英语词源

• lexis 英文词源 lexis "The total stock of words in a language", 1950s (denoting the wording in a piece of writing): from Greek, literally 'word' (see lexicon ). lexis "The total stock of words in a language", 1950s (denoting the wording in a piece of writing): from Greek, literally 'word' (see lexicon ). 中文词源 lexis ：全部词汇 来自希腊语lexis,词，来自PIE*leg,说，词源同lectur
• lexicon 英文词源 lexicon (n.) c. 1600, "a dictionary," from Middle French lexicon or directly from Modern Latin lexicon , from Greek lexikon (biblion) "word (book)," from neuter of lexikos "pertaining to words," from lexis "word," from legein "say" (see lecture (n.)). Used originally of dictionaries of Greek, Syriac, Hebrew and Arabic, because these typically were in Latin and in Modern Latin lexicon
• lexicology 英文词源 lexicology (n.) 1828, from lexico- + -logy . 中文词源 lexicology ：词汇学 lexico-,词汇，-logy,学说。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lexicology 词源， lexicology 含义。
• lexicography 英文词源 lexicography (n.) 1670s, from lexico- + -graphy . Related: Lexicographic ; lexicographical . 中文词源 lexicography ：词典编纂学 lexico-,词汇，-graphy,书写。用于指词典编纂学。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lexicography 词源， lexicography 含义。
• lexical meaning 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random catch catch: [13] Originally catch meant ‘chase, hunt’ (and in fact it is etymologically related to the English word chase ). However, it remarkably quickly moved on to be applied to the next logical step in the procedure, ‘capture’, and by the early 16th century ‘chase’ was becoming obsolete (although it remains the
• lexical 英文词源 lexical (adj.) 1833, from Greek lexikos "pertaining to words" (see lexicon ) + -al (1). Related: Lexically . 中文词源 lexical ：词汇的 来自希腊语lexis,词，来自PIE*leg,说，词源同lecture. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lexical 词源， lexical 含义。
• lexeme 英文词源 lexeme (n.) 1937, from lexicon + -eme , ending abstracted from morpheme . Related: Lexemic . 中文词源 lexeme ：词位，词素 lex-,词，-eme,单位，个体，词源同phoneme. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lexeme 词源， lexeme 含义。
• levy 英文词源 levy (v.) early 13c., "act of raising or collecting," from Anglo-French leve , from Old French levée "act of raising," noun use of fem. past participle of lever "to raise" (see lever ). Originally of taxes, later of men for armies (c. 1500). Related: Levied ; levying . levy (n.) "an act of levying," early 15c., from Anglo-French leve , Old French levée "a raising, lifting; levying,"
• levity 英文词源 levity (n.) "want of seriousness, frivolity," 1560s, from Latin levitatem (nominative levitas ) "lightness, frivolity," from levis "light" in weight (see lever ) + -ity . 中文词源 levity ：轻浮，轻佻 来自PIE*legwh,轻的，可举起的，词源同light,levitate.引申词义轻浮，轻佻。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： levity 词源， levity 含义
• levitate 英文词源 levitate (v.) 1670s, "to rise by virtue of lightness," from Latin levitas "lightness," patterned in English on gravitate . Sense of "raise (a person) into the air" is mainly from spiritualism (1870s). Related: Levitated ; levitating . 中文词源 levitate ：使升空，漂浮 来自拉丁语levare,升起，举起，词源同lever,light.引申词义使升空，漂浮。 该词的英语
• Levi 英文词源 Levi masc. proper name, biblical son of Jacob by Leah, from Hebrew lewi, literally "joining, pledging, attached," from stem of lawah "he joined." 中文词源 Levi ：’s 李维斯牛仔裤 商标名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Levi 词源， Levi 含义。
• leviathan 英文词源 leviathan (n.) late 14c., "sea monster, sea serpent," also regarded as a form of Satan, from Late Latin leviathan , from Hebrew livyathan "dragon, serpent, huge sea animal," of unknown origin, perhaps related to liwyah "wreath," from root l-w-h- "to wind, turn, twist." Of powerful persons or things from c. 1600. Hobbes's use is from 1651. 中文词源 leviathan ：利维坦（圣经中的
• leveret 英文词源 leveret (n.) "young hare," early 15c., from Old French levrat , diminutive of levre (12c., Modern French lièvre ) "hare," from Latin lepore , from lepus . 中文词源 leveret ：小野兔 来自法语levre,野兔，来自拉丁语lepus,兔子。词源不详，可能同light,轻的，轻快的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： leveret 词源， leveret 含义。
