英语词源

• turgor 英文词源 turgor (n.) 1857, from medical Latin turgor , from Latin turgere "to swell" (see turgid ). 中文词源 turgor ：细胞组织的肿胀 医学术语，来自拉丁语 turgere,膨胀，肿起，词源同 turgid. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： turgor 词源， turgor 含义。
• turgid 英文词源 turgid (adj.) 1610s, from Latin turgidus "swollen, inflated, distended," from turgere "to swell," of unknown origin. Figurative use in reference to prose is from 1725. Related: Turgidly ; turgidness . 中文词源 turgid ：膨胀的，肿大的 来自拉丁语 turgere,膨胀，肿起，词源不详。可能来自 PIE*ter,转，旋转，词源同 turn,torch. 即卷成团的，卷在一起
• turf 英文词源 turf turf: [OE] Turf is a general Germanic word. It goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * turb -, which also produced German torf ‘peat’, Dutch turf , Swedish torf , and Danish tørv , and was borrowed into the Romance languages, giving French tourbe , Italian torba , and Spanish turba . Its ultimate source was the Indo-European base * drbh -. turf (n.) Old English turf , tyrf "sl
• turd 英文词源 turd turd: [OE] Turd is an ancient word, traceable right back to Indo-European * drtom . This was formed from the base * dr -, * der - ‘flay, tear’ (source also of English tear ), and so etymologically denoted that which is ‘separated’ from the body, like flayed skin, and hence ejected or excreted from the body. It passed into English via prehistoric Germanic * turdam . A dist
• turbot 英文词源 turbot turbot: [13] The turbot is etymologically the ‘thorn-flatfish’. Its name comes via Old French turbot from Old Swedish törnbut ‘turbot’. This was a compound noun formed from törn ‘thorn’ (a relative of English thorn ) and but ‘flatfish’, a borrowing from Middle Low German but which probably denoted etymologically ‘stumpy’, and also supplied the final syllab
• turboprop 英文词源 turbo- word-forming element, abstracted c. 1900 from turbine ; influenced by Latin turbo "spinning top." E.g. turbocharger (1934), aeronautic turboprop (1945, with second element short for propeller ); turbojet (1945). 中文词源 turboprop ：涡轮螺旋桨发动机 turbo-,涡轮的，-prop,螺旋桨，缩写自 propeller. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： turb
• turbojet 英文词源 turbo- word-forming element, abstracted c. 1900 from turbine ; influenced by Latin turbo "spinning top." E.g. turbocharger (1934), aeronautic turboprop (1945, with second element short for propeller ); turbojet (1945). 中文词源 turbojet ：涡轮喷气式飞机 turbo-,涡轮的，jet,喷气式飞机。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： turbojet 词源， turbo
• turbocharger 英文词源 turbo- word-forming element, abstracted c. 1900 from turbine ; influenced by Latin turbo "spinning top." E.g. turbocharger (1934), aeronautic turboprop (1945, with second element short for propeller ); turbojet (1945). 中文词源 turbocharger ：涡轮增压机 turbo-,涡轮的，汽轮的，charge,装载，负载。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： turbocharge
• turbo- 英文词源 turbo- word-forming element, abstracted c. 1900 from turbine ; influenced by Latin turbo "spinning top." E.g. turbocharger (1934), aeronautic turboprop (1945, with second element short for propeller ); turbojet (1945). 中文词源 turbo- ：涡轮的 来自 turbine,涡轮机。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： turbo- 词源， turbo- 含义。
• turbid 英文词源 turbid turbid: see trouble turbid (adj.) 1620s, from Latin turbidus "muddy, full of confusion," from turbare "to confuse, bewilder," from turba "turmoil, crowd," probably from Greek tyrbe "turmoil, tumult, disorder," from PIE *(s)twer- (1) "to turn, whirl" (see storm (n.)). Related: Turbidly ; turbidness . 中文词源 turbid ：浑浊的，混乱的 来自拉丁语 turbare,搅混，使
• turban 英文词源 turban turban: see tulip turban (n.) 1560s, from Middle French turbant (15c.), from Italian turbante (Old Italian tolipante ), from Turkish tülbent "gauze, muslin, tulle," from Persian dulband "turban." The change of -l- to -r- may have taken place in Portuguese India and thence been picked up in other European languages. A men's headdress in Muslim lands, it was popular in Europe an
