英语词源

• manoeuvre 英文词源 manoeuvre manoeuvre: [18] Essentially manoeuvre and manure [14] are the same word. Both go back ultimately to a Latin expression denoting ‘manual labour’. This was manū operārī , literally ‘work with the hand’. It was lexicalized in medieval Latin as the verb manuoperāre , and this passed into Old French as manovrer . Middle English took it over via Anglo-Norman mainoverer
• manoeuvrable 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random steal steal: [OE] Steal comes from a prehistoric Germanic base * stel -. This also produced German stehlen , Dutch stelen , Swedish stjäla , and Danish stjæle , but its ultimate ancestry is unknown. The derived stealth [13] originally meant ‘theft’ (‘I know my lord hath spent of Timon’s wealth, and now ingratitude make
• mano-a-mano 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random attain attain: [14] Unlike contain , maintain , obtain , and the rest of a very long list of English words ending in - tain , attain does not come from Latin tenēre ‘_hold’. Its source is Latin tangere ‘touch’ (as in English tangible and tangent ). The addition of the prefix ad - ‘to’ produced attingere ‘reach’,
• mannish 英文词源 mannish (adj.) Old English mennisc "human, human-like, natural," from Proto-Germanic *manniska- (cognates: Old Saxon mannisc , Old High German mennisc , Gothic mannisks ), from *manna- (see man (n.)). In some cases a new formation from man (n.) + -ish . Sense of "masculine" is from late 14c.; in reference to women seen as masculine, from late 14c. Of adult males (opposed to childish )
• mannerist 英文词源 mannerist (n.) 1690s in the artistic sense; see mannerism + -ist . 中文词源 mannerist ：矫饰主义者 来自mannerism,矫饰主义，-ist,人。即矫饰主义者。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mannerist 词源， mannerist 含义。
• mannerism 英文词源 mannerism (n.) "excessive use of distinctive methods in art or literature," 1803, from manner + -ism . Meaning "an instance of mannerism, habitual peculiarity" is from 1819. Related: Mannerisms . 中文词源 mannerism ：习性，矫饰主义 来自manner,举止，风格，习性，-ism,主义，思想。词义贬义化为矫饰主义。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• mannered 英文词源 mannered (adj.) mid-15c., "having manners" of one kind or another, from manner . Later, especially, "well-mannered." Compare mannerable "well-mannered" (late 15c.). 中文词源 mannered ：有举止的，矫揉造作的 来自manner,举止。词义贬义化为做作的，矫揉造作的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mannered 词源， mannered 含义。
• manner 英文词源 manner manner: [12] Etymologically, a manner is a method of ‘handling’ something. It comes via Anglo-Norman manere from Vulgar Latin * manuāria ‘way of handling’. This was a noun use of the Latin adjective manuārius ‘of the hand’, a derivative of manus ‘hand’. The adoption of manner as a conventional translation of Latin modus ‘method’ helped to establish the far
• mannequin 英文词源 mannequin mannequin: see man mannequin (n.) 1902, "model to display clothes," from French mannequin (15c.), from Dutch manneken (see manikin ). A French form of the same word that yielded manikin , and sometimes mannequin was used in English in a sense "artificial man" (especially in translations of Hugo). Originally of persons, in a sense where we might use "model." A mannequin is a
• manna 英文词源 manna manna: [OE] Manna was introduced into Old English by Latin, which got it from Aramaic mannā . This was a derivative of Hebrew mān , one of a family of Semitic words denoting an edible substance exuded by a sort of tamarisk tree that grows in the Sinai desert. manna (n.) Old English borrowing from Late Latin manna , from Greek manna , from Hebrew man , probably literally "subst
