英语词源

• hill 英文词源 hill hill: [OE] The ultimate source of hill was Indo- European * kel -, * kol -, which denoted ‘height’ and also produced English column , culminate , and excellent . A derivative * kulnís produced Germanic * khulniz , which now has no surviving descendants apart from English hill , but related words for ‘hill’ or ‘mountain’ in other Indo- European language groups include
• Hillary 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random salt salt: [OE] Salt was a key element in the diet of our Indo-European ancestors, and their word for it, * sal -, is the source of virtually all the modern European terms, including Russian sol’ , Polish sól , Serbo-Croat so , Irish salann , and Welsh halen . Greek háls has given English halogen [19]. And Latin sāl , besid
• hilarity 英文词源 hilarity (n.) mid-15c., from Latin hilaritatem (nominative hilaritas ) "cheerfulness, gaiety, merriment," from hilaris "cheerful, gay," from Greek hilaros "cheerful, gay, merry, joyous," related to hilaos "graceful, kindly." In ancient Rome, Hilaria (neuter plural of hilaris ) were a class of holidays, times of pomp and rejoicing; there were public ones in honor of Cybele at the sprin
• hilarious 英文词源 hilarious (adj.) 1823, "cheerful," from Latin hilaris "cheerful, of good cheer" (see hilarity ) + -ous . Meaning "boisterously joyful" is from 1830s. Related: Hilariously . 中文词源 hilarious ：欢闹的，滑稽好笑的 来自hilarity,欢闹，狂欢。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hilarious 词源， hilarious 含义。
• hiker 英文词源 hiker (n.) 1913, agent noun from hike (v.). Earlier as a type of boat: The "hiker" or "tuck-up" as it is more generally termed, is a craft peculiar to the Delaware River, and is to the youth residing along the banks of that stream what the racing shell is to the Torontonian .... The origin of the name "hiker" is veiled in mystery. No member of the clubs engaged in sailing these boats
• hike 英文词源 hike (v.) 1809, hyke "to walk vigorously," an English dialectal word of unknown origin. A yike from 1736 answers to the sense. HIKE, v . to go away. It is generally used in a contemptuous sense. Ex. "Come, hike ," i.e. take yourself off; begone. [Rev. Robert Forby, "The Vocabulary of East Anglia," London, 1830] Sense of "pull up" (as pants) first recorded 1873 in American English, and
• hijinks 英文词源 hijinks (n.) also hi-jinks , high jinks , "boisterous capers, lively or boisterous sport," 1842, from name of games played at drinking parties (1690s). See jink . 中文词源 hijinks ：狂欢 缩写自high jinks. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hijinks 词源， hijinks 含义。
• hijacker 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random tornado tornado: [16] Tornado appears to denote etymologically something that ‘turns’, but this is due to a piece of English folk-etymologizing. Its actual source is Spanish tronada ‘thunderstorm’, a derivative of the verb tronar ‘thunder’ (which in turn went back to Latin tonāre ‘thunder’, source of English ast
• hijack 英文词源 hijack (v.) 1922, American English, perhaps from high(way) + jacker "one who holds up." Originally "to rob (a bootlegger, smuggler, etc.) in transit;" sense of "seizing an aircraft in flight" is 1968 (also in 1961 variant skyjack ), extended 1970s to any form of public transportation. Related: Hijacked ; hijacking . 中文词源 hijack ：抢劫，劫机 hi-,缩写自highway,公路，干
• hi-hat 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random frontispiece frontispiece: [16] The final syllable of frontispiece has no etymological connection with piece . It comes from * spic -, a root denoting ‘see’ which is also represented in conspicuous and spectator . Here, as in the related auspices , its particular application is ‘divination by observation’. Added to Latin
