英语词源

• light show 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random butterfly butterfly: [OE] A number of theories have been put forward as to how the butterfly got its name. Perhaps the most generally accepted is that it is a reflection of a once-held notion that butterflies land on and consume butter or milk left uncovered in kitchen or dairy (an idea perhaps supported by the German name for t
• lightship 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random whitlow whitlow: see flake 中文词源 lightship ：灯船 light,灯光，ship,船。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lightship 词源， lightship 含义。
• light pollution 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random tarantella tarantella: [18] In the 15th century in southern Italy an epidemic of a curious nervous disorder broke out, one of whose symptoms was an uncontrollable compulsion to whirl and cavort around, as if dancing. The people attributed it to the bite of a spider, the tarantula [16], named after the local town and seaport of T
• lightning rod 英文词源 Franklin Middle English Frankeleyn , attested as a surname from late 12c., from Anglo-French fraunclein "freeholder, land-owner of free but not noble birth," from Old French franc "free" (see frank (adj.)); probably with the Germanic suffix also found in chamberlain . The Franklin stove (1787) so called because it was invented by U.S. scientist/politician Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
• lightning conductor 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random eligible eligible: see elect 中文词源 lightning conductor ：避雷针 即雷电引导装置。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lightning conductor 词源， lightning conductor 含义。
• lightning bug 英文词源 lightning (n.) late 13c., present participle of lightnen "make bright," extended form of Old English lihting , from leht (see light (n.)). Meaning "cheap, raw whiskey" is attested from 1781, also sometimes "gin." Lightning bug is attested from 1778. Lightning rod from 1790. 中文词源 lightning bug ：萤火虫 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： l
• lightning 英文词源 lightning lightning: [14] Etymologically, lightning is simply something that illuminates, or ‘lightens’, the sky. The word is a contraction of an earlier lightening , a derivative of lighten ‘make light’. The Old English word for ‘lightning’ was lēget , which is related to light . In Middle English it became leit , and later leiting , but in the 14th century lightning too
• lighting 英文词源 lighting (n.) "shining, illumination," Old English lihting , from leoht (see light (n.)). 中文词源 lighting ：灯光，照明 来自light,发光，照明。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lighting 词源， lighting 含义。
• light industry 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random indolent indolent: [18] Historically, indolent means ‘feeling no pain’ – indeed, that is how it was used as a technical medical term in English in the 17th and 18th centuries. It comes from late Latin indolens , which was based on the Latin verb dolere ‘suffer pain’ (source also of English dolour [13] and doleful [13])
• light-hearted 英文词源 light-hearted (adj.) also lighthearted , "cheerful," c. 1400, from light (adj.1) + hearted . Related: Light-heartedly ; light-heartedness . 中文词源 light-hearted ：轻松的 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： light-hearted 词源， light-hearted 含义。
• light-headed 英文词源 light-headed (adj.) also lightheaded , "dizzy," 1530s; from light (adj.1) + head (n.). Related: Light-headedness . 中文词源 light-headed ：头晕的 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： light-headed 词源， light-headed 含义。
• light-footed 英文词源 nimble (adj.) "agile, light-footed," c. 1300, nemel , from Old English næmel "quick to grasp" (attested but once), related to niman "to take," from Proto-Germanic *neman (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Dutch, Gothic niman , Old Norse nema , Old Frisian nima , German nehmen "to take"), from PIE root *nem- "to divide, distribute, allot," also "to take" (cognates: Greek nemein "to deal out,"
• light-fingered 英文词源 light-fingered (adj.) "thievish," 1540s, from light (adj.1) + finger . 中文词源 light-fingered ：惯偷的 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： light-fingered 词源， light-fingered 含义。