• tunny 英文词源 tunny (n.) large sea-fish of the mackerel order, 1520s, probably from Middle French thon (14c.), from Old Provençal ton and directly from Latin thunnus "a tuna, tunny," from Greek thynnos "a tuna, tunny," possibly with a literal sense of "darter," from thynein "dart along." 中文词源 tunny ：金枪鱼 来自拉丁语 thunnus,金枪鱼，词源同 tuna. 该词的英语词源请访问
• tunicate 英文词源 tunicate (adj.) 1760, from Latin tunicatus "clothed with a tunic only (i.e. without a toga), in shirt-sleeves," past participle of tunicare "to clothe in a tunic," from tunica (see tunic ). As a noun, from 1848. 中文词源 tunicate ：有被囊的，有被膜的 一种原始海洋生物，来自 tunic,短袍，-ate,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• tunic 英文词源 tunic (n.) late 15c., from Middle French tunique (12c.) or directly from Latin tunica "undergarment worn by either sex" (source of Spanish tunica , Italian tonica , Old English tunece , Old High German tunihha ), probably from a Semitic source (compare Hebrew kuttoneth "coat," Aramaic kittuna ). Also see chitin . 中文词源 tunic ：古希腊古罗马时期穿的短袍 来自拉丁语
• tungsten 英文词源 tungsten (n.) rare metallic element, 1796, from Swedish tungsten "calcium tungstate," coined 1780 by its discoverer, Swedish chemist Karl Wilhelm Scheele (1742-1786) from tung "heavy" + sten "stone" (see stone (n.)). The word was used earlier as the name for calcium tungstate (1770). Atomic symbol W is from Latin wolframium , from German Wolfram "iron tungstate" (see wolfram ). 中文词
• tunesmith 英文词源 tunesmith (n.) 1926, U.S. colloquial coinage, from tune (n.) + smith (n.). 中文词源 tunesmith ：流行音乐作曲家 tune,曲调，乐曲，smith,匠人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tunesmith 词源， tunesmith 含义。
• tuner 英文词源 tuner (n.) "one who tunes musical instruments," 1801, agent noun from tune (v.). From 1570s as "musician, singer." From 1909 as "device for varying the frequency of a radio or (later) television." 中文词源 tuner ：调音师 tune,调音，-er,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tuner 词源， tuner 含义。
• tuneless 英文词源 tuneless (adj.) 1590s, from tune (n.) + -less . Related: Tunelessly ; tunelessness . 中文词源 tuneless ：不成调的 tune,音调，曲调，-less,无，没有。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tuneless 词源， tuneless 含义。
• tundra 英文词源 tundra (n.) an Arctic steppe, 1841, from Russian tundra , from Lappish tundar , said to mean "elevated wasteland" or "a marshy plain." 中文词源 tundra ：冰原，苔原 来自俄罗斯语 tundra,来自北极某土著语言 tundar,沼泽平原。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tundra 词源， tundra 含义。
• tun 英文词源 tun tun: see ton tun (n.) "large cask," especially one for wine, ale, or beer, Old English tunne "tun, cask, barrel," a general North Sea Germanic word (compare Old Frisian tunne , Middle Dutch tonne , Old High German tunna , German tonne ), also found in Medieval Latin tunna (9c.) and Old French tonne (diminutive tonneau ); perhaps from a Celtic source (compare Middle Irish, Gaelic t
• tumulus 英文词源 tumulus (n.) ancient burial mound, 1680s, from Latin tumulus "hillock, heap of earth, mound," related to tumere "to swell" (see tumid ). 中文词源 tumulus ：古墓，古冢 来自拉丁语 tumulus,小山，土堆，来自 tumere,肿胀，肿大，词源同 tumid,tumescence. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tumulus 词源， tumulus 含义。
• tumultuous 英文词源 tumultuous (adj.) 1540s, from Middle French tumultuous (Modern French tumultueux ), from Latin tumultuosus "full of bustle or confusion, disorderly, turbulent," from tumultus (see tumult ). Related: Tumultuously ; tumultuousness . 中文词源 tumultuous ：骚乱的，混乱的，热烈的，欢腾的 来自 tumult,骚乱，混乱。引申词义热烈的，欢腾的。 该词的英语词
• tumult 英文词源 tumult (n.) late 14c., from Old French tumult (12c.), from Latin tumultus "commotion, bustle, uproar, disorder, disturbance," related to tumere "to be excited, swell" (see tumid ). 中文词源 tumult ：骚乱，混乱 来自拉丁语 tumultus,混乱，骚乱，来自 tumere,肿胀，肿大，词源同 tumid,tumescence. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tumult 词源