• highwayman 英文词源 highwayman (n.) "one who travels the highways with intent to rob people" (often on horseback and thus contrasted to a footpad ), 1640s, from highway + man . 中文词源 highwayman ：拦路抢劫 highway,公路，man,人。即公路干道上抢劫的人，原指骑马的马匪。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： highwayman 词源， highwayman 含义。
• highway 英文词源 highway (n.) Old English heahweg "main road from one town to another;" see high (adj.) in sense of "main" + way (n.). High street (Old English heahstræte ) was the word before 17c. applied to highways and main roads, whether in the country or town, especially one of the Roman roads. In more recent usage, it generally is the proper name of the street of a town which is built upon a hi
• high treason 英文词源 high (adj.) Old English heh (Anglian), heah (West Saxon) "of great height, lofty, tall, exalted, high-class," from Proto-Germanic *haukhaz (cognates: Old Saxon hoh , Old Norse har , Danish høi , Swedish hög , Old Frisian hach , Dutch hoog , Old High German hoh , German hoch , Gothic hauhs "high;" also German Hügel "hill," Old Norse haugr "mound"), perhaps related to Lithuanian kauk
• high tea 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random eructate eructate: see reek 中文词源 high tea ：傍晚茶 high,高，此处义为晚或表强调，tea,茶。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： high tea 词源， high tea 含义。
• hightail 英文词源 high-tail (v.) also hightail "move quickly," attested by 1890, U.S. slang from cattle ranches (animals fleeing with elevated tails); from high (adj.) + tail (n.). Related: Hightailed ; hightailing . 中文词源 hightail ：迅速离开 high,高，tail,尾巴。原形容兔子或猫，狗等动物逃跑时尾巴高高竖起，后引申词义迅速离开。 该词的英语词源请访问
• high street 英文词源 highway (n.) Old English heahweg "main road from one town to another;" see high (adj.) in sense of "main" + way (n.). High street (Old English heahstræte ) was the word before 17c. applied to highways and main roads, whether in the country or town, especially one of the Roman roads. In more recent usage, it generally is the proper name of the street of a town which is built upon a hi
• high-spirited 英文词源 heathen heathen: [OE] Etymologically, a heathen is ‘someone who lives on the heath’ – that is, someone who lives in a wild upcountry area, and is uncivilized and savage (the word was derived in prehistoric Germanic times from * khaithiz ‘heath’, and is also represented in German heide , Dutch heiden , and Swedish and Danish heden ). Its specific use for ‘person who is not
• high-security 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random clumsy clumsy: [16] When clumsy first appeared on the scene around 1600, both it and the presumably related but now obsolete clumse were used not only for ‘awkward’ but also for ‘numb with cold’. This, and the fact that the word’s nearest apparent relatives are Scandinavian (such as Swedish dialect klumsig ‘numb, clu
• high season 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random fascinate fascinate: [16] To fascinate somebody is literally to ‘bewitch’ them. The word comes from the past participle of the Latin verb fascināre , which was a derivative of fascinum ‘witchcraft’. The Roman phallic deity, incidentally, was named Fascinus , because an amulet in the shape of a penis was hung around chil
• high-rise 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random moratorium moratorium: see demur 中文词源 high-rise ：高层的 high,高，rise,上升，增长。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： high-rise 词源， high-rise 含义。
• high-resolution 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random porthole porthole: see port 中文词源 high-resolution ：高清晰度的，高分辨度的 high,高，resolution,决心，分辨率。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： high-resolution 词源， high-resolution 含义。
