英语词源

• hotchpotch 英文词源 hotchpotch hotchpotch: [15] Hotchpotch is an alteration (for the sake of the rhyme) of an earlier hotchpot . This was borrowed from an Old French compound made up of hocher ‘shake’ (perhaps from Frankish hottisōn ) and pot ‘pot’. So originally the word meant literally ‘shake the pot’ – presumably to blend an assortment of ingredients, although it is not certain that the
• hot button 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random ambiguous ambiguous: [16] Ambiguous carries the etymological notion of ‘wandering around uncertainly’. It comes ultimately from the Latin compound verb ambigere , which was formed from the prefix ambi - (as in AMBIDEXTROUS) and the verb agere ‘drive, lead’ (a prodigious source of English words, including act and agent ).
• hot-blooded 英文词源 hot-blooded (adj.) "passionate," 1590s; a relic of medieval physiology theory. 中文词源 hot-blooded ：血气方刚的 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hot-blooded 词源， hot-blooded 含义。
• hotbed 英文词源 hotbed (n.) 1620s, from hot + bed (n.); originally "bed of earth heated by fermenting manure for forcing growing plants;" generalized sense of "place that fosters rapid growth" is from 1768. 中文词源 hotbed ：温床 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hotbed 词源， hotbed 含义。
• hot air 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 英文词源 hot hot: [OE] Hot is the English member of a family of adjectives widespread in Germanic, but with very few outside relatives. Its first cousins are German heiss , Dutch heet , Swedish het , and Danish hed , which point back to a prehistoric Germanic ancestor * khaitaz (the English noun and verb heat come from the same source). Lithuanian kaisti and Latvian kaist ‘become hot’ are
• hostler 英文词源 hostler (n.) late 14c., "one who tends to horses at an inn," also, occasionally, "innkeeper," from Anglo-French hostiler , Old French hostelier "innkeeper, steward" (12c., Modern French hôtelier ), from Medieval Latin hostilarius "the monk who entertains guests at a monastery," from hospitale "inn" (see hospital ). See also ostler . 中文词源 hostler ：马夫 来自hostel,旅店，
• hostility 英文词源 hostility (n.) early 15c., from Middle French hostilité "enmity" (15c.), or directly from Late Latin hostilitatem (nominative hostilitas ) "enmity," from Latin hostilis , from hostis "enemy" (see guest ). Hostilities in the sense of "warfare" attested from 1610s. 中文词源 hostility ：恶意，敌对 来自hostile,恶意的，敌对的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• hostile 英文词源 hostile (adj.) late 15c., from Middle French hostile "of or belonging to an enemy" or directly from Latin hostilis "of an enemy," from hostis "enemy" (see guest ). The noun meaning "hostile person" is recorded from 1838, American English, a word from the Indian wars. 中文词源 hostile ：恶意的，敌对的 来自拉丁语hostis,敌人，来自PIE*ghostis,外来人，陌生人，词
• hostess 英文词源 hostess (n.) late 13c., "woman who keeps an inn or public hotel," from host (n.1) + -ess , or from Old French hostesse (Modern French hôtesse ). Meaning "woman who presides at a dinner party, etc." recorded by 1822. Also used mid-20c. in sense "female who entertains customers in nightclubs," with overtones of prostitution. 中文词源 hostess ：女主人，女主持 host,主人，-
• hostelry 英文词源 hostelry (n.) late 14c. (as a surname from early 14c.), from Old French hostelerie "house, guest-house; kitchen; hospice, almshouse" (12c., Modern French hôtellerie ), from hostel (see host ). Lost, then revived 19c. 中文词源 hostelry ：酒吧，旅店 hostel,招待所，旅店，-ry,名词后缀。引申词义酒吧。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： host
