英语词源

• Jehovah 英文词源 Jehovah 1530, Tyndale's erroneous transliteration of Hebrew Tetragramaton YHWH using vowel points of Adhonai "my lord" (see Yahweh ). Used for YHWH (the full name being too sacred for utterance) in four places in the Old Testament in the KJV where the usual translation lord would have been inconvenient; taken as the principal and personal name of God. The vowel substitution was origin
• Jeez 英文词源 jeez (interj.) minced oath, also jeeze , 1922, American English, euphemistic corruption Jesus . 中文词源 Jeez ：天啦 来自Jesus委婉语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Jeez 词源， Jeez 含义。
• jeer 英文词源 jeer (v.) 1550s, gyr , "to deride, to mock," of uncertain origin; perhaps from Dutch gieren "to cry or roar," or German scheren "to plague, vex," literally "to shear." OED finds the suggestion that it is an ironical use of cheer "plausible and phonetically feasible, ... but ... beyond existing evidence." Related: Jeered ; jeering . jeer (n.) 1620s, from jeer (v.). 中文词源 jeer ：嘲
• jeepers 英文词源 jeepers (interj.) 1900, American English, euphemistic alteration of Jesus . 中文词源 jeepers ：天啦 来自Jesus委婉语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jeepers 词源， jeepers 含义。
• Jeep 英文词源 jeep (n.) early 1941, American English military slang, from G.P. "general purpose (car)," but influenced by Eugene the Jeep (who had extraordinary powers but only said "jeep"), from E.C. Segar's comic strip "Thimble Theater" (also home of Popeye the Sailor). Eugene the Jeep first appeared in the strip March 13, 1936. The vehicle was in development from 1940, and the Army planners' ini
• jeans 英文词源 jeans jeans: [19] Jeans of the sort we would recognize today – close-fitting working trousers made of hard-wearing, typically blue cloth – emerged in America in the mid-19th century. But their antecedents have to be sought in a far distant place. The first known reference to trousers called jeans actually comes from mid-19thcentury England: ‘Septimus arrived flourishin’ his ca
• jealousy 英文词源 jealousy (n.) c. 1200, of God; c. 1300, of persons, from Old French jalousie "enthusiasm, love, longing, jealousy" (12c.), from jalos (see jealous ). Meaning "zeal, fervor, devotion" is late 14c. 中文词源 jealousy ：羡慕，妒忌 来自jealous,羡慕的，妒忌的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jealousy 词源， jealousy 含义。 jealousy ：妒忌，
• jealous 英文词源 jealous jealous: [13] Etymologically, jealousy and zeal are two sides of the same coin. Both come ultimately from Greek zelos . This passed into post-classical Latin as zēlus , which later produced the adjective zēlōsus . Old French took this over as gelos or jelous and passed it on to English. The Greek word denoted ‘jealousy’ as well as ‘fervour, enthusiasm’, and it is th
• J-cloth J 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random salve salve: [OE] The central semantic element of modern English salve is ‘healing’, but its underlying etymological meaning is ‘oily substance’. It goes back to a prehistoric West Germanic * salbō , which had relatives in Greek élpos ‘oil’ and Sanskrit srpras ‘greasy’. The Germanic from has evolved into German
• jazzy 英文词源 jazzy (adj.) 1919, from jazz (n.) + -y (2). Related: Jazzily ; jazziness . 中文词源 jazzy ：爵士乐的 来自jazz,爵士乐，爵士舞。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jazzy 词源， jazzy 含义。
• jazzed 英文词源 jazz (v.) "to speed or liven up," 1917, from jazz (n.). Related: jazzed ; jazzing . 中文词源 jazzed ：兴奋的，激动的 来自jazz,爵士乐，爵士舞。引申词义兴奋的，激动的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jazzed 词源， jazzed 含义。
• jaywalk 英文词源 jaywalk "Cross or walk in the street or road unlawfully or without regard for approaching traffic", Early 20th century: from jay in the colloquial sense 'silly person' + walk.MoreThe ‘jay’ in the word is the same as the bird, which has been used colloquially to mean ‘silly person’. 中文词源 jaywalk ：横穿马路 jay,松鸦，粗鲁无礼的人，walk,步行。比喻横穿马
