英语词源

• laryngitis 英文词源 laryngitis (n.) 1822, Medical Latin, from comb. form of larynx (q.v.) + -itis "inflammation." 中文词源 laryngitis ：喉炎 来自larynx,咽喉，-itis,炎症。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： laryngitis 词源， laryngitis 含义。
• laryngeal 英文词源 laryngeal (adj.) 1795, from medical Latin laryngeus , from Greek larynx (see larynx ) + English -al (1). 中文词源 laryngeal ：喉的 来自larynx,咽喉。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： laryngeal 词源， laryngeal 含义。
• larva 英文词源 larva (n.) 1650s, "a ghost, specter," from Latin larva (plural larvae ), earlier larua "ghost," also "mask;" applied in biological sense 1768 by Linnaeus because immature forms of insects "mask" the adult forms. On the double sense of the Latin word, Carlo Ginzburg, among other students of mythology and folklore, has commented on "the well-nigh universal association between masks and
• larrikin 英文词源 larrikin "A boisterous, often badly behaved young man", Mid 19th century: from English dialect, perhaps from the given name Larry (pet form of Lawrence ) + -kin, or from a pronunciation of larking . 中文词源 larrikin ：不守规矩的人 来自英语方言，larri-,来自人名Larry,-kin,小词后缀。比较gussy,dick,wally. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• larkspur 英文词源 larkspur (n.) type of plant, 1570s, from lark (n.) + spur (n.); so called from resemblance to the bird's large hind claws. 中文词源 larkspur ：飞燕草 lark,云雀，spur,马刺，脚爪。因这种草形似云雀的后脚爪而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： larkspur 词源， larkspur 含义。
• lark 英文词源 lark (n.1) "songbird," early 14c., earlier lauerche (c. 1200), from Old English lawerce (late Old English laferce ), from Proto-Germanic *laiw(a)rikon (cognates: Old Saxon lewerka , Frisian liurk , Old Norse lævirik , Dutch leeuwerik , German Lerche ), of unknown origin. Some Old English and Old Norse forms suggest a compound meaning "treason-worker," but there is no folk tale to exp
• largo 英文词源 largo "(Especially as a direction) in a slow tempo and dignified in style", Italian, from Latin largus 'copious, abundant'. 中文词源 largo ：缓慢而庄严的 源同large,大的。用于音乐术语缓慢而庄严的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： largo 词源， largo 含义。
• largess 英文词源 largesse (n.) also largess , "willingness to give or spend freely; munificence," c. 1200, from Old French largesse "a bounty, munificence," from Vulgar Latin *largitia "abundance," from Latin largus "abundant" (see large ). In medieval theology, "the virtue whose opposite is avarice, and whose excess is prodigality" ["Middle English Dictionary"]. For Old French suffix -esse , compare
• large 英文词源 large large: [12] Latin largus , a word of unknown origin, meant ‘abundant’ and also ‘generous’. It retained the latter meaning when it came into English via Old French large (‘the poor King Reignier, whose large style agrees not with the leanness of his purse’, Shakespeare, 2 Henry VI 1593), but this now survives only in the derivative largesse [13]. ‘Abundant’, on th
• lares 英文词源 lares (n.) "Roman tutelary gods, household deities," Latin, plural of lar . 中文词源 lares ：古罗马家神，家庭守护神 来自拉丁语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lares 词源， lares 含义。
• larder 英文词源 larder (n.) c. 1300, "supply of salt pork, bacon, and other meats," later in reference to the room for processing and storing such (late 14c.), from Anglo-French larder , Old French lardier "a place for meats," from Medieval Latin lardarium "a room for meats," from Latin lardum "lard, bacon" (see lard (n.)). Meaning "department of the royal household or of a monastic house in charge o
• lardass 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random orange orange: [14] The name of the orange originated in northern India, as Sanskrit nāranga . This passed westwards via Persian nārang and Arabic nāranj to Spain. The Spanish form naranj filtered up to France, and became altered (perhaps under the influence of Orange , the name of a town in southeastern France which used to