• lighter 英文词源 lighter (n.1) "barge," late 15c., agent noun from light (adj.1), with a sense of lightening a load, or else from Dutch lichter , from lichten "to lighten, unload," on the same notion. They are used in loading or unloading ships that cannot approach a wharf. lighter (n.2) "person who lights," 1550s, agent noun from light (v.2). 中文词源 lighter ：打火机 来自light,发光，光线
• lighten 英文词源 lighten (v.1) "to make less heavy," figuratively "to make cheerful," mid-14c., from light (adj.1) + -en (1). Related: Lightened ; lightening . lighten (v.2) "shed light upon, illuminate, brighten," early 14c., from light (n.) -en (1). Meaning "to grow brighter" is late 14c. Of faces, expressions, etc., from 1795. Related: Lightened ; lightening . 中文词源 lighten ：减轻 来自l
• light 英文词源 light light: [OE] English has two distinct words light . The one meaning ‘illumination’ comes ultimately from Indo-European * leuk -, * louk -, * luk -, which also produced Greek leukós ‘white’ (source of English leukaemia [20]) and Latin lūx ‘light’ (from which English gets lucifer [OE], literally ‘light-bearer’), lūmen ‘light’ (whence English luminous [15]), lū
• ligger 英文词源 ledger ledger: [15] Etymologically, a ledger is a book that ‘lies’ in one place. The term was used in 15th- and 16th-century English with various specific applications, including a ‘large copy of the Breviary’ (the Roman Catholic service book), and a ‘large register or record-book’ – both big volumes that would not have been moved around much – but it finally settled o
• ligature 英文词源 ligature ligature: see liable ligature (n.) c. 1400, "something used in tying or binding," from Middle French ligature (14c.), from Late Latin ligatura "a band," from Latin ligatus , past participle of ligare "to bind" (see ligament ). In musical notation from 1590s; of letters joined in printing or writing from 1690s. 中文词源 ligature ：绷带，带子 来自拉丁语ligare,绑定
• ligate 英文词源 ligate (v.) 1590s, from Latin ligatus , past participle of ligare "to bind" (see ligament ). Related: Ligated ; ligating . 中文词源 ligate ：动脉或血管等结扎 来自拉丁语ligare,绑定，连结，词源同liable,oblige.引申词义结扎。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ligate 词源， ligate 含义。
• ligament 英文词源 ligament ligament: see liable ligament (n.) late 14c., from Latin ligamentum "band, tie, ligature," from ligare "to bind, tie," from PIE *leig- "to bind" (cognates: Albanian lith "I bind," Middle Low German lik "band," Middle High German geleich "joint, limb"). Related: Ligamental ; ligamentary . 中文词源 ligament ：韧带 来自拉丁语ligare,绑定，连结，词源同liable,o
• lift-off 英文词源 liftoff (n.) also lift-off , "vertical take-off of a rocket, etc.," 1956, American English, from lift (v.) + off . 中文词源 lift-off ：航天器的升空 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lift-off 词源， lift-off 含义。
• lift 英文词源 lift lift: see loft lift (v.) c. 1200, from Old Norse lypta "to raise," from Proto-Germanic *luftijan (cognates: Middle Low German lüchten , Dutch lichten , German lüften "to lift;" Old English lyft "heaven, air," see loft ). The meaning "steal" (as in shop-lift ) is first recorded 1520s. Related: Lifted ; lifting . lift (n.) late 15c., "act of lifting," from lift (v.). Meaning "act
• lifestyle 英文词源 lifestyle (n.) also life-style , 1929, from life (n.) + style (n.); originally a specific term used by Austrian psychologist Alfred Adler (1870-1937); broader sense is by 1961. 中文词源 lifestyle ：生活方式 life,生命，style,方式。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lifestyle 词源， lifestyle 含义。
• lifespan 英文词源 lifespan (n.) also life span , 1918, from life (n.) + span (n.1). 中文词源 lifespan ：寿命 life,生命，span,扩展。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lifespan 词源， lifespan 含义。
• life sentence 英文词源 lifer (n.) "prisoner serving a life sentence," 1830, from life (n.). 中文词源 life sentence ：终身监禁 life,终身，sentence,宣判。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： life sentence 词源， life sentence 含义。
• lifer 英文词源 lifer (n.) "prisoner serving a life sentence," 1830, from life (n.). 中文词源 lifer ：终身囚犯 幽默用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lifer 词源， lifer 含义。
