英语词源

• marquee 英文词源 marquee (n.) 1680s, "large tent," from French marquise (mistaken in English as a plural) "linen canopy placed over an officer's tent to distinguish it from others,' " fem. of marquis (see marquis ), and perhaps indicating "a place suitable for a marquis." Sense of "canopy over the entrance to a hotel or theater, etc." first recorded 1912 in American English. 中文词源 marquee ：大帐
• marque 英文词源 marque (n.) "seizure by way of reprisal," mid-15c., in letters of marque "official permission to capture enemy merchant ships," from Anglo-French mark (mid-14c.), via Old French from Old Provençal marca "reprisal," from marcar "seize as a pledge, mark," probably from a Germanic source (compare Old High German marchon "delimit, mark;" see mark (n.1)), but the sense evolution is diffic
• maroon 英文词源 maroon maroon: English has two distinct and completely unrelated words maroon . The one denoting ‘brownish red’ and ‘firework’ [16] has had a chequered semantic history, as its present-day diversity of meanings suggests. It comes ultimately from medieval Greek máraon ‘sweet chestnut’, and reached English via Italian marrone and French marron (as in marrons glacés ). It w
• marmot 英文词源 marmot marmot: see mouse marmot (n.) Alpine rodent, c. 1600, from French marmotte , from Romansch (Swiss) murmont (assimilated to Old French marmote "monkey"), from Latin murem montis "mountain mouse." 中文词源 marmot ：旱獭，土拨鼠 栖于阿尔卑斯山的啮齿动物。来自拉丁语murem montis,山鼠，来自murem,老鼠，词源同mouse,montis,高山，词源同mounta
• marmoset 英文词源 marmoset (n.) "small monkey," late 14c., from Old French marmoset "grotesque figurine; fool, jester" (late 13c.), perhaps a variant of marmote "long-tailed monkey, ape," then, as a term of endearment, "little child;" said to be from marmonner , marmotter "to mutter, mumble," probably of imitative origin. Some French authorities suggest a derivation of marmoset from marmor "marble," as
• marmoreal 英文词源 marmoreal (adj.) "resembling marble," 1798, from Latin marmoreus "of marble," from marmor (see marble ) + -al (1). 中文词源 marmoreal ：大理石的 来自拉丁语marmor,大理石，marble的拉丁语拼写原型。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： marmoreal 词源， marmoreal 含义。
• Marmite 英文词源 marmite (1) "An earthenware cooking container", Early 19th century: French, from Old French marmite 'hypocritical', with reference to the hidden contents of the lidded pot, from marmotter 'to mutter' + mite 'cat'. Marmite (2) "A dark savoury spread made from yeast extract and vegetable extract", Early 20th century: from marmite. 中文词源 Marmite ：马麦酱 商标名，来自法语
• marmalade 英文词源 marmalade marmalade: [16] The word marmalade originally denoted ‘quince jam’. It comes via French from Portuguese marmelada , a derivative of marmelo ‘quince’. And marmelo goes back via Latin melimēlum to Greek melímēlon , a term meaning literally ‘honeyapple’ which was applied to the fruit of an apple tree grafted on to a quince (the second element, melon ‘apple’,
• marlinspike 英文词源 marlinspike (n.) "pointed iron tool used by sailors to separate strands of rope," 1620s, from spike (n.) + Middle Dutch marlijn "small cord," from marlen "to fasten or secure (a sail)," probably frequentative of Middle Dutch maren "to tie, moor" (see moor (v.)). Influenced in Dutch by Dutch lijn "line" (n.). 中文词源 marlinspike ：长枪，长钉 来自中古荷兰语marlen,系帆索
• marlin 英文词源 marlin (n.) large marine game-fish, 1917, shortening of marlinspike fish (1907), from marlinspike , name of a pointed iron tool used by sailors (see marlinspike ). The fish was so called from the shape of its elongated upper jaw. 中文词源 marlin ：枪鱼 缩写自marlinspike fish,枪鱼。因其形状形如一杆长枪而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• marl 英文词源 marl (n.) "clayey soil used for fertilizer," late 14c., from Old French marle (Modern French marne ), from Late Latin marglia , diminutive of Latin marga "marl," which is said by Pliny to be a Gaulish word, but modern Celtic cognates are considered to be borrowed from English or French. As a verb by late 14c. Medieval Latin margila is the source of Dutch mergel , German Mergel . 中文词