• Jaycee 英文词源 Jaycee (n.) 1946, American English, from pronunciation of J.C. , in Junior Chamber (of Commerce) . 中文词源 Jaycee ：美国青年商会会员 来自Junior Chamber(of Commerce)的缩写词J.C.的发音。比较emcee,来自master of ceremony. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Jaycee 词源， Jaycee 含义。
• jay 英文词源 jay jay: [13] Like the robin, the jay may have been christened originally with a human name; Latin Gaius . At all events, the term for it in postclassical Latin was gaius , which passed into English via Old French jay . The term jaywalker for ‘one who crosses the road illegally’ originated in the USA around the time of World War I; it was based on an American use of jay for a ‘f
• jawline 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random zero zero: [17] In common with many other English mathematical terms, zero comes ultimately from Arabic. Its distant ancestor is Arabic sifr , a noun use of an adjective meaning ‘empty’, which also produced English cipher . It passed into English via Old Spanish zero and French zéro . = cipher 中文词源 jawline ：下巴轮
• jaw-dropping 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random flatter flatter: [13] Etymologically, flatter means ‘smooth down or caress with the flat of the hand’. It comes from Old French flatter , in which the original literal notion of ‘caressing’ had already passed into the figurative ‘buttering up’. The Old French verb in turn was based on Frankish * flat , the ‘flat or
• jawbreaker 英文词源 jaw-breaker (n.) also jawbreaker 1839, "word hard to pronounce" ( jawbreakingly , in reference to pronouncing words, is from 1824), from jaw (n.) + agent noun from break (v.). As a type of candy, by 1911. 中文词源 jawbreaker ：大块圆硬糖 jaw,下巴，break,破裂。比喻用法，原指发音极其晦涩难读的词，后用来指大块圆硬糖。 该词的英语词源请访问
• jawbone 英文词源 jawbone (n.) mid-15c., from jaw (n.) + bone (n.). Hence jawboning "lecturing, hectoring," a term associated with the U.S. Lyndon Johnson presidential administration (1966); compare jaw (v.). 中文词源 jawbone ：下巴骨 jaw,下巴，bone,骨。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jawbone 词源， jawbone 含义。
• jawan 英文词源 jawan "A male police constable or soldier", From Urdu jawān 'young man', from Persian; ultimately related to young. 中文词源 jawan ：士兵，步兵 来自波斯语javan,年青人，词源同junior,young.引申词义步兵，士兵。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jawan 词源， jawan 含义。
• jaw 英文词源 jaw jaw: [14] Given that it is a fairly important part of the body, our knowledge of the origins of the word for ‘jaw’ is surprisingly sketchy. The Old English terms for ‘jaw’ were céace (modern English cheek ) and ceafl (ancestor of modern English jowl ), and when jaw first turns up towards the end of the 14th century it is in the form iowe . This strongly suggests a derivat
• javelin 英文词源 javelin (n.) late 15c., from Middle French javeline (15c.), fem. diminutive of Old French javelot "a spear," probably from Gaulish (compare Old Irish gabul "fork;" Welsh gafl "fork," gaflach "feathered spear"), ultimately from PIE *ghabholo- "a fork, branch of a tree." Also found in Italian ( giavelotto ) and Middle High German ( gabilot ). Javelot also was borrowed in Middle English,
• jaunty 英文词源 jaunty jaunty: see gentle jaunty (adj.) 1660s, "elegant, stylish," from French gentil "nice, pleasing," in Old French "noble" (see gentle ). Form reflects attempt to render the French pronunciation of gentil . Meaning "easy and sprightly in manner" first attested 1670s. Related: Jauntily ; jauntiness . 中文词源 jaunty ：心满意足的，洋洋得意的，自信满满的 来自古法
• jaunt 英文词源 jaunt (n.) 1670s in modern sense of "short pleasure trip," earlier "tiresome journey" (1590s), earlier as a verb, "tire a horse by riding back and forth on it" (1560s), of unknown origin, perhaps from some obscure Old French word. As a verb in the modern sense from 1640s. Related: Jaunted ; jaunting . 中文词源 jaunt ：短途旅行 词源不详，可能同jump,跳。引申词义颠簸