• leverage 英文词源 leverage (n.) 1724, "action of a lever," from lever (n.) + -age . Meaning "power or force of a lever" is from 1827; figurative sense from 1858. The financial sense is attested by 1933, American English; as a verb by 1956. Related: Leveraged ; leverages ; leveraging . 中文词源 leverage ：杠杆作用 来自lever,杠杆。即杠杆作用，用于多种比喻义。 该词的英语词源
• lever 英文词源 lever (n.) c. 1300, from Old French levier (Modern French leveur ) "a lifter, a lever," agent noun from lever "to raise," from Latin levare "to raise," from levis "light" in weight, from PIE root *legwh- "light, having little weight; easy, agile, nimble" (cognates: Sanskrit laghuh "quick, small;" Greek elakhys "small," elaphros "light;" Old Church Slavonic liguku , Lithuanian lengvas
• levelly 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random biology biology: [19] The modern European languages have made prolific use of Greek bíos ‘life’ as a prefix, particularly in the 20th century. The first compound into which it entered in English seems to have been biotic , in the now obsolete sense ‘of secular life’ (around 1600), but the trend was really set by biograp
• leveler 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random stable stable: English has two distinct words stable , but both come ultimately from the same source: the Indo-European base * stā - ‘stand’, ancestor also of English stand . The adjective stable [13] comes via Old French estable from Latin stabilis ‘standing firm’, which has also given English establish , stability [15
• level 英文词源 level level: [14] The Latin word for a ‘balance’ or ‘scales’ was libra (it has given English Libra the zodiacal sign [14] and also lies behind many terms for units of measurement, including litre and the abbreviation lb for ‘pound’). Its diminutive form was lībella , which denoted an ‘instrument for checking horizontality’, and hence a ‘horizontal line’. It passed
• levee 英文词源 levee (n.1) 1719, "natural or artificial embankment to prevent overflow of a river," from New Orleans French levée "raising, lifting; embankment," from French, originally fem. past participle of lever "to raise," from Latin levare "to raise" (see lever ). levee (n.2) "morning assembly held by a prince or king (upon rising from bed)," 1670s, from French lever "a raising," noun use of
• leukocyte 英文词源 leukocyte (n.) also leucocyte , 1860, via French leucocyte , from Greek leuko- , comb. form of leukos "white" (see light (n.)) + -cyte (see cyto- ). 中文词源 leukocyte ：白细胞 来自希腊语leukos,亮的，白的，词源同light,cyte-,细胞，词源同lymphocyte. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： leukocyte 词源， leukocyte 含义。
• leukemia 英文词源 leukemia (n.) 1851, on model of German Leukämie (1848), coined by R. Virchow from Greek leukos "clear, white" (cognate with Gothic liuhaþ , Old English leoht "light;" see light (n.)) + haima "blood" (see -emia ). 中文词源 leukemia ：白血病 来自希腊语leukos,亮的，白的，词源同light,haima,血，词源同hematology,anemia. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• letting 英文词源 blood-letting (n.) also bloodletting , early 13c., blod letunge , from blood (n.) + let (v.). Hyphenated from 17c., one word from mid-19c. Old English had blodlæte "blood-letting." 中文词源 letting ：出租期限 来自let,让，出租。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： letting 词源， letting 含义。
• lettering 英文词源 lettering (n.) 1640s, "act of writing;" 1811 as "act of putting letters on something," verbal noun from letter (v.). 中文词源 lettering ：字母 letter,字母，-ing,集合名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lettering 词源， lettering 含义。
• letterhead 英文词源 letterhead (n.) 1868, short for letterheading (1867); from letter (n.1) + head (n.). So called because it was printed at the "head" of the piece of paper. 中文词源 letterhead ：信头 即信纸上的开头，常含有发信人的地址，电话，邮箱等基本信息。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： letterhead 词源， letterhead 含义。
• letter 英文词源 letter letter: [13] The distant ancestry of the word letter has never been satisfactorily explained. One possible candidate as a source that has been put forward is Greek diphthérai ‘writing tablets’. But the earliest precursor that can be positively identified is Latin littera . This meant ‘alphabetic symbol’, or in the plural ‘document’ and ‘epistle’. English acquir
