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• magnetism 英文词源 magnetism (n.) 1610s, from Modern Latin magnetismus (see magnet + -ism ). Figurative sense of "personal charm" is from 1650s; in the hypnotic sense it is from Mesmer (see mesmerism ). Meaning "science of magnetics" is recorded from early 19c. 中文词源 magnetism ：磁力，吸引力 magnet,磁石，-ism,主义，思想。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• magnesium 英文词源 magnesium (n.) silvery-white metallic element, 1808, coined by English chemist Sir Humphrey Davy (1778-1829) from white magnesia (q.v.), in which it was found, + chemical ending -ium . 中文词源 magnesium ：镁 来自magnesia,镁砂，-um,金属元素后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： magnesium 词源， magnesium 含义。
• magnesia 英文词源 magnesia (n.) late 14c., in alchemy, "main ingredient of the philosopher's stone," from Medieval Latin magnesia , from Greek (he) Magnesia (lithos) "the lodestone," literally "(the) Magnesian (stone)," from Magnesia , region in Thessaly, which is said to be named for the native people name Magnetes , which is of unknown origin. The ancient word, in this sense, has evolved into magnet
• magnate 英文词源 magnate magnate: see magnitude magnate (n.) mid-15c., "great man, noble, man of wealth," from Late Latin magnates , plural of magnas "great person, nobleman," from Latin magnus "great, large, big" (of size), "abundant" (of quantity), "great, considerable" (of value), "strong, powerful" (of force); of persons, "elder, aged," also, figuratively, "great, mighty, grand, important," from P
• magnanimous 英文词源 magnanimous magnanimous: see magnitude magnanimous (adj.) 1580s, a back-formation from magnanimity + -ous , or else from Latin magnanimus "highminded," literally "great-souled" (see magnanimity ). Related: Magnanimously . 中文词源 magnanimous ：宽宏的，大度的 magn-,大的，-anim,思想，精神，灵魂，词源同animal,unanimous.引申词义宽宏的，大度的。 该词
• magna cum laude 英文词源 magna cum laude 1900, Latin, literally "with great praise;" from magna (see magnate ) + cum laude . 中文词源 magna cum laude ：优异成绩的第二等 来自拉丁语，magna,大的，词源同magnus,cum,伴随，词源同com-,laude,赞美，表彰，词源同laud.比较cum laude,summa cum laude. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： magna cum laude 词源， ma
• Magna Carta 英文词源 Magna Carta also Magna Charta , 1560s, Medieval Latin, literally "great charter" (of English personal and political liberty), attested in Anglo-Latin from 1279; obtained from King John, June 15, 1215. See magnate , card (n.). 中文词源 Magna Carta ：大宪章 来自拉丁语，magna,大的，词源同magnus,carta,宪章，词源同charter. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• magma 英文词源 magma magma: see make magma (n.) mid-15c., "dregs," from Latin magma "dregs of an ointment," from Greek magma "thick unguent, ointment," from root of massein "to knead, mold," from PIE *mag- "to knead" (see macerate ). Geological meaning "molten rock" is 1859. Related: Magmalic . 中文词源 magma ：岩浆 来自希腊语magma,油膏，软膏，来自PIE*mag,揉，捏，词源同mak
• maglev 英文词源 maglev 1973, contraction of magnetic levitation. 中文词源 maglev ：磁悬浮列车 缩写自magnetic levitation. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： maglev 词源， maglev 含义。
• magisterial 英文词源 magisterial (adj.) 1630s, from Medieval Latin magisterialis "of or pertaining to the office of magistrate, director, or teacher," from Late Latin magisterius "having authority of a magistrate," from magister "chief, director" (see master (n.)). Related: Magisterially . 中文词源 magisterial ：地方行政官的，权威的，威严的 来自拉丁语magister,行政长官，首长，
• magister 英文词源 magister "A title or form of address given to scholars, especially those teaching in a medieval university", Late Middle English: from Latin, 'master'. 中文词源 magister ：教师，顾问，首长 来自拉丁语magister,首长，头领，教师，来自PIE*mag-yos-tero,伟大的，巨大的，来自*mag,巨大的，词源同magnate,*yos,比较级后缀，即比较级后缀-er的原
• Maginot Line 英文词源 Maginot Line fortifications built along the north and east borders of France before World War II, in which the French placed unreasonable confidence, named for André Maginot (1877-1932), French Minister of War in late 1920s, early 1930s. 中文词源 Maginot Line ：马其诺防线 来自二战前期法国陆军部长Andre Maginot为抵御德国攻击下令在法德边境修建的一条
