. The term is said to have been coined by "Washington Post" political cartoonist Herbert Block ("Herblock"). The surname is from Irish Mac Carthaigh "son of Carthach " (Welsh Caradawc ), an ancient Celtic name, also known in its Latinized form, Caractacus (last of the
• mazurka 英文词源 mazurka (n.) lively dance, also mazourka , 1818, from Russian mazurka , from Polish mazurek "dance of the Mazur ," a reference to inhabitants of Mazowsze (Medieval Latin Mazovia ), ancient region in central Poland. The Polish accusative in tańczyć mazurka "to dance the mazurek" was interpreted in Russian as a feminine affix, hence the -ka ending. 中文词源 mazurka ：马祖卡舞
• maze 英文词源 maze maze: [13] Maze was originally a verb (now obsolete) meaning ‘daze’, which arose by shortening of amaze . When it was first used as a noun it meant ‘delusion, delirium’, and it was not until the late 14th century that it began to be used for a ‘structure of bewildering complexity’. = amaze maze (n.) c. 1300, "delusion, bewilderment" (also as a verb, "stupefy, daze"),
• maypole 英文词源 maypole (n.) "high striped pole decorated with flowers and ribbons for May Day merrymakers to dance around," attested from 1550s but certainly much older, as the first mention of it is in an ordinance banning them, and there are references to such erections, though not by this name, from a mid-14c. Welsh poem. See May Day . 中文词源 maypole ：五朔节花柱 即Mayday pole.在五朔
• mayoress 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random feed feed: [OE] Feed was formed from the noun food in prehistoric Germanic times. It comes via Old English fēdan from Germanic * fōthjan , a derivative of * fōthon , the noun from which modern English food is descended. Its use as a noun, for ‘food, fodder’, dates from the 16th century. = food 中文词源 mayoress ：女市
• mayoralty 英文词源 mayoralty (n.) late 14c., mairaltee "office of a mayor" (mid-15c. as "tenure of a mayor"), from Middle French mairalté , from maire (see mayor ) + -alte , as in principalte , reformed in English as -alty . 中文词源 mayoralty ：市长职位 来自major,市长。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mayoralty 词源， mayoralty 含义。
• mayor 英文词源 mayor mayor: [13] Mayor and major are ultimately the same word. The ancestor of mayor is Latin mājor ‘larger’, which reached English via medieval Latin mājor (used nominally as the title of various officials) and Old French maire . In Middle English the word was mair or mer , and mayor represents a partial return to the Latin form. = major mayor (n.) c. 1300, from Old French mai
• mayonnaise 英文词源 mayonnaise mayonnaise: [19] There are several conflicting theories about the origin of the term mayonnaise , among them that it is an alteration of bayonnaise , as if the sauce originated in Bayonne, in southwestern France; that it was derived from the French verb manier ‘stir’; and that it goes back to Old French moyeu ‘egg yolk’. But the early variant spelling mahonnaise str
• mayhem 英文词源 mayhem mayhem: see maim mayhem (n.) late 15c., from Anglo-French maihem (13c.), from Old French mahaigne "injury, wrong, a hurt, harm, damage;" related to mahaignier "to injure, wound, mutilate, cripple" (see maim ). Originally, in law, the crime of maiming a person "to make him less able to defend himself or annoy his adversary" [OED]. 中文词源 mayhem ：骚乱，混乱 来自古法
• mayfly 英文词源 ephemeral ephemeral: [16] Ephemeral , now used fairly loosely for ‘transitory’, originally meant specifically ‘lasting only one day’. It comes from Greek ephémeros , a compound formed from the prefix epí - ‘on’ and hēmérā ‘day’. The Greeks named the mayfly ephémeron , since its adult form lives only one day, and English adopted ephemeron [16] as the scientific na
• Mayday 英文词源 mayday (interj.) distress call, 1923, apparently an Englished spelling of French m'aider , shortening of venez m'aider "come help me!" But possibly a random coinage with coincidental resemblance: "May Day" Is Airplane SOS ENGLISH aviators who use radio telephone transmitting sets on their planes, instead of telegraph sets, have been puzzling over the problem of choosing a distress cal
