英语词源

• urinary 英文词源 urinary (adj.) 1570s, from Modern Latin urinarius , from Latin urina (see urine ). 中文词源 urinary ：泌尿的 词源同urine, 尿。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： urinary 词源， urinary 含义。
• urinal 英文词源 urinal (n.) c. 1200, "glass vial to receive urine for medical inspection," from Old French urinal , from Late Latin urinal , from urinalis (adj.) "relating to urine," from Latin urina (see urine ). Meaning "chamber pot" is from late 15c. Modern sense of "fixture for urinating (for men)" is attested from 1851. 中文词源 urinal ：小便池 词源同urine, 尿。 该词的英语词源请
• urgent 英文词源 urgent (adj.) mid-15c., from Middle French urgent "pressing, impelling" (14c.), from Latin urgentem (nominative urgens ), present participle of urgere "to press hard, urge" (see urge (v.)). Related: Urgently . 中文词源 urgent ：紧迫的 来自urge,催促。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： urgent 词源， urgent 含义。 urgent ：紧迫的，急迫的 来源
• urge 英文词源 urge urge: [16] Urge was borrowed from Latin urgēre ‘push, press, compel’. Its present participle gave English urgent [15], which thus means etymologically ‘pressing’. = urgent urge (v.) 1550s, from Latin urgere "to press hard, push forward, force, drive, compel, stimulate," from PIE root *wreg- "to push, shove, drive" (cognates: Lithuanian verziu "tie, fasten, squeeze," varg
• urethritis 英文词源 urethritis (n.) 1823, medical Latin, from urethra + -itis "inflammation." 中文词源 urethritis ：尿道炎 urethra,尿道，-itis,炎症。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： urethritis 词源， urethritis 含义。 urethritis ：尿道炎 urethra,尿道，-itis,炎症。
• urethra 英文词源 urethra (n.) "canal through which urine is discharged from the bladder," 1630s, from Late Latin urethra , from Greek ourethra "the passage for urine," coined by Hippocrates from ourein "to urinate," from ouron (see urine ). Related: Urethral . 中文词源 urethra ：尿道 词源同urine, 尿，用来指尿道。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： urethra 词源，
• uremia 英文词源 uremia (n.) 1857, Modern Latin, from Latinized form of Greek ouron "urine" (see urine ) + haima "blood" (see -emia ) + abstract noun ending -ia . 中文词源 uremia ：尿血症，尿毒症 ur-, 尿，词源同urine,-emia,血，词源同anemia. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： uremia 词源， uremia 含义。 uremia ：尿血症，尿毒症 ur-,尿，词源同
• urea 英文词源 urea (n.) compound found in the urine of animals, 1806, Latinized from French urée (1803), from Greek ouron "urine" (see urine ). 中文词源 urea ：尿素 词源同urine, 尿。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： urea 词源， urea 含义。
• Urdu 英文词源 Urdu Urdu: see hoard Urdu official language of Pakistan, 1796, from Hindustani urdu "camp," from Turkish ordu (source of horde ); short for zaban-i-urdu "language of the camp." Compare Dzongkha , a variant of Tibetan and the official language of Bhutan, literally "the language of the fortress." "So named because it grew up since the eleventh century in the camps of the Mohammedan conq
• urchin 英文词源 urchin urchin: [13] Urchin originally meant ‘hedgehog’. It was borrowed from Old Northern French herichon , which came via Vulgar Latin * hēriciō from Latin hērīcius or ērīcius ‘hedgehog’, a derivative of ēr ‘hedgehog’. This ancestral sense now survives only dialectally, but its spiny connotations are preserved in sea urchin , which dates from the late 16th century.
