英语词源

• jocose 英文词源 jocose (adj.) 1670s, from Latin iocosus "full of jesting, joking," from iocus "pastime, sport; a jest, joke" (see joke (n.)). Implies ponderous humor. Related: Jocosely ; jocoseness . 中文词源 jocose ：幽默的，诙谐的 来自拉丁语iocus,娱乐，玩耍，讲笑话，词源同joke. jocular 幽默的，诙谐的 来自拉丁语iocus,娱乐，玩耍，讲笑话，词源同jo
• jockstrap 英文词源 jockstrap (n.) also jock-strap , "supporter of the male genital organs, used in sports," 1897, with strap (n.) + jock slang for "penis" c. 1650-c. 1850, probably from Jock , the nickname for John , which was used generically for "common man" from c. 1500. 中文词源 jockstrap ：下体护身 jock,来自人名Jock,俚语阴茎，strap,带子。引申词义下体护身。 该词的英语
• jock itch 英文词源 jock itch "A fungal infection of the groin area", 1970s: jock from jockstrap. 中文词源 jock itch ：股癣 jock,男运动员，itch,痒。俚语或比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jock itch 词源， jock itch 含义。
• jockey 英文词源 jockey (n.) 1520s, "boy, fellow," originally a Scottish proper name, variant of Jack . The meaning "person who rides horses in races" first attested 1660s. jockey (v.) 1708, "trick, outwit, gain advantage," from jockey (n.) perhaps from its former additional sense of "horse trader" (1680s). Meaning "to ride a horse in a race" is from 1767. Related: Jockeyed ; jockeying . 中文词源
• jock 英文词源 jock (n.) 1952, short for jockstrap "supporter of the male genital organs," which also meant, in slang, "athletic male." Jock with the meaning "an athletic man" is from 1963, American English slang. 中文词源 Jock ：苏格兰佬 苏格兰常见人名，来自Jack变体。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Jock 词源， Jock 含义。 jock ：男运动员，爱好
• Jock 英文词源 jock (n.) 1952, short for jockstrap "supporter of the male genital organs," which also meant, in slang, "athletic male." Jock with the meaning "an athletic man" is from 1963, American English slang. 中文词源 Jock ：苏格兰佬 苏格兰常见人名，来自Jack变体。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Jock 词源， Jock 含义。 jock ：男运动员，爱好
• jobsworth 英文词源 jobsworth "An official who upholds petty rules even at the expense of humanity or common sense", 1970s: from ‘it's more than my job's worth (not) to’. 中文词源 jobsworth ：刻板的监工 job,工作，worth,价值，成就感。即有工作成就感的人，词义贬义化，讽刺用语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jobsworth 词源， jobsworth 含
• job lot 英文词源 job (n.) 1550s, in phrase jobbe of worke "piece of work" (contrasted with continuous labor), of uncertain origin, perhaps a variant of gobbe "mass, lump" (c. 1400; see gob ) via sense of "a cart-load." Sense of "work done for pay" first recorded 1650s. Thieves' slang sense of "theft, robbery, a planned crime" is from 1722. Printing sense is from 1795. Slang meaning "specimen, thing, p
• job-hunt 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random sort sort: [14] Latin sors originally denoted a ‘piece of wood used for drawing lots’ (it is the source of English sorcerer ). It later developed metaphorically into ‘that which is allotted to one by fate’, and hence one’s ‘fortune’ or ‘condition’, and by the time it had turned into * sorta , in the post-Latin
• jobbing 英文词源 job (v.) 1660s, "to buy and sell as a broker," from job (n.). Meaning "to cheat, betray" is from 1903. Related: Jobbed ; jobbing . 中文词源 jobbing ：打零工的 来自job原义，即一项工作，一项任务，通常非持续性的。引申词义打零工的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jobbing 词源， jobbing 含义。
• jobber 英文词源 jobber (n.) "one who does odd jobs," 1706, agent noun from job . 中文词源 jobber ：股票经纪人 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jobber 词源， jobber 含义。
• job 英文词源 job job: [16] The origins of job are uncertain. Its likeliest source is an earlier and now obsolete noun job which meant ‘piece’. It is quite plausible that job of work , literally ‘piece of work’, could have become shortened to job . But where this earlier job came from is not known, so the mystery remains open. job (n.) 1550s, in phrase jobbe of worke "piece of work" (contra
