英语词源

• kick-ass 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random quorum quorum: [15] Quorum began life as the genitive plural of the Latin pronoun quī ‘who’. This appeared in former times in the Latin text of commissions issued to persons who because of some special expertise were required to act as justices of the peace in a particular case (if two JPs were required, for instance, the w
• kick 英文词源 kick kick: [14] Kick is one of the mystery words of English. It first appears towards the end of the 14th century, but no one knows where it came from, and it has no relatives in the other Indo- European languages. It may have been a Scandinavian borrowing. kick (v.) late 14c., "to strike out with the foot" (earliest in biblical phrase now usually rendered as kick against the pricks )
• kibosh 英文词源 kibosh (n.) 1836, kye-bosk , in British English slang phrase put the kibosh on , of unknown origin, despite intense speculation. The earliest citation is in Dickens. Looks Yiddish, but its original appearance in a piece set in the heavily Irish "Seven Dials" neighborhood in the West End of London seems to argue against this. One candidate is Irish caip bháis, caipín báis "cap of de
• kibitz 英文词源 kibitz (v.) 1927, from Yiddish kibitsen "to offer gratuitous advice as an outsider," from German kiebitzen "to look on at cards, to kibitz," originally in thieves' cant "to visit," from Kiebitz , name of a shore bird (European pewit, lapwing) with a folk reputation as a meddler, from Middle High German gibitz "pewit," imitative of its cry. Young lapwings are proverbially precocious an
• kibbutz 英文词源 kibbutz (n.) "Israeli collective settlement," 1931, from Modern Hebrew qibbus "gathering," earlier "a gathering together," verbal noun from root of qibbetz "he gathered together." Plural is kibbutzim . Related to Arabic quabada "he grasped, seized." 中文词源 kibbutz ：集体农场 以色列的共同生活、工作、决策、和分配收入的合作农场或工厂。来自希伯来
• kibbled 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random cravat cravat: [17] The fashion for wearing scarves round the neck started in France in the 1650s. It was inspired by Croatian mercenaries employed there at that time, who regularly sported linen neckbands of that type. The Croats were called in French Cravates (the name comes via German Krabate from the original Serbo-Croat ter
• kia ora 英文词源 kia ora "(In New Zealand) a greeting wishing good health", Maori. 中文词源 kia ora ：你好 来自新西兰毛利人打招呼用语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kia ora 词源， kia ora 含义。
• khazi 英文词源 khazi "A toilet", 1960s: from Italian casa 'house'. 中文词源 khazi ：厕所，茅坑 来自意大利语casa,屋子，棚屋，词源同chalet,casino.可能是委婉语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： khazi 词源， khazi 含义。
• khat 英文词源 khat "The leaves of an Arabian shrub, which are chewed (or drunk as an infusion) as a stimulant", Mid 19th century: from Arabic qāt . 中文词源 khat ：阿拉伯茶叶 来自阿拉伯语qat,一种灌木植物，可用于咀嚼和冲饮。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： khat 词源， khat 含义。
• khanate 英文词源 khanate (n.) 1799, from khan + -ate (1). 中文词源 khanate ：可汗领土 khan,可汗，-ate,形容词后缀。引申词义可汗领土。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： khanate 词源， khanate 含义。
• khan 英文词源 khan (n.) c. 1400, from Turkic, literally "lord, prince," contraction of khaqan "ruler, sovereign." Known in Europe since 13c.; compare Medieval Latin chanis , Greek kanes , Old French chan . 中文词源 khan ：可汗 来自土耳其语kan,王子，主人，缩写自khaqan,统治者，词源同汉语可汗，成吉思汗。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： khan
• khaki 英文词源 khaki khaki: [19] Khaki is part of the large linguistic legacy of British rule in India. In Urdu khākī means ‘dusty’, and is a derivative of the noun khāk ‘dust’ (a word of Persian origin). It seems first to have been used with reference to the colour of military uniforms in the Guide Corps of the Indian army in the late 1840s. The term followed the colour when it was more
• keyword 英文词源 keyword (n.) also key-word , 1807, from key (n.1) + word (n.). Originally in reference to codes and ciphers. 中文词源 keyword ：关键词 key,关键，word,词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： keyword 词源， keyword 含义。