• urbanized 英文词源 suburbanize (v.) 1888 (implied in suburbanized ), from suburban + -ize . Related: Suburbanizing . Also suburbanise . urbanize (v.) 1640s, "to make more civil;" 1884 "to make into a city," from urban + -ize ; in the latter sense from French urbaniser (1873). Related: Urbanized ; urbanizing . 中文词源 urbanized ：城市化的 来自urban, 城市的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• urbane 英文词源 urbane (adj.) 1530s, "of or relating to cities or towns," from Middle French urbain (14c.) and directly from Latin urbanus "belonging to a city," also "citified, elegant" (see urban ). The meaning "having the manners of townspeople, courteous, refined" is from 1620s, from a secondary sense in classical Latin. Urbanity in this sense is recorded from 1530s. For sense connection and diff
• urban 英文词源 urban urban: [17] Urban comes from Latin urbānus , a derivative of urbs ‘city’ (a word of unknown origin). It was preceded into English by urbane [16], which is essentially the same word, but came via Old French urbaine . It was originally used as urban is now, but after urban arrived it gradually took the metaphorical path to ‘smooth, sophisticated’. The derivatives suburb a
• uranium 英文词源 uranium uranium: [18] Ouranós was an ancient sky god in Greek mythology, consort of Gaea and father of Cronos and the Titans (his name was a personification of Greek ouranós ‘heaven’). The Romans called him ūranus , and the name soon came to be applied to the seventh planet from the sun after it was discovered in 1781. (Its discoverer, the German-born British astronomer Sir Wil
• upwind 英文词源 upwind (adv.) also up-wind , 1838, from up (adv.) + wind (n.1). Originally a nautical term. As an adjective from 1892. 中文词源 upwind ：顶风，逆风 即迎着风的，顶风，逆风。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： upwind 词源， upwind 含义。
• upward 英文词源 upward (adv.) also upwards , Old English upweard , upweardes "up, upward, toward heaven;" see up (adv.) + -ward . Similar formation in Middle Low German upwart , Middle Dutch opwaert , Dutch opwaart , Middle High German ufwart . As an adjective from c. 1600 (also in Old English). Phrase upward mobility first recorded 1949; mainly restricted to sociologists' jargon until 1960s. 中文词
• uptown 英文词源 uptown (adv.) 1802, "to or in the higher or upper portion of a town," from up (adv.) + town (n.). As an adjective from 1838. As this usually was the residential portion of a town (especially a port) the word had overtones of "residential quarter" as opposed to "commercial and industrial district." As a noun from 1946, often meaning "more prosperous area of town." 中文词源 uptown ：
• uptight 英文词源 uptight (adj.) "tense," slang, 1934, from up- + tight (adj.). Meaning "straight-laced" first recorded 1969. It was used in a sense of "excellent" in jazz slang c. 1962. 中文词源 uptight ：拘谨的 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： uptight 词源， uptight 含义。
• uptick 英文词源 uptick (n.) "upward trend," 1962, an economist's term, from up (adv.) + tick (v.), in reference to some recording mechanism. 中文词源 uptick ：小幅上扬 来自早期股票市场打字实时显示股价，tick, 打字音，up指股价上扬，down指股价下跌。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： uptick 词源， uptick 含义。 uptick ：小幅上扬 来自
• upthrust 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random cuspidor cuspidor: see spit 中文词源 upthrust ：上推力 即推上去。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： upthrust 词源， upthrust 含义。
• uptempo 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random stone stone: [OE] Stone is a general Germanic word, with relatives in German stein , Dutch steen , and Swedish and Danish sten . These all go back to a prehistoric * stainaz , which was derived from a base denoting ‘stiffness’ or ‘solidity’ (source also of Greek stía ‘pebble’ and stéar ‘stiff, fat’, Sanskrit st
