英语词源

• iceberg lettuce 英文词源 iceberg (n.) 1774, partial loan-translation of Dutch ijsberg , literally "ice mountain," from ijs "ice" (see ice (n.)) + berg "mountain" (see barrow (n.2)). An earlier term was sea-hill (1690s). Phrase tip of the iceberg , in a figurative sense, first recorded 1962. Iceberg lettuce attested from 1893. 中文词源 iceberg lettuce ：卷心莴苣 比喻用法，一种看起来像冰山的
• iceberg 英文词源 iceberg (n.) 1774, partial loan-translation of Dutch ijsberg , literally "ice mountain," from ijs "ice" (see ice (n.)) + berg "mountain" (see barrow (n.2)). An earlier term was sea-hill (1690s). Phrase tip of the iceberg , in a figurative sense, first recorded 1962. Iceberg lettuce attested from 1893. 中文词源 iceberg ：冰山 ice,冰，berg,山，城堡。 该词的英语词源请
• ice age 英文词源 ice (n.) Old English is "ice" (also the name of the rune for -i- ), from Proto-Germanic *isa- (cognates: Old Norse iss , Old Frisian is , Dutch ijs , German Eis ), with no certain cognates beyond Germanic, though possible relatives are Avestan aexa- "frost, ice," isu- "frosty, icy;" Afghan asai "frost." Slang meaning "diamonds" is attested from 1906. Ice cube attested from 1904. Ice a
• ice 英文词源 ice ice: [OE] Ice is a widespread word among the Germanic languages – German has eis , for instance. Dutch ijs , and Swedish and Danish is – but beyond that its connections are somewhat dubious. Some of the more easterly Indo- European languages have or had similar-looking forms, including Old Iranian isu - ‘frosty, icy’, modern Iranian yak ‘ice’, and Afghan asaī ‘frost’
• ibuprofen 英文词源 ibuprofen "A synthetic compound used widely as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug", 1960s: from elements of the chemical name. 中文词源 ibuprofen ：布洛芬 化学药品名，镇痛药。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ibuprofen 词源， ibuprofen 含义。
• ibis 英文词源 ibis (n.) stork-like bird, late 14c., from Greek ibis , from Egyptian hab , a sacred bird of Egypt. 中文词源 ibis ：朱鹭 来自希腊语ibis,来自埃及语hab,一种类似鹳的埃及神鸟。参照电影《木乃伊》。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ibis 词源， ibis 含义。
• ibid. 英文词源 ibid. also ibid , 1660s, abbreviation of Latin ibidem "in the same place," from ibi "there," pronominal adverb of place, + demonstrative suffix -dem . 中文词源 ibid. ：同前 来自拉丁语ibidem,同样，同地，来自ibi,那里，词源同id,idem,yonder,-dem,指示副词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ibid. 词源， ibid. 含义。
• ibex 英文词源 ibex ibex: see ivy ibex (n.) c. 1600, from Latin ibex "wild goat of the Alps and Apennines," from a pre-Latin Alpine language. The German steinbock . 中文词源 ibex ：北山羊 来自拉丁语ibex,野山羊。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ibex 词源， ibex 含义。
• Iberian 英文词源 Iberian c. 1600 (n.); 1610s (adj.), from Latin Iberia , ancient name of the Spanish peninsula, from Greek Iberes "Celtic people of Spain;" also the name given to an Asiatic people near the Caucasus. Of unknown origin in both uses, but the word as applied in Spain is believed to be related to the River Ebro . The earliest English reference is to the Caucasians; in reference to Spain an
• iambus 英文词源 iambus "A metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable", Late 16th century: Latin, from Greek iambos 'iambus, lampoon', from iaptein 'attack verbally' (because the iambic trimeter was first used by Greek satirists). 中文词源 iambus ：抑扬格 来自希腊语iambos,抑扬格，来自iaptein,推进，向前。后用于指
• iambic 英文词源 iambic 1570s (n.); 1580s (adj.), from Latin iambicus , from Greek iambikos , from iambos "metrical foot of one unaccented followed by one accented syllable," from iaptein "to assail" (in words), literally "to put forth." The meter of invective and lampoon in classical Greek from the time it was used for such by Archilochos, 7c. B.C.E. 中文词源 iambic ：抑扬格的 来自iambus,抑
• I Ching 英文词源 I Ching 1876, from Chinese, said to mean "Book of Changes." 中文词源 I Ching ：易经 来自汉语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： I Ching 词源， I Ching 含义。
