英语词源

• lush 英文词源 lush (adj.) mid-15c., "lax, flaccid, soft, tender," from Old French lasche "soft, succulent," from laschier "loosen," from Late Latin laxicare "become shaky," related to Latin laxare "loosen," from laxus "loose" (see lax ). Sense of "luxuriant in growth" is first attested c. 1600, in Shakespeare. Applied to colors since 1744. Related: Lushly ; lushness . lush (n.) "drunkard," 1890, fr
• luscious 英文词源 luscious (adj.) late 15c., perhaps a variant (with form perhaps influenced by Old French luxure , lusure ) of Middle English licius "delicious" (c. 1400), which is perhaps a shortening of delicious , but OED is against this. Related: Lusciously ; lusciousness . 中文词源 luscious ：美味的，性感的 来自lusty，有胃口的，愉悦的，字母t讹误或音变拼作字母c,比
• lurve 英文词源 lurve "Non-standard spelling of love (used in humorous reference to romantic infatuation)", 1930s: as a parody of the pronunciation of love in popular romantic songs. 中文词源 lurve ：爱 来自love的做作发音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lurve 词源， lurve 含义。
• lurker 英文词源 lurker (n.) "one who lurks," early 14c., agent noun from lurk (v.). 中文词源 lurker ：潜伏者，读贴不回贴的人 网络新词，来自lurk,潜伏，后用于指在网络论坛上只读贴但从不回贴或很少回贴的人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lurker 词源， lurker 含义。
• lurk 英文词源 lurk (v.) c. 1300, lurken "to hide, lie hidden," probably from Scandinavian (compare dialectal Norwegian lurka "to sneak away," dialectal Swedish lurka "to be slow in one's work"), perhaps ultimately related to Middle English luren "to frown, lurk" (see lower (v.2)). Related: Lurked ; lurking . 中文词源 lurk ：埋伏，潜伏 来自中古英语luren,等待，潜藏，埋伏，词源
• lurid 英文词源 lurid (adj.) 1650s, "pale," from Latin luridus "pale yellow, ghastly," of uncertain origin, perhaps cognate with Greek khloros (see Chloe ). Meaning "glowing in the darkness" is from 1727. The figurative sense of "sensational" is first attested 1850. Related: Luridly . 中文词源 lurid ：苍白的，骇人的，妖冶的，俗艳的 来自拉丁语luror,苍白的，引申词义耸人
• lurgy 英文词源 lurgy "An unspecified or indeterminate illness", 1950s (originally spelled lurgi ): used in the British radio series The Goon Show and probably invented by its writers, though possibly from an English dialect term. 中文词源 lurgy ：小病 杜撰出来的词，可能来自allergy,过敏，引申词义恶心，小病。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lurgy 词
• lure 英文词源 lure (n.) early 14c., "something which allures or entices, an attraction" (a figurative use), also "bait for recalling hawks," from Anglo-French lure , Old French loirre "device used to recall hawks, lure," from Frankish *loþr or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *lothran "to call" (cognates: Middle High German luoder , Middle Low German loder "lure, bait," German Luder
• lurcher 英文词源 lurcher "A cross-bred dog, typically a retriever, collie, or sheepdog crossed with a greyhound, of a kind originally used for hunting and by poachers for catching rabbits", Early 16th century (in sense 2): from obsolete lurch 'remain in a place furtively', variant of lurk. 中文词源 lurcher ：杂交猎狗 来自中古英语luren,等待，潜藏，埋伏，词源同lurch,lurk.字面意
• lurch 英文词源 lurch lurch: English has two words lurch , both with rather obscure histories. The verb, ‘stagger’ [19], appears to come from an earlier lee-lurch , which in turn may have been an alteration of an 18th-century nautical term lee-latch , denoting ‘drifting to leeward’. The latch element may have come from French lâcher ‘let go’. The lurch of leave someone in the lurch [16]
• lupus 英文词源 lupus (n.) late 14c., used of several diseases that cause ulcerations of the skin, from Medieval Latin lupus , from Latin lupus "wolf" (see wolf (n.)), apparently because it "devours" the affected part. 中文词源 lupus ：狼疮 来自拉丁语lupus,狼，词源同wolf.因这种病的症状如同被狼咬过而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lupus 词
• lupine 英文词源 lupine (adj.) "wolf-like," 1650s, from French lupine "wolf-like," from Latin lupinus "of the wolf," from lupus "wolf" (see wolf (n.)). 中文词源 lupine ：像狼的 来自拉丁语lupus,狼，词源同wolf. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lupine 词源， lupine 含义。