• magic lantern 英文词源 magic (adj.) late 14c., from Old French magique , from Latin magicus "magic, magical," from Greek magikos , from magike (see magic (n.)). Magic carpet first attested 1816. Magic Marker (1951) is a registered trademark (U.S.) by Speedry Products, Inc., Richmond Hill, N.Y. Magic lantern "optical instrument whereby a magnified image is thrown upon a wall or screen" is 1690s, from Modern
• magician 英文词源 magician (n.) late 14c., from Old French magiciien "magician, sorcerer," from magique (see magic (n.)). 中文词源 magician ：魔术师，巫师 来自magic,魔术，魔力。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： magician 词源， magician 含义。 magician ：魔术师   词根词缀： magic魔法 + -ian名词词尾
• magic carpet 英文词源 magic (adj.) late 14c., from Old French magique , from Latin magicus "magic, magical," from Greek magikos , from magike (see magic (n.)). Magic carpet first attested 1816. Magic Marker (1951) is a registered trademark (U.S.) by Speedry Products, Inc., Richmond Hill, N.Y. Magic lantern "optical instrument whereby a magnified image is thrown upon a wall or screen" is 1690s, from Modern
• magic bullet 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random spine spine: [14] Spine comes via Old French espine from Latin spīna ‘thorn’, which was probably derived from the same base as spīca ‘ear of corn’ (source of English spike ‘pointed flower head’). The metaphorical extension ‘backbone’ developed in Latin, perhaps via ‘prickle’ and ‘fish bone’. A spinney [
• Magi 英文词源 magi (n.) c. 1200, "skilled magicians, astrologers," from Latin magi , plural of magus "magician, learned magician," from Greek magos , a word used for the Persian learned and priestly class as portrayed in the Bible (said by ancient historians to have been originally the name of a Median tribe), from Old Persian magush "magician" (see magic ). Related: Magian . 中文词源 Magi ：带
• maggot 英文词源 maggot maggot: see mawkish maggot (n.) late 15c., probably an unexplained variant of Middle English maðek , from Old English maða "maggot, grub," from Proto-Germanic *mathon (cognates: Old Norse maðkr , Old Saxon matho , Middle Dutch, Dutch made , Old High German mado , German Made , Gothic maþa "maggot"). Figurative use "whim, fancy, crotchet" is 1620s, from the notion of a maggo
• magenta 英文词源 magenta (n.) 1860, in honor of the Battle of Magenta in Italy, where the French and Sardinians defeated the Austrians in 1859, which advanced the cause of Italian independence and fired the imagination of European liberals. The brilliant crimson aniline dye was discovered shortly after the battle. The town's name traces back to Roman general and emperor Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxent
• mafioso 英文词源 Mafioso "A member of the Mafia or a similar criminal organization", Italian. 中文词源 mafioso ：黑手党成员 来自Mafia,黑手党。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： mafioso 词源， mafioso 含义。
• Mafia 英文词源 mafia (n.) 1875, from Italian Mafia "Sicilian secret society of criminals" (the prevailing sense outside Sicily), earlier, "spirit of hostility to the law and its ministers," from Italian (Sicilian) mafia "boldness, bravado," probably from Arabic mahjas "aggressive, boasting, bragging." Or perhaps from Old French mafler "to gluttonize, devour." A member is a mafioso (1870), fem. mafio
• maestro 英文词源 maestro (n.) "master of music, great teacher or composer," 1797, from Italian maestro , literally "master," from Latin magisterium , accusative of magister (see master (n.)). Applied in Italian to eminent musical composers. Meaning "conductor, musical director" is short for maestro di cappella (1724), literally "master of the chapel" (compare German kapellmeister ). 中文词源 maest