• markup 英文词源 markup (n.) also mark up , mark-up , "amount added by a retailer to cover overhead and provide profit," 1899; see mark (v.). 中文词源 markup ：加成，加价 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： markup 词源， markup 含义。
• marksmanship 英文词源 marksmanship (n.) 1823, from marksman + -ship . 中文词源 marksmanship ：射击术 来自marksman,神枪手，-ship,抽象名词后缀。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： marksmanship 词源， marksmanship 含义。
• marksman 英文词源 marksman (n.) 1650s, from mark (n.1) in Middle English sense of "target" + man ; with genitive -s . Earlier form was markman (1570s). 中文词源 marksman ：神枪手 来自mark,标记，目标，靶子。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： marksman 词源， marksman 含义。
• marking 英文词源 marking (n.) Old English mearcung "action of making marks, branding; mark, pattern of marks, characteristic; constellation," verbal noun from mark (v.). Related: Markings . 中文词源 marking ：斑点，花纹 来自mark,斑点，花纹，-ing,集合名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： marking 词源， marking 含义。
• marketing mix 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random exercise exercise: [14] The notion underlying exercise is of ‘removal of restraint’. It comes ultimately from Latin exercēre , a compound verb formed from the prefix ex - ‘out of, from’ and arcēre ‘restrain, enclose’ (source of English arcane and related to English ark ). It has been speculated that this originally
• marketing 英文词源 marketing (n.) 1560s, "buying and selling," verbal noun from market (v.). Meaning "produce bought at a market" is from 1701. The business sense, "process of moving goods from producer to consumer with emphasis on advertising and sales," is attested by 1897. 中文词源 marketing ：营销，促销 来自market,销售。引申词义营销，促销。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• marketeer 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random bunch bunch: [14] Bunch originally meant ‘swelling’ (the first text recorded as containing the word, the Middle English poem Body and Soul 1325, speaks of ragged folk ‘with broad bunches on their back’), but we have no real clues as to its source. Perhaps, like bump , it was ultimately imitative of the sound of hitting s
• marketable 英文词源 marketable (adj.) c. 1600, from market (v.) + -able . Related: Marketably ; marketability . 中文词源 marketable ：有市场的 来自market,市场。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： marketable 词源， marketable 含义。
• market 英文词源 market market: [12] The Latin word for ‘goods to be sold’ was merx (source of English commerce , merchant , and mercury ). From it was derived the verb mercārī ‘buy’, and its past participle produced the noun mercātus ‘trade, market’. In Vulgar Latin this became * marcātus , which was adopted into early Middle English as market . The now seldom used synonym mart [15] c
• markdown 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random quoth quoth: see bequeath 中文词源 markdown ：降价 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： markdown 词源， markdown 含义。
• mark 英文词源 mark mark: English has two words mark , although they may be ultimately related. Mark ‘sign, trace’ [OE] goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * markō . This seems originally to have denoted ‘boundary’ (that is what Old English mearc meant, and related forms such as march ‘border’ and margin still bear witness to it), but the notion of a ‘sign denoting a boundary’ seems
• marjoram 英文词源 marjoram (n.) late 14c., from Old French majorane (13c., Modern French marjolaine ), from Medieval Latin maiorana , of uncertain origin, probably ultimately from India (compare Sanskrit maruva- "marjoram"), with form influenced by Latin major "greater." 中文词源 marjoram ：牛至 一种薄荷味芳香植物，来自古法语majorane,来自拉丁语amaracus,苦的，词源同maras