• uptake 英文词源 uptake (n.) "capacity for understanding, perceptive power," 1816, from up (adv.) + take (v.). Compare Middle English verb uptake "to pick or take up" (c. 1300). Meaning "pipe leading up from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney" is from 1839. 中文词源 uptake ：吸收，摄入 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： uptake 词源， uptake 含
• upsy-daisy 英文词源 upsy-daisy (adv.) 1711, up-a-daisy , baby talk extension of up (adv.). Compare lackadaisical . A word upsee was in use in English late 17c. in phrases such as upsee-Dutch "in the Dutch style" (of drinking), from Dutch op zijn , and also occasionally as an adverb, "extremely," and could have had an influence on this word. 中文词源 upsy-daisy ：加油，没事 来自儿语up-a-dais
• upswell 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random potato potato: [16] Potato was originally the English name for the ‘sweet potato’ (when Falstaff in Shakespeare’s Merry Wives of Windsor 1598 cried ‘Let the sky rain potatoes!’ it was to the sweet potato, and its supposed aphrodisiac properties, that he was referring). It did not begin to be used for the vegetable we n
• upsurge 英文词源 upsurge (n.) 1916, from up (adv.) + surge (n.). 中文词源 upsurge ：激增 up,向上，surge,浪涌。引申义激增。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： upsurge 词源， upsurge 含义。 upsurge ：激增 up,向上，surge,浪涌。引申词义激增。
• upstate 英文词源 upstate (adv.) 1901, American English, from up (adv.) + state (n.). 中文词源 upstate ：州的乡野地区 来自美国地理位置分布，其诸多州的北部都远离海平面，以山地地区居多，后词义通用化。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： upstate 词源， upstate 含义。
• upstart 英文词源 upstart upstart: [16] An upstart is etymologically simply someone who has ‘started up’ – but start in its early sense ‘jump, spring, rise’. Start-up was an early alternative version of the word (‘That young start-up hath all the glory of my overthrow’, says Don John in Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing 1599), but it did not survive the 17th century. upstart (n.) 155
• upskill 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random exquisite exquisite: [15] Etymologically, exquisite means ‘sought out’. It comes from the past participle of Latin exquīrere , a compound formed from the prefix ex - ‘out’ and quaerere ‘search’ (source of English query , quest , and question ). Already in Latin it had acquired the metaphorical sense ‘sought after,
• upsilon 英文词源 upsilon (n.) 20th letter of the Greek alphabet, 1640s, from Greek u psilon , literally "a mere (or bare) 'u;' " so called in later Greek in reference to its sound. The exact reason is variously explained, but it seems to have had something to do with distinguishing it from diphthongs. 中文词源 upsilon ：希腊字母表的第20个字母 来自希腊语u psilon, 即仅u音，比较
• upshot 英文词源 upshot (n.) 1530s, from up (adj.) + shot (n.); originally, the final shot in an archery match, hence the figurative sense of "result, issue, conclusion" (c. 1600). 中文词源 upshot ：结局 来自射箭行话，最后一射，引申词义结局。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： upshot 词源， upshot 含义。 upshot ：结果，结局 单词upshot 表示“
• upset 英文词源 upset (v.) mid-15c., "to set up, fix," from up (adv.) + set (v.). Similar formation in Middle Dutch opsetten "set up, propose," German aufsetzen . Modern sense of "overturn, capsize" (1803) is that of obsolete overset . In reference to the stomach, from 1834. Meaning "to throw into mental discomposure" is from 1805. Related: Upsetting . upset (n.) early 15c., "insurrection," from upse
• upsell 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random ostler ostler: see hotel 中文词源 upsell ：向上端推销 一种营销技巧，用便宜的产品吸引顾客，然后再顺势推销高附加值产品。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： upsell 词源， upsell 含义。
• uproot 英文词源 uproot (v.) 1590s (implied in uprooted ), in the figurative sense, from up (adv.) + root (v.). The literal sense is first recorded 1690s. Related: Uprooted ; uprooting . 中文词源 uproot ：连根拔起，背井离乡 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： uproot 词源， uproot 含义。