• life preserver 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random dean dean: [14] Etymologically, a dean is someone in charge of a group of ten people. That was the meaning of its ancestor, Greek dekānós , a word formed from déka ‘ten’. This eventually came to designate specifically someone in charge of ten monks, and this sense passed via late Latin decānus , Old French deien , and An
• life peer 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random fuller fuller: see foil 中文词源 life peer ：终身贵族 life,终身，peer,贵族。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： life peer 词源， life peer 含义。
• lifeline 英文词源 lifeline (n.) also life-line , 1700, "rope used somehow to save lives," from life (n.) + line (n.); figurative sense first attested 1860. Sense in palmistry from 1890. 中文词源 lifeline ：救生索 life,生命，line,线，绳索。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lifeline 词源， lifeline 含义。 lifeline ：生命线，命脉 词根词缀： life生命
• life jacket 英文词源 Mae West type of inflatable life jacket, 1940, military slang, in reference to the screen name of the buxom U.S. film star (1892-1980). 中文词源 life jacket ：救生衣 life,生命，jacket,夹克。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： life jacket 词源， life jacket 含义。
• life history 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random spew spew: see spit 中文词源 life history ：生平 life,人生，history,历史。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： life history 词源， life history 含义。
• lifeguard 英文词源 lifeguard (n.) also life-guard , 1640s, "bodyguard of soldiers," from life (n.) + guard (n.), translating German leibgarde . Sense of "person paid to watch over bathers" is by 1896. 中文词源 lifeguard ：救生员 life,生命，guard,保卫。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lifeguard 词源， lifeguard 含义。
• life coach 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random nebula nebula: [17] As its form suggests, nebula was originally a Latin word, but it goes back to a prehistoric Indo-European base (* nebh - ‘cloud’) which produced a wide range of other descendants, including German nebel ‘cloud’, Greek néphos ‘cloud’, and Latvian debess ‘sky’. It also got into Old English, as
• lifebuoy 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random instigate instigate: see stick 中文词源 lifebuoy ：救生圈 life,生命，buoy,救生圈。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lifebuoy 词源， lifebuoy 含义。
• lifeblood 英文词源 lifeblood (n.) also life-blood , 1580s, "blood necessary for life," from life (n.) + blood (n.). Figurative and transferred use is from 1590s. 中文词源 lifeblood ：命根 life,生命，blood,血。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lifeblood 词源， lifeblood 含义。
• lifebelt 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random unction unction: [14] Unction was borrowed from Latin unctiō , a derivative of unguere ‘anoint’ (source also of English unguent [15]). This was descended from the same prehistoric ancestor as produced Welsh ymenyn ‘butter’. Unctuous [14], from the medieval Latin derivative unctuōsus , originally meant literally ‘oily
• life-and-death 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random anthrax anthrax: [14] In Greek, anthrax means ‘coal’ (hence English anthracite [19]). The notion of a burning coal led to its being applied metaphorically to a very severe boil or carbuncle, and that is how it was first used in English. It was not until the late 19th century that the word came into general use, when it was a
• life 英文词源 life life: [OE] Prehistoric Germanic * līb - denoted ‘remain, be left’. From this was formed the noun * lībam , which in due course produced English life (the semantic connection between ‘remaining’ and life – and the closely related live – is thought to lie in the notion of being ‘left alive after a battle’). Of the noun’s Germanic relatives, Swedish and Danish li
• lieutenant 英文词源 lieutenant lieutenant: [14] Etymologically, a lieutenant is someone who ‘holds the place’ of another (more senior) officer – that is, deputizes for him. The word comes from French lieutenant , a compound formed from lieu ‘place’ and tenant (source of English tenant ). Lieu (borrowed independently by English as lieu [13] in the phrase ‘in lieu of’) comes in turn from Lati