• let-out 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random nominate nominate: [16] Nominate is one of a small band of English words descended from nōmen , the Latin representative of the Indo-European ‘name’ word family that also includes English name . It was based on the derived verb nōmināre ‘name’, which has also given English, via French, nominee [17]. Other English word
• Lethe 英文词源 Lethe river of Hades (whose water when drunk caused forgetfulness of the past), from Greek lethe , literally "forgetfulness, oblivion," related to lethargos "forgetful," lathre "secretly, by stealth," lathrios "stealthy," lanthanein "to be hidden." Cognate with Latin latere "to be hidden" (see latent ). Related: Lethean . 中文词源 Lethe ：冥河，忘川河（假想的河流，死者
• lethargy 英文词源 lethargy lethargy: [14] Greek léthē meant ‘oblivion’ (the Romans used it for the name of a river in Hades whose water induced forgetfulness, and its influence has also been traced in changing Latin lētum ‘death’ to lēthum , source of English lethal [17]). From it was formed the adjective léthargos , which in turn produced the noun lēthargíā , source (via Latin and Old
• lethal 英文词源 lethal (adj.) 1580s, from Late Latin lethalis , alteration of Latin letalis "deadly, fatal," from letum "death," of uncertain origin. Form altered in Late Latin by association with lethes hydor "water of oblivion" in Hades in Greek mythology, from Greek lethe "forgetfulness." 中文词源 lethal ：致命的 来自拉丁语letum,死亡，词源不详。可能同Lethe,冥河，地狱，引
• let-down 英文词源 letdown (n.) also let-down , "disappointment," 1768, from let (v.) + down (adv.). The verbal phrase is from mid-12c. in a literal sense; figuratively by 1795. 中文词源 let-down ：失望，沮丧 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： let-down 词源， let-down 含义。
• let 英文词源 let let: [OE] English has two distinct verbs let , of diametrically opposite meaning, but they are probably ultimately related. The one meaning ‘allow’ goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * lǣt - (source also of German lassen and Dutch laten ) which, like the related late , is connected with a range of words denoting ‘slowness’ or ‘weariness’. It therefore appears that th
• lest 英文词源 lest (conj.) c. 1200, contracted from Middle English phrase les te "less that," from Old English phrase þy læs þe "whereby less that," from þy , instrumental case of demonstrative article þæt "that" + læs (see less ) + þe "the." The þy was dropped and the remaining two words contracted into leste . 中文词源 lest ：唯恐，以免 来自古英语短语les te,少于某某的
• lessor 英文词源 lessor (n.) "one who grants a lease," late 14c., from Anglo-French lessor (late 13c.), from verb lesser (see lease ). 中文词源 lessor ：出租人 来自lease,出租。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lessor 词源， lessor 含义。
• lesson 英文词源 lesson lesson: [13] Etymologically, a lesson is ‘something read’ – as indeed the lesson read in church still is. The word comes via Old French lecon from Latin lectiō ‘reading’, a derivative of the verb legere ‘read’ (from which English gets lectern , lecture , etc). The word’s educational sense arose from the notion of a passage of text that a child had to read and l
• lesser 英文词源 lesser (adj.) early 13c., a double comparative, from less + -er (2). Johnson calls it "a barbarous corruption of less , formed by the vulgar from the habit of terminating comparatives in -er ." As an adverb from 1590s; now generally poetic or obsolete except in expression lesser-known (1813). 中文词源 lesser ：较少的，次要的 less,用于little的比较级，-er,比较级后缀
• lessen 英文词源 lessen (v.) "to become less," c. 1300, from less + -en (1). Related: Lessened ; lessening . 中文词源 lessen ：减轻 less,较小，-en,使。引申词义减轻。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lessen 词源， lessen 含义。
• lessee 英文词源 lessee lessee: see lease lessee (n.) "one to whom a lease is given," late 15c., from Anglo-French lesee , Old French lessé , past participle of lesser (Modern French laisser ) "to let, leave" (see lease ). 中文词源 lessee ：租户 来自lease,出租。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lessee 词源， lessee 含义。
• less 英文词源 less less: [OE] In origin, less is a comparative form. It goes back ultimately to Indo-European * loiso - ‘small’, which in prehistoric Germanic had the comparative suffix added to it to produce * laisiz – whence English less . It is not found in any of the other modern Germanic languages. = least less Old English læs (adv.), læssa (adj.), comparative of læs "small;" from Pro
