英语词源

• marathon 英文词源 marathon marathon: [19] According to tradition, when the Greek army defeated the Persians at Marathon, on the northeast coast of Attica, in 490 BC, the runner Pheidippides was dispatched to bring the good news to Athens (in fact there is no contemporary evidence for the story, which is not recorded until 700 years after the event). When the modern Olympic Games were first held, in Ath
• mesmerize 英文词源 mesmerize mesmerize: [19] Franz Anton Mesmer (1734– 1815) was an Austrian doctor whose experiments with what he called ‘animal magnetism’, by which he induced a trance-like state in his subjects, are considered to be the forerunner of modern hypnotism (formerly called mesmerism [19]). The broader sense of mesmerize , ‘enthral’, dates from the early 20th century. mesmerize (v
• milliner 英文词源 milliner milliner: [16] The Italian city of Milan was famous in medieval and Renaissance times for the fabrics, laces, etc that it manufactured; and a merchant who imported such ‘Milan ware’ became known as a Milaner . In due course the term became associated with ‘makers of female garments’, which would have incorporated such Italian haberdashery, and by the 19th century it h
• macadam 英文词源 macadam (n.) 1824, named for inventor, Scottish civil engineer John L. McAdam (1756-1836), who developed a method of leveling roads and paving them with gravel and outlined the process in his pamphlet "Remarks on the Present System of Road-Making" (1822). Originally the word meant road material consisting of a solid mass of stones of nearly uniform size laid down in layers (McAdam did
• masochism 英文词源 masochism masochism: [19] The term masochism was based on the name of Leopold von Sacher- Masoch (1836–95), an Austrian novelist who used the theme of gaining sexual gratification from the infliction of pain on oneself in his writings masochism (n.) "sexual pleasure in being hurt or abused," 1892, from German Masochismus , coined 1883 by German neurologist Richard von Krafft-Ebing (
• minstrel 英文词源 minstrel minstrel: [13] Originally minstrel , like its close relative minister , denoted a ‘servant’. Its musical associations are a comparatively recent development. It goes back ultimately to late Latin ministeriālis ‘official’, a derivative of Latin ministerium (source of English ministry ). Old French took it over as menestral , and it was here that a gradual specializati
• malapropism 英文词源 malapropism malapropism: [19] English owes the word malapropism to Mrs Malaprop, a character in Richard Sheridan’s play The Rivals 1775 whose grandiloquent impulses led her to use slightly (but ludicrously) the wrong word: amongst the most familiar of her errors are ‘contagious countries’ (for contiguous ), ‘a supercilious knowledge in accounts’ (for superficial ), and ‘as
• menace 英文词源 menace menace: [13] Latin mināx meant ‘threatening’ (it was formed from a base * min - ‘jut’ which also produced English eminent and prominent , and hence etymologically denoted ‘overhanging’). From it was derived the noun minācia ‘threatening things’, which passed into English via Old French manace . The closely related demeanour comes ultimately from a word denotin
• 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
• muscle 英文词源 muscle muscle: [16] Ultimately, muscle and mussel [OE] are the same word, and both owe their origin to a supposed resemblance to a mouse. They go back to Latin mūsculus , literally ‘little mouse’, a diminutive form of mūs ‘mouse’, which was applied to the shellfish because of a similarity in shape and colour, and to ‘muscle’ because the shape and movement of certain musc
• mosquito 英文词源 mosquito mosquito: [16] Mosquito comes ultimately from the Latin word for ‘fly’, musca (this went back to an Indo-European base * mu -, probably imitative of the sound of humming, which also produced English midge [OE], and hence its derivative midget [19] – originally a ‘tiny sand-fly’). Musca became Spanish mosca , whose diminutive form reached English as mosquito – etym