• lieu 英文词源 lieu late 13c., from Old French lieu "place, position, situation, rank," from Latin locum (nominative locus ) "place." 中文词源 lieu ：代替 来自古法语lieu,地方，位置，来自拉丁语locus,地方，词源同location.引申词义代替，放置。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lieu 词源， lieu 含义。
• lien 英文词源 lien lien: see liable lien (n.) "right to hold property of another until debt is paid," 1530s, from Middle French lien "a band or tie," from Latin ligamen "bond," from ligare "to bind, tie" (see ligament ). 中文词源 lien ：扣押权，留置权 来自法语，来自拉丁语ligamen,绑定，词源同liable,ligament.引申词义扣押权，留置权。 该词的英语词源请访问
• liege 英文词源 liege (adj.) word used by a vassal to address his superior or lord in the feudal system, c. 1300, from Anglo-French lige (late 13c.), Old French lige "(feudal) liege, free, giving or receiving fidelity," perhaps from Late Latin laeticus "cultivated by serfs," from laetus "serf," which probably is from Proto-Germanic *lethiga- "freed" (cognates: Old English læt "half-freedman, serf;"
• lief 英文词源 lief (adj.) Old English leof "dear, valued, beloved, pleasant;" also as a noun, "a beloved person, friend," from Proto-Germanic *leubo- (cognates: Old Norse ljutr , Old Frisian liaf , Dutch lief , Old High German liob , German lieb , Gothic liufs "dear, beloved"), from PIE root *leubh- "love" (see love (n.)). As an adverb, "dearly, willingly" from c. 1250. I want and I'd love to are o
• lie-down 英文词源 lie-down (n.) period of rest reclining, 1840, from lie (v.2) + down (adv.). 中文词源 lie-down ：躺下，小睡 lie,躺，down,下。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lie-down 词源， lie-down 含义。
• lie detector 英文词源 polygraph (n.) 1794, "mechanical device for making multiple copies of something written or drawn," from Greek polygraphos "writing much," from polys "much" (see poly- ) + graphos "writing," from graphein "to write" (see -graphy ). Meaning "instrument for recording several pulsations of the body at the same time" is 1871; first used as a lie detector 1921. Related: Polygraphy (1590s);
• lied 英文词源 lied (n.) "German romantic song," 1852, from German Lied , literally "song," from Middle High German liet , from Old High German liod , from Proto-Germanic *leuthan (see laud ). Hence Liederkranz , in reference to German singing societies, literally "garland of songs." 中文词源 lied ：利德（钢琴伴奏的德国独唱歌曲） 来自德语Lied，歌，颂歌，抒情歌，词源
• Liebfraumilch 英文词源 Liebfraumilch (n.) German white wine, 1833, from German, literally "milk of Our Lady." 中文词源 Liebfraumilch ：莱茵白葡萄酒 来自德语，lieb,亲爱的，词源同love,frau,女主人，milch,牛奶，词源同milk.其原义为圣母玛利亚的乳汁，用来指莱茵白葡萄酒。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Liebfraumilch 词源， Liebfraumi
• lie 英文词源 lie lie: [OE] English has two words lie . The verb ‘recline’ goes back, together with its Germanic relatives (German liegen , Dutch liggen , Swedish ligga . Danish ligge ), to a prehistoric base * leg -, a variant of the base * lag - which produced lay . Both come ultimately from Indo-European * legh -, * logh -, whose other English descendants include litter and low . The verb ‘
• lidocaine 英文词源 lidocaine "Another term for lignocaine", 1940s: from ( acetani)lid(e ) + -caine (from cocaine). 中文词源 lidocaine ：利多卡因（局部麻醉药） lido-,缩写自acetanilide,来自acetyl和anilide,-caine,缩写自cocaine. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lidocaine 词源， lidocaine 含义。
• lido 英文词源 Lido famous resort island off Venice, from Italian lido , from Latin litus "shore." 中文词源 lido ：公共露天游泳池，海滨浴场 原为意大利地名Lido di Venezia,即威尼斯海滩，来自拉丁语litus,海滩，沙滩，来自PIE*lei,流，流淌，词源同littoral,limnology. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lido 词源， lido 含义。
• lidded 英文词源 marmite (1) "An earthenware cooking container", Early 19th century: French, from Old French marmite 'hypocritical', with reference to the hidden contents of the lidded pot, from marmotter 'to mutter' + mite 'cat'. 中文词源 lidded ：有盖的，眯缝着眼的 来自lid,盖子，比喻义眯缝着眼的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lidded 词源， lid
• lid 英文词源 lid lid: [OE] The prehistoric Germanic ancestor of lid was * khlitham , which also produced Dutch lid and the - lid of German augenlid ‘eyelid’. It comes ultimately from the Indo-European base * kli - ‘cover, shut’. lid (n.) mid-13c., from Old English hlid "lid, cover, opening, gate," from Proto-Germanic *khlithan (cognates: Old Norse hlið "gate, gap," Swedish lid "gate," Old