• jaundiced 英文词源 jaundice jaundice: [14] Jaundice is literally ‘yellowness’. The word came from Old French jaunice , which was a derivative of the adjective jaune ‘yellow’ (the d in the middle appeared towards the end of the 14th century). The derived adjective jaundiced [17] originally meant simply ‘suffering from jaundice’, but the association of the yellowish colour with bitterness and
• jaundice 英文词源 jaundice jaundice: [14] Jaundice is literally ‘yellowness’. The word came from Old French jaunice , which was a derivative of the adjective jaune ‘yellow’ (the d in the middle appeared towards the end of the 14th century). The derived adjective jaundiced [17] originally meant simply ‘suffering from jaundice’, but the association of the yellowish colour with bitterness and
• jasmine 英文词源 jasmine (n.) 1570s, from French jasmin (Middle French jessemin ), from Arabic yas(a)min , from Persian yasmin (compare Greek iasme , iasmelaion , name of a Persian perfume). The plant first was grown in England 16c. 中文词源 jasmine ：茉莉花 来自波斯语yasmin,茉莉花。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jasmine 词源， jasmine 含义。
• jarhead 英文词源 jarhead (n.) "U.S. Marine," by 1985 (but in a biographical book with a World War II setting), from jar + head . Also used as a general term of insult (by 1979) and by 1922 as a Georgia dialectal word for "mule." 中文词源 jarhead ：锅盖头 har,罐子，head,头。俚语，用来指美国海军陆战队士兵。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jarhead 词源，
• jargon 英文词源 jargon (n.) mid-14c., "unintelligible talk, gibberish; chattering, jabbering," from Old French jargon "a chattering" (of birds), also "language, speech," especially "idle talk; thieves' Latin." Ultimately of echoic origin (compare Latin garrire "to chatter," English gargle ). Often applied to something the speaker does not understand, hence meaning "mode of speech full of unfamiliar t
• jar 英文词源 jar (v.) 1520s, "to make a harsh, grating sound," usually said to be echoic or imitative, but no one explains how, or of what. Figurative sense of "have an unpleasant effect on" is from 1530s; that of "cause to vibrate or shake" is from 1560s. Related: Jarred ; jarring . jar (n.) "cylindrical vessel," early 15c., possibly from Middle French jarre "liquid measure" (smaller than a barre
• japonica 英文词源 japonica (n.) "camelia," 1819, Modern Latin, literally "Japanese," from Japonica "Japan," from Japon , variant of Japan . 中文词源 japonica ：贴梗海棠 来自拉丁语japonicus,日本人，日本的，-a,表阴性。山茶花属，产于东亚各国，因日本与欧美接触较早而以之命名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： japonica 词源， japo
• Japlish 英文词源 Japlish (n.) "Japanese with many English words," 1960, from Japanese + English . 中文词源 Japlish ：日本英语 来自Japanese和English的合成词。比较Chinglish,Hinglish. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Japlish 词源， Japlish 含义。
• Japan 英文词源 japan japan: [17] The hard laquer varnish called japan received its name, of course, because it came from Japan. But where did the name Japan come from? For the Japanese call their country Nippon . The answer is Chinese, where jih pun means literally ‘sunrise’ ( jih is ‘sun’, and the equivalent term in Japanese is ni , so Japanese Nippon too is the ‘land of the rising sun’
• jape 英文词源 jape (v.) late 14c., "to trick, beguile, jilt," perhaps from Old French japer "to howl, bawl, scream," of echoic origin, or from Old French gaber "to mock, deride." Phonetics suits the former, but sense the latter explanation. Took on a slang sense mid-15c. of "have sex with," and disappeared from polite usage. Revived in harmless Middle English sense of "say or do something in jest"
• Jap 英文词源 JAP (n.) acronym for Jewish-American Princess , attested from 1971. Jap Colloquial abbreviation of Japanese , by 1880 as a noun, 1892 as an adjective, not originally pejorative but became so during World War II. It was protested by Japanese before the war, but did not begin to be taboo in the U.S. before 1960s. For some years after World War II in American English the word also functi