• jive 英文词源 jive (v.1) 1928, "to deceive playfully," also "empty, misleading talk" (n.) and "a style of fast, lively jazz and dance music," American English, from Black English, probably of African origin (compare Wolof jev , jeu "talk about someone absent, especially in a disparaging manner"). Related: Jived ; jiving . Used from 1938 for "New York City African-American slang." jive (v.2) "agree,
• jiu-jitsu 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random dream dream: [13] Old English had a word drēam , which meant ‘joy, merrymaking, music’, but it is not at all clear that this is the same word as modern English dream (the recorded Old English words for ‘dream’ were swefn and mǣting ). Semantically, the two are quite a long way apart, and on balance it seems more likely
• jittery 英文词源 jittery (adj.) 1931, American English, from jitter + -y (2). Related: Jitteriness . 中文词源 jittery ：紧张不安的 来自jitter,抖动，剧烈跳动。引申词义紧张不安。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jittery 词源， jittery 含义。
• jitters 英文词源 jitters (n.) "extreme nervousness," 1925, American English, perhaps an alteration of dialectal chitter "tremble, shiver," from Middle English chittern "to twitter, chatter." 中文词源 jitters ：紧张不安 来自jitter,抖动，剧烈跳动。引申词义紧张不安。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jitters 词源， jitters 含义。
• jitterbug 英文词源 jitterbug (n.) popular type of fast swing dance, 1938, American English, from "Jitter Bug," title of a song recorded by Cab Calloway in 1934. Probably the literal sense is "one who has the jitters" (see jitters ; for second element see bug (n.) in the slang "person obsessed with" sense). Another sense current about this time was "swing music enthusiast." As a verb from 1938. 中文词源
• jitter 英文词源 jitter (v.) "to move agitatedly," 1931, American English; see jitters . Related: Jittered ; jittering . 中文词源 jitter ：抖动，剧烈跳动 可能来自方言词chitter,颤抖，颤动，拟声词，模仿剧烈颤抖的声音或颤音。比较chatter. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jitter 词源， jitter 含义。
• jissom 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random unit unit: [16] The term unit was given general currency by the 16th-century English mathematician, astrologer, and magician John Dee. It was formed from Latin ūnus , probably on the analogy of digit , and used as a mathematical term to replace unity as a translation of Euclid’s monás ‘indivisible number’. In a comment a
• jinx 英文词源 jinx (n.) 1911, American English, originally baseball slang; perhaps ultimately from jyng "a charm, a spell" (17c.), originally "wryneck," a bird used in witchcraft and divination, from Latin iynx "wryneck," from Greek iynx . Most mysterious of all in the psychics of baseball is the "jinx," that peculiar "hoodoo" which affects, at times, a man, at other times a whole team. Let a man b
• jinn 英文词源 jinn (n.) 1680s, djen , from Arabic jinn , collective plural, "demons, spirits, angels." The proper singular is jinni . Compare genie . 中文词源 jinn ：精灵 来自阿拉伯语。比较genie. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jinn 词源， jinn 含义。
• jinks 英文词源 hijinks (n.) also hi-jinks , high jinks , "boisterous capers, lively or boisterous sport," 1842, from name of games played at drinking parties (1690s). See jink . high jinks "Boisterous fun", Late 17th century: see jink. 中文词源 jinks ：狂欢 来自jink,急闪。引申词义跳舞，狂欢。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jinks 词源， jinks 含义。
• jink 英文词源 jink (v.) "to wheel or fling about in dancing," 1715, Scottish, of unknown origin. As a noun, 1786, "act of eluding," probably from the verb in the sense "elude" (1774). For high jinks , see hijinks . 中文词源 jink ：急闪 词源不详，可能来自拟声词，模仿快速闪过的声音，引申词义急闪。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jink 词源，
