英语词源

• love triangle 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random moiety moiety: see mitten 中文词源 love triangle ：三角恋 love,爱，triangle,三角形。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： love triangle 词源， love triangle 含义。
• lovesick 英文词源 lovesick (adj.) also love-sick , 1520s, from love (n.) + sick (adj.). 中文词源 lovesick ：单相思的 love,爱，sick,生病的。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lovesick 词源， lovesick 含义。
• love match 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random attune attune: see tune 中文词源 love match ：恋爱结婚 love,恋爱，match,匹配。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： love match 词源， love match 含义。
• lovely 英文词源 lovely (adj.) Old English luflic "affectionate, loveable;" see love (n.) + -ly (1). The modern sense of "lovable on account of beauty, attractive" is from c. 1300, "applied indiscriminately to all pleasing material objects, from a piece of plum-cake to a Gothic cathedral" [George P. Marsh, "The Origin and History of the English Language," 1862]. 中文词源 lovely ：可爱的 love,爱
• lovelorn 英文词源 lovelorn (adj.) also love-lorn , "pining for love," 1630s, from love (n.) + lorn . Perhaps coined by Milton. 中文词源 lovelorn ：单相思的 love,爱，lorn,失去，lose的过去分词形式。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lovelorn 词源， lovelorn 含义。
• loveliness 英文词源 loveliness (n.) mid-14c., "lovableness," from lovely + -ness . 中文词源 loveliness ：楚楚动人 lovely,可爱的，-ness,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： loveliness 词源， loveliness 含义。
• love-in 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random scherzo scherzo: see scorn 中文词源 love-in ：虚情假意的场合 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： love-in 词源， love-in 含义。
• love handles 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random lemon lemon: see lime 中文词源 love handles ：腰部赘肉 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： love handles 词源， love handles 含义。
• love child 英文词源 love child (n.) "child born out of wedlock," 1805, from love (n.) + child . Earlier was love brat (17c.). 中文词源 love child ：私生子 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： love child 词源， love child 含义。
• love bite 英文词源 hickie (n.) "love bite; mark on skin made by biting or sucking during foreplay or sex," 1934; earlier "pimple, skin lesion" (c. 1915); perhaps a sense extension and spelling variation from earlier word meaning "small gadget, device; any unspecified object" (1909, see doohickey , still used in this sense). 中文词源 love bite ：吻痕 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• lovebird 英文词源 love bird (n.) 1590s, small species of West African parrot, noted for the remarkable attention mating pairs pay to one another; figurative sense of "a lover" is attested from 1911. Hold hands, you lovebirds. [Emil Sitka] 中文词源 lovebird ：恩爱情侣 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lovebird 词源， lovebird 含义。
• love apple 英文词源 love apple (n.) "tomato," 1570s, corresponding to French pomme d'amour , German liebesapfel , but the reason for the term remains obscure. One guess is that it is a corruption of Italian pomo de'Mori or Spanish pome dei Moro , literally "Moorish apple." 中文词源 love apple ：西红柿 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： love apple 词源， love
• love affair 英文词源 affair affair: [13] Like ado , and of course to-do , affair originally meant literally ‘to do’. It was coined in Old French from the phrase à faire ‘to do’, and entered English via Anglo-Norman afere . The spelling affair was established by Caxton, who based it on the French model. The specific sense of a ‘love affair’ dates from the early 18th century. = fact love (n.) O
• love 英文词源 love love: [OE] The word love goes back to an Indo- European * leubh -, which has spawned a huge lexical progeny: not just words for ‘love’ ( love ’s Germanic relatives, such as German liebe and Dutch liefde , as well as the archaic English lief ‘dear’ [OE] and Latin libīdō ‘strong desire’, source of English libidinous [15]) but also words for ‘praise’ (German lob
