英语词源

• headhunt 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random 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 bas
• headcount 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random suppurate suppurate: see pus 中文词源 headcount ：点名，人数统计 head,头，count,点。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： headcount 词源， headcount 含义。
• headcheese 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random corsair corsair: [15] Etymologically, a corsair is someone who goes on a ‘course’. Latin cursus (source of English course ) was a derivative of Latin currere ‘run’, and meant originally a ‘run’. From this it developed to ‘journey’ and ‘expedition’ to ‘hostile or predatory expedition’, and eventually to th
• headcase 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random this this: [OE] This is descended from the neuter form of the Old English demonstrative adjective and pronoun whose masculine form was thes . It was formed in the prehistoric Germanic period from the demonstrative base * tha - (source also of English that , there , etc) and a suffix *- se which had the function of indicating a s
• headbutt 英文词源 head-butt (n.) also headbutt , 1935, from head (n.) + noun from butt (v.). As a verb, by 1946. Related: Head-butting (1917 as a noun). 中文词源 headbutt ：故意用头撞 head,头，butt,撞，词源同beat. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： headbutt 词源， headbutt 含义。
• headbanger 英文词源 headbanger (n.) "devotee of heavy metal music," 1984, from head (n.) + agent noun from bang (v.). 中文词源 headbanger ：疯狂的人，愚蠢的人 head,头，bang,撞。俚语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： headbanger 词源， headbanger 含义。
• headache 英文词源 headache (n.) Old English heafodece ; see head (n.) + ache (n.). Colloquial sense of "troublesome problem" is first recorded 1934. Related: Headachy (1705). 中文词源 headache ：头痛 head,头，ache,痛苦。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： headache 词源， headache 含义。 headache ：头痛 词根词缀： head头部 + -ache痛
• head 英文词源 head head: [OE] The word head can be traced back ultimately to Indo-European * kauput -, * kaupet -, which probably had connotations of ‘bowl’ (as in ‘skull’) as well as ‘head’, although which came first is not clear. From it was descended prehistoric Germanic * khaubutham , * khaubitham , which produced German haupt , Dutch hoofd , Swedish huvud , and English head . A var
• he 英文词源 he he: [OE] He comes ultimately from a prehistoric Indo-European base * ki -, * ko -, which denoted in general terms ‘this, here’ (as opposed to ‘that, there’) and occurs in a number of modern English demonstrative pronouns and adverbs, such as here and hence . The most direct use of the demonstrative is for the ‘person or thing referred to’, and so * ki - has come down di
• hazy 英文词源 hazy (adj.) 1620s, hawsey , nautical, of unknown origin. Some connect it with German hase "hare," an animal which plays an important part in Germanic folklore, with many supernatural and unlucky aspects in medieval times (among the superstitions: a dead hare should not be brought aboard a fishing ship, and the word hare should not be spoken at sea). Another suggestion is Old English h
• hazelnut 英文词源 hazelnut (n.) also hazel-nut , Old English hæselhnutu ; see hazel + nut . Similar formation in Dutch hazelnoot , Old High German hasalnuz , German Haselnuss . 中文词源 hazelnut ：榛果 hazel,榛树，nut,坚果。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hazelnut 词源， hazelnut 含义。
• hazel 英文词源 hazel hazel: [OE] Hazel is a very ancient tree-name. It can be traced right back to Indo-European * kosolos or * koselos , which also produced French coudrier and Welsh collen . Its Germanic descendant was * khasalaz , from which come German hasel , Dutch hazel -, and Swedish and Danish hassel as well as English hazel . The earliest known use of the word to describe the colour of eyes