• uproar 英文词源 uproar uproar: [16] Uproar has no direct etymological connection with roar . It originally meant ‘uprising, insurrection’, and was borrowed from Dutch oproer . This is a compound formed from op ‘up’ and roer ‘movement’. It was first used in English by William Tindale, in his 1526 translation of the Bible (for Acts 21:38 he has ‘that Egyptian which made an uproar, and led
• uprising 英文词源 uprising (n.) mid-13c., "action of rising from death or the grave, resurrection," from up (adv.) + rising (n.). Meaning "action of rising from bed" is recorded from c. 1300; sense of "insurrection, popular revolt" first attested 1580s. 中文词源 uprising ：起义 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： uprising 词源， uprising 含义。
• uprightness 英文词源 aplomb aplomb: [18] Originally, aplomb meant literally ‘quality of being perpendicular’. It was borrowed from French, where it was a lexicalization of the phrase à plomb ‘according to the plumb line’ ( plomb came from Latin plumbum ‘lead’, also the ultimate source of English plumb , plumber , plumbago , and plummet ). The notion of ‘uprightness’ gave rise in the 19th
• upright 英文词源 upright (adj.) Old English upriht "erect, face-upward;" see up (adv.) + right (adj.1). Similar compounds are found in other Germanic languages (Old Frisian upriucht , Middle Dutch oprecht , Old High German ufreht , German aufrecht , Old Norse uprettr ). Figurative sense of "good, honest, adhering to rectitude" is first attested 1520s. As an adverb, Old English uprihte . As a noun, 156
• upraised 英文词源 upraise (v.) c. 1300, from up (adv.) + raise (v.). Related: Upraised ; upraising . 中文词源 upraised ：举起的，扬起的 up,向上，raise,兴起。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： upraised 词源， upraised 含义。 upraised ：举起的，扬起的 up,向上，raise,举起。
• uppity 英文词源 uppity (adj.) 1880, American English, from up + -ity ; originally used by blacks of other blacks felt to be too self-assertive (first recorded use is in "Uncle Remus"). 中文词源 uppity ：傲慢的，自视甚高的 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： uppity 词源， uppity 含义。
• upper 英文词源 upper (adj.) c. 1300, originally comparative of up (adj.). Similar formation in Middle Dutch upper , Dutch opper , Low German upper , Norwegian yppare . Upper hand "advantage" is late 15c., perhaps from wrestling ( get the over-hand in the same sense is from early 14c.). Upperclassman is recorded from 1871. Upper crust is attested from mid-15c. in reference to the top crust of a loaf
• upon 英文词源 upon (prep.) early 12c., from Old English uppan (prep.) "on, upon, up to, against," from up (adv.) + on (prep.); probably influenced by Scandinavian sources such as Old Norse upp a . upon (adv.) Old English upon ; see up (adv.) + on (prep.). 中文词源 upon ：在上面 来自短语up on. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： upon 词源， upon 含义。
• upmarket 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random esteem esteem: [15] Esteem and estimate [16] are fairly open about their relationship, but there is another, more heavily disguised member of the family: aim . All three come ultimately from Latin aestimāre . Estimate was a straightforward borrowing from the Latin past participle aestimātus , but esteem came via Old French est
• upkeep 英文词源 upkeep (n.) "maintenance; cost of maintenance," 1849, from up (adv.) + keep (v.). 中文词源 upkeep ：保养，维修 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： upkeep 词源， upkeep 含义。
• upholster 英文词源 upholster upholster: [19] Upholster has no etymological connection with holsters . It is a back-formation from upholsterer [17], which itself was derived from an earlier but now obsolete upholster ‘person who deals in or repairs small articles’. This was an agent noun formed from the verb uphold [13] (a compound of up and hold ), in the now defunct sense ‘repair’. = hold uphol
• uphold 英文词源 uphold (v.) c. 1200, "support, sustain," from up (adv.) + hold (v.). Similar formation in Old Frisian upholda , Middle Dutch ophouden , German aufhalten . Meaning "maintain in good condition or repair" is from 1570s. Related: Upheld ; upholding . 中文词源 uphold ：支持，维护 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： uphold 词源， uphold 含义。
