英语词源

• humidifier 英文词源 humidifier (n.) 1884, agent noun from humidify . 中文词源 humidifier ：加湿器 humid,湿的，-fy,使。即使湿润的机器。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： humidifier 词源， humidifier 含义。 humidifier ：增湿器，湿润器，湿度调节器 词根词缀： -hum-湿 + -id形容词词尾,具有…性质的 + -ify动词词尾(y→i) + -er名词
• humidex 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random sculpture sculpture: [14] Latin sculpere meant ‘carve, scratch’ (it was a variant of scalpere , from which English gets scalpel [18]). From is past participle sculptus was formed the noun sculptūra , acquired by English as sculpture . The agent noun sculptor [17] also comes from Latin, while the verb sculpt [19] was borrowe
• humid 英文词源 humid (adj.) early 15c., from Old French humide or directly from Latin humidus "moist, wet," variant (probably by influence of humus "earth") of umidus , from umere "be moist," from PIE *wegw- "wet." 中文词源 humid ：湿热的 来自拉丁语humid,湿的，使湿润，来自PIE*wegw,湿的，词源同humor.引申词义湿热的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• humerus 英文词源 humerus (n.) 1706, "bone of the upper arm," originally (14c.) "shoulder," a misspelled borrowing of Latin umerus "shoulder," from PIE *om(e)so- (cognates: Sanskrit amsah , Greek omos , Old Norse ass , Gothic ams "shoulder"). 中文词源 humerus ：肱骨 来自拉丁语umerus,肩膀。引申词义肱骨。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： humerus 词源， humer
• humectant 英文词源 humectant "Retaining or preserving moisture", Early 19th century (denoting a moistening agent): from Latin humectant- 'moistening', from the verb humectare , from humectus 'moist, wet', from humere 'be moist'. 中文词源 humectant ：保湿剂 来自拉丁语umere,湿的，使湿润，词源同humid,-ect,做，-ant,名词后缀。引申词义保湿剂。 该词的英语词源请访问
• humdrum 英文词源 humdrum "Lacking excitement or variety; boringly monotonous", Mid 16th century: probably a reduplication of hum 1 . 中文词源 humdrum ：乏味的，单调的 hum,嗡嗡叫，-drum,由hum杜撰出来的同韵词。引申义乏味的，单调的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： humdrum 词源， humdrum 含义。
• humdinger 英文词源 humdinger (n.) 1905, American English, originally used of beautiful women; probably from dinger , early 19c. slang word for anything superlative; also see hummer . 中文词源 humdinger ：出色的事物 hum,嗡嗡叫，有精神的，dinger,最好的，俚语词，叮当作响的敲击声。引申词义出色的事物。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： humdin
• humbug 英文词源 humbug (n.) 1751, student slang, "trick, jest, hoax, deception," also as a verb, of unknown origin. A vogue word of the early 1750s; its origin was a subject of much whimsical speculation even then. 中文词源 humbug ：谎言，骗人的把戏 hum,嗡嗡叫，欺骗，bug,鬼怪，鬼魂。引申词义谎言，骗人的把戏。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• humble 英文词源 humble humble: [13] Etymologically, humble means ‘close to the ground’. It comes via Old French umble from Latin humilis ‘low, lowly’. This was a derivative of humus ‘earth’, which is related to English chameleon and human and was itself acquired by English in the 18th century. In postclassical times the verb humiliāre was formed from humilis , and English gets humiliate
• human right 英文词源 human (adj.) mid-15c., humain , humaigne , from Old French humain , umain (adj.) "of or belonging to man" (12c.), from Latin humanus "of man, human," also "humane, philanthropic, kind, gentle, polite; learned, refined, civilized," probably related to homo (genitive hominis ) "man" (see homunculus ) and to humus "earth," on notion of "earthly beings," as opposed to the gods (compare He
• human resource 英文词源 human (adj.) mid-15c., humain , humaigne , from Old French humain , umain (adj.) "of or belonging to man" (12c.), from Latin humanus "of man, human," also "humane, philanthropic, kind, gentle, polite; learned, refined, civilized," probably related to homo (genitive hominis ) "man" (see homunculus ) and to humus "earth," on notion of "earthly beings," as opposed to the gods (compare He
• humanoid 英文词源 humanoid 1912 (adj.), an anthropological hybrid from human + -oid . As a noun, from 1925. Earlier (1906) brand name of a type of cow's milk altered to be closer to human milk intended as food for infants. 中文词源 humanoid ：仿真机器人 human,人的，-oid,类，即类人的，引申词义仿真机器人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： humanoid 词源，