• hazing 英文词源 hazing (n.) "brutal initiation, act of abusing a newcomer," 1848, said to be a college word ("This word is used at Harvard College, to express the treatment which Freshmen sometimes receive from the higher classes, and especially from the Sophomores" -- "Collection of College Words and Customs," Boston, 1851), but perhaps originally nautical; see haze (v.). 中文词源 hazing ：受辱
• haze 英文词源 haze (v.) "subject (someone) to cruel horseplay," 1850, American English student slang, from earlier nautical sense of "harass with work, punish by keeping at unpleasant and unnecessary hard labor" (1840), perhaps from hawze "terrify, frighten, confound" (1670s), from Middle French haser "irritate, annoy" (mid-15c.), which is of unknown origin. Related: Hazed ; hazing . All hands were
• hazardous 英文词源 hazardous (adj.) 1580s, "venturesome;" 1610s, "perilous," from hazard (n.) + -ous or from Middle French hasardeux (16c.). 中文词源 hazardous ：危害的 来自hazard,危险，危害。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hazardous 词源， hazardous 含义。
• haywire 英文词源 haywire (n.) "soft wire for binding bales of hay," by 1891, from hay + wire (n.). Adjective meaning "poorly equipped, makeshift" is 1905, American English, from the sense of something held together only with haywire, particularly said to be from use of the stuff in New England lumber camps for jury-rigging and makeshift purposes, so that hay wire outfit became the "contemptuous term f
• haystack 英文词源 haystack (n.) mid-15c., from hay + stack (n.). 中文词源 haystack ：干草堆 hay,干草，stack,堆。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： haystack 词源， haystack 含义。
• hayride 英文词源 hay-ride (n.) also hayride , "a ride in a hay cart for pleasure or entertainment," 1878, from hay (n.) + ride (n.). 中文词源 hayride ：乘坐干草车出游 即乘坐干草铺就的马车出游，一种过去的交通方式。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hayride 词源， hayride 含义。
• hayloft 英文词源 hayloft (n.) storing place for hay in a stable or barn, 1570s, from hay + loft (n.). 中文词源 hayloft ：农舍顶部的干草棚 hay,干草，loft,阁楼。用于指古代农家放置草料的楼顶。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hayloft 词源， hayloft 含义。
• hay fever 英文词源 hay fever (n.) also hay-fever , 1825, from hay + fever . Also called summer catarrh (1828); not much noted before the 1820s, when it was sometimes derided as a "fashion" in disease. People are apt to sneeze, in hot weather for example; and people do not die of sneezing now-a-days, as they did in days that no one knows any thing about. We cannot give six draughts a-day, at one and nine
• hay 英文词源 hay hay: [OE] Etymologically, hay is ‘that which is cut down’. It comes ultimately from the prehistoric Germanic verb * khauwan , source also of English hew , which was formed from the Indo-European base * kou -, * kow -. From it was derived the noun * khaujam , which has become German hau , Dutch hooi , Swedish and Danish hä , and English hay – ‘grass cut down and dried’.
• hawthorn 英文词源 hawthorn hawthorn: [OE] The hawthorn appears to be etymologically the ‘hedgethorn’. Its first element, haw , which in Old English was haga , goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * khag -, which also produced English hedge and possibly haggard (German hagedorn , Dutch haagdoorn , and Swedish hagtorn share the same ancestry). The name of the tree’s fruit, haw [OE], is presumably ei
• hawser 英文词源 hawser (n.) "large rope used for mooring, towing, etc.," late 13c., from Anglo-French haucer , from Old French halcier , haucier , literally "hoister," from Vulgar Latin *altiare , alteration of Late Latin altare "make high," from altus "high" (see old ). Altered in English on mistaken association with hawse and perhaps haul . 中文词源 hawser ：船上的钢缆，缆索 来自古法
• hawkish 英文词源 hawkish (adj.) "hawk-like," by 1703, from hawk (n.) + -ish . Sense of "militaristic" is from 1965, from hawk in the transferred sense. 中文词源 hawkish ：鹰派的 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hawkish 词源， hawkish 含义。