• upheaval 英文词源 upheaval (n.) 1834 in reference to convulsions in society; 1836 in geology, from verb upheave (c. 1300, from up (adv.) + heave (v.)) + -al (2). Similarly formed verbs are Old Frisian upheva , Old High German ufhevan , German aufheben . 中文词源 upheaval ：剧变，动乱 up, 向上，heave,举起。引申词义剧变，动乱。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• upend 英文词源 upend (v.) also up-end , "set on end," 1823, from up + end . Related: Upended ; upending . 中文词源 upend ：颠倒 即把上端放在末端的，上下颠倒的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： upend 词源， upend 含义。
• update 英文词源 update (v.) 1944, in reference to information, 1952 in reference to persons, from up (adv.) + date (v.1). Related: Updated ; updating . The noun is attested from 1967. 中文词源 update ：更新 即最新日期，更新。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： update 词源， update 含义。
• upcoming 英文词源 upcoming (adj.) 1848, "rising;" 1949, "forthcoming," from up (adv.) + coming (see come (v.)). It was a noun in Middle English, meaning "action of ascending" (mid-14c.), also "attack, onslaught" (c. 1300). 中文词源 upcoming ：即将到来的 即来到的，即将到来的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： upcoming 词源， upcoming 含义。 upcoming ：即将
• upchuck 英文词源 upchuck (v.) "to vomit," by 1960, American English slang, from up (adv.) + chuck (v.) "to throw." 中文词源 upchuck ：呕吐 up, 向上，chuck, 呕吐，拟声词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： upchuck 词源， upchuck 含义。 upchuck ：呕吐 up,向上，chuck,呕吐，拟声词。
• upbraid 英文词源 upbraid upbraid: [OE] Upbraid originally meant ‘throw something up against someone as a fault’. It was formed from up and the ancestor of modern English braid , which used to mean ‘throw’, amongst other things. The object of the verb was originally the ‘fault’; the shift of focus to the ‘person blamed’ began in the 13th century. = braid upbraid (v.) Old English upbregd
• upbeat 英文词源 upbeat (adj.) "with a positive mood," 1947, apparently from on the upbeat "improving, getting better," attested from 1934 and a favorite of "Billboard" headline-writers in the early 1940s, from the musical noun upbeat (1869), referring to the beat of a bar at which the conductor's baton is in a raised position; from up (adv.) + beat (n.). The "optimistic" sense apparently for no other
• up 英文词源 up up: [OE] Up is part of a widespread family of Germanic adverbs which also includes German auf , Dutch and Danish op , and Swedish upp . It goes back ultimately to Indo-European * up -, which also produced English over and the prefixes hyper - and super - and may lie behind English evil . To open something is etymologically to put it ‘up’. = open , over up (adv.) Old English up,
• unworldly 英文词源 unworldly (adj.) 1707, from un- (1) "not" + worldly (adj.). Related: Unworldliness . 中文词源 unworldly ：非尘世的，超凡的 un-, 不，非，worldly, 世界的，世俗的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： unworldly 词源， unworldly 含义。 unworldly ：非尘世的，超凡的 un-,不，非，worldly,世界的，世俗的。
• unwonted 英文词源 unwonted (adj.) "not usual," 1550s, from un- (1) "not" + wonted . Earlier (and more correctly) unwont (c. 1400). 中文词源 unwonted ：不平常的 un-, 不，非，wonted,习惯的，平常的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： unwonted 词源， unwonted 含义。 unwonted ：不平常的 un-,不，非，wonted,习惯的，平常的。
• unwind 英文词源 unwind (v.) early 14c., "to undo" (a bandage, wrapping, etc.), from un- (2) "opposite of" + wind (v.1). Similar formation in Old English unwindan "unveil, uncover," Dutch ontwinden , Old High German intwindan . Reflexive sense is recorded from 1740; figurative sense of "to release oneself from tensions, to relax" is by 1938. Related: Unwound ; unwinding . 中文词源 unwind ：解开
• untouchable 英文词源 untouchable (adj.) 1560s, "immaterial," from un- (1) "not" + touchable (see touch (v.)). Meaning "that legally cannot be interfered with" is recorded from 1734. Meaning "too loathsome or defiling to be touched" is recorded from 1873. The noun, in reference to a hereditary low caste of India, is attested from 1909; the term and the restrictions were made illegal in India in 1947. 中文词