• Janus 英文词源 Janus ancient Italic deity, guardian god of portals, doors, and gates; patron of beginnings and endings, c. 1500, from Latin Ianus , literally "gate, arched passageway," perhaps from PIE root *ei- (1) "to go" (cognates: Sanskrit yanah "path," Old Church Slavonic jado "to travel"). He is shown as having two faces, one in front the other in back. His temple in Rome was closed only in ti
• janitor 英文词源 janitor (n.) 1580s, "an usher in a school," later "doorkeeper" (1620s), from Latin ianitor "doorkeeper, porter," from ianua "door, entrance, gate," from ianus "arched passageway, arcade" (see Janus ) + agent suffix -tor . Meaning "caretaker of a building" first recorded 1708. 中文词源 janitor ：看门人 来自拉丁语ianitor,看门人，词源同January. 该词的英语词源请访
• jangle 英文词源 jangle (n.) late 13c., "gossip, slanderous conversation, dispute," from Old French jangle , from jangler (see jangle (v.)). Meaning "discordant sound" is from 1795. jangle (v.) c. 1300, jangeln , "to talk excessively, chatter, talk idly," from Old French jangler "to chatter, gossip, bawl, argue noisily" (12c.), perhaps from Frankish *jangelon "to jeer" or some other Germanic source (c
• Jane Doe 英文词源 Jane Doe "An anonymous female party, typically the plaintiff, in a legal action", Mid 19th century: the female equivalent of John Doe. 中文词源 Jane Doe ：无名女士，某女 Jane,来自John对应的阴性格，常见女性名字，用来代指女张三李四。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Jane Doe 词源， Jane Doe 含义。
• jam session 英文词源 clambake (n.) 1835, American English, from clam (n.) + bake (n.). By 1937 in jazz slang transferred to "an enjoyable time generally," especially "jam session." jam (n.2) "a tight pressing between two surfaces," 1806, from jam (v.). Jazz meaning "short, free improvised passage performed by the whole band" dates from 1929, and yielded jam session (1933); but this is perhaps from jam (n.
• jam-packed 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random sulphur sulphur: [14] The origins of Latin sulphur are not known, although it may have links with German schwefel ‘sulphur’. It has spread throughout the Romance languages (French soufre , Italian solfo , and, with the addition of Arabic al ‘the’, Spanish azufre ), and has been borrowed into Dutch as sulfer and into Engl
• jammed 英文词源 come (v.) Old English cuman "come, approach, land; come to oneself, recover; arrive; assemble" (class IV strong verb; past tense cuom , com , past participle cumen ), from Proto-Germanic *kwem- (cognates: Old Saxon cuman , Old Frisian kuma , Middle Dutch comen , Dutch komen , Old High German queman , German kommen , Old Norse koma , Gothic qiman ), from PIE root *gwa- , *gwem- "to go,
• James 英文词源 James masc. proper name, name of two of Christ's disciples, late 12c. Middle English vernacular form of Late Latin Jacomus (source of Old French James , Spanish Jaime , Italian Giacomo ), altered from Latin Jacobus (see Jacob ). The Welsh form was Iago , the Cornish Jago . Fictional British spy James Bond dates from 1953, created by British author Ian Fleming (1908-1964), who plausibl
• jamboree 英文词源 jamboree (n.) 1866, represented as typical of American English, perhaps from jam (n.) on pattern of shivaree [Barnhart]. For the second element, Weekley suggests French bourree , a kind of rustic dance. Klein thinks the whole thing is of Hindu origin (but he credits its introduction to English, mistakenly, to Kipling). Boy Scouts use is from 1920. Noted earlier as a term in cribbage:
• jambalaya 英文词源 jambalaya (n.) 1872, from Louisiana French, from Provençal jambalaia "stew of rice and fowl." 中文词源 jambalaya ：什锦饭 一种把米饭，海鲜，鸡肉放在一起炒制的什锦饭，流行于美国路易斯安那州克里奥尔人聚居区。俗词源认为该词来自法语jambon,火腿，词源同gammon,a la,定冠词the,-na,西非某语言指米饭。 该词的英语词