• lupin 英文词源 lupin lupin: see wolf lupin (n.) plant of the genus lupinus , late 14c., from Latin lupinus , name of the plant, noun use of an adjective meaning "of a wolf" (see lupine ). The reason for association with the animal is unclear; perhaps it was so called because of a belief that the plants were harmful to soil (compare lupus ). 中文词源 lupin ：羽扇豆 来自拉丁语lupus,狼，词
• lunkhead 英文词源 lunkhead "A slow-witted person", Mid 19th century: probably from an alteration of lump 1 + head. 中文词源 lunkhead ：笨蛋 lunk,大块的，可能来自lump,head,头。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lunkhead 词源， lunkhead 含义。
• lungi 英文词源 lungi "A sarong-like garment wrapped around the waist and extending to the ankles, worn by both sexes in India and in Burma (Myanmar), where it is the national dress", Urdu. 中文词源 lungi ：缠腰布 来自印度语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lungi 词源， lungi 含义。
• lungfish 英文词源 lungfish (n.) 1883, from lung + fish (n.). 中文词源 lungfish ：肺鱼 因其发达的肺部而得名，该鱼甚至可以在离开水的情况下靠呼吸空气而存活。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lungfish 词源， lungfish 含义。
• lunge 英文词源 lunge lunge: [18] ‘Length’ is the etymological notion underlying the word lunge . It comes ultimately from French allonger ‘lengthen’, a verb based on the adjective long ‘long’. Its fencing application derived, in French, from the idea of ‘extending one’s sword to strike a blow’. It was originally borrowed into English in the 17th century as allonge , but this was so
• lung 英文词源 lung lung: [OE] Lungs, insubstantial air-filled sacs, got their name because they weigh so little. It comes ultimately from Indo-European * lnggh -, a variant of which produced English light ‘not heavy’. In prehistoric Germanic this became * lungg -, which over the centuries has differentiated to German lunge , Dutch long , Swedish lunga , and English lung . The similarly motivate
• lunchroom 英文词源 grill (n.) "gridiron, grated utensil for broiling over a fire," 1680s, from French gril , from Old French greil , alteration of graille "grill, grating, railings, fencing" (13c.), from Latin craticula "gridiron, small griddle," diminutive of cratis "wickerwork," perhaps from a suffixed form of PIE *kert- "to turn, entwine." Grill-room "lunchroom where steaks, chops, etc. are grilled t
• luncheonette 英文词源 luncheonette (n.) type of restaurant, 1906, American English, from luncheon + diminutive ending -ette . 中文词源 luncheonette ：小吃店 luncheon,食物，-ette,小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： luncheonette 词源， luncheonette 含义。
• luncheon 英文词源 luncheon (n.) "light repast between mealtimes," 1650s ( lunching ; spelling luncheon by 1706); earlier "thick piece, hunk," 1570s ( luncheon ), of uncertain origin. Perhaps northern English dialectal lunch "hunk of bread or cheese" (1580s; probably from Spanish lonja "a slice," literally "loin"), blended with or influenced by nuncheon (Middle English nonechenche , mid-14c.) "light mid
• lunch 英文词源 lunch lunch: [16] When lunch first appeared on the scene, at the end of the 16th century, it was used for a ‘slice or hunk of food’ (‘He shall take bread and cut it into little lunches into a pan with cheese’, Richard Surfleet, Country Farm 1600). It appears to have been borrowed from Spanish lonja ‘slice’. The roughly contemporaneous luncheon , probably just an arbitrary
• lunatic asylum 英文词源 bedlam bedlam: [15] The word bedlam is a contraction of Bethlehem . It comes from the Hospital of St Mary of Bethlehem founded in 1247 by Simon FitzMary, Sheriff of London, as the Priory of St Mary Bethlehem. Situated outside Bishopsgate, in the City of London, the hospital began to admit mental patients in the late 14th century. In the 16th century it officially became a lunatic asyl