• manly 英文词源 manly (adj.) c. 1200, "human; characteristic of human beings," from man (n.) + -ly (1). Sense of "possessing virtues proper to a male person" (resoluteness, steadfastness, reliability) is from early 13c. Meaning "masculine" is attested from late 14c. Old English had werlic "male, masculine, manly." 中文词源 manly ：像个男人的 来自man,男人。即像人男人的。 该词的英
• manky 英文词源 manky "Inferior; worthless", 1950s: probably from obsolete mank 'mutilated, defective', from Old French manque , from Latin mancus 'maimed'.MoreThis word meaning ‘inferior, worthless, off-colour’ is probably from obsolete mank ‘mutilated, defective’, from Old French manque ‘lack’, from Latin mancus ‘maimed’. 中文词源 manky ：坏的，次的，肮脏的 可能来自古
• mankind 英文词源 mankind (n.) "the human race," c. 1300, earlier man-kende (early 13c.), from man (n.) + kind (n.). Replaced Old English mancynn "human race." Also used occasionally in Middle English for "male persons" (late 14c.), but otherwise preserving the original gender neutrality of man (n.). For "menfolk, the male sex," menkind (late 14c.) and menskind (1590s) have been used. 中文词源 mank
• manipulator 英文词源 manipulator (n.) 1804, from manipulate with Latin agent noun ending. Perhaps formed on model of French manipulateur (1783). 中文词源 manipulator ：操纵者，控制者 来自manipulate,操纵，控制，-or,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： manipulator 词源， manipulator 含义。
• manipulative 英文词源 manipulative (adj.) 1816, in literal sense, from manipulate + -ive . Related: Manipulatively ; manipulativeness . 中文词源 manipulative ：会操纵的，善摆布人的 来自manipulate,操纵，控制，-ive,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： manipulative 词源， manipulative 含义。
• manipulation 英文词源 manipulation (n.) c. 1730, a method of digging ore, from French manipulation , from manipule "handful" (a pharmacists' measure), from Latin manipulus "handful, sheaf, bundle," from manus "hand" (see manual ) + root of plere "to fill" (see pleio- ). Sense of "skillful handling of objects" is first recorded 1826; extended 1828 to "handling of persons" as well as objects. 中文词源 ma
• manipulate 英文词源 manipulate manipulate: see manual manipulate (v.) 1827, "to handle skillfully by hand," a back-formation from manipulation . Of mental influence, from 1864. Financial sense is from 1870. In mid-20c., it served as a euphemism for "masturbation." Related: Manipulated ; manipulating . 中文词源 manipulate ：操纵，控制 回构自manipulation. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• manioc 英文词源 manioc (n.) 1560s, from Tupi manioch , mandioca , name for the root of the cassava plant. 中文词源 manioc ：树薯，树薯粉 来自南美土著语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： manioc 词源， manioc 含义。
• Manila 英文词源 Manila 1690s, capital of the Philippines, gave its name (with altered spelling) to manilla hemp (1814), original source of manilla paper (1832). Said to be from Tagalog may "there is" + nila "shrub of the indigo family," but this would not be a native word. 中文词源 Manila ：马尼拉纸 来自菲律宾首都Manila,现词义缩写自manila paper. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• manikin 英文词源 manikin manikin: see man manikin (n.) 1560s, "jointed figure used by artists," from Dutch manneken , literally "little man," diminutive of Middle Dutch man (see man (n.)). Sense and spelling often blended with mannequin . 中文词源 manikin ：人体模型，侏儒 man,人，-kin,小词后缀。字面意思即小人，侏儒。后词义与mannequin混淆，也用来指人体模型。
• manifold 英文词源 manifold manifold: see many manifold (adj.) Old English monigfald (Anglian), manigfeald (West Saxon), "various, varied in appearance, complicated; numerous, abundant," from manig (see many ) + -feald (see -fold ). A common Germanic compound (Old Frisian manichfald , Middle Dutch menichvout , German mannigfalt , Swedish mångfalt , Gothic managfalþs ), perhaps a loan-translation of La