• louver 英文词源 louver (n.) also louvre , early 14c., "domed turret-like structure atop a building to disperse smoke and admit light," from Old French lovier , of uncertain origin. One theory connects it to Medieval Latin *lodarium , which might be from a Germanic source (compare Old High German louba "upper room, roof;" see lobby ). Another suggests it is from French l'ouvert , literally "the open p
• lout 英文词源 lout (n.) 1540s, "awkward fellow, clown, bumpkin," perhaps from a dialectal survival of Middle English louten (v.) "bow down" (c. 1300), from Old English lutan "bow low," from Proto-Germanic *lut- "to bow, bend, stoop" (cognates: Old Norse lutr "stooping," which might also be the source of the modern English word), from PIE *leud- "to lurk" (cognates: Gothic luton "to deceive," Old En
• lousy 英文词源 lousy (adj.) mid-14c., lousi , "infested with lice," from louse + -y (2). Figurative use as a generic adjective of abuse dates from late 14c.; sense of "swarming with" (money, etc.) is American English slang from 1843. Related: Lousiness . 中文词源 lousy ：极糟糕的 来自louse,虱子，引申词义极糟糕的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lousy 词源
• louse 英文词源 louse (n.) "parasitic insect infecting human hair and skin," Old English lus , from Proto-Germanic *lus (cognates: Old Norse lus , Middle Dutch luus , Dutch luis , Old High German lus , German Laus ), from PIE *lus- "louse" (cognates: Welsh lleuen "louse"). Slang meaning "obnoxious person" is from 1630s. The plural lice (Old English lys ) shows effects of i-mutation . The verb meaning
• lour 英文词源 lour (v.) "to frown," late 13c. variant of lower (v.2). Related: Loured ; louring . 中文词源 lour ：皱眉头，天空变阴沉 来自中古英语luren,皱眉头的，阴沉着脸的，隐藏，潜藏，词源同lurk,lower.可能来自leer,斜视，斜看。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lour 词源， lour 含义。
• lounge suit 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random sham sham: see shame 中文词源 lounge suit ：男式套装 lounge,贵宾室，suit,西装，套装。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lounge suit 词源， lounge suit 含义。
• lounge lizard 英文词源 lounge (n.) "comfortable drawing room," 1881, from lounge (v.); in the sense of "couch on which one can lie at full length," it is attested from 1830. Lounge lizard is by 1917, perhaps from 1912, a term of contempt, originally in reference to men who hung around in tea rooms to flirt. 中文词源 lounge lizard ：爱与富人厮混的二流子 lounge,贵宾室，lizard,蜥蜴。比喻用
• lounge bar 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random badminton badminton: [19] The game of ‘battledore and shuttlecock’ has been around for some time (it appears to go back to the 16th century; the word battledore , which may come ultimately from Portuguese batedor ‘beater’, first turns up in the 15th century, meaning ‘implement for beating clothes when washing them’,
• lounge 英文词源 lounge lounge: [16] It is the verb lounge (originally ‘move indolently’) which came first; its application as a noun to a ‘room where one can sit and take one’s ease’ came later, in the 18th century. It is not at all clear where the word came from, but some have linked it with the long obsolete noun lungis , which denoted both a ‘gangling foolish fellow’ and ‘someone w
• lough 英文词源 lough (n.) "a lake, pool," early 14c., Anglo-Celtic, representing a northern form of Irish and Gaelic loch , Welsh llwch , from PIE root *laku- (see lake (n.1)). 中文词源 lough ：湖，狭长的海湾 来自loch拼写变体，词源同lake. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lough 词源， lough 含义。
• loudmouth 英文词源 loudmouth (n.) also loud-mouth , "loud or talkative person," 1872, from loud (adj.) + mouth (n.). 中文词源 loudmouth ：说话大声的人 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： loudmouth 词源， loudmouth 含义。
• loudspeaker 英文词源 loudspeaker (n.) also loud-speaker , 1884, from loud (adj.) + speaker . 中文词源 loudspeaker ：扩音器，喇叭 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： loudspeaker 词源， loudspeaker 含义。 loudspeaker ：扬声器，扩音器   词根词缀： loud响亮的 + speak说话 + -er名词词尾
• loud 英文词源 loud loud: [OE] The underlying meaning of loud is ‘heard, audible’ – for it goes back ultimately to an Indo-European * klu - ‘hear’ (source also of English listen ). The past participial form based on this, * klūtós , passed into prehistoric West Germanic as * khluthaz , which has since differentiated into German laut , Dutch luid , and English loud . = listen loud (adj.)