• high-profile 英文词源 jazz jazz: [20] Words of unknown origin always attract speculation, and it is hardly surprising that such an unusual and high-profile one as jazz (first recorded in 1913) should have had more than its fair share (one of the more ingenious and colourful theories is that it comes from the nickname of one Jasbo Brown, an itinerant black musician along the Mississippi – Jasbo perhaps be
• high-pressure 英文词源 trade wind "A wind blowing steadily towards the equator from the north-east in the northern hemisphere or the south-east in the southern hemisphere, especially at sea. Two belts of trade winds encircle the earth, blowing from the tropical high-pressure belts to the low-pressure zone at the equator", Mid 17th century: from the phrase blow trade 'blow steadily in the same direction'. Be
• high-pitched 英文词源 flute flute: [14] Provençal flaut was probably the original source of flute , and it reached English via Old French floute or floite . Where flaut came from, however, is another matter, and a much disputed one. Some etymologists claim that it is ultimately simply an imitation of a high-pitched sound, its initial consonant cluster perhaps provided by Provençal flajol ‘small flute o
• high octane 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random trireme trireme: see oar 中文词源 high octane ：高辛烷值的，优质的 high,高，octane,辛烷，词源同eight.即高辛烷值汽油，优质汽油。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： high octane 词源， high octane 含义。
• Highness 英文词源 highness (n.) Old English heanes ; see high (adj.) + -ness . Meaning "royalty, excellence, nobility" is early 13c.; Your Highness as a form of address to English royalty is attested from c. 1400. 中文词源 Highness ：殿下，阁下 high,高，-ness,名词后缀。用于尊称。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Highness 词源， Highness 含义。
• highly strung 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random spade spade: English has two words spade , but they are ultimately related. Spade for digging [OE] comes from a Low German source, which also produced Dutch spade . This went back to, or shared a common source with, Greek spáthē ‘broad blade’, which was borrowed into Latin as spatha ‘broad flat instrument’ (source of t
• highly 英文词源 highly (adv.) Old English healice "nobly, gloriously, honorably;" see high (adj.) + -ly (1). Meaning "very, very much, fully" is mid-14c. 中文词源 highly ：很，非常 high,高，-ly,副词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： highly 词源， highly 含义。 highly ：高度地，很，非常；赞许地 词根词缀： high高的 + -ly
• highlighter 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random ecstasy ecstasy: [14] Etymologically, someone who is ecstatic is out of his or her mind. The word comes, via Old French extasie and late Latin extasis , from Greek ékstasis , a derivative of the verb existánai ‘displace, drive out of one’s mind’. This was a compound formed from the prefix ek - ‘out’ and histánai ‘
• highlight 英文词源 highlight (n.) 1650s, originally of paintings, "the brightest part of a subject," from high (adj.) + light (n.). The figurative sense of "outstanding feature or characteristic" is from 1855. The verb is from 1861. Hairdressing sense is 1941 (n.), 1942 (v.). Related: Highlighted ; highlighting . 中文词源 highlight ：用彩笔作标记，强调 原为绘画术语，即最明亮的部
• high life 英文词源 town (n.) Old English tun "enclosure, garden, field, yard; farm, manor; homestead, dwelling house, mansion;" later "group of houses, village, farm," from Proto-Germanic *tunaz , *tunan "fortified place" (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Norse, Old Frisian tun "fence, hedge," Middle Dutch tuun "fence," Dutch tuin "garden," Old High German zun , German Zaun "fence, hedge"), an early borrowing f
• high jinks 英文词源 high jinks "Boisterous fun", Late 17th century: see jink. 中文词源 high jinks ：狂欢 high,高，jinks,急转。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： high jinks 词源， high jinks 含义。