• hostel 英文词源 hostel hostel: see hotel hostel (n.) early 13c., from Old French hostel "inn, lodgings, shelter" (11c., Modern French hôtel ), from Medieval Latin hospitale "inn, large house" (see hospital ). Obsolete after 16c., revived 1808, along with hostelry (Middle English hostelrie ) by Sir Walter Scott. The sense in youth hostel is recorded by 1931. 中文词源 hostel ：旅舍，招待所 来
• hostage-taker 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random stove stove: [15] Stove probably goes back ultimately to Vulgar Latin * extūfāre ‘take a steam bath’ (source also of English stew ). From this was derived a noun denoting a ‘heated room used for such baths’, which was disseminated widely throughout the Romance and Germanic languages. In its modern German and Danish des
• hostage 英文词源 hostage hostage: [13] Despite its similarity, hostage is not related to any of the English words host . It comes via Old French hostage from * obsidāticum , a Vulgar Latin derivative of late Latin obsidātus ‘condition of being held as a security for the fulfilment of an undertaking’. This is turn was based on Latin obses ‘hostage’, a compound noun formed from the prefix ob -
• host 英文词源 host host: Indo-European * ghostis denoted ‘stranger’. From it were descended Germanic * gastiz (source of English guest ), Greek xénos ‘guest, stranger’ (source of English xenon and xenophobia ), and Latin hostis ‘stranger, enemy’. This original meaning is retained in the derived adjective hostile [16], but the noun itself in postclassical times came to mean ‘army’,
• hospitalize 英文词源 hospitalize (v.) 1873, from hospital + -ize . "Freq[uently] commented on as an unhappy formation" [OED]. Related: hospitalized ; hospitalizing . 中文词源 hospitalize ：入院，住院 来自hospital,医院。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hospitalize 词源， hospitalize 含义。
• hospitality 英文词源 hospitality (n.) late 14c., "act of being hospitable," from Old French hospitalité , from Latin hospitalitem (nominative hospitalitas ) "friendliness to guests," from hospes (genitive hospitis ) "guest" (see host (n.1)). 中文词源 hospitality ：好客，殷勤 来自hospitable,好客的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hospitality 词源， hospitality 含义
• hospitable 英文词源 hospitable (adj.) 1560s, from Middle French hospitable , from Latin hospitari "be a guest," from hospes (genitive hospitis ) "guest" (see host (n.1)). Related: Hospitably . 中文词源 hospitable ：好客的 来自拉丁语hospes,客人，词源同host,guest.引申词义好客的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hospitable 词源， hospitable 含义。 hosp
• hospice 英文词源 hospice (n.) 1818, "rest house for travelers," from French hospice (13c.), from Latin hospitium "guest house, hospitality," from hospes (genitive hospitis ) "guest, host" (see host (n.1)). Sense of "home for the aged and terminally ill " is from 1893; hospice movement first attested 1979. 中文词源 hospice ：临终安养院 来自拉丁语hospitium,旅店，客店，词源同hospi
• hosiery 英文词源 hosiery (n.) stocking collectively, 1775, from hosier + -y (1). As "factory where hose is made," from 1803. 中文词源 hosiery ：袜子，袜类 hose,袜子，-ery,集合名词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hosiery 词源， hosiery 含义。
• hose 英文词源 hose hose: [OE] The original meaning of hose was ‘leg-covering, stocking’. It comes from a prehistoric Germanic * khuson , which also produced German hose and Dutch hoos . It appears that the metaphorical transference from a ‘long tubular stocking’ to a ‘long tube for conveying liquid’ was first made in Dutch; it was introduced into English in the 15th century. hose (v.) c
• hosanna 英文词源 hosanna Old English osanna , via Latin and Greek from Hebrew hosha'na , probably a shortening of hoshi'ah-nna "save, we pray" (see Psalms cxviii:25), from imperative of y-sh- (compare yeshua "salvation, deliverance, welfare") + emphatic particle -na . Originally an appeal for deliverance; used in Christian Church as an ascription of praise, because when Jesus entered Jerusalem this wa