• May Day 英文词源 May Day "first of May," mid-15c. Accounts of merrymaking on this date are attested from mid-13c. Synonymous with "communist procession" from at least 1906. The May Queen seems to be a Victorian re-invented tradition. 中文词源 May Day ：五朔节，五一劳动节 1.五朔节，欧洲传统民间节日，欢庆春天的来临，在每年的5月1日举行。 2.五一劳动节，劳动
• maybe 英文词源 maybe (adv.) early 15c., from (it) may be ; see may (v.1) + be (v.). Still sometimes written as two words early 19c. 中文词源 maybe ：可能 来自may be. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： maybe 词源， maybe 含义。
• may 英文词源 may may: English has basically two words may , although one of them has now virtually split into two. The auxiliary verb may [OE] goes back ultimately to the Indo-European base * mogh -, * megh -, denoting ‘power, ability’, which also produced English machine , main , and might . Its Germanic descendant * magan lies behind German and Dutch mag , Swedish må , and Danish maa as wel
• maximum 英文词源 maximum maximum: [18] Maximum was adopted, via French, from maximum , the neuter form of Latin maximus ‘largest’. This was the superlative of magnus ‘large’ (source of English magnitude , magnum , etc). From the same ultimate source comes maxim [15], which goes back via French maxime to Latin maxima . This was short for maxima prōpositio ‘largest proposition’, a term used
• maximize 英文词源 maximize (v.) 1802, formed in English from maximum + -ize ; first attested in Bentham, who used it often. Related: Maximized ; maximizing . 中文词源 maximize ：最大化 来自maximum,最大，-ize,使。即使最大化。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： maximize 词源， maximize 含义。 maximize ：使增至最大 词根词缀： -magn-大→maxim(um)
• maximal 英文词源 maximal (adj.) 1872, from Latin maximus (see maximum (n.)) + -al (1). Related: Maximally . 中文词源 maximal ：最大的 来自maximum,最大，-al,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： maximal 词源， maximal 含义。 maximal ：最大的，最大限度的  来源于拉丁语magnus(大的)的最高级maximum和词尾-al的组合。 词根词缀
• maxim 英文词源 maxim (n.) "precept, principle," early 15c., from Middle French maxime , from Late Latin maxima , shortened from phrases such as maxima propositio , maxima sententarium "axiom," literally "greatest premise, greatest among propositions" (one which is general and absolute), from fem. of maximus "greatest" (see maximum ). Maxim single-barreled water-cooled machine gun, 1885, named for in
• maxilla 英文词源 maxilla (n.) "jaw, jawbone," 1670s, from Latin maxilla "upper jaw," diminutive of mala "jaw, cheekbone." " Maxilla stands to mala as axilla , 'armpit,' stands to ala 'wing'" [Klein]. Related: Maxillar ; maxilliform . 中文词源 maxilla ：上颌骨 来自拉丁语mala,颚，口腔，-illa,小词后缀。拼写可能受拉丁语axilla影响。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• maxi 英文词源 maxi "A skirt , coat, or dress reaching to the ankle", 1960s: abbreviation of maximum, on the pattern of mini . 中文词源 maxi ：大衣，连衣裙 缩写自maximum,并由mini启发杜撰出来的一个词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： maxi 词源， maxi 含义。
• max 英文词源 max (v.) "to reach the maximum level," by 1986, colloquial, from maximize or related words. Related: Maxed ; maxing . 中文词源 max ：最大化 缩写自maximum. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： max 词源， max 含义。
• mawkish 英文词源 mawkish mawkish: [17] The underlying meaning of mawkish is ‘maggotish’. It was derived from a now obsolete word mawk , which meant literally ‘maggot’ but was used figuratively (like maggot itself) for a ‘whim’ or ‘fastidious fancy’. Hence mawkish originally meant ‘nauseated, as if repelled by something one is too fastidious to eat’. In the 18th century the notion o
• maw 英文词源 maw (n.) Old English maga "stomach" (of men and animals; in Modern English only of animals unless insultingly), from Proto-Germanic *magon "bag, stomach" (cognates: Old Frisian maga , Old Norse magi , Danish mave , Middle Dutch maghe , Dutch maag , Old High German mago , German Magen "stomach"), from PIE *mak- "leather bag" (cognates: Welsh megin "bellows," Lithuanian makas , Old Chur
• maven 英文词源 maven (n.) 1965, from Yiddish meyvn , from Hebrew mebhin , literally "one who understands." Plural is mayvinim . 中文词源 maven ：内行，专家 来自希伯来语mabhin,智者，贤人，能理解的人。后词义通用化指内行，专家。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： maven 词源， maven 含义。
