英语词源

• hydroplane 英文词源 hydroplane (n.) "motorboat that glides on the surface of water," 1895, coined by U.S. engineer Harvey D. Williams ["Sibley Journal of Engineering," Cornell University, vol. X, p.81]; from hydro- + plane (from airplane ). hydroplane (v.) by 1908, "to skim the surface of water by use of hydroplanes," from hydroplane (n.). Meaning "skid on a thin layer of water" (especially of automobile
• hydrophobia 英文词源 hydrophobia (n.) late 14c., idroforbia , a symptom of rabies in man (sometimes used for the disease itself), from Late Latin hydrophobia (Celsius, 50 C.E.), from Greek hydrophobos "dreading water," from hydr- , stem of hydor "water" (see water (n.1)) + phobos "dread, fear" (see phobia ). So called because human sufferers show aversion to water and have difficulty swallowing it. In Old
• hydrolysis 英文词源 hydrolysis (n.) "chemical decomposition by water," 1880, formed in English from hydro- + Greek lysis "a loosening, a dissolution," from lyein "to loosen, dissolve" (see lose ). 中文词源 hydrolysis ：水解 hydro-,水，-lysis,分解，词源同lose,analysis. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hydrolysis 词源， hydrolysis 含义。
• hydrology 英文词源 hydrology (n.) 1762, from hydro- + -logy . Related: Hydrologist ; hydrological (1660s). 中文词源 hydrology ：水文学 hydro-,水，-logy,学说。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hydrology 词源， hydrology 含义。 hydrology ：水文学，水理学   词根词缀： -hydr-水 + -o- + -logy名词词尾,…学(科)
• hydrogen peroxide 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random cab cab: [19] Cab is short for cabriolet , a term, borrowed from French, for a light horse-drawn carriage. It comes, via the French verb cabrioler , from Italian capriolare ‘jump in the air’, a derivative of capriolo ‘roebuck’, from Latin capreolus , a diminutive form of caper ‘goat’ (source of English caper ‘leap’
• hydrogen bomb 英文词源 hydrogen (n.) 1791, from French hydrogène , coined 1787 by G. de Morveau, Lavoisier, Berthollet, and Fourcroy from Greek hydr- , stem of hydor "water" (see water (n.1)) + French -gène "producing" (see -gen ). So called because it forms water when exposed to oxygen. Nativized in Russian as vodorod ; in German, it is wasserstoff , "water-stuff." An earlier name for it in English was C
• hydrogenate 英文词源 hydrogenate (v.) 1809, from hydrogen + -ate (2). Related: Hydrogenated ; hydrogenation . 中文词源 hydrogenate ：使氢化，使与氢化合 hydrogen,氢，-ate,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hydrogenate 词源， hydrogenate 含义。
• hydrogen 英文词源 hydrogen hydrogen: [18] Greek húdōr ‘water’ (a distant relative of English water ) has been a prolific source of English vocabulary. Amongst its contributions are hydrangea [18] (literally ‘water-vessel’, so named from the cuplike shape of its seedpods), hydrant [19], hydrate [18], hydraulic [17] (literally ‘of a water-pipe’), hydrofoil [20], and hydroponics [20] (litera
• hydrofoil 英文词源 hydrofoil (n.) 1959, "boat that travels through water on wings," short for hydrofoil boat , originally the name of the "wings" themselves (1920); formed in English from hydro- + foil (n.). 中文词源 hydrofoil ：水翼船 hydro-,水，-foil,翼，翅膀，词源同foliage. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hydrofoil 词源， hydrofoil 含义。
• hydrofluorocarbon 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random khaki khaki: [19] Khaki is part of the large linguistic legacy of British rule in India. In Urdu khākī means ‘dusty’, and is a derivative of the noun khāk ‘dust’ (a word of Persian origin). It seems first to have been used with reference to the colour of military uniforms in the Guide Corps of the Indian army in the l
• hydroelectric 英文词源 hydroelectric (adj.) 1827, formed in English from hydro- + electric . Related: Hydroelectricity . 中文词源 hydroelectric ：水力发电的 hydro-,水，electric,电。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hydroelectric 词源， hydroelectric 含义。 hydroelectric ：水力发电的 词根词缀： -hydr-水 + -o- + -electr-电 + -ic形容词词尾