• jingoism 英文词源 jingoism (n.) 1878, from jingo + -ism . Related: Jingoist ; jingoistic . 中文词源 jingoism ：极端爱国主义，沙文主义 来自19世纪克里米亚战争后英国与俄国国际关系紧张时候的一首流行歌曲，其中的一段歌词为：“We don’t want to fight,But by Jingo!if we do,We’ve got the ships,we’ve got the men,We’ve got the money too.”大意即我
• jingo 英文词源 jingo jingo: [17] The exclamation by jingo! has been around since at least the late 17th century, and the element jingo probably originated as a euphemistic alteration of Jesus . But it took on a new lease of life in 1878 when G W Hunt incorporated it into a music-hall song he was writing in support of Disraeli’s hawkish foreign policy towards the Russians. Its refrain went ‘We do
• jingle 英文词源 jingle (v.) late 14c., gingeln , of imitative origin (compare Dutch jengelen , German klingeln ). Related: Jingled ; jingling . jingle (n.) 1590s, from jingle (v.). Meaning "song in an advertisement" first attested 1930, from earlier sense of "catchy array of words in prose or verse" (1640s). 中文词源 jingle ：丁当声 拟声词，丁当声。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• jimmy 英文词源 jimmy (n.) "burglar's crowbar," 1848, variant of jemmy , name for a type of crowbar much used by burglars, special use of Jemmy , familiar form of proper name James (also see jack ). jimmy (v.) 1893, from jimmy (n.). Related: Jimmied ; jimmying . 中文词源 jimmy ：短撬棍 来自jemmy拼写变体。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jimmy 词源， jimmy 含义
• jim-jams 英文词源 jim-jams (1) "A fit of depression or nervousness", Mid 16th century (originally denoting a small article or knick-knack): fanciful reduplication. The current sense dates from the late 19th century. jim-jams (2) "Pyjamas", Early 20th century: abbreviation of pie-jim-jams , alteration of pyjamas. 中文词源 jim-jams ：睡衣裤 来自jam的同韵俚语构词，缩写自pajamas,睡衣。
• Jim Crow 英文词源 Jim Crow "black person," 1838, American English, originally the name of a black minstrel character in a popular song-and-dance act by T.D. Rice (1808-1860) that debuted 1828 and attained national popularity by 1832: Wheel about, an' turn about, an' do jis so; Eb'ry time I wheel about, I jump Jim Crow. Where and how Rice got it, or wrote it, is a mystery. Even before that, crow (n.) ha
• jilt 英文词源 jilt (v.) "to deceive (especially after holding out hopes), cheat, trick," 1660s, from the same source as jilt (n.). Related: Jilted ; jilting . jilt (n.) 1670s, "loose, unchaste woman; harlot;" also "woman who gives hope then dashes it," perhaps ultimately from Middle English gille "lass, wench," a familiar or contemptuous term for a woman or girl (mid-15c.), originally a shortened f
• jillaroo 英文词源 jillaroo "A female novice on a cattle station or sheep station", 1940s: from the given name Jill , on the pattern of jackaroo . 中文词源 jillaroo ：农场见习女青年 澳大利亚俚语，来自Jill,常见女性名字，对应jackaroo的阴性词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jillaroo 词源， jillaroo 含义。
• jihad 英文词源 jihad (n.) 1869, from Arabic, usually translated as "holy war," literally "struggle, contest, effort," from infinitive of jahada "he waged war, he applied himself to." Used in English since c. 1880 for any sort of doctrinal crusade. 中文词源 jihad ：圣战 来自阿拉伯语jihad,圣战，其原义为竞争，努力，与内心作斗争。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• jigsaw 英文词源 jigsaw (n.) also jig-saw , "vertical reciprocating saw," 1855, American English, from jig with its notion of "rapid up-and-down motion" + saw (n.1). Jigsaw puzzle first recorded 1906; originally one with pieces cut by a jigsaw. 中文词源 jigsaw ：拼图，拼板玩具 jig,摇摆，快速移动，saw,锯子。比喻用法，用于指儿童拼图玩具。 该词的英语词源请访问
• jiggle 英文词源 jiggle (v.) 1836, from jig (q.v.) + -le , frequentative suffix. Related: Jiggled ; jiggling . As a noun, from 1840. 中文词源 jiggle ：晃动，摇摆 来自jig,摇摆，晃动，-le,表反复。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jiggle 词源， jiggle 含义。