• maelstrom 英文词源 maelstrom (n.) 1680s (Hakluyt, 1560s, has Malestrand ), name of a famous whirlpool off the northwest coast of Norway, from Danish malstrøm (1673), from older Dutch Maelstrom (modern maalstroom ), literally "grinding-stream," from malen "to grind" (see meal ) + stroom "stream" (see stream (n.)). The name was used by Dutch cartographers (for example Mercator, 1595). OED says perhaps or
• madrigal 英文词源 madrigal madrigal: [16] Etymologically, madrigal denotes a ‘simple song, such as might just have sprung from the mother’s womb’. It comes ultimately from medieval Latin mātricālis ‘simple, primitive’, a derivative of Latin mātrix ‘womb’. (And mātrix itself, source of English matrix [16] and matriculate [16] – etymologically ‘put on a list’, from a later metapho
• madrasa 英文词源 madrasa "A college for Islamic instruction", Arabic, 'school, college', from darasa 'to study'. 中文词源 madrasa ：伊斯兰宗教学校 来自阿拉伯语madrasah,学习的地方，来自ma-,地名前缀，词源同mosque,darasa,学习，阅读。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： madrasa 词源， madrasa 含义。
• madras 英文词源 madras (adj.) 1833, in reference to the former Indian state of Madras (modern Chennai , a Tamil name), from which this type of bright-colored muslin cloth was exported. The British fort there dates from 1639; the name sometimes is said to be from Sanskrit mandra , a god of the underworld, but perhaps rather from Arabic madrasa "school" or Portuguese Madre (de Deus) . 中文词源 madr
• Madison Avenue 英文词源 Madison Avenue "values and business of advertising and public relations," 1954, from the street in Manhattan, laid out c. 1836 and named for U.S. President James Madison . The concentration of advertising agencies there seems to date from the 1940s. 中文词源 Madison Avenue ：美国广告业 纽约市街道名，因众多广告商聚集而得名。该街道名来自19世纪美国第
• madonna 英文词源 madonna (n.) 1580s, "Italian lady," from Italian madonna , from Old Italian ma donna (Italian mia donna ) "my lady," from ma "my" + donna "lady," from Latin domina (see dame ). Sense of "picture or statue of the Virgin Mary" is from 1640s. The U.S. singer/dancer (full name Madonna Louise Ciccone, b.1958) attained to pop stardom in fall 1984. 中文词源 madonna ：圣母玛丽亚 来自
• madhouse 英文词源 madhouse (n.) 1680s, from mad + house (n.). Figurative use by 1919. 中文词源 madhouse ：疯人院 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： madhouse 词源， madhouse 含义。
• made-up 英文词源 concoction (n.) 1530s, "digestion," from Latin concoctionem (nominative concoctio ) "digestion," noun of action from past participle stem of concoquere (see concoct ). Meaning "preparation of a medicinal potion" is from 1851; sense of "a made-up story" is from 1823. cubbyhole (n.) 1825, the first element possibly from a diminutive of cub "stall, pen, cattle shed, coop, hutch" (1540s),
• made to measure 英文词源 custom (adj.) "made to measure or order," c. 1830, from custom (n.). 中文词源 made to measure ：量身定制的 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： made to measure 词源， made to measure 含义。
• Madeleine 英文词源 Madeleine fem. proper name, variation of Madeline . The kind of small, rich confection is attested from 1845, said in OED to be named for Madeleine Paulmier, 19c. French pastry cook; any use with a sense of "small thing that evokes powerful nostalgia" is due to Proust (1922). 中文词源 Madeleine ：玛德琳小蛋糕 可能来自法国19世纪面点师傅Madeleine Paulmier. 该词的
• Madeira cake 英文词源 Madeira cake "A close-textured, rich kind of sponge cake", So named because it was eaten as an accompaniment to a glass of Madeira. 中文词源 Madeira cake ：马德拉蛋糕 来自北大西洋葡萄牙属地Madeira岛. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Madeira cake 词源， Madeira cake 含义。
• Madeira 英文词源 Madeira (n.) white wine, 1540s, from island of Madeira in the Atlantic, from Portuguese madeira "wood," because the island formerly was thickly wooded, from Latin materia "wood, matter" (see matter ). 中文词源 Madeira ：马德拉白葡萄酒 来自北大西洋葡萄牙属地Madeira岛，来自葡萄牙语madeira,木头，因这座岛被茂盛的森林覆盖而得名。来自拉丁语