• louche 英文词源 louche (adj.) "dubious, disreputable," 1819, from French louche "squinting," from Old French lousche , lois (12c.) "cross-eyed, squint-eyed, lop-sided," from Latin lusca , fem. of luscus "one-eyed," of unknown origin. 中文词源 louche ：离经叛道的，不为社会认可却有吸引力的 来自法语louche,斜眼的，斜着眼看的。词义比较抽象，用来形容不为主流
• lotus position 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random vain vain: [13] Latin vānus meant ‘empty’ (it was related to vacuus ‘empty’, source of English vacuum ). It passed into English via Old French vain in the sense ‘worthless’, and the main modern meaning ‘conceited’ did not develop until the 17th century. Also from vānus come English evanescent , vanish , vanity
• lotus 英文词源 lotus (n.) 1540s, from Latin lotus , from Greek lotos , name used for several plants before it came to mean Egyptian white lotus (a sense attested in English from 1580s); perhaps from a Semitic source (compare Hebrew lot "myrrh"). The yogic sense is attested from 1848. Lotus-eaters (1812) are from Greek lotophagoi , mentioned in "Odyssey," book IX. 中文词源 lotus ：莲花，忘忧果
• lotto 英文词源 lotto (n.) 1778, "type of card game," from French loto and directly from Italian lotto "a lot," from Old French lot "lot, share, reward, prize," from Frankish or some other Germanic source (compare Old English and Old Frisian hlot ; see lot (n.)). Meaning "a lottery, a game of chance" is attested from 1787. 中文词源 lotto ：彩票 来自lot,抽签，抓阄，引申词义彩票。
• lotta 英文词源 lotta "Lots of", Late 19th century: representing a non-standard pronunciation. 中文词源 lotta ：许多的 来自lots of的口语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lotta 词源， lotta 含义。
• lotion 英文词源 lotion (n.) c. 1400, loscion , from Old French lotion (14c.), from Latin lotionem (nominative lotio ) "a washing," from lotus , popular form of lautus , past participle of lavere "to wash" (see lave ). As a verb, from 1817. Related: Lotioned ; lotioning . 中文词源 lotion ：洁肤液，润肤乳 来自拉丁语lotio,清洗，词源同lava,dilute,antediluvian.引申词义洁肤液，
• Lothario 英文词源 Lothario masc. proper name, Italian form of Old High German Hlothari, Hludher (whence German Luther , French Lothaire ), literally "famous warrior," from Old High German lut (see loud ) + heri "host, army" (see harry (v.)). As a characteristic name for a lady-killer, 1756, from the name of the principal male character of Nicholas Rowe's "The Fair Penitent" (1703). 中文词源 Lothari
• lot 英文词源 lot lot: [OE] Lot goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * khlut -, which appears to have denoted the use of objects to make decisions by chance (Old English hlot was used for such an object). The first inklings of the modern range of senses did not emerge until the 18th century, when lot began to be used for a ‘set of things’. ‘Large number, many’ followed in the 19th century. T
• lost cause 英文词源 lost (adj.) "defeated," c. 1300; "wasted, spent in vain," c. 1500; also "no longer to be found" (1520s), from past participle of lose . Lost Cause in reference to the Southern U.S. bid for independence is from the title of E.A. Pollard's history of the CSA and the rebellion (1866). Lost Generation in reference to the period 1914-18 first attested 1926 in Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rise
• lost and found 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random toffee toffee: [19] Toffee is one of the mystery words of English. It is an alteration of an earlier taffy [19] (still current in American English), but where that came from is not known. The early 19thcentury spelling toughy suggests that it may have been derived from tough , in allusion to the sweet’s texture, but it is prob
• lost 英文词源 lost (adj.) "defeated," c. 1300; "wasted, spent in vain," c. 1500; also "no longer to be found" (1520s), from past participle of lose . Lost Cause in reference to the Southern U.S. bid for independence is from the title of E.A. Pollard's history of the CSA and the rebellion (1866). Lost Generation in reference to the period 1914-18 first attested 1926 in Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rise
• lossy 英文词源 lossy (adj.) "characterized by loss," 1948, a term in electrical engineering, from loss + -y (2). 中文词源 lossy ：有损耗的 来自loss,损失。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lossy 词源， lossy 含义。