• maritime 英文词源 maritime (adj.) 1540s, "of or pertaining to the sea," from Middle French maritime (16c.) or directly from Latin maritimus "of the sea, near the sea," from mare (genitive maris ) "sea" (see mere (n.)) + Latin ending -timus , originally a superlative suffix (compare intimus "inmost," ultimus "last"), here denoting "close association with." Maritimes "seacoast regions of a country" is fr
• marital status 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random latch latch: see lace 中文词源 marital status ：婚姻状况 martial,婚姻的，status,状况。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： marital status 词源， marital status 含义。
• marital 英文词源 marital (adj.) c. 1600, from French maritale and directly from Latin maritalis "of or belonging to married people," from maritus "married man, husband" (see marry ). 中文词源 marital ：婚姻的 来自marry,结婚。即结婚的，婚姻的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： marital 词源， marital 含义。 marital ：婚姻的   来源于拉丁语mari
• marionette 英文词源 marionette (n.) puppet worked by strings, c. 1620, literally "little little Mary," from French marionette (16c.), diminutive of Old French mariole "figurine, idol, picture of the Virgin Mary," diminutive of Marie (see Mary ). For ending, see -ette . 中文词源 marionette ：牵线木偶 来自法语marionette,字面意思即”little little Mary”,-on,小词后缀，-ette,小词后缀
• mariner 英文词源 mariner (n.) mid-13c., from Anglo-French mariner , Old French marinier "seaman, sailor" (12c.), from Medieval Latin marinarius "sailor," from Latin marinus "of the sea" (see marine ). Earlier and long more common than sailor . A sailor also could be a brimgeist in Old English. 中文词源 mariner ：水手 来自marine,海的，-er,人。引申词义水手。 该词的英语词源请访
• marine 英文词源 marine marine: [15] The Latin word for ‘sea’ was mare (borrowed into English in the 19th century as a term for any of the sea-like dark areas on the moon). It goes back to Indo-European * mori -, * mari -, which also produced Russian more ‘sea’, Welsh mor ‘sea’, and English mere ‘lake’ (the mer - of mermaid ). The Romance-language terms for ‘sea’ (French mer , Ital
• marinate 英文词源 marinate (v.) 1640s, from French mariner "to pickle in (sea) brine," from Old French marin (adj.) "of the sea," from Latin marinus (see marine (adj.)). Related: Marinated ; marinating . 中文词源 marinate ：腌泡 来自marine,海的，海水的，-ate,使。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： marinate 词源， marinate 含义。
• marinade 英文词源 marinade marinade: [17] Etymologically, to put food in a marinade is virtually to dunk it in the ‘sea’; for the word comes via French from Spanish marinada , a derivative of marina ‘of the sea’. It originally signified strictly a ‘brine pickle’ (hence the reference to the sea), and only gradually broadened out to include vinegar and other preservatives. The related verb ma
• marina 英文词源 marina (n.) 1805, "a promenade by the sea," from Spanish or Italian marina "shore, coast," from Latin marinus (see marine (adj.)). Meaning "dock or basin with moorings for yachts and small craft" is 1935, American English. 中文词源 marina ：小船坞，游艇停靠区 来自西班牙语marina,海岸，岸边，来自拉丁语marinus,海的，词源同marine.引申词义海边船坞
• marimba 英文词源 marimba (n.) 1704, from an African language, probably Bantu (compare Kimbundu and Swahili marimba , malimba , name of a xylophone-like instrument). 中文词源 marimba ：马林巴 来自非洲某语言，一种当地的拨弦乐器。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： marimba 词源， marimba 含义。
• marijuana 英文词源 marijuana (n.) 1918, altered by influence of Spanish proper name Maria Juana "Mary Jane" from mariguan (1894), from Mexican Spanish marihuana , of uncertain origin. Marijuana ... makes you sensitive. Courtesy has a great deal to do with being sensitive. Unfortunately marijuana makes you the kind of sensitive where you insist on everyone listening to the drum solo in Iron Butterfly's '