• horticulture 英文词源 horticulture (n.) 1670s, "cultivation of a garden," fabricated from Latin hortus "garden" (see yard (n.1)) + cultura (see culture ); probably on model of agriculture . Famously punned upon by Dorothy Parker. 中文词源 horticulture ：园艺学 来自拉丁语hortus,花园，词源同garden,culture,培植，培养。即花草培植，引申词义园艺学。 该词的英语词源请访
• hortatory 英文词源 hortatory (adj.) 1580s, from Middle French hortatoire and directly from Late Latin hortatorius "encouraging, cheering," from hortatus , past participle of hortari "exhort, encourage, urge, incite, instigate," intensive of horiri "urge, incite, encourage," from PIE root *gher- (5) "to like, want" (cognates: Old English giernan "to strive, desire, yearn;" Gothic gairnei "desire;" Greek
• hortative 英文词源 hortative (adj.) c. 1600, from Latin hortativus , from past participle stem of hortari “to exhort” (see hortatory ). 中文词源 hortative ：劝告的，奖励的 词源同hortatory,劝告的，激励的 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hortative 词源， hortative 含义。
• horse-trading 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random ibex ibex: see ivy 中文词源 horse-trading ：精明的交易 horse,马，trade,贸易。即买卖马匹的交易，因为普通人很难判断马的品质，卖马的商家常常通过欺骗手段以获取最大利益，以致在社会上名声不怎么好，因此引申词义精明的交易。比较cheat. 该词的英语词源
• horseshoe 英文词源 horseshoe (n.) late 14c. (early 13c. as a proper name), from horse (n.) + shoe (n.). Horseshoes as another name for the game of quoits , attested by 1822. HORSE-SHOES, the game of coits, or quoits--because sometimes actually played with horse-shoes . [John Trotter Brockett, "A Glossary of North Country Words," 1829] The belief that finding a horseshoe by chance is lucky is attested fr
• horse sense 英文词源 horse sense (n.) 1832, American English colloquial, from horse (n.), perhaps in referfence to the animal's qualities, or the abilites of hostlers and coachmen with the animals, perhaps from the same association of "strong, large, coarse" found in horseradish . 中文词源 horse sense ：常识 horse,马，sense,意识。比喻用法，来自马在过去人们生活中的重要性或来
• horseradish 英文词源 horseradish (n.) 1590s, Cochlearia armoricia ; the common name preserves the once-common figurative sense of horse as "strong, large, coarse" (as in in obsolete horse mushroom, horse parsley , Old English horsminte "horse mint," etc.); also see radish . 中文词源 horseradish ：辣根 horse,马，此处表强调大，radish,萝卜。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• horsepower 英文词源 horsepower (n.) 1806, from horse (n.) + power (n.); established by Watt as the power needed to lift 33,000 pounds one foot in one minute, which is actually about 1.5 times the power of a strong horse. 中文词源 horsepower ：马力 horse,马，power,能量。即马的力量，后来被物理学家用来指能量单位。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： horsep
• horseplay 英文词源 horseplay (n.) "rough, excessive play," 1580s, from horse (n.) with its associations of "strong, coarse" + play (n.). 中文词源 horseplay ：玩闹，打闹嬉戏 horse,马，play,玩。可能来自儿童的骑马游戏。比较hobby horse. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： horseplay 词源， horseplay 含义。
• horsemanship 英文词源 horsemanship (n.) 1560s, from horseman + -ship . 中文词源 horsemanship ：马术，骑术 horseman，骑者，-ship,抽象名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： horsemanship 词源， horsemanship 含义。
• horsehide 英文词源 horsehide early 14c., from horse (n.) + hide (n.). 中文词源 horsehide ：马皮 horse,马，hide,兽皮。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： horsehide 词源， horsehide 含义。
• horsefly 英文词源 horsefly (n.) late 14c., from horse (n.) + fly (n.). 中文词源 horsefly ：虻 horse,马，fly,苍蝇。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： horsefly 词源， horsefly 含义。
• horseflesh 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random 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 etymol