• lunar month 英文词源 neap (adj.) Middle English, from Old English nepflod "neap flood," the tide occurring at the end of the first and third quarters of the lunar month, in which high waters are at their lowest, of unknown origin, with no known cognates (Danish niptid probably is from English). Original sense perhaps is "without power." As a noun from 1580s. 中文词源 lunar month ：太阴月 即以月亮
• lunacy 英文词源 lunacy (n.) 1540s, "condition of being a lunatic," formed in English from lunatic + -cy . Originally in reference to intermittent periods of insanity, such as were believed to be triggered by the moon's cycle. The Old English equivalent was monaðseocnes "month-sickness." 中文词源 lunacy ：精神病人 来自lunatic,精神病。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• lumpy 英文词源 lumpy (adj.) 1707, from lump (n.) + -y (2). Related: Lumpiness . 中文词源 lumpy ：大块的 来自lump,大块。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lumpy 词源， lumpy 含义。
• lump sum 英文词源 lump (n.) early 14c., lumpe (1224 as surname), probably in Old English, perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare Danish lumpe , 16c.), of unknown origin. Compare also Middle High German lumpe , early modern Dutch lompe . Phrase lump in (one's) throat "feeling of tightness brought on by emotion" is from 1803. Lumps "hard knocks, a beating" is colloquial, from 1934. Lump sum , one co
• lumpish 英文词源 lob (n.) a word of widespread application to lumpish things, probably in Old English. Compare Middle Dutch, Middle Low German lobbe , Old Norse lubba . From late 13c. as a surname; meaning "pollack" is from early 14c.; that of "lazy lout" is from late 14c. squab (n.) 1680s, "very young bird," earlier (1630s) "unformed, lumpish person" and used at various times for any sort of flabby m
• lumpen 英文词源 lumpen "(In Marxist contexts) uninterested in revolutionary advancement", 1940s: back-formation from lumpenproletariat; the sense 'misshapen, ponderous' is by association with lumpish. 中文词源 lumpen ：笨重的 来自lump,大块。引申词义笨重的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lumpen 词源， lumpen 含义。
• lumpectomy 英文词源 lumpectomy (n.) 1971, from lump (n.), coined on model of mastectomy . 中文词源 lumpectomy ：尤指女性乳房肿块切除 lump,块，肿块，-ectomy,切，词源同appendectomy,anatomy. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lumpectomy 词源， lumpectomy 含义。
• lump 英文词源 lump lump: [13] The origins of lump are obscure. It presumably emerged from an imperfectly recorded medieval Germanic substratum of words for ‘coarse or shapeless things’ (also represented perhaps by Low German lump ‘coarse, heavy’ and Dutch lomp ‘rag’), but where this began is not known. The lump of like it or lump it [19] is a different word, of even more mysterious ance
• lumme 英文词源 lumme "An expression of surprise or interest", Late 19th century: from (Lord) love me . 中文词源 lumme ：天啦 来自感叹语Lord love me. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lumme 词源， lumme 含义。
• luminous 英文词源 luminous luminous: see light luminous (adj.) early 15c., "full of light," from Latin luminosus "shining, full of light," from lumen (genitive luminis ) "light," related to lucere "to shine" (see light (n.)). Related: Luminously . 中文词源 luminous ：发光的 来自拉丁语lumen,光亮，光线，词源同light. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： luminous 词源
• luminary 英文词源 luminary (n.) mid-15c., "lamp, source of (artificial) light," from Old French luminarie (12c.), "lamp, lights, lighting; candles; brightness, illumination," from Late Latin luminare "light, torch, lamp, heavenly body," literally "that which gives light," from Latin lumen (genitive luminis ) "light," related to lucere "to shine" (see light (n.)). Sense of "notable person" is first reco
• luminance 英文词源 luminance (n.) "luminousness," 1862, from Latin luminantem (nominative luminans ), present participle of luminare (see luminary ). 中文词源 luminance ：亮度 来自拉丁语lumen,光亮，光线，词源同light. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： luminance 词源， luminance 含义。 luminance ：发光，光亮，亮度  词根词缀： -lumin-光,照 +