• Mesopotamia 英文词源 Mesopotamia ancient name for the land that lies between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (in modern Iraq), from Greek mesopotamia (khora) , literally "a country between two rivers," from fem. of mesopotamos , from mesos "middle" (see medial (adj.)) + potamos "river" (see potamo- ). In 19c. the word sometimes was used in the sense of "anything which gives irrational or inexplicable comf
• melancholy 英文词源 melancholy melancholy: [14] Etymologically, melancholy means ‘black gall’. The word comes via Old French melancolie and late Latin melancholia from Greek melagkholíā , a compound formed from mélās ‘black’ (source also of English melanin [19] and melanoma [19]) and kholé ‘bile’ (a relative of English gall ). This ‘black bile’ was one of the four bodily substances o
• malaria 英文词源 malaria malaria: [18] The original English term for an ‘attack of malarial fever’ was ague . The word malaria did not come on the scene until the mid- 18th century. It was borrowed from Italian mal’aria , a conflation of mala aria , literally ‘bad air’. This was an allusion to the former belief that malaria was caused by foul air, and particularly by vapours given off by swa
• monster 英文词源 monster monster: [13] Monster originated as a word for a ‘divine omen or warning’. It goes back via Old French monstre to Latin mōnstrum , a derivative of the verb monēre ‘warn’. From its original sense ‘warning of misfortune, evil omen’, mōnstrum was transferred to the sort of thing that could function as such an omen – a ‘prodigy’, or a ‘misshapen or horrifyin
• Monday 英文词源 Monday Monday: [OE] Etymologically, Monday is the ‘moon’s day’. It comes from a prehistoric German translation of Latin lūnae diēs ‘day of the moon’, which also produced German montag , Dutch maandag , Swedish måandag , and Danish mandag . In the Romance languages, the Latin term has become French lundi , Italian lunedì , Spanish lunes , and Romanian luni . (The various
• mercy 英文词源 mercy mercy: [12] Latin mercēs meant ‘payment, reward’. In the Christian era the notion of a ‘reward’ was taken up and reapplied metaphorically to the ‘compassion given freely by God to humankind’, and the word passed into Old French (in the form merci ) with the broader sense ‘compassion’, and hence ‘forbearance from punishment’. English took it over and has cont
• martyr 英文词源 martyr martyr: [OE] Etymologically, a martyr is a ‘witness’ – that was the original meaning of Greek mártur , which came ultimately from Indo-European * mer ‘remember’ (source of English memory , mourn , remember , etc). In Christian usage, the notion of someone dying as a ‘witness’ to their faith led to the application of mártur to ‘martyr’, and it was in this sen
• myrmidon 英文词源 myrmidon (n.) c. 1400, from Latin Myrmidones (plural), from Greek Myrmidones , Thessalian tribe led by Achilles to the Trojan War, fabled to have been ants changed into men, and often derived from Greek myrmex "ant" (from PIE *morwi- (see Formica (2)), but Watkins does not connect them and Klein's sources suggest a connection to Greek mormos "dread, terror." Transferred sense of "fait
• mort- 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random lion lion: [13] The word for ‘lion’ in virtually all modern European languages goes back to Greek léōn , which was presumably borrowed from some non-Indo-European source. From it came Latin lēo , which Old English took over as lēo . The modern English form lion was introduced in the 13th century via Anglo-French liun . R
• money 英文词源 money money: [13] An epithet used in ancient Rome for the goddess Juno was Monēta (derived by some etymologists in the past from the Latin verb monēre ‘advise, warn’, although this is now regarded as rather dubious). The name was also applied to her temple in Rome, which contained a mint. And so in due course monēta came to mean ‘mint’ (a sense retained in English mint , wh