• humankind 英文词源 humankind (n.) 1640s, properly two words, from human + kind (n.). 中文词源 humankind ：人，人类 human,人的，kind,类型，类别。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： humankind 词源， humankind 含义。 humankind ：人，人类 词根词缀： -hum-人类 + -an名词词尾 + kind种类
• humanize 英文词源 humanize (v.) c. 1600, from human + -ize . Related: Humanized ; humanizing . 中文词源 humanize ：使人性化 human-,人的，人性的，-ize,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： humanize 词源， humanize 含义。
• humanity 英文词源 humanity (n.) late 14c., "kindness, graciousness," from Old French humanité , umanité "human nature; humankind, life on earth; pity," from Latin humanitatem (nominative humanitas ) "human nature; philanthropy, kindness; good breeding, refinement; the human race, mankind," from humanus (see human ). Sense of "human nature, human form" is c. 1400; that of "human race" first recorded m
• humanitarian 英文词源 humanitarian (n.) 1794 (n.) in the theological sense "one who affirms the humanity of Christ but denies his pre-existence and divinity," from humanity + suffix from unitarian , etc.; see humanism . Meaning "philanthropist, one who advocates or practices human action to solve social problems" is from 1842, originally disparaging, with a suggestion of excess. As an adjective, by 1834. 中
• humanist 英文词源 humanist (n.) 1580s, "student of the classical humanities," from Middle French humaniste (16c.), formed on model of Italian umanista "student of human affairs or human nature," coined by Italian poet Lodovicio Ariosto (1474-1533), from Latin humanus “human” (see human ; also see humanism ). Philosophical sense is from 1903. 中文词源 humanist ：人文主义者 human-,人的
• humanism 英文词源 humanism (n.) along with humanist used in a variety of philosophical and theological senses 16c.-18c., especially ones imitating Latin humanitas "education befitting a cultivated man." See human + -ism . Main modern sense in reference to revival of interest in the Classics traces to c. 1860; as a pragmatic system of thought, defined 1907 by co-founder F.C.S. Schiller as: "The percepti
• human interest 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random vaunt vaunt: see vain 中文词源 human interest ：人情味 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： human interest 词源， human interest 含义。
• humane 英文词源 humane (adj.) mid-15c., variant of human (compare german/germane, urban/urbane ), used interchangeably with it until early 18c., by which time it had become a distinct word with sense of "having qualities befitting human beings." But inhuman still can be the opposite of humane . The Royal Humane Society (founded 1774) was originally to rescue drowning persons. Such societies had turne
• hum 英文词源 hum (v.) late 14c., hommen "make a murmuring sound to cover embarrassment," later hummen "to buzz, drone" (early 15c.), probably of imitative origin. Sense of "sing with closed lips" is first attested late 15c.; that of "be busy and active" is 1884, perhaps on analogy of a beehive. Related: Hummed ; humming . Humming-bird (1630s) so called from sound made by the rapid vibration of its
• hullabaloo 英文词源 hullabaloo (n.) 1762, hollo-ballo "uproar," chiefly in northern England and Scottish, perhaps a rhyming reduplication of hollo (see hello ). 中文词源 hullabaloo ：喧闹，嘈杂 来自hullo的韵律构词，叫喊，打招呼，词源同hello. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hullabaloo 词源， hullabaloo 含义。
• hulking 英文词源 hulking (adj.) "big, clumsy," 1690s (through 18c. usually with fellow ), from hulk (n.). 中文词源 hulking ：巨大的 来自hulk,船骸，笨重的大船。引申词义巨大的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hulking 词源， hulking 含义。
• hulk 英文词源 hulk (n.) Old English hulc "light, fast ship" (but in Middle English a heavy, unwieldy one), probably from Old Dutch hulke and Medieval Latin hulcus , perhaps ultimately from Greek holkas "merchant ship," literally "ship that is towed," from helkein "to pull" (from PIE root *selk- "to pull, draw"). Meaning "body of an old, worn-out ship" is first recorded 1670s. The Hulks ("Great Expe
• hula hoop 英文词源 hula (n.) "traditional dance of Hawaii," 1825, from Hawaiian. As a verb from 1952. Hula hoop first recorded in fall of 1958, when it was a craze; so called from resemblance of motions of one using it to the dancers' hip circles. 中文词源 hula hoop ：呼啦圈 hula,夏威夷的一种扭腰舞，hoop,圈。因摇呼啦圈如同hula舞舞者的臀部的扭动而得名，同时又对应
