英语词源

• loan shark 英文词源 loan (n.) mid-13c., from Old Norse lan , related to lja "to lend," from Proto-Germanic *laikhwniz (cognates: Old Frisian len "thing lent," Middle Dutch lene , Dutch leen "loan, fief," Old High German lehan , German Lehn "fief, feudal tenure"), originally "to let have, to leave (to someone)," from PIE *leikw- "to leave" (see relinquish ). The Norse word also is cognate with Old English
• loan 英文词源 loan loan: [13] Old English had a noun lǣn , a close relative of the verb lǣnan (precursor of modern English lend ). It meant ‘gift’, but it died out before the Middle English period, and was replaced by the related Old Norse lán , which has become modern English loan . Both go back ultimately to prehistoric Indo-European * loiq -, * leiq -, * liq -, which also produced Greek l
• loam 英文词源 loam loam: see lime loam (n.) Old English lam "clay, mud, mire, earth," from Proto-Germanic *laimaz (cognates: Old Saxon lemo , Dutch leem , German Lehm "loam"), from PIE root *(s)lei- "slimy" (see slime (n.)). As a type of highly fertile clayey soil, it is attested from 1660s. As a verb from c. 1600. 中文词源 loam ：肥沃土壤 来自古英语lam,污泥，泥沼，来自PIE*sle
• loafer 英文词源 loafer (n.) "idler, person who loafs," 1830, of uncertain origin, often regarded as a variant of land loper (1795), a partial loan-translation of German Landläufer "vagabond," from Land "land" + Läufer "runner," from laufen "to run" (see leap (v.)). But OED finds this connection "not very probable." As a type of shoe, 1937. Related: Loafers . 中文词源 loafer ：二流子，游手好
• loaf 英文词源 loaf loaf: English has two words loaf . By far the older is ‘portion of bread’ [OE], which goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * khlaibaz . This also produced German laib and Danish lev ‘loaf’, and was borrowed, originally into Gothic, from an Old Slavic chleb (source of modern Russian and Polish chleb ‘bread, loaf’). Heavily disguised, loaf forms part of both lady and lor
• load-shedding 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random hawk hawk: English has three current words hawk . The oldest, denoting the bird of prey [OE], comes from a prehistoric West and North Germanic * khabukaz , which also produced German habicht , Dutch havik , Swedish hök , and Danish hög . Hawk ‘peddle’ [16] is a back-formation from hawker . This was probably borrowed from L
• loading 英文词源 charge charge: [13] The notion underlying the word charge is of a ‘load’ or ‘burden’ – and this can still be detected in many of its modern meanings, as of a duty laid on one like a load, or of the burden of an expense, which began as metaphors. It comes ultimately from Latin carrus ‘two-wheeled wagon’ (source also of English car ). From this was derived the late Latin v
• load 英文词源 load load: [OE] Load originally meant ‘way, course’ and ‘conveyance, carriage’. It goes back to prehistoric Germanic * laithō , which also lies behind English lead ‘conduct’. Not until the 13th century did it begin to move over to its current sense ‘burden’, under the direct influence of lade [OE] (a verb of Germanic origin which now survives mainly in its past partic
• lo 英文词源 lo (interj.) early 13c., from Old English la , exclamation of surprise, grief, or joy; influenced in Middle English by lo! , short for lok "look!" imperative of loken "to look" (see look (v.)). Expression lo and behold attested by 1779. 中文词源 lo ：瞧，看 来自古英语la,惊叹词，后受look影响拼写俗化为lo,作为look的祈使形式。 该词的英语词源请访问
• llama 英文词源 llama (n.) woolly-haired South American ruminant, c. 1600, from Spanish llama (1535), from Quechua (Peru) llama . 中文词源 llama ：南美羊驼 来自南美土著语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： llama 词源， llama 含义。
• lizard 英文词源 lizard lizard: [14] Lizard goes back to Latin lacertus or lacerta , words of unknown origin. It reached English via Old French lesard . The Latin word was used for ‘muscle’ as well as ‘lizard’, perhaps because the ripple of a muscle beneath the skin reminded people of a lizard’s movement (an exactly parallel development links mouse and muscle ). And in heavily disguised form