• I 英文词源 I I: [OE] Essentially all the Indo-European languages share the same first person singular pronoun, although naturally it has diverged in form over the millennia. French has je , for example, Italian io , Russian ja , and Greek egó . The prehistoric Germanic pronoun was * eka , and this has produced German ich , Dutch ik , Swedish jag , Danish jeg , and English I . The affirmative an
• iso- 英文词源 iso- word-forming element meaning "equal, similar, identical; isometric," from comb. form of Greek isos "equal to, the same as" (as in isometor "like one's mother"). Used properly only with words of Greek origin; the Latin equivalent is equi- (see equi- ). 中文词源 iso- ：相等 来自希腊语，对应拉丁前缀equ-. 见isobar, isotope. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• inter- 英文词源 inter- Latin inter (prep., adv.) "among, between, betwixt, in the midst of," from PIE *enter "between, among" (cognates: Sanskrit antar , Old Persian antar "among, between," Greek entera (plural) "intestines," Old Irish eter , Old Welsh ithr "among, between," Gothic undar , Old English under "under"), a comparative of *en "in" (see in ). Also in certain Latin phrases in English, such
• infra- 英文词源 infra- word-forming element from Latin infra (adv., prep.) "below, underneath, beneath; later than, smaller, inferior to," from PIE *ndher "under" (cognates: Sanskrit adnah "below," Old English under "under, among;" see under ). Opposed to super- . Its use as a prefix was rare in Latin. 中文词源 infra- ：位于...下，低等 来自PIE *ndher，更下，*ni的比较级，*ni, 下，
• in- 英文词源 in- (1) prefix meaning "not, opposite of, without" (also im- , il- , ir- by assimilation of -n- with following consonant), from Latin in- "not," cognate with Greek an- , Old English un- , from PIE *ne "not" (see un- (1)). in- (2) element meaning "into, in, on, upon" (also im- , il- , ir- by assimilation of -n- with following consonant), from Latin in- "in" (see in ). In Old French thi
• ink 英文词源 ink ink: [13] The Greeks had a method of painting which involved applying coloured wax to a surface and then fixing it with heat. The verb describing this process was egkaíein ‘burn in’, a compound of en - ‘in’ and kaíein ‘burn’, whose derivative egkaustikós is the ancestor of the term used for the technique in English – encaustic [17]. Another derivative, égkauston
• indenture 英文词源 indenture (n.) "contract for services," late 14c., from Anglo-French endenture , Old French endenteure "indentation," from endenter (see indent ). Such contracts (especially between master craftsmen and apprentices) were written in full identical versions on a sheet of parchment, which was then cut apart in a zigzag, or "notched" line. Each party took one, and the genuineness of a doc
• idiot 英文词源 idiot idiot: [13] The etymological idea underlying idiot is of a ‘private individual’. That is what Greek idiótēs (a derivative of ídios ‘personal, private’) originally meant. It was extended to the ordinary ‘common man’, particularly a lay person without any specialized knowledge, and so came to be used rather patronizingly for an ‘ignorant person’. It is this dero
• Indian 英文词源 Indian "inhabit of India or South Asia," c. 1300 (noun and adjective); applied to the native inhabitants of the Americas from at least 1553, on the mistaken notion that America was the eastern end of Asia. Red Indian , to distinguish them from inhabitants of India, is first attested 1831 (Carlyle) but was not commonly used in North America. More than 500 modern phrases include Indian
• ishmael 英文词源 Ishmael masc. proper name, biblical son of Abraham and Hagar, from Hebrew Yishma'el , literally "God hears," from yishma , imperf. of shama "he heard." The Arabs claim descent from him. Figurative sense of "an outcast," "whose hand is against every man, and every man's hand against him" is from Gen. xvi:12. 中文词源 ishmael （弃儿）：圣经中被遗弃的以实玛利 《圣经