• horse chestnut 英文词源 horse chestnut "A deciduous tree with large leaves of five leaflets, conspicuous sticky winter buds, and upright conical clusters of white, pink, or red flowers. It bears nuts (conkers) enclosed in a fleshy case", Late 16th century: translating (now obsolete) botanical Latin Castanea equina ; its fruit is said to have been an Eastern remedy for chest diseases in horses. 中文词源 h
• horse 英文词源 horse horse: [OE] The Germanic languages have gone their own way as far as the horse is concerned. The prehistoric Indo-European term for the animal was * ekwos , which produced Latin equus (source of English equestrian and equine ), Greek híppos (whence English hippodrome and hippopotamus ), Sanskrit açvás , and Old English eoh . Remarkably, though, this has virtually died out as
• hors d'oeuvre 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random puss puss: English has two distinct words puss . The origins of the one meaning ‘cat’ [16] are rather mysterious. It appears to have been borrowed from Middle Low German pūs , but there the trail goes cold. Since it is basically used for calling cats, it may have originated simply in an exclamation (like pss ) used for gain
• hors de combat 英文词源 hors de combat 1757, French, literally "out of combat." 中文词源 hors de combat ：丧失战斗力的 来自法语，hors,外面，没有，来自拉丁语foris,门外，词源同door,foreign,combat,战斗。拼写比较hacienda. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hors de combat 词源， hors de combat 含义。
• horror 英文词源 horror (n.) early 14c., from Old French horror (12c., Modern French horreur ) and directly from Latin horror "dread, veneration, religious awe," a figurative use, literally "a shaking, trembling, shudder, chill," from horrere "to bristle with fear, shudder," from PIE root *ghers- "to bristle" (cognates: Sanskrit harsate "bristles," Avestan zarshayamna- "ruffling one's feathers," Latin
• horripilation 英文词源 horripilation (n.) from Late Latin horripilationem (nominative horripilatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of horripilare , from stem of horrere "to bristle" (see horror ) + pilus "hair" (see pile (n.3)). 中文词源 horripilation ：因受惊和发冷等毛发竖立，起鸡皮疙瘩 horr-,毛发，硬毛，词源同hair,-pil,毛发，词源同depilatory.即竖起的寒毛
• horrifying 英文词源 monster monster: [13] Monster originated as a word for a ‘divine omen or warning’. It goes back via Old French monstre to Latin mōnstrum , a derivative of the verb monēre ‘warn’. From its original sense ‘warning of misfortune, evil omen’, mōnstrum was transferred to the sort of thing that could function as such an omen – a ‘prodigy’, or a ‘misshapen or horrifyin
• horrify 英文词源 horrify (v.) 1791 (implied in horrifying ), from horror + -fy . Related: Horrified ; horrifying . 中文词源 horrify ：惊吓，恐吓 来自拉丁语horrere,恐惧，颤抖，词源同horror,-fy,使。即使恐惧，恐吓，惊吓。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： horrify 词源， horrify 含义。 horrify ：使恐怖，使毛骨悚然 词根词缀： -h
• horrid 英文词源 horrid (adj.) early 15c., "hairy, shaggy, bristling," from Latin horridus "bristly, prickly, rough, horrid, frightful," from horrere "to bristle with fear, shudder" (see horror ). Meaning "horrible, causing horror" is from c. 1600. Sense weakened 17c. to "unpleasant, offensive." [W]hile both [ horrible and horrid ] are much used in the trivial sense of disagreeable, horrible is still
• horrible 英文词源 horrible horrible: [14] The Latin verb horrēre was used for hair standing on end or bristling. A common cause of this phenomenon is of course fear, and so in due course horrēre came to mean ‘tremble, shake, be filled with fear and revulsion’. The latter sense has been carried through into English in the derivatives horrible , horrid [16], and horror [14]. ( Horrid , incidentally