• tumulous 英文词源 tumulous (adj.) 1727, from Latin tumulosus "full of hills," from tumulus "hill, mound, heap of earth" (see tumulus ). 中文词源 tumulous ：丘陵的，多山的 来自拉丁语 tumulus,小山，土堆，词源同 tumulus. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tumulous 词源， tumulous 含义。
• tumor 英文词源 tumor (n.) early 15c., from Latin tumor "swelling, condition of being swollen, a tumor," from tumere "to swell" (see tumid ). 中文词源 tumor ：瘤，肿块 来自 tumid,肿胀的，-or,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tumor 词源， tumor 含义。
• tumid 英文词源 tumid (adj.) "morbidly swollen," 1540s, from Latin tumidus "swollen, swelling, rising high," figuratively "swollen with anger or pride," from tumere "to swell," from PIE root *teue- (2) "to swell" (see thigh ). Figurative sense in English (in reference to prose, etc.) is attested from 1640s. Related: Tumidity . 中文词源 tumid ：肿胀的 来自拉丁语 tumere,肿胀，肿大，来
• tumescent 英文词源 tumescent (adj.) 1806, from Latin tumescentem (nominative tumescens ), present participle of tumescere "to begin to swell, swell up" (see tumescence ). 中文词源 tumescent ：肿大的 来自 tumid,肿胀的，-esce,表起始，词源同 adolescent. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tumescent 词源， tumescent 含义。
• tumbrel 英文词源 tumbrel (n.) mid-15c., "two-wheeled cart for hauling dung, stones, etc.," earlier an instrument of punishment of uncertain type (early 13c.), from Old French tomberel "dump cart" (Modern French tombereau ), from tomber "(let) fall or tumble," possibly from a Germanic source (compare Old Norse tumba "to tumble," Old High German tumon "to turn, reel;" see tumble (v.)). Notoriously the n
• tumbleweed 英文词源 tumbleweed (n.) also tumble-weed , 1881, from tumble (v.) + weed (n.). 中文词源 tumbleweed ：翻滚草 tumble,翻滚，weed,草。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tumbleweed 词源， tumbleweed 含义。
• tulle 英文词源 tulle (n.) fine silk bobbin-net, 1817, from Tulle , town in central France, where the fabric was first manufactured. The place name is Medieval Latin Tutelae , said to be from Tutela , name of a pagan god. 中文词源 tulle ：薄纱，绢网 来自 Tulle,法国城市蒂勒，因这种纱布产于该城市而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tulle 词源，
• Tudor 英文词源 Tudor 1779 in reference to the English royal family, from Welsh surname Tewdwr , used of the line of English sovereigns from Henry VII to Elizabeth I, descended from Owen Tudor, who married Catherine, widowed queen of Henry V. Applied from 1815 to a style of architecture prevalent during these reigns. The name is the Welsh form of Theodore . 中文词源 Tudor ：英格兰都铎王朝
• tubular 英文词源 tubular (adj.) 1670s, "having the form of a tube or pipe," from Latin tubulus "a small pipe" (see tube ) + -ar . Teen slang sense attested by 1982, Valspeak, apparently from surfers' use of tube as slang for a hollow, curling wave, ideal for riding (1962). 中文词源 tubular ：管状的 来自 tube,管子，管道。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tubular 词源
• tub-thumping 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random cable cable: [13] The ultimate source of cable is late Latin capulum ‘lasso’, a derivative of the verb capere ‘take, seize’, either directly or perhaps via Arabic habl . In Provençal, capulum became cable , which produced the Old French form chable : so English must either have borrowed the word straight from Provençal
• tuberculosis 英文词源 tuberculosis tuberculosis: see truffle tuberculosis (n.) 1860, "disease characterized by tubercules," a medical Latin hybrid, from Latin tuberculum "small swelling, pimple," diminutive of tuber "lump" (see tuber ) + -osis , a suffix of Greek origin. So called in reference to the tubercules which form in the lungs. Originally in reference to any disease characterized by tubercules; sin
• tubercle 英文词源 tubercle (n.) 1570s, from Latin tuberculum "a small swelling," diminutive of tuber "lump" (see tuber ). 中文词源 tubercle ：小块茎，结节，肺结核结节 tuber,块茎，-cle,小词后缀。引申诸相关词义。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tubercle 词源， tubercle 含义。