• lard 英文词源 lard (n.) late 14c. (possibly early 13c.), "rendered fat of a swine," from Old French larde "joint, meat," especially "bacon fat" (12c.), and directly from Latin lardum "lard, bacon, cured swine's flesh," probably cognate with Greek larinos "fat," laros "pleasing to the taste." lard (v.) "prepare (meat) for roasting by inserting of pieces of salt pork, etc., into it," mid-14c., from O
• larch 英文词源 larch (n.) 1540s, from German Lärche , from Middle High German larche , from Old High German *larihha , from Latin larix (genitive laricis ), probably a loan-word from an Alpine Gaulish language, corresponding phonetically to Old Celtic *darik- "oak" (see Druid and tree ). 中文词源 larch ：落叶松 可能来自古凯尔特语*darik,橡树，词源同tree.字母d,l音变。 该词
• larceny 英文词源 larceny larceny: [15] The Latin word for ‘robber’ was latrō . Its original meaning was ‘mercenary soldier’, and it came from Greek látron ‘pay’ (a relative of latreíā ‘service, worship’, which provided the suffix in such English words as idolatry and bardolatry ). From latrō was derived latrōcinium ‘robbery’, which passed into English via Old French larcin an
• lapwing 英文词源 lapwing lapwing: [OE] The present-day form of the word lapwing is due to the notion that it describes the way the bird’s wings overlap in flight, but in fact although it did originally refer to the way the bird flies, it has no etymological connection with lap or wing . Its Old English form was hlēupwince , whose first element came from the ancestor of modern English leap , and who
• laptop 英文词源 laptop also lap-top , as a type of portable computer, 1984, from lap (n.) + top (1), on model of desktop . 中文词源 laptop ：笔记本电脑 lap,大腿，top,上面。引申词义笔记本电脑。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： laptop 词源， laptop 含义。 laptop ：膝上型计算机，便携式电脑 词根词缀： lap大腿,膝部 + top顶部
• lapse 英文词源 lapse (n.) mid-15c., "elapsing of time, expiration;" also "temporary forfeiture of a legal right," from Middle French laps "lapse," from Latin lapsus "a slipping and falling, flight (of time), falling into error," from labi "to slip, glide, fall." Meaning "moral transgression, sin" is c. 1500; that of "slip of the memory" is 1520s; that of "a falling away from one's faith" is from 165
• lapsang souchong 英文词源 lapsang souchong "A variety of souchong tea with a smoky flavour", Late 19th century: from an invented first element + souchong. 中文词源 lapsang souchong ：正山小种红茶 来自汉语正山小种的英语发音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lapsang souchong 词源， lapsang souchong 含义。
• lapis lazuli 英文词源 lapis lazuli lapis lazuli: see dilapidate lapis lazuli (n.) early 15c., from Middle Latin lapis lazuli , literally "stone of azure," from Latin lapis "stone" + Medieval Latin lazuli , genitive of lazulum , from Arabic lazuward (see azure ). 中文词源 lapis lazuli ：天青石 来自拉丁语，lapis,石头，lazuli,天青色的，词源同azure. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• lapidation 英文词源 lapidation (n.) "stoning to death," 1610s, from Latin lapidationem (nominative lapidatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of lapidare "to throw stones at," from the stem of lapis "stone." 中文词源 lapidation ：用石头砸死，石刑 来自拉丁语lapis,石头，-ate,动词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lapidation 词源， lapidatio
• lapidary 英文词源 lapidary (n.) "one skilled in working with precious stones," late 14c., from Old French lapidaire (12c.), from Latin lapidarius "stonecutter," originally an adjective "of or working with stone," from lapis (genitive lapidis ) "stone." Meaning "a treatise on precious stones" is late 14c. Related: Lapidarist . 中文词源 lapidary ：镌刻在石头上的，优雅的 来自拉丁语lap