• keystroke 英文词源 keystroke (n.) 1902, from key (n.1) + stroke (n.). Not in common use until the rise of computers. As a verb, by 1966 (implied in keystroking ). 中文词源 keystroke ：击键 key,键，stroke,击打。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： keystroke 词源， keystroke 含义。
• keystone 英文词源 keystone (n.) "stone in the middle of an arch, which holds up the others," 1630s, from key (n.1) in figurative sense of "that which holds together other parts" + stone . Figurative sense is from 1640s. Pennsylvania was called the Keystone State because of its position (geographical and political) in the original American confederation, between northern states and southern ones. Keysto
• key signature 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random grease grease: [13] Latin crassus meant ‘solid, thick, fat’, and hence ‘gross, stupid’ (English borrowed it in this latter metaphorical sense as crass [16], and it is also the source of French gras ‘fat’). On it was based the Vulgar Latin derived noun * crassia ‘(melted) animal fat’, which passed into English via
• keypal 英文词源 keypal "A person with whom one becomes friendly by exchanging emails; an email penfriend", 1990s: from key 1 + pal, by analogy with pen pal. 中文词源 keypal ：键友，网友 key,键盘，pal,朋友，伙计。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： keypal 词源， keypal 含义。
• keypad 英文词源 keypad (n.) 1975, from key (n.1) + pad (n.). 中文词源 keypad ：电话按键 key,键盘，pad,衬垫，面板。引申词义电话按键。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： keypad 词源， keypad 含义。
• keynote 英文词源 keynote (n.) also key-note , "lowest note of a musical scale, basis of a scale," 1776, from key (n.1) in sense of "musical scale" + note (n.). Figurative sense of "leading idea" is from 1783; keynote address is 1905, American English. 中文词源 keynote ：主旨，基调 key,关键，note,音符。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： keynote 词源，
• keylogger 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random testament testament: [13] Testament is one of a range of English words that go back to Latin testis ‘witness’. This was derived from a prehistoric Indo-European base * tris - ‘three’, and so denoted etymologically a ‘third person’, who was not party to an agreement and thus could be a disinterested witness to it. Oth
• keyhole surgery 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random cruller cruller: see curl 中文词源 keyhole surgery ：微创手术 keyhole,钥匙孔，surgery,手术。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： keyhole surgery 词源， keyhole surgery 含义。
• keyhole 英文词源 keyhole (n.) 1590s, from key (n.1) + hole (n.). 中文词源 keyhole ：钥匙孔 key,钥匙，hole,孔。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： keyhole 词源， keyhole 含义。
• keyed up 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random piece piece: [13] Piece is probably ultimately of Celtic origin. It comes via Anglo-Norman pece from medieval Latin pecia or petia , which appears to have been borrowed from * pettia , an unrecorded word in the Celtic language of ancient Gaul. This would have been descended from an Old Celtic base * pett - that may also be the s
• key card 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random literature literature: [14] Latin littera meant ‘letter’, and was the source of English letter . From it was derived literātus ‘having knowledge of letters’, hence ‘educated, learned’ (source of English literate [15]); and this formed the basis of the further derivative litterātūra , which denoted ‘writing forme
• keyboard 英文词源 keyboard (n.) 1819, from key (n.1) in sense of "mechanism of a musical instrument" + board (n.1). Originally of pianos, organs, etc., extended to other machines 1846. The verb is first recorded 1926 (implied in keyboarding ). 中文词源 keyboard ：键盘 key,键，board,板。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： keyboard 词源， keyboard 含义。 keyboard ：键
• key 英文词源 key key: [OE] The Old English ancestor of key was cǣg . This produced a modern English word which to begin with was pronounced to rhyme with bay , and its present-day pronunciation, rhyming with bee , did not come to the fore until the 18th century. No one knows where the word originally came from; it has no living relatives in other Germanic languages. key (n.1) "metal piece that wo