• marigold 英文词源 marigold marigold: [14] The Old English term for this yellow-to-orange-flowered plant was golde , which was presumably derived from gold , in allusion to the colour. In the Middle Ages the name Mary (no doubt a reference to the Virgin Mary) was added to it. Another English word based ultimately on Mary is marionette [17], which was borrowed from a French word derived from the diminuti
• mariculture 英文词源 mariculture "The cultivation of fish or other marine life for food", Early 20th century: from Latin mare , mari- 'sea' + culture, on the pattern of words such as agriculture . 中文词源 mariculture ：海水养殖 mari-,海，词源同marine,culture,耕作，养殖，文化。即海水养殖。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mariculture 词源， mariculture
• Marian 英文词源 Marian (adj.) "of Mary," 1701, referring to the Virgin; also (c. 1600) in reference to the reign of Mary Queen of England (1553-58); and (1902) to Mary Queen of Scots (1542-1587). Marian fem. proper name, collateral form of Marion , a diminutive of French Marie (see Mary ), but often taken for a compound of Mary and Anne . 中文词源 Marian ：圣母玛利亚的 来自Mary,圣母玛丽
• mariachi 英文词源 mariachi (n.) "Mexican strolling musical band," 1941, from Mexican Spanish, from French mariage "marriage" (see marriage ), so called because such bands performed at wedding celebrations. As an adjective by 1967. 中文词源 mariachi ：马里亚齐音乐演奏者 来自墨西哥西班牙语，来自法语mariage,婚姻，词源同marry,marriage.即婚姻之歌或在婚宴上演奏的乐
• marguerite 英文词源 marguerite (n.) "oxeye daisy," 1866, from French marguerite (see Margaret ). "According to French etymologists, this use of F. marguerite is not from the personal name, but comes directly from the sense 'pearl.' " [OED] In Middle English, margaret "a daisy" is attested from early 15c. 中文词源 marguerite ：春白菊 来自人名Margaret的法语形式，用于命名这种菊花。但
• margin of error 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random copy copy: [14] Copy has a very devious semantic history. It comes from Latin copia ‘abundance’ (source also of English copious ), and came into English via Old French copie . In addition to its central sense ‘abundance’, Latin copia could also mean ‘power, right’, and it appears that its use in such phrases as ‘gi
• marginalize 英文词源 marginalize (v.) 1832, "to make marginal notes," from marginal + -ize . The meaning "force into a position of powerlessness" attested by 1929. Related: Marginalized ; marginalizing . 中文词源 marginalize ：使边缘化 来自marginal,边缘的，-ize,使。即使边缘化。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： marginalize 词源， marginalize 含义。
• marginalia 英文词源 marginalia (n.) 1832, from Latin marginalia , neuter plural of adjective marginalis "marginal," from marginis (see margin ). 中文词源 marginalia ：旁注，边注 来自拉丁语marginalia,词源同margin,-ia,名词后缀。引申词义旁注，边注。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： marginalia 词源， marginalia 含义。 marginalia ：旁注，次要的
• marginal 英文词源 marginal (adj.) 1570s, "written on the margin," from Medieval Latin marginalis , from Latin margo "edge, brink, border, margin" (see margin (n.)). Sense of "of little effect or importance" first recorded 1887. Related: Marginally . 中文词源 marginal ：页边的，边缘的 来自margin,页边，边缘。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： marginal 词源， ma
• margin 英文词源 margin margin: [14] Margin comes from margin -, the stem form of Latin margō ‘margin’. This appears to go back to the same ultimate source as English mark (which originally meant ‘boundary’). The now archaic synonym marge [15] was borrowed from the Latin word’s French descendant. = march , mark margin (n.) mid-14c., "edge of a sea or lake;" late 14c., "space between a block
• margarita 英文词源 Margarita (n.) cocktail made with tequila, 1963, from the fem. proper name, the Spanish form of Margaret . Earlier "a Spanish wine" (1920). 中文词源 margarita ：玛格丽特酒 来自人名Margaret的西班牙语形式。字面意思即请Margarita的酒。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： margarita 词源， margarita 含义。