• lesion 英文词源 lesion (n.) early 15c., from Middle French lesion , from Latin laesionem (nominative laesio ) "injury," from past participle stem of laedere "to strike, hurt, damage," of unknown origin. Originally with reference to any sort of hurt, whether physical or not. 中文词源 lesion ：损伤，伤害 来自拉丁语laedere,击，伤害，词源同elide,collide. 该词的英语词源请访问
• lese-majesty 英文词源 lese-majesty (n.) "offense against sovereign authority, treason," 1530s (mid-15c. as an Anglo-French word), from French lèse-majesté , from Latin laesa majestos "violated majesty," from laesus , past participle of laedere "to hurt, injure, damage, offend, insult," of unknown origin. 中文词源 lese-majesty ：不敬罪，叛逆罪 来自法语，lese,伤害，词源同lesion,majes
• leprous 英文词源 leprous (adj.) early 13c., leprus , from Old French lepros (Modern French lépreux ), from Late Latin leprosus , from Latin lepra "leprosy" (see leper ). 中文词源 leprous ：麻风的 来自leper,麻风病患者。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： leprous 词源， leprous 含义。
• leprosy 英文词源 leprosy (n.) 1530s (earlier lepruse , mid-15c.), from leprous ; see leper . First used in Coverdale Bible, where it renders Hebrew cara'ath , which apparently was a comprehensive term for skin diseases. Because of pejorative associations, the use of the word in medical context has been banned by the World Health Organization and replaced by Hansen's disease (1938), named for Norwegian
• leprechaun 英文词源 leprechaun leprechaun: [17] Leprechaun means literally ‘little body’. It comes from an Irish compound noun made up of the adjective lu ‘little’ and corp ‘body’ (a borrowing from Latin corpus ). Its original Old Irish form was luchorpán , and in modern Irish this became leipracán . The first record of its use in English is in Thomas Middleton’s Honest whore 1604: ‘as
• leper 英文词源 leper leper: [13] Etymologically, a person suffering from leprosy has ‘scaly’ skin. The Greek word for ‘scale’ was lépos or lepís . From them was derived the adjective leprós ‘scaly’, whose feminine form léprā was used as a noun meaning ‘leprosy’. This passed via Latin lepra and Old French lepre into English as leper , where it still denoted ‘leprosy’. In the
• leotard 英文词源 leotard leotard: [19] The leotard commemorates the French trapeze artist Jules Léotard (1830–70), who wore such a garment when he was performing. He was one of the foremost circus acrobats of his day, and a pioneer of aerial stunts: he performed the first mid-air somersault, and invented the ‘flying trapeze’ (he became known as the ‘Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze’,
• leopardess 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random pale pale: English has two words pale . The adjective [13] comes via Old French from Latin pallidus (source also of English appal – originally ‘turn pale’ – pall ‘become wearisome’ [14] – originally a shortening of appal – and pallid [17]). This was a derivative of the verb pallēre ‘be pale’, which was desce
• leopard-crawl 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random travel travel: [14] Travel and travail [13] are doublets – that is to say, they have a common ancestor, but have split into separate words. Their ultimate source is medieval Latin trepālium , a term for an instrument of torture made of three sharp stakes. This was a compound noun formed from Latin trēs ‘three’ and pālus
• leopard 英文词源 leopard (n.) late 13c., from Old French lebard, leupart (12c., Modern French léopard ), from Late Latin leopardus , literally "lion-pard," from Greek leopardos , from leon "lion" + pardos "male panther," which generally is said to be connected to Sanskrit prdakuh "panther, tiger." The animal was thought in ancient times to be a hybrid of these two species. 中文词源 leopard ：豹
• leonine 英文词源 leonine (adj.) "lion-like," late 14c., from Old French leonin or directly from Latin leoninus "belonging to or resembling a lion," from leo (genitive leonis ) "lion." Weekley thinks that Leonine verse (1650s), rhymed in the middle as well as the end of the line, probably is from the name of some medieval poet, perhaps Leo , Canon of St. Victor, Paris, 12c. 中文词源 leonine ：像狮