• Midas 英文词源 Midas king of Phrygia whose touched turned everything to gold (including his food), 1560s. Some usages refer to the unrelated story of the ass's ears given him by Apollo for being dull to the charms of his lyre. The name is of Phrygian origin. 中文词源 Midas ’s barber（守不住秘密的人）：希腊神话中米达斯国王的理发匠 希腊神话中，阿波罗和潘神比赛
• Midas Touch 英文词源 Midas touch "The ability to turn one's actions to financial advantage; the fact of having one's actions always bring financial reward, whether intentionally or not", Mid 17th cent.. 中文词源 Midas Touch （点金术）：点石成金的国王迈达斯 在希腊神话传说中，有一位名叫 Midas（迈达斯）的佛里吉亚（Phrygia）国王。有一次，酒神的老师喝高
• mermaid 英文词源 mermaid mermaid: [14] A mermaid is literally a ‘seamaiden’. The word was coined on the basis of English mere [OE], which is now a little-used term for ‘lake’, but originally denoted ‘sea’ (it came ultimately from Indo-European * mori-, *mari - ‘sea’, which also produced German meer ‘sea’ and Latin mare ‘sea’, source of French mer and English marine ). Mermaid s
• mentor 英文词源 mentor (n.) "wise advisor," 1750, from Greek Mentor , friend of Odysseus and adviser of Telemachus (but often actually Athene in disguise) in the "Odyssey," perhaps ultimately meaning "adviser," because the name appears to be an agent noun of mentos "intent, purpose, spirit, passion" from PIE *mon-eyo- (cognates: Sanskrit man-tar- "one who thinks," Latin mon-i-tor "one who admonishes"
• memo- 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random burrow burrow: see borough 中文词源 memo- （记忆）：希腊神话中的记忆女神莫涅莫绪涅 莫涅莫绪涅（Mnemosyne）是希腊神话中的记忆女神。她是天神乌拉诺斯和大地 女神盖亚的女儿，十二泰坦神之一。她是宙斯的第五个妻子，和宙斯一起生了九个缪斯女神。她
• 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
• mascot 英文词源 mascot (n.) "talisman, charm," 1881, from provincial French mascotte "sorcerer's charm, 'faerie friend,' good luck piece" (19c.), of uncertain origin, perhaps from or related to Provençal mascoto "sorcery, fetish" (a Narbonnese manuscript of 1233 has mascotto "procuress, enchantment, bewitchment in gambling"), from masco "witch," from Old Provençal masca , itself of unknown origin,
• morphine 英文词源 morphine (n.) chief alkaloid of opium, 1828, from French morphine or German Morphin (1816), name coined by German apothecary Friedrich Sertürner (1783-1840) in reference to Latin Morpheus , Ovid's name for the god of dreams, from Greek morphe "form, shape, beauty, outward appearance," perhaps from PIE *merph- , a possible Greek root meaning "form," of unknown origin. So called becaus
• merc- 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random ply ply: English has two distinct words ply , although ultimately they are related. The one meaning ‘fold, twist, layer’ [14], now mainly found in plywood [20] and in combinations such as twoply and three-ply , comes from Old French pli , a derivative of the verb plier ‘bend, fold’ (source of English apply [14], pliable
• mummy 英文词源 mummy mummy: English has two words mummy . The one meaning ‘mother’ [19], although not recorded in print until comparatively recently, is one of a range of colloquial ‘mother’-words, such as mama and mammy , that go back ultimately to the syllable ma , imitative of a suckling baby (see MAMMAL and MOTHER), and was probably common in dialect speech much earlier. The 19th century
• mug 英文词源 mug (n.1) "drinking vessel," 1560s, "bowl, pot, jug," of unknown origin, perhaps from Scandinavian (compare Swedish mugg "mug, jug," Norwegian mugge "pitcher, open can for warm drinks"), or Low German mokke , mukke "mug," also of unknown origin. mug (n.2) "a person's face," 1708, possibly from mug (n.1), on notion of drinking mugs shaped like grotesque faces. Sense of "portrait or pho