• manifesto 英文词源 manifesto (n.) "public declaration," 1640s, from Italian manifesto "public declaration explaining past actions and announcing the motive for forthcoming ones," originally "proof," from Latin manifestus (see manifest (adj.)). 中文词源 manifesto ：宣言 来自意大利语manifesto,证据，公共声明，词源同manifest.引申词义宣言。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• manifestation 英文词源 manifestation (n.) early 15c., "action of manifesting; exhibition, demonstration," from Late Latin manifestationem (nominative manifestatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin manifestare (see manifest (adj.)). Meaning "an object, action, or presence by which something is made manifest" is from 1785. The spiritualism sense is attested from 1853. 中文词源 manifesta
• manifest 英文词源 manifest manifest: [14] That which is manifest is etymologically ‘grasped by the hand’ – that is, ‘palpable, obvious’. The word comes via Old French from Latin manifestus . This was a later form of manufestus , a compound formed from manus ‘hand’ and * festus ‘gripped’. Manifesto [17] is a borrowing from Italian; it originally meant ‘evidence, proof’, and only gr
• manicurist 英文词源 manicurist (n.) 1884, from manicure (n.) after its sense shifted + -ist . 中文词源 manicurist ：美甲师 来自manicure,指甲护理。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： manicurist 词源， manicurist 含义。 manicurist ：美甲师 词根词缀： -mani-手 + -cur-照料 + -ist从事某一工作的人
• manicure 英文词源 manicure manicure: see manual manicure (n.) 1873, "one who professionally treats hands and fingernails," from French manicure , literally "the care of the hands," from Latin manus "hand" (see manual ) + cura "care" (see cure (n.1)). Meaning "treatment and care of the hands and fingernails" is attested from 1887. manicure (v.) 1889, from manicure (n.). Related: Manicured ; manicuring .
• Manicheism 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random dimple dimple: [13] Dimple originally meant ‘pothole’, and was not applied to an ‘indentation in the flesh’ until the 14th century. There is no surviving record of the word in Old English, but it probably existed, as * dympel ; Old High German had the cognate tumphilo , ancestor of modern German tümpel ‘pool, puddle’
• Manichean 英文词源 Manichaean also Manichean , 1550s (n.), 1630s (adj.), from Latin Manichaeus (see Manichaeism ). 中文词源 Manichean ：二元对立论 来自Manicheism,摩尼教。该教发源古代波斯萨珊王朝，为公元3世纪中叶波斯人摩尼所创立的二元论宗教。其主要教义为“二宗三际论”，崇尚光明。因此引申词义二元对立论。在中国也称明教，
• manic 英文词源 manic (adj.) "pertaining to or affected with mania," 1902, from mania + -ic . The clinical term manic depressive also is from 1902; manic depression is first attested 1903. 中文词源 manic ：狂热的，兴奋的 来自mania,发狂，-ic,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： manic 词源， manic 含义。
• maniacal 英文词源 maniacal (adj.) 1670s, from maniac (adj.) + -al (1). Related: Maniacally . 中文词源 maniacal ：狂野的，发狂的 来自maniac,发狂的人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： maniacal 词源， maniacal 含义。
• maniac 英文词源 maniac (adj.) c. 1600, "pertaining to mania; insane," from French maniaque (14c.), from Late Latin maniacus , from Greek maniakos , from mania (see mania ). Borrowed at first in French form; Latinized in English from 1727. The noun is attested from 1763, from the adjective. 中文词源 maniac ：发狂的人 来自mania的形容词形式，后用做名词，指发狂的人。 该词的
• mania 英文词源 mania mania: [14] Greek maníā meant ‘madness’. It goes back ultimately to Indo-European * mn -, * men - ‘think’, the same source as produced English mind . It reached English via late Latin mania . Of its derivatives, maniac [17] comes from late Greek maniakós , but manic [20] is an English formation. Closely related to maníā was the Greek verb maínesthai ‘be mad’; f
