英语词源

• klick 英文词源 klick "A kilometre", 1960s: of unknown origin; the term was originally used in the Vietnam War. 中文词源 klick ：千米 俚语词，词源不详。可能来自kilometer的口语，或来自里程计的滴答声。比较click,clock. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： klick 词源， klick 含义。
• kleptomania 英文词源 kleptomania (n.) 1830, formed from mania + Greek kleptes "thief," from kleptein "to steal, act secretly," from PIE *klep- "to steal," an extention of root *kel- (2) "to cover, conceal" (see cell ; cognate with Latin clepere "to steal, listen secretly to," Old Prussian au-klipts "hidden," Old Church Slavonic poklopu "cover, wrapping," Gothic hlifan "to steal," hliftus "thief"). Much-de
• Kleenex 英文词源 Kleenex (n.) 1925, proprietary name, registered by Cellucotton Products Company, Neenah, Wisconsin, U.S.; later Kimberly-Clark Corp. An arbitrary alteration of clean + brand-name suffix -ex . 中文词源 Kleenex ：纸巾 商标名，词源同clean. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Kleenex 词源， Kleenex 含义。 kleenex ：纸巾 ; kleenex 纸巾 1924年美国
• Klaxon 英文词源 klaxon (n.) "loud warning horn," 1908, originally on automobiles, said to have been named for the company that sold them (The Klaxon Company; distributor for Lovell-McConnell Mfg. Co., Newark, N.J.), but probably the company was named for the horn, which bore a word likely based on Greek klazein "to roar," cognate with Latin clangere "to resound." 中文词源 Klaxon ：高音喇叭 商
• klap 英文词源 uranium uranium: [18] Ouranós was an ancient sky god in Greek mythology, consort of Gaea and father of Cronos and the Titans (his name was a personification of Greek ouranós ‘heaven’). The Romans called him ūranus , and the name soon came to be applied to the seventh planet from the sun after it was discovered in 1781. (Its discoverer, the German-born British astronomer Sir Wil
• klatsch 英文词源 klatsch (n.) 1953, from German Klatsch "gossip," which is said in German sources to be imitative (compare klatschen "clap hands," klatsch "a single clap of the hands"). Also see clap (v.), which in Middle English also had a sense of "talk noisily or too much, chatter" (late 14c.). 中文词源 klatsch ：闲聊，聚会，茶话会 来自德语Klatsch,闲聊，可能来自拟声词，模
• kiwi fruit 英文词源 kiwi (n.) type of flightless bird, 1835, from Maori kiwi , said to be of imitative origin. As slang for "a New Zealander," it is attested from 1918. The kiwi fruit ( Actinia chinesis ), was so called in U.S. from c. 1966 when it was imported there, but it is known in New Zealand as Chinese gooseberry (1925). 中文词源 kiwi fruit ：猕猴桃 来自1966年这种水果出口到美国时
• kiwi 英文词源 kiwi (n.) type of flightless bird, 1835, from Maori kiwi , said to be of imitative origin. As slang for "a New Zealander," it is attested from 1918. The kiwi fruit ( Actinia chinesis ), was so called in U.S. from c. 1966 when it was imported there, but it is known in New Zealand as Chinese gooseberry (1925). 中文词源 kiwi ：几维鸟，新西兰人 来自新西兰毛利语kiwi,可能
• kitty-cornered 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random felt felt: [OE] Etymologically, felt is a fabric that is formed by ‘beating’ (as indeed is the case, for it is made from compressed fibres). The word comes via West Germanic * feltaz or * filtiz (source also of German filz and Dutch vilt ‘felt’, and of English filter ) from prehistoric Indo- European * peldos , a derivat
• kitty 英文词源 kitty (n.1) "young cat," 1719, variant of kitten , perhaps influenced by kitty "girl, young woman" (c. 1500), originally a pet form of fem. proper name Catherine . Kitty Hawk , N.C., apparently is a mangling of a native Algonquian name; it also has been written as Chicahauk . kitty (n.2) "pool of money in a card game," 1887, probably from kit (n.1), in a sense of "collection of necess