• lickspittle 英文词源 lickspittle (n.) also lick-spittle , "sycophant, abject toady," 1741, from lick (v.1) + spittle . 中文词源 lickspittle ：谄媚 lick,舔，spittle,痰。比喻义拍马屁，谄媚。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lickspittle 词源， lickspittle 含义。
• licking 英文词源 licking (n.) "an act of licking or lapping," late 14c., from present participle of lick (v.1); meaning "a beating" is 1756, from lick (v.2). 中文词源 licking ：惨败 来自lick,舔，比喻用法，舔脚，大败。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： licking 词源， licking 含义。
• lickety-split 英文词源 lickety-split (adj.) 1852, American English (earlier lickety-cut, lickety-click , and simply licketie , 1817), from lick (n.1) in dialectal sense "very fast sprint in a race" (1809) on the notion of a "lick" as a fast thing (compare blink ). 中文词源 lickety-split ：立即 lickety,舔，俚语义舔一下的时间，快速，split,劈开。比较汉语刹那。 该词的英语词源
• lick 英文词源 lick lick: see lecher lick (v.1) Old English liccian "to pass the tongue over the surface, lap, lick up," from Proto-Germanic *likkon (cognates: Old Saxon likkon , Dutch likken , Old High German lecchon , German lecken , Gothic bi-laigon ), from PIE imitative base *leigh- (cognates: Sanskrit ledhi "he licks," Armenian lizum "I lick," Greek leikhein "to lick," Latin lingere "to lick,"
• licit 英文词源 licit (adj.) late 15c., from Middle French licite or directly from Latin licitus "lawful," past participle of licere "be allowed, be lawful" (see licence ). Related: Licitly ; licitness . 中文词源 licit ：合法的 来自拉丁语licere,合法的，许可的，词源同illicit,license. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： licit 词源， licit 含义。
• lichen 英文词源 lichen (n.) c. 1600, from Latin lichen , from Greek leichen , originally "what eats around itself," probably from leichein "to lick" (see lick ). Originally used of liverwort; the modern sense first recorded 1715. Related: Lichenaceous . 中文词源 lichen ：苔藓，地衣 词源同lick,舔，引申词义苔藓，地衣，即依附在石头上的真菌等。 该词的英语词源请访
• licentious 英文词源 licentious (adj.) "morally unrestrained," 1530s, from Medieval Latin licentiosus "full of license, unrestrained," from Latin licentia (see license (n.)). Related: Licentiously ; licentiousness . 中文词源 licentious ：放荡的，放肆的 来自拉丁语licere,合法的，许可的，词源同licit,leisure.原义为许可的，后词义贬义化，无所限制的，放荡的，放肆
• licentiate 英文词源 licentiate "The holder of a certificate of competence to practise a particular profession", Late 15th century: from medieval Latin, noun use of licentiatus 'having freedom', based on licentia 'freedom'. 中文词源 licentiate ：持职业执照者 来自license,执照，许可证。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： licentiate 词源， licentiate 含义。
• licensing laws 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random hack hack: English has two distinct words hack . By far the older, ‘cut savagely or randomly’ [OE], goes back via Old English haccian to a prehistoric West Germanic * khak -, also reproduced in German hacken and Dutch hakken . It perhaps originated in imitation of the sound of chopping. Hack ‘worn-out horse’ [17] is shor
• license plate 英文词源 tag (n.1) "small, hanging piece from a garment," c. 1400, of uncertain origin but probably from a Scandinavian source (compare Norwegian tagg "point, prong, barb," Swedish tagg "prickle, thorn") and related to Middle Low German tagge "branch, twig, spike"), from Proto-Germanic *tag- . The sense development might be "point of metal at the end of a cord, string, etc.," hence "part hangi
• license number 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random spoor spoor: see spur 中文词源 license number ：车辆登记号码 即执照号，用于车辆登记号码。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： license number 词源， license number 含义。
• licensed 英文词源 unlicensed (adj.) 1630s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of licence (v.). 中文词源 licensed ：有售酒许可的 来自license,许可证。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： licensed 词源， licensed 含义。
• license 英文词源 license see licence . Related: Licensed ; licensing . 中文词源 license ：批准，许可 来自license拼写变体。比较advice,advise,device,devise,vice,vise. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： license 词源， license 含义。