• Leo 英文词源 Leo zodiac constellation, late Old English, from Latin leo "lion" (see lion ). Meaning "person born under the sign of Leo" is from 1894. Leonid "meteor which appears to radiate from Leo" is from 1868. The annual shower peaks Nov. 14. 中文词源 Leo ：狮子座 来自拉丁语leo,狮子，词源同lion. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Leo 词源， Leo 含义。
• lentil 英文词源 lentil lentil: see lens lentil (n.) mid-13c., from Old French lentille "lentil," also "freckle," from Latin lenticula , diminutive of Latin lens (genitive lentis ) "lentil," cognate with Greek lathyros , German linse , Old Church Slavonic lęšta . 中文词源 lentil ：兵豆 来自拉丁语lens,豆荚，豆子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lentil 词源，
• lentigo 英文词源 lentigo "A condition marked by small brown patches on the skin, typically in elderly people", Late Middle English (denoting a freckle or pimple): from Latin, from lens , lent- 'lentil'. 中文词源 lentigo ：雀斑痣 词源同lentil,豆荚。引申词义豆荚斑，雀斑。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lentigo 词源， lentigo 含义。
• Lent 英文词源 Lent Lent: [OE] The etymological meaning of Lent is ‘long days’. It comes from * langgitīnaz , a prehistoric West Germanic compound formed from * lanngaz ‘long’ and an element * tīna denoting ‘day’. This signified originally ‘spring’, an allusion to the lengthening days at that time of year. It passed into Old English as lencten , which became Middle English lenten ,
• lensman 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random thorough thorough: [OE] Thorough is ultimately the same word as through . Both go back to Old English thurh ‘through’. In its single-syllable form it has stuck to its original role as a preposition and adverb, but in the case of thorough this has now virtually died out, leaving only the adjective, which evolved in the 13th c
• lens 英文词源 lens lens: [17] The Latin word for a ‘lentil’ was lēns ; and when 17th-century scientists wanted a term for a round biconvex (lentil-shaped) piece of glass, they needed to look no further than lens . English lentil [13] itself comes via Old French from Latin lenticula , a diminutive form of lēns . = lentil lens (n.) 1690s, "glass to regulate light rays," from Latin lens (genitiv
• Leninism 英文词源 Leninism "Marxism as interpreted and applied by Lenin", Early 20th century: named after Lenin (see Lenin, Vladimir Ilich ). 中文词源 Leninism ：列宁主义 来自俄国无产阶级革命家Lenin,-ism,主义，思想。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Leninism 词源， Leninism 含义。
• lenient 英文词源 lenient (adj.) 1650s, "relaxing, soothing," from Middle French lenient , from Latin lenientem (nominative leniens ), present participle of lenire "to soften, alleviate, mitigate, allay, calm," from lenis "mild, gentle, calm," probably from PIE root *le- "to leave, yield, let go, slacken" (cognates: Lithuanian lenas "quiet, tranquil, tame, slow," Old Church Slavonic lena "lazy," Latin
• lengthy 英文词源 lengthy (adj.) 1759, American English, from length + -y (2). Until c. 1840 always characterized in British English as an Americanism. This word has been very common among us, both in writing and in the language of conversation; but it has been so much ridiculed by Americans as well as Englishmen, that in writing it is now generally avoided. Mr. Webster has admitted it into his diction
• lengthways 英文词源 lengthways 1590s, from length + way (n.), with adverbial genitive -s . 中文词源 lengthways ：纵向，纵长 length,长度，-ways,朝向。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lengthways 词源， lengthways 含义。
• lengthen 英文词源 lengthen (v.) late 14c., from length + -en (1). Related: Lengthened ; lengthening . Earlier verb was simply length (c. 1300). 中文词源 lengthen ：加长 length,长度，-en,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lengthen 词源， lengthen 含义。 lengthen ：(使)变长，延长 词根词缀： length长度 + -en动词词尾
• length 英文词源 length length: [OE] Length was coined in the prehistoric Germanic period from the adjective * langgaz (source of English long ) and the abstract noun suffix *- ithō . The resultant * langgithō has subsequently diversified to Dutch lengte , Swedish längd , Danish længde , and English length . (German has plumped for the different noun derivative länge ‘length’, whose English r