• high-flyer 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random bayonet bayonet: [17] Bayonet comes from French bayonette , an early spelling of what is now baïonette . The French term is traditionally derived from Bayonne , the name of a town and port on the southwest coast of France, near Biarritz, where bayonets were supposedly first used by Basques of the area, in the 17th century. But
• high five 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random wormwood wormwood: see vermouth 中文词源 high five ：击掌庆贺的 比喻用法，five即手掌。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： high five 词源， high five 含义。
• highfalutin 英文词源 highfalutin "(Especially of speech, writing, or ideas) pompous or pretentious", Mid 19th century (originally US): perhaps from high + fluting (present participle of flute). 中文词源 highfalutin ：浮夸的，做作的 俚语，可能来自high-flying或flute. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： highfalutin 词源， highfalutin 含义。
• higher-up 英文词源 higher comparative of high (adj.), Old English. Higher education is attested by 1839. The French distinguish l'instruction secondaire , which includes what we term a liberal education , from l'instruction supérieure , which denotes professional education; but I do not think the corresponding English phrases are used with this distinction. [William Whewell, "Of a Liberal Education in
• high-definition 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random 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
• highboy 英文词源 highboy (n.) "tall chest of drawers," 1891, American English (see tallboy ); a hybrid, the second element is from French bois "wood" (see bush ). 中文词源 highboy ：高衣柜 high,高，boy,词源不确定，可能来自法语bois,木头，词源同bush,或直接来自boy,表亲昵。比较lowboy,tallboy. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： highboy 词源， hi
• highball 英文词源 highball (n.) type of alcoholic drink, 1898, probably from ball "drink of whiskey;" high because it is served in a tall glass. 中文词源 highball ：高波酒，冰威士忌苏打 high,高，ball,词源不确定，可能来自其词源义，膨胀，引申词义碗，杯子，或来自其舞会义。原指装威士忌的高脚杯，后指酒本身。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• high 英文词源 high high: [OE] High is an ancient word. It goes right back to Indo-European * koukos , which is related to a number of terms denoting roughly ‘rounded protuberance’: Sanskrit kucas ‘breast’, for instance, Russian húcha ‘heap’, and Lithuanian kaukas ‘swelling, boil’. Evidently the notion of ‘tallness’, central to modern English high , is historically a secondary d
• higgledy-piggledy 英文词源 higgledy-piggledy "confusedly, hurriedly," 1590s, a "vocal gesture" [OED] probably formed from pig and the animal's suggestions of mess and disorder. Reduplications in the h- / p- pattern are common (as in hanky-panky , hocus-pocus , hinch(y)-pinch(y) , an obsolete children's game, attested from c. 1600). Edward Moor, "Suffolk Words and Phrases" (London, 1823), quotes a list of redupl
• hierophant 英文词源 hierophant (n.) "expounder of sacred mysteries," 1670s, from Late Latin hierophantes , from Greek hierophantes "one who teaches the rites of sacrifice and worship," literally "one who shows sacred things," from hieros "sacred" (see ire ) + phainein "to reveal, bring to light" (see phantasm ). In modern use, "expounder of esoteric doctrines," from 1822. 中文词源 hierophant ：导师，
• hieroglyphics 英文词源 hieroglyphics (n.) 1580s, from Greek ta hieroglyphika ; see hieroglyphic + -ics . 中文词源 hieroglyphics ：象形文字学，象形符号 hieroglyph,象形文字，-ics,学说。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hieroglyphics 词源， hieroglyphics 含义。
• hieroglyph 英文词源 hieroglyph (n.) 1590s, shortening of hieroglyphic (n.), 1590s; see hieroglyphic . 中文词源 hieroglyph ：象形文字，神秘符号 hiero-,神圣的，-glyph,刻，划，图形，词源同glyph,cleave.即神圣的图形，神秘的符号，用于指埃及的象形文字。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hieroglyph 词源， hieroglyph 含义。