• lumen 英文词源 lumen (n.) unit of luminosity, 1897, coined 1894 by French physicist André-Eugène Blondel (1863-1938) from Latin lumen "light," related to lucere "to shine" (see light (n.)). 中文词源 lumen ：流明（光通量单位） 来自拉丁语lumen,光亮，光线，词源同light. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lumen 词源， lumen 含义。 lumen ：流明(光通
• lumberyard 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random vat vat: [13] Vat comes from a prehistoric Germanic * fatam ‘vessel, barrel’, which also produced German fass , Dutch vat , Swedish fat , and Danish fad . It passed into Old English as fæt , whose direct descendant, fat , had largely died out by the end of the 19th century; vat represents a southwestern dialect form. 中文词
• lumberjack 英文词源 lumberjack (n.) 1831, Canadian English, from lumber (n.) + Jack . 中文词源 lumberjack ：伐木工人 lumber,木头，jack,人名，代称。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lumberjack 词源， lumberjack 含义。
• lumbering 英文词源 lumber (v.) "to move clumsily," c. 1300, lomere , probably from a Scandinavian source (compare dialectal Swedish loma "move slowly, walk heavily," Old Norse lami "lame"), ultimately cognate with lame (adj.). Related: Lumbered ; lumbering . lummox (n.) 1825, East Anglian slang, perhaps from dumb ox , influenced by lumbering ; or from E. Anglian dialectal form of verb lummock "move heav
• lumbar puncture 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random fern fern: [OE] Fern is a fairly widespread Indo- European word, represented among the other West Germanic languages by German farn and Dutch varen . It comes ultimately from Indo- European * porno -. This also produced Sanskrit parnám , which meant ‘feather’ as well as ‘leaf’, suggesting that the fern may have been nam
• lumbar 英文词源 lumbar lumbar: see loin lumbar (adj.) "pertaining to or situated near the loins," 1650s, from Modern Latin lumbaris , from Latin lumbus "loin" (see lumbago ). 中文词源 lumbar ：腰部的 来自拉丁语lumbus,腰，词源同loin,来自PIE*lendh,腰，来自PIE*lent,弯曲的，柔软的，词源同lithe,lissome,relent.比较wrist,waist. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• lumbago 英文词源 lumbago lumbago: see loin lumbago (n.) 1690s, from Late Latin lumbago "weakness of loins and lower back," from Latin lumbus "loin" (usually plural), from PIE *lendh- "loin" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic ledvije (plural) "loins; soul," Russian ljadveja "loin;" Old English lendenu "loins," German Lende "loin," Lenden "loins"). 中文词源 lumbago ：腰痛 来自拉丁语lumbago,腰痛，
• lullaby 英文词源 lullaby (n.) 1560s, lulley by , from Middle English lollai, lullay, from lullen (see lull (v.)). Second element perhaps from by-by "good-by." 中文词源 lullaby ：摇篮曲 lull,催眠，哄小孩入睡，by,再见。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lullaby 词源， lullaby 含义。
• lull 英文词源 lull lull: [14] There are several words similar to lull in various Germanic languages, including Swedish lulla ‘lull’ and Dutch lullen ‘prattle’, but it is not clear to what extent they are interconnected. But either individually or collectively they all no doubt go back ultimately to a repitition of the syllable lu or la , used in singing a baby to sleep. Lullaby was coined f
• lukewarm 英文词源 lukewarm lukewarm: [14] Lukewarm is a compound adjective based on the now obsolete Middle English luke ‘tepid’. It is not altogether clear where this came from, but it is generally assumed to be a derivative of the also now obsolete lew ‘(fairly) warm’, with perhaps a diminutive suffix. Lew goes back to an Old English hlēow ‘warm’, a variant of which became modern English
• lugworm 英文词源 lugworm (n.) c. 1600, from lug , probably a Celtic word (the first recorded use is in a Cornwall context) unrelated to lug (n.) or lug (v.) + worm . But OED suggests connection with lug (v.) on the notion of "heavy, clumsy." 中文词源 lugworm ：沙蚯蚓 lug,词源不详，可能来自lug,拖，拉，扭曲，worm,虫。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lugwo
