英语词源

• hark 英文词源 hark (v.) c. 1200, from Old English *heorcian "to hearken, listen," perhaps an intensive form from base of hieran (see hear ). Compare talk / tale . Cognate with Old Frisian harkia "listen," Middle Dutch horken , Old High German horechon , German horchen . Used as a hunting cry to call attention. To hark back (1817) originally referred to hounds returning along a track when the scent
• haricot 英文词源 haricot "A French bean of a variety with small white seeds", Mid 17th century: French, perhaps from Aztec ayacotli . 中文词源 haricot ：芸豆，扁豆 词源不详，可能来自南美土著语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： haricot 词源， haricot 含义。
• harem 英文词源 harem harem: [17] Etymologically, Arabic harīm is a ‘forbidden place’. It is a derivative of the verb harama ‘prohibit’ (whence also harmattan , literally ‘the forbidden one’, the name of a dry dusty Saharan wind). Hence it came to be applied to a part of a Muslim house reserved for women, and by extension to the women who lived there – the wives and concubines of the m
• harelip 英文词源 harelip "Another term for cleft lip", Mid 16th century: from a perceived resemblance to the mouth of a hare. 中文词源 harelip ：兔唇 hare,野兔，lip,唇。一种生下来就嘴唇破开的病症，含冒犯意，现多用cleft lip. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： harelip 词源， harelip 含义。
• Hare Krishna 英文词源 Hare Krishna (adj.) 1970, from the title of a Hindu chant or mantra, from Hindi hare "O God!" + Krishna , name of an incarnation of the god Vishnu. 中文词源 Hare Krishna ：克里须那教徒 来自印度语，hare,神啊，Krishna,印度教主神Vishnu的第八个化身，其事迹详见于印度史诗《摩诃婆罗多》，类似于中国的观世音菩萨。参照印度电影《
• hare-brained 英文词源 hare-brained (adj.) also harebrained , 1540s, from hare-brain "giddy or reckless person" (1540s), probably from hare (n.), on notion of "flighty, skittish." 中文词源 hare-brained ：疯狂的，轻率的 比喻用法。比较bird-brained. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hare-brained 词源， hare-brained 含义。
• harebell 英文词源 harebell "A widely distributed bellflower with slender stems and pale blue flowers in late summer", Middle English: probably so named because it is found growing in places frequented by hares. 中文词源 harebell ：圆叶风铃草 据说是因为生长于野兔频繁出没之地且形如倒挂的金钟而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： harebell 词源
• hare 英文词源 hare hare: [OE] The hare seems originally to have been named from its colour. The word comes from prehistoric West and North Germanic * khason , which also produced German hase , Dutch haas , and Swedish and Danish hare , and if as has been suggested it is related to Old English hasu ‘grey’ and Latin cascus ‘old’, its underlying meaning would appear to be ‘grey animal’ (ju
• hardy 英文词源 hardy (adj.) c. 1200, "bold, daring, fearless," also "presumptuous, audacious," from Old French hardi "bold, brave, courageous; confident, presumptuous," from past participle of hardir "to harden, be or make bold," from Frankish *hardjan "to make hard" (cognates: Old Frisian herda , Old High German herten , Old Norse herða , Gothic gahardjan "make hard"), from Proto-Germanic *hardu-
• hardware 英文词源 hardware (n.) mid-15c., "small metal goods," from hard (adj.) + ware (n.). In the sense of "physical components of a computer" it dates from 1947. Hardware store attested by 1789. 中文词源 hardware ：硬件 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hardware 词源， hardware 含义。 hardware ：五金，金属制品；硬件 词根词缀： hard硬的
• hardship 英文词源 hardship (n.) c. 1200, "quality of being hard" (obsolete), from hard (adj.) + -ship . Meaning "disadvantage, suffering, privation" is c. 1400. 中文词源 hardship ：艰难，困苦 hard,艰难的，-ship,抽象名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hardship 词源， hardship 含义。 hardship ：艰难，困苦 词根词缀： hard艰难的,困苦的
• hardscrabble 英文词源 hardscrabble (n.) in popular use from c. 1826 as a U.S. colloquial name for any barren or impoverished place "where a livelihood may be obtained only under great hardship and difficulty" [OED]; from hard (adj.) + noun from scrabble (v.). Noted in 1813 as a place-name in New York state; first recorded in journals of Lewis and Clark (1804) as the name of a prairie. Perhaps the original
• hardly 英文词源 hardly (adv.) c. 1200, "in a hard manner, with great exertion or effort," from Old English heardlice "sternly, severely, harshly; bravely; excessively" (see hard (adj.) + -ly (2)). Hence "assuredly, certainly" (early 14c.). Main modern sense of "barely, just" (1540s) reverses this, via the intermediate meaning "not easily, with trouble" (early 15c.). Formerly with superficial negative
• hard-luck story 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random grizzle grizzle: [18] Grizzle ‘whine, complain’ is a bit of a puzzle. It has no obvious ancestor, and it is tempting to conclude that it originated as an ironic allusion to ‘patient Griselda’ (popularly Grizel from the 14th to the 19th centuries), the proverbial meek, uncomplaining wife. Against this it has to be said th