• margarine 英文词源 margarine margarine: [19] Margarine was invented in 1869 by the French food technologist Hippolyte Mège-Mouries. Its name was based on margaric acid , a term coined by the French biochemist Michel-Eugène Chevreul for a fatty acid which he believed to be one of the constituents of animal fats (the earliest margarine was made from clarified beef fat). He derived it from Greek margarí
• margaric 英文词源 margaric (adj.) 1819, from French margarique (Chevreul), from Greek margaron "pearl" + -ic . Obsolete in science. 中文词源 margaric ：珍珠般的 来自希腊语margaron,珍珠，词源同margarine,Margaret. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： margaric 词源， margaric 含义。
• Margaret 英文词源 Margaret fem. proper name (c. 1300), from Old French Margaret (French Marguerite ), from Late Latin Margarita , female name, literally "pearl," from Greek margarites (lithos) "pearl," of unknown origin, "probably adopted from some Oriental language" [OED]; compare Sanskrit manjari "cluster of flowers," also said by Indian linguists to mean "pearl," cognate with manju "beautiful." Arab
• mare 英文词源 mare mare: see marshal mare (n.1) "female horse," Old English mere (Mercian), myre (West Saxon), fem. of mearh "horse," from Proto-Germanic *markhjon- (cognates: Old Saxon meriha , Old Norse merr , Old Frisian merrie , Dutch merrie , Old High German meriha , German Mähre "mare"), said to be of Gaulish origin (compare Irish and Gaelic marc , Welsh march , Breton marh "horse"). No know
• Mardi Gras 英文词源 Mardi Gras (n.) 1690s, from French, literally "fat Tuesday," from mardi "Tuesday" (12c., from Latin Martis diem "day of the planet Mars;" see Tuesday ) + gras "fat," from Latin crassus , "thick." Day of eating and merrymaking before the fasting season of Lent. 中文词源 Mardi Gras ：肥美的星期二，狂欢节（大斋期的前一天） 来自法语，Mardi,星期二，来自拉丁
• march past 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random pugnacious pugnacious: [17] Latin pugnus meant ‘fist’ (it may have been related to Greek pugmé ‘fist’, source of English pygmy ). From it was derived the verb pugnāre ‘hit with the fist’, hence ‘fight’, which has given English impugn [14], repugnant [14], and, via the further derivative pugnāx ‘fond of fight
• marchioness 英文词源 marchioness (n.) 16c., from Medieval Latin marchionissa , fem. of marchio "marquis," from marca (see marquis (n.)). 中文词源 marchioness ：女侯爵，侯爵夫人 来自拉丁语marchio,侯爵，词源同marquis,-ess,表阴性。引申词义女侯爵或侯爵夫人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： marchioness 词源， marchioness 含义。
• marcher 英文词源 march march: English has three words march . The commonest is also the most recent: march ‘walk as a soldier’ [16]. Etymologically, this means virtually ‘trample down’. It comes via French marcher from Gallo-Roman * marcāre , a verb derived from late Latin marcus ‘hammer’. The month-name March [12] goes back via Old French to Latin Martius , literally the ‘month of Mars
• march 英文词源 march march: English has three words march . The commonest is also the most recent: march ‘walk as a soldier’ [16]. Etymologically, this means virtually ‘trample down’. It comes via French marcher from Gallo-Roman * marcāre , a verb derived from late Latin marcus ‘hammer’. The month-name March [12] goes back via Old French to Latin Martius , literally the ‘month of Mars
• marc 英文词源 marc "The refuse of grapes or other fruit that have been pressed for winemaking", Early 17th century: from French, from marcher in the early sense 'to trample'. 中文词源 marc ：葡萄果渣 来自法语marcher,踩踏，践踏，行军，词源同march.引申词义压榨过后的葡萄酒残渣，以及用这种残渣再一次酿造的劣质高浓度葡萄渣酒。 该词的英语词
• marble 英文词源 marble marble: [12] Greek mármaros , a word of unknown origin, denoted to begin with ‘any hard stone’, but association with the verb marmaírein ‘shine’ led to a particular application to ‘marble’. Latin took it over as marmor , and it passed into Old French as marbre . Here, by a process known as dissimilation, in which one of two similar sounds is replaced by a differen