• licence 英文词源 licence licence: see leisure licence (n.) mid-14c., "liberty (to do something), leave," from Old French licence "freedom, liberty, power, possibility; permission," (12c.), from Latin licentia "freedom, liberty, license," from licentem (nominative licens ), present participle of licere "to be allowed, be lawful," from PIE root *leik- "to offer, bargain" (cognates: Lettish likstu "I com
• libretto 英文词源 libretto (n.) (plural libretti ), 1742, from Italian libretto , diminutive of libro "book," from Latin liber (genitive libri ), see library . Related: Librettist . 中文词源 libretto ：歌词 来自拉丁语liber,书，纸张，-etto,小词后缀。引申词义小纸张，抒情诗，歌词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： libretto 词源， libretto 含义。
• librettist 英文词源 libretto (n.) (plural libretti ), 1742, from Italian libretto , diminutive of libro "book," from Latin liber (genitive libri ), see library . Related: Librettist . 中文词源 librettist ：歌词作者 来自libretto,歌词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： librettist 词源， librettist 含义。
• librarian 英文词源 librarian (n.) "custodian of a library," 1713; see library + -an . Earlier form was library-keeper (1640s), and librarian was used earlier in a sense "scribe" (1660s). 中文词源 librarian ：图书管理员 来自library,图书馆。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： librarian 词源， librarian 含义。
• Libra 英文词源 Libra (n.) zodiac constellation, late Old English, from Latin libra , literally "pound, balance," from Mediterranean base *lithra- "a scale." Nativized in Old Norse as skala-merki . 中文词源 Libra ：天秤座 来自拉丁语libra,秤，平衡，词源同lira,liter,deliberate. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Libra 词源， Libra 含义。 Libra （天秤座）
• libido 英文词源 libido (n.) "psychic drive or energy, usually associated with sexual instinct," 1892, carried over untranslated in English edition of Krafft-Ebing's "Psychopathia Sexualis" ; and used in 1909 in A.A. Brill's translation of Freud's "Selected Papers on Hysteria" (Freud's use of the term led to its popularity); from Latin libido "desire, lust," from libere "to be pleasing, to please," ul
• libidinous 英文词源 libidinous libidinous: see love libidinous (adj.) "lustful," mid-15c., Old French libidineus (13c., Modern French libidineux ), from Latin libidinosus "full of desire, lustful," from libido "pleasure, desire, sensual passion, lust" (see libido ). Related: Libidinously ; libidinousness . 中文词源 libidinous ：性欲强的，好色的 来自libido,性欲，性冲动。 该词的英语
• liberty 英文词源 liberty (n.) late 14c., "free choice, freedom to do as one chooses," from Old French liberté "freedom, liberty, free will" (14c.), from Latin libertatem (nominative libertas ) "freedom, condition of a free man; absence of restraint; permission," from liber "free" (see liberal ) The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure it is right. [Learned Hand, 1944] Nautical sense
• libertine 英文词源 libertine (n.) late 14c., "a freedman, an emancipated slave," from Latin libertinus "member of a class of freedmen," from libertus "one's freedmen," from liber "free" (see liberal ). Sense of "freethinker" is first recorded 1560s, from French libertin (1540s) originally the name given to certain Protestant sects in France and the Low Countries. Meaning "dissolute or licentious person"
• libertarian 英文词源 libertarian (n.) 1789, "one who holds the doctrine of free will" (opposed to necessitarian ), from liberty (q.v.) on model of unitarian , etc. Political sense of "person advocating liberty in thought and conduct" is from 1878. As an adjective by 1882. U.S. Libertarian Party founded in Colorado, 1971. 中文词源 libertarian ：自由论者 来自liberty,自由。引申词义自由论者
• liberate 英文词源 liberate (v.) 1620s, from Latin liberatus , past participle of liberare "set free," from liber "free" (see liberal ). Meaning "to free an occupied territory from the enemy" (often used ironically) is from 1942. Related: Liberated ; liberating . 中文词源 liberate ：解放 来自liberal,自由的，-ate,动词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： liberate
• liberality 英文词源 liberality (n.) mid-14c., "generosity," from Old French liberalité "generosity, liberality" (13c.), from Latin liberalitatem (nominative liberalitas ) "way of thinking or acting befitting a free man," noun of quality from liberalis (see liberal (adj.)). 中文词源 liberality ：宽宏大度，开明 来自liberal,自由的，开明的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• liberalism 英文词源 liberalism (n.) 1819, from liberal + -ism . 中文词源 liberalism ：自由主义 来自liberal,自由的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： liberalism 词源， liberalism 含义。