• kittiwake 英文词源 kittiwake "A small gull that nests in colonies on sea cliffs, having a loud call that resembles its name", Early 17th century (originally Scots): imitative of its call.Morecuckoo from Middle English:The cuckoo is one of those birds whose name echoes the sound of its distinctive call—other examples are curlew (Late Middle English), hoopoe (mid 17th century), kittiwake (mid 17th centu
• kittenish 英文词源 kittenish (adj.) 1754, from kitten + -ish . Related: Kittenishly ; Kittenishness . 中文词源 kittenish ：卖弄风情的 来自kitten,小猫，-ish,形容词后缀。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kittenish 词源， kittenish 含义。
• kitten heels 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random consent consent: [13] The notion underlying ‘giving one’s consent’ is ‘feeling together’ – that is, ‘agreeing’, and hence ‘giving approval or permission’. The word comes from Old French consente , a derivative of the verb consentir . This was a descendant of Latin consentīre ‘agree’, a compound verb form
• kitten 英文词源 kitten (n.) late 14c., probably from an Anglo-French variant of Old French chitoun (Old North French caton ) "little cat," from chat "cat," from Late Latin cattus (see cat ). Applied playfully to a young girl, a sweetheart, from 1870. 中文词源 kitten ：小猫 来自拉丁语cattus,猫，词源同cat. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kitten 词源， kitten 含
• kitsch 英文词源 kitsch (n.) 1926, from German kitsch , literally "gaudy, trash," from dialectal kitschen "to smear." What we English people call ugliness in German art is simply the furious reaction against what Germans call süsses Kitsch , the art of the picture postcard, and of what corresponds to the royalty ballad. It has for years been their constant reproach against us that England is the grea
• kith 英文词源 kith (n.) Old English cyðð "kinship, relationship; kinsfolk, fellow-countrymen, neighbors; native country, home; knowledge, acquaintance, familiarity," from cuð "known," past participle of cunnan "to know" (see can (v.)). Cognate with Old High German chundida . The alliterative phrase kith and kin (late 14c.) originally meant "country and kinsmen" and is almost the word's only surv
• kitesurfing 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random pitta pitta: see pizza 中文词源 kitesurfing ：风筝冲浪 kite,风筝，surf，冲浪。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kitesurfing 词源， kitesurfing 含义。
• kitchenware 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random skillet skillet: [15] Skillet may come ultimately from the same source as English scuttle ‘large container’ – Latin scutella , a diminutive form of scutra ‘dish, platter’. This was altered in the postclassical period to * scūtella , which passed into Old French as escuele (source of Middle English skele ‘dish’, re
• kitchen-sink 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random term term: [13] The etymological notion underlying the word term is of a ‘limit’ or ‘boundary’, and hence of an ‘end’. It comes via Old French terme from Latin terminus ‘boundary, limit’, which was also borrowed into Welsh as terfyn ‘boundary’ and directly into English in the 17th century as terminus ‘finis
• kitchenette 英文词源 kitchenette (n.) 1905, American English, a hybrid from kitchen + -ette . 中文词源 kitchenette ：小厨房 kitchen,厨房，-ette,小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kitchenette 词源， kitchenette 含义。
• kitchen 英文词源 kitchen kitchen: [OE] The Latin word for ‘kitchen’ was coquīna , a derivative of the verb coquere ‘cook’ (ultimate source of English cook , culinary , kiln , precocious , etc). It had a colloquial variant, * cocīna , which spread far and wide throughout the Roman empire. In French it became cuisine (borrowed by English in the 18th century), while prehistoric West Germanic to