• matinee 英文词源 matinee (n.) "afternoon performance," 1848, from French matinée (musicale) , from matinée "morning" (with a sense here of "daytime"), from matin "morning," from Old French matines (see matins ). Originally as a French word in English; it lost its foreignness by late 19c. 中文词源 matinee （日场演出）：正餐前举行的表演 古代西方人在中午吃正餐，大约在日
• mail 英文词源 mail mail: English has two extant words mail . The one meaning ‘post’ [13] goes back via Old French to Old High German malha , which meant ‘bag, pouch’. That indeed was what the word originally denoted in English (and modern French malle is still used for a ‘bag’). It was not until the 17th century that a specific application to a ‘bag for carrying letters’ emerged, an
• mortgage 英文词源 mortgage mortgage: [14] Mortgage means literally ‘dead pledge’. It comes from Old French mortgage , a compound formed from mort ‘dead’ and gage ‘pledge’ (source of English gage and closely related to English wage ). The notion behind the word is supposedly that if the mortgagor fails to repay the loan, the property pledged as security is lost, or becomes ‘dead’, to him
• mosaic 英文词源 mosaic mosaic: [16] Mosaic work is etymologically work ‘of the muses’. The word comes ultimately from Greek mouseion , which originally meant literally ‘place of the muses’, and has also given English museum . Somehow in medieval Latin it became altered to mūsaicus or mōsaicus , and passed via early modern Italian mosaico and French mosaïque into English as mosaic . It has
• magazine 英文词源 magazine magazine: [16] The original meaning of magazine , now disused, was ‘storehouse’. The word comes, via French magasin and Italian magazzino , from Arabic makhāzin , the plural of makhzan ‘store-house’ (a derivative of the verb khazana ‘store’). It was soon applied specifically to a ‘store for arms’, and the modern sense ‘journal’, first recorded in the earl
• marshal 英文词源 marshal marshal: [13] Etymologically, a marshal is a ‘horse-servant’. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * markhaskalkaz ‘groom’, a compound based on * markhaz ‘horse’ (source of English mare [OE]) and * skalkaz ‘servant’. This was borrowed into late Latin as mariscalcus , and passed from there via Old French mareschal into English. In the course of its journ
• minister 英文词源 minister minister: [13] Etymologically, a minister is a person of ‘lower’ status, a ‘servant’. The word goes back via Old French ministre to Latin minister ‘servant, attendant’, which was derived from minus ‘less’. It retained this meaning when it arrived in English, and indeed it still survives in the verb minister . But already by the Middle Ages a specialized applic
• master 英文词源 master master: [OE] The Latin word for ‘master, chief’ was magister (which is generally assumed to have been based on the root of Latin magis ‘more’ and magnus ‘big’, source of English magnify , magnitude , etc). Its more obvious English descendants include magistrate and magisterial , and indeed English originally acquired magister itself in the 10th century in the form mæ
• milestone 英文词源 milestone (n.) 1746, from mile + stone (n.). 中文词源 milestone （里程碑）：古罗马的千步一碑 罗马帝国的第一代皇帝奥古斯都（Augustus)在古罗马广场（Roman Forum）树立了一块中央石碑，将其作为世界的中心，以此为起点每隔千步置一石碑，碑面刻有皇帝的大名，并标明到某地的距离。罗马的“千步”距离
• mile 英文词源 mile mile: [OE] Latin mille denoted ‘thousand’ (it is the source of English millennium [17], etymologically a ‘thousand years’, and, via Italian and French, of million [14]). Its plural mīllia was used in ancient Rome for a measure of length equal to a thousand paces. This was borrowed into prehistoric West Germanic as * mīlja , which has subsequently differentiated into Ger
• magic 英文词源 magic magic: [14] Greek mágos , a word of Persian origin, meant ‘sorcerer’ (Latin borrowed it as magus , whose plural magi is used in English for the three ‘Wise Men’ who visited the infant Christ). From mágos was derived the adjective magikós . Its use in the phrase magiké tékhnē ‘sorcerer’s art’ led eventually to magiké itself being regarded as a noun, and it pa