• lapel 英文词源 lapel (n.) 1751 (implied in lapelled ), from lap (n.) + -el (2), diminutive suffix. Compare lappet . 中文词源 lapel ：翻领 词源同label,布条，标签。用来指衣服翻领。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lapel 词源， lapel 含义。
• lapdog 英文词源 lapdog (n.) also lap-dog , 1640s, from lap (n.) + dog (n.); figurative sense of "subservient person" is by 1950. Senator McCarthy (R-Wis) renewed his Communists-in-Government charges today and called Senator Tydings (D-Md) the Truman administration's "whimpering lap dog." [AP news story, Aug. 7, 1950] 中文词源 lapdog ：哈巴狗 lap,大腿，dog,狗。 该词的英语词源请访问
• lap dancing 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random savour savour: [13] Latin sapere meant both ‘taste’ and ‘be wise’. In the latter sense it has given English sapient , but the former only was preserved in its derived noun sapor ‘taste’. This found its way into English via Old French savour . The derivative savoury [13] originally meant ‘pleasant-tasting’. Its mo
• laparotomy 英文词源 laparotomy "A surgical incision into the abdominal cavity, for diagnosis or in preparation for major surgery", Mid 19th century: from Greek lapara 'flank' + -tomy . 中文词源 laparotomy ：剖腹术 laparo-,腹腔，来自希腊语lapara,边，侧，-tomy,切，词源同anatomy. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： laparotomy 词源， laparotomy 含义。
• laparoscopy 英文词源 laparoscopy (n.) 1855, from -scopy + Greek lapara "flank," from laparos "soft," from PIE *lep- "to peel;" + -scopy . Related: Laparoscopic ; laparoscope . 中文词源 laparoscopy ：腹腔镜检查 laparo-,腹腔，来自希腊语lapara,边，侧，-scopy,看，镜，词源同telescope. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： laparoscopy 词源， laparoscopy 含义。
• lap 英文词源 lap lap: English now has three distinct words lap , but probably two of them are ultimately related. Lap ‘upper legs of a seated person’ [OE] originally meant ‘flap of a garment’, and it goes back to a prehistoric Germanic source which also produced German lappen ‘rag, cloth, flap, lobe’, and which may lie behind label [14]. It seems likely that lap in the sense ‘folds o
• lanyard 英文词源 lanyard (n.) also laniard , alternative spelling (influenced by nautical yard (2) "long beam used to support a sail") of Middle English lainer , "thong for fastening parts of armor or clothing" (late 14c.), from Old French laniere "thong, lash," from lasniere , from lasne "strap, thong," apparently altered (by metathesis and influence of Old French las "lace") from nasliere , from Fra
• lanthanum 英文词源 lanthanum (n.) metallic rare earth element, 1841, coined in Modern Latin by Swedish chemist and mineralogist Carl Gustav Mosander (1797-1858), who discovered it in 1839, from Greek lanthanein "to lie hidden, escape notice," from PIE root *ladh- "to be hidden" (see latent ). So called because the element was "concealed" in rare minerals. 中文词源 lanthanum ：镧 来自PIE*ladh,隐藏
• lantern 英文词源 lantern lantern: [13] Like lamp , lantern comes ultimately from the Greek verb lámbein ‘give light, shine’. Derived from this was the noun lamptér , which originally denoted ‘bunch of burning sticks, torch’, but was later extended to ‘lamp’. Latin borrowed it, and tacked on the ending of lucerna ‘lamp’ to produce lanterna , which English acquired via Old French lante
• lanolin 英文词源 lanolin lanolin: see wool lanolin (n.) fatty matter extracted from sheep's wool," 1885, from German Lanolin , coined by German physician Mathias Eugenius Oscar Liebreich (1838-1908) from Latin lana "wool" (see wool ) + oleum "oil, fat" (see oil (n.)) + chemical suffix -in (2). 中文词源 lanolin ：绵羊油护肤霜 来自拉丁语lano,羊毛，来自PIE*wele,羊毛，词源同wool
• lanky 英文词源 lanky (adj.) 1630s, "straight and flat," used of hair, from lank + -y (2); sense of "awkwardly tall and thin" is first recorded 1818. Related: Lankiness . 中文词源 lanky ：瘦长而笨拙的 来自lank,头发稀疏瘦长的，后形容人瘦长而笨拙。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lanky 词源， lanky 含义。