• kitbag 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random corset corset: see corpse 中文词源 kitbag ：行囊，背包 kit,全套装备，bag,包。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kitbag 词源， kitbag 含义。
• kit 英文词源 kit (n.1) late 13c., "round wooden tub," perhaps from Middle Dutch kitte "jug, tankard, wooden container," of unknown origin. Meaning "collection of personal effects," especially for traveling (originally in reference to a soldier), is from 1785; that of "outfit of tools for a workman" is from 1851. Of drum sets, by 1929. Meaning "article to be assembled by the buyer" is from 1930s. k
• kissogram 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random spew spew: see spit 中文词源 kissogram ：贺吻 来自kiss和telegram的合成词。一种国外新兴的生日礼物，雇佣美女出其不意的去庆祝生日并送上一个亲吻。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kissogram 词源， kissogram 含义。
• kiss-off 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random Gallic Gallic: see galoshes 中文词源 kiss-off ：解雇 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kiss-off 词源， kiss-off 含义。
• kisser 英文词源 kisser (n.) slang for "mouth," attested from 1860, agent noun from kiss (v.). 中文词源 kisser ：嘴 俚语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kisser 词源， kisser 含义。
• kiss 英文词源 kiss kiss: [OE] Kiss is a widespread Germanic word, represented also in German kūssen , Dutch kussen , Swedish kyssa , and Danish kysse . It probably goes back to some prehistoric syllable imitative of the sound or action of kissing, such as * ku or * kus , which would also lie behind Greek kunein ‘kiss’, Sanskrit cumb - ‘kiss’, and Hittite kuwass - ‘kiss’. There is not s
• kismet 英文词源 kismet (n.) "fate, destiny," 1834, from Turkish qismet , from Arabic qismah , qismat "portion, lot, fate," from root of qasama "he divided." From a nation of enthusiasts and conquerors, the Osmanlis became a nation of sleepers and smokers. They came into Europe with the sword in one hand and the Koran in the other: were they driven out of their encampment, it would be with the Koran i
• kirsch 英文词源 kirsch "Brandy distilled from the fermented juice of cherries", German, abbreviation of Kirschenwasser , from Kirsche 'cherry' + Wasser 'water'. 中文词源 kirsch ：樱桃酒 缩写自德语kirschwasser,樱桃蜜，樱桃酒，来自kirsch,樱桃，词源同cherry,wasser,水，词源同water. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kirsch 词源， kirsch 含义。
• kirpan 英文词源 kirpan "A short sword or knife with a curved blade, worn (sometimes in miniature form) as one of the five distinguishing signs of the Sikh Khalsa", From Punjabi and Hindi kiṛpān , from Sanskrit kṛpāṇa 'sword'. 中文词源 kirpan ：锡克教男子佩戴的圣刀 来自印度语kirpan,刀。参照百度百科，了解锡克教5K戒律或5K标志。 该词的英语词源请访问
• kirk 英文词源 kirk (n.) c. 1200, northern England and Scottish dialectal form of church , from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse kirkja "church," from Old English cirice (see church ). 中文词源 kirk ：教堂 来自church的苏格兰方言。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kirk 词源， kirk 含义。
• kirby grip 英文词源 kirby grip "A type of hairgrip consisting of a thin folded and sprung metal strip or wire", 1920s: named after Kirby, Beard Co. Ltd, of Birmingham, England, the original manufacturers. 中文词源 kirby grip ：发夹 来自其制造商Kirby,Beard&Co.Ltd,of Birmingham,England. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kirby grip 词源， kirby grip 含义。
• Kir 英文词源 kir (n.) "white wine and crème de cassis," 1966 (popular in U.S. 1980s), from Canon Felix Kir (1876-1968), mayor of Dijon, who is said to have invented the recipe. 中文词源 Kir ：基尔酒 来自该酒配方的发明者法国葡萄酒产区Burgundy小镇Dijon市市长Felix Kir. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Kir 词源， Kir 含义。