• manhunt 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random eschew eschew: [14] Eschew is ultimately of Germanic origin, although it reached English via French. Its remote ancestor is prehistoric Germanic * skeukhwaz , source also of English shy . A verb based on this, * skeukhwan , was borrowed into Vulgar Latin as * skīvāre , which in Old French became eschiver or eschuer – whence
• manhood 英文词源 manhood (n.) early 13c., "state of being human," from man (n.) + -hood . Meanings "state of being an adult male," also "manliness," are from late 14c. Similar words in Old English were less explicitly masculine: manscipe "humanity, courtesy," literally "man-ship;" mennisclicnes "state of man, humanity, humaneness, human nature." The more "manly" word was werhad "male sex, virility, ma
• manhole 英文词源 manhole (n.) also man-hole , "hole through which a person may pass," 1793, from man (n.) + hole (n.). 中文词源 manhole ：人孔门 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： manhole 词源， manhole 含义。
• manhattan 英文词源 Manhattan main island of New York City, from Dutch, from a native name, perhaps representing a Delaware (Algonquian) source akin to Munsee munahan "island." Bright favors Munsee /e:nta menahahte:nk/ "where one gathers bows." As the name of a cocktail made of vermouth, whiskey, and a dash of bitters, it is attested from 1890 (in Manhattan cocktail ). 中文词源 manhattan ：曼哈顿鸡
• manhandle 英文词源 manhandle (v.) mid-15c., "wield a tool," also, late 15c., "to attack (an enemy)," from man (n.) + handle (v.). Nautical meaning "to move by force of men" (without levers or tackle) is attested from 1834, and is the source of the slang meaning "to handle roughly" (1865). [T]he two Canalers rushed into the uproar, and sought to drag their man out of it toward the forecastle. Others of t
• mangy 英文词源 mangy (adj.) by 1745, from mange + -y (2). 中文词源 mangy ：患疥癣的，污秽的 来自mange,兽疥癣。引申词义肮脏的，污秽的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mangy 词源， mangy 含义。
• mangrove 英文词源 mangrove (n.) 1610s, mangrow , probably from Spanish mangle, mangue (1530s), which is perhaps from Carib or Arawakan. Modern spelling in English (1690s) is from influence of grove . A Malay origin also has been proposed, but it is difficult to explain how it came to be used for an American plant. 中文词源 mangrove ：红树林 可能来自西班牙语mangue,最终来自加勒比某语
• mangosteen 英文词源 mangosteen "A tropical fruit with sweet juicy white segments of flesh inside a thick reddish-brown rind", Late 16th century: from Malay manggustan , dialect variant of manggis . 中文词源 mangosteen ：山竹 来自马来语manggis. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mangosteen 词源， mangosteen 含义。
• mango 英文词源 mango (n.) 1580s, from Portuguese manga , from Malay mangga , from Tamil mankay , from man "mango tree" + kay "fruit." Mango trees were brought from Timor to British gardens in Jamaica and St. Vincent 1793 by Capt. Bligh on his second voyage. 中文词源 mango ：芒果 来自印度泰米尔语mankay,来自man,芒果树，kay,果实。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• mangle 英文词源 mangle mangle: see maim mangle (v.) "to mutilate," c. 1400, from Anglo-French mangler , frequentative of Old French mangoner "cut to pieces," of uncertain origin, perhaps connected with Old French mahaignier "to maim, mutilate, wound" (see maim ). Meaning "to mispronounce (words), garble" is from 1530s. Related: Mangled ; mangling . mangle (n.) clothes-pressing machine, 1774, from Dut
• mangetout 英文词源 mangetout "A pea of a variety with an edible pod, eaten when the pod is young and flat", Early 19th century: from French, literally 'eat all'. 中文词源 mangetout ：嫩豌豆，菜豆 来自法语mangetout,来自mange,吃，tout,全部，词源同total.因这种蔬菜味道鲜美而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mangetout 词源， mangetout 含义。
• manger 英文词源 manger manger: [14] Etymologically, a manger is an ‘eater’, or ‘feeding place’. It comes from Old French mangeoire , a descendant of Vulgar Latin * mandūcātōria . This was derived from Latin mandūcāre ‘chew’, which in modern French has become manger ‘eat’; the use of this as a noun, meaning ‘edible substance’, forms the ultimate basis of English blancmange , l