• living will 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random thief thief: [OE] Thief goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * theubaz , which also produced German dieb , Dutch dief , Swedish tjuf , and Danish tyv . It is not clear where this came from, although it might be related to Lithuanian tupeti ‘cower, squat’ and Latvian tupt ‘squat’, in which case it would denote etymological
• living wage 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random lettuce lettuce: [13] The lettuce was named for the milky white sap that exudes from its stalk when cut. The Latin for milk is lac (source of English lactation [17] and lactose [19]), and so the lettuce was christened lactūca . This passed into English via laituës , the plural of Old French laituë . = lactation , lactose 中文
• living hell 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random identity identity: [16] The historical meaning of identity is best preserved in its derivative identical [17] – ‘the same’. For its ultimate source was Latin idem ‘same’, a pronoun (formed from id ‘it, that one’ with the suffix - dem ) used in English since the 17th century for referring to a previously cited autho
• living death 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random excursion excursion: see course 中文词源 living death ：活受罪 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： living death 词源， living death 含义。
• livid 英文词源 livid livid: see sloe livid (adj.) early 15c., "of a bluish-leaden color," from Middle French livide and directly from Latin lividus "of a bluish color, black and blue," figuratively "envious, spiteful, malicious," from livere "be bluish," earlier *slivere , from PIE *sliwo- , suffixed form of root *(s)leie- "bluish" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic and Russian sliva "plum;" Lithuanian
• liveware 英文词源 liveware (n.) "people," 1966, computer-programmer jargon, from live (adj.) + ending abstracted from software , etc. 中文词源 liveware ：人件，活件（用计算机工作的人） live,活的，ware,物品，物件。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： liveware 词源， liveware 含义。
• livestock 英文词源 livestock (n.) 1520s, from live (adj.) + stock (n.2). 中文词源 livestock ：牲畜 live,活的，stock,家畜。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： livestock 词源， livestock 含义。
• livery stable 英文词源 livery (n.) c. 1300, "household allowance of any kind (food, provisions, clothing) to retainers or servants," from Anglo-French livere (late 13c.), Old French livrée , "allowance, ration, pay," originally "(clothes) delivered by a master to his retinue," from fem. past participle of livrer "to dispense, deliver, hand over," from Latin liberare (see liberate ). The sense later was red
• liver spot 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random wanton wanton: [13] Someone who is wanton is etymologically ‘lacking in proper upbringing or discipline’. The word was formed from the Middle English prefix wan - ‘un-’ (a reduced form of the adjective wane ‘lacking’, which is related to the modern English verb wane ) and towen , a descendant of Old English togen , t
• liver sausage 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random other other: [OE] Other is one of a widespread family of Germanic words expressing ‘alternative’, represented today also by German and Dutch ander . The prehistoric ancestor of all three was * antheraz , which came ultimately from an Indo- European * ánteros . This, a comparative formation based on * an -, may have been rel
• liveried 英文词源 blackguard (n.) 1530s, scullion, kitchen knave. Perhaps once an actual military or guard unit; more likely originally a mock-military reference to scullions and kitchen-knaves of noble households, of black-liveried personal guards, and of shoeblacks. By 1736, sense had emerged of "one of the criminal class." Hence the adjectival use (1784), "of low or worthless character." flunky (n.)