• mauve 英文词源 mauve mauve: [19] Etymologically, mauve is the colour of the ‘mallow’ flower. The word was borrowed from French mauve , whose original meaning was ‘mallow’, and which was descended from Latin malva ‘mallow’. English took over malva in the Old English period as mealuwe , which has become modern English mallow . And Greek molókhē ‘mallow’, a probable relative of malva
• mausoleum 英文词源 mausoleum mausoleum: [16] The original mausoleum was a vast marble tomb (one of the seven wonders of the ancient world) erected in 353 BC for Mausolus, king of Caria in Asia Minor by his widow Artemisia. Its architect was Pythius, and its site was at Halicarnassus (now Bodrum in Turkey). Its Greek name was mausōleion , and it passed into English as a generic term for a ‘large tomb’
• Maundy Thursday 英文词源 Maundy Thursday Thursday before Easter, mid-15c., from Middle English maunde "the Last Supper," also "ceremony of washing the feet," from Old French mandé , from Latin mandatum "commandment" (see mandate ); said to be so called in reference to the opening words of the church service for this day, Mandatum novum do vobis "A new commandment I give unto you" (John xiii:34), words suppos
• maunder 英文词源 maunder (v.) "to wander about aimlessly," c. 1746, earlier "to mumble, grumble" (1620s), both senses perhaps from frequentative of maund "to beg" (1560s), which is possibly from French mendier "to beg," from Latin mendicare (see mendicant ). "Though the etymology of maunder is uncertain, it is clear that it is not a corruption of meander " [Fowler], but the two words seem to have infl
• maul 英文词源 maul maul: see mallet maul (v.) mid-13c., meallen "strike with a heavy weapon," from Middle English mealle (mid-13c.) "mace, wooden club, heavy hammer" (see maul (n.)). The meaning "damage seriously, mangle" is first recorded 1690s. Related: Mauled ; mauling . maul (n.) c. 1200, mealle , "hammer, usually a heavy one; sledgehammer," from Old French mail "hammer," from Latin malleus "ha
• maudlin 英文词源 maudlin maudlin: [16] Maudlin represents a gradual erosion of the pronunciation of Magdalen (exhibited also in the case of the Oxford and Cambridge colleges that have taken that name). The word originated as the name given to a woman called Mary who came from Magdala on the Sea of Galilee, and who according to the Bible was present at Christ’s crucifixion and was the first to meet h
• matzo 英文词源 matzo "A crisp biscuit of unleavened bread, traditionally eaten by Jews during Passover", Yiddish, from Hebrew maṣṣāh . 中文词源 matzo ：无酵饼 犹太人在逾越节时吃的一种不发酵的饼。来自希伯来语matztzah,干的，无汁的。引申词义不发酵的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： matzo 词源， matzo 含义。
• matutinal 英文词源 matutinal (adj.) 1650s, from Latin matutinalis "pertaining to morning," from matutinus "of or pertaining to the morning," from Matuta , name of the Roman goddess of dawn, related to maturus “early” (see mature (v.)). Earlier in same sense was matutine (mid-15c.). Related: Matutinally . 中文词源 matutinal ：早晨的 来自拉丁语Matuta,古罗马黎明女神，词源同
• maturity 英文词源 maturity (n.) early 15c., "maturity of character;" mid-15c., "ripeness," from Middle French maturité and directly from Latin maturitatem (nominative maturitas ) "ripeness," from maturus "ripe" (see mature (v.)). Financial sense "state of being due for payment" is from 1815. 中文词源 maturity ：成熟 来自mature,成熟的，-ity,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• maturescent 英文词源 maturescent (adj.) 1727, "grown ripe," from Latin maturescentem (nominative maturescens ), present participle of maturescere "be ripe, ripen," from maturus "ripe" (see mature (v.)) + inchoative suffix -escere . 中文词源 maturescent ：变成熟的，开始成熟的 来自mature,成熟的，-escent,开始的，词源同adolescent. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• mature 英文词源 mature mature: [15] ‘Earliness’ is the etymological notion underlying the word mature . It goes back ultimately to a pre-Latin base * mātu -, which produced the Latin adjective mātūrus ‘timely, early’, direct source of the English word (in Old French mātūrus became mur ‘ripe’, which played a part in the emergence of English demure ). Another Latin derivative of * māt