• hawk-eyed 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random cocktail cocktail: [19] The origins of the word cocktail are mysterious. It first appeared (in America) in the first decade of the 19th century, roughly contemporary with cocktail meaning ‘horse with a cocked tail’ – that is, one cut short and so made to stick up like a cock’s tail – but whether the two words are conne
• hawker 英文词源 hawker (n.) "one who hunts with a hawk," Old English hafocere ; see hawk (n.) + -er (1). For sense "one who sells or peddles," see hawk (v.1). 中文词源 hawker ：小贩 来自低地德语hoken,扛在肩上叫卖，走街串巷，来自Proto-Germanic*huk,叫卖，词源同huckster. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hawker 词源， hawker 含义。
• hawk 英文词源 hawk hawk: English has three current words hawk . The oldest, denoting the bird of prey [OE], comes from a prehistoric West and North Germanic * khabukaz , which also produced German habicht , Dutch havik , Swedish hök , and Danish hög . Hawk ‘peddle’ [16] is a back-formation from hawker . This was probably borrowed from Low German höker , a derivative ultimately of Middle Low
• haw 英文词源 haw (n.) "enclosure," Old English haga "enclosure, fortified enclosure; hedge," from Proto-Germanic *hag- (cognates: Old Norse hagi , Old Saxon hago , German Hag "hedge;" Middle Dutch hage , Dutch haag , as in the city name The Hague ), from PIE root *kagh- "to catch seize; wickerwork fence" (see hedge (n.), and compare hag ). Meaning "fruit of the hawthorn bush" (Old English) is perh
• havoc 英文词源 havoc havoc: [15] The ancestry of havoc is a mystery, but it seems originally to have been an exclamation, probably Germanic, used as a signal to begin plundering. This was adopted into Old French as havot , which was used in the phrase crier havot ‘shout ‘havot’,’ hence ‘let loose destruction and plunder’. Havot became altered in Anglo-Norman to havok , the form in which
• haversack 英文词源 haversack haversack: [18] Etymologically, a haversack is a ‘bag for oats’. The word comes via French havresac from German habersack , a compound formed from the now dialectal haber ‘oats’ and sack ‘bag’. This denoted originally a bag used in the army for feeding oats to horses, but by the time it reached English it had broadened out to a ‘bag for soldiers’ provisions’
• haver 英文词源 haver (n.1) "oats," Northern English, late 13c., probably from Old Norse hafre , from Proto-Germanic *habron- (cognates: Old Norse hafri , Old Saxon havoro , Dutch haver , Old High German habaro , German Haber , Hafer ). Buck suggests it is perhaps literally "goat-food" and compares Old Norse hafr "he-goat." " Haver is a common word in the northern countries for oats." [Johnson] haver
• haven 英文词源 haven haven: [11] Etymologically, a haven is probably a ‘container’ for ships. The word appears to go back ultimately to Indo-European * kap -, source also of Latin capere ‘seize’ (whence English capable , capture , etc). This produced Old Norse höfn or hafn , which lies behind the modern Scandinavian words for ‘harbour’ (such as Swedish hamn and Danish havn ), and was bo
• have 英文词源 have have: [OE] Have and its Germanic cousins, German haben , Dutch hebben , Swedish ha , and Danish have , come from a prehistoric Germanic ancestor * khabēn . This was probably a product of Indo-European * kap -, which was also the source of English heave and Latin capere ‘seize’ (whence English capable , capture , etc). In all the Germanic languages it shares the function of d
• hauteur 英文词源 hauteur (n.) "a haughty bearing, arrogance of manner," 1620s, from French hauteur "haughtiness, arrogance," literally "height," from Old French hauture "height, loftiness; grandeur, majesty" (12c.), from haut (see haught ). 中文词源 hauteur ：高傲，傲慢 来自法语haut,高的，高等的，来自拉丁语altus,高的，词源同altitude,exalt.引申词义高傲，傲慢。 该