• hugely 英文词源 hugely (adv.) mid-14c., from huge + -ly (2). 中文词源 hugely ：极其 huge,巨大的，-ly,副词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hugely 词源， hugely 含义。
• huge 英文词源 huge (adj.) mid-12c., apparently a shortening of Old French ahuge , ahoge "extremely large, enormous; mighty, powerful," itself of uncertain origin. Expanded form hugeous is attested from early 15c. Related: Hugeness . 中文词源 huge ：巨大的 来自中古英语huge,来自Proto-Germanic*haugaz,山丘，高地，词源同high.由高地引申词义巨大的。 该词的英语词源请
• hug 英文词源 hug hug: [16] Etymologically, hug seems to convey the notion of ‘consolation, solicitude’; the expression of such feelings by clasping someone in one’s arms is apparently a secondary semantic development. The word is of Scandinavian origin, and is probably related to, if not borrowed from Old Norse hugga ‘comfort, console’. This was descended from a prehistoric Germanic * hu
• huffy 英文词源 huffy (adj.) "ready to take offense," 1670s, from huff + -y (2). Related: Huffily ; huffiness . 中文词源 huffy ：生气的，发怒的 来自huff,生气，发怒。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： huffy 词源， huffy 含义。
• huff 英文词源 huff (v.) mid-15c., apparently imitative of exhaling. Extended sense of "bluster with indignation" is attested from 1590s. Related: Huffed ; huffing . As a slang term for a type of narcotics abuse, by 1996. As a noun from 1590s; to leave in a huff is recorded from 1778. Popular terms for "strong beer or ale" noted from 1577 include huff cap as well as mad dog and dragon's milk . 中文词
• hue 英文词源 hue (n.1) "color," Old English hiw "color, form, appearance, beauty," earlier heow , hiow , from Proto-Germanic *hiwam (cognates: Old Norse hy "bird's down," Swedish hy "skin, complexion," Gothic hiwi "form, appearance"), from PIE *kei- , a color adjective of broad application (cognates: Sanskrit chawi "hide, skin, complexion, color, beauty, splendor," Lithuanian šyvas "white"). A co
• huddle 英文词源 huddle huddle: [16] Huddle originally meant ‘hide’ (‘to chop off the head of the sentence, and slyly huddle the rest’, James Bell’s translation of Walter Haddon against Orosius 1581), suggesting that it could well be a derivative of the same base as produced English hide (its form indicates that it would have come via a Low German dialect). But virtually from the first huddl
• huckster 英文词源 huckster huckster: [12] The Low German dialects of northern Germany appear to have had in prehistoric times a root * huk - which denoted ‘sell’. It has been suggested that this was the source of English hawker ‘peddler’, and with the alternative agent suffix - ster (which originally signified ‘female doer’, but in Low German was used for males) it produced huckster – per
• huckleberry 英文词源 huckleberry (n.) 1660s, American English, probably an alteration of Middle English hurtilbery "whortleberry" (15c.), from Old English horte "whortleberry." Technically the fruit and plant of Gaylussacia , but also widely colloquially applied to the closely related blueberry ( Vaccinium ). Slang meaning "person of little consequence" is attested from 1835. 中文词源 huckleberry ：美
• hubris 英文词源 hubris (n.) also hybris , 1884, a back-formation from hubristic or else from Greek hybris "wanton violence, insolence, outrage," originally "presumption toward the gods;" the first element probably PIE *ud- "up, out," but the meaning of the second is debated. 中文词源 hubris ：傲慢，狂妄 来自希腊语hybris,对神的放肆无礼。引申词义傲慢，狂妄。 该词的英语
• hubcap 英文词源 hubcap (n.) also hub cap , 1896, from hub + cap (n.). 中文词源 hubcap ：轮轴盖 hub,轮轴，cap,帽，盖。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hubcap 词源， hubcap 含义。
• hubby 英文词源 hubby (n.) colloquial shortening of husband , attested from 1680s, with -y (3). 中文词源 hubby ：丈夫 来自husband昵称。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hubby 词源， hubby 含义。
• hubbub 英文词源 hubbub hubbub: [16] Hubbub is an Irish contribution to English. It comes from Irish Gaelic hooboobbes , which appears to be related to the Old Irish battle-cry abú . This was a derivative of buide ‘victory’ (a relative of which across the Irish Sea formed the basis of the name Boudicca or Boadicea , the Ancient Britons’ version of Victoria ). English acquired the word (and the