• made 英文词源 made (adj.) late 14c., from Middle English maked , from Old English macod "made," past participle of macian "to make" (see make ). Made up "invented" is from 1789; of minds, "settled, decided," from 1873. To be a made man is in Marlowe's "Faust" (1590). To have it made (1955) is American English colloquial. Grose's dictionary of slang and cant (1785) has for this word what might be th
• madden 英文词源 madden (v.) "to drive to distraction," 1822; earlier "to be mad" (1735), from mad (adj.) + -en (1). Related: Maddened ; maddening . The earlier verb was simply mad (early 14c., intransitive; late 14c., transitive), from the adjective. 中文词源 madden ：使发疯 mad,疯的，-en,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： madden 词源， madden 含义。
• madcap 英文词源 madcap 1580s, noun and adjective, from mad (adj.) + cap , used here figuratively for “head.” Related: Madcappery . 中文词源 madcap ：疯帽子，发疯的 mad,疯的，cap,帽子，头。俚语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： madcap 词源， madcap 含义。
• madam 英文词源 madam c. 1300, from Old French ma dame, literally "my lady," from Latin mea domina (compare madonna ). Meaning "female owner or manager of a brothel" is first attested 1871. 中文词源 madam ：夫人，女士 来自古法语ma dame,即my lady.后用于对已婚女士的尊称。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： madam 词源， madam 含义。
• mad 英文词源 mad mad: [13] The underlying etymological meaning of mad is ‘changed’. It goes back ultimately to Indo-European * moitó -, a past participial form based on * moi -, * mei -, ‘change’ (source also of Latin mūtāre ‘change’, from which English gets mutate ). Prehistoric Germanic inherited it, adding the collective prefix * ga - to form * gamaithaz , which passed into Old E
• maculate 英文词源 maculate (adj.) "spotted," late 15c., from Latin maculatus , past participle of maculare "to make spotted, to speckle," from macula "spot, stain" (see macula ). Middle English also had maculation "sexual defilement, sinning" (late 15c.). maculate (v.) early 15c., from Latin maculatus , past participle of maculare "to make spotted, to speckle," from macula "spot, stain" (see macula ).
• macula 英文词源 macula (n.) plural maculae , from Latin macula "spot, stain," used of various spots (sunspots, markings on minerals, etc.), of uncertain origin. Especially the macula lutea in the eye. 中文词源 macula ：斑点，污点 来自拉丁语macula,斑点，污点，词源同male,immaculate.来自Proto-Italic*smatlo,刮，沫，可能来自PIE*sme,涂，刮，词源同smear. 该词的英语
• macrophage 英文词源 macrophage (n.) 1890, from macro- + -phage . 中文词源 macrophage ：巨噬细胞 macro-,长的，大的，宏观的，-phage,吃，词源同bacteriophage,geophagy. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： macrophage 词源， macrophage 含义。
• macron 英文词源 macron (n.) "short horizontal line placed over a vowel to indicate length," 1827, from Greek makron , neuter of makros "long" (see macro -). 中文词源 macron ：长音符，平调符 来自希腊语makros,长的。后引申词义长音符，平调符。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： macron 词源， macron 含义。
• macroeconomics 英文词源 macroeconomics (n.) also macro-economics , 1948, from macroeconomic ; also see -ics . 中文词源 macroeconomics ：宏观经济学 macro-,长的，大的，宏观的，economics,经济学。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： macroeconomics 词源， macroeconomics 含义。 macroeconomics ：宏观经济学 词根词缀： -macro-长,大,宏 + -eco-经济 + -nom
• macrocosm 英文词源 macrocosm (n.) c. 1600, "the great world" (the universe, as distinct from the "little world" of man), from Old French macrocosme (c. 1300) and directly from Medieval Latin macrocosmus , from Greek makros "large, long" (see macro- ) + kosmos (see cosmos ). 中文词源 macrocosm ：宏观世界 macro-,长的，大的，宏观的，-cosm,宇宙，词源同cosmology. 该词的英语词源请
• macrobiotic 英文词源 macrobiotic (adj.) also macro-biotic , "inclined to prolong life," 1797, from Greek makrobiotikos "long-lived," from makros "long" (see macro -) + bios "life" (see bio- ). The specific reference to a Zen Buddhist dietary system dates from 1936. 中文词源 macrobiotic ：延年益寿的 macro-,长的，大的，宏观的，-bio,生命，词源同biology,abiotic.引申词义延年益寿