• haute cuisine 英文词源 haute cuisine (n.) 1829, French, literally "high(-class) cooking;" see haught + cuisine . Usually in italics until 1960s. 中文词源 haute cuisine ：高级烹饪 来自法语，haute,高等的，词源同haughty,cuisine,烹饪。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： haute cuisine 词源， haute cuisine 含义。
• haute couture 英文词源 haute couture "Expensive, fashionable clothes produced by leading fashion houses", French, literally 'high dressmaking'. 中文词源 haute couture ：高档女子时装 来自法语，haute,高等的，词源同haughty,couture,服装。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： haute couture 词源， haute couture 含义。
• Hausa 英文词源 Hausa "A member of a people of northern Nigeria and adjacent regions", The name in Hausa. 中文词源 Hausa ：豪萨语 一种非洲尼日利亚区域语言。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Hausa 词源， Hausa 含义。
• haunting 英文词源 haunting (adj.) late 14c., present participle adjective from haunt (v.). Middle English hauntingly meant "frequently;" sense of "so as to haunt one's thoughts or memory" is from 1859. 中文词源 haunting ：萦绕心头的，难忘的 来自huant,萦绕。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： haunting 词源， haunting 含义。
• haunted 英文词源 haunted (adj.) early 14c., "accustomed;" 1570s, "much-frequented;" past participle adjective from haunt (v.). Meaning "visited by ghosts" is from 1711; haunted house attested by 1733. 中文词源 haunted ：闹鬼的 来自haunt,鬼魂出没。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： haunted 词源， haunted 含义。
• haunt 英文词源 haunt haunt: [13] Etymologically, a ghost that haunts a building is only using the place as its ‘home’. The word’s distant ancestor is the prehistoric Germanic verb * khaimatjan , a derivative of the noun * khaimaz (source of English home ). This was borrowed by Old French as hanter ‘frequent a place’, and passed on to English as haunt . Its main modern supernatural meaning
• haunch 英文词源 haunch (n.) early 13c., from Old French hanche "hip, thigh; haunch" (12c.), from Frankish *hanka or a similar Germanic source (cognates: Old High German hinkan "to limp," ancha "leg," literally "joint;" Middle Dutch hanke "haunch"). "It is only since the 18th c. that the spelling haunch has displaced hanch " [OED]. Related: Haunches . 中文词源 haunch ：腰腿部 来自古法语an
• haulier 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random insure insure: [15] Insure and ensure [14] are ultimately the same word. And their common ancestor started out, in fact, as a variant of assure [14]. This came via Old French asseurer from Vulgar Latin * assēcūrāre , a compound verb formed from the Latin prefix ad - ‘to’ and the adjective sēcūrus ‘safe’ (source of E
• haulage 英文词源 haulage (n.) 1826, "action of hauling," from haul (v.) + -age . 中文词源 haulage ：货运费 来自haul,拖，拉，搬运。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： haulage 词源， haulage 含义。
• haul 英文词源 haul (v.) "pull or draw forcibly," 1580s, hall , variant of Middle English halen "to drag, pull" (see hale (v.)). Spelling with -au- or -aw- is from early 17c. Related: Hauled ; hauling . To haul off "pull back a little" before striking or otherwise acting is American English, 1802. haul (n.) 1660s, "act of pulling," from haul (v.). Meaning "something gained" is from 1776, a figurativ
• haughty 英文词源 haughty haughty: [16] To be haughty is to be ‘above oneself’, or, to put it another way, to be ‘on one’s high horse’. For etymologically, haughty means simply ‘high’. It is an alteration of an earlier, now dead English adjective haught , which was borrowed from Old French haut ‘high’, a descendant of Latin altus (whence English altitude ). = altitude haughty (adj.) "
• hatred 英文词源 hatred (n.) early 13c., from hate (v.) + rare suffix -red (indicating condition or state), from Old English ræden "state, condition," related to verb rædan "to advise, discuss, rule, read, guess." See read (v.) and compare the second element of kindred and proper names Æþelræd and Alfred . 中文词源 hatred ：厌恶，憎恨 hate,厌恶，-red,名词后缀，来自PIE*rei,考虑