• italic 英文词源 italic 1610s (adj.), 1670s (n.) "italic type," from Latin italicus "Italian" (see Italian ); so called because it was introduced in 1501 by Aldus Manutius, printer of Venice (who also gave his name to Aldine ), and first used in an edition of Virgil dedicated to Italy. Earlier (1570s) the word was used for the plain, sloping style of handwriting, as opposed to Gothic. Related: Italics
• insect 英文词源 insect insect: [17] The Greek word for ‘insect’ was éntomon (source of English entomology [18]). It was derived from entémnein ‘cut up’, a compound verb formed from en - ‘in’ and témnein ‘cut’ (a close relative of English tome ), and denoted literally ‘creature divided up into segments’. The term was translated literally into Latin as insectum (originally the pa
• intelligence 英文词源 intelligence (n.) late 14c., "faculty of understanding," from Old French intelligence (12c.), from Latin intelligentia , intellegentia "understanding, power of discerning; art, skill, taste," from intelligentem (nominative intelligens ) "discerning," present participle of intelligere "to understand, comprehend," from inter- "between" (see inter- ) + legere "choose, pick out, read" (se
• influenza 英文词源 influenza influenza: see flu influenza (n.) 1743, borrowed during an outbreak of the disease in Europe, from Italian influenza "influenza, epidemic," originally "visitation, influence (of the stars)," from Medieval Latin influentia (see influence ). Used in Italian for diseases since at least 1504 (as in influenza di febbre scarlattina "scarlet fever") on notion of astral or occult in
• iris 英文词源 iris (n.) late 14c., flowering plant ( Iris germanica ), also "prismatic rock crystal," from Latin iris (plural irides ) "iris of the eye, iris plant, rainbow," from Greek iris (genitive iridos ) "a rainbow; the lily; iris of the eye," originally "messenger of the gods," personified as the rainbow. The eye region was so called (early 15c. in English) for being the colored part; the Gr
• irenic 英文词源 irenic (adj.) 1864; see eirenic . 中文词源 irenic （和平的）：希腊神话中的和平女神厄瑞涅 时序三女神（The Horae）是希腊神话中掌管自然秩序的三位女神，分别是狄刻（Dike，正义）、欧诺弥亚（Eunomia，秩序）、厄瑞涅（Eirene，和平）。她 们是三姐妹，都是宙斯和正义女神忒弥斯的女儿。厄瑞涅（Ei
• ionian 英文词源 Ionian (adj.) "of Ionia," the districts of ancient Greece inhabited by the Ionians (including Attica and the north coast of the Peloponnesus, but especially the coastal strip of Asia Minor, including the islands of Samos and Chios). The name (which Herodotus credits to an ancestral Ion , son of Apollo and Creusa) probably is pre-Greek, perhaps related to Sanskrit yoni "womb, vulva," a
• invest 英文词源 invest invest: [16] The etymological notion underlying invest is of ‘putting on clothes’. It comes via Old French investir from Latin investīre , a compound verb formed from the prefix in - and vestis ‘clothes’ (source of English vest , vestment , travesty , etc). It retained that original literal sense ‘clothe’ in English for several centuries, but now it survives only i
• investigate 英文词源 investigate investigate: [16] To investigate something is etymologically to look for traces, or ‘vestiges’, of it. The word comes from Latin investīgāre ‘search into’, a compound verb based on vestīgāre ‘track, trace’. This in turn was a derivative of vestīgium ‘footprint’, hence ‘track, trace’ (source of English vestige ). = vestige investigate (v.) c. 1500,
• infantry 英文词源 infantry (n.) 1570s, from French infantrie , from older Italian, Spanish infanteria "foot soldiers, force composed of those too inexperienced or low in rank for cavalry," from infante "foot soldier," originally "a youth," from Latin infantem (see infant ). Meaning "infants collectively" is recorded from 1610s. A Middle English (c. 1200) word for "foot-soldiers" was going-folc , litera