• loss-making 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random laudanum laudanum: [16] Laudanum , the name of a tincture of opium, a forerunner of modern heroin and crack, was coined by the 16th-century Swiss physician Paracelsus. He used it for a medicine of his own devising which according to the prescription he gave out contained all sorts of expensive ingredients such as gold leaf and p
• lossless 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random tout tout: [14] The etymological notion underlying tout is of ‘sticking out, projecting’. It goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base * tūt - ‘project’, whose other descendants include Dutch tuit ‘spout’. It is assumed to have produced an Old English * tūtian , but it does not turn up in the written re
• loss-leader 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random petrel petrel: [17] The petrel, a gull-like seabird, is alleged to have been named after the apostle Peter, supposedly inspired by the resemblance between the petrel’s habit of flying close to the surface of the sea and touching it with its feet, and Peter’s reported feat of walking on the water, as reported in Matthew 14:29
• loss adjuster 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random mayhem mayhem: see maim 中文词源 loss adjuster ：保险公司理赔员 loss,损失，adjuster,调解者。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： loss adjuster 词源， loss adjuster 含义。
• loss 英文词源 loss (n.) Old English los "loss, destruction," from Proto-Germanic *lausa- (see lose ). The modern word, however, probably evolved 14c. with a weaker sense, from lost , the original past participle of lose . Phrase at a loss (1590s) originally refers to hounds losing the scent. To cut (one's) losses is from 1885, originally in finance. 中文词源 loss ：损失 来自lose的名词形式
• loser 英文词源 loser (n.) mid-14c., "a destroyer," agent noun from lose (v.). Sense of "one who suffers loss" is from 1540s; meaning "horse that loses a race" is from 1902; "convicted criminal" is from 1912; "hapless person" is 1955 student slang. 中文词源 loser ：失败者 来自lose,失去。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： loser 词源， loser 含义。
• lose 英文词源 lose lose: [OE] The verb lose originated as a derivative of the Old English noun los ‘loss’, which went back ultimately to the same Indo-European source (* lau -, * leu -, lu -) as produced English loose and the suffix - less . In Old English it was losian , which eventually ousted the original lēosan to become the only verb for ‘lose’. The noun los died out before the Middle
• lorry 英文词源 lorry lorry: [19] The first record we have of the word lorry is from the northwest of England in the early 1830s, when it denoted a ‘low wagon’ (it was often used for railway wagons). The modern application to a motor vehicle emerged at the beginning of the 20th century. It is not clear where it came from, although it has been speculated that it was based on the personal name Laur
• lorn 英文词源 lorn (adj.) (archaic) c. 1300, "lost, ruined," from Old English loren , past participle of leosan "to lose" (see lose ). Meaning "abandoned, left alone" is from late 15c. Compare forlorn . 中文词源 lorn ：冷清的，孤单的 来自lose的古体过去分词形式，见forlorn,lovelorn. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lorn 词源， lorn 含义。
• lorgnette 英文词源 lorgnette (n.) "opera glass with a handle," 1803 (from 1776 as a French word in English), from French lorgnette , from lorgner "to squint," also "to leer at, oogle" (16c.), from lorgne "squinting," of uncertain origin. With diminutive suffix -ette . Compare also French lorgnon "eyeglass, eyeglasses." 中文词源 lorgnette ：长柄眼睛 一种单把手的眼睛，用于歌剧或戏剧
• lore 英文词源 lore lore: see learn lore (n.) Old English lar "learning, what is taught, knowledge, science, doctrine, art of teaching," from Proto-Germanic *laizo (Old Saxon lera , Old Frisian lare , Middle Dutch lere , Dutch leer , Old High German lera , German Lehre "teaching, precept, doctrine"), from PIE *leis- (1) "track, furrow" (see learn ). 中文词源 lore ：口头流传的传说 来自古
• lordship 英文词源 lordship (n.) c. 1300, from Old English hlafordscipe "authority, rule" (translating Latin dominatio ); see lord (n.) + -ship . 中文词源 lordship ：阁下，大人 lord,阁下，-ship,抽象名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lordship 词源， lordship 含义。
• lordly 英文词源 lordly (adj.) 14c., from Old English hlafordlic "lordly, noble;" see lord (n.) + -ly (1). As an adverb from mid-14c. 中文词源 lordly ：高傲的 来自lord,主，上帝，引申词义主人的，像上帝的，高傲的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lordly 词源， lordly 含义。