• untold 英文词源 untold (adj.) Old English unteald , "not counted or reckoned," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of tell (v.) in its original numerical sense. Similar formation in Middle Dutch ongetellet , German ungezahlt , Old Norse utaliðr . Meaning "not related or recounted" is recorded from late 14c. 中文词源 untold ：未讲述的，极大的 un-, 不，非，told, 告知。即未告知的
• unto 英文词源 unto (prep.) mid-13c., perhaps a modification of until , with southern to in place of northern equivalent till . Or perhaps a contraction of native *und to , formed on the model of until from Old English *un- "up to, as far as," cognate of the first element in until . "Very rare in standard writers of the 18th c.," according to OED, and since then chiefly in dignified, archaic, or Bib
• until 英文词源 until until: see till until (prep.) c. 1200, from till (prep.). The first element is un- "as far as, up to" (also in unto ), from Old Norse *und "as far as, up to," from Proto-Germanic *und- (cognates: Old English oð "up to, as far as," Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Gothic und ), from PIE *nti- , from root *ant- "front, forehead" (see ante ). The two syllables have the same meaning. Origin
• unstinting 英文词源 unstinting (adj.) late 14c., "unceasing," from un- (1) "not" + present participle of stint (v.). Meaning "lavish" attested by 1834. 中文词源 unstinting ：大方的 un-, 不，非，stint,定额，限制，吝惜。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： unstinting 词源， unstinting 含义。 unstinting ：大方的 un-,不，非，stint,定额，限制，吝惜。
• unsporting 英文词源 unsporting (adj.) 1822, from un- (1) "not" + sporting (adj.). 中文词源 unsporting ：缺乏体育道德的 un-, 不，非，sporting, 运动精神，体育道德。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： unsporting 词源， unsporting 含义。 unsporting ：缺乏体育道德的 un-,不，非，sporting,运动精神的，体育道德的。
• unsound 英文词源 unsound (adj.) early 14c., of persons, "diseased, wounded," from un- (1) "not" + sound (adj.). Similar formation in Middle Low German unsund , Middle Dutch ongesont , German ungesund . Meaning "morally corrupt" is recorded from c. 1300; that of "not mentally healthy" is from 1540s. Sense of "not based on reasoning or fact" is attested from 1590s. Related: Unsoundly ; unsoundness . 中文
• unsophisticated 英文词源 unsophisticated (adj.) 1620s, "unmixed," from un- (1) "not" + sophisticated (adj.). Meaning "ingenuous, natural, inexperienced" is recorded from 1660s. 中文词源 unsophisticated ：单纯的 un-, 不，非，sophisticated,复杂的，老于世故的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： unsophisticated 词源， unsophisticated 含义。 unsophisticated ：单纯的
• unsolicited 英文词源 unsolicited (adj.) 1580s, "unpetitioned, not approached with a request," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of solicit (v.). Meaning "not asked for, unsought" is from 1680s. 中文词源 unsolicited ：未经要求的，自发的 un-, 不，非，solicited,请求的，要求的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： unsolicited 词源， unsolicited 含义。 unso
• unscramble 英文词源 unscramble (v.) "restore to order," 1911, from un- (2) "reverse, opposite of" + scramble (v.). The original use is in a quip attributed to U.S. financier J.P. Morgan (1837-1913) about the impossibility of unscrambling an omelet. Mr. Morgan is credited with the aphorism that the recent trust decisions are like an order to a cook to "unscramble" the eggs which have just been prepared. [
• unscathed 英文词源 unscathed (adj.) late 14c., from un- (1) "not" + past participle of scathe (v.). Mainly in Scottish before 19c. Similar formation in Old Norse ostaðaðr , Swedish oskadad . 中文词源 unscathed ：未受伤害的 un-, 不，非，scathe, 伤害，词源同scar. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： unscathed 词源， unscathed 含义。 unscathed ：未受伤害的
• unrequited 英文词源 unrequited (adj.) 1540s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of requite (v.). The earliest reference is to love. 中文词源 unrequited ：单相思的 un-, 不，非，requited,回报，报答。即不求回报的，引申词义单相思。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： unrequited 词源， unrequited 含义。 unrequited ：单相思的 un-,不，非，req