• hydrocortisone 英文词源 cortisol (n.) hydrocortisone, 1953, from cortisone + -ol . 中文词源 hydrocortisone ：氢化可的松 hydro-,氢，cortisone,可的松。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hydrocortisone 词源， hydrocortisone 含义。
• hydrochloric acid 英文词源 hydrochloric (adj.) 1817, in hydrochloric acid (proposed 1814 by Gay-Lussac); see hydro- + chloric (see chlorine ). aqua regia "A mixture of concentrated nitric and hydrochloric acids. It is a highly corrosive liquid able to attack gold and other resistant substances", Early 17th century: Latin, literally 'royal water'. oxyntic "Of or denoting the secretory cells which produce hydroch
• hydrocarbon 英文词源 hydrocarbon (n.) "compound of hydrogen and carbon," 1826, formed in English from hydrogen + carbon . 中文词源 hydrocarbon ：碳氢化合物 hydro-,氢，carbon,碳。引申词义碳氢化合物。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hydrocarbon 词源， hydrocarbon 含义。 hydrocarbon ：烃，碳氢化合物 词根词缀： -hydr-氢 + -o- + -carb-碳 + -on名
• hydro 英文词源 hydro short for hydroelectric , from 1916. 中文词源 hydro ：电，水电 缩写自hydroelectric. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hydro 词源， hydro 含义。
• hydro- 英文词源 hydro- before vowels hydr- , word-forming element meaning "water," from Greek hydro- , comb. form of hydor "water" (see water (n.1)). Also sometimes a comb. form of hydrogen . 中文词源 hydro- ：水的，氢的 来自希腊语hydor,水，词源同water.引申词义氢的，缩写自hydrogen. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hydro- 词源， hydro- 含义。
• hydraulics 英文词源 hydraulics (n.) 1670s, from hydraulic ; also see -ics . 中文词源 hydraulics ：水力学，液压装置 来自hydraulic,水力的，液压的，-ics,学科。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hydraulics 词源， hydraulics 含义。 hydraulics ：水力学  词根词缀： -hydr-水 + aul + -ics名词词尾,…学
• hydraulic 英文词源 hydraulic (adj.) c. 1600, from Greek hydraulikos organon "water organ," from hydr- , stem of hydor "water" (see water (n.1)) + aulos "musical instrument, hollow tube" (see alveolus ). Extended by the Romans to other kinds of water engines. 中文词源 hydraulic ：水力的，液压的 来自希腊语hydraulikos,水管，水道，来自hydor,水，词源同water,aulos,管道，词源同
• hydrate 英文词源 hydrate (n.) 1802, "compound of water and another chemical," from French hydrate , coined c. 1800 by French chemist Joseph-Louis Proust (1754-1826) from Greek hydr- , stem of hydor "water" (see water (n.1)). hydrate (v.) 1850, "to form a hydrate;" 1947 as "to restore moisture;" from Greek hydr- , stem of hydor "water" (see water (n.1)) + -ate (2). Related: Hydrated ; hydrating . 中文词
• hydrargyrum 英文词源 hydrargyrum (n.) "mercury, quicksilver," 1560s, from Latin hydrargyrus , from Greek hydrargyros , from hydr- , stem of hydor "water" (see water (n.1)) + argyros "silver" (see argent ). Hence the chemical abbreviation Hg for the element mercury. 中文词源 hydrargyrum ：水银，汞 来自希腊语hydrargyros,来自hydor,水，词源同water,argyros,银，白银，词源同argent,ar
• hydrant 英文词源 hydrant (n.) 1806, a hybrid coined in American English from Greek hydr- , stem of hydor "water" (see water (n.1)) + -ant . 中文词源 hydrant ：给水栓，消防龙头 hydr-,水，-ant,名词后缀。引申词义给水栓，消防龙头。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hydrant 词源， hydrant 含义。 hydrant ：消防栓，消防龙头 词根词缀：
• hydrangea 英文词源 hydrangea (n.) 1753, coined in Modern Latin by Linnæus as compound of Greek hydr- , stem of hydor "water" (see water (n.1)) + angeion "vessel, capsule" (see angio- ); so called from the shrub's cup-shaped seed pods. 中文词源 hydrangea ：绣球花 hydr-,水，-angea,容器，杯子，词源同angiography,angiosperm.因这种花的种荚形如水杯而得名，该花为一种园林陆
• hydel 英文词源 burial (n.) "act of burying," late 13c.; earlier "tomb" (c. 1200), false singular from Old English byrgels "tomb," from byrgan "to bury" + suffix -els ; a compound also found in Old Saxon burgisli , suggesting a Proto-Germanic *burgisli- , from PIE root *bhergh- (1) "to hide, protect" (see bury ). The Germanic suffix *-isli- (also in Old English hydels "hiding place," fætels "bag") b