• hieratic 英文词源 hieratic (adj.) "pertaining to sacred things," 1650s (implied in hieratical ), from Latin hieraticus , from Greek hieratikos "pertaining to a priest or his office, priestly," from hierateia "priesthood," from hiereus "priest," from hieros "sacred, holy, hallowed; superhuman, mighty; divine" (see ire ). 中文词源 hieratic ：神圣的，僧侣的 来自希腊语hiereus,祭司，僧侣
• hierarchy 英文词源 hierarchy hierarchy: [14] Greek hierós meant ‘sacred, holy’. Combined with - arkhēs ‘ruling’ (as in English archbishop ) it produced hierárkhēs ‘chief priest’. A derivative of this, hierarkhíā , passed via medieval Latin hierarchia and Old French ierarchie into Middle English as ierarchie (the modern spelling was introduced on the basis of the Latin form in the 16th
• hierarchical 英文词源 hierarchical (adj.) 1560s, from hierarchic + -al (1). Related: Hierarchically . 中文词源 hierarchical ：等级制度的 来自hierarchy,等级制度。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hierarchical 词源， hierarchical 含义。
• hiemal 英文词源 hiemal (adj.) "pertaining to winter," 1550s, from Latin hiems "winter" (see hibernation ). 中文词源 hiemal ：冬天的，寒冷的 来自拉丁语hiems,冬天，冬季，词源同hibernation. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hiemal 词源， hiemal 含义。
• hie 英文词源 hie (v.) Old English higian "strive, hasten," originally "to be intent on," from Proto-Germanic *hig- (cognates: Middle Dutch higen "to pant," Middle Low German hichen , German heichen ). Related: Hied ; hies ; hieing . 中文词源 hie ：疾行，快走 来自古英语higian,努力，加速，来自Proto-Germanic*hig,喘气声。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• hideout 英文词源 hideout (n.) also hide-out , "a hiding place," 1885, American English, from hide (v.) + out . The phrase hide out "conceal (oneself) from the authorities" is attested from 1870, American English (in reference to Northern draft dodgers in the Civil War). 中文词源 hideout ：藏身所 hide,隐藏，out,出去。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： h
• hideous 英文词源 hideous (adj.) c. 1300, "terrifying, horrible, dreadful," from Anglo-French hidous , Old French hideus , earlier hisdos "hideous, horrible, awful, frightening" (11c.; Modern French hideux ), from hisda "horror, fear," perhaps of Germanic origin; or else from Vulgar Latin *hispidosus , from Latin hispidus "shaggy, bristly," "[b]ut this presents numerous difficulties" [OED]. Meaning "re
• hidebound 英文词源 hidebound hidebound: [16] The term hidebound was originally applied to cattle so emaciated that their skin (or hide ) was dry and stiff and clung closely to their bones. The idea of being trapped immovably inside one’s skin had led by the early 17th century to the meaning we are most familiar with today: ‘set immovably in one’s opinions, narrow-minded’. hidebound (adj.) 1550s,
• hide-and-seek 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
• hide 英文词源 hide hide: English has two words hide in current usage, probably from an identical Indo-European source. The verb, ‘conceal’ [OE], which has no living relatives among the Germanic languages, comes from a prehistoric West Germanic * khūdjan . This was derived from a base which probably also produced English hoard , huddle , and hut , and goes back to Indo-European * keudh -, sourc
• hickory 英文词源 hickory (n.) 1670s, American English, from Algonquian (perhaps Powhatan), shortening of pockerchicory or a similar name for this species of walnut. Old Hickory as the nickname of U.S. politician Andrew Jackson is first recorded 1827. 中文词源 hickory ：山核桃木 来自北美印第安土著语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hickory 词源， hickory 含
• hickey 英文词源 hickey (n.) see hickie . 中文词源 hickey ：小装置，小器具，吻痕 词源不详，可能缩写自doohickey,小玩意儿，小装置。或也可能来自人名Richard昵称，用以代替叫不出名字的物件。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hickey 词源， hickey 含义。