• lank 英文词源 lank lank: see link lank (adj.) Old English hlanc "loose and empty, slender, flaccid," from Proto-Germanic *hlanka- , forming words meaning "to bend, turn," perhaps with a connecting notion of "flexible" (see flank (n.)). In Middle English, "Some examples may be long adj. with unvoicing of g " ["Middle English Dictionary"] 中文词源 lank ：头发平直无光泽 来自古英语hlan
• La Nina 英文词源 La Niña "A cooling of the water in the equatorial Pacific, which occurs at irregular intervals, and is associated with widespread changes in weather patterns complementary to those of El Niño, but less extensive and damaging in their effects", Spanish, literally 'the girl child', after El Niño . 中文词源 La Nina ：反厄尔尼诺 由El Nino新造出来的词。nino,男婴，ni
• languor 英文词源 languor (n.) c. 1300, "disease, distress, mental suffering," from Old French langor "sickness, weakness" (Modern French langueur ), from Latin languorem (nominative languor ) "faintness, feebleness, lassitude," from languere "be weak or faint" (see lax ). Sense shifted to "faintness, weariness" (1650s) and "habitual want of energy" (1825). 中文词源 languor ：慵懒 来自languid,懒
• languish 英文词源 languish languish: see relish languish (v.) early 14c., "fail in strength, exhibit signs of approaching death," from languiss- , present participle stem of Old French languir "be listless, pine, grieve, fall ill," from Vulgar Latin *languire , from Latin languere "be weak or faint" (see lax ). Weaker sense "be lovesick, grieve, lament, grow faint," is from mid-14c. Related: Languished
• languid 英文词源 languid (adj.) 1590s, from Middle French languide (16c.) and directly from Latin languidus "faint, listless," from languere "be weak or faint," from PIE root *(s)leg- "to be slack" (see lax ). Related: Languidly ; languidness . 中文词源 languid ：懒洋洋的 来自PIE*sleg,松的，松散的，词源同lax.引申词义懒洋洋的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• langue 英文词源 langue "A language viewed as an abstract system used by a speech community, in contrast to the actual linguistic behaviour of individuals", 1920s: French, from Latin lingua 'language, tongue'. 中文词源 langue ：（作为特定群体内交际系统的）语言 来自法语，词源同language. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： langue 词源， langue 含义。
• language transfer 英文词源 language transfer "The phenomenon whereby acquisition of a new language is influenced by the grammar, pronunciation, orthography, or other aspects of an individual's first language (or another previously learned language), which may either inhibit or facilitate learning", 1930s. 中文词源 language transfer ：语言迁移（学习者在学习其它语言时用本语言代入） 即语
• langoustine 英文词源 langoustine "Another term for Norway lobster, especially when prepared and cooked", French, from langouste (see langouste ). 中文词源 langoustine ：挪威海螯虾 来自拉丁语locusta,龙虾，蝗虫等节肢动物，词源同locust,lobster. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： langoustine 词源， langoustine 含义。
• lane 英文词源 lane (n.) Old English lane , lanu "narrow hedged-in road," common Germanic (cognates: Old Frisian lana , Middle Dutch lane , Dutch laan "lane," Old Norse lön "row of houses"), of unknown origin. As one track of a marked road, from 1921, American English. 中文词源 lane ：小路，小巷 来自Proto-Germanic*lano,小巷，通道，来自PIE*le,走，移动，词源可能同lead. 该
• landward 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random pander pander: [16] Pandaro was a character in Boccaccio’s Filostrato . He was the cousin of Cressida, and acted as go-between in her affair with Troilus. Chaucer took him over in his Troilus and Criseyde as Pandarus , changing him from cousin to uncle but retaining his role. His name came to be used as a generic term for an ‘