• maturation 英文词源 maturation (n.) early 15c., "the coming to a head of a boil, etc.; a state of producing pus," from Middle French maturation and directly from Latin maturationem (nominative maturatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of maturare "to ripen, make ripe" (see mature (v.)). 中文词源 maturation ：成熟过程 来自mature,成熟，-ation,状态后缀。用于指成熟过程。
• mattress 英文词源 mattress mattress: [13] Etymologically, a mattress is something ‘thrown’ down on the floor to lie on. The word comes via Old French materas and Italian materasso from Arabic matrah ‘mat, cushion’, a derivative of the verb taraha ‘throw’. mattress (n.) late 13c., from Old French materas (12c., Modern French matelas ), from Italian materasso and directly from Medieval Latin
• mattock 英文词源 mattock (n.) Old English mættoc , probably from Vulgar Latin *matteuca "club," related to Latin mateola, a kind of mallet (see mace (n.1)), but this is not certain, and synonymous Russian motyka , Lithuanian matikkas suggest other possibilities. OED says similar words in Welsh and Gaelic are from English. 中文词源 mattock ：鹤嘴锄 来自拉丁语mateola,铁锤，词源同mace
• matting 英文词源 matting (n.1) "process of making mats," 1720, from mat (n.1). Meaning "coarse fabric for mats" is from 1748. matting (n.2) "ornamental border of a picture," 1864 from verbal derivative of mat (n.2). 中文词源 matting ：编垫子的材料 来自mat,垫子，-ing,集合名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： matting 词源， matting 含义。
• matter-of-fact 英文词源 matter-of-fact also matter of fact , 1570s as a noun, originally a legal term (translating Latin res facti ), "that portion of an enquiry concerned with the truth or falsehood of alleged facts," opposed to matter of law . As an adjective from 1712. Meaning "prosaic, unimaginative" is from 1787. Related: Matter-of-factly ; matter-of-factness . German Tatsache is said to be a loan-trans
• matter 英文词源 matter matter: [14] Matter comes via Anglo-Norman matere from Latin māteria ‘matter’. This was originally applied to the ‘hard inner wood of a tree’, and etymologically denoted the ‘matrix’ or ‘mother’ from which the tree’s new growth came (it was a derivative of Latin māter ‘mother’). The verbal use of matter dates from the late 16th century. Material originat
• matted 英文词源 matted (adj.) "tangled and lying flat" (of hair, etc.), 1610s, past participle adjective from mat (v.). 中文词源 matted ：缠结的，蓬乱的 来自mat,垫子。即像垫子一样编织在一起，引申词义缠结的，蓬乱的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： matted 词源， matted 含义。
• matt 英文词源 matt "(Of a surface or colour) dull and flat; without a shine", Early 17th century (as a verb): from French mat . 中文词源 matt ：亚光的，无光泽的 词源不详，可能来自mat,垫子，草垫。即像垫子一样没有光泽的，或亚光的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： matt 词源， matt 含义。
• matronymic 英文词源 matronymic (n.) 1794, a hybrid from Latin mater (see mother (n.1)) + Greek-based ending from patronymic . As an adjective from 1874. 中文词源 matronymic ：母系姓氏 matri-,母亲，-onym,名字，词源同name.引申词义母系姓氏。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： matronymic 词源， matronymic 含义。 matronymic ：出自母亲或女性祖先的名
• matron of honor 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random beseech beseech: see seek 中文词源 matron of honor ：已婚伴娘 比喻用法。比较maid of honor. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： matron of honor 词源， matron of honor 含义。
• matron 英文词源 matron (n.) late 14c., "married woman" (usually one of rank), from Old French matrone "married woman; elderly lady; patroness; midwife," and directly from Latin matrona "married woman, wife, matron," from mater (genitive matris ) "mother" (see mother (n.1)). Sense of "female manager of a school, hospital, etc." first recorded 1550s. 中文词源 matron ：中年妇女，女舍监，女护
• matrix 英文词源 matrix matrix: see madrigal matrix (n.) late 14c., "uterus, womb," from Old French matrice "womb, uterus," from Latin matrix (genitive matricis ) "pregnant animal," in Late Latin "womb," also "source, origin," from mater (genitive matris ) "mother" (see mother (n.1)). Sense of "place or medium where something is developed" is first recorded 1550s; sense of "embedding or enclosing mass