• mange 英文词源 mange (n.) "skin disease of animals," early 15c., from Old French manjue "the itch," also "hunger, appetite; itching, longing," literally "the eating," verbal noun from a collateral form of Old French mangier "to eat" (Modern French manger ) "to eat," from Late Latin manducare "to chew, eat," from manducus "glutton," from Latin mandere "to chew" (see mandible ). 中文词源 mange ：兽
• manganese 英文词源 manganese manganese: see magnet manganese (n.) 1670s as the name of a mineral, oxide of manganese, from French manganèse (16c.), from Italian manganese , alteration or corruption of Medieval Latin magnesia (see magnesia ). From 1783 in English as the name of an element. 中文词源 manganese ：锰 来自意大利语manganese,来自magnesia的拼写讹误。后将借就错，用来指
• manga 英文词源 manga (n.) "Japanese comic books or graphic novels," c. 1984, from Japanese, "cartoon, caricature," literally "involuntary pictures." Term said to have been coined 1814 by artist Katsushika Hokusai to "convey a sense of free-flowing composition and quirky style." See anime . 中文词源 manga ：漫画 来自日本式汉语漫画。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• manfully 英文词源 manfully (adv.) c. 1400, from manful + -ly (2). Old English had manlice "manfully, nobly." 中文词源 manfully ：有男子气概的 来自man,男人。即像个男人的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： manfully 词源， manfully 含义。
• man Friday 英文词源 man Friday "A male personal assistant or servant", From Friday, a character in Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe (1719), whom Crusoe often refers to as ‘my man Friday’. 中文词源 man Friday ：男仆，男助手 来自18世纪英国小说家丹尼尔.笛福的小说《鲁滨逊漂流记》中主义公鲁滨逊的仆人Friday,因其于星期五被鲁滨逊解救此得名。 该词的英
• maneater 英文词源 man-eater (n.) also maneater , c. 1600, "cannibal," from man (n.) + eater . From 1837 in reference to animals (sharks); 1862 of tigers; 1906 of women. Related: Man-eating . 中文词源 maneater ：男人杀手 man,男人，eater,吃者。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： maneater 词源， maneater 含义。
• mane 英文词源 mane mane: [OE] Mane goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * manō , which also produced German mähne and Dutch mane . Related forms such as Swedish manke ‘neck’, Irish muin ‘nape of the neck’, archaic Welsh mwn ‘neck’, Latin monīle ‘necklace’, and Sanskrit manyā - ‘nape of the neck’ suggest that historically ‘neck’ is the primary, ‘neck-hair’ a secondary
• mandrill 英文词源 mandrill mandrill: see drill mandrill (n.) "large baboon," 1744, perhaps ultimately from an African language, but formed into English components man + drill (n.4) "baboon," which is of W.African origin. The earliest reference reports the name is what the animal was "called by the white men in this country" (Sierra Leone). French mandrill , Spanish mandril seem to be from English. 中文
• mandrake 英文词源 mandrake mandrake: [14] The mandrake is a Mediterranean plant of the potato family with medicinal uses. Its name is an alteration of mandragora , which goes back via Latin to Greek mandragóras , a word probably of non- Indo-European origin. The change arose owing to an association with man (the mandrake has a large forked root which supposedly resembles a human being) and drake ‘dr
• mandolin 英文词源 mandolin mandolin: see banjo mandolin (n.) 1707, from French mandoline , from Italian mandolino , diminutive of mandola , a larger kind of mandolin, altered from Late Latin pandura "three-stringed lute," from Greek pandoura , which is of unknown origin. 中文词源 mandolin ：曼陀林 来自意大利语mandola,一种大型弦乐器，-in,小词后缀。进一步来自拉丁语pandu
• mandir 英文词源 mandir "A Hindu temple", From Hindi and Sanskrit mandira 'dwelling place, temple'. 中文词源 mandir ：印度教寺庙 来自印度语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mandir 词源， mandir 含义。