• jamb 英文词源 jamb jamb: see gammon jamb (n.) side-piece of a door, window, etc., early 14c., from Old French jambe "pier, side post of a door," originally "a leg, shank" (12c.), from Late Latin gamba "leg, (horse's) hock" (see gambol ). 中文词源 jamb ：门窗边框 来自拉丁语gamba,腿，词源同gammon,gambol.引申词义窗户腿，即门窗边框。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• jam 英文词源 jam jam: [18] The verb jam , meaning ‘press tightly together’, first appears in the early 18th century (the earliest-known unequivocal example of its transitive use is in Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe 1719: ‘The ship stuck fast, jaum’d in between two rocks’). It is not known where it came from, but it is generally assumed to be imitative or symbolic in some way of the eff
• jalopy 英文词源 jalopy (n.) "battered old automobile," 1924 (early variants include jaloupy , jaloppi , gillopy ), of unknown origin; perhaps from Jalapa , Mexico, where many U.S. used cars supposedly were sent (see jalapeno ). 中文词源 jalopy ：破旧的汽车 可能来自墨西哥城市Jalapa,因美国的许多二手车都被出口到这里而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• jalapeno 英文词源 jalapeno (n.) type of pepper, by 1957, literally "of Jalapa," from Mexican Spanish Jalapa , place in Mexico, from Aztec Xalapan , literally "sand by the water," from xalli "sand" + atl "water" + -pan "place." 中文词源 jalapeno ：青辣椒 因这种辣椒产自墨西哥城市Jalapa而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jalapeno 词源， jalapeno 含义。
• Jain 英文词源 Jain 1805, from Hindi Jaina , from Sanskrit jinah "saint," literally "overcomer," from base ji "to conquer," related to jayah "victory," from PIE root *gweie- (2) "to press down, conquer." The sect dates from 6c. B.C.E. 中文词源 Jain ：印度耆那教 来自梵语jinah,胜利者，圣人。即战胜内心欲望的人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Jain 词
• jailhouse 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random real real: [15] Real and its various derivatives (such as realism [19], reality [16], and realize [17]) go back ultimately to Latin rēs ‘thing’, a word of uncertain origin related to Sanskrit rās ‘riches’. It had a post-classical derivative reālis , which English originally acquired via Anglo-Norman real and used stri
• jailer 英文词源 jailer (n.) also gaoler , late 14c., from Old North French gayolierre , Old French jaioleur , agent noun from jaole (see jail (n.)). 中文词源 jailer ：狱卒 jail,监狱，-er,人。即看监狱的人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jailer 词源， jailer 含义。
• jailbreak 英文词源 jailbreak (n.) also jail-break , "prison escape," 1872, perhaps 1828, from jail (n.) + break (n.). 中文词源 jailbreak ：越狱 jail,监狱，break,打碎。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jailbreak 词源， jailbreak 含义。
• jailbird 英文词源 jailbird (n.) 1610s, based on an image of a caged bird; from jail (n.) + bird (n.1). 中文词源 jailbird ：长期坐牢的囚犯 jail,监狱，bird,鸟。比喻用法，用于指长期坐牢的囚犯。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jailbird 词源， jailbird 含义。
• jailbait 英文词源 jailbait (n.) also jail bait , jail-bait , "girl under the legal age of consent," 1930, from jail (n.) + bait (n.). 中文词源 jailbait ：祸水妞，祸水郎 jail,监狱，bait,诱饵。比喻用法，用于指与之发生性关系即构成犯罪的未成年人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jailbait 词源， jailbait 含义。
• jail 英文词源 jail jail: [13] Etymologically, a jail is a ‘little cage’. The word comes ultimately from Vulgar Latin * gaviola , which was an alteration of an earlier * caveola , a diminutive form of Latin cavea ‘cage’ (source of English cage ). It passed into English in two distinct versions: jail came via Old French jaiole ; but the Old Northern French form of the word was gaiole , and th
• jaguar 英文词源 jaguar (n.) big cat of the Americas ( Felis onca ), c. 1600, from Portuguese jaguar , from Tupi jaguara , said to be a name "denoting any larger beast of prey" [Klein]. Also a type of British-made car; in this sense the abbreviation Jag is attested from 1959. 中文词源 jaguar ：美洲虎，美洲豹 来自南美土著语jaguara,野兽，大型捕食动物。引申词义美洲虎，美