• Kevlar 英文词源 Kevlar registered trademark (DuPont) for a synthetic fiber developed there c. 1965. 中文词源 Kevlar ：凯拉维尔纤维 商标名，由美国杜邦公司研发。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Kevlar 词源， Kevlar 含义。
• kettledrum 英文词源 kettledrum (n.) 1540s, from kettle + drum (n.). 中文词源 kettledrum ：定音鼓 kettle,水壶，drum,鼓。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kettledrum 词源， kettledrum 含义。
• kettle 英文词源 kettle kettle: [13] Latin catīnus denoted a ‘deep pan or dish in which food was cooked or served’. Its diminutive form catillus was borrowed into prehistoric Germanic as * katilaz , which passed into Old English in the form cetel . This produced Middle English chetel , which died out in the 15th century, having been ousted by the related Old Norse form ketill . Originally the ter
• ketch 英文词源 ketch (n.) kind of small sailing vessel, 1650s, earlier catch (mid-15c.), cache (late 14c.), probably from Middle English cacchen "to capture, ensnare, chase" (see catch (v.)). Compare the sense development in yacht . 中文词源 ketch ：双桅帆船 可能来自catch,抓住，抓捕。比喻用法，用于形容这种船快或用于追捕。比较yacht. 该词的英语词源请访问
• ketamine 英文词源 ketamine (n.) 1966, from keto- , comb. form of ketone , + amine . 中文词源 ketamine ：氯胺酮 ket-,缩写自acetone,丙酮，amine,胺。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ketamine 词源， ketamine 含义。
• kestrel 英文词源 kestrel (n.) kind of falcon, c. 1600, earlier castrell (15c.), probably from Middle French cresserelle , which apparently is related to crecerelle "rattle," from Latin crepitacillium "small rattle," diminutive of crepitaculum "noisy bell, rattle," from crepitare "to crackle, rattle;" possibly from the old belief that their noise frightened away other hawks. 中文词源 kestrel ：小隼
• kerosene 英文词源 kerosene (n.) 1852, coined irregularly by Canadian geologist Abraham Gesner (1797-1864), who discovered how to distill it c. 1846, from Greek keros "wax" (see cere ) + chemical suffix -ene . So called because it contains paraffin (hence the British English name, paraffin oil ). 中文词源 kerosene ：煤油，火油 由19世纪加拿大地质学家Abraham Gesner根据希腊语创造出
• kernel 英文词源 kernel kernel: [OE] Etymologically, a kernel is a ‘little seed’. Old English corn , ancestor of modern English corn , meant ‘seed, grain’, and its diminutive form cyrnel was applied to ‘pips’ (now obsolete), to ‘seeds’ (a sense which now survives only in the context of cereals), and to the ‘inner part of nuts, fruit stones, etc’. = corn kernel (n.) Old English cyrn
• kermes 英文词源 kermes (n.) "shield louse," c. 1600 of the insect preparation used as a dye, etc.; 1590s of the species of oak on which the insects live, from Medieval Latin cremesinus (also source of French kermès , Italian chermes , Spanish carmes ), from Arabic qirmiz "kermes," from Sanskrit krmi-ja a compound meaning "(red dye) produced by a worm." The Sanskrit compound is krmih "worm" (from PIE
• kerfuffle 英文词源 kerfuffle (n.) "row, disturbance," 1973, said to have been used c. 1930 in Canadian English, ultimately from Scottish curfuffle . 中文词源 kerfuffle ：混乱，骚乱 ker-,表强调，拟声词，狗叫声，词源同cur,fuffle,混乱，方言词，可能来自拟声词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kerfuffle 词源， kerfuffle 含义。
• kerchief 英文词源 kerchief kerchief: see handkerchief kerchief (n.) early 13c., kovrechief "piece of cloth used to cover part of the head," especially a woman's headcloth or veil, from Anglo-French courchief , Old French couvrechief , literally "cover head," from couvrir "to cover" (see cover (v.)) + chief "head" (see chief ). From late 14c. as "piece of cloth used about the person" generally, and from
• kerbstone 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random account account: [14] Account is of Old French origin. It was formed from compter , conter ‘count’ (which derived from Latin computāre ) and the prefix a -. Its original meaning in English, too, was ‘count’ or ‘count up’; this had disappeared by the end of the 18th century, but its specialized reference to the keepi
• kerbside 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random safe safe: [13] Like save , and indeed salvage and salvation , safe comes from Latin salvus ‘uninjured’. It reached English via Old French sauf . Salvus itself went back to a prehistoric Indo-European * solwos ‘whole’, which came from the same base that produced English soldier , solemn , and solid . The noun safe ‘str