• marauding 英文词源 maraud (v.) 1690s, from French marauder (17c.), from Middle French maraud "rascal" (15c.), of unknown origin, perhaps from French dialectal maraud "tomcat," echoic of its cry. A word popularized in several languages during the Thirty Years War (Spanish merodear , German marodiren , marodieren "to maraud," marodebruder "straggler, deserter") by punning association with Count Mérode, i
• Marathi 英文词源 Marathi "The Indic language spoken in the western Indian state of Maharashtra by about 68 million people", Marathi, from Marāṭhā Maratha. 中文词源 Marathi ：马拉塔语 印度西部Maharashtra邦的语言，其首府为孟买。来自梵语Maharastrah,伟大的王国，来自maha,伟大的，词源同magnate,rastra,王国，词源同regal,reign. 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• maraschino 英文词源 maraschino (n.) 1791, "cherry liqueur," from Italian maraschino "strong, sweet liqueur made from juice of the marasca " (a bitter black cherry), a shortening of amarasca, from amaro "bitter," from Latin amarus "sour," from PIE root *om- "raw, bitter." Maraschino cherry , one preserved in real or imitation maraschino, first recorded 1820. 中文词源 maraschino ：马拉斯加樱桃酒
• maracas 英文词源 maracas see maraca . 中文词源 maracas ：响葫芦 一种葫芦制成的打击乐器，来自巴西土著语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： maracas 词源， maracas 含义。
• mar 英文词源 mar (v.) Old English merran (Anglian), mierran (West Saxon) "to waste, spoil," from Proto-Germanic *marzjan (cognates: Old Frisian meria , Old High German marren "to hinder, obstruct," Gothic marzjan "to hinder, offend"), from PIE root *mers- "to trouble, confuse" (cognates: Sanskrit mrsyate "forgets, neglects," Lithuanian mirszati "to forget"). Related: Marred ; marring . 中文词源
• maple 英文词源 maple (n.) c. 1300, from Old English mapultreow "maple tree," also mapolder , mapuldre , related to Old Norse möpurr , Old Saxon mapulder , Middle Low German mapeldorn , from Proto-Germanic *maplo- . There also was a Proto-Germanic *matlo- (cognates: Old High German mazzaltra , German maszholder ), but the connection and origins are mysterious. Formerly with adjectival form mapelin (
• map 英文词源 map map: [16] Map is closely related to apron and napkin . It comes from Latin mappa , which denoted a ‘cloth’, ‘towel’, ‘sheet’, ‘table-cloth’, etc. This was used in the expression mappa mundī , literally ‘sheet of the world’, which referred to a graphical representation of the earth’s surface – a ‘map’, in other words. = apron , napkin map (n.) 1520s, sh
• Maori 英文词源 Maori (n.) "Polynesian inhabitant of New Zealand," 1843, native name, said to mean "of the usual kind." 中文词源 Maori ：新西兰毛利人 来自新西兰民族名maori,本土的，当地的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Maori 词源， Maori 含义。
• Maoism 英文词源 Mao (adj.) "simple style of clothing based on dress in Communist China," 1967, from French, from name of Mao Tse-tung (1893-1976), Chinese communist leader. Related: Maoism . 中文词源 Maoism ：毛主义，毛泽东思想 来自法语Mao Tse-tung,-ism,主义，思想。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Maoism 词源， Maoism 含义。
• many 英文词源 many many: [OE] Many goes back ultimately to Indo- European * monogho -, * menogho -, which also produced Russian mnogij ‘many’ and Welsh mynych ‘often’. From it was descended prehistoric Germanic * managaz , * manigaz , which have differentiated into German manch , Dutch menig , Swedish många , Danish mange , and English many . The pronunciation /meni/ dates from the 13th ce
• Manx cat 英文词源 Manx 1798, earlier Manks (1620s), metathesized from Maniske (1570s) "of the Isle of Man," from Old Norse *manskr , from Man (from Old Irish Manu "Isle of Man") + suffix -iskr "ish." Manx cat , without a tail, first attested 1843. 中文词源 Manx cat ：马恩岛猫 一种来自马恩岛的尾巴退化到几乎消失的猫。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Man
• Manx 英文词源 Manx 1798, earlier Manks (1620s), metathesized from Maniske (1570s) "of the Isle of Man," from Old Norse *manskr , from Man (from Old Irish Manu "Isle of Man") + suffix -iskr "ish." Manx cat , without a tail, first attested 1843. 中文词源 Manx ：马恩岛的 来自古爱尔兰语Manu,即Isle of Man.该岛为英格兰与爱尔兰之间的海岛。Manu在古爱尔兰语里有海神之