• ignoramus 英文词源 ignoramus (n.) 1570s, from an Anglo-French legal term (early 15c.), from Latin ignoramus "we do not know," first person present indicative of ignorare "not to know" (see ignorant ). The legal term was one a grand jury could write on a bill when it considered the prosecution's evidence insufficient. Sense of "ignorant person" came from the title role of George Ruggle's 1615 play satiri
• incubus 英文词源 incubus (n.) c. 1200, from Late Latin (Augustine), from Latin incubo "nightmare, one who lies down on (the sleeper)," from incubare "to lie upon" (see incubate ). Plural is incubi . In the Middle Ages their existence was recognized by law. 中文词源 incubus （梦魇）：在睡梦中与人交合的梦淫妖 在中世纪的西方民间传说中，梦淫妖会在人的睡梦中与人交
• hotdog 英文词源 hot dog also hotdog , "sausage on a split roll," c. 1890, popularized by cartoonist T.A. Dorgan. It is said to echo a 19c. suspicion (occasionally justified) that sausages contained dog meat. Meaning "someone particularly skilled or excellent" (with overtones of showing off) is from 1896. Connection between the two senses, if any, is unclear. Hot dog! as an exclamation of approval was
• Hawaii 英文词源 Hawaii from Hawaiian Hawai'i , from Proto-Polynesian *hawaiki . Said to mean "Place of the Gods" and be a reference to Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa. See also sandwich . Related: Hawaiian (1825). First record of Hawaiian shirt is from 1943. 中文词源 Hawaii ：夏威夷州 源自于波利尼西亚语。最初写作Owykee，意思是”神的住处“。这里的神指的是夏威夷大岛上
• hydropathic 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random lacrosse lacrosse: [18] French la crosse means ‘the hooked stick’ ( crosse was originally borrowed from a prehistoric Germanic * kruk -, from which English got crook and crutch ). French speakers in Canada used the term jeu de la crosse ‘game of the hooked stick’ to name a game played by the native Americans with netted
• hyperopia 英文词源 hyperopia (n.) 1884, Modern Latin, from hyper- + Greek ops "eye" (see eye ). 中文词源 hyperopia ：远视 词根词缀： hyper-超过 + -opt-视(t略) + -ia名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hyperopia 词源， hyperopia 含义。
• homonymous 英文词源 homonymous (adj.) 1620s, from Latin homonymus , from Greek homonymos "having the same name" (see homonym ). Homonymy "quality of being homonymous" is from 1590s. 中文词源 homonymous ：同音异义的，双关的，同名的 词根词缀： -homo-相同,同一(o略) + -onym-名 + -ous形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： homonymous 词源， homony
• hemiopia 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random affix affix: see fix 中文词源 hemiopia ：偏盲，一侧视力缺失 词根词缀： hemi-半 + -opt-视(t略) + -ia名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hemiopia 词源， hemiopia 含义。
• hypogeum 英文词源 hypogeum "An underground chamber", Mid 17th century: from Latin, from Greek hupogeion , neuter of hupogeios 'underground'. 中文词源 hypogeum ：地下室，地窖   词根词缀： hypo-低,下 + -ge-地 + -um名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hypogeum 词源， hypogeum 含义。
• hypermilitant 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random snake snake: [OE] The snake , like the serpent (and indeed the snail ) is etymologically the ‘crawling’ animal. Along with Swedish snok and Danish snog , it comes from a prehistoric Germanic base denoting ‘crawl’, which also produced English snail and German dialect schnaacken ‘crawl’. = snail 中文词源 hypermilit
• hydrographer 英文词源 quien sabe "Originally and frequently in Spanish-speaking contexts: ‘Who knows?’, ‘who can tell?’", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Robert Fitzroy (1805–1865), hydrographer and meteorologist. From Spanish quién sabe who knows from quién (interrogative pronoun) who + sabe , third person singular present indicative of saber to know. 中文词源 hydrographer ：水文学