• loquat 英文词源 loquat (n.) 1820, from Cantonese luh kwat , literally "rush orange." 中文词源 loquat ：枇杷 来自广东话芦橘，即枇杷。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： loquat 词源， loquat 含义。
• loquacious 英文词源 loquacious loquacious: see ventriloquist loquacious (adj.) 1660s, back-formation from loquacity or else formed from stem of Latin loquax (genitive loquacis ) "talkative," from loqui "to speak" (see locution ) + -ous . Related: Loquaciously ; loquaciousness . 中文词源 loquacious ：话多的，健谈的 来自拉丁语loqui,说，说话，词源同colloquy,locution. 该词的英语词
• lopsided 英文词源 lopsided (adj.) also lop-sided , 1711, originally lapsided , first used of ships; from lop (v.2) + side (n.). Related: Lopsidedly ; lopsidedness . 中文词源 lopsided ：向一侧倾斜的 lop,垂下，耷拉，side,边。即向一侧倾斜的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lopsided 词源， lopsided 含义。
• lop-ears 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random agenda agenda: [17] Agenda is the plural of Latin agendum , which is the gerundive form of the verb agere ‘do’ (see AGENT); it thus means literally ‘things to be done’. When the word first entered the language it was given an anglicized singular form, agend , with the plural agends , but this seems to have disappeared by
• lope 英文词源 lope lope: see leap lope (v.) "to run with long strides," early 15c.; earlier "to leap, jump, spring" (c. 1300), from Old Norse hlaupa "to run, leap," from Proto-Germanic *hlaupan (see leap (v.)). Related: Loped ; loping . The noun meaning "a jump, a leap" is from late 14c.; sense of "long, bounding stride" is from 1809. 中文词源 lope ：大步跑 词源同leap,跑，跳，该词主
• lop 英文词源 lop (v.1) "cut off," 1510s, from Middle English loppe (n.) "small branches and twigs trimmed from trees" (early 15c.), of unknown origin. Related: Lopped (mid-15c.); lopping . Place name Loppedthorn is attested from 1287. lop (v.2) "droop, hang loosely," 1570s, probably a variant of lob or of lap (v.); compare lopsided (1711), originally lapsided , first used of ships. Lop-eared attes
• loot 英文词源 loot (n.) "goods taken from an enemy, etc.," 1788, Anglo-Indian, from Hindi lut , from Sanskrit loptram , lotram "booty, stolen property," from PIE *roup-tro- , from root *reup- "to snatch" (see rip (v.)). The verb is first attested 1821, from the noun. Related: Looted ; looting . 中文词源 loot ：打劫，战利品 来自梵语loptram,lotram,打劫，偷来的物品，来自PIE*r
• loosen 英文词源 loosen (v.) late 14c., losnen , later lousen (early 15c.), from loose (v.) + -en (1). Related: Loosened ; loosening . 中文词源 loosen ：放松 来自loose,松开，-en,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： loosen 词源， loosen 含义。 loosen ：放松，解开 词根词缀： loose松的 + -en动词词尾
• loose-leaf 英文词源 loose-leaf (adj.) 1899, from loose (adj.) + leaf (n.). 中文词源 loose-leaf ：活页的 即松散的页面。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： loose-leaf 词源， loose-leaf 含义。
• loose head 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random palm palm: Palm the tree [OE] and the palm of the hand [14] are effectively distinct words in English, but they have the same ultimate source: Latin palma . This originally meant ‘palm of the hand’ (it is related to Irish lám ‘hand’ and Welsh llaw ‘hand’), and the application to the tree is a secondary one, alluding
• loose end 英文词源 loose (adj.) early 13c., "not securely fixed;" c. 1300, "unbound," from Old Norse lauss "loose, free, vacant, dissolute," cognate with Old English leas "devoid of, false, feigned, incorrect," from Proto-Germanic *lausaz (cognates: Danish løs "loose, untied," Swedish lös "loose, movable, detached," Middle Dutch, German los "loose, free," Gothic laus "empty, vain"), from PIE *leu- "to
• loose cover 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random square square: [13] Etymologically a square is a ‘four’- sided figure. The word comes via Old French esquare or esqire ( squire was the Middle English form of square ) from Vulgar Latin * exquadra , a derivative of * exquadrāre ‘square’. This was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix ex - and Latin quadrāre ‘
• loose change 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random pray pray: [13] Latin precārī meant ‘ask for, entreat, pray’ (it has given English deprecate [17] and imprecation [16]). In Vulgar Latin it became * precāre , which passed into English via Old French preier . The noun prayer [13] goes back ultimately to the Latin adjective precārius ‘obtained by asking or praying’ (s