• hub 英文词源 hub hub: [17] Hub is one of those words that emerge unheralded from the undergrowth of language, its forbears uncertain. It seems originally to have meant ‘lump’, and is probably ultimately the same word as hob [16]. This was at first spelled hub and may have denoted a lump of clay used as a bakestone, or a brick or clay projection at the back of a fire on which things were placed
• huarache 英文词源 huarache "A leather-thonged sandal, originally worn by Mexican Indians", Late 19th century: Mexican Spanish. 中文词源 huarache ：皮条帮凉鞋 来自墨西哥土著语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： huarache 词源， huarache 含义。
• howzit 英文词源 howzit "Used as a greeting, equivalent to ‘hello’ or ‘how are you?’", Contraction of how is it? . 中文词源 howzit ：你好 缩写自how is it. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： howzit 词源， howzit 含义。
• howzat 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random compact compact: There are two distinct words compact in English; both are of Latin origin, but they come from completely different sources. The adjective, ‘compressed’ [14], comes from Latin compactus , the past participle of compingere , a compound verb formed from com - ‘together’ and pangere ‘fasten’. The noun us
• how-to 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random lesbian lesbian: [16] Originally, and for many centuries, Lesbian simply meant ‘of Lesbos’, referring to the Aegean island of that name, off the Turkish coast. Then, in the second half of the 19th century, probably some time before 1870, it embarked on a more sensational career. The lyric poet Sappho (c. 600 BC) lived on Les
• howler 英文词源 howler 1832, "animal that howls," agent noun from howl (v.). Meaning "glaring blunder, ridiculous mistake" is first recorded 1890. 中文词源 howler ：愚蠢的错误 来自howl,嚎叫。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： howler 词源， howler 含义。
• howl 英文词源 howl (v.) early 13c., houlen , probably ultimately of imitative origin; similar formations are found in other Germanic languages. Related: Howled ; howling . As a noun from 1590s. 中文词源 howl ：嚎叫 拟声词，模仿嚎叫的声音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： howl 词源， howl 含义。
• howitzer 英文词源 howitzer howitzer: [17] Czech houfnice denotes a ‘large catapult’ for hurling stones at the enemy. It was borrowed into German as houfenitz , and this made its way into English as howitz at the end of the 17th century. This had died out within a hundred years, but at around the same time English acquired howitzer , probably via Dutch houwitser , which has stood the test of time. h
• however 英文词源 however late 14c., from how + ever . 中文词源 however ：无论怎样 how,怎样，ever,永远，表强调。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： however 词源， however 含义。
• howdy 英文词源 howdy 1837, earlier how de (1828), first recorded in Southern U.S. dialect, contraction of how do you do (1630s), phrase inquiring after someone's health; earlier how do ye (1560s). 中文词源 howdy ：你好 缩写自how do you do. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： howdy 词源， howdy 含义。
• howdah 英文词源 howdah 1774, from Persian and Urdu haudah , from Arabic haudaj "litter carried by a camel" (or elephant). 中文词源 howdah ：象轿，驼轿 来自阿拉伯语haudaj,骆驼拉的轿子，也用于指象轿。见电影《指环王》。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： howdah 词源， howdah 含义。
• how 英文词源 how how: [OE] How belongs to the large family of question-words which in Indo-European began with qw - (as in English quantity , query , etc). The phonetic descendant of this in prehistoric Germanic was khw -, which in modern English is represented by wh -. How itself comes from a West Germanic adverb * khwō formed from the base that also produced English what and who ; like who it h
• hovercraft 英文词源 hovercraft 1959, from hover + craft . A proprietary name after 1961. 中文词源 hovercraft ：气垫船 hover,翱翔，盘旋，craft,工艺，船只。用于指气垫船。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hovercraft 词源， hovercraft 含义。
• hover 英文词源 hover (v.) c. 1400, hoveren , frequentative of hoven "hover, tarry, linger;" see hove (1). Related: Hovered ; hovering . As a noun from 1510s. 中文词源 hover ：翱翔，盘旋 可能来自中古英语hoven,逗留，等待，招待，词源同hovel,简陋的住所。由逗留引申词义盘旋，翱翔。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hover 词源， hover