• matrimony 英文词源 matrimony (n.) c. 1300, from Old French matremoine "matrimony, marriage" and directly from Latin matrimonium "wedlock, marriage," from matrem (nominative mater ) "mother" (see mother (n.1)) + -monium , suffix signifying "action, state, condition." 中文词源 matrimony ：婚姻 matri-,母亲，-mony,名词后缀，词源同alimony.比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• matrimonial 英文词源 matrimonial (adj.) mid-15c., from Middle French matrimonial (14c.) and directly from Late Latin matrimonialis , from Latin matrimonium (see matrimony ). Earlier as a noun meaning "a marriage" (late 15c.). Related: Matrimonially . 中文词源 matrimonial ：婚姻的 来自matrimony,婚姻。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： matrimonial 词源， matrimonial 含义
• matrilineal 英文词源 matrilineal (adj.) "pertaining to or descended from the mother's side," 1897, from matri- + lineal . Related: Matrilineage ; matrilineally . 中文词源 matrilineal ：母系的 matri-,母亲，line,线。引申词义母系的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： matrilineal 词源， matrilineal 含义。
• matriculate 英文词源 matriculate matriculate: see madrigal matriculate (v.) 1570s, "to admit a student to a college by enrolling his name on the register," from Late Latin matriculatus , past participle of matriculare "to register," from Latin matricula "public register," diminutive of matrix (genitive matricis ) "list, roll," also "sources, womb" (see matrix ). The connection of senses in the Latin word
• matricide 英文词源 matricide (n.) 1590s, "action of killing one's mother," from French matricide , from Latin matricida "mother-killer," and matricidium "mother-killing," from comb. form of mater "mother" (see mother (n.1)) + -cida "killer," and -cidium "a killing," from caedere "to slay" (see -cide ). Meaning "one who kills his mother" is 1630s. Related: Matricidal (adj.). Old English had moðorslaga "
• matric exemption 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random boor boor: [15] Boor was borrowed into English either from Low German hūr or from Dutch boer ( Boer ‘Dutch colonist in South Africa’ is a later, 19thcentury borrowing). When first acquired it meant ‘peasant farmer’, and did not develop its modern explicit connotations of coarseness and rudeness until the 16th century. I
• matric 英文词源 matric "Matriculation", Late 19th century: abbreviation. 中文词源 matric ：中学毕业学年 俚语，缩写自matriculation,大学的入学考试，录取入学。用于指中学的毕业学年。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： matric 词源， matric 含义。
• matriarchy 英文词源 matriarchy (n.) formed in English 1881 from matriarch + -y (4). 中文词源 matriarchy ：母系，母权 来自matriarch,女族长，-y,名词后缀。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： matriarchy 词源， matriarchy 含义。 matriarchy ：母权制，女家长[族长]制 词根词缀： -matr-母 + -i- + -arch-统治 + -y名词词尾
• matriarchal 英文词源 matriarchal (adj.) 1780 (in reference to bee colonies); see matriarch + -al (1); "patterned after patriarchy " [Barnhart]. Related: Matriarchally . 中文词源 matriarchal ：母系的，母权的 来自matriarch,女族长。引申词义母系的，母权的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： matriarchal 词源， matriarchal 含义。
• matriarch 英文词源 matriarch (n.) "mother who heads a family or tribe," c. 1600, from matri- + -arch , abstracted from patriarch . 中文词源 matriarch ：女家长，女族长 matr-,母亲，-arch,管理，词源同anarchy.比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： matriarch 词源， matriarch 含义。 matriarch ：女家长，女族长 词根词缀： -matr-母 + -i- +
• matri- 英文词源 matri- word-forming element meaning "mother," from comb. form of Latin mater (genitive matris ) "mother" (see mother (n.1)). 中文词源 matri- ：母亲，妈妈 来自拉丁语mater,妈妈，母亲，词源同mother. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： matri- 词源， matri- 含义。
• matins 英文词源 matins matins: see mature matins (n.) canonical hour, mid-13c., from Old French matines (12c.), from Late Latin matutinas (nominative matutinæ ) "morning prayers," originally matutinas vigilias "morning watches," from Latin matutinus "of or in the morning," associated with Matuta , Roman dawn goddess (see manana ). The Old English word was uht-sang , from uhte "daybreak." 中文词源
• mating 英文词源 aim aim: [14] Etymologically, aim is a contraction of estimate (see ESTEEM). The Latin verb aestimāre became considerably shortened as it developed in the various Romance languages (Italian has stimare , for instance, and Provençal esmar ). In Old French its descendant was esmer , to which was added the prefix a - (from Latin ad - ‘to’), producing aesmer ; and from one or both o