• tuber 英文词源 tuber tuber: see truffle tuber (n.) "thick underground stem," 1660s, from Latin tuber "edible root, truffle; lump, bump, swelling," from PIE *tubh- , from root *teue- (2) "to swell" (see thigh ). 中文词源 tuber ：块茎 来自拉丁语 tuber,块状物，块茎，可食根，来自 PIE*tubh,扩展自 PIE*teue,鼓起，膨胀，词源 同 tumid,thigh. 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• tubby 英文词源 tubby (adj.) "shaped like a tub, corpulent," 1835, from tub + -y (2). The noun meaning "a fat person" is attested from 1891. Related: Tubbily ; tubbiness . 中文词源 tubby ：矮胖的 来自 tub,木桶，-y,形容词后缀。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tubby 词源， tubby 含义。
• tubal 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random impress impress: see press 中文词源 tubal ：管状的 tube,管子，-al,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tubal 词源， tubal 含义。
• tuba 英文词源 tuba (n.) 1852 in reference to a modern, large, low-pitched brass musical instrument, from French tuba , from Latin tuba (plural tubae ) "straight bronze war trumpet" (as opposed to the crooked bucina ), related to tubus (see tube (n.)). 中文词源 tuba ：大号 来自拉丁语 tuba,喇叭，军号，管子，可能来自 tibia,芦苇管，胫骨，词源同 tibia. 该词的英语词
• tsarism 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random individual individual: [15] To begin with, individual retained in English its ancestral meaning ‘not able to be divided’: ‘in the name of the holy and individual Trinity’. Richard Whitbourne, Discourse and Discovery of Newfoundland 1623. It was borrowed from medieval Latin indīviduālis , a derivative of Latin indīvidu
• tsarina 英文词源 tsarina "An empress of Russia before 1917", Via Italian and Spanish from German Czarin , Zarin , feminine of Czar , Zar . 中文词源 tsarina ：女沙皇 tsar,沙皇，-ina,表阴性。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tsarina 词源， tsarina 含义。
• tsar 英文词源 tsar tsar: [16] Caesar was a Roman cognomen (English gets caesarian from it) and from the days of Augustus was used as part of the title of ‘emperor’. The Germanic peoples took it over in this sense (it is the source of German kaiser ) and passed it on to prehistoric Slavic as * tsēsari . This has evolved into Serbo-Croat and Bulgarian tsar and Russian tsar ’ – source of Engl
• tryst 英文词源 tryst (n.) late 14c., "appointment to meet at a certain time and place," from Old French tristre "waiting place, appointed station in hunting," probably from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse treysta "to trust, make firm" (see trust (v.)). The notion would be "place one waits trustingly." As a verb, late 14c. Related: Trysting . 中文词源 tryst ：约会，幽会 可能来自古
• trustworthy 英文词源 trustworthy (adj.) 1791, from trust (n.) + worthy . Related: Trustworthiness . 中文词源 trustworthy ：值得信任的 trust,信任，-worthy,值得的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： trustworthy 词源， trustworthy 含义。
• trusteeship 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random strop strop: [OE] Strop has now narrowed down in meaning to the specialized ‘strip of leather for sharpening a razor’, but it used to be a much more general term for a leather band or loop. It goes back to a prehistoric West Germanic word that was probably an adoption of Latin stroppus ‘strap, band’. That in turn may wel
• trustee 英文词源 trustee (n.) "person who is responsible for the property of another," 1640s, from trust (v.) + -ee . 中文词源 trustee ：受托人 trust,委托，-ee,表施动。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： trustee 词源， trustee 含义。
• truss 英文词源 truss (n.) c. 1200, "collection of things bound together," from Old French trousse , torse "parcel, package, bundle," of uncertain origin, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *torciare "to twist," from Late Latin torquere (see torque (n.)). Meaning "surgical appliance to support a rupture, etc." first attested 1540s. Sense of "framework for supporting a roof or bridge" is first recorded 1650s.