• landslide 英文词源 landslide (n.) 1856, American English, from land (n.) + slide (n.). Earlier was landslip , still preferred in Britain. Old English used eorðgebyrst in this sense; literally "earth-burst." In the political sense, landslide "lopsided electoral victory" is attested from 1888. 中文词源 landslide ：滑坡，塌方 land,土地，slide,滑落。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• landscape 英文词源 landscape (n.) c. 1600, "painting representing natural scenery," from Dutch landschap , from Middle Dutch landscap "region," from land "land" (see land ) + -scap "-ship, condition" (see -ship ). Originally introduced as a painters' term. Old English had cognate landscipe , and compare similarly formed Old High German lantscaf , German Landschaft , Old Norse landskapr . Meaning "tract
• Land Rover 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random dispatch dispatch: [16] Dispatch appears to have been borrowed from Spanish despachar ‘expedite’, but its ultimate origins are not clear. The likeliest source of the Spanish word is Old French despeechier ‘set free’ (source of modern French dépêcher ‘hurry’), a compound verb formed from the prefix des - ‘un-’ a
• land registry 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random dryad dryad: see tree 中文词源 land registry ：地政局 land,土地，registry,登记处。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： land registry 词源， land registry 含义。
• landmine 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random limit limit: [14] Latin līmes originally denoted a ‘path between fields’, but it became extended metaphorically to any ‘boundary’ or ‘limit’, and that was the sense in which English acquired it (in its stem form līmit -). = lintel 中文词源 landmine ：地雷 land,土地，mine,雷。 该词的英语词源请访问
• landmark 英文词源 landmark (n.) Old English landmearc , from land (n.) + mearc (see mark (n.1)). Originally "object set up to mark the boundaries of a kingdom, estate, etc.;" general sense of "conspicuous object in a landscape" is from 1560s. Modern figurative sense of "event, etc., considered a high point in history" is from 1859. 中文词源 landmark ：陆标，地标 land,陆地，mark,记号。 该
• landlubber 英文词源 landlubber (n.) also land-lubber , sailor's term of contempt for a landsman, c. 1700, from land (n.) + lubber (q.v.). 中文词源 landlubber ：不谙航海的人，旱鸭子 land,陆地，lubber,傻大个。水手对不谙航海或不熟悉水性的人的蔑称。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： landlubber 词源， landlubber 含义。
• landlord 英文词源 landlord (n.) early 15c. in modern usage, from land (n.) + lord (n.). 中文词源 landlord ：地主，房东 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： landlord 词源， landlord 含义。 landlord ：房东，地主 词根词缀： land土地 + lord领主
• landlocked 英文词源 landlocked (adj.) 1620s, from land (n.) + past participle of lock (v.). 中文词源 landlocked ：内陆的 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： landlocked 词源， landlocked 含义。
• landline 英文词源 landline (n.) also land-line , by 1861, originally a telegraph wire run over land (as opposed to under sea); from land (n.) + line (n.). In modern use (by 1965), a telephone line which uses wire or some other material (distinguished from a radio or cellular line). 中文词源 landline ：电话线 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： landline 词源，
• landlady 英文词源 landlady (n.) 1520s, from land (n.) + lady . 中文词源 landlady ：女地主，女房东 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： landlady 词源， landlady 含义。 landlady ：女房东，女地主 词根词缀： land土地 + lady夫人
• landing strip 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random tombola tombola: see tumble 中文词源 landing strip ：简易飞机跑道 landing,登陆，strip,长条，跑道。用于指简易飞机跑道。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： landing strip 词源， landing strip 含义。
• landing stage 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random knock knock: [OE] knock is a classic onomatopoeic word: that is to say, it originated in a direct imitation of the sound it denotes. The similar Swedish knacka ‘knock’ may be related. The figurative use of the word for ‘criticize’ originated in late 19th-century America. 中文词源 landing stage ：浮动码头，栈桥
