英语词源

• heliacal 英文词源 heliacal (adj.) "pertaining to the sun," c. 1600, with -al (1) and Greek heliakos "of the sun," from helios "sun" (see sol ). The heliacal year is reckoned from the heliacal rising of Sirius; thus it also is known as the canicular year . 中文词源 heliacal ：太阳的 来自希腊语Helios,太阳神，词源同Sol,sun. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： heliaca
• helicopter view 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random alms alms: [OE] The word alms has become much reduced in its passage through time from its ultimate Greek source, eleēmosúnē ‘pity, alms’. This was borrowed into post-classical (Christian) Latin as eleēmosyna , which subsequently became simplified in Vulgar Latin to * alimosina (source of the word for ‘alms’ in many
• helicopter 英文词源 helicopter helicopter: [19] The term helicopter was coined in the mid-19th century from Greek hélix ‘spiral’ (source of English helix [16] and helical [17]) and Greek ptéron ‘wing’ (source of English pterodactyl and related to feather ). The French were first in the field with hélicoptère , and the earliest record of the word in English, in 1861, was the barely anglicized
• helical 英文词源 helical (adj.) "spiral-shaped," 1590s, from Latin helicem (see helix ) + -al (1). 中文词源 helical ：螺旋的 来自helix,螺旋形。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： helical 词源， helical 含义。
• heist 英文词源 heist heist: see hoist heist (v.) 1927 (in heister "shoplifter, thief"), American English slang, probably a dialectal alteration of hoist "lift," in sense of "shoplift," also in older British slang "to lift another on one's shoulders to help him break in." As a noun, from 1936. 中文词源 heist ：偷盗，盗窃 来自hoist方言变体，举起。俚语义偷盗，盗窃，参照sh
• heirloom 英文词源 heirloom (n.) early 15c., ayre lome , a hybrid from heir + loom in its original but now otherwise obsolete sense of "implement, tool." Technically, some piece of property that by will or custom passes down with the real estate. 中文词源 heirloom ：传家宝 heir,继承，loom,宝贝。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： heirloom 词源， heirloom 含义。
• heiress 英文词源 heiress (n.) 1650s, from heir + -ess . 中文词源 heiress ：女继承人 heir,继承人，-ess,表阴性。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： heiress 词源， heiress 含义。
• heir 英文词源 heir (n.) c. 1300, from Anglo-French heir , Old French oir "heir, successor," from Latin heredem (nominative heres ) "heir, heiress" (see heredity ). Heir apparent (late 14c.) has the French order of noun-adjective, though it was not originally so written in English. It is the heir of one still alive whose right is clear. After death the heir apparent becomes the heir-at-law . 中文词
• heinous 英文词源 heinous heinous: see hate heinous (adj.) late 14c., from Old French hainos "inconvenient, awkward; hateful, unpleasant; odious" (Modern French haineux ), from haine "hatred," from hair "to hate," from Frankish, from Proto-Germanic *hatjan , related to *haton (see hate (v.)). Related: Heinously ; heinousness . 中文词源 heinous ：邪恶的，极恶毒的 来自Proto-Germanic*haton,憎
• heighten 英文词源 heighten (v.) mid-15c., heightenen "to exalt, to honor or raise to high position," from height + -en (1). Related: Heightened ; heightening . 中文词源 heighten ：加强，提高 height,高，高度，-en,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： heighten 词源， heighten 含义。 heighten ：提高，升高，变强 词根词缀： height高 + -en使…
• height 英文词源 height height: [OE] Etymologically as well as semantically, height is the ‘condition of being high’. It was formed in prehistoric Germanic from * khaukh - (source of high) and *- ithā , an abstract noun suffix: combined, they came down to Old English as hēhthu . The change of final - th to - t seems to have begun in the 13th century. The spelling ei reflects the word’s pronunc