• hick 英文词源 hick (n.) late 14c. as a pet form of masc. proper name Richard . Meaning "awkward provincial person" was established by 1700 (see rube ); earlier it was the characteristic name of a hosteler, hackneyman, etc. (late 14c.), perhaps via alliteration. The adjective is recorded by 1914. A hick town is one where there is no place to go where you shouldn't be. [attributed to U.S. humorist Ro
• hiccup 英文词源 hiccup (n.) 1570s, hickop , earlier hicket , hyckock , "a word meant to imitate the sound produced by the convulsion of the diaphragm" [Abram Smythe Farmer, "Folk-Etymology," London, 1882]. Compare French hoquet , Danish hikke , etc. Modern spelling first recorded 1788; An Old English word for it was ælfsogoða , so called because hiccups were thought to be caused by elves. hiccup (v
• hic et nunc 英文词源 hic et nunc Latin, literally "here and now," from demonstrative pronominal adjective of place hic "here" + nunc (see now ). 中文词源 hic et nunc ：此时此地 来自拉丁语，hic,这里，词源同here,et,又，词源同eddy,nunc,现在，词源同now. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hic et nunc 词源， hic et nunc 含义。
• hibiscus 英文词源 hibiscus (n.) 1706, from Latin hibiscum , later hibiscus , "marshmallow plant," of unknown origin, perhaps from Gaulish. 中文词源 hibiscus ：木槿 来自拉丁语hibiscus,锦葵属植物。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hibiscus 词源， hibiscus 含义。
• hibernation 英文词源 hibernation (n.) 1660s, from Latin hibernationem (nominative hibernatio ) "the action of passing the winter," noun of action from past participle stem of hibernare "to winter, pass the winter, occupy winter quarters;" related to hiems "winter," from PIE *gheim- "snow, winter" (cognates: Sanskrit heman "in winter," Hittite gimmanza , Greek kheima , Old Church Slavonic zima , Lithuanian
• hibernate 英文词源 hibernate hibernate: [19] The Latin word for ‘winter’ was hiems (it is the source of French hiver , Italian inverno , and Spanish invierno , and is related to a number of other ‘winter’ or ‘snow’ words, such as Greek kheima , modern Irish geimhreadh , Russian zima , and Sanskrit hima - – the Himalayas are etymologically the ‘snowy’ mountains – which point back to a
• hiatus 英文词源 hiatus hiatus: see yawn hiatus (n.) 1560s, "break or opening in a material object," from Latin hiatus "opening, aperture, rupture, gap," from past participle stem of hiare "to gape, stand open" (see yawn (v.)). Sense of "gap or interruption in events, etc." is first recorded 1610s. 中文词源 hiatus ：间隔，空隙 来自拉丁语hiere,张口，呵气，来自PIE*ghai,呵气，词源
• hi 英文词源 hi greeting, 1862, American English (first recorded reference is to speech of a Kansas Indian), originally to attract attention (15c.), probably a variant of Middle English hy , hey (late 15c.) also an exclamation to call attention. Extended form hiya attested from 1940. 中文词源 hi ：喂 美式英语感叹语，可能来自英式英语hey的变体。 该词的英语词源请访问
• hey presto 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random bib bib: [16] The word bib is first mentioned in John Baret’s Quadruple dictionarie 1580, where it is described as being ‘for a child’s breast’. It appears to come from the now archaic verb bib (as in wine-bibber ), perhaps from the notion that the bib protects the baby’s clothes as it drinks. The verb itself is possib
• heyday 英文词源 heyday heyday: [16] Etymologically, the - day of heyday has no connection with the English noun day , although it has come to resemble it over the centuries. Nor is hey - related to hay . Originally the word was heyda , an exclamation roughly equivalent to modern English hurrah . Probably it was just an extension of hey , modelled partly on Low German heida ‘hurrah’. Its earliest
• hey 英文词源 hey (interj.) c. 1200, implying challenge, rebuttal, anger, derision; variously spelled in Middle English hei , hai , ai , he , heh . Later in Middle English expressing sorrow, or concern; also a shout of encouragement to hunting dogs. Possibly a natural expression (compare Roman eho , Greek eia , German hei , Old French hay , French eh ). Þa onswerede þe an swiðe prudeliche, `Hei!