• jiggery-pokery 英文词源 jiggery-pokery "Deceitful or dishonest behaviour", Late 19th century: probably a variant of Scots joukery-pawkery , from jouk.MoreThis late 19th-century expression means ‘deceitful or dishonest behaviour’. It is probably a variant of Scots joukery-pawkery , from jouk ‘to skulk’. 中文词源 jiggery-pokery ：骗局 词源不详，可能来自jigger同韵俚语，即jiggle,晃动
• jiggered 英文词源 jiggered "Damaged; broken", Mid 19th century: from jigger 1 ; its use to mean 'exhausted' is probably euphemistic for buggered . 中文词源 jiggered ：天啦 来自gig,舞动，晃动。引申词义精疲力竭的，可能被用做buggered的委婉语，被鸡奸的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jiggered 词源， jiggered 含义。
• jigger 英文词源 jigger (n.) "1.5-ounce shot glass," 1836, American English, in early use also of the drink itself, from jigger "illicit distillery" (1824), of unknown origin; or else perhaps from jigger , a 1756 alteration of chigger "tiny mite or flea." As a name for various appliances, the word is attested by 1825, from jig . 中文词源 jigger ：沙虱，恙螨 来自chigger拼写变体，最终来
• jig 英文词源 jig (n.) "lively dance," 1560s, perhaps related to Middle French giguer "to dance," or to the source of German Geige "violin." Meaning "piece of sport, trick" is 1590s, now mainly in phrase the jig is up (first attested 1777 as the jig is over ). As a verb from 1580s. 中文词源 jig ：吉格舞，晃动 可能来自中古法语giguer,扭动，跳舞，词源同gig. 该词的英语词
• Jiffy bag 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random marigold marigold: [14] The Old English term for this yellow-to-orange-flowered plant was golde , which was presumably derived from gold , in allusion to the colour. In the Middle Ages the name Mary (no doubt a reference to the Virgin Mary) was added to it. Another English word based ultimately on Mary is marionette [17], which
• jiffy 英文词源 jiffy (n.) c. 1780, "a moment, an instant," colloquial, origin unknown; said to be originally thieves' slang for "lightning." 中文词源 jiffy ：一会儿 词源不详，通常认为来自盗贼俚语，闪电。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jiffy 词源， jiffy 含义。
• jibe 英文词源 jibe (v.) "agree, fit," 1813, of unknown origin, perhaps a figurative extension of earlier jib , gybe (v.) "shift a sail or boom" (see jib ). OED, however, suggests a phonetic variant of chime, as if meaning "to chime in with, to be in harmony." Related: Jibed ; jibes ; jibing . jibe (n.) "a taunt," alternative spelling of gibe . 中文词源 jibe ：嘲笑，讥讽 来自gibe拼写变体
• jib 英文词源 jib (n.) "foresail of a ship," 1660s, gibb , of uncertain origin, perhaps related to gibbet , from notion of a sail "hanging" from a masthead [Barnhart, OED]. Or perhaps from jib (v.) "shift a sail or boom" (1690s), from Dutch gijben , apparently related to gijk "boom or spar of a sailing ship." Said to indicate a ship's character to an observant sailor as a strange vessel approaches
• Jewry 英文词源 Jewry (n.) c. 1200, Jeuerie "ghetto, the Jewish district in a town," from Anglo-French Juerie , Old French Juierie (13c.; Modern French Juiverie ); see Jew + -ery . Early 14c. as "Jews collectively;" mid-14c. as "the land of the Jews, Judea." 中文词源 Jewry ：犹大人 Jew,犹太人，-ry,集合名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Jewry 词源，
• Jewish 英文词源 Jewish (adj.) 1540s, from Jew + -ish . Old English had Iudeisc ; early Middle English used Judewish , Judeish (late 12c.). Figurative use in reference to extortionate money-lending attested by c. 1600. 中文词源 Jewish ：犹大人的 Jew,犹太人，-ish,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Jewish 词源， Jewish 含义。
• Jewess 英文词源 Jewess (n.) late 14c. (late 13c. as a surname), from Old French jüiesse , fem. of jüif (see Jew ). 中文词源 Jewess ：犹太女人 Jew,犹太人，-ess,表阴性。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Jewess 词源， Jewess 含义。