• heifer 英文词源 heifer (n.) Old English heahfore , West Saxon; Northumbrian hehfaro , heffera (plural), of unknown origin, not found outside English. The first element seems to be heah "high," common in Old English compounds with a sense of "great in size." The second element may be related to Old English fearr "bull," or to Old English faran "to go" (giving the whole a sense of "high-stepper"); but
• Hegira 英文词源 hegira (n.) 1580s, the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina (July 16, 622 C.E.), the event from which the Islamic calendar reckons, from Medieval Latin hegira , from Arabic hijrah "departure," from hajara "to depart." 中文词源 Hegira ：希吉拉，迁徙，伊斯兰纪元 来自阿拉伯语hajara,离开，逃离。引申词义迁徙，来自公元622年伊斯兰先知穆罕默德
• hegemony 英文词源 hegemony hegemony: [16] Hegemony ‘dominating influence of one nation over another’ etymologically denotes ‘leadership’. It was borrowed from Greek hēgemoníā ‘authority, rule’, a derivative of the verb hegeisthai ‘lead’ (to which English seek is distantly related). = seek hegemony (n.) 1560s, from Greek hegemonia "leadership, a leading the way, a going first;" also "
• hefty 英文词源 hefty hefty: see heave hefty (adj.) 1867, from heft + -y (2). Related: Heftiness . 中文词源 hefty ：大而重的，猛烈的 来自heft,举起，搬动，词源同heavy. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hefty 词源， hefty 含义。
• heft 英文词源 heft (v.) "to lift," 1660s, from heft (n.). Related: Hefted ; hefting . heft (n.) mid-15c., "weight, heaviness, quality of weight," from heave on analogy of thieve / theft , weave / weft , etc.; also influenced by heft , obsolete past participle of heave . 中文词源 heft ：举起，搬动 来自heave的古过去分词，后词性由形容词变为做名词。 该词的英语词源请
• heeled 英文词源 heeled (adj.) "provided with money," 1880, American English Western slang, from earlier sense "furnished with a gun, armed" (1866), perhaps from still earlier sense "furnish (a gamecock) with a heel-like spur" (1560s), which was still in use 19c.; see heel (n.1). 中文词源 heeled ：有钱的，有装备的 俚语词，来自19世纪美国西部斗鸡游戏，原指为斗鸡脚跟装
• Heely 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random paten paten: see pan 中文词源 Heely ：滑轮鞋 商标名，来自heel,脚跟。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Heely 词源， Heely 含义。
• heel 英文词源 heel heel: English has two separate words heel . The one that names the rear part of the foot [OE] comes ultimately from Germanic * khangkh -, which also produced English hock ‘quadruped’s joint corresponding to the human ankle’. From it was derived * khākhil -, source of Dutch hiel , Swedish häl , Danish hæl , and English heel . Heel ‘tilt, list’ [16] is probably descend
• hee-haw 英文词源 hee-haw also heehaw , first recorded 1815 (as Hiu Haw ), probably imitative of sound of donkey's bray (compare French hinham ). As "a loud laugh" from 1843. 中文词源 hee-haw ：驴叫声 拟声词，模仿驴叫声。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hee-haw 词源， hee-haw 含义。
• heedless 英文词源 heedless (adj.) "without regard," 1570s, from heed + -less . Related: Heedlessly ; heedlessness . 中文词源 heedless ：掉以轻心 heed,留心，-less,表否定。即不留心的，掉以轻心。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： heedless 词源， heedless 含义。
• heedful 英文词源 heedful (adj.) 1540s, from heed + -ful . 中文词源 heedful ：留心的 heed,留心，-ful,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： heedful 词源， heedful 含义。
• heed 英文词源 heed (v.) Old English hedan "to heed, observe; to take care, attend," from West Germanic *hodjan (cognates: Old Saxon hodian , Old Frisian hoda , Middle Dutch and Dutch hoeden , Old High German huotan , German hüten "to guard, watch"), from PIE *kadh- "to shelter, cover" (see hat ). Related: Heeded ; heeding . heed (n.) "attention, notice, regard," early 14c., apparently from heed (v
• hedonist 英文词源 hedonist (n.) 1822, in reference to the Cyrenaic school of philosophy that deals with the ethics of pleasure, from Greek hedonikos "pleasurable," from hedone "pleasure," related to hedys "sweet," cognate with Latin suavis (see sweet ). A hedonist is properly the follower of any ethical system in which some sort of pleasure ranks as the highest good. The Epicurian identifies this pleas