• landholding 英文词源 bachelor (n.) c. 1300, "young man;" also "youthful knight, novice in arms," from Old French bacheler , bachelor , bachelier (11c.) "knight bachelor," a young squire in training for knighthood, also "young man; unmarried man," and as a university title, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Medieval Latin baccalarius "vassal farmer, adult serf without a landholding," one who helps or tends
• landform 英文词源 landform (n.) 1893; see land (n.) + form (n.). Perhaps immediately from German Landform . 中文词源 landform ：地形，地貌 land,陆地，form,形状，形貌。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： landform 词源， landform 含义。
• landfill 英文词源 landfill (n.) 1916, from land (n.) + fill (n.). A euphemism for dump . 中文词源 landfill ：垃圾填埋场 land,土地，fill,装满。用于指垃圾填埋场。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： landfill 词源， landfill 含义。
• landfall 英文词源 landfall (n.) "sighting of land," 1620s, also "the first land 'made' on a sea voyage;" from land (v.1) + fall (v.) in the sense of "happen." From the days of imprecise nautical navigation. Land-fall . The first land discovered after a sea voyage. Thus a good land fall implies the land expected or desired; a bad landfall the reverse. [John Hamilton Moore, "The New Practical Navigator,"
• landed immigrant 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random curio curio: see cure 中文词源 landed immigrant ：落地移民（在加拿大获准永久居留的外国移民） 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： landed immigrant 词源， landed immigrant 含义。
• land-based 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random camouflage camouflage: [20] Camouflage reached the English language during World War I, when the art of concealing objects from the enemy was considerably developed. It is of French origin, a derivative of the verb camoufler ‘disguise’, which came from Italian camuffare ‘disguise, trick’. 中文词源 land-based ：陆栖的
• landau 英文词源 landau (n.) type of four-wheeled carriage, 1743, from Landau , town in Bavaria where they first were made. The first element is the common Germanic element found in English land (n.); the identity of the second is disputed. But Klein says the vehicle name is "in reality" Spanish lando "originally a light four-wheeled carriage drawn by mules," from Arabic al-andul . 中文词源 landau
• land 英文词源 land land: [OE] Land goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * landam . This seems originally to have meant ‘particular (enclosed) area’ (ancestor of the modern sense ‘nation’), but in due course it branched out to ‘solid surface of the earth in general’. The term is now common to all the Germanic languages, and it has distant relatives in Welsh llan ‘enclosure, church’ an
• lancet 英文词源 lancet (n.) late 14c., launcet , from Old French lancette "small lance" (12c.), diminutive of lance (see lance (n.)). 中文词源 lancet ：医生用的柳叶刀 lance,长矛，-et,小词后缀。用来指小刀，医生用的柳叶刀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lancet 词源， lancet 含义。
• lancer 英文词源 lancer (n.) 1580s, "soldier armed with a lance," from French lancier , from Old French lance (see lance (n.)). 中文词源 lancer ：矛骑兵 来自lance,长矛。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lancer 词源， lancer 含义。
• lance 英文词源 lance lance: [13] Lance is now a fairly widespread word throughout the European languages: German has lanze , for instance, Swedish lans , Italian lancia , and Spanish lanza . English acquired the word from Old French lance , which in turn came from Latin lancea , but its ultimate origin may have been Celtic. Derived words in English include élan and launch . Lance corporals [18] wer
• lamprey 英文词源 lamprey lamprey: [12] The words lamprey and limpet [OE] come from the same source: medieval Latin lamprēda . This was an alteration of an earlier, 5th-century lampetra , which has been plausibly explained as literally ‘stone-licker’ (from Latin lambēre ‘lick’, source of English lambent , and petra ‘stone’). The reason for applying such a name to the limpet is fairly obvi