• hybridize 英文词源 hybridization (n.) 1824, from hybridize (1802, from hybrid + -ize ) + -ation . 中文词源 hybridize ：杂交 来自hybrid,杂种，杂交，-ize,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hybridize 词源， hybridize 含义。
• hybrid 英文词源 hybrid (n.) c. 1600, from Latin hybrida , variant of ibrida "mongrel," specifically "offspring of a tame sow and a wild boar," of unknown origin but probably from Greek and somehow related to hubris . A rare word before c. 1850. The adjective is attested from 1716. 中文词源 hybrid ：杂种，杂交 来自拉丁语hybrida,家猪和野猪杂交的后代。引申词义杂种，杂交。
• hwyl 英文词源 hwyl "(In Welsh use) a stirring feeling of emotional motivation and energy", Welsh. 中文词源 hwyl ：强烈感情，激情 来自威尔士语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hwyl 词源， hwyl 含义。
• hutch 英文词源 hutch (n.) c. 1200, "storage chest" (also applied to the biblical "ark of God"), from Old French huche , from Medieval Latin hutica "chest," of uncertain origin. Sense of "cupboard for food or dishes" first recorded 1670s; that of "box-like pen for an animal" is from c. 1600. 中文词源 hutch ：养小动物的笼子，兔笼 来自古法语huche,柜子，来自拉丁语hutica,柜子，
• hut 英文词源 hut hut: [17] Etymologically, a hut is probably a ‘covering structure’. The word has plausibly been traced back to Germanic * khūd -, which also produced English hide and probably hoard , house , and huddle . This would have been the source of Middle High German hütte , which eventually found its way into French as hutte – whence English hut . = hide , hoard , house , huddle h
• hustler 英文词源 hustler (n.) 1825, "thief" (especially one who roughs up his victims), from hustle (v.) + -er (1). Sense of "energetic worker" (especially, but not originally, a salesman) is from 1884; sense of "prostitute" dates from 1924. 中文词源 hustler ：骗子，妓女 来自hustle,欺诈，诈骗。俚语义妓女。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hustler 词源，
• hustle 英文词源 hustle (v.) 1680s, "to shake to and fro" (especially of money in a cap, as part of a game called hustle-cap ), metathesized from Dutch hutselen, husseln "to shake, to toss," frequentative of hutsen , variant of hotsen "to shake." "The stems hot-, hut- appear in a number of formations in both High and Low German dialects, all implying a shaking movement" [OED]. Related: Hustled ; hustl
• hustings 英文词源 hustings (n.) Old English husting "meeting, court, tribunal," from Old Norse husðing "council," from hus "house" (see house (n.)) + ðing "assembly" (see thing ); so called because it was a meeting of the men who formed the "household" of a nobleman or king. The native Anglo-Saxon word for this was folc-gemot . The plural became the usual form c. 1500; sense of "temporary platform fo
• hussy 英文词源 hussy (n.) 1520s, "mistress of a household, housewife," alteration of Middle English husewif (see housewife ). Gradually broadened to mean "any woman or girl," and by 1650 was being applied to "a woman or girl who shows casual or improper behavior," and a general derogatory sense had overtaken the word by late 18c. "It is common to use housewife in a good, and huswife or hussy in a ba
• hussar 英文词源 hussar hussar: [15] Ultimately, hussar is the same word as corsair . Its remote ancestor is Italian corsaro , which was borrowed via Old Serbian husar into Hungarian as huszár . This originally retained the meaning of corsair , ‘plunderer’, but gradually developed into ‘horseman’, and it was as ‘Hungarian horseman’ that English borrowed it. = corsair hussar (n.) 1530s, fr
• husky 英文词源 husky (adj.) "hoarse," c. 1722 in reference to a cattle disease (of persons, 1740), from husk on the notion of "dry as a husk." Earlier (1550s) "having husks." Sense of "tough and strong" (like corn husks) is first found 1869, American English. Related: Huskily ; huskiness . husky (n.) "Eskimo dog," 1852, Canadian English, earlier (1830) hoskey "an Eskimo," probably shortened variant