• hydrodynamics 英文词源 hydrodynamics "The branch of science concerned with forces acting on or exerted by fluids (especially liquids)", Late 18th century: from modern Latin hydrodynamica , from Greek hudro- 'water' + dunamikos (see dynamic ). 中文词源 hydrodynamics ：流体力学，水动力学  词根词缀： -hydr-水,氢 + -o- + -dynam-力 + -ics名词词尾,...学 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• hydrarthrosis 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random clan clan: [14] The immediate source of clan is naturally enough Gaelic, but ultimately it comes, somewhat unexpectedly, from Latin, for etymologically it is the same word as plant . Scots Gaelic clann originally meant ‘offspring’ (hence the modern meaning ‘family group’), and it came from Old Irish cland , a direct borr
• horrific 英文词源 horrific (adj.) "causing horror," 1650s, from French horrifique or directly from Latin horrificus "dreadful, exciting terror," literally "making the hair stand on end," from horrere "to bristle, to stand on end" (see horror ) + -ficus , from stem of facere "to make, do" (see factitious ). Related: Horrifically . 中文词源 horrific ：令人恐惧的，可怕的   词根词缀：
• homotype 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random modify modify: see model 中文词源 homotype ：同型，同模标本  词根词缀： -homo-同,同一 + type类型 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： homotype 词源， homotype 含义。
• homopolar 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random undulate undulate: [17] Undulate goes back ultimately to Latin unda ‘wave’, source also of English inundate [17], redundant , and surround . This in turn was descended from the Indo-European base * ud -, which also produced Greek húdōr ‘water’ (source of the English prefix hydro -), and variants of which lie behind Eng
• homogeny 英文词源 homogeny (n.) 1620s, "uniformity of nature;" by 1856 in biological sense, from Greek homogeneia "community of origin," from homogene "of the same race or kind" (see homogeneous ). 中文词源 homogeny ：同构发生，同源发生  词根词缀： -homo-同,同一 + -gen-生(殖) + -y名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： homogeny 词源， homogeny 含义
• homocharge 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random brown brown: [OE] In Old English, brown meant, rather vaguely, ‘dark’; it does not seem to have become a definite colour word until the 13th century. It comes from West and North Germanic * brūnaz , which probably goes back ultimately to the same Indo-European source (* bheros ) as bear , etymologically the ‘brown [that i
• homocentric 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random crass crass: see grease 中文词源 homocentric ：具同一中心的，同心的   词根词缀： -homo-同,同一 + -centr-中心 + -ic形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： homocentric 词源， homocentric 含义。
• hexapod 英文词源 hexapod (n.) 1660s, from Greek hex "six" (see six ) + pod , from Greek pod- , stem of pous "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)). As an adjective from 1856. 中文词源 hexapod ：昆虫，六脚的节足动物 词根词缀： hex-六 + -a- + -pod-足 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hexapod 词源， hexapod 含义。
• hereditament 英文词源 hereditament "inherited property," mid-15c., from Medieval Latin hereditamentum , from Latin hereditatem (see heredity ). 中文词源 hereditament ：可继承的财产，世袭财产   词根词缀： -heredit-继承,遗传 + -a- + -ment名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hereditament 词源， hereditament 含义。
• hemicycle 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random exclude exclude: see sluice 中文词源 hemicycle ：半圆形  词根词缀： hemi-半 + -cycl-圆 + -e 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hemicycle 词源， hemicycle 含义。
• harmonometer 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random predicate predicate: see indicate 中文词源 harmonometer ：和声计，和声表  词根词缀： -harmon-和声 + -o- + -meter-仪表 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： harmonometer 词源， harmonometer 含义。