• liberal arts 英文词源 liberal arts late 14c., translating Latin artes liberales ; the seven attainments directed to intellectual enlargement, not immediate practical purpose, and thus deemed worthy of a free man ( liberal in this sense is opposed to servile or mechanical ). They were divided into the trivium -- grammar, logic, rhetoric (see trivial ) -- and the quadrivium -- arithmetic, geometry, music, as
• libelous 英文词源 libelous (adj.) also libellous , 1610s, from libel (n.) + -ous . Related: Libelously ; libelousness . 中文词源 libelous ：诽谤的 来自libel,诽谤。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： libelous 词源， libelous 含义。
• libation 英文词源 libation (n.) late 14c., "pouring out of wine in honor of a god," from Latin libationem (nominative libatio ) "a drink offering," noun of action from past participle stem of libare "pour out (an offering)," from PIE *(s)leib- "to pour, drop" (source of Greek leibein "to pour, make a libation"), an enlargement of root *lei- "to pour, to flow" (cognates: Sanskrit riyati "to let run;" Gr
• lib 英文词源 lib (n.) 1969, American English, shortening of liberation, used with possessives, originally in Women's Lib. Colloquial shortening libber for liberationist is attested from 1971. 中文词源 lib ：解放 缩写自liberation. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lib 词源， lib 含义。
• liar 英文词源 liar (n.) early 13c., from Old English leogere "liar, false witness," agent noun from Anglian legan , West Saxon leogan "be untruthful, lie" (see lie (v.1)). "The form in -ar is probably in imitation of the refashioned forms such as scholar for scoler and pillar for piler ." [Barnhart] 中文词源 liar ：撒谎者 来自lie,撒谎，-ar,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• liaison 英文词源 liaison (n.) 1640s, from French liaison "a union, a binding together" (13c.), from Late Latin ligationem (nominative ligatio ) "a binding," from past participle stem of Latin ligare "to bind" (see ligament ). Originally a cookery term for a thickening agent for sauces. Sense of "intimate relations" is from 1806. Military sense of "cooperation between branches, allies, etc." is from 18
• liaise 英文词源 liaise (v.) 1928, back-formation from liaison . Said to be a coinage of British military men in World War I. Related: Liaised ; liaising . 中文词源 liaise ：联络，联系 来自liaison的回构词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： liaise 词源， liaise 含义。
• liable 英文词源 liable liable: [15] Today’s main meaning of liable , ‘likely to’, is a comparatively recent development. Its primary sense is ‘legally bound or obliged’ (as in ‘liable for someone else’s debts’), which goes right back to the word’s ultimate source, Latin ligāre ‘tie’. Its Old French descendant lier is assumed to have give rise to an Anglo-Norman derivative * lia
• liability 英文词源 liability (n.) 1790, originally a term in law; "condition of being legally liable;" see liable + -ity . General sense is from 1809; meaning "thing for which one is liable" is first attested 1842. Related: Liabilities . 中文词源 liability ：责任，义务 来自liable,有责任的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： liability 词源， liability 含义。 li
• lezzy 英文词源 lezzy "A lesbian", 1950s: abbreviation of lesbian. 中文词源 lezzy ：女同性恋 来自lesbian俚语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lezzy 词源， lezzy 含义。
• Leyland cypress 英文词源 Leyland cypress "A fast-growing hybrid conifer which is narrowly conical with a dense growth of shoots bearing scale-like leaves, widely grown as a screening plant or for shelter", 1930s: named after Christopher J. Leyland (1849–1926), British horticulturist. 中文词源 Leyland cypress ：莱兰柏 来自其栽培者19世纪英国园艺学家Christopher Leyland. 该词的英语词源
• ley 英文词源 ley (n.) "line of a prehistoric track; alignment of natural and artificial features," 1922 [Alfred Watkins], apparently a variant of lea . Popular topic in Britain in 1920s and 30s and again in 1960s-70s. 中文词源 ley ：（被认为是沿古代踪迹的路线并具有超常力量的）假想线，轮作的草地 来自lea的拼写变体。由1921年英国业余考古学家Alfred