• husk 英文词源 husk husk: [14] Etymologically, a husk is probably a ‘little house’. It seems to have been adapted from Middle Dutch hūskijn , a diminutive form of hūs ‘house’ – the notion being, of course, that it ‘houses’ seeds or fruits. The derivative husky was coined in the 16th century; its use for ‘hoarse’ comes from the idea of having dry husks in the throat (the husky dog
• hush puppy 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random vend vend: [17] Latin vēndere meant ‘sell’: it was a compound verb formed from vēnum ‘sale’ (source of English venal ‘corrupt, bribable’ [17]) and dare ‘give’ (source of English data ). English acquired the word via French vendre , but it was preceded into the language by the derivative vendor [16]. = data , da
• hush money 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random wire wire: [OE] Wire probably goes back ultimately to the Indo-European base * wi - ‘plait’. Related forms in other Germanic languages have now largely died out. The adjective wireless is first recorded in 1894 (in the term wireless telephone ); its use as a noun dates from around 1903. 中文词源 hush money ：封口费 比
• hush-hush 英文词源 hush (v.) 1540s, variant of Middle English huisht (late 14c.), probably of imitative origin, with terminal -t lost probably by being mistaken for a past tense suffix. Hush-hush (adj.) is 1916 reduplication. Related: Hushed ; hushing . The noun is attested from 1680s. As an interjection meaning "be quiet," attested by c. 1600. To hush (one's) mouth "be quiet" is attested from 1878. Hus
• hushed 英文词源 hush (v.) 1540s, variant of Middle English huisht (late 14c.), probably of imitative origin, with terminal -t lost probably by being mistaken for a past tense suffix. Hush-hush (adj.) is 1916 reduplication. Related: Hushed ; hushing . The noun is attested from 1680s. As an interjection meaning "be quiet," attested by c. 1600. To hush (one's) mouth "be quiet" is attested from 1878. Hus
• hush 英文词源 hush (v.) 1540s, variant of Middle English huisht (late 14c.), probably of imitative origin, with terminal -t lost probably by being mistaken for a past tense suffix. Hush-hush (adj.) is 1916 reduplication. Related: Hushed ; hushing . The noun is attested from 1680s. As an interjection meaning "be quiet," attested by c. 1600. To hush (one's) mouth "be quiet" is attested from 1878. Hus
• husbandry 英文词源 husbandry c. 1300, "management of a household;" late 14c. as "farm management," from husband (n.) in a now-obsolete sense of "peasant farmer" (early 13c.) + -ery . 中文词源 husbandry ：农牧业，畜牧业 来自husband的古义，农夫，耕作者，-ry,名词后缀。后引申词义农牧业，畜牧业。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： husbandry 词源，
• hurtle 英文词源 hurtle (v.) early 14c., hurteln , "to crash together; to crash down, knock down," probably frequentative of hurten (see hurt (v.)) in its original sense. Intransitive meaning "to rush, dash, charge" is late 14c. The essential notion in hurtle is that of forcible collision, in hurl that of forcible projection. Related: Hurtled ; hurtling . 中文词源 hurtle ：飞驰，猛冲 来自h
• hurtful 英文词源 hurtful (adj.) "harmful," mid-15c., from hurt (n.) + -ful . Related: Hurtfully ; hurtfulness . 中文词源 hurtful ：疼痛的，受伤害的 hurt,伤害，-ful,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hurtful 词源， hurtful 含义。
• hurt 英文词源 hurt hurt: [12] English borrowed hurt from Old French hurter , which meant ‘knock’ (as its modern French descendant heurter still does). This sense died out in English in the 17th century, leaving only the metaphorically extended ‘wound, harm’. It is not clear where the Old French word came from, although it may ultimately be of Germanic origin. Hurtle [13], a derivative of hu