• matinee idol 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random gauze gauze: [16] Many terms for various types of fabric come from the name of a place they were originally associated with, from obvious derivatives such as damask from Damascus to more obscure associations like denim from Nîmes in France, and gauze appears to be no exception. It was borrowed from French gaze , which is genera
• Matilda 英文词源 Matilda fem. proper name, from French Mathilde , of Germanic origin, literally "mighty in battle;" compare Old High German Mahthilda , from mahti "might, power" + hildi "battle," from Proto-Germanic *hildiz "battle," from PIE *kel- (1) "to strike, cut." The name also was late 19c. Australian slang for "a traveler's bundle or swag," hence the expression waltzing Matilda "to travel on f
• mathematics 英文词源 mathematics mathematics: [16] Etymologically, mathematics means ‘something learned’. Its ultimate source was the Greek verb manthánein ‘learn’, which came from the same Indo- European base (* men -, * mon -, * mn - ‘think’) as produced English memory and mind . Its stem form math - served as a basis of a noun máthēma ‘science’, whose derived adjective mathēmatikós
• mathematician 英文词源 mathematician (n.) early 15c., from Middle French mathematicien , from mathematique , from Latin mathematicus (see mathematic ). 中文词源 mathematician ：数学家 来自mathematics,数学，-ian,人。即搞数学的人，数学家。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mathematician 词源， mathematician 含义。
• math 英文词源 math (n.1) American English shortening of mathematics , 1890; the British preference, maths , is attested from 1911. math (n.2) "a mowing," Old English mæð "mowing, cutting of grass," from Proto-Germanic *mediz (cognates: Old Frisian meth , Old High German mad , German Mahd "mowing, hay crop"), from PIE *me- (4) "to cut grass" (see mow (v.)). 中文词源 math ：数学 缩写自mat
• matey 英文词源 matey (n.) 1833, diminutive of mate (n.) in its "male friend" sense + -y (3). 中文词源 matey ：套近乎，哥们儿 来自mate的亲昵叫法。引申词义哥们儿，套近乎等。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： matey 词源， matey 含义。
• mateship 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random satin satin: [14] Like many other fabric names, satin betrays the fabric’s place of origin, although only after a little digging. It comes via Old French satin from Arabic zaitūnī , which denoted ‘of Zaitun’ – and Zaitun was the Arabic rendering of Tseutung , the former name of a port (now Tsinkiang ) in southern China
• maternity leave 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random seed seed: [OE] Seed is a general Germanic word, related to German saat , Dutch zaad , Swedish söd , and Danish sæd . Their common ancestor was Germanic * sǣthiz . This was formed from the base * sǣ -, which produced English sow and went back ultimately to Indo-European * sē -, source of English disseminate [17], season , s
• maternity 英文词源 maternity (n.) 1610s, "quality or condition of being a mother," from French maternité "motherhood" (15c.), from Medieval Latin maternitatem (nominative maternitas ) "motherhood," from Latin maternus (see maternal ). Used from 1893 as a quasi-adjective in reference to garments designed for pregnant women. 中文词源 maternity ：母亲身份，怀孕 来自maternal,母亲的，-ity,名
• maternal 英文词源 maternal maternal: [15] Maternal and maternity [17] are the central English representatives of the Romance-language branch of the great Indo- European ‘mother’ word-family. Both go back to Latin māter ‘mother’ (source of French mère and Italian and Spanish madre ), whose derived adjective māternus reached English via Old French maternel . Other English words that come ultim
• materiel 英文词源 materiel (n.) 1814, from French matériel "material," noun use of adj. matériel (see material (adj.)). A later borrowing of the same word that became material (n.). 中文词源 materiel ：武器装备 来自material的法语形容词形式，后作为名词使用，引申词义武器装备。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： materiel 词源， materiel 含义。
• materialize 英文词源 materialize (v.) 1710, "represent as material," from material (adj.) + -ize . Meaning “appear in bodily form” is 1880, in spiritualism. Related: Materialized ; materializing . 中文词源 materialize ：使实现，发生 来自material,物质，-ize,使。即使成为客观的物质和事实，引申词义使实现，发生。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文