• unrelenting 英文词源 unrelenting (adj.) 1580s, from un- (1) "not" + present participle of relent (v.). Related: Unrelentingly . 中文词源 unrelenting ：不缓和的 un-, 不，非，relenting, 缓和。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： unrelenting 词源， unrelenting 含义。 unrelenting ：不缓和的 un-,不，非，relenting,缓和的。
• unregenerate 英文词源 unregenerate (adj.) 1610s, from un- (1) "not" + regenerate (adj.). 中文词源 unregenerate ：不思悔改的 un-, 不，非，regenerate,再生，悔改。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： unregenerate 词源， unregenerate 含义。 unregenerate ：不思悔改的 un-,不，非，regenerate,再生，悔改。
• unreconstructed 英文词源 unreconstructed (adj.) 1867, "not reconciled to the outcome of the American Civil War," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of reconstruct (v.). See Reconstruction . 中文词源 unreconstructed ：僵化的 un-, 不，非，reconstructed,重构，重建，与时俱进的。即不与时俱进的，僵化的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： unreconstructed 词源
• unravel 英文词源 unravel (v.) c. 1600 (transitive), from un- (2) + ravel (v.). Intransitive from 1640s. "The prefix is either reversive or intensive, according as ravel is taken to mean 'tangle' or 'untangle'" [Century Dictionary]. Related: Unravelled ; unravelling ; unravellment . 中文词源 unravel ：解开，松开 un-, 使相反，ravel, 纠缠。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• unputdownable 英文词源 un- (1) prefix of negation, Old English un- , from Proto-Germanic *un- (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Old High German, German un- , Gothic un- , Dutch on- ), from PIE *n- (source of Sanskrit a- , an- "not," Greek a- , an- , Old Irish an- , Latin in- ), comb. form of PIE root *ne "not" (cognates: Avestan na , Old Church Slavonic and Lithuanian ne "not," Latin ne "that not," Greek n
• unplaced 英文词源 unplace (v.) from un- (2) "reverse, opposite of" + place (v.). Related: Unplaced ; unplacing . 中文词源 unplaced ：未进入前三名的 un-, 不，非，placed,放置，有一席之地的，进入前三名的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： unplaced 词源， unplaced 含义。 unplaced ：未进入前三名的 un-,不，非，placed,有一席之地的，
• unnerve 英文词源 unnerve (v.) 1620s, "to destroy the strength of," from un- (2) "reverse, opposite of" + nerve (v.). Meaning "to deprive of courage" is recorded from 1704. Related: Unnerved ; unnerving . 中文词源 unnerve ：使紧张 un-, 使相反，nerve, 神经，勇气。即使失去勇气，紧张。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： unnerve 词源， unnerve 含义。 un
• unloose 英文词源 unloose (v.) mid-14c., "relax;" late 14c., "to set free," from un- (2), used here emphatically, + loose . Old English had unliesan "unloose, set free." Related: Unloosed ; unloosing . 中文词源 unloose ：松开 un-, 此处词义比较特殊，表加强义，类似于loose away. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： unloose 词源， unloose 含义。 unloose ：松开
• unless 英文词源 unless (conj.) mid-15c., earlier onlesse , from (not) on lesse (than) "(not) on a less compelling condition (than);" see less . The first syllable originally on , but the negative connotation and the lack of stress changed it to un- . " Except could once be used as a synonym for unless , but the words have now drawn entirely apart" [Century Dictionary]. 中文词源 unless ：除非 来
• unkempt 英文词源 unkempt unkempt: [15] Unkempt means literally ‘uncombed’. It was coined from the prefix un - ‘not’ and the past participle of the now defunct verb kemb ‘comb’. This came from a prehistoric Germanic * kambjan , a derivative of * kambaz ‘comb’ (ancestor of the English noun comb ). It began to be replaced by the new verb comb in the 14th century. = comb unkempt (adj.) 157
• universe 英文词源 universe universe: [14] Universe denotes etymologically ‘turned into one’, hence ‘whole, indivisible’. It goes back ultimately to Latin ūniversus ‘whole, entire’, a compound adjective formed from ūnus ‘one’ and versus , the past participle of vertere ‘turn’. Its neuter form, ūniversum , was used as a noun meaning the ‘whole world’ (based on the model of Gree