• hateful 英文词源 hateful (adj.) mid-14c., "full of hate;" late 14c., "exciting hate;" from hate (n.) + -ful . Related: Hatefully ; hatefulness . 中文词源 hateful ：厌恶的 hate,厌恶，-ful,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hateful 词源， hateful 含义。 hateful ：可恨的 词根词缀： hate恨 + -ful
• hate 英文词源 hate hate: [OE] There are indications that the ancestral meaning of hate may have been a neutral ‘strong feeling’ rather than the positive ‘dislike’. It has been traced to a prehistoric Indo-European * k ə des -, amongst whose other descendants were Greek kedos , which meant ‘care, anxiety, grief’, and Old Irish caiss , which meant ‘love’ as well as ‘hate’. It is
• hatchway 英文词源 hatchway (n.) "square or oblong opening in the deck of a ship," 1620s, from hatch (n.) + way (n.). 中文词源 hatchway ：舱门，舱口 hatch,舱门，way,方向，道路。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hatchway 词源， hatchway 含义。
• hatchling 英文词源 hatchling (n.) "newly hatched creature," 1854, from hatch (v.1) + diminutive suffix -ling . 中文词源 hatchling ：刚出壳的雏鸟 hatch,孵化，-ling,小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hatchling 词源， hatchling 含义。
• hatchet man 英文词源 hatchet man "A person employed to carry out controversial or disagreeable tasks, such as the dismissal of a number of people from employment", Late 19th century (originally US): figuratively, from an early use denoting a hired Chinese assassin. 中文词源 hatchet man ：受雇进行不受欢迎的改革的人 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hat
• hatchet job 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random denigrate denigrate: [16] To denigrate people is literally to ‘blacken’ them. The word comes from Latin dēnigrāre ‘blacken’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix dē - and niger ‘black’. This adjective, which is of unknown origin, also produced French noir ‘black’ and Italian nero ‘black’, and i
• hatchet 英文词源 hatchet (n.) c. 1300 (mid-12c. in surnames), "small axe with a short handle," designed to be used by one hand, from Old French hachete "small combat-axe, hatchet," diminutive of hache "axe, battle-axe, pickaxe," possibly from Frankish *happja or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *hapjo- (cognates: Old High German happa "sickle, scythe"), from PIE root *kop- "to beat, str
• hatchery 英文词源 hatchery (n.) 1875, from hatch (v.1) + -ery . 中文词源 hatchery ：孵化场 hatch,孵化，-ery,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hatchery 词源， hatchery 含义。
• hatchback 英文词源 hatchback type of rear door of an automobile, 1970, from hatch (n.) + back (n.). 中文词源 hatchback ：掀背式汽车 hatch,舱门，盖子，back,后面。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hatchback 词源， hatchback 含义。
• hatch 英文词源 hatch (v.1) early 13c., hachen , "to produce young from eggs by incubation," probably from an unrecorded Old English *hæccan , of unknown origin, related to Middle High German, German hecken "to mate" (used of birds). Meaning "to come forth from an egg," also "cause to come forth from an egg" are late 14c. Figurative use (of plots, etc.) is from early 14c. Related: Hatched ; hatching
• hat trick 英文词源 hat trick (n.) in the sports sense, 1879, originally in cricket, "taking three wickets on three consecutive deliveries;" extended to other sports c. 1909, especially ice hockey ("In an earlier contest we had handed Army a 6-2 defeat at West Point as Billy Sloane performed hockey's spectacular 'hat trick' by scoring three goals" ["Princeton Alumni Weekly," Feb. 10, 1941]). So called al
• hat 英文词源 hat hat: [OE] Hat and hood are ultimately the same word, and denote literally ‘head-covering’. Both go back to Indo-European * kadh - ‘cover, protect’, which in the case of hat produced a Germanic derivative * khadnús , later * khattus . This was the source of English hat , and also of Swedish hatt and Danish hat (German hutt and Dutch hoed ‘hat’ are more closely related