• Medea 英文词源 Medea famous sorceress, daughter of the king of Colchis, from Latin Medea , from Greek Medeia , literally "cunning," related to medos "counsel, plan, device, cunning," medein "to protect, rule over," from PIE root *med- "to measure, limit, consider" (see meditation ). 中文词源 Medea （狠毒女人）：由爱转恨的复仇女巫美狄亚 美狄亚（Medea）是希腊神话中的科
• mortal 英文词源 mortal mortal: [14] Mortal goes back ultimately to the Indo-European base * mor -, * mr - ‘die’ (source also of English murder ). From it were descended the Latin words mortuus ‘dead’ (source of English mortuary [14] and the 19th-century American coinage mortician ) and mors ‘death’. The adjectival derivative of mors was mortālis , which reached English via Old French mor
• memory 英文词源 memory memory: [14] The Indo-European base * men-, *mon - ‘think’ has contributed an enormously wide range of words to the English lexicon, from comment to mind . One particular semantic family denotes ‘memory’, and goes back to memor ‘mindful’, a Latin descendant of * men -. From it was derived the noun memoria ‘memory’, which has given English memory , memorize [16],
• muse 英文词源 muse (v.) "to reflect, to be absorbed in thought," mid-14c., from Old French muser (12c.) "to ponder, dream, wonder; loiter, waste time," literally "to stand with one's nose in the air" (or, possibly, "to sniff about" like a dog who has lost the scent), from muse "muzzle," from Gallo-Roman *musa "snout," of unknown origin. Probably influenced in sense by muse (n.). Related: Mused ; mu
• Mercury 英文词源 mercury mercury: [14] The Roman god Mercury got his name from his original role as patron of trade and tradesmen: Latin Mercurius was a derivative of merx ‘goods for sale’ (source of English commerce and merchant ). The inspiration for the medieval application of the term to the fluid metal was its use as a planet-name, which dates from the classical Latin period. = commerce , mer
• martial 英文词源 martial martial: [14] Latin mārtiālis denoted ‘of Mars, the god of war’ (his name goes back to an early Latin Māvors ). In its journey via Old French to English it acquired the meaning ‘of war’. The application of the name Mars to the red planet dates back to Roman times, as does the adjective Martian [14] (from Latin Mārtiānus ), which in modern English refers exclusivel
• Luxemburg 英文词源 low (adj.) "not high," late 13c., from lah (late 12c.), "not rising much, being near the base or ground" (of objects or persons); "lying on the ground or in a deep place" (late 13c.), from Old Norse lagr "low," or a similar Scandinavian source (compare Swedish låg , Danish lav ), from Proto-Germanic *lega- "lying flat, low" (cognates: Old Frisian lech , Middle Dutch lage , Dutch laag
• Libya 英文词源 Libya north African nation, an ancient name, attested in heiroglyphics from 2000 B.C.E., of unknown origin. In Greek use, sometimes meaning all of Africa. Related: Libyan . 中文词源 Libya （利比亚）：古代欧洲人眼中的非洲 北非国家利比亚的国名Libya源自希腊语，最早用来表示非洲大陆，但由于古希腊人地 理知识的局限性，所指的实际
• Liberia 英文词源 Liberia African nation, begun as a resettlement project of freed American slaves in 1816 by the American Colonization Society, the name chosen by society member and U.S. senator Robert Goodloe Harper (1765-1825) from Latin liber "free" (see liberal ). 中文词源 Liberia （利比里亚）：自由黑人创建的国家 美国废奴运动兴起后，社会上出现大批自由黑人。
• Las Vegas 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random scum scum: [13] Scum is etymologically a ‘layer on top’ of something. The word’s modern connotations of ‘dirt’ are a secondary development. It comes ultimately from prehistoric Germanic * skūman , a derivative of the base * skū - ‘cover’, and its relatives include German schaum ‘foam’ (source of English meers