• hurry 英文词源 hurry hurry: [16] The earliest known occurrences of the verb hurry are in the plays of Shakespeare, who uses it quite frequently. This suggests that it may have been a word well known to him in his native West Midland dialect, but it is not clear whether it is identical with the horye that occurs in a 14th-century Middle English poem from the same general area. A possible relative is
• hurricane lamp 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random timpani timpani: [16] Timpani was borrowed from Italian, where it is the plural of timpano ‘kettledrum’. This in turn went back via Latin tympanum ‘drum’ (source of English tympanum ‘ear-drum’ [17]) to Greek túmpanon ‘drum’, a close relative of the verb túptein ‘hit’. Part of the same word-family is timbre ‘
• hurly-burly 英文词源 hurly-burly also hurlyburly , 1530s, apparently an alteration of phrase hurling and burling , reduplication of 14c. hurling "commotion, tumult," verbal noun of hurl (q.v.). Hurling time was the name applied by chroniclers to the period of tumult and commotion around Wat Tyler's rebellion. 中文词源 hurly-burly ：骚动，喧闹 来自hurl,猛扔，猛投，引申词义骚乱，喧闹
• hurling 英文词源 hurling (n.) verbal noun of hurl (q.v.); attested 1520s as a form of hockey played in Ireland; c. 1600 as the name of a game like hand-ball that once was popular in Cornwall. 中文词源 hurling ：爱尔兰曲棍球 来自hurl,猛扔，猛投。用于指爱尔兰曲棍球运动。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hurling 词源， hurling 含义。
• hurl 英文词源 hurl (v.) early 13c., hurlen , "to run against (each other), come into collision," later "throw forcibly" (c. 1300); "rush violently" (late 14c.); perhaps related to Low German hurreln "to throw, to dash," and East Frisian hurreln "to roar, to bluster." OED suggests all are from an imitative Germanic base *hurr "expressing rapid motion;" see also hurry . The noun is attested from late
• hurdy-gurdy 英文词源 hurdy-gurdy 1749, perhaps imitative of its sound and influenced by c. 1500 hirdy-girdy "uproar, confusion." 中文词源 hurdy-gurdy ：手摇轮琴 拟声词，模仿这种乐器发出的声音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hurdy-gurdy 词源， hurdy-gurdy 含义。
• hurdling 英文词源 hurdle (v.) 1590s, "to build like a hurdle," from hurdle (n.). Sense of "to jump over" dates from 1880 (implied in hurdling ). Related: Hurdled ; hurdling . Hurdles as a type of race (originally horse race) with hurdles as obstacles is attested by 1836 ( hurdle-race is from 1822). 中文词源 hurdling ：跨栏赛 来自hurdle,跨栏。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• hurdler 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random braid braid: [OE] The ultimate source of braid was West and North Germanic * bregthan , whose underlying meaning was probably ‘make sudden jerky movements from side to side’. This was carried through into Old English bregdan , but had largely died out by the 16th century. However, ‘making swift side-to-side movements’ ha
• hurdle 英文词源 hurdle hurdle: see hoard hurdle (n.) Old English hyrdel "frame of intertwined twigs used as a temporary barrier," diminutive of hyrd "door," from Proto-Germanic *hurdiz "wickerwork frame, hurdle" (cognates: Old Saxon hurth "plaiting, netting," Dutch horde "wickerwork," German Hürde "hurdle, fold, pen;" Old Norse hurð , Gothic haurds "door"), from PIE *krtis (cognates: Latin cratis "
• huntress 英文词源 huntress late 14c.; see hunter + -ess . Old English had hunticge . 中文词源 huntress ：女猎人 hunter,猎人，-ess,表阴性。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： huntress 词源， huntress 含义。
• hunter 英文词源 hunter mid-13c. (attested in place names from late 12c.), from hunt + -er (1). The Old English word was hunta . 中文词源 hunter ：猎人 hunt,打猎，-er,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hunter 词源， hunter 含义。
• hunted 英文词源 asylum asylum: [15] Greek sulon meant ‘right of seizure’. With the addition of the negative prefix a - ‘not’ this was turned into the adjective ásūlos ‘inviolable’, which in turn was nominalized as āsūlon ‘refuge’. When it first entered English, via Latin asylum , it was used specifically for ‘place of sanctuary for hunted criminals and others’ (a meaning refle