• harmonize 英文词源 harmonize (v.) late 15c., "play or sing in harmony," from French harmoniser (15c.), from Old French harmonie (see harmony ). Meaning "be in harmony (with), go well together" is from 1620s. Transitive sense "bring into harmony" is from 1700; figurative sense "bring into agreement" is from 1767. Meaning "add harmony to (a melody)" is from 1790. Related: Harmonized ; harmonizing . 中文词
• harmonist 英文词源 harmonist (n.) 1742, "one skilled in musical harmony," from harmony + -ist . Also "writer who 'harmonizes' the parallel narratives of the Gospel" (1713) and "member of a communistic religious movement in Pennsylvania" (1824). From the former comes harmonistics (1859). 中文词源 harmonist ：和声学家；作曲家   词根词缀： -harmon-和声 + -ist名词词尾 该词的英语
• harmonics 英文词源 harmonics (n.) also harmonicks , 1650s, from harmonic ; also see -ics . 中文词源 harmonics ：和声学 词根词缀： -harmon-和声 + -ics名词词尾,...学 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： harmonics 词源， harmonics 含义。
• habitus 英文词源 habitus "General constitution, especially physical build", Late 19th century: from Latin . 中文词源 habitus ：习惯，体质   词根词缀： -habit-习惯 + -us名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： habitus 词源， habitus 含义。
• habitation 英文词源 habitation (n.) late 14c., "act or fact of dwelling;" also "place of lodging, abode," from Old French habitacion , abitacion "a dwelling; act of dwelling" (12c.) or directly from Latin habitationem (nominative habitatio ) "a dwelling," noun of action from past participle stem of habitare "to inhabit, dwell" (see habitat ). 中文词源 habitation ：居住；住所，住宅；聚居地
• hue and cry 英文词源 hue and cry "A loud clamour or public outcry", Late Middle English: from the Anglo-Norman French legal phrase hu e cri , literally 'outcry and cry', from Old French hu 'outcry' (from huer 'to shout'). More In early times any person witnessing or surprising a criminal committing a crime could raise a hue and cry, calling for others to join in their pursuit and capture. In law the cry h
• hieroglyphic 英文词源 hieroglyphic hieroglyphic: [16] Etymologically, hieroglyphic means ‘of sacred carving’. It came via French hiéroglyphique from Greek hierogluphikós , a compound of hierós ‘sacred’ and gluphé ‘carving’ (which derived from the same source as English cleave ‘split’). It was applied to the picture writing of the ancient Egyptians because this was used in sacred texts.
• hooverize 英文词源 Hooverville 1933, American English, from U.S. president Herbert C. Hoover (1874-1964), who was in office when the Depression began, + common place-name ending -ville . Earlier his name was the basis of Hooverize "economize on food" (1917) from his role as wartime head of the U.S. Food Administration. 中文词源 hooverize （节约粮食）：厉行节约的美国总统胡佛 美国第
• hamburg 英文词源 Hamburg German city, the -burg is German Burg "fort," in reference to the moated castle built there c. 825; the first element is perhaps Old High German hamma "ham, back of the knee" in a transferred sense of "bend, angle," with reference to its position on a river bend promontory; or Middle High German hamme "enclosed area of pastureland." 中文词源 Hamburg ：汉堡 德国城市。
• Hygieia 英文词源 hygiene hygiene: [19] Greek hugiés meant ‘healthy’. From it were formed the noun hugíeia ‘health’ (personified as Hygieia , the Greek goddess of health) and the adjective hugieinós ‘healthful’. This came to be used as a noun, hugieiné , ‘science of healthy living’, which passed via modern Latin hygieina and French hygiène into English. hygiene (n.) 1670s, from Fre
• hemophilia 英文词源 hemophilia (n.) 1854 (in anglicized form hæmophily ), from German hämophile , coined 1828 by German physician Johann Lucas Schönlein (1793-1864), from Greek haima "blood" (see -emia ) + philia "to love" (see -philia ), here with a sense of "tendency to." 中文词源 hemophilia ：血友病 来自 hemo- "blood" + phil- "love" + -ia，词根hemo-表示“血”，同根词hemocyte(血