• liver fluke 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random alopecia alopecia: [14] This word appears to derive from the resemblance observed by the Greeks between baldness in human beings and mange in foxes. The Greek for ‘fox’ was alōpēx , hence alōpekía , borrowed into Latin as alopēcia . Alōpēx is related to Latin vulpēs ‘fox’, from which English gets vulpine ‘foxli
• liver 英文词源 liver (n.1) secreting organ of the body, Old English lifer , from Proto-Germanic *librn (cognates: Old Norse lifr , Old Frisian livere , Middle Dutch levere , Dutch lever , Old High German lebara , German Leber "liver"), perhaps from PIE *leip- "to stick adhere; fat." Formerly believed to be the body's blood-producing organ; in medieval times it rivaled the heart as the supposed seat
• liven 英文词源 liven (v.) 1884, colloquial shortening of 17c. enliven , usually with up . Related: Livened ; livening . 中文词源 liven ：使有生机 live,活的，-en,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： liven 词源， liven 含义。
• lively 英文词源 lively (adj.) Old English liflic "living, existing," literally "life-like;" from life + -ly (2). Sense of "active, energetic" developed by early 13c., from notion "full of life." 中文词源 lively ：精力充沛的 来自live，生动的，有精神的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lively 词源， lively 含义。 lively ：活泼的，活跃的；生动的
• livelong 英文词源 livelong (adj.) also live-long , c. 1400, lefe longe (day), from leve, lief "dear" (see lief ), used here as an emotional intensive + long (adj). From late 16c. conformed in spelling to live (v.) as lief grew strange. German has cognate die liebe lange Nacht , literally "the dear long night." 中文词源 livelong ：整个的 来自中古英语leve longe,长久的，leve,爱，即lov
• livelihood 英文词源 livelihood (n.) 1610s, alteration of livelode "means of keeping alive" (c. 1300), from Old English lifad "course of life," from lif "life" + lad "way, course" (see load ). Similar formation in Old High German libleita . Spelling assimilated to words in -hood. Earlier livelihood was a different word, meaning "liveliness," from lively . 中文词源 livelihood ：生计 比喻用法。 该
• live action 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random holiday holiday: [OE] A holiday was originally a ‘holy day’, a day set aside as a religious festival. The first signs of the word being used for a ‘day on which no work is done’ (originally because of its religious significance) appear in the 14th century. = holy 中文词源 live action ：真人实拍片段 比喻用法。
• liveable 英文词源 livable (adj.) also liveable , 1610s, "likely to survive," from live (v.) + -able . Meaning "conducive to living" is from 1660s; sense of "suitable for living in" is from 1814 ("Mansfield Park"). Meaning "endurable" is from 1841. 中文词源 liveable ：适于居住的 来自live,居住。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： liveable 词源， liveable 含义。
• live 英文词源 live live: [OE] Modern English live represents a conflation of two Old English verbs, libban and lifian , both of which go back ultimately to the same prehistoric Germanic source, * lib - ‘remain, continue’. Variants of this produced leave ‘depart’ and life . The adjective live [16] is a reduced form of alive , which derived from life . = life live (v.) Old English lifian (Ang
• liturgy 英文词源 liturgy liturgy: [16] Etymologically, liturgy means ‘public performance’. It comes via late Latin līturgia from Greek leitourgíā ‘public service or worship’. This was a derivative of leitourgós ‘public servant’, hence ‘priest’, a compound formed from leit -, the stem of lēós ‘people, multitude’ (from which English gets layman ), and érgon ‘work, action’
• littoral 英文词源 littoral (adj.) "pertaining to the seashore," 1650s, from Latin littoralis "of or belonging to the seashore," from litus (genitive litoris ) "seashore" (compare Lido ), of unknown origin, possibly from PIE root *lei- "to flow." The noun is first recorded 1828, from Italian littorale , originally an adjective, from Latin littoralis . 中文词源 littoral ：沿海的，沿海各州的