• kipper tie 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random rummage rummage: [16] Rummage is etymologically ‘roomage’. It originally denoted the ‘stowage of cargo in a ship’s hold’. It came from Anglo- Norman * rumage , a reduced form of Old French arrumage . This was derived from the verb arrumer ‘stow in a hold’, which itself was based on run ‘ship’s hold’. And this
• kipper 英文词源 kipper kipper: [OE] There is a single Old English instance, in a text of around the year 1000, of a fish called cypera . The context suggests that this was a ‘salmon’, which would tie in with the later use of the word kipper , from the 16th to the 20th centuries, for ‘male salmon during the spawning season’. What is not clear, however, despite the obvious semantic link ‘fish’
• kip 英文词源 kip (1) "(In leather-making) the hide of a young or small animal", Late Middle English: perhaps related to Middle Dutch kip , kijp 'bundle (of hides)'. kip (2) "The basic monetary unit of Laos, equal to 100 ats", Thai. kip (3) "A unit of weight equal to 1,000 lb (453.6 kg)", Early 20th century: probably from ki- in kilo- + p- in pound 1 . kip (4) "A sleep or nap", Mid 18th century (in
• kiosk 英文词源 kiosk (n.) 1620s, "open pavilion," from French kiosque (17c.), from Turkish koshk , kiöshk "pavilion, palace," from Persian kushk "palace, portico." Later of newsstands (1865). Modern sense influenced by British telephone kiosk (1928). 中文词源 kiosk ：报刊亭，售货亭 来自土耳其语koshk,亭子，凉亭。进入英语用于指报刊亭，售货亭等。 该词的英语词
• kinsman 英文词源 kinsman (n.) c. 1200, kenesmen , from late Old English cynnes mannum ; see kin + man . Kinswoman is recorded from c. 1400. 中文词源 kinsman ：亲属 kin,亲属，man,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kinsman 词源， kinsman 含义。 kinsman ：男亲戚 词根词缀： kins-(= kin家属,亲属) + man男人
• kinship 英文词源 kinship (n.) by 1764, from kin + -ship . A more pure word than relationship , which covers the same sense but is a hybrid. 中文词源 kinship ：亲属关系 kin,亲属，-ship,抽象名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kinship 词源， kinship 含义。
• kinsfolk 英文词源 kinfolk (n.) also kin-folk , 1802, principally American English, but the earliest references are British, from kin (n.) + folk (n.). Kinsfolk is recorded from 1844. kith (n.) Old English cyðð "kinship, relationship; kinsfolk, fellow-countrymen, neighbors; native country, home; knowledge, acquaintance, familiarity," from cuð "known," past participle of cunnan "to know" (see can (v.)
• kinky 英文词源 kinky (adj.) 1844, "full of kinks, twisted, curly," from kink + -y (2). Meaning "odd, eccentric, crotchety" is from 1859; that of "sexually perverted" is from 1959. Related: Kinkiness . 中文词源 kinky ：变态的 来自kink,变态。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kinky 词源， kinky 含义。
• kink 英文词源 kink (n.) 1670s, a nautical term, from Dutch kink "twist in a rope" (also found in French and Swedish), probably related to Old Norse kikna "to bend backwards, sink at the knee" (see kick ). Figurative sense of "odd notion, mental twist" first recorded in American English, 1803, in writings of Thomas Jefferson. As a verb, 1690s, from the noun. 中文词源 kink ：弯，结，怪癖 来
• king-size 英文词源 king (n.) Old English cyning "king, ruler," from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz (cognates: Dutch koning , Old Norse konungr , Danish konge , Old Saxon and Old High German kuning , Middle High German künic , German König ). Possibly related to Old English cynn "family, race" (see kin ), making a king originally a "leader of the people;" or from a related root suggesting "noble birth," maki
• kingship 英文词源 kingship (n.) early 14c., from king + -ship . 中文词源 kingship ：君主身份 king,国王，君主，-ship,抽象名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kingship 词源， kingship 含义。