• manuscript 英文词源 manuscript (n.) "document or book written by hand," 1590s (adj.), c. 1600 (n.), from Medieval Latin manuscriptum "document written by hand," from Latin manu scriptus "written by hand," from manu , ablative of manus "hand" (see manual (adj.)) + scriptus (neuter scriptum ), past participle of scribere "to write" (see script (n.)). Abbreviation is MS , plural MSS . 中文词源 manuscrip
• manure 英文词源 manure manure: see manoeuvre manure (v.) c. 1400, "to cultivate land," also "to hold property," from Anglo-French meynoverer , Old French manouvrer "to work with the hands, cultivate; carry out; make, produce," from Medieval Latin manuoperare (see maneuver (n.)). Sense of "work the earth" led to "put dung on the soil" (1590s) and to the current noun meaning "dung spread as fertilizer,
• manufacture 英文词源 manufacture (n.) 1560s, "something made by hand," from Middle French manufacture , from Medieval Latin *manufactura (source of Italian manifattura , Spanish manufactura ), from Latin manu , ablative of manus "hand" (see manual (adj.)) + factura "a working," from past participle stem of facere "to perform" (see factitious ). Sense of "process of manufacturing" first recorded c. 1600. R
• manual 英文词源 manual manual: [15] The Latin word for ‘hand’ was manus (it came from an Indo-European base * m ə n -, and its modern descendants include French main , Italian and Spanish mano , and Romanian mîna ). It has contributed generously to English vocabulary, and manual (from the Latin adjective manuālis ) is among its least heavily disguised derivatives. Others include amanuensis [17
• mantrap 英文词源 man (n.) Old English man , mann "human being, person (male or female); brave man, hero; servant, vassal," from Proto-Germanic *manwaz (cognates: Old Saxon, Swedish, Dutch, Old High German man , German Mann , Old Norse maðr , Danish mand , Gothic manna "man"), from PIE root *man- (1) "man" (cognates: Sanskrit manuh , Avestan manu- , Old Church Slavonic mozi , Russian muzh "man, male")
• mantra 英文词源 mantra (n.) 1808, "that part of the Vedas which contains hymns," from Sanskrit mantra-s "sacred message or text, charm, spell, counsel," literally "instrument of thought," related to manyate "thinks," from PIE root *men- "to think" (see mind (n.)). Sense of "special word used for meditation" is first recorded in English 1956. 中文词源 mantra ：曼怛罗，颂歌，圣歌，咒语
• mantle 英文词源 mantle mantle: [13] Mantle comes via Old French mantel from Latin mantellum ‘cloak’, a word of uncertain (possibly Celtic) origin. Related forms to find their way into English from other languages include mantilla [18] (a Spanish diminutive of manta ‘cape’, which came from Latin mantus , a shortened form of mantellum ) and mantua , a term used in the 17th and 18th centuries fo
• mantis 英文词源 mantis mantis: see necromancy mantis (n.) 1650s, "type of insect that holds its forelegs in a praying position" (especially the praying mantis, Mantis religiosa ), Modern Latin, from Greek mantis , literally "one who divines, a seer, prophet," from mainesthai "be inspired," related to menos "passion, spirit" (see mania ). The insect so called for its way of holding the forelimbs as if
• mantelpiece 英文词源 mantelpiece (n.) 1680s, from mantel + piece (n.). 中文词源 mantelpiece ：壁炉台 mantel,壁炉台，piece,一片。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mantelpiece 词源， mantelpiece 含义。
• mantel 英文词源 mantel (n.) c. 1200, "short, loose, sleeveless cloak," variant of mantle (q.v.). Sense of "movable shelter for soldiers besieging a fort" is from 1520s. Meaning "timber or stone supporting masonry above a fireplace" first recorded 1510s, a shortened form of Middle English mantiltre "mantletree" (late 15c.). 中文词源 mantel ：壁炉架，壁炉台 来自mantle拼写变体，其原义