• jagged 英文词源 jagged (adj.) mid-15c., from verb jaggen (c. 1400) "to pierce, slash, cut; to notch or nick; cut or tear unevenly," Scottish and northern English, of unknown origin. Originally of garments with regular "toothed" edges; meaning "with the edge irregularly cut" is from 1570s. Related: Jaggedly ; jaggedness . 中文词源 jagged ：凹凸不平的，锯齿状的 来自jag,锯齿状缺口，
• jager 英文词源 jager (n.) "German sharpshooter," 1776, from German jäger , literally "huntsman," from jagen "to hunt," from Old High German jagon , related to Old Frisian jagia , Dutch jagen "to hunt," Old Norse jaga "to drive, to move to and fro" (see yacht ). Applied to riflemen and sharpshooters in the German and Austrian armies. Englished as yager , yaeger from 1804. 中文词源 jager ：猎人，
• jag 英文词源 jag (n.1) "period of unrestrained activity," 1887, American English, perhaps via intermediate sense of "as much drink as a man can hold" (1670s), from earlier meaning "load of hay or wood" (1590s), of unknown origin. Used in U.S. colloquial speech from 1834 to mean "a quantity, a lot." jag (n.2) "slash or rend in a garment," c. 1400, of unknown origin. 中文词源 jag ：难以控制的
• jaded 英文词源 jaded (adj.) "bored by continual indulgence," 1630s; past participle adjective from jade (v.). 中文词源 jaded ：筋疲力竭的 来自jade,老马。比喻用法。比较hackneyed. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jaded 词源， jaded 含义。
• Jade Emperor 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random daisy daisy: [OE] The Anglo-Saxons named this familiar flower dæges ēage , literally ‘day’s eye’, from the fact that some species open in daylight hours to reveal their yellow disc, and close again at dusk. (The medieval Latin name for the daisy was solis oculus ‘sun’s eye’.) = day , eye 中文词源 Jade Emperor ：
• jade 英文词源 jade jade: English has two words jade , of which by far the commoner nowadays is the name of the green stone [18]. Despite the mineral’s close association with China and Japan, the term has no Oriental connections. It is of Latin origin, and started life in fact as a description of the stone’s medical applications. Latin īlia denoted the ‘sides of the lower torso’, the ‘fla
• Jacuzzi 英文词源 Jacuzzi (n.) 1966, U.S. proprietary name, from Jacuzzi Bros., Inc., Little Rock, Arkansas. 中文词源 Jacuzzi ：按摩浴缸 商标名，来自其创始人20世纪意大利裔美国企业家Candido Jacuzzi. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Jacuzzi 词源， Jacuzzi 含义。
• Jacobite 英文词源 Jacobite (1) "A supporter of the deposed James II and his descendants in their claim to the British throne after the Revolution of 1688. Drawing most of their support from Catholic clans of the Scottish Highlands, Jacobites made attempts to regain the throne in 1689–90, 1715, 1719, and 1745-6, finally being defeated at the Battle of Culloden", From Latin Jacobus 'James' (see Jacobea
• Jacobean 英文词源 Jacobean 1770, literally "of James" (king or apostle), later especially "of the literary and architectural style of the time of James I" (1844). See James . 中文词源 Jacobean ：詹姆斯一世时期的 Jacob,即17世纪初英国国王詹姆一世，因当时英格兰伊丽莎白女王无子嗣，遂指定当时的苏格兰国王詹姆斯六世为继承人。1603年，伊丽莎白女
• Jack the Lad 英文词源 Jack the Lad "A brash, cocky young man", Nickname of Jack Sheppard, an 18th-century thief. 中文词源 Jack the Lad ：浪荡少年 Jack,代称，lad,少年。可能来自英国18世纪初著名的小偷Jack Sheppard,在其短暂的22岁的人生5次因偷盗被抓4次越狱，最后一次被执行绞刑，死后其故事被改编成话剧广为流传，并引申词义浪荡少年。
• Jack Tar 英文词源 tar tar: [OE] Tar is etymologically a substance produced from ‘trees’. The word goes back via a prehistoric Germanic * terw - (source also of German and Dutch teer , Swedish tjära , and Danish tjære ) to Indo-European * drew - ‘tree’ (source of English tree ) – the original application of the word evidently having been to the tarry resins produced by conifers. (The tar [17
• jackstraw 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random loaf loaf: English has two words loaf . By far the older is ‘portion of bread’ [OE], which goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * khlaibaz . This also produced German laib and Danish lev ‘loaf’, and was borrowed, originally into Gothic, from an Old Slavic chleb (source of modern Russian and Polish chleb ‘bread, loaf’)