• macro 英文词源 macro (n.) 1959 in computing sense, shortened from macro-instruction . 中文词源 macro ：宏指令 缩写自macro-instruction. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： macro 词源， macro 含义。
• macrame 英文词源 macrame (n.) 1869, from French macramé , from Turkish maqrama "towel, napkin," from Arabic miqramah "embroidered veil." 中文词源 macrame ：编结艺术 来自阿拉伯语miqramah,绣花面纱。引申词义编结艺术。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： macrame 词源， macrame 含义。
• mackintosh 英文词源 mackintosh mackintosh: [19] The rubberized material from which this waterproof coat was originally made was invented in the early 1820s by the British chemist Charles Macintosh (1766–1843). His name (misspelled with a k ) is first recorded as being applied to the coat in 1836. The abbreviated form mac (or occasionally mack ) dates from around the turn of the 20th century. mackintosh
• mackerel 英文词源 mackerel (n.) edible fish, c. 1300, from Old French maquerel "mackerel" (Modern French maquereau ), of unknown origin but apparently identical with Old French maquerel "pimp, procurer, broker, agent, intermediary," a word from a Germanic source (compare Middle Dutch makelaer "broker," from Old Frisian mek "marriage," from maken "to make"). The connection is obscure, but medieval peopl
• Mack 英文词源 Mack proprietary name for a brand of heavy automobile trucks, named for brothers John M., Augustus F., and William C. Mack , who established Mack Brothers Company, N.Y., N.Y., in 1902. Their trucks formally known as "Mack Trucks" from 1910. 中文词源 Mack ：老兄，伙计 来自Mac拼写变体。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Mack 词源， Mack 含义。
• macho 英文词源 macho macho: see male macho 1928 (n.) "tough guy," from Spanish macho "male animal," noun use of adjective meaning "masculine, virile," from Latin masculus (see masculine ). As an adjective, first attested in English 1959. 中文词源 macho ：男子汉 来自西班牙语macho,男人，男性，缩写自拉丁语masculus,男性的，词源同male,masculine.-ism,主义。引申词义大
• machismo 英文词源 machismo (n.) 1940, from American Spanish machismo , from Spanish macho "male" (see macho ) + ismo (see -ism ). 中文词源 machismo ：大男子主义 来自西班牙语macho,男人，男性，缩写自拉丁语masculus,男性的，词源同male,masculine.-ism,主义。引申词义大男子主义。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： machismo 词源， machismo 含
• machinist 英文词源 machinist (n.) 1706, "engineer, mechanical inventor," a hybrid from machine (n.) + -ist . Meaning "machine operator" is attested from 1879. 中文词源 machinist ：机械师，机械工 来自machine,机器，-ist,人。即操控机器的人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： machinist 词源， machinist 含义。 machinist ：机械师；机工；钳床[机床
• machinery 英文词源 machinery (n.) 1680s; from machine (n.) + -ery . Originally theatrical, "devices for creating stage effects" (which also was a sense of Greek mekhane ); meaning "machines collectively" is attested from 1731. Middle English had machinament "a contrivance" (early 15c.). 中文词源 machinery ：机器统称 来自machine,机器，-ery,集合名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• machine 英文词源 machine machine: [16] The ultimate source of both machine and mechanic [14] was makhos , a Greek word meaning ‘contrivance, means’, and related distantly to English may ‘be able’ and might . From it was derived mēkhané , whose Doric dialect form mākhaná passed into Latin as māchina ‘engine, contrivance’. English acquired the word via Old French machine . Meanwhile mē
• machination 英文词源 machination (n.) late 15c., "a plotting, intrigue," from Old French machinacion "plot, conspiracy, scheming, intrigue," from Latin machinationem (nominative machinatio ) "device, contrivance, machination," noun of action from past participle stem of machinari "contrive skillfully, to design; to scheme, to plot," from machina (see machine (n.)). Related: Machinations . 中文词源 mac