• lender 英文词源 lender (n.) Old English laenere , agent noun from lænan (see lend (v.)). 中文词源 lender ：借方 来自lend,借。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lender 词源， lender 含义。
• lend 英文词源 lend lend: [15] Lend and loan are closely related – come in fact from the same ultimate source (which also produced English delinquent , ellipse , and relinquish ). Why then does the verb have a d while the noun does not? Originally there was no d . The Old English verb ‘lend’ was lǣnan , which in Middle English became lene . But gradually during the Middle English period the p
• lemur 英文词源 lemur (n.) nocturnal Madagascar mammal, 1795, coined by Linnaeus, from Latin lemures (plural) "spirits of the dead" in Roman mythology. The oldest usage of "lemur" for a primate that we are aware of is in Linnaeus's catalog of the Museum of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (Tattersall, 1982); .... In this work, he explained his use of the name "lemur" thus: "Lemures dixi hos, quod noctu
• lemon-squeezer 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random carat carat: [16] The carat gets its name from the use of carob beans as standard weights for measuring the heaviness of small quantities. The Greek name for the elongated seed pod of the carob tree was kerátion , a derivative of kéras ‘horn’ (related to English horn ). This passed into Arabic as qīrāt , where it became
• lemon sole 英文词源 lemon sole "A common European flatfish of the plaice family. It is an important food fish", Mid 19th century: lemon from French limande , of unknown origin. 中文词源 lemon sole ：柠檬鲽（小比目鱼） lemon词义不明，sole,比目鱼。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lemon sole 词源， lemon sole 含义。
• lemon grass 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random senate senate: [13] The Roman senate was etymologically an assembly of ‘elders’. Latin senātus was a derivative of senex ‘old’, which has also given English senile , senior , sir , etc. English acquired the word via Old French senat . Senator [13] comes from the Latin derivative senātor . = senile , senior , sir 中文词
• lemonade 英文词源 lemonade (n.) 1660s, from French limonade (17c.); see lemon (n.1) + -ade . Earlier English spelling was lemonado (c. 1640) with false Spanish ending. 中文词源 lemonade ：柠檬汁 来自lemon,柠檬。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lemonade 词源， lemonade 含义。
• lemon 英文词源 lemon lemon: see lime lemon (n.1) type of citrus fruit, c. 1400, lymon , from Old French limon "citrus fruit" (12c.), via Provençal or Italian from Arabic laimun , from Persian limu(n) , generic terms for citrus fruits (compare lime (n.2)); cognate with Sanskrit nimbu "the lime." Slang meaning "a Quaalude" is 1960s, from Lemmon , name of a pharmaceutical company that once manufacture
• lemming 英文词源 lemming (n.) small arctic rodent, c. 1600, from Norwegian lemming , from Old Norse lomundr "lemming." Perhaps from Lapp luomek . Figurative sense (in reference to their mass migrations that sometimes end in plunges into the sea) is from 1958. 中文词源 lemming ：旅鼠 来自挪威语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lemming 词源， lemming 含义。
• lemma 英文词源 lemma (n.) 1560s, first in mathematics, from Greek lemma (plural lemmata ) "something received or taken; an argument; something taken for granted," from root of lambanein "to take" (see analemma ). 中文词源 lemma ：引理，辅助定理 来自希腊语lemma,论题，可接受的理论，来自lambanein,抓住，接受，词源同dilemma,syllable. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• lekker 英文词源 lekker "Good; pleasant", Afrikaans, from Dutch, literally 'delicious'. 中文词源 lekker ：好的，不错的 来自南非荷兰语，词源同lick,舔，引申词义好的，可口的，不错的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lekker 词源， lekker 含义。
• leitmotif 英文词源 leitmotif (n.) 1876, "a musical figure to which some definite meaning is attached," from German Leitmotiv , literally "lead motive," from leiten "to lead" (see lead (v.1)) + Motiv (see motive ). A term associated with Wagnerian musical drama, though the thing itself is at least as old as Mozart. "The leitmotif must be characteristic of the person or thing it is intended to represent."