• little woman 英文词源 little (adj.) Old English lytel "not large, not much; short in distance or time; unimportant," also used in late Old English as a noun, "small piece; a short time," from Proto-Germanic *lutilla- (cognates: Old Saxon luttil , Dutch luttel , Old High German luzzil , German lützel , Gothic leitils "little"), perhaps originally a diminutive of the root of Old English lyt "little, few," f
• little people 英文词源 little (adj.) Old English lytel "not large, not much; short in distance or time; unimportant," also used in late Old English as a noun, "small piece; a short time," from Proto-Germanic *lutilla- (cognates: Old Saxon luttil , Dutch luttel , Old High German luzzil , German lützel , Gothic leitils "little"), perhaps originally a diminutive of the root of Old English lyt "little, few," f
• little 英文词源 little little: [OE] Little goes back to the prehistoric West Germanic base * lut -, which also produced Dutch luttel and may have been the source of the Old English verb lūtan ‘bow down’. Some have detected a link with Old English lot ‘deceit’, Old Norse lýta ‘dishonour, blame’, Russian ludit ’ ‘deceive’, and Serbo-Croat lud ‘foolish’. little (adj.) Old English
• litter lout 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random combat combat: [16] Combat means literally ‘fight with’. It comes via French combattre from late Latin combattere , a compound verb formed from Latin com - ‘with’ and * battere , an assumed variant of Latin battuere ‘fight, beat’ (ultimate source of English abate , battle , and debate ). = abate , battle , debate 中文
• litter 英文词源 litter litter: [13] The word litter has come a long way semantically since it was born, from ‘bed’ to ‘rubbish scattered untidily’. It goes back ultimately to Latin lectus ‘bed’, a distant relative of English lie and source of French lit ‘bed’ (which forms the final syllable of English coverlet [13], etymologically ‘bed-cover’). From lectus was derived medieval Lat
• litre 英文词源 litre litre: [19] Litre goes back to Greek lītrā , a term which denoted a Sicilian monetary unit. This found its way via medieval Latin litrā into French as litron , where it was used for a unit of capacity. By the 18th century it had rather fallen out of use, but in 1793 it was revived, in the form litre , as the name for the basic unit of capacity in the new metric system. It is
• litotes 英文词源 litotes (n.) rhetorical figure in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its opposite, from Greek litotes , literally "plainness, simplicity," from litos "smooth, plain, small, meager," from PIE root *(s)lei- "slimy, sticky, slippery" (hence "smooth"); see slime (n.). 中文词源 litotes ：反叙法（用否定或较弱的证据加强表示肯定） 来自希腊语lito
• litmus test 英文词源 litmus (n.) "blue dye-stuff obtained from certain lichens," early 14c., from Middle Dutch lijkmoes (Dutch lakmoes ), from lac (see lac ) + moes "pulp." Another theory is that it represents Old Norse litmose , literally "lichen for dying," from Old Norse lita "to dye, to stain," from litr "color, dye" (see lit (n.1)) + mos "moss." Yet another idea connects the first element to Middle D
• litmus 英文词源 litmus litmus: see moss litmus (n.) "blue dye-stuff obtained from certain lichens," early 14c., from Middle Dutch lijkmoes (Dutch lakmoes ), from lac (see lac ) + moes "pulp." Another theory is that it represents Old Norse litmose , literally "lichen for dying," from Old Norse lita "to dye, to stain," from litr "color, dye" (see lit (n.1)) + mos "moss." Yet another idea connects the f
• litigious 英文词源 litigious (adj.) late 14c., "fond of disputes," from Middle French litigieux and directly from Latin litigiosus "contentious, quarrelsome," from litigium "dispute, strife," related to litigare (see litigation ). Meaning "fond of engaging in lawsuits" is from 1620s. Earlier in English than litigate or litigation . Related: Litigiousness . 中文词源 litigious ：好诉讼的，好打官