• Machiavellian 英文词源 Machiavellian (adj.) "cunning, deceitful, unscrupulous," 1570s, from Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), Florentine statesman and author of "Il Principe," a work advising rulers to place advantage above morality. A word of abuse in English well before his works were translated ("The Discourses" 1636, "The Prince" 1640), in part because his books were Indexed by the Church, in part becaus
• machete 英文词源 machete (n.) 1590s (in pseudo-Spanish form macheto ), from Spanish machete , probably a diminutive of macho "sledge hammer," alteration of mazo "club," which is probably [Barnhart] a dialectal variant of maza "mallet," from Vulgar Latin *mattea "war club" (see mace (n.1)). An alternative explanation traces macho to Latin marculus "a small hammer," diminutive of marcus "hammer," from a
• Mach 英文词源 Mach measure of speed relative to the speed of sound (technically Mach number ), 1937, named in honor of Austrian physicist Ernst Mach (1838-1916). 中文词源 Mach ：马赫 速度单位，一马赫即一音速。来自19世纪奥地利物理学家Ernst Mach,以表达对他的纪念。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Mach 词源， Mach 含义。
• macerate 英文词源 macerate (v.) late 15c., a back-formation from maceration or else from Latin maceratus , past participle of macerare "soften, make soft, soak, steep," related to maceria "garden wall," originally "of kneaded clay," from PIE *mak-ero- , suffixed form of root *mag- "to knead" (cognates: Greek magis "kneaded mass, cake," mageus "one who kneads, baker;" Old Church Slavonic mazo "to anoint
• mace 英文词源 mace (n.1) "heavy metal weapon, often with a spiked head," late 13c., from Old French mace "a club, scepter" (Modern French masse ), from Vulgar Latin *mattea (source also of Italian mazza , Spanish maza "mace"), from Latin mateola (in Late Latin also matteola ) "a kind of mallet." The Latin word perhaps is cognate with Sanskrit matyam "harrow, club," Old Church Slavonic motyka "matto
• Mace 英文词源 mace (n.1) "heavy metal weapon, often with a spiked head," late 13c., from Old French mace "a club, scepter" (Modern French masse ), from Vulgar Latin *mattea (source also of Italian mazza , Spanish maza "mace"), from Latin mateola (in Late Latin also matteola ) "a kind of mallet." The Latin word perhaps is cognate with Sanskrit matyam "harrow, club," Old Church Slavonic motyka "matto
• macaw 英文词源 macaw (n.) species of large, long-tailed birds, 1660s, from Portuguese macau , from a word in a Brazilian language, perhaps Tupi macavuana , which may be the name of a type of palm tree the fruit of which the birds eat. 中文词源 macaw ：金刚鹦鹉 来自葡萄牙语macau,最终来自巴西某土著语言。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： macaw 词源，
• Macau 英文词源 Macau from Portuguese corruption of southern Chinese ama (name of a patron goddess of sailors) + ngao "bay, port." 中文词源 Macau ：澳门 来自澳门妈阁庙，福建沿海地区供奉海神妈祖的庙宇。当葡萄牙人16世纪中期首次登上这一小岛的时候，问当地人这座小岛的名字，当地人误以为是问这座庙的名字，于是就回答“妈阁庙
• macaroon 英文词源 macaroon (n.) 1610s, "small sweet cake consisting largely of ground almonds," from French macaron (16c.), from dialectal Italian maccarone (see macaroni ). French meaning said to have been invented 1552 by Rabelais. The -oon ending was conventional in 15c.-17c. English to add emphasis to borrowings of French nouns ending in stressed -on . 中文词源 macaroon ：曲奇饼干 来自意大
• macaroni 英文词源 macaroni macaroni: [16] Macaroni was the earliest of the Italian pasta terms to be borrowed into English, and so it now differs more than any other from its original. When English acquired it, the Italian word was maccaroni (it came ultimately from late Greek makaría ‘food made from barley’), but now it has become maccheroni . The colloquial 18th-century application of macaroni t