• lampoon 英文词源 lampoon (v.) 1650s, from lampoon (n.), or else from French lamponner , from the Middle French noun. Related: Lampooned ; lampooning . lampoon (n.) "A personal satire; abuse; censure written not to reform but to vex" [Johnson], 1640s, from French lampon (17c.), of unknown origin, said by French etymologists to be from lampons "let us drink," popular refrain for scurrilous 17c. songs, f
• lamp 英文词源 lamp lamp: [12] A lamp is literally something that ‘shines’. The word comes via Old French lampe and Latin lampas from Greek lampás , which was derived from the verb lámpein ‘give light, shine’ (source also of English lantern ). The Greek word originally denoted a ‘bunch of burning sticks, torch’, but in post-classical times it was applied to an ‘oil lamp’. The Old E
• lamington 英文词源 lamington "A square of sponge cake dipped in melted chocolate and grated coconut", Apparently from the name of Lord Lamington, Governor of Queensland (1895–1901). 中文词源 lamington ：拉明顿蛋糕 可能来自人名Lord Lamington,澳大利亚昆士兰总督，或来自地名Lamington,苏格兰村庄。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lamington 词源，
• laminate 英文词源 laminate laminate: see omelette laminate (v.) 1660s, "to beat or roll into thin plates," from Latin lamina "thin piece of metal or wood, thin slice, plate, leaf, layer," of unknown origin. Many modern senses are from the noun meaning "an artificial thin layer" (1939), especially a type of plastic adhesive. Related: Laminated ; laminating . 中文词源 laminate ：压合材料，层压制
• lamentable 英文词源 lamentable (adj.) c. 1400, from Middle French lamentable and directly from Latin lamentabilis "full of sorrow, mournful, lamentable," from lamentari "to lament" (see lamentation ). Related: Lamentably . 中文词源 lamentable ：令人痛惜的，令人悲痛的 来自lament,痛惜，悲痛。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lamentable 词源， lamentable 含义
• lament 英文词源 lament (v.) mid-15c., back-formation from lamentation or else from Middle French lamenter "to moan, bewail" (14c.) and directly from Latin lamentari , from lamentum (see lamentation ). Related: Lamented ; lamenting . lament (n.) 1590s, from Middle French lament and directly from Latin lamentum (see lamentation ). 中文词源 lament ：痛惜，惋惜，哀歌 来自PIE*la,叹息，悲痛
• lame duck 英文词源 lame duck (n.) 1761, "any disabled person or thing;" especially Stock Exchange slang for "defaulter." A lame duck is a man who cannot pay his differences, and is said to waddle off. [Thomas Love Peacock, "Gryll Grange," 1861] Sometimes also in naval use for "an old, slow ship." Modern sense of "public official serving out term after an election" is recorded by 1878 in American English
• lamebrain 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random renaissance renaissance: see native 中文词源 lamebrain ：笨蛋 即跛脑子，引申词义笨蛋。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lamebrain 词源， lamebrain 含义。
• lame 英文词源 lame lame: [OE] Prehistoric Germanic had an adjective * lamon which meant ‘weak-limbed’, and seems to have originated in a base which meant something like ‘break by hitting’ (English lam ‘hit’ [16], as in ‘lam into someone’, and its derivative lambaste [17] probably come from the same source). In the modern Germanic languages it has diversified into two strands of mean
• lambswool 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random poker poker: English has two words poker . The earlier, poker for a fire [16], is simply the agent noun formed from poke [14], a verb borrowed from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German poken ‘thrust, hit’. The card-game name [19] originated in the USA, but it is not clear where it came from: one suggestion is that it is connect