• mandible 英文词源 mandible (n.) late 14c., "jaw, jawbone," from Middle French mandible and directly from Late Latin mandibula "jaw," from Latin mandere "to chew," from PIE root *mendh- "to chew" (cognates: Greek mastax "the mouth, that with which one chews; morsel, that which is chewed," masasthai "to chew," mastikhan "to gnash the teeth"). Of insect mouth parts from 1826. 中文词源 mandible ：下颌
• mandatory 英文词源 mandatory (adj.) 1570s, "of the nature of a mandate," from Late Latin mandatorius "pertaining to a mandator," from Latin mandatus , past participle of mandare (see mandate (n.)). Sense of "obligatory because commanded" is from 1818. 中文词源 mandatory ：强制的，法定的 来自mandate,命令。即命令的，引申词义强制的，法定的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• mandate 英文词源 mandate mandate: [16] Etymologically, mandate means ‘give one’s hand’. It comes from mandātum (source also of English maundy ), a noun use of the past participle of Latin mandāre ‘commit, command’. This verb was formed by blending manus ‘hand’ and dāre ‘give’. English verbs derived from mandāre are command , commend , demand , and remand . = command , commend , d
• mandarin collar 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random cuirass cuirass: [15] A cuirass ‘breastplate’ is literally, and was originally, a piece of body armour made of leather. The word comes, via French cuirasse , from Vulgar Latin * coriācia , a nominal use of the Latin adjective coriāceus ‘made of leather’. This was a derivative of corium ‘leather’, which came ultimat
• mandarin 英文词源 mandarin mandarin: [16] Although it refers to a Chinese official, mandarin is not a Chinese word. Sanskrit mantrin meant ‘counsellor’ (it was a derivative of mantra ‘counsel’, which itself was based on man ‘think’, a distant relative of English mind ). Its Hindi descendant mantrī passed into English via Malay mẽteri and Portuguese mandarin . The word’s application to
• mandala 英文词源 mandala (n.) magic circle, 1859, from Sanskrit mandala "disc, circle." 中文词源 mandala ：曼荼罗 来自梵语mandala,圈，圆盘。佛教用语，意为坛，坛场，是佛教传统的修持能量的中心。参照百度百科。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mandala 词源， mandala 含义。
• Manchu 英文词源 Manchu 1650s, member of Tungusic race of Manchuria which conquered China in 1644 and remained its ruling class until the Revolution of 1912. From Manchu, literally "pure," name of the tribe descended from the Nu-chen Tartars. 中文词源 Manchu ：满族人 来自汉语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Manchu 词源， Manchu 含义。
• Mancunian 英文词源 Mancunian "A native or inhabitant of Manchester", Early 20th century: from Mancunium , the Latin name of Manchester, + -an. 中文词源 Mancunian ：曼彻斯特人 来自其凯尔特旧称Mamucio. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Mancunian 词源， Mancunian 含义。
• Manchester 英文词源 Manchester Mameceastre (1086), from Mamucio (4c.), the original Celtic name, perhaps from *mamm "breast, breast-like hill" + Old English ceaster "Roman town" (see Chester ). Adjective Mancunian is from the Medieval Latin form of the place-name, Mancunium . 中文词源 Manchester ：曼彻斯特 英格兰城镇。来自凯尔特语Mamucio,来自*mamm,乳房，词源可能同拉丁语m
• man boob 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random axis axis: [14] Axis is at the centre of a complex web of ‘turning’ words. Besides its immediate source, Latin axis , there were Greek áxōn , Sanskrit ákshas , and a hypothetical Germanic * akhsō which produced Old English eax ‘axle’ as well as modern German achse ‘axle, shaft’ and Dutch as ; and there could well
• manatee 英文词源 manatee (n.) 1550s, from Spanish manati (1530s), from Carib manati "breast, udder." Often associated with Latin manatus "having hands," because the flippers resemble hands. 中文词源 manatee ：海牛 来自西班牙语manati,来自加勒比语manati,乳房，胸部，因该动物圆鼓鼓的形状而得名。可能最终来自自拉丁语manatus,手，词源同manual,因其两片前