• hexameter 英文词源 hexameter (adj.) 1540s, from Latin hexameter , from Greek hexametros , from hex "six" (see hexa- ) + metron "meter" (see meter (n.2)). As a noun from 1570s. Related: Hexametric . 中文词源 hexameter ：六音步诗行 hexa-,六，meter,音步。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hexameter 词源， hexameter 含义。
• hexagram 英文词源 hexagram (n.) 1863 as a type of geometric figure, from hexa- + -gram . I Ching sense attested from 1882. 中文词源 hexagram ：六角星形 hexa-,六，-gram,写，划，线。引申词义六角星形。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hexagram 词源， hexagram 含义。
• hexagon 英文词源 hexagon (n.) 1560s, from Latin hexagonum , from Greek hexagonon , from hex "six" (see hexa- ) + gonia "angle" (see -gon ). 中文词源 hexagon ：六边形 hexa-,六，-gon,边，角，词源同knee,heptagon. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hexagon 词源， hexagon 含义。
• hexadecimal 英文词源 hexadecimal 1954 (adj.); 1970 (n.); from hexa- + decimal . 中文词源 hexadecimal ：十六进制的 hexa-,六，-decim,十。用于数学名词十六进制。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hexadecimal 词源， hexadecimal 含义。
• hexa- 英文词源 hexa- before vowels, hex- , word-forming element meaning "six," from Greek hexa- , comb. form of hex "six" (see six ). 中文词源 hexa- ：六 来自希腊语hex,六，词源同six. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hexa- 词源， hexa- 含义。
• hex 英文词源 hex (v.) 1830, American English, from Pennsylvania German hexe "to practice witchcraft," from German hexen "to hex," related to Hexe "witch," from Middle High German hecse , hexse , from Old High German hagazussa (see hag ). Noun meaning "magic spell" is first recorded 1909; earlier it meant "a witch" (1856). 中文词源 hex ：施魔法加害 来自德语Hexe,女巫，巫婆，词源同
• hew 英文词源 hew (v.) Old English heawan "to chop, hack, gash" (class VII strong verb; past tense heow , past participle heawen ), earlier geheawan , from Proto-Germanic *hawwan (cognates: Old Norse hoggva , Old Frisian hawa , Old Saxon hauwan , Middle Dutch hauwen , Dutch houwen , Old High German houwan , German hauen "to cut, strike, hew"), from PIE root *kau- "to hew, strike" (cognates: Old Chu
• heuristics 英文词源 heuristics (n.) "study of heuristic methods," 1897, from heuristic (n.); also see -ics . 中文词源 heuristics ：启发式教学法 来自heuristic,启发式的，-ics,学说。引申词义启发式教学法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： heuristics 词源， heuristics 含义。
• heuristic 英文词源 heuristic heuristic: see eureka heuristic (adj.) "serving to discover or find out," 1821, irregular formation from Greek heuretikos "inventive," related to heuriskein "to find" (from PIE *were- (2) "to find;" cognate with Old Irish fuar "I have found") + -istic . As a noun, from 1860. 中文词源 heuristic ：启发式的 来自希腊语heuriskein,发现，找到，来自PIE*were,找到
• het up 英文词源 het up "Angry and agitated", Mid 19th century: from dialect het 'heated, hot', surviving in Scots and northern English dialect. 中文词源 het up ：兴奋，紧张 het,来自heat的古过去分词，即热起来的，引申词义兴奋，紧张。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： het up 词源， het up 含义。
• heterozygote 英文词源 heterozygous (adj.) 1889, from heterozygote , from hetero- + zygote . 中文词源 heterozygote ：异合子 hetero-,相异的，-zyg,结合，词源同yoga,conjugate.引申词义异合子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： heterozygote 词源， heterozygote 含义。
• heterosexual 英文词源 heterosexual (adj.) 1892, in C.G. Craddock's translation of Krafft-Ebbing's "Psychopathia Sexualis," a hybrid; see hetero- + sexual . The noun is recorded from 1920, but not in common use until 1960s. Colloquial shortening hetero is attested from 1933. 中文词源 heterosexual ：异性恋 hetero-,相异的，sex,性别。引申词义异性恋。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• heteronym 英文词源 heteronym (n.) "word having the same spelling as another but with a different sound and meaning," 1880s, also "a thing's name in one language that is an exact translation of its name in another;" from hetero- + -onym "name" (see name (n.)). Related: Heteronymic ; heteronymous . 中文词源 heteronym ：同形异音异义词 hetero-,相异的，-onym,名字，词源同name.例tear,撕碎