• truncheon 英文词源 truncheon (n.) c. 1300, "shaft of a spear," also "short stick, cudgel," from Old North French tronchon , Old French tronchon (11c., Modern French tronçon ) "a piece cut off, thick stick, stump," from Vulgar Latin *truncionem (nominative *truncio ), from Latin truncus "trunk of a tree" (see trunk ). Meaning "staff as a symbol of office" is recorded from 1570s; sense of "policeman's cl
• truism 英文词源 truism (n.) "self-evident truth," 1708, from true (adj.) + -ism ; first attested in Swift. 中文词源 truism ：自明之理，老生常谈的道理 true,真实的，事实的，-ism,主义，思想。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： truism 词源， truism 含义。
• trug 英文词源 trug "A shallow oblong basket made of strips of wood, traditionally used for carrying garden flowers and produce", Late Middle English (denoting a basin): perhaps a dialect variant of trough. 中文词源 trug ：浅筐 可能来自 trough 方言变体词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： trug 词源， trug 含义。
• truffle 英文词源 truffle truffle: [16] English acquired truffle , probably via Dutch truffel , from early modern French truffle , a derivative of Old French truffe (which survives as the modern French term for the fungus). This in turn came via Provençal trufa from a Vulgar Latin * tūfera , an alteration of the plural of Latin tūber ‘swelling, lump, tuber, truffle’ (from which English gets tube
• truculent 英文词源 truculent (adj.) 1530s, from Latin truculentus "fierce, savage, stern, harsh, cruel," from trux (genitive trucis ) "fierce, rough, savage, wild." Related: Truculently . 中文词源 truculent ：好斗的 来自拉丁语 truculentus,好斗的，狂暴的，野蛮的，来自 trux,狂野的，野蛮的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： truculent 词源， trucul
• truckle 英文词源 truckle truckle: [15] A truckle is a ‘small wooden wheel or caster’. The word was originally used for a ‘pulley’ (an application which has now largely died out), and it was borrowed from Anglo- Norman trocle . This in turn came via Latin trochlea ‘system of pulleys’ (source of English trochlea [17], an anatomical term for a ‘structure resembling a pulley’) from Greek t
• truce 英文词源 truce truce: [13] Historically, truce is simply the plural of the noun version of the adjective true . In Old English this was trēow , which meant ‘faith, pledge’. It was often used in the plural with the same meaning as the singular, and this tendency increased in early Middle English to the point where the singular disappeared altogether. It had meanwhile narrowed down in meani
• truant 英文词源 truant truant: [13] A truant was originally a ‘beggar’ or ‘vagrant’. The word was borrowed from Old French truant ‘vagabond’, which in turn came from Gaulish trugant - (amongst its Celtic relatives are Gaelic trudanach ‘vagabond’ and Welsh truan ‘wretched’). The word was not applied to absconding schoolchildren until the 15th century. truant (n.) c. 1200, "beggar,
• truancy 英文词源 truancy (n.) 1754, from truant + -cy . 中文词源 truancy ：旷课，逃学 来自 truant,逃学者，-ancy,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： truancy 词源， truancy 含义。
• troy 英文词源 troy late 14c., standard system of weights for gems and precious metals, from Troyes , city in France (Roman (Civitas) Tricassium , capital of the Tricasses , a Celtic people whose name was said to mean "those with three tresses"), former site of an important fair at which this weight is said to have been used. Many medieval towns had their own standard weights. The pound troy contain
• trowel 英文词源 trowel (n.) mid-14c., "tool for spreading plaster or mortar," from Old French truele "trowel" (13c.), from Late Latin truella "small ladle, dipper" (mid-12c.), diminutive of Latin trua "a stirring spoon, ladle, skimmer." The gardening tool was so called since 1796. 中文词源 trowel ：小铲子 来自古法语 truele,小铲子，来自拉丁语 truella,小勺子，来自 trua,勺子，