• loose cannon 英文词源 loose (adj.) early 13c., "not securely fixed;" c. 1300, "unbound," from Old Norse lauss "loose, free, vacant, dissolute," cognate with Old English leas "devoid of, false, feigned, incorrect," from Proto-Germanic *lausaz (cognates: Danish løs "loose, untied," Swedish lös "loose, movable, detached," Middle Dutch, German los "loose, free," Gothic laus "empty, vain"), from PIE *leu- "to
• loose 英文词源 loose loose: [13] Loose is one of a large family of words that go back ultimately to Indo-European * lau -, * leu -, * lu -, which denoted ‘undoing’. It includes (via Greek) analyse and paralyse , (via Latin) dissolve and solution , and (via Germanic) lose and the suffix - less . Loose itself was borrowed from Old Norse laus , which was descended from a prehistoric Germanic * laus
• loopy 英文词源 loopy (adj.) "full of loops," 1856, from loop + -y (2). Slang sense "crazy" is attested from 1923. Earlier figurative sense was "cunning, deceitful" (by 1825). 中文词源 loopy ：发疯的 来自loop,圈，环，即多圈的，多环的，后用于比喻义把人逼疯的，发疯的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： loopy 词源， loopy 含义。
• loophole 英文词源 loophole (n.) also loop-hole , mid-15c., from Middle English loupe "opening in a wall" for shooting through or admitting light (c. 1300), perhaps related to Middle Dutch lupen "to watch, peer;" + hole (n.). Figurative sense of "outlet, means of escape" is from 1660s. 中文词源 loophole ：观察孔，漏洞 原指墙上的小洞，后用于比喻义漏洞。 该词的英语词源请访
• loop 英文词源 loop (n.) late 14c., "loop of cloth, rope, leather, etc.," probably of Celtic origin (compare Gaelic lub "bend," Irish lubiam ), influenced by or blended with Old Norse hlaup "a leap, run" (see leap (v.)). In reference to magnetic recording tape or film, first recorded 1931. Computer programming sense first attested 1947. loop (v.) "to form a loop," c. 1400, "draw (a leash through a r
• loony bin 英文词源 loony (adj.) also loonie , looney , 1853, American English, short for lunatic , but also influenced by loon (n.2) and perhaps loon (n.1), the bird being noted for its wild cry and method of escaping from danger. As a noun by 1884, from the adjective. Slang loony bin "insane asylum" is from 1919. Looney left in reference to holders of political views felt to be left-wing in the extreme
• loony 英文词源 loony (adj.) also loonie , looney , 1853, American English, short for lunatic , but also influenced by loon (n.2) and perhaps loon (n.1), the bird being noted for its wild cry and method of escaping from danger. As a noun by 1884, from the adjective. Slang loony bin "insane asylum" is from 1919. Looney left in reference to holders of political views felt to be left-wing in the extreme
• loonie 英文词源 loonie "A Canadian one-dollar coin, introduced in 1987", From loon 2 (because of the image on the coin) + -ie. 中文词源 loonie ：加拿大元 俚语，因加拿大硬币后面的一只鸭子状的潜鸟而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： loonie 词源， loonie 含义。
• loon 英文词源 loon (n.1) large diving bird (especially the Great Northern Diver), 1630s, from a Scandinavian source (compare Norwegian lom , from Old Norse lomr ). loon (n.2) "crazy person," mid-15c., lowen "rascal," of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Dutch loen "stupid person." 中文词源 loon ：潜鸟，笨蛋 词源不详，可能来自拟声词，模仿尖利的鸟叫声。俚语傻鸟，
• loom 英文词源 loom (n.) weaving machine, Old English geloma "utensil, tool," from ge- , perfective prefix, + -loma , of unknown origin (compare Old English andloman (plural) "apparatus, furniture"). Originally "implement or tool of any kind" (as in heirloom ); thus, "the penis" (c. 1400-1600). Specific meaning "a machine in which yarn or thread is woven into fabric" is from c. 1400. loom (v.) 1540s
• look-see 英文词源 look-see (n.) "inspection," 1865, "Pidgin-like formation" [OED], and first used in representations of English as spoken by Chinese, from look (v.) + see (v.). 中文词源 look-see ：看一看 来自洋泾浜英语，即中式英语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： look-see 词源， look-see 含义。
• lookout 英文词源 lookout (n.) also look-out , "person who stands watch or acts as a scout," 1690s, from look + out . Verbal phrase look out "be on the watch" attested from c. 1600. 中文词源 lookout ：眺望台 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lookout 词源， lookout 含义。