• macaque 英文词源 macaque (n.) East Indian monkey, 1757, from French macaque , from Portuguese macaco "monkey," a Bantu word brought from Africa to Brazil (where it was applied 17c. to a type of monkey there). Introduced as a genus name 1840. 中文词源 macaque ：猕猴 来自法语macaque,来自葡萄牙语macaco,猴子。最终来自非洲某土著语言。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• macadamia 英文词源 macadamia (n.) Australian evergreen tree, 1904, from Modern Latin (1858), named for Scotland-born chemist Dr. John Macadam (1827-1865), secretary of the Victoria Philosophical Institute, Australia, + abstract noun ending -ia . 中文词源 macadamia ：澳洲坚果 来自19世纪苏格兰裔澳大利亚化学家Dr.John Macadam.当时的植物学家Ferdinand von Mueller为表达对他的
• macabre 英文词源 macabre macabre: [15] Macabre is now used generally for ‘ghastly’, but that is a late 19th-century development. It originated in the very specific phrase dance macabre , which denoted a dance in which a figure representing death enticed people to dance with him until they dropped down dead. This was borrowed from French danse macabre , which was probably an alteration of an earlie
• Mac- 英文词源 Mac- common element in Scottish and Irish names, from Old Celtic *makko-s "son." Cognate root *makwos "son" produced Old Welsh map , Welsh mab , ap "son;" also probably cognate with Old English mago "son, attendant, servant," Old Norse mögr "son," Gothic magus "boy, servant," Old English mægð "maid" (see maiden ). 中文词源 Mac- ：儿子 来自爱尔兰和苏格兰常见姓名用
• Mac 英文词源 Mac casual, generic term of address for a man, 1928, from Irish and Gaelic mac , a common element in Scottish and Irish names (literally "son of;" see Mac- ); hence used generally from early 19c. for "a Celtic Irishman." 中文词源 Mac ：伙计，老兄 用以称呼不知姓名的男子。来自爱尔兰语mac,义为son of.如：Macintosh,McCarthyism. 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• ma 英文词源 ma 1823, childish or colloquial shortening of mamma . 中文词源 ma ：’am 女士，夫人 来自Madam口语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ma 词源， ma 含义。
• multi- 英文词源 multi- before vowels mult- , word-forming element meaning "many, many times, much," from comb. form of Latin multus "much, many," from PIE *ml-to- , from root *mel- "strong, great, numerous" (cognates: Latin melior "better," Greek mala "very, very much"). Many words that use it ( multinational , etc.) are 20c. coinages. 中文词源 multi- ：多，强 来自PIE *mel, 强，多，词源
• mono- 英文词源 mono- word-forming element meaning "one, alone; containing one (atom, etc.)," from Greek mono- , comb. form of monos "single, alone," from PIE root *men- "small, isolated" (cognates: Greek manos "rare, sparse," Armenian manr "thin, slender, small," and perhaps English minnow ). 中文词源 mono- ：单独的 来自PIE *men, 小的，单独的，词源同minute. 见monk, monopoly. 该词
• mis- 英文词源 mis- (1) prefix meaning "bad, wrong," from Old English mis- , from Proto-Germanic *missa- "divergent, astray" (cognates: Old Frisian and Old Saxon mis- , Middle Dutch misse- , Old High German missa- , German miß- , Old Norse mis- , Gothic missa- ), perhaps literally "in a changed manner," and with a root sense of "difference, change" (compare Gothic misso "mutually"), and thus from P
• mini- 英文词源 mini- word-forming element meaning "miniature, minor," abstracted from miniature , with sense perhaps influenced by minimum . 中文词源 mini- ：小的 衍生于单词miniature的一个前缀。Miniature来自拉丁词minium, 红铅，类似于中国的朱砂，指古时用这种红铅创作的缩微画，拉丁词minium 来自今西班牙河流名Rio Mino，指该河沿岸发现的红
• meta- 英文词源 meta- word-forming element meaning 1. "after, behind," 2. "changed, altered," 3. "higher, beyond;" from Greek meta (prep.) "in the midst of, in common with, by means of, in pursuit or quest of," from PIE *me- "in the middle" (cognates: German mit , Gothic miþ , Old English mið "with, together with, among;" see mid ). Notion of "changing places with" probably led to senses "change of
• mal- 英文词源 mal- word-forming element meaning "bad, badly, ill, poorly, wrong, wrongly," from French mal (adv.), from Old French mal (adj., adv.) "evil, ill, wrong, wrongly" (9c.), from Latin male (adv.) "badly," or malus (adj.) "bad, evil" (fem. mala , neuter malum ), of unknown origin, perhaps related to Avestan mairiia "treacherous." Most Modern English words with this prefix are 19c. coinages