• horrendous 英文词源 horrendous (adj.) 1650s, from Latin horrendus "dreadful, fearful, terrible," literally "to be shuddered at," gerundive of horrere "to bristle with fear, shudder" (see horror ). Earlier form in English was horrend (mid-15c.). 中文词源 horrendous ：恐怖的，骇人的 来自拉丁语horrere,恐惧，颤抖，词源同horror.引申词义恐怖的，骇人的。 该词的英语词源
• horometry 英文词源 horometry (n.) "measurement of time," 1560s, from Greek hora (see hour ) + -metry . Related: Horometrical . 中文词源 horometry ：时间测量 来自希腊语hora,时间，词源同hour,-metry,测量，词源同geometry. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： horometry 词源， horometry 含义。
• horology 英文词源 horology (n.) science of time, 1819, probably from Greek hora "hour" (see hour ) + -logy . Earlier it meant "clock, clock dial" (c. 1500), from Latin horologium . Related: Horologist . 中文词源 horology ：计时学，钟表制造术 来自希腊语hora,时间，词源同hour,-logy,学说。即计时学，引申词义钟表学，钟表制造术。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• horny 英文词源 horny (adj.) "lustful, sexually aroused," definitely in use 1889, perhaps attested as early as 1863; from late 18c. slang expression to have the horn, suggestive of male sexual excitement (but eventually applied to women as well); see horn (n.). 中文词源 horny ：性感的，性兴奋的 来自horn的俚语义to have the horn,用于形容男人的性器官受到兴奋或刺激，后
• hornpipe 英文词源 hornpipe (n.) c. 1400, hornepype , "musical instrument with bell and mouthpiece made of horn," from horn (n.) + pipe (n.1). Later (late 15c.) "dance associated with sailors" (originally performed to music from such an instrument). 中文词源 hornpipe ：号角舞 horn,号角，pipe,管。一种吹奏乐器，引申词义号角舞。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• hornet 英文词源 hornet (n.) Old English hyrnet , hurnitu "large wasp, beetle," probably from Proto-Germanic *hurz-nut- (cognates: Old Saxon hornut , Middle Dutch huersel , Dutch horzel , Old High German hornaz , German Hornisse "hornet"), from PIE imitative (buzzing) root *krs- , as preserved in Old Church Slavonic srusa , Lithuanian szirszu "wasp." On this theory, the English word (as well as German
• hornbill 英文词源 hornbill (n.) 1773, from horn (n.) + bill (n.2). 中文词源 hornbill ：犀鸟 horn,角，bill,喙。因这种鸟角状的喙而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hornbill 词源， hornbill 含义。
• hornbeam 英文词源 hornbeam (n.) 1570s, from horn (n.) + beam (n.), preserving the original sense of the latter word; so called in reference to its hard wood. 中文词源 hornbeam ：鹅耳枥 horn,角，像角一样硬，beam,古义，树。因这种树的坚硬的木材而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hornbeam 词源， hornbeam 含义。
• horn 英文词源 horn horn: [OE] Horn belongs to a very large Indo- European word-family that has made an enormous number of contributions to English. Its ultimate source is Indo-European * ker -, whose offspring predominantly denote ‘animal’s horn’, but also include words for ‘top’ and ‘head’. Its Germanic descendant, * khornaz , has not been that prolific (it has produced English, Germ
• hormone 英文词源 hormone (n.) 1905, from Greek hormon "that which sets in motion," present participle of horman "impel, urge on," from horme "onset, impulse," from PIE *or-sma- , from root *er- "to move, set in motion." Used by Hippocrates to denote a vital principle; modern meaning coined by English physiologist Ernest Henry Starling (1866-1927). Jung used horme (1915) in reference to hypothetical me
• Horlicks 英文词源 Horlicks "A drink made from malted milk powder", Late 19th century: named after James and William Horlick, British-born brothers whose company first manufactured the drink in the US. More bollocks from mid 18th century:Bollocks used to be ballocks , and in that spelling they go back to the time of the Anglo-Saxons. The word is related to ball , and like many rude words it was perfectl