• lambda 英文词源 lambda (n.) Greek letter name, from a Semitic source akin to Hebrew lamedh . 中文词源 lambda ：希腊字母表的第十一个字母 来自希腊字母lambda,英语字母L的原型。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lambda 词源， lambda 含义。
• lambaste 英文词源 lambaste (v.) 1630s, from lam (1590s, ultimately from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse lemja "to beat, to lame") + baste "to thrash" (see baste ). Related: Lambasted ; lambasting . 中文词源 lambaste ：狠狠批评 lam,击，打，词源同lame,baste,打，痛斥。引申词义狠狠批评。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lambaste 词源， lambaste
• lambada 英文词源 lambada (n.) "sensual Brazilian dance," 1988, from Portuguese, said in some sources to be literally "a beating, a lashing." But others connect it ultimately to Latin lumbus "loin." 中文词源 lambada ：兰巴达（源自巴西的快步舞） 来自葡萄牙语，可能来自拉丁语lumbus,腰，词源同loin,lumbar,lumbago.即搂腰跳的舞蹈。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• lamb 英文词源 lamb lamb: [OE] Lamb is a widespread word throughout the Germanic languages (German and Swedish have lamm and Dutch and Danish have lam ), but no connections have ever been established with any animal-names in non- Germanic languages. In Gothic, lamb was used for ‘adult sheep’ as well as ‘lamb’. lamb (n.) Old English lamb "lamb," from Proto-Germanic *lambaz (cognates: Old Nors
• Lamaism 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random fettle fettle: see fetch 中文词源 Lamaism ：藏传佛教 来自藏语lama,祭司，西藏佛教法师。用于指藏传佛教。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Lamaism 词源， Lamaism 含义。
• lam 英文词源 lam (n.) "flight," as in on the lam, 1897, from a U.S. slang verb meaning "to run off" (1886), of uncertain origin, perhaps somehow from the first element of lambaste , which was used in British student slang for "beat" since 1590s; if so, it would give the word the same etymological sense as the slang expression beat it . 中文词源 lam ：击打，在逃 词源不详，可能来自
• la-la land 英文词源 la-la land "Los Angeles or Hollywood, especially with regard to the film and television industry", La-la , reduplication of LA (i.e. Los Angeles). 中文词源 la-la land ：幻想世界，幻境 la,缩写自西班牙语Los Angles,天使。即天使之城，引申词义幻想的世界。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： la-la land 词源， la-la land 含义。
• lakh 英文词源 lakh "A hundred thousand", Via Hindi from Sanskrit lakṣa . 中文词源 lakh ：十万 来自印度语lakh，胭脂虫，因为胭脂虫常常聚集在一起形成极大的数量，后用于量词十万。词义演变比较fathom,furlong,foot. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： lakh 词源， lakh 含义。
• lake 英文词源 lake lake: English has two words lake . The one meaning ‘body of water’ [13] comes via Old French lac from Latin lacus . This goes back to the same prehistoric source as produced Gaelic loch (acquired by English in the 14th century) and Latin lacūna ‘hole, pit, pool’ (from which English got lacuna [17] and, via Italian or Spanish, lagoon [17]); this seems to have denoted ‘h
• laity 英文词源 laity (n.) "body of people not in religious orders," early 15c., from Anglo-French laite , from lay (adj.) + -ity . 中文词源 laity ：平信徒 来自lay,世俗的，非神职人员的，-ity,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： laity 词源， laity 含义。
• laissez-faire 英文词源 laissez-faire laissez faire , 1822, French, literally "let (people) do (as they think best)," from laissez , imperative of laisser "to let, to leave" (from Latin laxare , from laxus "loose;" see lax ) + faire "to do" (from Latin facere ; see factitious ). From the phrase laissez faire et laissez passer , motto of certain 18c. French economists, chosen to express the ideal of governmen
• lairy 英文词源 lairy "Cunning or conceited", Mid 19th century (originally Cockney slang): alteration of leery. Sense 2 was originally Australian slang and dates from the early 20th century.MoreFor a century or more lairy has been Australian and New Zealand slang for ‘ostentatious, flashy’. British English has adopted this use, to join an earlier, originally Cockney sense ‘cunning or conceited’