• trove 英文词源 trove (n.) 1888, from treasure trove (c. 1550), from Anglo-French tresor trové (late 12c.), translating Latin thesaurus inventus , literally "treasure found." Originally any precious metal object one finds hidden whose owner is unknown. As this usually meant ancient hoards, the term came to mean "treasure hoard" in popular use. Rendered treasure found from mid-15c. French trove is pa
• trout 英文词源 trout (n.) Old English truht "trout," in part from Old French truite , both from Late Latin tructa , perhaps from Greek troktes "a kind of sea fish," literally "nibbler," from trogein "to gnaw," from PIE *tro- , from root *tere- (1) (see throw (v.)). In late 17c. slang, trusty trout was used in a sense of "confidential friend." 中文词源 trout ：鲑，鳟鱼 来自古英语 truht,鲑
• trousseau 英文词源 trousseau (n.) "a bride's clothing, etc., brought from her former home," 1817, from French trousseau , originally "a bundle," diminutive of Old French trousse "bundle" (see truss (n.)). Italicized as foreign at first, nativized by 1833. The Old French word was borrowed into Middle English early 13c. as "a bundle of keys," but it fell from use. 中文词源 trousseau ：嫁妆 来自古法
• trouper 英文词源 trouper (n.) 1890, "actor or performer in a troupe," from troupe (n.) + -er (1). Transferred sense of "reliable, uncomplaining person" [OED] is attested by 1942, American English. 中文词源 trouper ：台柱子，主心骨 来自 troupe,表演团，-er,人。特指台柱子，主心骨。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： trouper 词源， trouper 含义。
• trounce 英文词源 trounce (v.) 1550s, "to trouble, afflict, harass," later "to beat, thrash" (1560s), of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Middle French troncer "to cut, cut off a piece from," from tronce "piece of timber," from Old French tronc (see trunk ). Related: Trounced ; trouncing . 中文词源 trounce ：彻底打败，击溃 词源不详，可能来自拉丁语 truncare,砍，切，词源同
• trough 英文词源 trough trough: [OE] Etymologically, a trough is something made out of ‘wood’. Its ultimate source is Indo-European * drukós , a derivative of the base * dru - ‘wood, tree’ (source also of English tree ). This passed into prehistoric Germanic as * trugaz , which has since diversified into German and Dutch trog , Swedish tråg , Danish trug , and English trough . English trug ‘
• troubadour 英文词源 troubadour troubadour: [18] A troubadour is etymologically someone who ‘finds’ – that is, ‘composes’ – songs. The word comes via French troubadour from Provençal trobador , a derivative of the verb trobar (whose modern French equivalent is trouver ). This seems originally to have meant ‘compose’, and later to have shifted its semantic ground via ‘invent’ to ‘fin
• troth 英文词源 troth troth: see true troth (n.) "truth, verity," late 12c., from a phonetic variant of Old English treowð "faithfulness, veracity, truth" (see truth ). Restricted to Midlands and Northern England dialect after 16c., and to certain archaic phrases (such as plight one's troth ). Also see betroth . 中文词源 troth ：誓言，订婚 来自 truth 拼写变体，常见于复合词 bet
• tropism 英文词源 tropism (n.) 1899, "tendency of an animal or plant to turn or move in response to a stimulus," 1899, abstracted from geotropism or heliotropism , with the second element taken in an absolute sense; ultimately from Greek tropos "a turning" (see trope ). 中文词源 tropism ：生物的向性 希腊语 tropos,转向，旋转，-ism,主义，行为。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• trophic 英文词源 trophic (adj.) "of or pertaining to nutrition, food, or nourishment," 1856, from Greek trophikos , from trophe "nourishment, food" (see -trophy ). 中文词源 trophic ：营养的，与营养有关的 来自希腊语 trophe,食物，营养，词源同 atrophy,hypertrophy. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： trophic 词源， trophic 含义。