• horizontal 英文词源 horizontal (adj.) 1550s, "relating to or near the horizon," from French horizontal , from Latin horizontem (see horizon ). Meaning "flat" (i.e., "parallel to the horizon") is from 1630s. Related: horizontally . 中文词源 horizontal ：水平的，横的 来自horizon,地平线。引申词义水平的，横的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： horizontal 词源
• horizon 英文词源 horizon horizon: [14] Etymologically, the horizon is simply a ‘line forming a boundary’. The word comes via Old French orizon and late Latin horīzōn from Greek horízōn , a derivative of the verb horīzein ‘divide, separate’ (source also of English aphorism [16], originally a ‘definition’). This in turn came from the noun hóros ‘boundary, limit’. Horizontal [16], w
• hopscotch 英文词源 hopscotch 1801 (from 1789 as hop-scot ), from hop (v.) + scotch (n.2) "scratch," from the lines scored in the dirt to make the squares for the game. 中文词源 hopscotch ：儿童的跳房子游戏 hop,跳，scotch,划线。用于指儿童跳房子游戏。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hopscotch 词源， hopscotch 含义。 hopscotch ：跳房子，造房子
• hopping 英文词源 chopping (adj.) "large and thriving," 1560s, past participle adjective from chop (v.). Compare strapping , whopping in similar sense. chopping . An epithet frequently applied to infants, by way of ludicrous commendation: imagined by Skinner to signify lusty , from cas Sax. by others to mean a child that would bring money at a market. Perhaps a greedy, hungry child, likely to live. [Jo
• hopper 英文词源 hopper (n.1) "person or animal that hops," mid-13c., agent noun from hop (v.). From c. 1200 as a surname, and perhaps existing in Old English (which had hoppestre "female dancer"). hopper (n.2) "container with narrow opening at bottom," late 13c., perhaps an agent noun from hop (v.) via notion of grain juggling in a mill hopper. 中文词源 hopper ：漏斗 来自hop,跳。比喻用法
• hope chest 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random patrimony patrimony: see patron 中文词源 hope chest ：嫁妆 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hope chest 词源， hope chest 含义。
• hope 英文词源 hope hope: [OE] The origins of the word hope are obscure. It appears to have started life among the Low German dialects of northern Germany (whence English hope and Dutch hoop ), and later spread to Scandinavia (giving Swedish hopp and Danish haab ) and High German (modern German has the verb hoffen and the derived noun hoffnung ‘hope’). Where did the original Low German forms com
• hop 英文词源 hop (v.) Old English hoppian "to spring, leap, dance," from Proto-Germanic *hupnojan (cognates: Old Norse hoppa , Dutch huppen , German hüpfen "to hop"). Related: Hopped ; hopping . hop (n.1) usually hops , type of twining vine whose cones are used in brewing, etc., mid-15c., from Middle Dutch hoppe , from Proto-Germanic *hup-nan- (cognates: Old Saxon -hoppo , German Hopfen ), of unk
• Hoover 英文词源 Hoover proprietary name for a make of vacuum cleaner (patented 1927); sometimes used generally for "vacuum cleaner." As a verb, meaning "to vacuum," from 1926, in the company’s advertising. 中文词源 hoover （吸尘器）：第一家大规模生产家用吸尘器的胡佛公司 1901年，英国工程师胡伯特·布斯（Hubert C Booth）发明了世界上第一台真空吸尘
• hooter 英文词源 hooter (n.) by 1823, "anything that hoots," especially an owl, agent noun from hoot (v.). Slang meaning "nose" is from 1958. Meaning "a woman's breast" (usually in plural hooters ) attested by 1972. The Hooters restaurant chain began 1983 in Clearwater, Florida, U.S. 中文词源 hooter ：喇叭 来自hoot,喇叭叫。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hooter 词源
• hootenanny 英文词源 hootenanny (n.) "informal session of folk musicians," 1940, American English, earlier "a gadget" (1927), of unknown origin, perhaps a nonsense word. Another device used by the professional car thief, and one recently developed to perfection, according to a large Chicago lock-testing laboratory, is a "hootenanny," so-called by the criminals using it. ["Popular Mechanics," February 1931