• Hypnos 英文词源 Hypnos "The god of sleep, son of Nyx (Night)", From Greek hupnos 'sleep'. 中文词源 Hypnos ：睡神许普诺斯/索莫纳斯(Somnus) 许普诺斯（Hypnos）是希腊神话中的睡神，是黑夜女神尼克斯的儿子，死神桑纳托斯的兄弟。许普诺斯的性格温柔，往往在人的死亡之际，给予其恒久的睡眠。据说睡神总是身穿白色的衣服， 手
• Harmonia 英文词源 harmony harmony: [14] The etymological idea behind harmony is ‘fitting things together’ – that is, of combining notes in an aesthetically pleasing manner. It comes via Old French harmonie and Latin harmonia from Greek harmoníā ‘means of joining’, hence ‘agreement, concord’, a derivative of harmós ‘joint’. As a musical term in Greek it appears to have denoted ‘sc
• Hebe 英文词源 Hebe (1) c. 1600, Greek goddess of youth, daughter of Zeus and Hera, wife of Hercules, from Greek hebe "youth, youthful prime, strength of youth" (legally, "the time before manhood," in Athens 16, in Sparta 18), from PIE *yeg-wa- "power, youth, strength." Hebe (2) derogatory word for "a Jew," 1932, shortened from Hebrew 中文词源 Hebe ：青春女神赫柏/尤文图斯(Juventas) 尤文
• halcyon days 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random suborn suborn: see ornament 中文词源 halcyon days ：太平岁月；美好时光 源自美丽动人的希腊神话故事。风神之女海尔赛妮（Halcyone）和黎明女神之子刻宇克斯（Ceyx）是一对恩爱夫妻。在丈夫出海远行之后，她每天伫立岸边，凝视大海，祈盼丈夫能早日平安归来
• highjack 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random crimson crimson: [14] The colour term crimson comes ultimately from the name of a small scale insect, the kermes, from whose dried bodies a red dyestuff is obtained. Kermes comes from Arabic qirmaz , which in turn was derived from Sanskrit krmi-ja ‘(dye) produced by a worm’, a compound formed from krmi - ‘worm’ and ja - ‘
• Hobson's choice 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random brake brake: There are two distinct words brake in English. By far the older is that meaning ‘overgrown area, thicket’ [OE]. Its source is uncertain, but it has been speculated that it is ultimately related to break , its original meaning perhaps having been something like ‘broken wood’. Brake ‘decelerating mechanism’
• Hygeia 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random aquamarine aquamarine: [19] Aquamarine means literally ‘sea water’ – from Latin aqua marīna . Its first application in English was to the precious stone, a variety of beryl, so named because of its bluish-green colour. The art critic John Ruskin seems to have been the first to use it with reference to the colour itself, i
• Harpagon 英文词源 harpoon (n.) 1610s, from French harpon , from Old French harpon "cramp iron, clamp, clasp" (described as a mason's tool for fastening stones together), from harper "to grapple, grasp," which is of uncertain origin. It is possibly of Germanic origin; or the French word might be from Latin harpa "hook" (related to harpagonem "grappling hook"), from Greek harpe "sickle," from PIE root *s
• Hestia 英文词源 Hestia goddess of the hearth, from Greek hestia "hearth, house, home, family" (see vestal ). 中文词源 Hestia ：无私奉献的灶神赫斯提/维斯太（Vesta） 在希腊神话中，赫斯提（Hestia）是宙斯的姐姐，奥林匹斯山上最年长、最神圣的女神。她执掌灶火，是家庭的象征，又是磨坊工和面包师傅的保护神。她是位贞洁处女神
• Hephaestus 英文词源 Hephaestus Greek god of fire and metal-working, Roman spelling of Greek Hephaistos , a pre-Hellenic word of unknown origin. 中文词源 Hephaestus ：戴绿帽子的火神赫淮斯托斯/伏尔甘（Vulcan） 赫淮斯托斯（Hephaestus）是希腊神话中的火及锻造之神，又被音译为“赫菲斯托斯”，在罗马神话中叫做伏尔甘（Vulcan）。他天生相貌丑陋
• Hermes 英文词源 Hermes Olympian messenger and god of commerce, son of Zeus and Maia, identified by the Romans with their Mercury , from Greek Hermes , of unknown origin. 中文词源 Hermes ：狡黠的神使赫尔墨斯/墨丘利（Mercury） 墨丘利（Mercury）是罗马神话中为众神传递信息的使者，等同于希腊神话的赫耳墨斯（hermes）。他是主神朱庇特的儿子，是商