• hunt 英文词源 hunt hunt: [OE] Hunt is an ancient word, probably traceable back to an Indo-European * kend -, which also produced Swedish hinna ‘reach’. Its original Old English descendant was hentan ‘seize’, of which huntian (source of modern English hunt ) was a derivative. Etymologically, therefore, hunt means ‘try to seize’. = hand hunt (v.) Old English huntian "chase game," related
• hunky-dory 英文词源 hunky-dory (adj.) 1866, American English (popularized c. 1870 by a Christy Minstrel song), perhaps a reduplication of hunkey "all right, satisfactory" (1861), from hunk "in a safe position" (1847) New York City slang, from Dutch honk "goal, home," from Middle Dutch honc "place of refuge, hiding place." A theory from 1876, however, traces it to Honcho dori , said to be a street in Yoko
• hunky 英文词源 chunky (adj.) "thickset," 1751, from chunk + -y (2). Originally U.S. colloquial. Related: Chunkiness . hunky-dory (adj.) 1866, American English (popularized c. 1870 by a Christy Minstrel song), perhaps a reduplication of hunkey "all right, satisfactory" (1861), from hunk "in a safe position" (1847) New York City slang, from Dutch honk "goal, home," from Middle Dutch honc "place of ref
• hunker 英文词源 hunker (v.) "to squat, crouch," 1720, Scottish, of uncertain origin, possibly from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse huka "to crouch," hoka , hokra "to crawl." Hunker down , Southern U.S. dialectal phrase, popularized c. 1965, from northern British hunker "haunch." Related: Hunkered ; hunkering . 中文词源 hunker ：蹲下，坐下 来自苏格兰语，词源不详，或同hu
• hunk 英文词源 hunk (n.) 1813, "large piece cut off," possibly from West Flemish hunke (used of bread and meat), which is perhaps related to Dutch homp "lump, hump." Meaning "attractive, sexually appealing man" is first attested 1945 in jive talk (in Australian slang, it is recorded from 1941). 中文词源 hunk ：大块，大片，魁梧性感的男子 词源不详，可能来自拟声词，模仿大
• hung up 英文词源 oscillate oscillate: [18] Latin ōs originally meant ‘mouth’ (it was the source of English oral ), but it was also used for ‘face’. Its diminutive form ōscillum ‘little face’ was applied to a mask depicting the god Bacchus that was hung up as a charm in vineyards, to be swung to and fro by the breeze. In due course its meaning broadened out to ‘swing’ generally, and a
• hungry 英文词源 hungry Old English hungrig "hungry, famished;" see hunger + -y (2). Compare Old Frisian hungerig , Dutch hongerig , German hungrig . Figurative use from c. 1200. Related: Hungrily . 中文词源 hungry ：饥饿的 来自hunger,饥饿，-y,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hungry 词源， hungry 含义。
• hunger strike 英文词源 hunger (n.) Old English hungor "unease or pain caused by lack of food, craving appetite, debility from lack of food," from Proto-Germanic *hungruz (cognates: Old Frisian hunger , Old Saxon hungar , Old High German hungar , Old Norse hungr , German hunger , Dutch honger , Gothic huhrus ), probably from PIE root *kenk- (2) "to suffer hunger or thirst." Hunger strike attested from 1885;
• hunger 英文词源 hunger hunger: [OE] Hunger is a widespread word in the Germanic languages, shared by German, Swedish, and Danish as well as English (Dutch spells it honger ), but it is not represented in any of the other Indo-European languages. Indeed, no related forms have been identified for certain, although Greek kégkein ‘be hungry’ and Sanskrit kákat ‘be thirsty’ are possibilities. hu
• Hungary 英文词源 Hungary c. 1300, from Medieval Latin Hungaria (also source of French Hongrie ), probably literally meaning "land of the Huns," who ruled a vast territory from there under Attila in 5c. The people's name for themselves we transliterate as Magyar . Middle English uses the same words for both Attila's people and the Magyars, who appeared in Europe in 9c. From the same source as Medieval