• hedonism 英文词源 hedonism (n.) 1856, from Greek hedone (see hedonist ) + -ism . 中文词源 hedonism ：享乐主义 来自希腊语hedone,甜美，享乐，词源同sweat,-ism,主义，思想。引申词义享乐主义。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hedonism 词源， hedonism 含义。
• hedgehog 英文词源 hedgehog (n.) mid-15c. (replacing Old English igl ), from hedge (n.) + hog (n.); the second element a reference to its pig-like snout. 中文词源 hedgehog ：刺猬 hedge,树篱，hog,猪。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hedgehog 词源， hedgehog 含义。
• hedge 英文词源 hedge hedge: [OE] Hedge traces its ancestry back to a prehistoric Germanic * khag -, which also produced the haw of hawthorn and possibly haggard and quay too. From it was derived the West Germanic noun * khagjō , which has since become differentiated into German hecke , Dutch heg , and English hedge . The compound hedgehog , an allusion to the animal’s piglike nose, dates from the
• hectolitre 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random flannel flannel: [14] Flannel is probably one of the few Welsh contributions to the English language. It appears to be an alteration of Middle English flanen ‘sackcloth’, which was borrowed from Welsh gwlanen ‘woollen cloth’, a derivative of gwlān ‘wool’. This in turn is related to Latin lāna ‘wool’ and English
• hectare 英文词源 hectare (n.) 1810, from French hectare "a hundred ares," formed from Greek hekaton "hundred" (see hecatomb ) + Latin area "vacant piece of ground" (see area ). A superficial measure containing 100 ares, coined by decree of the French National Convention in 1795. 中文词源 hectare ：公顷 hect-,百，are,公亩，100平方米，来自area.即公顷，1000平方米。 该词的英语
• hect- 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random type type: [15] The etymological notion underlying the word type is of making an impression by ‘striking’. It comes via Latin typus from Greek túpos ‘blow, impression’, a derivative of túptein ‘hit’. In post-classical Latin the meaning ‘form, sort’ evolved (in much the same way as it did in the case of stamp ).
• heckle 英文词源 heckle (v.) early 14c., "to comb (flax or hemp) with a heckle;" from heckle (n.) or from related Middle Dutch hekelen . Figurative meaning "to question severely in a bid to uncover weakness" is from late 18c. "Long applied in Scotland to the public questioning of parliamentary candidates" [OED]. Related: Heckled ; heckling . heckle (n.) "flax comb," c. 1300, hechel , perhaps from an u
• heck 英文词源 heck (interj.) euphemistic alteration of hell , first recorded 1865. 中文词源 heck ：天啦，见鬼 来自hell的委婉语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： heck 词源， heck 含义。
• Hebrew 英文词源 Hebrew (adj.) late Old English, from Old French Ebreu , from Latin Hebraeus , from Greek Hebraios , from Aramaic 'ebhrai , corresponding to Hebrew 'ibhri "an Israelite," literally "one from the other side," in reference to the River Euphrates, or perhaps simply signifying "immigrant;" from 'ebher "region on the other or opposite side." The noun is c. 1200, "the Hebrew language;" late
• Hebraic 英文词源 Hebraic (adj.) late 14c., from Old French hebraique and directly from Late Latin Hebraicus , from Greek Hebraikos , from Hebraios (see Hebrew ). 中文词源 Hebraic ：希伯来人的 来自Hebrew,希伯来人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Hebraic 词源， Hebraic 含义。
• heavy water 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random copious copious: [14] Copious comes, either directly or via Old French copieux , from Latin copiōsus , a derivative of copia ‘abundance’ (from which English also gets copy ). Copia itself was originally a compound noun, formed from the intensive prefix com - and ops ‘wealth, power’. = copy , opulent 中文词源 heavy w