• litigate 英文词源 litigate (v.) 1610s, from Middle French litigier and directly from Latin litigatus , past participle of litigare "to dispute, carry on a suit" (see litigation ). Related: Litigated ; litigating . 中文词源 litigate ：诉讼，打官司 来自拉丁语litigare,争论，争吵，lit-,争论，来自PIE*stel,ster,展开，拉紧，词源同structure,strict,ag-,做，行为，词源同
• litigant 英文词源 litigant 1630s (adj.); 1650s (n.), from French litigant , from Latin litigantem (nominative litigans ), present participle of litigare (see litigation ). 中文词源 litigant ：诉讼当事人 来自litigate,诉讼。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： litigant 词源， litigant 含义。
• lithosphere 英文词源 lithosphere (n.) "solid part of the earth's surface," 1881; see litho- "stone" + sphere . 中文词源 lithosphere ：岩石圈 litho-,石头，sphere,圈，层。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lithosphere 词源， lithosphere 含义。
• lithology 英文词源 lithology (n.) study of rock-formation, 1716, from Modern Latin lithologia , from litho- + -logia (see -logy ). 中文词源 lithology ：岩石学 litho-,石头，-logy,学说。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lithology 词源， lithology 含义。
• lithography 英文词源 lithography (n.) 1813, from German Lithographie (c. 1804), coined from Greek lithos "stone" (see litho- ) + graphein "to write" (see -graphy ). The original printing surfaces were of stone. Process invented 1796 by Alois Senefelder of Munich (1771-1833). Hence, lithograph "a lithographic print," a back-formation first attested 1828. Earlier senses, now obsolete, were "description of s
• lithograph 英文词源 lithograph lithograph: [19] Greek líthos meant ‘stone’. It has contributed a small cluster of words to English, including lithium [19] (a metal so named from its mineral origin), lithops [20] (the name of a small pebble-like plant, coined in the 1920s, which means literally ‘stoneface’ in Greek), lithosphere [19] (the solid outer layer of the Earth), lithotomy [18] (the surgi
• lithium 英文词源 lithium (n.) silver-white metallic element, 1818, with element ending -ium + lithia , Modern Latin name given by Swedish chemist Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779-1848) to the earth from which it was extracted, from Greek lithos "stone" (see litho- ). So called from its mineral origin and to distinguish it from two previously known alkalis of vegetable origin. 中文词源 lithium ：锂 来自
• lithe 英文词源 lithe (adj.) Old English liðe "soft, mild, gentle, meek," from Proto-Germanic *linthja- (cognates: Old Saxon lithi "soft, mild, gentle," Old High German lindi , German lind , Old Norse linr , with characteristic loss of "n" before "th" in English), from PIE root *lent- "flexible" (cognates: Latin lentus "flexible, pliant, slow," Sanskrit lithi ). In Middle English, used of the weathe
• literature 英文词源 literature literature: [14] Latin littera meant ‘letter’, and was the source of English letter . From it was derived literātus ‘having knowledge of letters’, hence ‘educated, learned’ (source of English literate [15]); and this formed the basis of the further derivative litterātūra , which denoted ‘writing formed with letters’, and by extension ‘learning, grammar’
• literati 英文词源 literati (n.) "men and women of letters; the learned class as a whole," 1620s, from Latin literati / litterati , plural of literatus / litteratus "lettered" (see literate ). The proper singular would be literatus , though Italian literato (1704) sometimes is used. 中文词源 literati ：文人学士 来自拉丁语litera,书写，字母，词源同letter.引申词义文人学士。 该
• literate 英文词源 literate (adj.) "educated, instructed," early 15c., from Latin literatus / litteratus "educated, learned," literally "one who knows the letters," formed in imitation of Greek grammatikos from Latin littera / litera "letter" (see letter (n.1)). 中文词源 literate ：有读写能力的 来自拉丁语litera,书写，字母，词源同letter.引申词义有读写能力的。 该词的英
• literary 英文词源 literary (adj.) 1640s, "pertaining to alphabet letters," from French littéraire , from Latin literarius / litterarius "belonging to letters or learning," from littera / litera "letter" (see letter (n.1)). Meaning "pertaining to literature" is attested from 1737. 中文词源 literary ：文学的 来自拉丁语litera,书写，字母，词源同letter.引申词义文学的。 该词的