• jewelry 英文词源 jewelry (n.) late 14c., juelrye "precious ornaments, jewel work," from Old French juelerye , from jouel (see jewel ). In modern use it can be analyzed as jewel + -ery or jeweler + -y (1). Also jewellery . The longer is the commercial popular form, the shorter the rhetorical poetic. [Fowler] 中文词源 jewelry ：珠宝 来自jewel,珠宝，-ry,集合名词后缀。 该词的英语词源
• jeweler 英文词源 jeweler (n.) also jeweller , late 14c. (mid-14c. as a surname, Alice la Jueler ), from Anglo-French jueler , from Old French juelier (Modern French joaillier ), from joel (see jewel ). 中文词源 jeweler ：珠宝商 来自jewel,珠宝。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jeweler 词源， jeweler 含义。
• jewel 英文词源 jewel jewel: [13] Originally, jewel meant ‘costly adornment made from precious stones or metals’ – a sense now largely restricted to the collective form jewellery [14]. The main modern sense ‘gem’ emerged towards the end of the 16th century. The word comes from Anglo-Norman juel , but exactly where that came from is not known for certain. It is generally assumed to be a deri
• Jew 英文词源 Jew (n.) late 12c. (in plural, giwis ), from Anglo-French iuw , Old French giu , from Latin Iudaeum (nominative Iudaeus ), from Greek Ioudaios , from Aramaic jehudhai (Hebrew y'hudi ) "Jew," from Y'hudah "Judah," literally "celebrated," name of Jacob's fourth son and of the tribe descended from him. Replaced Old English Iudeas "the Jews." Originally, "Hebrew of the kingdom of Judah."
• jeu 英文词源 jeu (n.) a French word for "play, game" occurring in some phrases borrowed into English, from Latin jocum "jest, joke, play, sport" (see joke (n.)). 中文词源 jeu ：娱乐，赌博 来自法语，来自拉丁语jocum,玩乐，玩耍，开玩笑，词源同joke. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jeu 词源， jeu 含义。
• Jetway 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random conjecture conjecture: [14] A conjecture is, etymologically speaking, simply something ‘thrown together’. The word comes, perhaps via Old French, from Latin conjectūra ‘conclusion, interpretation’, a noun derived from the past participle of conicere ‘throw together’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix c
• jetty 英文词源 jetty jetty: [15] A jetty is a structure that literally projects or is ‘thrown’ out beyond what surrounds it. The word was borrowed from Old French jetee , where it originated as the past participle of the verb jeter ‘throw’ (source also of English jet , as in ‘jet engine’). It was used originally both for a structure jutting out into a body of water, and for a projecting
• jettison 英文词源 jettison jettison: [15] Etymologically, to jettison something is to ‘throw’ it overboard. Like jet , as in ‘jet engine’, the word comes from Latin jactāre ‘throw’. The abstract noun derived from this was jactātiō , which entered English via Anglo-Norman getteson . It was used for the ‘action of throwing cargo overboard, especially in order to lighten a ship’, but it
• jet stream 英文词源 jet (n.1) "stream of water," 1690s, from French jet , from jeter (see jet (v.)). Sense of "spout or nozzle for emitting water, gas, fuel, etc." is from 1825. Hence jet propulsion (1867) and the noun meaning "airplane driven by jet propulsion" (1944, from jet engine , 1943). The first one to be in service was the German Messerschmitt Me 262. Jet stream is from 1947. Jet set first attes
• Jet Ski 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random espionage espionage: see spy 中文词源 Jet Ski ：水上摩托艇 商标名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Jet Ski 词源， Jet Ski 含义。
• jet-setter 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random saxophone saxophone: [19] The saxophone commemorates the name of its inventor, the Belgian musical instrument maker Adolphe Sax (1814–94) (his real Christian names were Antoine Joseph). He seems to have devised it around 1840, and the term saxophone first appeared in English in 1851, in the catalogue of the Great Exhibition. H