• heavy petting 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random delay delay: [13] English acquired delay from Old French delaier , a compound verb formed from the prefix de - ‘off’ and laier ‘leave’. This verb, which also crops up in English relay , appears to have been a variant of laissier (source of English lease ), which came from Latin laxāre ‘slacken, undo’. This in turn w
• heavy industry 英文词源 heavy (adj.) Old English hefig "heavy, having much weight; important, grave; oppressive; slow, dull," from Proto-Germanic *hafiga "containing something; having weight" (cognates: Old Saxon, Old High German hebig , Old Norse hofugr , Middle Dutch hevich , Dutch hevig ), from PIE *kap- "to grasp" (see capable ). Jazz slang sense of "profound, serious" is from 1937 but would have been co
• heavy-handed 英文词源 heavy-handed (adj.) also heavyhanded , 1630s, originally "weary" or "clumsy;" from heavy (adj.) + -handed . Sense of "overbearing" is first recorded 1883. 中文词源 heavy-handed ：重手的，高压的 heavy,重的，hand,手。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： heavy-handed 词源， heavy-handed 含义。
• heavy-duty 英文词源 heavy-duty (adj.) "durable, strong," 1914; see heavy (adj.) + duty . 中文词源 heavy-duty ：重型的，结实的 heavy,重的，duty,职责，责任。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： heavy-duty 词源， heavy-duty 含义。
• heavy 英文词源 heavy heavy: [OE] From the prehistoric Germanic verb * khabjan ‘lift’ was derived the noun * khabiz ‘weight’. This in turn was the source of the adjective * khabiga - ‘weighty’, from which have come Dutch hevig and English heavy (the other Germanic languages once had related forms, but have long since abandoned them in favour of other ways of expressing ‘heaviness’). =
• heaving 英文词源 surge surge: [15] Latin surgere meant literally ‘lead up from below’, hence ‘rise’ – it originated as a compound verb formed from the prefix sub - ‘up from below’ and regere ‘rule’, hence ‘lead’ (source of English regiment , region , etc). English acquired it via Old Spanish surgir and Old French sourgir , by which time it had taken on watery associations, of wav
• heavenward 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random neither neither: [13] Despite the two words’ similarity, neither is not just either with a negative prefix tacked on. It comes ultimately from Old English nāhwæther ‘neither’, a compound formed from nā ‘not’ (which survives as no in modern English ‘whether or no’) and hwæther ‘which of two’ (ancestor of mod
• heaven-sent 英文词源 heaven (n.) Old English heofon "home of God," earlier "sky, firmament," probably from Proto-Germanic *hibin- , dissimilated from *himin- (cognates Low German heben , Old Norse himinn , Gothic himins , Old Frisian himul , Dutch hemel , German Himmel "heaven, sky"), perhaps from a PIE root *kem- "to cover" (also proposed as the source of chemise ). [Watkins derives it elaborately from P
• heavenly 英文词源 heavenly (adj.) Old English heofonlic "celestial; chaste;" see heaven + -ly (1). Meaning "beautiful, divinely lovely" is late 14c., often (though not originally) with reference to the celestial "music of the spheres;" weakened sense of "excellent, enjoyable" is first recorded 1874. The heavenly bodies (stars, planets, etc.) attested from late 14c. Related: Heavenliness . 中文词源
• heaven 英文词源 heaven heaven: [OE] The precise origins of the word heaven have never been satisfactorily explained. Could it perhaps be related in some way to Greek kamára ‘vault, covering’, and thus originally have denoted ‘sky thought of as arching over or covering the earth’ (‘sky’ is at least as ancient a meaning of heaven as ‘abode of god(s)’, although it now has an archaic air
• heave 英文词源 heave heave: [OE] Heave is part of a major family of English words that can trace their ancestry back to Indo-European * kap - ‘seize’. One of its Latin descendants was the verb capere ‘take’, which has given English capable , capacious , capstan , caption , captious , capture , case (for carrying things), cater , chase , prince , and many others. To Germanic it gave * khabjan