• kerb-crawling 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random cadaver cadaver: [16] Cadaver literally means ‘something that has fallen over’. It is a derivative of the Latin verb cadere ‘fall’ (from which English gets a wide range of other words, from case to accident ). Its application to ‘dead body’ arises from the metaphorical use of the Latin verb for ‘die’. = accident
• kerb 英文词源 kerb (n.) 1660s, a variant of curb (n.). The preferred British English spelling in certain specialized senses, especially "edging of stone on a pavement" (1805). 中文词源 kerb ：路边，马路牙子 来自curb拼写变体，来自PIE*sker,弯，转，围，词源同curve,ring.引申词义马路牙子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kerb 词源， kerb 含
• keratin 英文词源 keratin (n.) basic substance of horns, nails, feathers, etc., 1847, from Greek keras (genitive keratos ) "horn" (see kerato- ) + chemical suffix -in (2). 中文词源 keratin ：角蛋白 来自希腊语keratos,角，词源同horn,-in,化学名词后缀。引申词义角蛋白。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： keratin 词源， keratin 含义。 keratin ：角蛋
• kept woman 英文词源 mistress (n.) early 14c., "female teacher, governess," from Old French maistresse "mistress (lover); housekeeper; governess, female teacher" (Modern French maîtresse ), fem. of maistre "master" (see master (n.)). Sense of "a woman who employs others or has authority over servants" is from early 15c. Sense of "kept woman of a married man" is from early 15c. 中文词源 kept woman ：情
• kennel 英文词源 kennel kennel: [14] Appropriately enough for a word for ‘dog-house’, kennel comes ultimately from Latin canis ‘dog’ (a relative of English hound ). Canis was the basis of a Vulgar Latin derivative * canīle , which passed into English via Anglo- Norman * kenil . Other English derivatives of Latin canis include canary , canine [17], and chenille ‘fabric made from soft yarn’
• kendo 英文词源 kendo "A Japanese form of fencing with two-handed bamboo swords, originally developed as a safe form of sword training for samurai", Japanese, from ken 'sword' + dō 'way'. 中文词源 kendo ：剑道 来自日本化汉语，ken,剑，do,道。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kendo 词源， kendo 含义。
• ken 英文词源 ken ken: [OE] Once a widespread verb throughout English, ken is now restricted largely to Scotland, having taken over the semantic territory elsewhere monopolized by know . In Old English it actually meant not ‘know’ but ‘make known’; it was the causative version of cunnan ‘know’ (ancestor of modern English can ). Its relatives in other Germanic languages made the change f
• kempt 英文词源 kempt (adj.) "well-combed, neat," late 14c., from past tense of dialectal kemb , from Old English cemdan (see unkempt ). A rare word after c. 1500; any modern use probably is a whimsical back-formation from unkempt . 中文词源 kempt ：整洁的，梳理好的 来自comb的过去分词方言，梳理好的，整洁的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kempt 词
• kelvin 英文词源 Kelvin unit of absolute temperature scale, 1911, in honor of British physicist Sir William Thompson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907). 中文词源 kelvin ：开，开尔文 热量单位，来自英国19世纪物理学家William Thompson,Lord Kelvin,以致敬他对该研究所做出的贡献。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kelvin 词源， kelvin 含义。
• kelpie 英文词源 kelpie (n.) 1747, Scottish, of unknown origin, perhaps related to Gaelic colpach "heifer, steer, colt;" colpa "cow, horse." The Lowland name of a demon in the shape of a horse that was reputed to haunt lakes and rivers and to delight in causing drownings. But unlike its equivalents in Danish ( nøkken ) and Icelandic ( nykur ), it occasionally was benevolent, especially to millers by
• kelp 英文词源 kelp (n.) 1660s, from Middle English culpe (late 14c.), of unknown origin. Kelper "native or inhabitant of the Falkland Islands" is attested from 1960. 中文词源 kelp ：海带，巨型褐藻 词源不详。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kelp 词源， kelp 含义。
• Kejia 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random cantankerous cantankerous: [18] Cantankerous is a rather mysterious word. It first appears in the 1770s, and the earliest known reference to it is in Oliver Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer 1772: ‘There’s not a more bitter cantanckerous road in all christendom’. Its origin is disputed: perhaps the likeliest source is Mi