• leisurewear 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random wend wend: [OE] Wend comes from the prehistoric Germanic base * wand -, * wend - ‘turn’, which also produced German and Dutch wenden , Swedish vända , and Danish vende ‘turn’ (and English wand and wander ). It started off meaning ‘turn’ in English too, but it soon broadened out to ‘go’, and from the end of the 1
• leisure 英文词源 leisure leisure: [14] The etymological idea underlying leisure is that of ‘having permission’, and hence of ‘having the freedom to do as one likes’. The word came via Anglo-Norman leisour from Old French leisir . This was a noun use of a verb that meant ‘be permitted’, and came from Latin licēre ‘be permitted’ (source of English illicit [17] and licence [14]). = illic
• legwork 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random cruise cruise: see cross 中文词源 legwork ：跑腿 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： legwork 词源， legwork 含义。
• leg-up 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random olive olive: [13] The word olive probably originated in a pre-Indo-European language of the Mediterranean area. Greek took it over as elaíā , and passed it on to English via Latin olīva and Old French olive . The olive’s chief economic role is as a source of oil (indeed the very word oil comes from a Greek derivative of elaí
• leguminous 英文词源 leguminous (adj.) early 15c., from Latin legumen (see legume ) + -ous . 中文词源 leguminous ：豆科植物的 来自legume,豆科植物。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： leguminous 词源， leguminous 含义。
• legume 英文词源 legume legume: see lobe legume (n.) plant of the group of the pulse family, 1670s, from French légume (16c.), from Latin legumen "pulse, leguminous plant," of unknown origin. One suggestion ties it to Latin legere "to gather" (see lecture (n.)), because they can be scooped by the handful. Used in Middle English in the Latin form legumen (late 14c.). 中文词源 legume ：豆科植物
• legroom 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random check check: There are two distinct words check in English, although by very involved pathways they are related. Check ‘verify’ [14] is originally a chess term meaning ‘threaten the king’. It comes from Old French eschequier , a derivative of the noun eschec (source also of English chess ), which goes back via Vulgar Lat
• leg-pull 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random shoot shoot: [OE] Like sheet , shout , shut , and perhaps skit [15], shoot goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base * skeut -, * skaut -, * skut - ‘project’. This formed the basis of a verb * skeutan , which evolved into German schiessen , Dutch schieten , Swedish skjuta , and Danish skyde as well as English sho
• Lego 英文词源 Lego 1954, proprietary name (in use since 1934, according to the company), from Danish phrase leg godt "play well." The founder, Ole Kirk Christiansen, didn't realize until later that the word meant "I study" or "I put together" in Latin. 中文词源 Lego ：乐高玩具 品牌名，来自丹麦短语leg godt,玩好的。而实际上lego本身为一拉丁语，意为收集，阅读，词
• legless 英文词源 legless (adj.) 1590s, from leg (n.) + -less . Related: Leglessly ; leglessness . 中文词源 legless ：醉醺醺的 俚语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： legless 词源， legless 含义。
• legitimize 英文词源 legitimize (v.) 1795, from Latin legitimus (see legitimate ) + -ize . Earlier was legitimatize (1791). Related: Legitimized ; legitimizing . 中文词源 legitimize ：使合法 来自拉丁语legis,法律，词源同legal. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： legitimize 词源， legitimize 含义。
• legitimate 英文词源 legitimate (adj.) mid-15c., "lawfully begotten," from Middle French legitimer and directly from Medieval Latin legitimatus , past participle of legitimare "make lawful, declare to be lawful," from Latin legitimus "lawful," originally "fixed by law, in line with the law," from lex (genitive legis ) "law" (see legal ). Transferred sense of "genuine, real" is attested from 1550s. Related
• legit 英文词源 legit colloquial shortening of legitimate , 1897, originally in theater, in reference to legitimate drama , that which has literary merit (Shakespeare, etc.). 中文词源 legit ：合法的 来自拉丁语legis,法律，词源同legal. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： legit 词源， legit 含义。
• legislature 英文词源 legislature (n.) 1670s; see legislator + -ure . 中文词源 legislature ：立法机关 来自legislate,立法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： legislature 词源， legislature 含义。 legislature ：立法机关，立法团体     词根词缀： -legis-法(规) + -lat-携带,拿取 + -ure名词词尾
• legislative 英文词源 legislative (adj.) 1640s; from legislator + -ive . Related: Legislatively . 中文词源 legislative ：立法的 来自legislate,立法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： legislative 词源， legislative 含义。 legislative ：立法的，有立法权力的 词根词缀： -legis-法(规) + -lat-携带,拿取 + -ive形容词词尾
• legislate 英文词源 legislate (v.) 1805, back-formation from legislation , etc. Related: Legislated ; legislating . 中文词源 legislate ：立法 来自拉丁语legis lation,立法，legis,法律，词源同legal,lation,提出，带来，词源同translate. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： legislate 词源， legislate 含义。 legislate ：立法，制订法律 词根词缀：
• legionnaires 英文词源 legionnaire (n.) 1818, from French légionnaire , from légion (see legion ). Legionnaires' Disease , caused by Legionella pneumophilia , was named after the lethal outbreak of July 1976 at the American Legion convention in Philadelphia's Bellevue Stratford Hotel. Hence Legionella as the name of the bacterium that causes it. 中文词源 legionnaires ：’ disease 军团病（由细菌