• heatstroke 英文词源 adustion " Medicine . The state of the humours of being adust; the process of becoming adust. Now historical ", Late Middle English; earliest use found in Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie . From Middle French adustion (French (now rare) adustion ) state of the humours of being adust, action or process of burning and its etymon classical Latin adustiōn- , adustiō action or process
• heatproof 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random gust gust: [16] The underlying meaning of gust is ‘sudden rush or gush’, and related words refer to water or steam rather than wind. It was borrowed from Old Norse gustr ‘gust’, and the closely connected geysa ‘gush’ produced English geyser [18]. = geyser 中文词源 heatproof ：隔热的 heat,热，-proof,防止，隔
• Heath Robinson 英文词源 Heath Robinson "Ingeniously or ridiculously over-complicated in design or construction", Early 20th century: named after W. Heath Robinson (see Robinson, Heath ). 中文词源 Heath Robinson ：不实用的，结构过于复杂的 来自20世纪初英国漫画家Heath Robinson,他的漫画常常以夸张的笔法讽刺那些过于迷恋发明复杂的机器装置的人或事，因此引
• heathland 英文词源 brier (n.2) type of tobacco pipe introduced to England c. 1859 and made from the root of a certain shrub, 1868, from French bruyère "heath plant," from Old French bruiere "heather, briar, heathland, moor" (12c.), from Gallo-Roman *brucaria , from *brucus "heather," from Gaulish (compare Breton brug "heath," Old Irish froech ). Form altered in English by influence of brier (n.1). moor
• heather 英文词源 heather heather: see heath heather (n.) early 14c., hathir , from Old English *hæddre , Scottish or northern England dialect name for Calluna vulgaris , probably altered by heath , but real connection to that word is unlikely [Liberman, OED]. Perhaps originally Celtic. As a fem. proper name little used in U.S. before 1935, but a top-15 name for girls born there 1971-1989. 中文词源
• heathen 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
• heath 英文词源 heath heath: [OE] Heath goes back to Indo-European * kait -, denoting ‘open, unploughed country’. Its Germanic descendant * khaithiz produced German and Dutch heide and English heath . One of the commonest plants of such habitats is the heather, and this was accordingly named in prehistoric Germanic * khaithjō , a derivative of the same base as produced * khaithiz , which in mode
• heat 英文词源 heat heat: [OE] From an etymological point of view, heat is simply ‘hotness’ – that is, the adjective hot with an abstract noun suffix added to it. But the addition took place a long time ago, in the prehistoric ancestor of Old English. The suffix *- īn ‘state, condition’ was tacked on to the adjective * khaitaz ‘hot’ to produce * khaitīn , which eventually became mode
• hearty 英文词源 hearty (adj.) late 14c., "courageous; spirited, zealous, from the heart;" also "loyal, faithful; sagacious, wise," from heart (n.) in its broad figurative senses + -y (2). Meaning "affording abundant nourishment" is from 1610s. Related: Heartiness . 中文词源 hearty ：亲切的，友好的 heart,心，心脏，-y,形容词后缀。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• heart-throb 英文词源 heart-throb (n.) also heartthrob , 1821, "passion, affection;" 1839 in literal sense, "a beat of the heart," from heart (n.) + throb (n.). Of persons who inspire romantic feelings, from 1928; used 1910s of a quality that appeals to sentiment or emotion in newspapers, advertising, etc.. 中文词源 heart-throb ：大众情人 heart,心，心脏，throb,跳动，悸动。比喻用法。
• heartstrings 英文词源 heart-strings (n.) also heartstrings , late 15c., in old anatomy, "the tendons and nerves that brace the heart;" from heart (n.) + string (n.). Transferred and figurative sense "strongest affections, most intense feelings" is from 1590s. string (n.) Old English streng "line, cord, thread, string of a bow or harp," in plural "tackle, rigging; lineage, race," from Proto-Germanic *strang