• trope 英文词源 trope trope: see troubadour trope (n.) 1530s, from Latin tropus "a figure of speech," from Greek tropos "a turn, direction, course, way; manner, fashion," in rhetoric, "turn or figure of speech," related to trope "a turning" and trepein "to turn," from PIE root trep- (2) "to turn" (cognates: Sanskrit trapate "is ashamed, confused," properly "turns away in shame;" Latin trepit "he turn
• trop 英文词源 apostrophe apostrophe: [17] Apostrophe comes originally from the Greek phrase prosōidiā apóstrophos , literally ‘accent of turning away’, hence, a mark showing where a letter or sound has been omitted. Apóstrophos itself was derived from the compound verb apostréphein , formed from the prefix apo - ‘away’ and the verb stréphein ‘turn’ (related to the second element o
• tromp 英文词源 tromp (v.) 1892, variant of tramp (v.); mainly American English. Related: Tromped ; tromping . 中文词源 tromp ：流浪汉 来自 tramp 拼写变体。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tromp 词源， tromp 含义。
• trombonist 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random super super: [17] Super has been used over the centuries as an abbreviated form of a variety of English words containing the Latin element super ‘above’. Its earliest manifestation, short for the now defunct insuper ‘balance left over’, did not last long and it was the 19th century which really saw an explosion in the us
• trombone 英文词源 trombone trombone: see trump trombone (n.) brass wind instrument, 1724, from Italian trombone , augmentative form of tromba "trumpet," from a Germanic source (compare Old High German trumba "trumpet;" see trumpet (n.)). 中文词源 trombone ：长号 来自意大利语 trombone,长号，大号，大词形式于 tromba,小号，词源同 trump,trumpet.-one,-oon, 大词后缀。 该词的
• trollop 英文词源 trollop 1610s, "slovenly woman," often with implications of moral looseness, probably from troll (v.) in sense of "roll about, wallow." [A] certain Anne Hayward, wife of Gregory Hayward of Beighton, did in the parishe church of Beighton aforesaid in the time of Divine Service or Sermon there, and when the Minister was reading praying, violently boisterously presse enter into the seat
• troilism 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random arsenal arsenal: [16] The word arsenal has a complicated history, stretching back through Italian to Arabic. The Arabic original was dāras- sinā‘ah , literally ‘house of the manufacture’. This seems to have been borrowed into Venetian Italian, somehow losing its initial d , as arzaná , and been applied specifically to t
• troika 英文词源 troika (n.) 1842, "carriage drawn by three horses abreast," from Russian troika "three-horse team, any group of three," from collective numeral troje "group of three" (from PIE *tro-yo- , suffixed form of *trei- , see three ) + diminutive suffix -ka . Sense of "any group of three administrators, triumvirate" is first recorded 1945. 中文词源 troika ：三架马车，三人领导，三
• troglodyte 英文词源 troglodyte (n.) "cave-dweller," 1550s, from Middle French troglodyte and directly from Latin troglodytae (plural), from Greek troglodytes "cave-dweller, cave-man" (in reference to tribes identified as living in various places by ancient writers; by Herodotus on the African coast of the Red Sea), literally "one who creeps into holes," from trogle "hole, mouse-hole" (from trogein "to gn
• trog 英文词源 trog (n.) "obnoxious person, boor, lout," 1956, short for troglodyte . 中文词源 trog ：笨蛋，书呆子 俚语，缩写自 troglodyte,洞穴人，穴居人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： trog 词源， trog 含义。
• trochee 英文词源 trochee (n.) metrical foot consisting of a long followed by a short syllable, or an accented followed by an unaccented one, 1580s, from French trochée , from Latin trochaeus "a trochee," from Greek trokhaios (pous) , literally "a running (foot)," from trekhein "to run" (see truckle (n.)). Its rapid movement rendered it a fit accompaniment to dances. 中文词源 trochee ：诗的抑扬