• manana 英文词源 manana from Spanish mañana , "tomorrow," from cras manñana , literally "tomorrow early," from Vulgar Latin *maneana "early," from Latin mane "in the morning," from PIE *ma- "good," with notion of "occurring at a good time, timely, early" (compare matins ; and see mature (v.)). 中文词源 manana ：在将来某时 来自西班牙语cras mannana,明天早晨，来自cras,明天，词源
• manageress 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random dilute dilute: see lavatory 中文词源 manageress ：女经理 来自manager,经理，-ess,表阴性。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： manageress 词源， manageress 含义。
• manager 英文词源 manager (n.) 1580s, "one who manages," agent noun from manage . Specific sense of "one who conducts a house of business or public institution" is from 1705. 中文词源 manager ：经理 来自manage,管理。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： manager 词源， manager 含义。 manager ：经理，管理人 manager原义为“驯马人”，其词根manage源由意
• management 英文词源 management (n.) 1590s, "act of managing," from manage + -ment . Meaning "governing body" (originally of a theater) is from 1739. 中文词源 management ：管理，经营 来自manage,管理。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： management 词源， management 含义。 management ：管理，经营；管理者，管理部门 词根词缀： -man-手 + age + -ment名
• manacle 英文词源 manacle manacle: see manual manacle (n.) mid-14c., "a fetter for the hand," from Old French manicle "manacles, handcuffs; bracelet; armor for the hands," from Latin manicula "handle," literally "little hand," diminutive of manicae "long sleeves of a tunic, gloves; armlets, gauntlets; handcuffs, manacles," from manus "hand" (see manual (adj.)). Related: Manacles . In every cry of every
• man 英文词源 man man: [OE] Man is a widespread Germanic word (with relatives in German mann ‘man’ and mensch ‘person’, Dutch and Swedish man ‘man’, Danish mand ‘man’, and Swedish menniska ‘person’), and connections have even been found outside Germanic (Sanskrit, for instance, had mánu - ‘man’). But no decisive evidence has been found for an ultimate Indo- European source.
• mammy-wagon 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random profane profane: [15] Anything that is profane is etymologically ‘outside the temple’ – hence, ‘secular’ or ‘irreligious’. The word comes via Old French prophane from Latin profānus , a compound adjective formed from the prefix prō - ‘before’ (used here in the sense ‘outside’) and fānum ‘temple’ (sou
• mammy 英文词源 mammy (n.) 1520s, diminutive of mam (see mamma ). Meaning "black woman having the care of white children" is by 1837, Southern U.S. dialect, variant of mamma . 中文词源 mammy ：妈妈 来自mamma亲昵语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mammy 词源， mammy 含义。
• mammoth 英文词源 mammoth mammoth: [18] Mammoth is a Russian contribution to English. The word was borrowed from early modern Russian mammot , an adaptation of Tatar mamont ‘earth’ (the reason for the animal being so named is that the first remains of mammoths to be found were dug out of the frozen soil of Siberia). The adjectival use of the word for ‘huge’ dates from the early 19th century (‘
• Mammon 英文词源 Mammon (n.) "personification of wealth," mid-14c., from Late Latin mammona , from Greek mamonas , from Aramaic mamona , mamon "riches, gain;" left untranslated in Greek New Testament (e.g. Matt. vi:24, Luke xvi:9-13) retained in the Vulgate, and regarded mistakenly by medieval Christians as the name of a demon. 中文词源 Mammon ：财神 来自希腊语mammonas,来自亚拉姆语ma
• mammography 英文词源 mammography (n.) 1937, from mammo- + -graphy . 中文词源 mammography ：乳房X光照相术 mammo-,乳房，-graphy,写，记录，术。用于指乳房X光照相术。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mammography 词源， mammography 含义。