• heart-stopping 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random aftermath aftermath: [16] Originally, and literally, an aftermath was a second crop of grass or similar grazing vegetation, grown after an earlier crop in the same season had been harvested. Already by the mid 17th century it had taken on the figurative connotations of ‘resulting condition’ which are today its only living se
• heart-searching 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random 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 assor
• heart-rending 英文词源 heart-rending (adj.) also heartrending , 1680s, from heart (n.) + present participle of rend (v.). Related: Heart-rendingly . 中文词源 heart-rending ：令人悲痛的 heart,心，心脏，rend,撕碎。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： heart-rending 词源， heart-rending 含义。
• heartland 英文词源 heartland (n.) also heart-land , 1904, first recorded in geo-political writings of English geographer H.J. MacKinder (1861-1947), from heart (n.) in figurative sense "center, core" + land (n.). 中文词源 heartland ：腹地，中心地带 heart,心，心脏，land,土地。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： heartland 词源， heartland 含义。
• hearthrug 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random stalwart stalwart: [14] The ancestor of stalwart was Old English stǣlwierthe . The second half of this compound adjective denoted ‘worth, worthy’, but the precise significance of the first element is not clear. It represents Old English stǣl ‘place’, perhaps used here in the metaphorical sense ‘stead’, so that etym
• hearth 英文词源 hearth hearth: [OE] Etymologically, hearth seems to mean ‘burning place’. It has been suggested that its West Germanic ancestor * kherthaz , which also produced German herd and Dutch haard , may be connected with Latin cremāre ‘burn’ (source of English cremate [19]) and Lithuanian kurti ‘heat’. = cremate hearth (n.) Old English heorð "hearth, fireplace, part of a floor o
• hearten 英文词源 hearten (v.) 1520s, "put heart into" (transitive), from heart (n.) in the figurative sense + -en (1). Intransitive sense "to cheer up" is from 1708. Related: Heartened ; heartening . Earlier verb was simply heart (Old English). 中文词源 hearten ：激励，鼓励 heart,心，心脏，-en,使。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hearten 词源，
• heartburn 英文词源 heartburn (n.) mid-13c., herte-brine "lust," later "burning sensation in the esophagus, indigestion" (mid-15c.); see heart (n.) + burn (n.). Compare cardiac for confusion of "heart" and "stomach." A Middle English alternative was herte-brenning "anger, bitterness" (c. 1400), also "heartburn" (mid-15c.). 中文词源 heartburn ：烧心，胃灼热 heart,心，心脏，burn,燃烧。即烧
• heartbeat 英文词源 bees knees (n.) 1923, a survivor of a fad around this year for slang terms denoting "excellence" and based on animal anatomy. Also existed in the more ribald form bee's nuts. Other versions that lasted through the century are cat's whiskers (1923), cat's pajamas, cat's meow. More obscure examples are canary's tusks, cat's nuts and flea's eyebrows. The fad still had a heartbeat in Brit
• heartache 英文词源 heart-ache (n.) also heartache , late Old English heort ece "physical pain in or near the heart;" from heart (n.) + ache (n.). Sense of "anguish of mind" is from c. 1600; Old English did, however, have heartsarnes "grief," literally "heart-soreness;" Middle English had herte-smerte "sorrow, contrition." 中文词源 heartache ：心痛，痛心 heart,心，心脏，ache,痛苦。 该词
• heart 英文词源 heart heart: [OE] Heart is part of a widespread Indo- European family of words for the ‘cardiac muscle’, which all go back to the common ancestor * kerd -. From it come Greek kardíā (source of English cardiac [17]), Latin cor (whence French coeur , Italian cuor , Spanish corazón , not to mention a wide range of English descendants, including concord , cordial , courage , quarry