• hoot 英文词源 hoot (v.) "to call or shout in disapproval or scorn," c. 1600, probably related to or a variant of Middle English houten , huten "to shout, call out" (c. 1200), probably ultimately imitative. First used of bird cries, especially that of the owl, mid-15c. Related: Hooted ; hooting . As a noun from mid-15c. Meaning "a laugh, something funny" is first recorded 1942. Slang sense of "small
• Hooray Henry 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random modify modify: see model 中文词源 Hooray Henry ：纨绔子弟 比喻用法，最早来自1936年美国作家Damon Runyon的短篇小说”Tight Shoes”. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Hooray Henry 词源， Hooray Henry 含义。
• hooray 英文词源 hooray see hurrah . 中文词源 hooray ：好极了 拟声词，欢呼声。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hooray 词源， hooray 含义。
• hoopoe 英文词源 hoopoe hoopoe: see dupe hoopoe (n.) 1660s, from Latin upupa, imitative of its cry (compare Greek epops "hoopoe"). If anybody smears himself with the blood of this bird on his way to bed, he will have nightmares about suffocating devils. [Cambridge bestiary, 12c.] 中文词源 hoopoe ：戴胜鸟 来自拉丁语upupa,戴胜鸟，模仿这种鸟的叫声。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• hoopla 英文词源 hoopla 1877, hoop la , American English, earlier houp-la , exclamation accompanying quick movement (1870), of unknown origin, perhaps borrowed from French houp-là "upsy-daisy," also a cry to dogs, horses, etc. (see whoop ). 中文词源 hoopla ：投环套物，大吹大擂 最早拼写houp-la,可能来自拟声词，物体快速移动的声音，后用于指大吹大擂，再后用于
• hoop 英文词源 hoop (n.) late 12c., probably from an unrecorded Old English *hop , from Proto-Germanic *hopa- , a Low German-Frisian word (cognates: Old Frisian hop , Middle Dutch and Dutch hoep "hoop," Old Norse hop "a small bay"). As something someone jumps through (on horseback) as a circus trick, by 1793. Figurative use of jump through hoops by 1917. The verb is from mid-15c. Hoop-petticoat is a
• hoon 英文词源 hoon "A lout or hooligan, especially a young man who drives recklessly", 1930s: of unknown origin. 中文词源 hoon ：莽汉，在马路上横冲直撞的人 澳大利亚俚语，可能来自拟声词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hoon 词源， hoon 含义。
• hooky 英文词源 hooky (n.) also hookey , in the truant sense, 1848, American English (New York City), from Dutch hoekje "hide and seek;" or else from hook it , attested since 14c. as "make off, run away," originally "depart, proceed." 中文词源 hooky ：逃学，旷课 来自荷兰语hoekje,角落，捉迷藏，来自Proto-Germanic*hokaz,钩子，来自PIE*keg,弯钩，齿，词源同hook.由弯钩引
• hookworm 英文词源 ancylostomiasis "Hookworm infection of the small intestine, often leading to anaemia", Late 19th century: from modern Latin Ancylostoma (from Greek ankulos 'crooked' + stoma 'mouth') + -iasis. 中文词源 hookworm ：钩虫 hook,钩子，worm,虫。因形似钩子而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hookworm 词源， hookworm 含义。
• hook shot 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random duke duke: [12] Duke is one of a wide range of English words which come ultimately from the Latin verb dūcere ‘lead’ (see DUCT). In this case its source was the Latin derivative dux ‘leader’ (ancestor also of Italian duce , the title adopted by the 20th-century dictator Benito Mussolini), which passed into English via O
• hooker 英文词源 hooker (n.) "prostitute," often traced to the disreputable morals of the Army of the Potomac (American Civil War) under the tenure of Gen. "Fighting Joe" Hooker (early 1863), and the word might have been popularized by this association at that time (though evidence is wanting). But it is reported to have been in use in North Carolina c. 1845 ("[I]f he comes by way of Norfolk he will f
• hookah 英文词源 hookah (n.) also hooka , 1763, from Arabic huqqah "small box, vessel" (through which the smoke is drawn), extended in Urdu to the whole apparatus. 中文词源 hookah ：水烟袋 来自印度乌尔都语，一种吸大烟的工具。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hookah 词源， hookah 含义。