• kingpin 英文词源 kingpin (n.) also king-pin , 1801 as the name of the large pin in the game of kayles (similar to bowls except a club or stick was thrown instead of a ball; see "Games, Gaming and Gamesters' Laws," Frederick Brandt, London, 1871), from king with a sense of "chief" + pin (n.). The modern use is mainly figurative and is perhaps from the word's use as another name for the king-bolt (itsel
• kingmaker 英文词源 kingmaker (n.) also king-maker , 1590s, originally in reference to the 15c. Earl of Warwick. 中文词源 kingmaker ：政界元老 king,国王，君主，maker,产生，制造。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kingmaker 词源， kingmaker 含义。
• kingly 英文词源 quiz quiz: [19] No one has ever been able satisfactorily to explain the origins of quiz . A word of that form first appeared at the end of the 18th century, meaning ‘odd person’ or, as a verb, ‘make fun of’ (in the early 19th century it was claimed to have been coined by a Dublin theatre proprietor by the name of Daly, but no proof has ever been found for this). The verb later
• king-hit 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random troth troth: see true 中文词源 king-hit ：重击 king,大的，大力的，hit,击，打。即重击。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： king-hit 词源， king-hit 含义。
• kingfisher 英文词源 kingfisher (n.) mid-15c., originally king's fisher , for obscure reasons; see king + fisher . 中文词源 kingfisher ：翠鸟 缩写自king’s fisher,来自king,君王，fisher,渔夫。可能是一种幽默表达法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kingfisher 词源， kingfisher 含义。
• kingdom 英文词源 kingdom (n.) Old English cyningdom ; see king + -dom . Cognate with Old Saxon kuningdom , Middle Dutch koninghdom , Old Norse konungdomr . The usual Old English word was cynedom ; Middle English also had kingrick (for second element, see Reichstag ). Meaning "one of the realms of nature" is from 1690s. Kingdom-come "the next world" (1785) is from the Lord's Prayer. 中文词源 kingdo
• kinetic 英文词源 kinetic (adj.) "relating to motion," 1841, from Greek kinetikos "moving, putting in motion," from kinetos "moved," verbal adjective of kinein "to move" (see cite ). Buster Keaton's subject was kinetic man, a being he approached with the almost metaphysical awe we reserve for a Doppelgänger. This being was, eerily, himself, played by himself, then later in a projection room, watched b
• kinesthetic 英文词源 kinesthetic (adj.) also kinaesthetic , "pertaining to kinesthesia," 1880, coined by British neurologist Henry Charlton Bastian (1837-1915) from Greek kinein "to move" (see cite ) + aisthesis "sensation" (see anaesthesia ). Perhaps on model of aesthetic , prosthetic . 中文词源 kinesthetic ：运动感官的 由19世纪英国神经学专家Henry Charlton Bastian根据希腊语合成的
• kinesis 英文词源 kinesis (n.) "physical movement," 1819, from Greek kinesis "movement, motion" (see cite ). 中文词源 kinesis ：运动，动作 来自希腊语kinesis,运动，移动，来自PIE*keie,使运动，使移动，词源同cite,cinema,conation. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kinesis 词源， kinesis 含义。
• kinematics 英文词源 kinematics (n.) "science of motion," 1840, from French cinématique (Ampère, 1834), from Greek kinesis "movement, motion" (see cite ). Related: Kinematic (1864); kinematical . 中文词源 kinematics ：运动学 来自希腊语kinesis,运动，移动，词源同cinema,kinesis. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kinematics 词源， kinematics 含义。
• kindred 英文词源 kindred kindred: see kin kindred (n.) c. 1200, kinraden , compound of kin (q.v.) + -rede , from Old English ræden "condition, rule," related to rædan "to advise, rule" (see read (v.)). With intrusive -d- (17c.) probably for phonetic reasons (compare thunder ) but perhaps encouraged by kind (n.). As an adjective, 1520s, from the noun. 中文词源 kindred ：家属，亲人 kin,亲戚，
• kindness 英文词源 kindness (n.) c. 1300, "courtesy, noble deeds," from kind (adj.) + -ness . Meaning "kind deeds; kind feelings" is from late 14c. Old English kyndnes meant "nation; produce, an increase." 中文词源 kindness ：友好，亲切 kind,友好的，-ness,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kindness 词源， kindness 含义。 kindness ：仁慈，亲切；