• lugubrious 英文词源 lugubrious (adj.) c. 1600, from Latin lugubris "mournful, pertaining to mourning," from lugere "to mourn," from PIE root *leug- "to break; to cause pain" (cognates: Greek lygros "mournful, sad," Sanskrit rujati "breaks, torments," Lettish lauzit "to break the heart"). Related: Lugubriously ; lugubriousness . 中文词源 lugubrious ：悲伤的 来自拉丁语lugere,悲伤，悼念，来
• luggage rack 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random hollow hollow: [12] Modern English hole comes from an Old English adjective meaning ‘hollow’, and by a coincidental swap hollow originated in an Old English word for ‘hole’ (the two are probably ultimately related). Old English holh meant ‘hollow place’, ‘hole’, or ‘cave’, and presumably came from the same so
• luggage 英文词源 luggage (n.) 1590s, from lug (v.) "to drag" + -age ; so, literally "what has to be lugged about" (or, in Johnson's definition, "any thing of more weight than value"). In 20c., the usual word for "baggage belonging to passengers." 中文词源 luggage ：行李 来自lug,拉，引申词义行李。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： luggage 词源， luggage 含义。
• Luger 英文词源 Luger (n.) type of German automatic pistol, 1904, from Georg Luger (1849-1923), Austrian-born firearms expert. 中文词源 Luger ：卢格尔手枪 来自其设计者19世纪奥地利枪械专家Georg Luger. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Luger 词源， Luger 含义。
• luge 英文词源 luge (n.) kind of small toboggan, 1905, from French luge "small coasting sled," from Savoy dialect, from Medieval Latin sludia "sled" (9c.), perhaps from a Gaulish word from the same root as English sled , slide . 中文词源 luge ：无舵雪橇 来自法语luge,小雪橇，词源同sled,sledge. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： luge 词源， luge 含义。
• lug 英文词源 lug lug: English has three words lug , two of them possibly connected. The verb, ‘pull’ [14], may be related to Swedish lugga ‘pull someone’s hair’, suggesting a Scandinavian origin. And it has been pointed out that the various meanings of the noun lug [15], such as ‘ear’ and ‘projecting handle’, share a common semantic element ‘capable of being held (and pulled)’
• luff 英文词源 luff luff: see aloof luff (n.) c. 1200, in sailing, from Old French lof "spar," or some other nautical device, "point of sail," also "windward side," probably from Germanic (compare Middle Dutch lof "windward side of a ship" (Dutch loef ), which might also be the direct source of the English word), from Proto-Germanic *lofo (cognates: Old Norse lofi , Gothic lofa "palm of the hand," D
• ludo 英文词源 ludo "A simple game in which players move counters round a board according to throws of a dice", Late 19th century: from Latin, 'I play'. 中文词源 ludo ：卢多 一种棋盘游戏，来自拉丁语ludo,玩耍，词源同ludic,ludicrous. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ludo 词源， ludo 含义。
• ludicrous 英文词源 ludicrous ludicrous: see illusion ludicrous (adj.) 1610s, "pertaining to play or sport," from Latin ludicrus , from ludicrum "a sport, game, toy, source of amusement, joke," from ludere "to play," which, with Latin ludus "a game, play," perhaps is from Etruscan, or perhaps from PIE root *leid- "to play." Sense of "ridiculous" is attested from 1782. Related: Ludicrously ; ludicrousness
• ludic 英文词源 ludic (adj.) "spontaneously playful," 1940, from French ludique , from Latin ludere "to play" (see ludicrous ). 中文词源 ludic ：顽皮的，爱开玩笑的 来自拉丁语ludere,游戏，玩乐，词源同allude,prelude. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ludic 词源， ludic 含义。
• Luddite 英文词源 Luddite Luddite: [19] The original Luddites, in the 1810s, were members of organized bands of working men who were opposed to the new factory methods of production (foreseeing – quite correctly – that the traditional ways which gave them employment would be destroyed by the new ones) and went around the country, mainly in the Midlands and Northern England, breaking up manufacturin