• Los Angeles 英文词源 Los Angeles city in southern California, U.S., founded 1781; the modern name is short for the original, given variously as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles or El Pueblo de la Reyna de los Ángeles . 中文词源 Los Angeles ：洛杉矶 美国第二大城市，名字意思为"天使"（Los就是The）。1771年，西班牙的传教士将这里的一个小村落改为了传教
• Louisiana 英文词源 Louisiana named 1682 by French explorer la Salle for Louis XIV of France. The name originally applied to the entire Mississippi basin. 中文词源 Louisiana ：路易斯安那州 1681年为了纪念法国路易十四国王，而将法国在北美的大片殖民地命名为路易斯安那，意思是“路易的土地”。后来路易斯安那被拿破仑卖给美国，之后分裂成多
• lunule 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random agiotage agiotage: [19] Agiotage is the speculative buying and selling of stocks and shares. The term was borrowed from French, where it was based on agioter ‘speculate’, a verb formed from the noun agio ‘premium paid on currency exchanges’. English acquired agio in the 17th century (as with so many other banking and fin
• luniform 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random out out: [OE] Out is a widespread Germanic adverb (German aus , Dutch uit , Swedish ut , and Danish ud are its first cousins) which also has a relative on the far side of the Indo-European language area, Sanskrit ud - ‘out’. Its former comparative form still survives in utter ‘complete’, and utmost and the verb utter are
• lunation 英文词源 lunation (n.) "time from one new moon to another," late 14c., from Medieval Latin lunationem , from luna "moon" (see Luna ). 中文词源 lunation ：阴历月；太阴月 词根词缀： -lun-月亮 + -ation名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lunation 词源， lunation 含义。
• luminesce 英文词源 luminesce "Emit light by luminescence", Late 19th century: back-formation from luminescence. 中文词源 luminesce ：发冷光，变明亮 词根词缀： -lumin-光,照 + -esce动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： luminesce 词源， luminesce 含义。
• lucifugous 英文词源 lucifugous (adj.) "shunning the light," 1650s, from Latin lucifugus , from stem of lucere "to shine" (see light (n.)) + stem of fugax "apt to flee, timid," figuratively "transitory, fleeting," from fugere "to flee" (see fugitive (adj.)). 中文词源 lucifugous ：畏光的，怕光的；避光的，暗处生的 词根词缀： -luc-光,照 + -i- + -fug-逃离 + -ous形容词词尾 该词
• lucency 英文词源 lucency (n.) 1650s, from lucent + -cy . Lucence is from late 15c. 中文词源 lucency ：光亮，透明 词根词缀： -luc-光,照 + -ency名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lucency 词源， lucency 含义。
• locomote 英文词源 locomote (v.) 1831, back-formation from locomotion . 中文词源 locomote ：移动，行动 词根词缀： -loc-地方,位置 + -o- + -mot-移动 + -e动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： locomote 词源， locomote 含义。
• localization 英文词源 localization (n.) 1811, noun of action from localize . 中文词源 localization ：地方化，局限，定位 词根词缀： -loc-地方,位置 + -al形容词词尾 + -ization名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： localization 词源， localization 含义。
• localism 英文词源 localism (n.) "attachment to a particular locality," 1803, from local (adj.) + -ism . Meaning "something characteristic of a particular locality" is from 1823. 中文词源 localism ：地方风俗；方言，土音；乡土观念，地方主义  词根词缀： -loc-地方,位置 + -al形容词词尾 + -ism名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： localism 词
• literator 英文词源 literator "A person engaged in literary pursuits; a writer; = littérateur. Now rare ", Mid 17th cent.; earliest use found in Richard Montagu (bap. 1575, d. 1641), bishop of Norwich and religious controversialist. From classical Latin litterātor (also literātor ) schoolteacher, frequently used disparagingly, in post-classical Latin also writer, author from littera + -tor , suffix fo
• literalize 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random winter winter: [OE] Winter is a general Germanic word (German and Dutch spell it the same, Swedish and Danish have vinter ). Its prehistoric ancestor was * wentrus , but the ultimate source of this is uncertain. It could well go back to a nasalized version of the Indo-European base * wed -, * wod -, * ud - ‘wet’ (source also