• hasty 英文词源 hasty (adj.) mid-14c., "early; demanding haste, urgent; quick-tempered, angry;" late 14c. "speedy, swift, quick," by 1500s, from haste (n.) + -y (2); replacing or nativizing earlier hastif (c. 1300) "eager, impetuous," from Old French hastif "speedy, rapid; forward, advanced; rash, impetuous" (12c., Modern French hâtif ), from haste (see haste (n.)). Meaning "requiring haste" is late
• hasten 英文词源 hasten (v.) 1560s, transitive and intransitive, extended form of haste (v.) with -en (1). Related: Hastened ; hastening . 中文词源 hasten ：匆忙，加快 来自haste,仓促，匆忙，-en,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hasten 词源， hasten 含义。 hasten ：赶快，催促 词根词缀： haste匆忙(e略) + -en
• haste 英文词源 haste haste: [13] Haste is a Germanic word, but English acquired it through Old French. The furthest back it can be traced is to a prehistoric West Germanic * khaistiz , which produced such now defunct offspring as Old English hǣst ‘violence’ and Old High German heisti ‘powerful’. Its survival is due to its acquisition by Old French as haste , which not only gave English the
• hassock 英文词源 hassock (n.) Old English hassuc "clump of grass, coarse grass," of unknown origin. Sense of "thick cushion" is first recorded 1510s, with the likely connection being the perceived similarity of a kneeling cushion and a tuft of grass. Related: Hassocky . 中文词源 hassock ：脚垫，跪垫 来自古英语hassuc,草丛。引申词义厚垫子，跪垫等。 该词的英语词源请访
• hassle 英文词源 hassle (n.) "fuss, trouble," 1945, American English (in "Down Beat" magazine), perhaps from U.S. Southern dialectal hassle "to pant, breathe noisily" (1928), of unknown origin; or perhaps from hatchel "to harass" (1800), which may be a variant of hazel , the name of the plant that furnished switches for whippings. Noted in 1946 as a show biz vogue word. hassle (v.) 1951, from hassle (
• hassium 英文词源 hassium "The chemical element of atomic number 108, a very unstable element made by high-energy atomic collisions", Modern Latin, from Latin Hassias 'Hesse' (the German state); it was discovered in Darmstadt in 1984. 中文词源 hassium ：化学元素（钅黑，第108号元素） 来自德国地名Hessen州，因该金属元素首次合成于该地Darmstadt研究所而得名，词源
• hasp 英文词源 hasp (n.) Old English hæpse "fastening, clip," with later Old English metathesis of -p- and -s- . Related to Old Norse hespa "hasp, fastening," Middle Dutch, German haspe "clamp, hinge, hook," but all are of uncertain origin. The meaning "a quantity of yarn" is from c. 1400 but perhaps not the same word. 中文词源 hasp ：挂锁搭扣 词源不详。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• Hasidism 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random gossamer gossamer: [14] It would be pleasant to think that gossamer , originally ‘fine cobwebs’, is a descendant of an earlier goose-summer , but unfortunately there is not enough evidence to make this more than a conjecture. The theory goes as follows: mid-autumn is a time when geese for the table are plentiful (November wa
• hashish 英文词源 hashish (n.) also hasheesh , 1590s, from Arabic hashish "powdered hemp," extended from sense "herbage, hay," from hashsha "it became dry, it dried up." 中文词源 hashish ：大麻麻醉剂 来自阿拉伯语hashish,大麻粉，一种令人产生麻醉和感受不到疼痛的草药。在13世纪时，穆斯林神秘的杀手集团“山中老人”用该草药来使执行谋杀任务的
• hash browns 英文词源 hash (v.) 1650s, "to hack, chop into small pieces," from French hacher "chop up" (14c.), from Old French hache "ax" (see hatchet ). Hash browns (1926) is short for hashed browned potatoes (1886), with the -ed omitted, as in mash potatoes . The hash marks on a football field were so called by 1954, from their similarity to hash marks , armed forces slang for "service stripes on the sle
• hash 英文词源 hash (v.) 1650s, "to hack, chop into small pieces," from French hacher "chop up" (14c.), from Old French hache "ax" (see hatchet ). Hash browns (1926) is short for hashed browned potatoes (1886), with the -ed omitted, as in mash potatoes . The hash marks on a football field were so called by 1954, from their similarity to hash marks , armed forces slang for "service stripes on the sle