• universal 英文词源 universal (adj.) late 14c., "pertaining to the whole of something specified; occurring everywhere," from Old French universel "general, universal" (12c.), from Latin universalis "of or belonging to all," from universus "all together, whole, entire" (see universe ). In mechanics, a universal joint (1670s) is one which allows free movement in any direction. Universal product code is rec
• unity 英文词源 unity (n.) c. 1300, "state or property of being one," from Anglo-French unite , Old French unite "uniqueness, oneness" (c. 1200), from Latin unitatem (nominative unitas ) "oneness, sameness, agreement," from unus "one" (see one ). 中文词源 unity ：联合，一致 来自拉丁语unus, 一，词源同one。引申义联合，一致。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• unite 英文词源 unite unite: see union unite (v.) early 15c. (transitive), from Late Latin unitus , past participle of unire "to unite, make into one" (transitive), from Latin unus "one" (see one ). Intransitive sense from 1610s. Related: United ; uniting . 中文词源 unite ：集合 来自拉丁语unus, 一，词源同one。引申义一体，集中。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• unitary 英文词源 unitary (adj.) 1847, "characterized by unity or uniformity;" 1865, "of or relating to a unit;" see unit + -ary . 中文词源 unitary ：集中制 来自unite, 集合，集中。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： unitary 词源， unitary 含义。 unitary ：集中制 来自 unite,集合，集中。
• unit 英文词源 unit unit: [16] The term unit was given general currency by the 16th-century English mathematician, astrologer, and magician John Dee. It was formed from Latin ūnus , probably on the analogy of digit , and used as a mathematical term to replace unity as a translation of Euclid’s monás ‘indivisible number’. In a comment added to his introduction to Sir Henry Billingsley’s tra
• unison 英文词源 unison unison: [16] Unison originated as a musical term, denoting ‘of the same sound’. It comes via Old French unison from late Latin ūnisonus , a compound adjective formed from ūnus ‘one’ and sonus ‘sound’ (source of English sound ). The metaphorical sense ‘agreement, concord’ emerged in the 17th century. = sound unison (n.) 1570s, "note having the same pitch as ano
• unisex 英文词源 unisex (adj.) "sexually indistinguishable or neutral," 1968, from uni- + sex (n.). 中文词源 unisex ：不分男女的，单性别的 un-, 一，词源同unit,sex, 性别。用来指没有性别限制的场所和地方。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： unisex 词源， unisex 含义。 unisex ：不分男女的，单性别的 uni-,一，sex,性别。用来指没
• unique 英文词源 unique unique: [17] Unique comes via French unique from Latin ūnicus ‘only, sole’. This was derived from ūnus ‘one’, a distant relative of English one . It originally meant simply ‘single, sole’ in English, and the extended sense ‘unequalled, unparalleled’, which has often drawn the hostile criticism of purists (particularly when accompanied by qualifiers such as ver
• Union Jack 英文词源 Union Jack 1670s, from union + jack (n.); properly a small British union flag flown as the jack of a ship, but it has long been in use as a general name for the union flag. The Union flag (1630s) was introduced to symbolize the union of the crowns of England and Scotland (in 1603) and was formed of a combination of the cross saltire of St. Andrew and the cross of St. George. The cross
• union 英文词源 union union: [15] Union is one of a range of English words that go back to Latin ūnus ‘one’. This in turn was descended from a prehistoric Indo- European * oinos , which also produced English one . Other members of the family include inch , ounce , unique , unite [15], etc. As for union itself, its immediate ancestor was ūniō , a derivative of ūnus which denoted ‘unity’ or
• uninterested 英文词源 uninterested (adj.) 1640s, "unbiased," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of interest (v.). It later meant "disinterested" (1660s); sense of "unconcerned, indifferent" is recorded from 1771. This is the correct word for what often is miscalled disinterested . 中文词源 uninterested ：不感兴趣的 un-, 不，非，interested, 感兴趣的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词