• keister 英文词源 keister (n.) "buttocks," 1931, perhaps transferred from underworld meaning "safe, strongbox" (1914), earlier "a burglar's toolkit that can be locked" (1881); probably from British dialect kist (northern form of chest ) or its German cognate Kiste "chest, box." The connection may be via pickpocket slang sense of "rear trouser pocket" (1930s). 中文词源 keister ：屁股 可能来自
• keg 英文词源 keg (n.) 1630s, earlier kag (mid-15c.), from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse kaggi "keg, cask," of unknown origin. Cognate with Swedish kagge , Norwegian kagg . Specific sense of "barrel of beer" is from 1945. U.S. student slang kegger "party featuring a keg of beer" attested by 1969. 中文词源 keg ：小桶 来自古诺斯语kaggi,小桶。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• keepsake 英文词源 keepsake keepsake: see sake keepsake (n.) 1790, from keep (v.) + sake ; on model of namesake ; thus an object kept for the sake of the giver. As an adjective by 1839. 中文词源 keepsake ：纪念品 keep,持有，sake,缘故，为了。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： keepsake 词源， keepsake 含义。
• keep 英文词源 keep keep: [OE] For all that it is one of the commonest verbs in the language, remarkably little is known about the history of keep . It first appears in texts around the year 1000. It is assumed to have existed before then, but not to have belonged to a sufficiently ‘literary’ level of the language to have been written down. Nor has a link been established for certain with any wo
• keen 英文词源 keen keen: [OE] The ancestral meaning of keen is ‘brave’. That is what its German and Dutch relatives, kühn and koen , mean, and that is what keen itself meant in the Old English period. But this sense had died out by the 17th century, having been replaced by the meanings familiar today, such as ‘eager’ and ‘sharp’. keen (adj.) c. 1200, from Old English cene "bold brave,"
• keelhaul 英文词源 keelhaul (v.) 1660s (the experience itself is described from 1620s), from Dutch kielhalen , literally "to haul under the keel," an old punishment. See keel (n.) + haul (v.). Related: Keelhauled . German kielholen , Danish kjølhale , Swedish kölhala also are from Dutch. 中文词源 keelhaul ：惩罚，重罚 keel,船的龙骨，haul,拉。过去对水手的一种惩罚，把犯了错
• keel 英文词源 keel (n.) "lowest timber of a ship or boat," mid-14c., probably from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse kjölr "keel," Danish kjøl , Swedish köl ), from Proto-Germanic *keluz , of uncertain origin. Some etymologists say this is unconnected with the keel that means "a ship, barge," which also is the root of Middle Dutch kiel "ship," Old English ceol "ship's prow," Old High Germ
• kedgeree 英文词源 kedgeree "A European dish consisting chiefly of fish, rice, and hard-boiled eggs", From Hindi khichṛī ; see khichri. 中文词源 kedgeree ：鱼蛋烩饭 来自印度语，一种印度炒饭。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kedgeree 词源， kedgeree 含义。
• kebab 英文词源 kebab (n.) "pieces of meat roasted on a skewer," 1813 (compare shish kebab ). 中文词源 kebab ：烤肉串 来自土耳其语kebap,烤肉。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kebab 词源， kebab 含义。
• kazoo 英文词源 kazoo (n.) 1884, American English, probably altered from earlier bazoo "trumpet" (1877); probably ultimately imitative (compare bazooka ). In England, formerly called a Timmy Talker , in France, a mirliton . Kazoos, the great musical wonder, ... anyone can play it; imitates fowls, animals, bagpipes, etc. [1895 Montgomery Ward catalogue, p.245] But mostly "etc." 中文词源 kazoo ：卡
• kayo 英文词源 kayo spelled-out form of K.O. (for knockout in the pugilism sense), from 1923. Also used in 1920s as a slang reversal of OK . 中文词源 kayo ：击倒 来自knockout的缩写词KO的俚语发音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kayo 词源， kayo 含义。
• kayak 英文词源 kayak (n.) 1757, from Danish kajak, from Greenland Eskimo qayaq , literally "small boat of skins." The verb is attested from 1875, from the noun. Related: Kayaking . 中文词源 kayak ：皮艇 来自爱斯基摩语qayaq,皮划艇。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kayak 词源， kayak 含义。
• katakana 英文词源 katakana (n.) from Japanese katakana , from kata "side" + kana "borrowed letter(s)." 中文词源 katakana ：片假名 来自日语，kata,边，片，kana,借字，词源同hiragana. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： katakana 词源， katakana 含义。