• trochaic 英文词源 trochaic (adj.) "composed of trochees," 1580s, from Middle French trochaïque (1540s) or directly from Latin trochaicus , from Greek trokhaikos "pertaining to or consisting of trochees," from trokhaios (see trochee ). 中文词源 trochaic ：抑扬格的，长短格的 来自 trochee,诗的抑扬格，长短格，-ic,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• trivialize 英文词源 trivialize (v.) 1836, from trivial + -ize . Related: Trivialized ; trivializing . 中文词源 trivialize ：轻视 trivial,琐碎的，-ize,使。引申词义轻视。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： trivialize 词源， trivialize 含义。
• triviality 英文词源 triviality (n.) 1590s, "quality of being trivial," from Middle French trivialite or else from trivial + -ity . Meaning "a trivial thing or affair" is from 1610s. Related: Trivialities . 中文词源 triviality ：琐事，细枝末节 trivial,琐事的，-ity,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： triviality 词源， triviality 含义。
• trivet 英文词源 trivet trivet: see foot trivet (n.) three-legged iron stand, 12c., trefet , probably from a noun use of Latin tripedem (nominative tripes ) "three-footed," from tri- "three" (see three ) + pes "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)). 中文词源 trivet ：三脚火炉架，三脚铁架 来自古英语 trefet,三角铁架，来自拉丁语 tripus,来自 tri-, 三，pu
• triumvirate 英文词源 triumvirate (n.) 1580s, from Latin triumviratus , from triumvir (see triumvir ). 中文词源 triumvirate ：三人领导小组 来自拉丁语 trium,三，词源同 three,-vir,男人，词源同 virile,virtue.引申词义三人领导小组。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： triumvirate 词源， triumvirate 含义。
• triumphalism 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random bacterium bacterium: [19] Bacterium was coined in the 1840s from Greek baktérion , a diminutive of báktron ‘stick’, on the basis that the originally discovered bacteria were rod-shaped. At first it was sometimes anglicized to bactery , but the Latin form has prevailed. Related, but a later introduction, is bacillus [19]: t
• triumphal 英文词源 triumphal (adj.) early 15c., from Latin triumphalis , from triumphus (see triumph (n.)). Related: Triumphally . 中文词源 triumphal ：胜利的，凯旋的 triumph,胜利，凯旋，-al,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： triumphal 词源， triumphal 含义。
• tritium 英文词源 tritium (n.) 1933, Modern Latin, from Greek tritos "third" (see third ) + chemical suffix -ium . 中文词源 tritium ：氚 杜撰词，来自希腊语 tritos,第三，词源同 three,third.-ium,化学元素后缀。比较 deuterium. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tritium 词源， tritium 含义。
• triturate 英文词源 triturate (v.) "grind into powder," 1755, from Late Latin trituratus , past participle of triturare "to thresh, to grind," from Latin tritura "a rubbing, a threshing," from past participle stem of terere "to rub" (see throw (v.)). Related: Triturated ; triturating . 中文词源 triturate ：研磨，磨碎 来自拉丁语 triturare,磨碎，碾磨，反复格形式于 terere,转，刮，
• trite 英文词源 trite trite: see throw trite (adj.) "used till so common as to have lost its novelty and interest," 1540s, from Latin tritus "worn, oft-trodden," of language "much-used, familiar, commonplace," past participle adjective from terere "to rub, wear down" (see throw (v.)). Related: Tritely ; triteness . 中文词源 trite ：陈腐的，老套的 来自拉丁语 tritus,穿旧的，过去分
• trishaw 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random gravel gravel: [13] Gravel is of Celtic origin. It has been traced to a prehistoric Celtic * gravo - ‘gravel’, never actually recorded but deduced from Breton grouan and Cornish grow ‘soft granite’. French borrowed it as grave ‘gravel, pebbles’ (perhaps the source of the English verb grave ‘clean a ship’s bottom’