• jetsam 英文词源 jetsam (n.) 1560s, jottsome "act of throwing goods overboard to lighten a ship," alteration and contraction of Middle English jetteson , from Anglo-French getteson , Old French getaison "a throwing" (see jettison ). Intermediate forms were jetson , jetsome ; the form perhaps was deformed by influence of flotsam . From 1590s as "goods thrown overboard;" figurative use by 1861. For dist
• jet-propelled 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random rosemary rosemary: [15] Originally, rosemary had no connection with either ‘roses’ or ‘Mary’. Etymologically it means ‘sea-dew’. It comes, probably via Old French rosmarin , from late Latin rōsmarīnum . This in turn was a conflation of Latin rōs marīnus , rōs meaning ‘dew’ and marīnus ‘of the sea’ (an a
• jetliner 英文词源 jetliner "A large jet aircraft carrying passengers", 1940s: blend of jet 1 and airliner. 中文词源 jetliner ：喷气式客机 jet,喷气，liner,大型客机，班机。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jetliner 词源， jetliner 含义。
• jet lag 英文词源 jet lag (n.) also jetlag , 1966, from jet (n.2) + lag (n.). Also known in early days as time zone syndrome . 中文词源 jet lag ：时差反应 jet,喷气式飞机，lag,迟滞。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jet lag 词源， jet lag 含义。
• jetfoil 英文词源 jetfoil "A type of passenger-carrying hydrofoil", 1970s: blend of jet 1 and hydrofoil. 中文词源 jetfoil ：水翼喷射船 jet,喷射，-foil,翼，翅膀，词源同hydrofoil,foliage, 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jetfoil 词源， jetfoil 含义。
• jet engine 英文词源 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 ultimately to a word that meant ‘throw’ – Latin jacere (from
• jet black 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random diminish diminish: [15] Diminish is a hybrid verb, the result of a marriage between the now obsolete diminue [14] and the virtually obsolete minish [14], both of which meant ‘make smaller’. Diminue came via Old French diminuer from Latin dīminuere ‘break into small pieces’; it was a compound verb formed from the prefix
• jet 英文词源 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 ultimately to a word that meant ‘throw’ – Latin jacere (from
• Jesus 英文词源 Jesus late 12c. (Old English used hælend "savior"), from Greek Iesous , which is an attempt to render into Greek the Aramaic proper name Jeshua (Hebrew Yeshua ) "Jah is salvation," a common Jewish personal name, the later form of Hebrew Yehoshua (see Joshua ). As an oath, attested from late 14c. For Jesus H. Christ (1924), see I.H.S. First record of Jesus freak is from 1970. Jesu , c
• Jesuit 英文词源 Jesuit 1540s, from Modern Latin Jesuita , member of the Society of Jesus , founded 1533 by Ignatius Loyola to combat Protestantism. Their enemies (in both Catholic and Protestant lands) accused them of belief that ends justify means, hence the sense "a dissembling person" (1630s), and jesuitical "deceitful" (1610s). 中文词源 Jesuit ：耶稣会会士，虚伪的人 来自拉丁语
• jester 英文词源 jester (n.) mid-14c., jestour (Anglo-Latin), late 14c., gestour "a minstrel, professional reciter of romances," agent noun from gesten "recite a tale," which was a jester's original function (see jest ). Sense of "buffoon in a prince's court" is from c. 1500. 中文词源 jester ：小丑，弄臣 来自jest,打趣，逗笑。即逗人笑的人，引申词义小丑，弄臣。 该词的
• jest 英文词源 jest (n.) early 13c., geste , "narrative of exploits," from Old French geste "action, exploit," from Latin gesta "deeds," neuter plural of gestus , past participle of gerere "to carry, behave, act, perform" (see gest ). Sense descended through "idle tale" (late 15c.) to "mocking speech, raillery" (1540s) to "joke" (1550s). jest (v.) 1520s, "to speak in a trifling manner;" 1550s, "to j