• literalism 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random friend friend: [OE] Etymologically, friend means ‘loving’. It and its Germanic relatives (German freund , Dutch vriend , Swedish frände , etc) go back to the present participle of the prehistoric Germanic verb * frijōjan ‘love’ (historically, the German present participle ends in - nd , as in modern German - end ; Engl
• liquidation 英文词源 liquidation (n.) 1570s, noun of action from Late Latin liquidare (see liquidate ); originally as a legal term in reference to assets; of inconvenient groups of persons, 1925 in communist writings. 中文词源 liquidation ：清偿，结算；清算，清除 词根词缀： -liqu-液体→清澈,清楚 + -id形容词词尾 + -ation名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• liquescent 英文词源 liquescent "Becoming or apt to become liquid", Early 18th century: from Latin liquescent- 'becoming liquid', from the verb liquescere (see liquefy ). 中文词源 liquescent ：可液化的，融解的  词根词缀： -liqu-液体 + -escent形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： liquescent 词源， liquescent 含义。
• liquefaction 英文词源 liquefaction (n.) late 15c., from French liquéfaction , from Late Latin liquefactionem (nominative liquefactio ), noun of action from past participle stem of liquefacere "to make liquid, melt" (see liquefy ). 中文词源 liquefaction ：液化(作用)  词根词缀： -liqu-液体 + -e- + -fact-做,作 + -ion名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： liquef
• liquate 英文词源 liquate "Separate or purify (a metal) by melting it", Mid 19th century: from Latin liquat- 'made liquid', from the verb liquare ; related to liquor. 中文词源 liquate ：熔解而分离，熔解  词根词缀： -liqu-液体 + -ate动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： liquate 词源， liquate 含义。
• linguistician 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random worth worth: [OE] Worth is a general Germanic adjective, with relatives in German wert , Dutch waard , Swedish värd , and Danish værd ( worth ‘value’ [OE] is a noun use of the adjective). Its ultimate ancestry is uncertain, although it has been speculated that it may go back to the Indo- European base * wer - ‘turn’, w
• limitary 英文词源 limitary (adj.) 1610s, from Latin limitaris , from limes (genitive limitis ); see limit (n.). 中文词源 limitary ：有限的，受到限制的，有界限的；限制的，界限的；围绕的，环绕的  词根词缀： -limit-界限 + -ary形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： limitary 词源， limitary 含义。
• liminal 英文词源 liminal (adj.) 1884, from Latin limen "threshold, cross-piece, sill" (see limit (n.)) + -al (1). Related: Liminality . 中文词源 liminal ：阈的，入口的；最初的，开端的；局限的，易觉的 词根词缀： -limin-界限 + -al形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： liminal 词源， liminal 含义。
• libertinism 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random faint faint: [13] Faint comes from Old French faint , which was originally the past participle of the verb faindre , feindre ‘pretend, shirk’ (whence English feign ). This meant ‘pretended, simulated’, ‘lazy, shirking’, and ‘cowardly’, and all these senses were originally taken over by English. None now survives
• liberticide 英文词源 liberticide (n.) 1793, from liberty + -cide . 中文词源 liberticide ：破坏自由(者) 词根词缀： -liber-自由 + -ty名词词尾(y→i) + -cid-切 + -e 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： liberticide 词源， liberticide 含义。
• liberalize 英文词源 liberalize (v.) 1774, from liberal (adj.) + -ize . Related: Liberalized ; liberalizing . 中文词源 liberalize ：使自由化  词根词缀： -liber-自由,释放 + -al形容词词尾 + -ize动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： liberalize 词源， liberalize 含义。
• liberalization 英文词源 liberalization (n.) 1794; see liberal + -ization . 中文词源 liberalization ：自由化；放宽限制 词根词缀： -liber-自由,释放 + -al形容词词尾 + -ization名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： liberalization 词源， liberalization 含义。
• liberalist 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random draught draught: [12] Draught and draft are essentially the same word, but draft (more accurately representing its modern English pronunciation) has become established since the 18th century as the spelling for ‘preliminary drawing or plan’, ‘money order’, and (in American English) ‘conscription’. The word itself pro