• kindling 英文词源 kindling (n.) "material for lighting fire," 1510s, from present participle of kindle (v.). Earlier "a setting alight" (c. 1300). 中文词源 kindling ：点火物 来自kindle,点燃，-ing,动名词后缀。比较shopping. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kindling 词源， kindling 含义。
• kindle 英文词源 kindle (v.) c. 1200, cundel , "to set fire to, to start on fire," probably from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse kynda "to kindle, to light a fire," Swedish quindla "kindle," of uncertain origin, + frequentative suffix -le . Figurative use from c. 1300. Intransitive sense "to begin to burn, to catch fire" is from c. 1400. Related: Kindled ; kindling . Influenced in form, and so
• kindergarten 英文词源 kindergarten (n.) 1852, from German, literally "children's garden," from Kinder "children" (plural of Kind "child;" see kin (n.)) + Garten "garden" (see yard (n.1)). Coined 1840 by German educator Friedrich Fröbel (1782-1852) in reference to his method of developing intelligence in young children. Kindergarten means a garden of children, and Froebel, the inventor of it, or rather, as
• kind 英文词源 kind kind: [OE] Kind the noun and kind the adjective are ultimately the same word, but they split apart in pre-historic times. Their common source was Germanic * kunjam , the ancestor of English kin . From it, using the collective prefix * ga - and the abstract suffix *- diz , was derived the noun * gakundiz , which passed into Old English as gecynde ‘birth, origin, nature, race’.
• kin 英文词源 kin kin: [OE] Kin is the central English member of the Germanic branch of a vast family of words that trace their ancestry back to the prehistoric Indo- European base * gen -, * gon -, * gn -, denoting ‘produce’ (the Latin branch has given English gender , general , generate , genital , nature , etc, the Greek branch gene , genetic , gonorrhoea , etc). Amongst the Germanic descend
• kimono 英文词源 kimono (n.) 1630s, from Japanese kimono , literally "a thing put on," from ki "wear, put on" + mono "thing." 中文词源 kimono ：和服 来自日本式汉语，ki,着，mono,物，即穿着的衣物。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kimono 词源， kimono 含义。
• kimchi 英文词源 kimchi (n.) 1898, from Korean. 中文词源 kimchi ：韩国泡菜 来自韩国式古汉语。kim-,来自古汉语菹(zu),腌菜，泡菜，原义为剁，即剁碎的蔬菜（参照成语“人为刀俎，我为鱼肉”），进入古朝鲜后念jeo或ju音，chi-,即菜，念ji音。该食物在三国时期传入韩鲜半岛，拼写后来被修正为jimchi,最终被修正为kimchi
• kilter 英文词源 kilter (n.) in out of kilter (1620s) variant of English dialectal kelter (c. 1600) "good condition, order," of unknown origin. 中文词源 kilter ：顺利，良好 来自英语方言kelter,秩序，常见于短语out of kilter,混乱，不一致。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kilter 词源， kilter 含义。
• kilt 英文词源 kilt (n.) "plaited tartan skirt," c. 1730, from Middle English verb kilten "to tuck up" (mid-14c.), from a Scandinavian source (compare Danish kilte op "to tuck up;" Old Norse kilting "shirt," kjalta "fold made by gathering up to the knees"). kilt (v.) "to tuck up," mid-14c., of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish kilte , Swedish kilta "to tuck up;" see kilt (n.). Related: Kilted ; ki
• kilowatt-hour 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random condiment condiment: see recondite 中文词源 kilowatt-hour ：千瓦时，一度 kilo-,千，watt,瓦，hour,时。电量单位，即一度电。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kilowatt-hour 词源， kilowatt-hour 含义。
• kilometer 英文词源 kilometer (n.) 1810, from French kilomètre (1795); see kilo- + meter (n.2). Related: Kilometric . 中文词源 kilometer ：千米 kilo-,千，meter,米。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kilometer 词源， kilometer 含义。