• jacksie 英文词源 jacksie "A person’s bottom", Late 19th century: diminutive of jack 1 . 中文词源 jacksie ：屁股 jack,代称，-sie,昵称。俚语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jacksie 词源， jacksie 含义。
• jack shit 英文词源 jack (n.) late 14c., jakke "a mechanical device," from the masc. name Jack . The proper name was used in Middle English for "any common fellow" (mid-14c.), and thereafter extended to various appliances replacing servants (1570s). Used generically of men ( jack-of-all-trades , 1610s), male animals (1620s, see jackass , jackdaw , etc.), and male personifications (1520s, such as Jack Fro
• Jack Robinson 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random conundrum conundrum: [16] Conundrum originally appeared in all manner of weird and wonderful guises – conimbrum , conuncrum , quonundrum , connunder , etc – before settling down to conundrum in the late 18th century. It bears all the marks of one of the rather heavy-handed quasi-Latin joke words beloved of scholars in the 16
• jackrabbit 英文词源 jackrabbit (n.) 1863, American English, shortening of jackass-rabbit (1851), so called for its long ears. Proverbial for bursts of speed (up to 45 mph). 中文词源 jackrabbit ：杰克兔 jack,缩写自jackass,公驴，rabbit,兔子。因这种兔子耳朵较长而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jackrabbit 词源， jackrabbit 含义。
• jackpot 英文词源 jackpot (n.) also jack-pot , "big prize," 1944, from slot machine sense (1932), from obsolete poker sense (1881) of antes that begin when no player has a pair of jacks or better; from jack (n.) in the card-playing sense + pot (n.1). Earlier, in criminal slang, it meant "trouble," especially "an arrest" (1902). The regular Draw-Poker game is usually varied by occasional Jack-Pots , whi
• jack plug 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random commotion commotion: see motor 中文词源 jack plug ：插头 jack,代称，plug,插座。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jack plug 词源， jack plug 含义。
• jack-o'-lantern 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random lintel lintel: [14] Lintel is the result of the blending of two Latin words: līmes ‘boundary’ (source of English limit ) and līmen ‘threshold’ (source of English subliminal and possibly also of sublime ). Līmen had a derived adjective, līmināris ‘of a threshold’. In the post-classical period, under the influence
• jackknife 英文词源 jack-knife (n.) also jackknife , large pocket knife, 1711, probably American English, "perh[aps] associated with some sense of JACK sb.1, but compare jackleg knife" [OED]; see jack + knife (n.). Jackleg was a U.S. colloquial term of contempt from c. 1850. On another theory, so called because it originally was associated with sailors. As a kind of swimming dive, from 1922. As a type of
• jack-in-the-box 英文词源 jack-in-the-box (n.) 1560s, originally a name for a sharp or cheat, "who deceived tradesmen by substituting empty boxes for others full of money" [Robert Nares, "A Glossary of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions," London, 1905]. As a type of toy, it is attested from 1702. 中文词源 jack-in-the-box ：玩偶匣 jack,代称，即盒子里的杰克。用来指儿童玩具玩偶匣。
• jackhammer 英文词源 jackhammer (n.) also jack hammer , 1903, from jack (n.) + hammer (n.). As a verb by 1965. 中文词源 jackhammer ：风钻 jack,代称，hammer,锤子。引申词义风钻。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jackhammer 词源， jackhammer 含义。
• jackfruit 英文词源 jackfruit "A fast-growing tropical Asian tree related to the breadfruit", Late 16th century: from Portuguese jaca (from Malayalam chakka ) + fruit. 中文词源 jackfruit ：菠萝蜜 jack,该水果来自马来语chakka的拼写俗化，fruit,水果。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jackfruit 词源， jackfruit 含义。