• mammogram 英文词源 mammogram (n.) 1937, from mammo- + -gram . 中文词源 mammogram ：乳房X光检查 mammo-,乳房，-gram,写，记录。用于指乳房X光检查。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mammogram 词源， mammogram 含义。
• mammary 英文词源 mammary (adj.) 1680s, from French mammaire (18c.), from Latin mamma "breast," probably from the child's word for "mother" (see mamma ). 中文词源 mammary ：乳房的，乳腺的 来自拉丁语来自mamma,乳房。引申词义乳房的，乳腺的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mammary 词源， mammary 含义。
• mammal 英文词源 mammal mammal: [19] Etymologically, mammal denotes an ‘animal that suckles its young’. The word is a derivative of mammalia [18], the term for that whole class of animals, coined by the Swedish naturalist Linnaeus from Latin mammālis ‘of the breast’. This in turn was based on mamma ‘mother, breast’, which has been traced back to a prehistoric Indo-European * mammā . Ther
• mamma 英文词源 mamma (n.) 1570s, representing the native form of the reduplication of *ma- that is nearly universal among the Indo-European languages (Greek mamme "mother, grandmother," Latin mamma , Persian mama , Russian and Lithuanian mama "mother," German Muhme "mother's sister," French maman , Welsh mam "mother"). Probably a natural sound in baby-talk, perhaps imitative of sound made while suck
• mambo 英文词源 mambo (n.) popular dance (like the rhumba but livelier), September 1948, from American Spanish mambo , said by Webster to be from Haitian creole word for "voodoo priestess." 中文词源 mambo ：伏都教女祭司 来自海地语。后也用于指一种舞蹈。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mambo 词源， mambo 含义。
• mamba 英文词源 mamba (n.) large venomous African snake, 1862, from Zulu (i)mamba or Swahili mamba . 中文词源 mamba ：树眼睛蛇，曼巴蛇 来自南非祖鲁语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mamba 词源， mamba 含义。
• mama 英文词源 mama 1707, spelling variant of mamma . Meaning "sexually attractive woman" first recorded 1925 in black slang; mama's boy "soft, effeminate male" is from 1901. 中文词源 mama ：妈妈 来自儿语mamma. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mama 词源， mama 含义。
• malware 英文词源 malware (n.) 1997, from mal- + -ware , from software , etc. 中文词源 malware ：恶意软件 mal-,坏的，不良的，-ware,软件，缩写自software. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： malware 词源， malware 含义。
• maltreat 英文词源 maltreat (v.) 1708, from French maltraiter , or formed in English from mal- + treat (v.). Related: Maltreated ; maltreating . 中文词源 maltreat ：虐待 mal-,坏的，不良的，treat,对待。引申词义虐待。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： maltreat 词源， maltreat 含义。 maltreat ：虐待 词根词缀： mal-坏,错误 + treat(-tract-)拉,引
• maltose 英文词源 maltose "A sugar produced by the breakdown of starch, e.g. by enzymes found in malt and saliva. It is a disaccharide consisting of two linked glucose units", Mid 19th century: from malt + -ose 2 . 中文词源 maltose ：麦芽糖 malt,麦芽，-ose,糖，词源同glucose,葡萄糖。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： maltose 词源， maltose 含义。
• Malthusian 英文词源 Malthusian (n.) 1812, from the teachings of English economist Thomas R. Malthus (1766-1835), especially with regard to population increase. As an adjective by 1818. Related: Malthusianism . 中文词源 Malthusian ：马尔萨斯人口论的 经济学术语，来自1812年英国经济学家R.Malthus的观点,基本思想就是要控制人口，人口过增长将导致资源衰竭，使社
• Maltese cross 英文词源 Maltese cross "A cross with arms of equal length which broaden from the centre and have their ends indented in a shallow V-shape", So named because the cross was formerly worn by the Knights Hospitaller, who were based in Malta 1530–1798. 中文词源 Maltese cross ：马耳他十字 由四个V组成的八个点图形，原马耳他骑士团所使用的符号，据说八个点象征骑
• Maltese 英文词源 Maltese from Malta + -ese . Maltese cat is attested from 1830; Maltese cross is from 1754 (earlier Malta cross , 1650s). 中文词源 Maltese ：马耳他人 来自拉丁语Melite,马耳他，可能来自腓尼基语melita,避难所，逃避所，来自malat,逃避。因其为位于地中海中部的小岛而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Maltese 词源