• literal 英文词源 literal (adj.) late 14c., "taking words in their natural meaning" (originally in reference to Scripture and opposed to mystical or allegorical ), from Old French literal and directly from Late Latin literalis / litteralis "of or belonging to letters or writing," from Latin litera / littera "letter, alphabetic sign; literature, books" (see letter (n.1)). Meaning "of or pertaining to al
• literacy 英文词源 literacy (n.) 1883, formed in English from literate + -cy . Illiteracy , however, dates back to 17c. 中文词源 literacy ：读写能力 来自拉丁语litera,书写，字母，词源同letter.引申词义读写能力。比较numeracy. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： literacy 词源， literacy 含义。 literacy ：识字，有文化，读写能力 词根词缀
• lite 英文词源 lite (adj.) alternative spelling of light (adj.1), by 1962. Used from at least 1917 in product names, often as a variation of light (n.). The word Adjusto-Lite for portable electric lamps was opposed by the user of a trade mark Auto-lite registered before the date of use claimed by the applicant. ["The Trade-Mark Reporter," 1922] 中文词源 lite ：轻的 来自light的方言。 该词
• litchi 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random fabric fabric: [15] Latin faber was a term for an artisan who worked with hard materials – a carpenter, for example, or a smith (it probably came from a prehistoric Indo-European base meaning ‘fit things together’). From it was derived fabrica , which denoted the trade such a man followed, the place where he worked, or in
• litany 英文词源 litany (n.) c. 1200, from Old French letanie and directly from Medieval Latin letania , Late Latin litania (source also of Spanish letania , Italian litania ), from Greek litaneia "litany, an entreating," from lite "prayer, supplication, entreaty," of unknown origin. From notion of monotonous enumeration of petitions in Christian prayer services came generalized sense of "repeated ser
• listless 英文词源 listless listless: see list listless (adj.) mid-15c., from Middle English liste "pleasure, joy, delight" (see list (v.4)) + -less . Related: Listlessly ; listlessness . 中文词源 listless ：无精打采的 list,愉悦，欲望，精神，词源同lust,-less,无，没有。即没精神的，无精打采的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： listless 词源，
• listeria 英文词源 listeria "A type of bacterium which infects humans and other warm-blooded animals through contaminated food", 1940s: modern Latin , named after Joseph Lister (see Lister, Joseph ). 中文词源 listeria ：利斯特菌 来自该细菌发现者19世纪英国外科医生Joseph Lord Lister,虽然他曾阻止用其名字命名这种细菌，但最后却无能为力。比较guillotine. 该词
• listening post 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random wage wage: [14] Wage and gage (as in engage ) are doublets – that is to say, they come from the same ultimate source, but have drifted apart over the centuries. The source in this case was prehistoric Germanic * wathjam ‘pledge’, which is also the ancestor of English wedding . It was borrowed into Old French as gage , whic
• listenable 英文词源 listenable (adj.) 1919, from listen + -able . Related: Listenability . 中文词源 listenable ：好听的 来自listen,听。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： listenable 词源， listenable 含义。
• listen 英文词源 listen listen: [OE] The Indo-European base * klu denoted ‘hearing’ (it is the ultimate source of English loud ). From its extended form * klus were derived in prehistoric Germanic the noun * khlustiz ‘hearing’, which eventually produced the now archaic English verb list ‘listen’, and the verb * khlusnōjan ‘hear’, which became English listen . = loud listen (v.) Old En
• listed building 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random delay delay: [13] English acquired delay from Old French delaier , a compound verb formed from the prefix de - ‘off’ and laier ‘leave’. This verb, which also crops up in English relay , appears to have been a variant of laissier (source of English lease ), which came from Latin laxāre ‘slacken, undo’. This in turn w