• kilojoule 英文词源 kilojoule (n.) 1893, from kilo- + joule . 中文词源 kilojoule ：千焦耳 kilo-,千，joule,焦耳。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kilojoule 词源， kilojoule 含义。
• kilohertz 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random jet jet: English has two distinct words jet . The older, which denotes a type of black stone used in jewellery [14], comes via Old French jaiet and Latin gagātēs from Greek gagátēs , which denoted ‘stone from Gagai’, a town in Lycia, in Asia Minor, where it was found. The jet of ‘jet engines’ [16] goes back ultimatel
• kilogram 英文词源 kilogram (n.) "one thousand grams," 1797, from French kilogramme (1795); see kilo- + gram . 中文词源 kilogram ：千克 kilo-,千，gram,克。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kilogram 词源， kilogram 含义。 kilogram ：千克，公斤 词根词缀： kilo-千 + -gram-写,画(在重量上写的一个字母 → gram克)
• kilobyte 英文词源 kilobyte (n.) 1970, from kilo- + byte . 中文词源 kilobyte ：千字节 kilo-,千，byte,字节。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kilobyte 词源， kilobyte 含义。
• kilobit 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random tousle tousle: [15] Tousle was derived from an earlier touse ‘pull about, shake’ (probable source also of tussle [15]), which went back to an Old English * tūsian . Amongst its relatives is German zausen ‘tug, tousle’. = tussle 中文词源 kilobit ：千比特 kilo-,千，bit,比特。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• kilo- 英文词源 kilo- word-forming element meaning "one thousand," introduced in French 1795, when the metric system was officially adopted there, from Greek khilioi "thousand," of unknown origin. 中文词源 kilo- ：千 该前缀由法语引入英语，来自希腊语khilioi,一千，词源同chiliasm,chiliad.其正确拼写应为chili-或chilo-,但因为趋同于法语词chier,粪便，词源同c
• kiln 英文词源 kiln kiln: [OE] Etymologically a kiln is for ‘cooking’, not for burning or drying. Its distant ancestor was Latin coquīna ‘kitchen’, a derivative of the verb coquere ‘cook’. This produced an unexplained variant culīna (source of English culinary [17]), which was used not only for ‘kitchen’, but also for ‘cooking-stove’. Old English adopted it as cylene , which ha
• killjoy 英文词源 killjoy (n.) also kill-joy , 1776, from kill (v.) + joy . Formerly used with other stems (such as kill-courtesy "boorish person," kill-cow "bully, big man," etc.). 中文词源 killjoy ：扫兴的人 kill,杀，joy,玩乐。比喻用法。比较spoilsport,wet blanket. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： killjoy 词源， killjoy 含义。
• killer application 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random diligent diligent: [14] The underlying meaning of diligent is ‘loving’. It comes via Old French diligent from the present participial stem of Latin dīligere ‘esteem highly, love’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dis - ‘apart’ and legere ‘choose’ (source of English elect , neglect , and select ),
• kill 英文词源 kill kill: [13] The Old English verbs for ‘kill’ were slēan , source of modern English slay , and cwellan , which has become modern English quell . The latter came from a prehistoric Germanic * kwaljan , which it has been suggested may have had a variant * kuljan that could have become Old English * cyllan . If such a verb did exist, it would be a plausible ancestor for modern En
• kike 英文词源 kike (n.) derogatory slang for "a Jew," by 1901, American English; early evidence supports the belief that it was used at first among German-American Jews in reference to newcomers from Eastern Europe, perhaps because the names of the latter ended in -ki or -ky . There is no charity organization of any kind here [a small city in Pennsylvania] and, what is sadder to relate, the Jews in
• kidult 英文词源 kidult "An adult with childish tastes", 1960s: blend of kid 1 and adult. 中文词源 kidult ：大小孩 来自kid和adult的合成词。比喻用法。比较infantilism. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kidult 词源， kidult 含义。