• jessy 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random parable parable: [14] The etymological idea underlying parable is of ‘drawing analogies’. It comes via Old French parabole and Latin parabola from Greek parabolé , a derivative of parabállein . This was a compound verb formed from pará ‘beside’ and bállein ‘throw’ (source of English ballistic [18]). It meant ‘p
• Jerusalem artichoke 英文词源 Jerusalem artichoke "A knobbly edible tuber with white flesh, eaten as a vegetable", Early 17th century: Jerusalem , alteration of Italian girasole 'sunflower'. 中文词源 Jerusalem artichoke ：洋姜，菊芋 来自意大利语girasole,太阳花，向日花，因这种植物花朝向太阳。后拼写被俗化为Jerusalem,同时加上artichoke对其加以说明，讽刺的是，这种
• Jerusalem 英文词源 Jerusalem holy city in ancient Palestine, from Greek Hierousalem , from Hebrew Yerushalayim , literally "foundation of peace," from base of yarah "he threw, cast" + shalom "peace." Jerusalem "artichoke" is folk etymology of Italian girasole "sunflower" (see girasole ). 中文词源 Jerusalem ：耶路撒冷 巴勒斯坦古城，犹太教，基督教和伊斯兰教三大宗教的圣城。
• jerrycan 英文词源 jerrycan "A large flat-sided metal container for storing or transporting liquids, typically petrol or water", Second World War: from Jerry + can 2 , because such containers were first used in Germany. 中文词源 jerrycan ：大扁平容器，油壶 二战俚语。jerry,德国佬，can,容器。因德国人首次使用而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• jerry-built 英文词源 jerry-built jerry-built: [19] In the absence of any watertight evidence, many theories have been put forward to account for this adjective (first recorded in 1869). One (touted in newspaper correspondence as early as 1884) holds that it immortalizes the incompetence of a firm of Liverpool builders named Jerry, but no proof of that has ever been found. Another would link it, ingeniousl
• jerry 英文词源 Jerry (n.) World War I British Army slang for "a German, the Germans," 1919, probably an alteration of German , but also said to be from the shape of the German helmet, which was thought to resemble a jerry , British slang for "chamber pot" (1827), this being probably an abbreviation of jeroboam . Hence jerry-can "5-gallon metal container" (1943), a type first used by German troops in
• jeroboam 英文词源 jeroboam (n.) 1816, "large wine bottle," from Jeroboam , "a mighty man of valour" (I Kings xi:28) "who made Israel to sin" (xiv:16), from Hebrew Yarobh'am , literally "let the people increase." 中文词源 jeroboam ：大酒瓶 来自圣经中人物Jeroboam,古犹太国王。葡萄酒行业传统习惯用圣经或历史人物来给酒瓶命名。比较methuselah,特大酒瓶，来自圣
• jerky 英文词源 jerky (n.) 1850, American English, from American Spanish charqui "jerked meat," from Quechua (Inca) ch'arki "dried flesh." jerky (adj.) "characterized by jerks," 1858, from jerk (v.1) + -y (2). Related: Jerkily ; jerkiness . 中文词源 jerky ：牛肉干 来自西班牙语charqui,来自南美土著语ch’arki,干肉。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jerky 词源
• jerk off 英文词源 jerk off (v.) slang, "perform male masturbation," by 1896, from jerk (v.) denoting rapid pulling motion + off . Farmer Henley also list as synonyms jerk (one's) jelly and jerk (one's) juice . The noun jerk off or jerkoff as an emphatic form of jerk (n.) is attested by 1968. As an adjective from 1957. 中文词源 jerk off ：撸管，手淫 俚语，来自jerk,猛拉，快速运动。
• jerkin 英文词源 jerkin (n.) 1510s, of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Dutch jurk "a frock," but this is a modern word, itself of unknown origin, and the initial consonant presents difficulties (Dutch -j- typically becomes English -y- ). 中文词源 jerkin ：坎肩 词源不详。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jerkin 词源， jerkin 含义。
• jerk 英文词源 jerk (v.1) "to pull," 1540s, "to lash, strike as with a whip," of uncertain origin, perhaps echoic. Related: Jerked ; jerking . jerk (v.2) as a method of preserving meat, 1707, American English, from American Spanish carquear , from charqui (see jerky ). Related: Jerked . jerk (n.2) "tedious and ineffectual person," 1935 (the lyric in "Big Rock Candy Mountain" apparently is "Where the