• Jack Frost 英文词源 jack (n.) late 14c., jakke "a mechanical device," from the masc. name Jack . The proper name was used in Middle English for "any common fellow" (mid-14c.), and thereafter extended to various appliances replacing servants (1570s). Used generically of men ( jack-of-all-trades , 1610s), male animals (1620s, see jackass , jackdaw , etc.), and male personifications (1520s, such as Jack Fro
• jacket potato 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random preface preface: [14] Preface is a misleading sort of word. It has no connection with face . It comes ultimately from Latin praefātiō , a derivative of praefārī ‘say beforehand’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix prae - ‘before’ and fārī ‘speak’ (source of English fable , fate , etc). So etymologi
• jacket 英文词源 jacket (n.) mid-15c., "short garment for men," from Middle French jaquet "short coat with sleeves," diminutive of Old French jaque , a kind of tunic, probably from Jacque , the male proper name, also the generic name of a French peasant (see jacquerie ), but possibly associated with jaque (de mailles) "short, tight-fitting coat," originally "coat of mail," from Spanish jaco , from Ara
• jackdaw 英文词源 jackdaw (n.) 1540s, the common name of the daw ( Corvus monedula ), "which frequents church towers, old buildings, etc.; noted for its loquacity and thievish propensities" [OED]. See jack (n.) + daw . In modern times, parrots are almost the only birds that have the gift of speech, though connoisseurs are not ignorant that starlings and jackdaws have good abilities in that way, when pr
• jackboot 英文词源 jackboot (n.) also jack-boot , 1680s, type of large, strong cavalry boot of 17c.-18c., later a type worn by German military and para-military units in the Nazi period. From jack (n.), though the exact sense here is unclear + boot (n.1). Figurative of military oppression since 1768. Related: Jackbooted . 中文词源 jackboot ：长筒靴，暴政 jack,代称，boot,靴子。用来指军
• jackass 英文词源 jackass (n.) mule ass, 1727, from jack (n.) + ass (n.1). Meaning "stupid person" is attested from 1823. 中文词源 jackass ：公驴，笨蛋 jack,代称，ass,驴子。引申词义笨蛋。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jackass 词源， jackass 含义。
• jackaroo 英文词源 jackaroo "A young man working on a sheep or cattle station to gain experience", Late 19th century: perhaps a blend of jack 1 and kangaroo. 中文词源 jackaroo ：农场新手 澳大利亚俚语，可能来自Jack和kangaroo的合成词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： jackaroo 词源， jackaroo 含义。
• jackanapes 英文词源 jackanapes (n.) mid-15c., "a monkey," also "an impertinent, conceited fellow;" apparently from Jack of Naples , but whether this is some specific personification or folk etymology of jack (n.) + ape is unknown. See note in OED. 中文词源 jackanapes ：粗鲁的人 来自Jack of Naples,字面意思即那不勒斯的杰克，代指粗鲁无礼的人或猴子。 该词的英语词源请
• jackal 英文词源 jackal (n.) c. 1600, from Turkish çakal , from Persian shaghal , from or cognate with Sanskrit srgala-s , literally "the howler." Figurative sense of "skulking henchman" is from the old belief that jackals stirred up game for lions. 中文词源 jackal ：豺，胡狼 来自土耳其语cakal,来自波斯语shaghal,来自梵语srgala-s,狼嚎，嚎叫，可能来自拟声词。 该词的
• jack 英文词源 Jack masc. proper name, 1218, probably an anglicization of Old French Jacques (which was a diminutive of Latin Jacobus ; see Jacob ), but in English the name always has been associated with Johan , Jan "John," and some have argued that it is a native formation. Alliterative coupling of Jack and Jill is from 15c. ( Ienken and Iulyan ). In England, applied familiarly or contemptuously t
• Jack 英文词源 Jack masc. proper name, 1218, probably an anglicization of Old French Jacques (which was a diminutive of Latin Jacobus ; see Jacob ), but in English the name always has been associated with Johan , Jan "John," and some have argued that it is a native formation. Alliterative coupling of Jack and Jill is from 15c. ( Ienken and Iulyan ). In England, applied familiarly or contemptuously t