• hung 英文词源 hung (adj.) past tense and past participle of hang (v.); meaning "having impressive male genitals" is from 1640s; of a jury, "unable to agree," 1838, American English. Hung-over (also hungover ) in the drinking sense is from 1950 (see hangover ); hung-up "obsessed" is from 1961. 中文词源 hung ：悬而未决的，未能取得一致意见的 来自hang的过去分词，即悬着的，
• hundredweight 英文词源 quintal (n.) "a weight of a hundred pounds," c. 1400, from Old French quintal "hundredweight," and directly from Medieval Latin quintale , from Arabic quintar , from Late Greek kentenarion , from Latin centenarius "containing a hundred" (see centenary ). 中文词源 hundredweight ：英担 hundred,百，weight,重量，此处指磅。即百磅。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• hundred 英文词源 hundred hundred: [OE] The main Old English word for ‘hundred’ was hund , whose history can be traced back via a prehistoric Germanic * khundam to Indo-European * kmtóm ; this was also the source of Latin centum , Greek hekatón , and Sanskrit çatám , all meaning ‘hundred’. The form hundred did not appear until the 10th century. Its - red ending (represented also in German h
• hunchback 英文词源 hunchback (n.) “person with a hunched back,” 1712, back-formation from hunchbacked (1590s; see hunch ). 中文词源 hunchback ：驼背 hunch,弓身，back,背。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hunchback 词源， hunchback 含义。
• Hun 英文词源 Hun Old English, person from a tribe from central Asia that overran Europe in the 4c. and 5c., from Medieval Latin Hunni , apparently ultimately from Turkic Hun-yü , the name of a tribe (they were known in China as Han or Hiong-nu ). Figurative sense of "reckless destroyer of beauty" is from 1806. Applied to the German in World War I by their enemies because of stories of atrocities,
• humus 英文词源 humus humus: see humble humus (n.) 1796, from Latin humus "earth, soil," probably from humi "on the ground," from PIE *dhghem- "earth" (source also of Latin humilis "low;" see chthonic ). Related: Humous (adj.). 中文词源 humus ：腐殖质 来自拉丁语humus,泥土，土壤，词源同exhume,humble,来自PIE*dhghem,泥土，词源同chthonic,chameleon,chamomile.可能来自PIE*d
• humph 英文词源 humph as a grunting sound of disdain, etc., from 1815. 中文词源 humph ：哼 拟声词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： humph 词源， humph 含义。
• humped 英文词源 dromedary dromedary: [14] The dromedary, or onehumped camel, got its name from its swiftness of foot. The word comes via Old French dromedaire from late Latin dromedārius , an adjective formed from dromas , the Latin term for ‘camel’. This in turn was derived from the Greek dromás ‘runner’, a close relative of drómos ‘running, course’, which is the source of the - drome
• humpback bridge 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random devout devout: [13] Essentially, devout and devote [16] are the same word; they come from an identical source, but reached English along different routes. That source is dēvōtus , the past participle of Latin dēvovēre , which was a compound formed from the intensive prefix dē - and vovēre ‘promise’ (source of English v
• humpback 英文词源 hump (n.) 1680s (in hump-backed ), from Dutch homp "lump," from Middle Low German hump "bump," from Proto-Germanic *hump- , from PIE *kemb- "to bend, turn, change, exchange." Replaced, or perhaps influenced by, crump , from Old English crump . A meaning attested from 1901 is "mound in a railway yard over which cars must be pushed," which may be behind the figurative sense of "critical
• hump 英文词源 hump hump: [18] Hump seems to have originated among the Low German dialects of North Germany and the Low Countries – Dutch, for instance, has the probably related homp ‘lump’. It first appeared in English towards the end of the 17th century in the compound hump-backed , but by the first decade of the 18th century it was being used on its own. (Another theory is that it arose fro