• jeremiad 英文词源 jeremiad (n.) 1780, from French jérémiade (1762), in reference to "Lamentations of Jeremiah" in Old Testament. 中文词源 jeremiad ：哀诉 来自圣经中犹太教先知Jeremiah,其主要事迹见旧约圣经《耶利米哀歌》，记载了犹太人在耶路撒冷和圣殿被毁后的所经受的苦楚。引申词义哀诉，哀歌。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• jeopardize 英文词源 jeopardize (v.) 1640s, from jeopardy + -ize . Related: Jeopardized ; jeopardizing . As a verb, Middle English used simple jeopard (late 14c.). 中文词源 jeopardize ：危害，伤及 来自jeopardy,危害，-ize,使。即使危害，伤及。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jeopardize 词源， jeopardize 含义。
• jenny 英文词源 Jenny fem. personal name, originally diminutive of Jane or Janet ; attested from c. 1600 as female equivalent of jack (n.), and like it applied to animals (for example Jenny wren , 1640s) and machinery ( spinning jenny , 1783). 中文词源 jenny ：母驴 来自常用女性名字Jane的昵称，字母J小写用来指母驴。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jen
• je ne sais quoi 英文词源 je ne sais quoi (n.) "an inexpressible something," French, literally "I do not know what." [T]hey are troubled with the je-ne-scay-quoy , that faign themselves sick out of niceness but know not where their own grief lies, or what ayls them. [Thomas Blount, "Glossographia," 1656] 中文词源 je ne sais quoi ：妙不可言，难以言表 来自法语je ne sais quoi,即I do not know wh
• jemmy 英文词源 Jemmy a popular pet form of the masc. proper name James (in Middle English records, Gemme , Jemme are more common than Jimme ). In mid-18c. often associated with effeminacy and male fastidiousness. As "a crowbar" from 1811. 中文词源 jemmy ：短撬棍 来自人名James对应的阴性名Jemmy,字母J小写用来指短撬棍。比较jack,jenny. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• jellyfish 英文词源 jellyfish (n.) popular name of the medusa and similar sea-creatures, 1796, from jelly (n.) + fish (n.). Earlier it had been used of a type of actual fish (1707). 中文词源 jellyfish ：水母，海蜇 jelly,肉冻，fish,鱼。因形似肉冻而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jellyfish 词源， jellyfish 含义。
• jelly 英文词源 jelly jelly: [14] The central idea of ‘coagulation’ takes us back to the ultimate source of jelly , the Latin verb gelāre ‘freeze’ (which also gave English congeal [14]). Its feminine past participle gelāta was used in Vulgar Latin for a substance solidified out of a liquid, and this passed into Old French as gelee , meaning both ‘frost’ and ‘jelly’ – whence the En
• jell 英文词源 jell (v.) 1830, American English, probably a back-formation of jelly (v.). Related: Jelled ; jelling . Figurative sense is first attested 1908. Middle English had gelen "congeal," but it disappeared 15c. 中文词源 jell ：胶体，结为一体 来自拉丁语gelare,冷，冰冻，词源同cold,glacier.引申词义结为一体，胶体。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• Jekyll and Hyde 英文词源 Jekyll and Hyde in reference to opposite aspects of a person's character, from Robert Louis Stevenson's story, "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," published 1886. The surname Jekyll is of Breton origin and was originally a personal name. "Though so profound a double-dealer, I was in no sense a hypocrite. Both sides of me were in dead earnest; I was no more myself when I lai
• jejunum 英文词源 jejunum (n.) late 14c., from Latin ieiunum , neuter of ieiunus (see jejune ). Translating Greek nestis (Galen). So called because it typically is found empty during dissections, perhaps because it would tend to drain in a body laid on its back. 中文词源 jejunum ：空肠 来自拉丁语ieiunum,空肠，词源同jejune.因在解剖的时候这段肠子常常空空如也而得名。
• jejune 英文词源 jejune jejune: see dinner jejune (adj.) 1610s, "dull in the mind, flat, insipid," from Latin ieiunus "empty, dry, barren," literally "fasting, hungry," of obscure origin. 中文词源 jejune ：单调的，空洞的 来自拉丁语ieiunus,空的，干的，字面意思为绝食，饥饿，来自PIE*ieg,献祭，牺牲，神圣的，词源同hagiography,hagiology.引申词义单调的，