• harvest 英文词源 harvest harvest: [OE] The idea underlying the word harvest is of ‘plucking, gathering, cropping’ – it comes ultimately from Indo-European * karp -, which also produced Greek karpós ‘fruit, crop, harvest’ (whence English carpel [19]) and Latin carpere ‘pluck’ (source of English carpet , excerpt , and scarce ) – but its original meaning in English was ‘time of gatheri
• Harvard 英文词源 Harvard U.S. college named for John Harvard (1607-1638), Puritan immigrant minister who bequeathed half his estate and 260 books to the yet-unorganized college that had been ordered by the Massachusetts colonial government. The surname is cognate with Hereward , Old English hereweard , literally "army guard." 中文词源 Harvard ：哈佛大学 来自哈佛大学的创始人17世纪清
• harum-scarum 英文词源 harum-scarum (adv.) 1670s ( harum-starum ), probably a rhyming compound of obsolete hare (v.) "harry" + scare (v.), with 'um as a reduced form of them , the whole perhaps meant to be mock Latin. As an adjective from 1751; as a noun, "reckless person," from 1784. 中文词源 harum-scarum ：鲁莽的，莽撞的 可能来自harum,骚扰，侵扰，词源同harry,scarum,害怕，词源同
• hart 英文词源 hart (n.) Old English heorot "hart, stag, male of the red deer," from Proto-Germanic *herutaz (cognates: Old Saxon hirot , Old Frisian and Dutch hert "stag, deer," Old High German hiruz , Old Norse hjörtr , German Hirsch "deer, stag, hart"), perhaps from PIE *keru- , extended form of root *ker- (1) "horn" (see horn (n.)). In later times, a male deer after its fifth year, when the cro
• harsh 英文词源 harsh harsh: [16] Harsh originally meant ‘hairy’. Its ancestor, Middle Low German harsch , was a derivative of the noun haer ‘hair’, and its exact English equivalent would have been hairish . By the time English acquired it, it had broadened out in meaning to ‘rough’, both literally and figuratively. harsh (adj.) originally of texture, "hairy," 1530s, probably from Middle
• harry 英文词源 harry harry: [OE] Etymologically, to harry is to ‘go on a raid as an army does’. The word comes ultimately from prehistoric Germanic * kharjaz , which meant ‘crowd of people’ and also ‘army’ (it also produced English harangue , harbinger , harbour , and harness ). From it was formed the verb * kharōjan , which passed into Old English as hergian . This developed into moder
• harrumph 英文词源 harrumph representing the sound of clearing the throat or a disapproving noise, 1918, imitative. Related: Harrumphed ; harrumphing . 中文词源 harrumph ：干咳 干咳声。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： harrumph 词源， harrumph 含义。
• harrowing 英文词源 harrowing (adj.) "extremely distressing, painful," 1799 (implied in harrowingly ), from present participle of harrow (v.). 中文词源 harrowing ：令人肠断的 来自harrow,靶，耙地。引申词义伤口上撒盐的，令人伤心的，最早来自17世纪莎士比亚的使用。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： harrowing 词源， harrowing 含义。
• harrow 英文词源 harrow (n.) agricultural implement, heavy wooden rake, c. 1300, haru , probably from an unrecorded Old English *hearwa , apparently related to Old Norse harfr "harrow," and perhaps connected with harvest (n.). Or possibly from hergian (see harry (v.)). harrow (v.1) "to drag a harrow over, break or tear with a harrow," c. 1300, from harrow (n.). In the figurative sense of "wound the fe
• harrier 英文词源 harrier harrier: see hare harrier (n.) "small hunting dog," 1540s, from Middle English hayrer (c. 1400), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Middle French errier "wanderer" [Barnhart], or associated with hare (n.), which they would have hunted. Influenced by harry (v.). The hawk genus (1550s) is from harry (v.). 中文词源 harrier ：鹞 来自harry,侵扰，侵略。用于指鹞鹰。
• harridan 英文词源 harridan (n.) 1700, "one that is half Whore, half Bawd" ["Dictionary of the Canting Crew"]; "a decayed strumpet" [Johnson], probably from French haridelle "a poore tit, or leane ill-favored jade," [Cotgrave's French-English dictionary, 1611], attested in French from 16c., a word of unknown origin. 中文词源 harridan ：泼妇 词源不详，可能来自法语haridelle,老马。引申