• lucubrate 英文词源 lucubrate (v.) "to work at night," 1620s, from Latin lucubratus , past participle of lucubrare "to work by lamplight" (see lucubration ). Literally, "to work by artificial light," hence "to work laboriously." 中文词源 lucubrate ：夜间学习，夜间工作，努力 来自lucubrare,在灯光下工作，词源同light.引申词义努力。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• lucre 英文词源 lucre (n.) late 14c., from Latin lucrum "gain, advantage, profit; wealth, riches," from PIE root *lau- "gain, profit" (cognates: Greek apo-lanein "to enjoy," Gothic launs , German lohn "wages, reward," and possibly Sanskrit lotam, lotram "booty"). Filthy lucre (Tit. i:11) is Tyndale's rendering of Greek aischron kerdos . 中文词源 lucre ：钱财 来自拉丁语lucrum,财富，收益
• lucrative 英文词源 lucrative (adj.) early 15c., from Old French lucratif "profitable" and directly from Latin lucrativus "gainful, profitable," from lucratus , past participle of lucrari "to gain," from lucrum "gain, profit" (see lucre ). Related: Lucratively ; lucrativeness . 中文词源 lucrative ：赚大钱的，获得多的 来自lucre,钱财。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• lucky dip 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random ovary ovary: [17] Latin ōvum ‘egg’ came from the same Indo-European base (* ōwo -) as produced English egg . From it were derived the medieval Latin adjective ōvāl is ‘egg-shaped’ (source of English oval [16]) and the modern Latin noun ōvārium (whence English ovary ). Also from ōvum come English ovate [18] and ovu
• luck 英文词源 luck luck: [15] The antecedents of luck are not at all clear. Its likeliest source is Low German luk . This is clearly a close relative of modern Dutch geluk , whose prefix ge - is found also in Middle High German gelücke (source of modern German glück ‘good fortune, happiness’). But where the element lu(c)k came from is not known. luck (n.) late 15c. from early Middle Dutch luc
• Lucifer 英文词源 lucifer lucifer: see light Lucifer Old English Lucifer "Satan," also "morning star," from Latin Lucifer "morning star," literally "light-bringing," from lux (genitive lucis ) "light" (see light (n.)) + ferre "carry" (see infer ). Belief that it was the proper name of Satan began with its use in Bible to translate Greek Phosphoros , which translates Hebrew Helel ben Shahar in Isaiah xi
• lucid 英文词源 lucid lucid: see light lucid (adj.) 1590s, "bright, shining," from Latin lucidus "light, bright, clear," figuratively "perspicuous, lucid, clear," from lucere "to shine," from lux (genitive lucis ) "light," from PIE root *leuk- "to shine, be bright" (see light (n.)). Sense of "easy to understand" first recorded 1786. Lucid interval "period of calm or temporary sanity" (1580s) is from
• lucent 英文词源 lucent (adj.) mid-15c., "shining, bright, luminous," from Latin lucentem (nominative lucens ), present participle of lucere "to shine" (see light (n.)). Meaning "lucid, clear" is from 1820. Related: Lucently . 中文词源 lucent ：光亮的，透明的 来自拉丁语lucere,发光，照耀，词源同light. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lucent 词源， luce
• lubricious 英文词源 lubricious "Offensively displaying or intended to arouse sexual desire", Late 16th century: from Latin lubricus 'slippery' + -ious. 中文词源 lubricious ：光滑的，淫荡的，好色的 来自lubricate,润滑，上油，引申词义光滑的。其它词义淫荡的，好色的等词源演变不明，可能是来自俚语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• lubricate 英文词源 lubricate lubricate: see slip lubricate (v.) 1620s, "to make slippery or smooth" (especially by the application of an oil), from Latin lubricatus , past participle of lubricare "to make slippery or smooth," from lubricus "slippery" (see lubricant (adj.)). Related: Lubricated ; lubricating . Earlier verb was lubrify (1610s), from Medieval Latin lubrificare . 中文词源 lubricate ：润
• lubricant 英文词源 lubricant (n.) 1828, probably from lubricant (adj.), or from Latin lubricantem . lubricant (adj.) "reducing friction," 1809, from Latin lubricantem (nominative lubricans ), present participle of lubricare "to make slippery or smooth," from lubricus "slippery; easily moved, sliding, gliding;" figuratively "uncertain, hazardous, dangerous; seductive," from PIE *sleubh- "to slip, slide"