• manteau 英文词源 manteau (n.) "cloak, mantle," 1670s, from French manteau , from Old French mantel (see mantle ). 中文词源 manteau ：披风，斗篷 来自拉丁语mantum,斗篷，词源同mantel,mantle. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： manteau 词源， manteau 含义。
• manta 英文词源 manta (n.) very large ray (also called devilfish ), 1760, from Spanish manta "blanket" (which is attested in English from 1748 in this sense, specifically in reference to a type of wrap or cloak worn by Spaniards), from Late Latin mantum "cloak," back-formation from Latin mantellum "cloak" (see mantle (n.)). The ray so called "for being broad and long like a quilt" [Jorge Juan and Ant
• mansuetude 英文词源 mansuetude (n.) "tameness, gentleness, mildness," late 14c., from Latin mansuetudo "tameness, mildness, gentleness," noun of state from past participle stem of mansuescere "to tame," literally "to accustom to the hand," from manus "hand" (see manual (adj.)) + suescere "to accustom, habituate," from PIE *swdh-sko- , from *swedh- (see sodality ), extended form of root *s(w)e- (see idiom
• manslaughter 英文词源 manslaughter (n.) mid-14c., " act, crime, or sin of killing another human being," in battle or not, from man (n.) + slaughter (n.). Replaced Old English mannslæht (Anglian), mannslieht (West Saxon), from slæht, slieht "act of killing" (see slay ). Etymologically identical with homicide , but in legal use usually distinguished from murder and restricted to "simple homicide." 中文词源
• mansion 英文词源 mansion (n.) mid-14c., "chief residence of a lord," from Old French mansion "stay, permanent abode, house, habitation, home; mansion; state, situation" (13c.), from Latin mansionem (nominative mansio ) "a staying, a remaining, night quarters, station," noun of action from past participle stem of manere "to stay, abide," from PIE *men- "to remain, wait for" (cognates: Greek menein "to
• manse 英文词源 manse (n.) late 15c., "mansion house," from Medieval Latin mansus "dwelling house; amount of land sufficient for a family," noun use of masculine past participle of Latin manere "to remain" (see mansion ). 中文词源 manse ：牧师住宅 来自拉丁语manere,停留，词源同mansion,remain.-se,过去分词后缀。引申词义住所，家园，该词特用于指牧师住宅。 该词
• mansard 英文词源 mansard 1734, from French mansarde , short for toit à la mansarde , a corrupt spelling, named for French architect Nicholas François Mansart (1598-1666), who made use of them. 中文词源 mansard ：折面屋顶 一种下部比上部陡的双层屋顶。来自法语mansarde,缩写自toit a la mansarde,折面屋顶，toit,屋顶，词源同thatch,detective,mansarde,来自其设计者
• manque 英文词源 manque (adj.) 1778, from French manqué (fem. manquée ), past participle of manquer "to miss, be lacking" (16c.), from Italian mancare , from manco , from Latin mancus "maimed, defective," from PIE *man-ko- "maimed in the hand," from root *man- "hand" (see manual (adj.)). 中文词源 manque ：壮志未酬的 来自拉丁语mancus,伤残的，有缺陷的，来自PIE*man-ko,手受伤，
• manpower 英文词源 manpower (n.) 1855, from man (n.) + power (n.). Proposed in 1824 as a specific unit of measure of power. 中文词源 manpower ：人力 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： manpower 词源， manpower 含义。
• manorial 英文词源 manorial (adj.) 1785, from manor + -al (1). 中文词源 manorial ：庄园的 来自manor,庄园。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： manorial 词源， manorial 含义。
• manor 英文词源 manor manor: [13] Etymologically, a manor is a place where one ‘stays’ or ‘dwells’. It goes back ultimately to the Latin verb manēre ‘remain, stay’, which in post-classical times was used for ‘dwell, live’. Its Old French descendant maneir came to be used as a noun, meaning ‘dwelling place’. This passed into English via Anglo- Norman maner , and was originally use
• manoeuvring 英文词源 berth berth: [17] Like birth , berth appears to be based on the verb bear , although it is a separate and much later formation. At first it meant ‘safe manoeuvring distance at sea’ (from which we get the metaphorical ‘give a wide berth to’); this seems to have come from the nautical sense of bear ‘steer in a particular direction’ as in bear away (from which we get bear dow