• harpsichord 英文词源 harpsichord harpsichord: [17] Harpsichord means literally ‘harp-string’. Harp [OE] is a Germanic word. It comes from a prehistoric West and North Germanic * kharpōn , which also produced German harfe , Dutch harp , and Swedish harpa , and was borrowed into the Romance languages via late Latin harpa (its Italian descendant, arpa , gave English arpeggio [18]). When the harpsichord
• harpoon 英文词源 harpoon (v.) 1747, from harpoon (n.). Related: Harpooned ; harpooning . Agent-noun form harpooner is from 1726; harpooneer from 1610s. harpoon (n.) 1610s, from French harpon , from Old French harpon "cramp iron, clamp, clasp" (described as a mason's tool for fastening stones together), from harper "to grapple, grasp," which is of uncertain origin. It is possibly of Germanic origin; or
• harp 英文词源 harp (n.) Old English hearpe "harp, stringed musical instrument played with the fingers," from Proto-Germanic *harpon- (cognates: Old Saxon harpa "instrument of torture;" Old Norse harpa , Dutch harp , Old High German harpfa , German Harfe "harp") of uncertain origin. Late Latin harpa , source of words in some Romanic languages (Italian arpa , Spanish arpa , French harpe ), is a borro
• harness 英文词源 harness harness: [13] Etymologically, harness is ‘equipment for an army’. It comes via Old French herneis ‘military equipment’ from an unrecorded Old Norse * hernest , a compound formed from herr ‘army’ (a descendant of prehistoric Germanic * kharjaz ‘crowd’ and related to English harangue , harbinger , harbour , and harry ) and nest ‘provisions’. English took it o
• harmonium 英文词源 harmonium (n.) keyboard instrument, a kind of reed-organ popular late 19c. in homes and smaller churches, 1847, from French harmonium , from Greek harmonia (see harmony ). Harmonium-like instruments predate the improved version patented 1840 in France by Alexandre Debain, who gave it the name. 中文词源 harmonium ：簧风琴 来自harmony,和谐，和声。用于乐器名。 该词的
• harmonica 英文词源 harmonica (n.) 1762, coined by Ben Franklin as the name for a glass harmonica, from Latin fem. of harmonicus (see harmonic ); modern sense of "reeded mouth organ" is 1873, American English, earlier harmonicon (1825). 中文词源 harmonica ：口琴 来自harmony,和谐，和声。用于乐器名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： harmonica 词源， harmonica 含
• harmonic 英文词源 harmonic (adj.) 1560s, "relating to music," from Latin harmonicus , from Greek harmonikos "harmonic, musical, skilled in music," from harmonia (see harmony ). From 1660s as "tuneful, harmonious; relating to harmony" (earlier as armonical "tuneful, harmonious," c. 1500). The noun, short for harmionic tone , is recorded from 1777. Related: Harmonically . 中文词源 harmonic ：和声的
• harm 英文词源 harm harm: [OE] The ideas of ‘physical damage’ and ‘grief’ are intimately associated in the word harm : indeed, until the early 17th century it had both meanings, and its relatives, German and Swedish harm , mean exclusively ‘grief’. It appears to be related to Russian sram ‘shame, scandal’, but its ultimate ancestry is not known. harm (n.) Old English hearm "hurt, pai
• harlot 英文词源 harlot harlot: [13] The use of harlot for ‘prostitute’ is a comparatively recent development in the word’s history. It originally meant ‘tramp, beggar’, and did not come to mean ‘prostitute’ until the 15th century. It was borrowed from Old French harlot or herlot ‘vagabond’, a word of unknown ancestry with relatives in Italian ( arlotto ) and Provençal ( arlot ). ha
• Harlequin 英文词源 harlequin harlequin: [16] Harlequin, a brightly-clad character in the Italian commedia dell’arte, has a murky history. He seems to have originated in a mythical figure known in Old French as Herlequin or Hellequin , who was the leader of a ghostly troop of horsemen who rode across the sky at night. And Herlequin could well be a later incarnation of King Herla (in Old English Herla c