• karting 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random pony pony: [18] Latin pullus denoted a ‘young animal’, particularly a ‘young horse’ or ‘young chicken’ (it is related to English foal , and has given English pool ‘collective amount’, poultry , and pullet ). From it was derived in post-classical times pullāmen , which passed into Old French as poulain ‘foal’
• kart 英文词源 kart (n.) 1959, short for go-kart (see go-cart ). 中文词源 kart ：小型赛车，卡丁车 来自cart拼写变体，缩写自go-cart. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kart 词源， kart 含义。
• karmic 英文词源 karmic (adj.) 1883, from karma + -ic . 中文词源 karmic ：命运的，因果报应的 来自karma,业，因果报应，-ic,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： karmic 词源， karmic 含义。
• karma 英文词源 karma (n.) 1827, in Buddhism, the sum of a person's actions in one life, which determine his form in the next; from Sanskrit karma "action, work, deed; fate," related to krnoti , Avestan kerenaoiti "makes," Old Persian kunautiy "he makes;" from PIE root *kwer- "to make, form" (see terato- ). Related to the second element in Sanskrit . 中文词源 karma ：业，因果报应 来自梵语
• karate 英文词源 karate (n.) 1955, Japanese, literally "empty hand, bare hand," from kara "empty" + te "hand." A devotee is a karateka . 中文词源 karate ：空手道 来自日语，kara,空的，可能来自日本化汉语空，te,手，可能来自日本化汉语手。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： karate 词源， karate 含义。
• karat 英文词源 karat (n.) variant of carat (q.v.). In U.S., karat is used for "proportion of fine gold in an alloy" and carat for "weight of a precious stone." 中文词源 karat ：克拉 来自carat拼写变体。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： karat 词源， karat 含义。
• karaoke 英文词源 karaoke karaoke: [20] The conceptual basis of this term, enthusiastically adopted in the West from Japan in the latter part of the 20th century, is of a backing or accompaniment waiting to be ‘filled’ by a singer or other soloist. In Japanese, it means literally ‘empty orchestra’: kara is ‘empty’ (it also appears in English karate [20], literally ‘empty hand’) and oke
• karabiner 英文词源 karabiner (n.) coupling device, 1932, shortened from German karabiner-haken , usually translated as "spring hook." 中文词源 karabiner ：登山用岩钉钢环 缩写自德语karabiner-haken,弹簧钩，来自karabiner,卡宾枪，词源同carbine,haken,钩子，词源同hook.原指卡宾枪的带钩。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： karabiner 词源， kara
• kaput 英文词源 kaput (adj.) "finished, worn out, dead," 1895, from German kaputt "destroyed, ruined, lost" (1640s), which in this sense probably is a misunderstanding of the phrase capot machen , a partial translation of French faire capot , a phrase which meant "to win all the tricks (from the other player) in piquet," an obsolete card game. Literally "to make a bonnet;" perhaps the notion is throw
• kappa 英文词源 kappa tenth letter of the Greek alphabet, from an Aramaized form of qoph ; see K . 中文词源 kappa ：希腊字母表的第十个字母 即希腊字母Kappa，来自腓尼基字母Kaph，手掌。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kappa 词源， kappa 含义。
• kapok 英文词源 kapok (n.) 1735, from Malay kapoq , name of the large tropical tree which produces the fibers. 中文词源 kapok ：木棉 来自马来语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kapok 词源， kapok 含义。
• kaolin 英文词源 kaolin kaolin: [18] The word kaolin comes ultimately from gaō ling , the name of a hill in Jiangxi province, northern China, from which fine white china clay was first obtained (it means literally ‘high hill’). It reached English via French. kaolin (n.) "china clay," 1727, from French kaolin (1712), from Chinese Kao-ling , old-style transliteration of the name of a mountain in Ji
• kanji 英文词源 kanji (n.) "Chinese ideographs that make up the bulk of Japanese writing," 1920, from Japanese kan "Chinese" + ji "letter, character." 中文词源 kanji ：日本汉字 来自日本化汉语，kan,汉，ji,字。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kanji 词源， kanji 含义。
• kangaroo court 英文词源 kangaroo kangaroo: [18] The first English speakers to refer in writing to the kangaroo were Captain Cook and the botanist Joseph Banks, who both mentioned it in 1770 in the journals they kept of their visit to Australia (Banks, for instance, referred to killing ‘kangaru’). This was their interpretation of ganjurru , the name for a large black or grey type of kangaroo in the Guugu