• list 英文词源 list list: Over the centuries, English has had no fewer than five different words list , only two of which are now in everyday common usage. List ‘catalogue’ [17] was borrowed from French liste ‘band, border, strip of paper, catalogue’. This goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * līstōn , source also of English list ‘border, strip’ [OE], which now survives only in the plu
• lissome 英文词源 lissome (adj.) c. 1800, variant of lithesome . 中文词源 lissome ：苗条的 来自lithesome的拼写变体。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lissome 词源， lissome 含义。
• lisp 英文词源 lisp (v.) late Old English awlyspian "to lisp," from wlisp (adj.) "lisping," probably of imitative origin (compare Middle Dutch, Old High German lispen , Danish læspe , Swedish läspa ). Related: Lisped ; lisping . lisp (n.) 1620s, from lisp (v.). 中文词源 lisp ：咬舌音，口齿不清 拟声词。比较lilt. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lisp 词源，
• lisle 英文词源 lisle (n.) 1851, from French Lisle , earlier spelling of Lille , city in northwest France where the thread was made; the name is apparently originally l'isle "the island," referring to its location. 中文词源 lisle ：莱尔线 因产自法国地名Lisle而得名，字面意思即l’isle,那个岛屿。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lisle 词源， lisle 含
• lira 英文词源 lira (n.) Italian monetary unit, 1610s, from Italian lira , literally "pound," from Latin libra (see Libra ). 中文词源 lira ：里拉 来自拉丁语libra,秤。在用于指意大利货币单位。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lira 词源， lira 含义。
• liquorice 英文词源 liquorice liquorice: [13] Liquorice , or licorice as it is usually spelled in American English, has no direct etymological connection with liquor (although liquor has played a significant role in its development). It goes back to Greek glukúrrhiza , which meant literally ‘sweet root’ (it was a compound of glukús ‘sweet’, source of English glycerine , and rhíza ‘root’, s
• liquor 英文词源 liquor (n.) c. 1200, likur "any matter in a liquid state," from Old French licor "fluid, liquid; sap; oil" (Modern French liqueur ), from Latin liquorem (nominative liquor ) "liquidity, fluidity," also "a liquid, the sea," from liquere "be fluid, liquid" (see liquid (adj.)). Narrowed sense of "fermented or distilled drink" (especially wine) first recorded c. 1300. To liquor up "get dr
• liquidizer 英文词源 liquidize (v.) 1837, "make liquid," from liquid + -ize . Meaning "to run through a kitchen liquidizer" is from 1954. Related: Liquidized ; liquidizing . 中文词源 liquidizer ：榨汁机 来自liquid,液体，-ize,使。即使成液体的机器，榨汁机。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： liquidizer 词源， liquidizer 含义。
• liquidity 英文词源 liquidity (n.) 1610s, "quality of being liquid," from Late Latin liquiditatem (nominative liquiditas ), from Latin liquidus (see liquid ). Meaning "quality of being financially liquid" is from 1897. 中文词源 liquidity ：资产变现能力 来自liquidate,使清算，使清偿。引申词义资产的变现能力。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： liquidity 词
• liquidator 英文词源 liquidator (n.) 1825, agent noun in Latin form from liquidate . 中文词源 liquidator ：清算人 来自liquidate,使清算，使清偿。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： liquidator 词源， liquidator 含义。
• liquidate 英文词源 liquidate (v.) 1570s, "to reduce to order, to set out clearly" (of accounts), from Late Latin or Medieval Latin liquidatus , past participle of liquidare "to melt, make liquid or clear, clarify," from Latin liquidus (see liquid ). Sense of "clear away" (a debt) first recorded 1755. The meaning "wipe out, kill" is from 1924, possibly from Russian likvidirovat . Related: Liquidated ; li
• liquid 英文词源 liquid liquid: [14] Latin liquēre meant ‘be fluid’. From it was derived the adjective liquidus , which reached English via Old French (it was not used as a noun in the sense ‘liquid substance’ until the early 18th century). Also derived from liquēre was the noun liquor , which passed into Old French as licur or licour . English has borrowed this twice: first in the 13th cent