• heterogeneous 英文词源 heterogeneous (adj.) 1620s, from Medieval Latin heterogeneus , from Greek heterogenes , from heteros "different" (see hetero- ) + genos "kind, gender, race stock" (see genus ). Earlier in same sense was heterogeneal (c. 1600). 中文词源 heterogeneous ：多种多样的 hetero-,相异的，-gen,出生，产生，词源同generate.引申词义多种多样的。 该词的英语词源请
• heterodox 英文词源 heterodox (adj.) 1630s, from Greek heterodoxos , from heteros "the other" (see hetero- ) + doxa "opinion," from dokein "to appear, seem, think" (see decent ). 中文词源 heterodox ：异端的 hetero-,相异的，-dox,教条，教导，词源同doctor,doctrine.引申词义异端的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： heterodox 词源， heterodox 含义。
• hest 英文词源 hest (n.) "bidding, command," Old English hæs "bidding, behest, command," from Proto-Germanic *hait-ti- , from *haitan "to call, name" (see hight (v.)). With -t added in Middle English on model of other pairings (compare wist / wesan ). 中文词源 hest ：命令，训谕 来自Proto-Germanic*hait,召唤，命令，来自PIE*kei,使运动，移动，词源同cite,cinema,conation.引申
• hessian 英文词源 hessian hessian: [19] In common with many other sorts of textile, such as denim, jersey, and worsted, hessian’s name reveals its place of origin. In this case it was Hesse, formerly a grand duchy, nowadays a state of West Germany, in the western central part of the country. Hessian (n.) "resident of the former Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel ," western Germany; its soldiers being hire
• hesitate 英文词源 hesitate hesitate: [17] Etymologically, to hesitate is to become ‘stuck’. The word comes from Latin haesitāre , a derivative of haerēre ‘hold fast, stick’ (which gave English adhere ). The underlying idea is of being ‘held back’, or in speech of ‘stammering’, and hence of being unable to act or speak promptly or decisively. = adhere hesitate (v.) 1620s, from Latin ha
• hesitant 英文词源 hesitant (adj.) 1640s, probably a back-formation from hesitancy , or else from Latin haesitantem . Related: Hesitantly . 中文词源 hesitant ：犹豫的，踌躇的 来自hesitate,犹豫，踌躇。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hesitant 词源， hesitant 含义。 hesitant ：犹豫不决的，迟疑的 词根词缀： -hesit-犹豫 + -ant形容词词尾
• hesitancy 英文词源 hesitancy (n.) 1610s, from Latin haesitantia "action of stammering," from haesitantem (nominative haesitans ) "stammering," present participle of haesitare (see hesitation ). 中文词源 hesitancy ：犹豫，踌躇 来自hesitate,犹豫，踌躇。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hesitancy 词源， hesitancy 含义。
• hertz 英文词源 Hertz unit of frequency equal to one cycle per second, 1928, named in reference to German physicist Heinrich Hertz (1857-1894). 中文词源 hertz ：赫兹 声波频率单位，来自其发现者19世纪德国物理学家Heinrich Hertz. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hertz 词源， hertz 含义。
• herself 英文词源 herself Old English hire self ; see her (objective case) + self . Originally dative, but since 14c. often treated as genitive, hence her own sweet self , etc. Also see himself . 中文词源 herself ：她自己 her,她，self,自己。构成her的反身代词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： herself 词源， herself 含义。
• herring gull 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random mumps mumps: [16] The dialect noun mump meant ‘grimace’; and the use of its plural mumps for the disease is thought to have been originally an allusion to the distorted expression caused by the swollen neck glands. Mump itself is presumably related to the verb mump ‘sulk’ [16], and belongs to a family of words (including