• look-in 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random rake rake: English has three distinct words rake . The oldest, ‘toothed implement’ [OE], goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * rak - or * rek - ‘gather, heap up’, which also produced German rechen ‘rake’. It may be descended ultimately from Indo-European * rog -, * reg - ‘stretch’ (source of Latin regere ‘rule’
• looker 英文词源 looker (n.) Old English locere "one engaged in looking," agent noun from look (v.). Meaning "one who watches over" is from c. 1300; that of "one who has a certain appearance" is late 15c. Slang meaning "attractive woman" attested from 1893; good-looker is attested from 1866 of both women and horses. Looker-in (1927) was an early word for "television viewer." 中文词源 looker ：美人
• lookalike 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random fizzle fizzle: [16] Originally, fizzle meant ‘fart silently or unobtrusively’: ‘And then in court they poisoned one another with their fizzles’, Benjamin Walsh’s translation of Aristophanes’ Knights 1837. Then in the mid-19th century it started to be used for a ‘weak spluttering hissing sound’, and hence figurati
• look 英文词源 look look: [OE] For such a common word, look is surprisingly isolated. It goes back to prehistoric West Germanic * lōkōjan , which has no other descendants in the modern Germanic languages, and its only distant relative is the German verb lugen ‘show, be visible’. look (v.) Old English locian "use the eyes for seeing, gaze, look, behold, spy," from West Germanic *lokjan (cognate
• loofah 英文词源 loofah (n.) 1879, from Egyptian Arabic lufah , the name of the plant ( Luffa ægyptiaca ) with fibrous pods from which flesh-brushes are made. 中文词源 loofah ：丝瓜络 来自阿拉伯语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： loofah 词源， loofah 含义。
• loof 英文词源 loof (n.) "palm of the hand," Scottish and Northern English, c. 1300, from Old Norse lofe , cognate with Gothic lofa , Russian lapa "paw," Lettish lepa "paw." 中文词源 loof ：手掌，风帆，桨叶，舵 来自中古英语lofe,手掌，来自PIE*lep,平的，展开，词源同glove,aloof,luff.进一步来自PIE*pel,平的，词源同palm,plan.并引申诸多词义。 该词的英
• loo 英文词源 loo loo: [20] Loo presents one of the more celebrated puzzles of English etymology. Not the least of its problematical points is that there is no reliable evidence of its existence before the 1920s, whereas most of its suggested sources have a more dated air than that. Amongst them, the most widely touted is of course gardy loo! , a shout of warning (based on French gardez l’eau ‘
• long-winded 英文词源 long-winded (adj.) also longwinded , 1580s, "given to lengthy speeches," from long (adj.) + wind (n.) in the secondary Middle English sense "breath in speaking" (early 14c.). 中文词源 long-winded ：啰嗦的 long,长的，winded,通风的，喘气的。引申词义啰唆的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： long-winded 词源， long-winded 含义。
• longways 英文词源 longways (adv.) 1580s, from long (adj.) + way (n.) + adverbial genitive -s . 中文词源 longways ：纵向的 来自long,长的，引申词义纵向的。比较longitude,longitudinal. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： longways 词源， longways 含义。
• longueurs 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random conundrum conundrum: [16] Conundrum originally appeared in all manner of weird and wonderful guises – conimbrum , conuncrum , quonundrum , connunder , etc – before settling down to conundrum in the late 18th century. It bears all the marks of one of the rather heavy-handed quasi-Latin joke words beloved of scholars in the 16
• longshoreman 英文词源 longshoreman (n.) 1811, shortening of alongshore + man (n.). 中文词源 longshoreman ：码头工人 缩写自alongshore,沿岸，码头，man,工人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： longshoreman 词源， longshoreman 含义。 longshoreman ：码头工人 在词形的变化中往往会出现词首非重读短元音脱落的现象，longshoreman即为一例。
• longshore drift 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random ember ember: [OE] Ember goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * aimuzjōn , although it is possible that the modern English word represents a borrowing from the related Old Norse eimyrja rather than a direct line of descent from Old English ǣmyrge . The ember of Ember days [10], incidentally, ‘days following certain Christian f
• longship 英文词源 longship (n.) Old English langscip "man of war;" see long (adj.) + ship (n.). 中文词源 longship ：北欧海盗船 即长的船，用于指北欧海盗船。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： longship 词源， longship 含义。