• liqueur 英文词源 liqueur (n.) "sweetened, flavored alcoholic liquor," 1729, from French liqueur "liquor, liquid," from Old French licor "liquid." See liquor , which is the same word but borrowed earlier. 中文词源 liqueur ：烈性甜酒 词源同liquor,烈酒。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： liqueur 词源， liqueur 含义。 liqueur ：(饭后饮用的)甜露酒；利口酒
• liquefy 英文词源 liquefy (v.) early 15c., from Old French liquefier "liquefy, dissolve," from Latin liquefacere "make liquid, melt," from liquere "be fluid" (see liquid (adj.)) + facere "to make" (see factitious ). 中文词源 liquefy ：使液化 来自liquid,液体。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： liquefy 词源， liquefy 含义。 liquefy ：(使)液化  词根词缀：
• lip-sync 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random vicinity vicinity: [16] Latin vīcus meant ‘group of houses, village’ (it is related to the - wich or - wick of English place-names, which originally meant ‘hamlet, town’). From it was derived vīcīnus ‘neighbouring’, which in turn produced vīcīnitās ‘neighbourhood’, source of English vicinity . 中文词源
• lipstick 英文词源 lipstick (n.) 1880, from lip (n.) + stick (n.). 中文词源 lipstick ：口红 lip,唇，stick,棍子。引申词义口红。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lipstick 词源， lipstick 含义。 lipstick ：口红，唇膏    词根词缀： lip嘴唇 + stick棍,棒
• lip service 英文词源 lip service (n.) "something proffered but not performed," 1640s, from lip (n.) + service (n.1). Earlier in same sense was lip-labour (1530s). 中文词源 lip service ：应酬话，口惠而实不至 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lip service 词源， lip service 含义。
• lipsalve 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random cricket cricket: English has two completely unrelated words cricket . The name of the small grasshopper-like insect [14] comes from Old French criquet , a derivative of the verb criquer ‘click, creak’, which no doubt originated as an imitation of the sound itself. The origins of the name of the game cricket [16] have never b
• lip-read 英文词源 lip-read (v.) 1880, back-formation from lip-reading , which is attested from 1852 in writings on educating deaf-mutes; from lip (n.) + reading . 中文词源 lip-read ：唇读 即唇读。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lip-read 词源， lip-read 含义。
• lippy 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random cider cider: [14] Despite its seeming roots in the appleproducing English countryside, cider is a very ancient word, which has come a long way to reach us. Hebrew shēkhār meant ‘any strong drink in general’. It crops up in several places in the Bible, and was adopted by Greek and Latin translators as, respectively, sīkér
• liposuction 英文词源 liposuction (n.) 1983, from Greek lipos "fat" (see lipo- ) + suction (n.). 中文词源 liposuction ：吸脂术 lipo-,脂肪，suction,吸，吸吮。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： liposuction 词源， liposuction 含义。
• liposome 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random propound propound: see purpose 中文词源 liposome ：脂质体 lipo-,脂肪，-some,体，词源同somatic,chromosome. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： liposome 词源， liposome 含义。
• lipoprotein 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random hip hip: English has two hips . The anatomical hip [OE] comes from a prehistoric Germanic * khupiz , whose formal and semantic similarity to Greek kúbos ‘six-sided figure’, hence ‘pelvic cavity’ (source of English cube ) suggests that the two may be related. The rose- hip [OE] goes back to a West Germanic * kheup -, whi
• lipid 英文词源 lipid lipid: see leave lipid (n.) "organic substance of the fat group," from French lipide , coined 1923 by G. Bertrand from Greek lipos "fat, grease" (see lipo- ) + chemical suffix -ide . 中文词源 lipid ：脂质，类脂 来自希腊语lipos,脂肪，来自PIE*leip,脂肪，油脂，粘附，词源同adipose,leave,liver. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lip