• hook 英文词源 hook hook: [OE] Hook and its Germanic relatives, German haken , Dutch haak , Swedish hake , and Danish hage , go back to a prehistoric * keg - or * keng - ‘bent object’, from which English also gets hank [14] (via Old Norse * hanku ). Old Norse haki ‘hook’ was the source of a now obsolete English hake ‘hook’, which may have been the inspiration for the fish-name hake [15]
• hoo-ha 英文词源 hoo-ha "A commotion; a fuss", 1930s: of unknown origin. 中文词源 hoo-ha ：闹嚷，大惊小怪 拟声词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hoo-ha 词源， hoo-ha 含义。
• hoof 英文词源 hoof (n.) Old English hof "hoof," from Proto-Germanic *hofaz (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Frisian hof , Old Norse hofr , Danish hov , Dutch hoef , German Huf "hof"), from PIE *kop- "to beat, strike" (cognates: Sanskrit saphah "hoof"). For spelling, see hood (n.1). hoof (v.) "to walk" ( hoof it ), first attested 1640s, from hoof (n.); slang meaning "to dance" is 1920, American English (im
• hooey 英文词源 hooey (n.) "nonsense, foolishness," 1922, American English slang, of unknown origin. 中文词源 hooey ：废话，胡说八道 俚语，可能来自horseshit.比较hogwash. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hooey 词源， hooey 含义。
• hoody 英文词源 hoodie (n.) also hoody , slang shortening of hooded sweatshirt , attested by 1991. Earlier it was a familiar term for the hooded crow (1789). 中文词源 hoody ：带帽短上衣 来自hood,兜帽。用于指带帽短上衣。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hoody 词源， hoody 含义。
• hoodwink 英文词源 hoodwink (v.) 1560s, "to blindfold," from hood (n.1) + wink ; figurative sense of "mislead, deceive" is c. 1600. Related: Hoodwinked ; hoodwinking . 中文词源 hoodwink ：欺诈，欺骗 hood,兜帽，wink,眨眼，摇摆。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hoodwink 词源， hoodwink 含义。
• hoodoo 英文词源 hoodoo (n.) "one who practices voodoo," 1870, American English, probably an alteration of voodoo . Meaning "something that causes or brings bad luck" is attested from 1880. 中文词源 hoodoo ：不祥之物 来自voodoo的拼写变体。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hoodoo 词源， hoodoo 含义。
• hoodlum 英文词源 hoodlum (n.) popularized 1871, American English, (identified throughout the 1870s as "a California word") "young street rowdy, loafer," especially one involved in violence against Chinese immigrants, "young criminal, gangster;" it appears to have been in use locally from a slightly earlier date and may have begun as a specific name of a gang: The police have recently been investigatin
• hood 英文词源 hood hood: [OE] Ultimately hood and hat are the same word, and both mean etymologically ‘headcovering’. They go back to an Indo-European * kadh - ‘cover, protect’, which in the case of hood produced a West Germanic derivative * khōdaz . From it are descended German hut ‘hat’, Dutch hoed ‘hat’, and English hood . Hoodwink [16] originally meant literally ‘cover someon
• hooch 英文词源 hooch (n.) also hootch , "cheap whiskey," 1897, shortened form of Hoochinoo (1877) "liquor made by Alaskan Indians," from the name of a native tribe in Alaska whose distilled liquor was a favorite with miners in 1898 Klondike gold rush; the tribe's name is said by OED to be from Tlingit Hutsnuwu , literally "grizzly bear fort." As the supply of whisky was very limited, and the throats
• honor system 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random alexandrine alexandrine: [16] An alexandrine is a line of verse of 12 syllables, characteristic of the classic French drama of the 17th century. The term derives from the use of this metre in Alexandre , a 12th-or 13th-century Old French romance about Alexander the Great. 中文词源 honor system ：诚信制度 honor,荣誉，诚