• liberalise 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random boulevard boulevard: [18] Boulevard is a frenchified version of German bollwerk ‘fortification’ (the corresponding anglicized version is bulwark ). The meaning of the French word, apparently quite divergent from that of bulwark , comes originally from the practice of constructing walkways along the top of demolished ramparts
• legist 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random paternal paternal: see patron 中文词源 legist ：(尤指精通罗马或民法的)法学家，(中国古代的)法家人物  词根词缀： -leg-法(规) + -ist名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： legist 词源， legist 含义。
• legendry 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random stationer stationer: [15] In medieval Latin a statiōnārius was originally a ‘trader who kept a permanent stall’ (as opposed to an itinerant seller). The word was derived from Latin statiō ‘standing, keeping still’ (source of English station ), which in the post-classical meaning evolved in meaning to ‘shop’. Such
• lecturer 英文词源 lecturer (n.) 1580s, agent noun from lecture (v.). 中文词源 lecturer ：(大学或学院中的)讲课者，授课者；(英美大学中的)讲师  词根词缀： -lect-诵读 + -ure名词词尾(e略) + -er名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lecturer 词源， lecturer 含义。
• lection 英文词源 lection (n.) 1530s, from Old French lection , from Latin lectionem (nominative lectio ), noun of action from past participle stem of legere "to read" (see lecture (n.)). 中文词源 lection ：(做礼拜时)诵读的经文 词根词缀： -lect-诵读 + -ion名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lection 词源， lection 含义。
• lavishment 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random simultaneous simultaneous: see similar 中文词源 lavishment ：浪费，滥花，滥施  词根词缀： -lav-洗 + -ish动词词尾 + -ment名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lavishment 词源， lavishment 含义。
• lavation 英文词源 lavation (n.) "act of washing," 1620s, from Latin lavationem (nominative lavatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of lavare (see lave ). Related: Lavations . 中文词源 lavation ：洗涤  词根词缀： -lav-洗 + -ation名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lavation 词源， lavation 含义。
• lateroversion 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random annoy annoy: [13] Annoy comes ultimately from the Latin phrase in odiō , literally ‘in hatred’, hence ‘odious’ ( odiō was the ablative sense of odium , from which English got odious [14] and odium [17]). The phrase was turned into a verb in later Latin – inodiāre ‘make loathsome’ – which transferred to Old Fre
• laterality 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random guitar guitar: [17] The Greek kithárā was a stringed musical instrument of the lyre family, which has bequeathed its name to a variety of successors. Via Latin cithara came English citole [14], a medieval stringed instrument, and German zither (borrowed by English in the 19th century), while Arabic took it over as qītār and
• laterad 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random blood blood: [OE] Blood is a Germanic word, occurring as German blut , Dutch bloed , Swedish blod , etc. as well as in English (the Romance languages take their words from Latin sanguis , whence English sanguine [14], while Greek had haima , as in English haemorrhage , haemoglobin , etc). The ultimate source of all these was Ger
• Late Latin 英文词源 abyss abyss: [16] English borrowed abyss from late Latin abyssus , which in turn derived from Greek ábussos . This was an adjective meaning ‘bottomless’, from a - ‘not’ and bussós ‘bottom’, a dialectal variant of buthós (which is related to bathys ‘deep’, the source of English bathyscape ). In Greek the adjective was used in the phrase ábussos limnē ‘bottomless