• hearsay 英文词源 hearsay (n.) "information communicated by another, gossip," mid-15c., from phrase to hear say (Middle English heren seien , Old English herdon secgan ). The notion is "hear (some people) say;" from hear (v.) + say (v.). As an adjective from 1570s. Hearsay evidence (1670s) is that which the witness gives not from his own perception but what was told to him. Compare similar formation in
• hearken 英文词源 hearken (v.) late Old English heorcnian "to give ear, listen" (intransitive); hear with attention" (transitive), a suffixed form of *heorcian (root of hark ); from Proto-Germanic *hausjan (see hear ). Harken is the usual spelling in U.S. and probably is better justified by etymology; OED says preference for hearken in British use likely is from influence of hear . 中文词源 hearken
• hearing dog 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random shanty shanty: English has two distinct words shanty . The older, ‘shack’ [19], originated in America, and the fact that to begin with it was mainly used for the houses of Irish immigrants suggests that it may have come from Irish sean tig ‘old house’. Shanty ‘sailor’s song’ [19] probably comes from chantez , the i
• hear 英文词源 hear hear: [OE] The prehistoric Germanic verb for ‘hear’ was * khauzjan , which produced German hören , Dutch hooren , Swedish höra , Danish høre , and English hear . Some etymologists have suggested links with Greek akoúein ‘hear’ (source of English acoustic ), and also with Latin cavēre ‘beware’ and Russian chuvstvovat’ ‘feel, perceive’, but these have not bee
• heap 英文词源 heap heap: [OE] Heap is an ancient word, with still the odd non-Germanic relative surviving. Its immediate West Germanic ancestor was * khaupaz , which also produced Dutch hoop (the hope of English forlorn hope ), and forms such as German haufen ‘heap’ and Lithuanian kaupas ‘heap’, while not in exactly the same line of descent, point to a common Indo-European source. heap (n.)
• health 英文词源 health health: [OE] Etymologically, health is the ‘state of being whole’. The word was formed in prehistoric Germanic times from the adjective * khailaz , ancestor of modern English whole . To this was added the abstract noun suffix *- itha , producing * khailitha , whence English health . The verb heal [OE] comes from the same source. = heal , whole health (n.) Old English hælþ
• healer 英文词源 healer (n.) late Old English, "one who heals," especially "savior, Jesus," agent noun from heal (v.). As "a curative medicine" from late 14c. The usual Old English noun for Jesus as savior was hæland (Middle English healend ), a noun use of a present participle, being a rough translation of the name (see Joshua ) or of Latin salvator . 中文词源 healer ：治疗师 来自heal,治疗
• heal 英文词源 heal (v.) Old English hælan "cure; save; make whole, sound and well," from Proto-Germanic *hailjan (cognates: Old Saxon helian , Old Norse heila , Old Frisian hela , Dutch helen , German heilen , Gothic ga-hailjan "to heal, cure"), literally "to make whole," from PIE *kailo- "whole" (see health ). Intransitive sense from late 14c. Related: Healed ; healing . 中文词源 heal ：康复
• heady 英文词源 heady (adj.) late 14c., "headstrong, hasty, impetuous," from head (n.) + adj. suffix -y (2). First recorded 1570s in sense of "apt to go to the head." Related: Headily ; headiness . 中文词源 heady ：头脑兴奋的 head,头，-y,形容词后缀。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： heady 词源， heady 含义。
• headword 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random lurch lurch: English has two words lurch , both with rather obscure histories. The verb, ‘stagger’ [19], appears to come from an earlier lee-lurch , which in turn may have been an alteration of an 18th-century nautical term lee-latch , denoting ‘drifting to leeward’. The latch element may have come from French lâcher ‘