• kangaroo 英文词源 kangaroo kangaroo: [18] The first English speakers to refer in writing to the kangaroo were Captain Cook and the botanist Joseph Banks, who both mentioned it in 1770 in the journals they kept of their visit to Australia (Banks, for instance, referred to killing ‘kangaru’). This was their interpretation of ganjurru , the name for a large black or grey type of kangaroo in the Guugu
• kamikaze 英文词源 kamikaze (n.) "suicide flier," 1945, Japanese, literally "divine wind," from kami "god, providence, divine" (see kami ) + kaze "wind." Originally the name given in folklore to a typhoon which saved Japan from Mongol invasion by wrecking Kublai Khan's fleet (August 1281). The attacks began in October 1944 off the Philippines. As an aside, at war's end, the Japanese had, by actual count
• kami 英文词源 kami Japanese for "superior, lord," a title given to governors, also used of deities; the word was chosen by Japanese converts and Protestant missionaries to refer to the Christian god. 中文词源 kami ：神 来自日语kami,神，上帝，可能来自日本化汉语神。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kami 词源， kami 含义。
• kameez 英文词源 kameez "A long tunic worn by many people from South Asia, typically with a salwar or churidars", From Arabic qamīṣ , perhaps from late Latin camisia (see chemise ). 中文词源 kameez ：克米兹，南亚人穿的及膝长袍 来自阿拉伯语qamis,可能来自拉丁语camisa,长裙，袍子，词源同chemise. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kameez 词源，
• Kama Sutra 英文词源 Kama Sutra also Kamasutra , 1874, from Sanskrit Kama Sutra , name of the ancient treatise on love and sexual performance, from kama "love" (see whore ) + sutra "series of aphorisms" (see sutra ). 中文词源 Kama Sutra ：爱经 来自梵语Kama Sutra,关于性爱的经书，来自kama,爱，词源同cherish,whore,sutra,佛经，经典，词源同sew. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• kale 英文词源 kale kale: see cauliflower kale (n.) also kail , c. 1300, alternative form of cawul (c. 1200), surviving in this spelling after Middle English as a Scottish variant of cole "cabbage" (see cole-slaw ). Slang meaning "money" is from 1902. 中文词源 kale ：羽衣甘蓝 来自cole苏格兰拼写变体，白菜，词源同collard,coleslaw,cauliflower. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• Kalashnikov 英文词源 Kalashnikov (n.) type of rifle or submachine gun made in the U.S.S.R., 1968, from Russian Kalashnikov , weapon developed in Soviet Union c. 1946 and named for Mikhail Kalashnikov , gun designer and part of the team that built it. In AK-47, the AK stands for Avtomat Kalashnikov . 中文词源 Kalashnikov ：卡拉什尼科夫步枪 来自其设计者苏联枪械工程师Mikhai Kalashni
• kakuro 英文词源 kakuro "A type of number puzzle in which players have to insert numbers into a crossword-like grid, with numbered clues and some blank squares", Early 21st century: blend of Japanese kasan 'addition' and kurosu , representing a Japanese pronunciation of cross . 中文词源 kakuro ：数谜游戏 缩写自日语kasan kurosu,加法纵横运算，kasan,来自日本化汉语加算，kuro
• kajal 英文词源 kajal "A black powder used in South Asia as a cosmetic, either around the eyes or as a mark on the forehead", From Hindi kājal . 中文词源 kajal ：黑色眼影 来自印度语kajal,来自阿拉伯语kahul,眼影，眼粉，词源同alcohol,kohl. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kajal 词源， kajal 含义。
• kaizen 英文词源 kaizen "A Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement of working practices, personal efficiency, etc", Japanese, literally 'improvement'. 中文词源 kaizen ：持续改进 来自日本化汉语改善或改进。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： kaizen 词源， kaizen 含义。
• kakistocracy 英文词源 kakistocracy (n.) 1829, "government by the worst element of a society," coined on analogy of its opposite, aristocracy , from Greek kakistos "worst," superlative of kakos "bad" (which perhaps is related to the general IE word for "defecate;" see caco- ) + -cracy . 中文词源 kakistocracy ：恶人执政，恶人当政 由aristocracy杜撰出来的一个词，来自希腊语kakistos,最
• kaiser 英文词源 kaiser (n.) "an emperor," Old English casere , fallen from use after Middle English, but revived 1858 in reference to the German emperors of Austria and, after 1870, Germany, from German Kaiser , from Bavarian and Austrian spelling of Middle High German keisar , from Old High German keisar "emperor," an early borrowing of Latin cognomen Caesar . The Germanic and Slavic peoples seem to