• lozenge 英文词源 lozenge (n.) figure having four equal sides and two acute and two obtuse angles, early 14c., from Old French losenge "windowpane, small square cake," etc., used for many flat quadrilateral things (Modern French losange ). It has cognates in Spanish losanje , Catalan llosange , Italian lozanga . Probably from a pre-Roman Celtic language, perhaps Iberian *lausa or Gaulish *lausa "flat s
• loyalty 英文词源 loyalty (n.) c. 1400, from Old French loialté , leauté "loyalty, fidelity; legitimacy; honesty; good quality" (Modern French loyauté ), from loial (see loyal ). Earlier leaute (mid-13c.), from the older French form. Loyalty oath first attested 1852. 中文词源 loyalty ：忠诚 来自loyal,忠诚的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： loyalty 词源， loyal
• loyalist 英文词源 loyalist (n.) 1680s, from loyal + -ist . Meaning different persons in different times and places. 中文词源 loyalist ：忠诚支持者，效忠者 来自loyal,忠诚的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： loyalist 词源， loyalist 含义。
• loyal 英文词源 loyal loyal: [16] Loyal , ultimately the same word as legal , has a double history in English. It was originally acquired in the 13th century as leal . This came from Anglo-Norman leal , a descendant of Latin lēgālis ‘legal’. Then in the 16th century it was reborrowed from the modern French form loyal . The semantic link is ‘faithfully carrying out (legal) obligations’. = le
• lox 英文词源 lox (n.) 1934, American English, from Yiddish laks , from Middle High German lahs "salmon," from Proto-Germanic *lakhs- , from the common IE root for the fish, *laks- (cognates: Lithuanian laszisza , Russian losos , Polish łosoś "salmon"). 中文词源 lox ：薰大麻哈鱼 来自PIE*laks,鲑鱼，词源同lax,鲑。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lox 词源，
• low season 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random label label: see lap 中文词源 low season ：淡季 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： low season 词源， low season 含义。
• low-rise 英文词源 hiphuggers (n.) also hip-huggers , "low-rise pants or skirt," 1966, from hip + agent noun from hug . So called because they are slung from the hips, not the waist. Earlier as the name of a cut of women's swimsuit (1963). hipster (n.) 1941, "one who is hip;" from hip (adj.) + -ster . Meaning "low-rise" in reference to pants or skirt is from 1962; so called because they ride on the hips
• low-rent 英文词源 project (n.) c. 1400, "a plan, draft, scheme," from Latin proiectum "something thrown forth," noun use of neuter of proiectus , past participle of proicere "stretch out, throw forth," from pro- "forward" (see pro- ) + combining form of iacere (past participle iactus ) "to throw" (see jet (v.)). Meaning "scheme, proposal, mental plan" is from c. 1600. Meaning "group of low-rent apartme
• low-profile 英文词源 low-profile (adj.) 1957, in reference to automobile wheels, from low (adj.) + profile (n.). General sense by 1970, American English, in reference to Nixon Administration policy of partial U.S. disengagement from burdensome commitments abroad. 中文词源 low-profile ：低姿态的 low,低，profile,外形，轮廓。引申词义低姿态的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• low-maintenance 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random bric-a-brac bric-a-brac: [19] Bric-a-brac first appears in English in William Thackeray’s The adventures of Philip 1862: ‘all the valuables of the house, including, perhaps, JJ’s bricabrac, cabinets, china, and so forth’. It comes from the obsolete French phrase à bric et à brac ‘at random’; the brac element is a f
• low-key 英文词源 low key (adj.) also low-key , 1895, from low (adj.) + key (n.1), perhaps from the musical sense. 中文词源 low-key ：低调的 low,低，key,音调。引申词义低调的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： low-key 词源， low-key 含义。