• headwind 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random native native: [14] Native is one of a large family of English words that go back ultimately to the Latin verb nāscī . This meant ‘be born’, and was a descendant of the Indo-European base * gen -, * gn - ‘produce’, which also gave English gene , general , generate , etc. From its past participial stem nāt - was formed
• headway 英文词源 headway (n.) c. 1300, "main road, highway," from Old English heafodweg ; see head (adj.) + way (n.). Sense of "motion forward" first attested 1748, short for ahead-way ; ultimately nautical (compare leeway ). 中文词源 headway ：进展 head,头，way,路。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： headway 词源， headway 含义。
• headwaters 英文词源 headwaters (n.) attested 1530s, then not again until 1792 (in descriptions of Kentucky), so possibly the modern word is a re-formation; see head (n.) "origin of a river" + water (n.1). 中文词源 headwaters ：河源，上游 head,头，waters,水流。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： headwaters 词源， headwaters 含义。
• heads-up 英文词源 heads-up (adj.) "clever, alert," 1926, from warning cry "heads up!" (i.e. "look up!"). As a noun, "a notification, a warning," by 1988. 中文词源 heads-up ：预先通知 原义为危险时发出的警告，抬头，提高警惕，后引申词义预先通知。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： heads-up 词源， heads-up 含义。
• headstrong 英文词源 headstrong (adj.) "determined to have one's way," late 14c., from head (n.) + strong . Compare Old English heafodbald "impudent," literally "head-bold." Strongheaded is attested from c. 1600. 中文词源 headstrong ：固执的，倔强的 head,头，strong,强壮的，强硬的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： headstrong 词源， headstrong 含义。
• headship 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random median median: see medium 中文词源 headship ：主管职位 head,头，-ship,抽象名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： headship 词源， headship 含义。
• headroom 英文词源 headroom (n.) "space above the head," 1851, from head (n.) + room (n.). 中文词源 headroom ：头上空间，净空高度 head,头，room,空间。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： headroom 词源， headroom 含义。
• headquarters 英文词源 headquarters (n.) "residence of a military commander," 1640s, from head (adj.) + quarters . Headquarter as a verb is recorded from 1838 (in Headquartered ). 中文词源 headquarters ：总部，大本营 head,头，quarters,营房，住所。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： headquarters 词源， headquarters 含义。 headquarters ：司令部，指
• headmaster 英文词源 headmaster (n.) principal of a school or seminary, 1570s, from head (adj.) + master (n.). 中文词源 headmaster ：校长 head,头，master,师傅。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： headmaster 词源， headmaster 含义。 headmaster ：校长  词根词缀： head首脑 + master男主人
• headlong 英文词源 headlong (adv.) late 14c., headling , also headlings , "headfirst (downward); headlong (forward); without thinking, hastily," from hed "head" (see head (n.)) + adverbial suffix -ling . Altered by c. 1400 to conform with sidelong , etc. Its true companions are now mostly obsolete: darkling , backling , flatling , etc. 中文词源 headlong ：头朝前的，莽撞的 head,头，-long,向
• headline 英文词源 headline (n.) 1670s, from head (n.) in sense "heading of a book or chapter" (c. 1200) + line (n.). Originally a printers' term for the line at the top of a page containing the title and page number; used of the lines that form the title of a newspaper article from 1890, and transferred unthinkingly to broadcast media. Headlinese "language peculiar to headlines" is from 1927. Headlines
• headland 英文词源 headland (n.) Old English heafod lond "strip of land left unplowed at the edge of a field to leave room for the plow to turn," naturally identified with boundaries; see head (n.) + land (n.). Meaning "high cape, promontory" is from 1520s. 中文词源 headland ：岬角 head,头，land,土地。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： headland 词源， h