• hovel 英文词源 hovel (n.) mid-14c., "roofed passage, vent for smoke," later "shed for animals" (mid-15c.), of unknown origin. Meaning "shed for human habitation; rude or miserable cabin" is from 1620s. It also sometimes meant "canopied niche for a statue or image" (mid-15c.). 中文词源 hovel ：简陋的住所 来自古英语hof,围栏，居住地，屋子，来自Proto--Germanic*hufa,小山，农庄
• housing estate 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random reprobate reprobate: [16] The Latin prefix re - usually denoted ‘return’ or ‘repetition’, but it was also used for ‘reversal of a previous condition’. This usage lies behind Latin reprobāre (source of English reprove [14]), a compound verb based on probāre ‘test, approve’ (source of English prove ). It meant ‘
• housing 英文词源 housing (n.1) "buildings, lodgings," early 14c., husing , from the root of house (n.). housing (n.2) "ornamental covering," c. 1300, houce "covering for the back and flanks of a horse," from Old French houce "mantle, horse-blanket" (Modern French housse ), from Medieval Latin hultia "protective covering," from a Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *hulfti (cognates: Middle Dutch hulf
• housewife 英文词源 housewife (n.) early 13c., husewif , "woman, usually married, in charge of a family or household" (compare husebonde ; see husband ), from huse "house" (see house (n.)) + wif "woman" (see wife ). Also see hussy . Related: Housewifely . 中文词源 housewife ：家庭主妇 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： housewife 词源， housewife 含义。 h
• house-warming 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random barrage barrage: see bar 中文词源 house-warming ：乔迁聚会 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： house-warming 词源， house-warming 含义。
• house-proud 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random parish parish: [13] The etymological notion underlying parish is of ‘living nearby’. It comes via Old French paroisse and late Latin parochia (source of English parochial [14]) from late Greek paroikíā . This was a derivative of pároikos ‘living near’, a compound formed from pará ‘beside’ and oikos ‘house’ (s
• house martin 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random nonchalant nonchalant: [18] To be nonchalant is etymologically ‘not to get hot under the collar’. The word comes from French nonchalant , an adjective formed with the prefix non - ‘not’ from the present participle of the verb chaloir ‘be concerned’. This goes back ultimately to Latin calēre ‘be hot’ (a relative
• housekeeping 英文词源 housekeeping (n.) 1540s, from house (n.) + present participle of keep (v.). 中文词源 housekeeping ：家务，房间清扫 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： housekeeping 词源， housekeeping 含义。
• house husband 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random cancel cancel: see chancellor 中文词源 house husband ：家庭主夫 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： house husband 词源， house husband 含义。
• house-hunting 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random symbol symbol: [15] Etymologically, a symbol is something ‘thrown together’. The word’s ultimate source is Greek sumbállein , a compound verb formed from the prefix sun - ‘together’ and bállein ‘throw’ (source of English ballistic , problem , etc). The notion of ‘throwing or putting things together’ led on to
• household 英文词源 household (n.) late 14c., "members of a family collectively (including servants)," also "furniture and articles belonging to a house," from house (n.) + hold (n.1). Related: Householder . 中文词源 household ：一家人 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： household 词源， household 含义。 household ：户，家庭，全家人 词根词缀：
• house-broken 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random discipline discipline: [13] The Latin word for ‘learner’ was discipulus , a derivative of the verb discere ‘learn’ (which was related to docēre ‘teach’, source of English doctor , doctrine , and document ). English acquired the word in Anglo- Saxon times, as discipul , and it was subsequently reformulated as discipl
• housebound 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random dawn dawn: [15] Dawn was originally formed from day . The Old English word dæg ‘day’ formed the basis of dagung , literally ‘daying’, a word coined to designate the emergence of day from night. In Middle English this became daiing or dawyng , which in the 13th to 14th centuries evolved to dai(e)ning or dawenyng , on the