• harbour 英文词源 harbour harbour: [OE] Etymologically, a harbour is a ‘shelter for a crowd of people’. English acquired it in the late Anglo-Saxon period as herebeorg , perhaps borrowed from Old Norse herbergi , but it began life as a compound of prehistoric Germanic * kharjaz , originally ‘crowd’, later specifically ‘army’ (source also of English harry and related to harness ) and * berg
• hydrous 英文词源 hydrous "Containing water as a constituent", Early 19th century: from Greek hudro- 'water' + -ous. 中文词源 hydrous ：含水的，水状的  词根词缀： -hydr-水 + -ous形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hydrous 词源， hydrous 含义。
• hydrography 英文词源 hydrography (n.) 1550s, from hydro- + -graphy . Related: Hydrographic 中文词源 hydrography ：水文学，水文地理学  词根词缀： -hydr-水 + -o- + -graph-写,画 + -y名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hydrography 词源， hydrography 含义。
• hydrodynamic 英文词源 hydrodynamic (adj.) 1828, from hydro- + dynamic (adj.). Related: Hydrodynamics (1779). 中文词源 hydrodynamic ：水力的 词根词缀： -hydr-水 + -o- + dynamic动力的 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hydrodynamic 词源， hydrodynamic 含义。
• humiture 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random cork cork: [14] The earliest ascertainable ancestor of cork is Spanish alcorque ‘cork sole’, which passed into English via Dutch kork . The initial al -, of course, suggests that this was of Arabic origin ( al being the Arabic definite article), and it seems likely that it represents Arabic al-qūrq , which some have suggest
• humidify 英文词源 humidify (v.) 1884; see humid + -fy . Related: Humidified ; humidifying . Earlier was humify (1650s). 中文词源 humidify ：使…湿润 词根词缀： -hum-湿 + -id形容词词尾,具有…性质的 + -ify动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： humidify 词源， humidify 含义。
• housework 英文词源 cotquean (n.) 1540s, obsolete, "housewife of a cot," from cot (see cottage ) + quean ; hence "a vulgar beldam, scold" [OED]; also used contemptuously (by Shakespeare, etc.) of men seen as overly interested in housework. 中文词源 housework ：家务 词根词缀： house房子 + work工作 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： housework 词源， housework 含义。
• housekeeper 英文词源 housekeeper (n.) mid-15c., "householder," from house (n.) + agent noun of keep (v.). Sense of "female head domestic servant of a house" is from c. 1600. 中文词源 housekeeper ：管家 词根词缀： house房子 + keep保持 + -er人 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： housekeeper 词源， housekeeper 含义。
• homework 英文词源 homework (n.) 1680s, "work done at home," as opposed to work done in the shop or factory, from home (n.) + work (n.). In sense of "lessons studied at home," it is attested from 1889. 中文词源 homework ：课外作业 词根词缀： home家 + work工作 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： homework 词源， homework 含义。
• homemade 英文词源 homemade (adj.) also home-made , 1650s, from home (n.) + made . 中文词源 homemade ：家庭制的，国产的 词根词缀： home家 + made(make的过去分词) 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： homemade 词源， homemade 含义。
• homeless 英文词源 homeless (adj.) 1610s, from home (n.) + -less . Old English had hamleas , but the modern word probably is a new formation. As a noun meaning "homeless persons," by 1857. 中文词源 homeless ：无家可归的 词根词缀： home家 + -less否定 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： homeless 词源， homeless 含义。
• holdup 英文词源 hold up (v.) also holdup , hold-up , late 13c., "to keep erect;" 1837 as "to delay." The verb meaning "to stop by force and rob" is from 1887, from the robber's command to raise hands. The noun in this sense is from 1851. 中文词源 holdup ：停顿，阻塞；抢劫，拦截 词根词缀： hold占据 + up上 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： holdup 词源， h
• holder 英文词源 holder (n.) c. 1400, "tenant, occupier," agent noun from hold (v.). Meaning "device for holding something" is attested from 1833. 中文词源 holder ：持有者，占有者；支持物 词根词缀： hold拥有,支撑 + -er人或物 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： holder 词源， holder 含义。