• humorless 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random avalanche avalanche: [18] Not surprisingly, avalanche originated in the Alps. The French dialect of Savoy, an area near the Italian border in the western Alps, had a term lavantse , apparently derived from a Vulgar Latin * labanca (whence Provençal lavanca ). Through association with the verb avaler ‘descend’ (see DOWN), th
• humorous 英文词源 humorous (adj.) early 15c., "relating to the body humors," a native formation from humor , or else from Middle French humoreux "damp," from Old French humor (see humor (n.)). The meaning "funny" dates from 1705 in English. Related: Humorously ; humorousness . 中文词源 humorous ：幽默的 来自humor,幽默。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： humorous 词源，
• humorist 英文词源 humorist (n.) 1590s, from humor (n.) + -ist . Perhaps on model of Middle French humoriste . 中文词源 humorist ：幽默作家，幽默风趣的人 来自humor,幽默。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： humorist 词源， humorist 含义。
• humoral 英文词源 humoral (adj.) "pertaining to the humors of the body," 1520s, from Middle French humoral (14c.), from Latin humor (see humor (n.)). 中文词源 humoral ：体液的，由体液引起的 来自humor,体液。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： humoral 词源， humoral 含义。
• humongous 英文词源 humongous (adj.) also humungous , by 1972, American English, apparently a fanciful coinage from huge and monstrous . 中文词源 humongous ：巨大的，庞大的 来自huge和monstrous的合成词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： humongous 词源， humongous 含义。
• hummus 英文词源 hummus (n.) 1955, from Turkish humus "mashed chick peas." 中文词源 hummus ：鹰嘴豆泥 来自土耳其语humus,鹰嘴豆泥。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hummus 词源， hummus 含义。
• hummock 英文词源 hummock (n.) "knoll, hillock," 1550s, originally nautical, "conical small hill on a seacoast," of obscure origin, though second element is diminutive suffix -ock . In Florida, where the local form is hammock , it means a clump of hardwood trees on a knoll in a swamp or on a key. 中文词源 hummock ：小山，小丘 词源不详，-ock,小词后缀。比较hillock. 该词的英语词源
• hummingbird 英文词源 hummingbird "A small nectar-feeding tropical American bird that is able to hover and fly backwards, and typically has colourful iridescent plumage", Mid 17th century: so named because of the humming sound produced by the rapid vibration of the bird's wings. 中文词源 hummingbird ：蜂鸟 humming,嗡嗡声，bird,鸟。因这种鸟的翅膀扇动时发出嗡嗡声而得名。 该词的
• hummer 英文词源 hummer (n.) c. 1600, agent noun from hum (v.). Meaning "energetic person or thing" is 1680s; that of "excellent person or thing" is slang from 1907. As short for Humvee , attested from 1983. 中文词源 hummer ：充满生机的人，有精力的人 来自hum,嗡嗡叫。俚语义有生机的，有活力的。首字母大写Hummer为越野车悍马品牌。 该词的英语词源请访问
• Humint 英文词源 humint "Covert intelligence-gathering by agents or others", Late 20th century: from human intelligence . 中文词源 Humint ：情报收集，谍报工作 缩写自human intelligence,收集人力信息的情报机构。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Humint 词源， Humint 含义。
• humility 英文词源 humility (n.) early 14c., from Old French umelite "humility, modesty, sweetness," from Latin humilitatem (nominative humilitas ) "lowness, insignificance," in Church Latin "meekness," from humilis "humble" (see humble ). In the Mercian hymns, Latin humilitatem is glossed by Old English eaðmodnisse . 中文词源 humility ：谦逊，谦虚 来自拉丁语humilis,尘土一样的，卑微
• humiliate 英文词源 humiliate humiliate: see humble humiliate (v.) 1530s, perhaps a back-formation from humiliation . Related: Humiliated ; humiliating ; humiliatingly . 中文词源 humiliate ：羞辱 来自拉丁语humilis,尘土一样的，卑微的，来自humus,土，尘土，词源同humus,-ate,使。即使像尘土一样卑微的，引申词义羞辱。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• humidity 英文词源 humidity (n.) late 14c., from Old French humidité , from Latin humiditatem (nominative humiditas ), from humidus (see humid ). 中文词源 humidity ：湿度 humid,湿的，-ity,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： humidity 词源， humidity 含义。 humidity ：湿度，潮湿，湿气 词根词缀： -hum-湿 + -id形容词词尾,具有…性质的