• houseboat 英文词源 houseboat (n.) 1790, from house (n.) + boat (n.). 中文词源 houseboat ：供居住的船，船屋 house,屋子，boat,船。即船屋。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： houseboat 词源， houseboat 含义。
• house 英文词源 house house: [OE] The ultimate origins of house are uncertain. The furthest it can be positively traced into the past is to a prehistoric Germanic * khūsam , which also produced German haus , Dutch huus (probably a close relative of English husk ), and Swedish hus (descendant of Old Norse hús , which provided the hus - of English husband ). Beyond that, all is speculation: some have
• hourglass 英文词源 hourglass (n.) 1510s, from hour + glass . Used 19c. in a variety of technical and scientific senses to describe the shape; reference to women's bodies is attested by 1897. Men condemn corsets in the abstract, and are sometimes brave enough to insist that the women of their households shall be emancipated from them; and yet their eyes have been so generally educated to the approval of
• hour 英文词源 hour hour: [13] Greek hórā (a distant relative of English year ) was originally a rather vague term, denoting ‘period of time, season’. In due course it came to be applied more specifically to ‘one twelfth of a day (from sunrise to sunset)’, but as this varied in length according to the time of the year, hórā was still far from being a precise unit of time. Not until the M
• houndstooth 英文词源 houndstooth also hound's tooth , as a design pattern, 1936, so called for resemblance. 中文词源 houndstooth ：犬牙织纹 比喻用法，因这种花纹形似犬牙而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： houndstooth 词源， houndstooth 含义。
• hound 英文词源 hound hound: [OE] Until superseded around the 16th century by dog , hound was the main English word for ‘dog’ (and indeed its relatives in the other Germanic languages remain so – German, Swedish, and Danish hund , for instance, and Dutch hond ). It goes back ultimately to Indo- European * kuntos , a derivative of the base which also produced Greek kúōn ‘dog’ (source of En
• Houdini 英文词源 Houdini (n.) "escape artist or other ingenious person," 1923, from Harry Houdini , professional name of U.S. escapist Erich Weiss (1874-1926). 中文词源 Houdini ：善于逃脱的人 来自20世纪初美国著名脱身魔术演员Harry Houdini. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Houdini 词源， Houdini 含义。
• hottie 英文词源 hottie (n.) also hotty , "attractive person," teen slang by 1995, from hot + -ie . The same word was used from 1947 with sense "hot water bottle." 中文词源 hottie ：辣妹 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hottie 词源， hottie 含义。
• hot stuff 英文词源 hot (adj.) Old English hat "hot, flaming, opposite of cold," also "fervent, fierce, intense, excited," from Proto-Germanic *haita- (cognates: Old Saxon and Old Frisian het , Old Norse heitr , Middle Dutch and Dutch heet , German heiß "hot," Gothic heito "heat of a fever"), from PIE root *kai- "heat" (cognates: Lithuanian kaistu "to grow hot"). The association of hot with sexuality da
• hot spot 英文词源 hot spot (n.) also hotspot , 1888 as a skin irritation; 1931 as "nightclub;" 1938 in the firefighting sense; 1941 as "place of international conflict." See hot (adj.) + spot (n.). 中文词源 hot spot ：热点地区 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hot spot 词源， hot spot 含义。
• hotshot 英文词源 hotshot (n.) "important person," 1933; see hot + shot (n.). It earlier meant "fast train" (1925), and "reckless person" (c. 1600). 中文词源 hotshot ：高手，能人 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hotshot 词源， hotshot 含义。
• hots 英文词源 hotshot (n.) "important person," 1933; see hot + shot (n.). It earlier meant "fast train" (1925), and "reckless person" (c. 1600). 中文词源 hots ：情欲 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hots 词源， hots 含义。
• hot rod 英文词源 gow (n.) 1915, "opium," from Cantonese yao-kao "opium," literally "drug-sap;" used as such by Raymond Chandler, etc.; by 1950s the meaning had expanded to "pictures of nude or scantily clad women," hence gow job "flashy girl," which in teenager slang came to also mean "hot rod." hot-rod (n.) also hot rod , 1945, American English, from hot + rod , apparently in a sense of "hunk of meta