• kidology 英文词源 kidology "The art or practice of deliberately deceiving or teasing people", 1960s: formed irregularly from the verb kid 2 + -logy. 中文词源 kidology ：糊弄，哄骗 kido,小孩，-logy,学说。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kidology 词源， kidology 含义。
• kidney bean 英文词源 frijoles (n.) Mexican kidney beans, 1570s, from Spanish frijoles (plural) "beans," from Latin phaseolus , phaselus "kidney bean," from Greek phaselos a name for a kind of bean. kidney (n.) early 14c., of unknown origin, originally kidenere , perhaps a compound of Old English cwið "womb" (see bowel ) + ey "egg" (see egg (n.)) in reference to the shape of the organ. Figurative sense of
• kidney 英文词源 kidney kidney: [14] The origins of kidney are a matter of guesswork rather than certain knowledge. Probably the most widely accepted theory is that the - ey element represents ey , the Middle English word for ‘egg’, in allusion to the shape of the kidneys. The first syllable is more problematical, but one possible source is Old English cwith ‘womb’ or the related Old Norse kvi
• kiddie 英文词源 kiddy (n.) also kiddie ; 1570s as "young goat;" 1780 as "flash thief;" 1889 as "child," from various senses of kid (n.) + -y (3). Related: Kiddies . 中文词源 kiddie ：小孩子 来自kid的亲昵叫法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kiddie 词源， kiddie 含义。
• kid 英文词源 kid (n.) c. 1200, "the young of a goat," from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse kið "young goat," from Proto-Germanic *kidjom (cognates: Old High German kizzi , German kitze , Danish and Swedish kid ). Extended meaning of "child" first recorded as slang 1590s, established in informal usage by 1840s. Applied to skillful young thieves and pugilists since at least 1812. Kid stuff
• kickstand 英文词源 kickstand (n.) "metal support for holding a bicycle upright," 1936, from kick (v.) + stand (n.). So called for the method of putting it in position. 中文词源 kickstand ：支架 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kickstand 词源， kickstand 含义。
• kick-off 英文词源 kick-off (n.) also kickoff , kick off , 1857, "first kick in a football match," from kick (v.) + off . Figurative sense of "start, beginning event" is from 1875. 中文词源 kick-off ：开始，开赛 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kick-off 词源， kick-off 含义。
• kicking 英文词源 cancan cancan: [19] The English word was borrowed from French, where it originally, in the 16th century, meant ‘noise, uproar’. Its ultimate source is unknown, although it has traditionally been associated with Latin quanquam ‘although’, taken to be the prelude to a noisy scholastic argument. Its application to the uproarious dance began in the 19th century, in French as well
• kick drum 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random chart chart: [16] English card and chart are related. Both come from Latin charta ‘paper’, but whereas card was routed via French carte , and for some reason changed its t to a d , chart was borrowed directly from the Latin word, in which the meaning ‘map’ had already developed. Latin charta originally denoted ‘leaf of
• kick-boxing 英文词源 kickboxing (n.) also kick-boxing , 1968 (as one word, from 1971), from kick + boxing . Related: Kickbox (v.); kickboxer . 中文词源 kick-boxing ：散打 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kick-boxing 词源， kick-boxing 含义。
• kickback 英文词源 kickback (n.) also kick-back , c. 1900 in various mechanical senses, from kick (v.) + back (adv.). By 1926 in a slang sense of "be forced to return pelf, pay back to victims," which was extended to illegal partial give-backs of government-set wages that were extorted from workers by employers. Hence sense of "illegal or improper payment" (1932). 中文词源 kickback ：回扣，佣金