• micro- 英文词源 micro- word-forming element meaning "small, microscopic; magnifying; one millionth," from Latinized comb. form of Greek mikros "small, little, petty, trivial, slight" (see mica ). 中文词源 micro- ：小，微观 来自PIE *smik, 小，字母s脱落，来自*smi, 砍，劈，词源同smith, small. 见microcosm, microeconomics. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• macro- 英文词源 macro- word-forming element meaning "long, abnormally large, on a large scale," taken into English via Middle French and Medieval Latin from Greek makros "long, large," from PIE root *mak- "long, thin" (cognates: Latin macer "lean, thin;" Old Norse magr , Old English mæger "lean, thin;" Greek mekos "length"). 中文词源 macro- ：大，宏观 来自PIE *mak, 长，瘦, 词源同ema
• manage 英文词源 manage manage: [16] Etymologically, manage means ‘handle’. It comes via Italian maneggiare ‘control a horse’ from Vulgar Latin * manidiare , a derivative of Latin manus ‘hand’. To begin with it was used in the context of ‘horsetraining’ in English, but eventually the French form manège took over in this sense. The more general sense ‘handle, control’ is of virtual
• magistrate 英文词源 magistrate magistrate: [14] By far the most widely used contributions of Latin magister ‘master’ to English are the heavily disguised master and mister , but more obvious derivatives have made the trip too. The late Latin adjective magisterius ‘of a master’, modified through medieval Latin magisteriālis , has given us magisterial [17]; and magistrātus , source of English mag
• marquis 英文词源 marquis marquis: [14] Etymologically, a marquis is a lord of the ‘marches’ or borderlands. The word comes from Old French marquis , an alteration of an earlier marchis . This was a derivative of medieval Latin marca ‘border, frontier’, source of archaic English march ‘border’. The feminine form marchioness [16] comes from medieval Latin marchionissa , a derivative of march
• mus- 英文词源 litmus (n.) "blue dye-stuff obtained from certain lichens," early 14c., from Middle Dutch lijkmoes (Dutch lakmoes ), from lac (see lac ) + moes "pulp." Another theory is that it represents Old Norse litmose , literally "lichen for dying," from Old Norse lita "to dye, to stain," from litr "color, dye" (see lit (n.1)) + mos "moss." Yet another idea connects the first element to Middle D
• 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
• maverick 英文词源 maverick maverick: [19] Originally, in the American West, a maverick was an unbranded calf that had become separated from its mother and its herd (by convention, any farmer or stockman who came upon such a calf could add it to his herd and brand it as his own). The name probably comes from Samuel Augustus Maverick (1803– 70), a Texas cattle-owner (and ancestor of the Maury Maverick
• meter 英文词源 meter meter: see metre meter (n.1) also metre , "poetic measure," Old English meter "meter, versification," from Latin metrum , from Greek metron "meter, a verse; that by which anything is measured; measure, length, size, limit, proportion," from PIE root *me- (2) "to measure" (see meter (n.2)). Possibly reborrowed early 14c. (after a 300-year gap in recorded use) from Old French metr
• machiavellian 英文词源 Machiavellian (adj.) "cunning, deceitful, unscrupulous," 1570s, from Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), Florentine statesman and author of "Il Principe," a work advising rulers to place advantage above morality. A word of abuse in English well before his works were translated ("The Discourses" 1636, "The Prince" 1640), in part because his books were Indexed by the Church, in part becaus
• magnet 英文词源 magnet magnet: [15] Greek Mágnēs líthos meant ‘stone from Magnesia’ – Magnesia being a region of Thessaly, Greece where much metal was obtained. It had two specific applications: to ore with magnetic properties, and to stone with a metallic sheen. And it was the first of these that has come down to English via Latin magnēta as magnet . English magnesia [14] comes from the sa