• hotpot 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random caravan caravan: [16] Caravans have no etymological connection with cars, nor with char-a-bancs. The word comes ultimately from Persian kārwān ‘group of desert travellers’, and came into English via French caravane . Its use in English for ‘vehicle’ dates from the 17th century, but to begin with it referred to a covere
• hot pants 英文词源 hot pants (n.) "short-shorts," 1970, from hot (adj.) + pants (n.). Probably influenced by earlier sense of "sexual arousal" (1927). 中文词源 hot pants ：热裤，女式紧身短裤 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hot pants 词源， hot pants 含义。
• hotly 英文词源 hotly (adv.) 1520s, from hot + -ly (2). Compare Old English hatlice "ardently." 中文词源 hotly ：急躁地 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hotly 词源， hotly 含义。
• hotlist 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random nomad nomad: [16] The Greek verb némein had a very wide range of senses. It originally meant ‘deal out, dispense’, a signification mirrored in the derived nemesis [16] (etymologically the ‘dealing out’ of what is due) and the possibly related number . It developed subsequently to ‘inhabit’ and to ‘control, manage’
• hothouse 英文词源 hothouse (n.) mid-15c., "bath house," from hot + house (n.). In 17c. a euphemism for "brothel" (similar to massage parlor ); the meaning "glass-roofed structure for raising plants" is from 1749. Figurative use by 1802. 中文词源 hothouse ：温室，暖房 hot,热的，house,屋子。用来指湿室，暖房。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hothouse 词源，
• hothead 英文词源 hothead (n.) "short-tempered person," 1650s, from hot in the figurative sense + head (n.); Johnson's dictionary also lists hotmouthed "headstrong, ungovernable;" Elizabethan English had hot-brain "hothead" (c. 1600); and Old English had hatheort "anger, rage," literally "hot heart." 中文词源 hothead ：莽撞的人 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• hotfoot 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random dread dread: [12] Old English had the verb ondrǣdan ‘fear’. Its first syllable is generally taken to be the prefix * and - ‘against’, which is related to German ent - ‘away, un-’ and Greek anti - (source of English anti -) and appears also in English answer . The second part, however, remains a mystery. There are on
• hotfix 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random deaf deaf: [OE] Ultimately, deaf and dumb come from the same source, and moreover they are related to a Greek word for ‘blind’. The common denominator ‘sensory or mental impairment’ goes back to an Indo-European base * dheubh -, which denoted ‘confusion, stupefaction, dizziness’. It produced Greek tuphlós ‘blind’
• hotelier 英文词源 hotelier (n.) 1905, from French hôtelier "hotelkeeper," Old French hostelier , from hostel (see hostel ). 中文词源 hotelier ：旅馆经理 hotel,旅店，旅馆，-er,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hotelier 词源， hotelier 含义。
• hotel 英文词源 hotel hotel: [17] Ultimately, hotel and hospital are the same word, but they have diverged widely over the centuries. Both go back to medieval Latin hospitāle ‘place where guests are received, hospice’, but this developed in two different ways in Old French. One branch led with little change to English hospital , but a reduced form hostel also emerged (borrowed by English as host
• hot dog 英文词源 hot dog hot dog: [19] This term for a cooked sausage or frankfurter in a bun has its origins in the mid- 19th-century use of dog as an American slang term for a sausage (perhaps an allusion to the sausage’s often dubious contents). By the 1890s hot dog was Yale University slang for a cooked sausage bought at a fast-food stall, and by 1900 it was in widespread use for the whole deal,
• hot-desking 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random comment comment: [15] In Latin, a commentum was originally ‘something invented or devised’. It was derived from the verb comminiscī ‘devise, contrive by thought’, a compound formed from the prefix com - ‘with’ and a base * men - (this also produced Latin mens and mentiō , source respectively of English mental and m