• lower orders 英文词源 snob snob: [18] Snob originally meant a ‘shoemaker’. Cambridge University students of the late 18th century took it over as a slang term for a ‘townsman, someone not a member of the university’, and it seems to have been this usage which formed the basis in the 1830s for the emergence of the new general sense ‘member of the lower orders’ (‘The nobs have lost their dirty
• lower case 英文词源 lower case "Small letters as opposed to capital letters (upper case)", Referring originally to the lower of two cases of type positioned on an angled stand for use by a compositor (see upper case ). 中文词源 lower case ：小写字母 lower,更小的，case,格。引申词义小写字母，比较upper case. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lower case 词源，
• lower 英文词源 lower (v.1) c. 1600, "to descend, sink," from lower (adj.), from Middle English lahghere (c. 1200), comparative of low (adj.). Transitive meaning "to let down, to cause to descend" attested from 1650s. Related: Lowered ; lowering . In the sense "to cause to descend" the simple verb low (Middle English lahghenn , c. 1200) was in use into the 18c. lower (v.2) "to look dark and threateni
• low-down 英文词源 low-down (adj.) also low down , lowdown , "vulgar," 1888, from low (adj.) + down (adv.). Earlier it meant "humble" (1540s). As a noun, 1915, from the adjective, American English. 中文词源 low-down ：真相，重要事实 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： low-down 词源， low-down 含义。
• low-cal 英文词源 Saturday (n.) seventh day of the week, Old English sæterdæg , sæternesdæg , literally "day of the planet Saturn," from Sæternes (genitive of Sætern ; see Saturn ) + Old English dæg (see day ). Partial loan-translation of Latin Saturni dies "Saturn's day" (compare Dutch Zaterdag , Old Frisian Saterdi , Middle Low German Satersdach ; Irish dia Sathuirn , Welsh dydd Sadwrn ). The
• lowbrow 英文词源 lowbrow (n.) also low-brow , "person who is not intellectual," 1902, from low (adj.) + brow . Said to have been coined by U.S. journalist Will Irwin (1873-1948). A low brow on a man as a sign of primitive qualities was common in 19c. fiction, but it also was considered a mark of classical beauty in women. A low brow and not a very high one is considered beautiful in woman, whereas a h
• low-born 英文词源 vile (adj.) late 13c., "morally repugnant; morally flawed, corrupt, wicked; of no value; of inferior quality; disgusting, foul, ugly; degrading, humiliating; of low estate, without worldly honor or esteem," from Anglo-French ville , Old French vil "shameful, dishonorable; low-born; cheap; ugly, hideous," from Latin vilis "cheap, worthless, base, common," of uncertain origin, perhaps f
• lowball 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random flu flu: [19] Flu is short for influenza [18]. The first record of its use is in a letter of 1839 by the poet Robert Southey (who spelled it, as was commonly the practice in the 19th century, flue ): ‘I have had a pretty fair share of the Flue’. Influenza means literally ‘influence’ in Italian, and was used metaphoricall
• low 英文词源 low low: English has two words low , of which surprisingly the ‘noise made by cattle’ [OE] is the older. It goes back ultimately to the onomatopoeic Indo-European base * klā -. This also produced Latin clārus (which originally meant ‘loud’, and gave English clear and declare ), clāmāre ‘cry out’ (source of English acclaim , claim , exclaim , etc), and calāre ‘procla
• lovey-dovey 英文词源 lovey affectionate pet name, 1731, from love (n.) + -y (3). Extended form lovey-dovey attested from 1819 (n.), 1847 (adj.). 中文词源 lovey-dovey ：过于情意绵绵的 来自lovey的韵律重复。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lovey-dovey 词源， lovey-dovey 含义。
• lovey 英文词源 lovey affectionate pet name, 1731, from love (n.) + -y (3). Extended form lovey-dovey attested from 1819 (n.), 1847 (adj.). 中文词源 lovey ：心肝宝贝 来自love,爱。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lovey 词源， lovey 含义。