• hard line 英文词源 do-gooder (n.) "a person who seeks to correct social ills in an idealistic, but usually impractical or superficial, way," 1650s (as do-good ), in "Zootomia, or Observations on the Present Manners of the English: Briefly Anatomizing the Living by the Dead. With An Usefull Detection of the Mountebanks of Both Sexes," written by Richard Whitlock, a medical doctor. Probably used even then
• harden 英文词源 harden (n.) c. 1200, transitive, "make (something) hard," from hard (adj.) + -en (1). Intransitive meaning "to become hard" is late 14c. The earlier verb was simply hard , from Old English heardian . Related: Hardened ; hardening . 中文词源 harden ：使变硬 来自hard,硬的，-en,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： harden 词源， harden 含义。 ha
• hard-earned 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random burke burke: [19] In present-day English burke means ‘avoid’, as in ‘burke an issue’, but it can be traced back semantically via ‘suppress, hush up’ to ‘suffocate so as to provide a body for surgical dissection’. In this sense it was a macabre adoption of the name of William Burke (1792– 1829), an Irishman who
• hard copy 英文词源 hard (adj.) Old English heard "solid and firm, not soft," also, "difficult to endure, carried on with great exertion," also, of persons, "severe, rigorous, harsh, cruel," from Proto-Germanic *hardu- (cognates: Old Saxon hard , Old Frisian herd , Dutch hard , Old Norse harðr "hard," Old High German harto "extremely, very," German hart , Gothic hardus "hard"), from PIE *kortu- (cognate
• hardbitten 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random consecutive consecutive: see sequence 中文词源 hardbitten ：久经磨难而变得坚强的 hard,艰难的，磨难的，bitten,咬。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hardbitten 词源， hardbitten 含义。
• hardback 英文词源 hardback (n.) "type of book bound in stiff boards," 1954, from hard (adj.) + back (n.). 中文词源 hardback ：精装书 hard,硬的，back,背。用于指精装硬壳书。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hardback 词源， hardback 含义。
• hard 英文词源 hard hard: [OE] Hard comes ultimately from a prehistoric Indo-European * krátus , which denoted ‘power, strength’. This original meaning was carried over into Greek krátos ‘strength, power, authority’ (source of the ending - cracy in such English words as democracy and plutocracy ), but the Germanic languages took it over mainly in the sense ‘resistant to physical pressure’
• harbor 英文词源 harbor (n.) "lodging for ships; sheltered recess in a coastline," early 12c., a specialized sense of Middle English herberwe "temporary dwelling place, quarters, lodgings; an inn; the camp of an army in the field," probably from Old English here-beorg (West Saxon), *here-berg (Anglian) "lodgings, quarters," from Proto-Germanic compound *harja-bergaz "shelter, lodgings," from *heri "ar
• harbinger 英文词源 harbinger harbinger: [12] Originally, a harbinger was simply someone who provided ‘harbour’ – that is, ‘shelter, lodging’. The word began life as a derivative of Old French herberge ‘lodging’, a borrowing from heriberga , the Old Saxon equivalent of Old English herebeorg (whence modern English harbour ). English acquired it as herbergere , and the n did not put in an app
• harass 英文词源 harass (v.) 1610s, "to lay waste, devastate" (obsolete); 1620s, "to vex by repeated attacks," from French harasser "tire out, vex" (16c.), which is of uncertain origin; possibly from Old French harer "stir up, provoke; set a dog on," and perhaps blended with Old French harier "to harry, draw, drag" [Barnhart]. Related: Harassed ; harassing . 中文词源 harass ：侵扰，骚扰 来自
• harangue 英文词源 harangue harangue: [15] The original notion underlying harangue may have been of a large group of people crowded round, with the idea of ‘addressing’ them only developing later. The word comes via Old French harangue from medieval Latin harenga , and it has been speculated that this was perhaps acquired from a prehistoric Germanic * kharikhring - ‘assembly’, a compound of * kh
• hara-kiri 英文词源 hara-kiri hara-kiri: [19] Hara-kiri is a Japanese form of ritual suicide, now little practised, involving disembowelment. The term, which means literally ‘belly-cutting’, is a relatively colloquial one in Japanese; the more dignified expression is seppuku , literally ‘cut open the stomach’. hara-kiri (n.) "suicide by disembowelment," 1856, from Japanese, literally "belly-cutti
• haptic 英文词源 haptic (adj.) "pertaining to the sense of touch," 1890, from Greek haptikos "able to come into contact with," from haptein "to fasten" (see apse ). 中文词源 haptic ：触觉的 来自希腊语haptein,系牢，系紧，来自PIE*ap,抓住，达到，词源同apt,adept.引申词义触觉的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： haptic 词源， haptic 含义。
• happy-clappy 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random fluent fluent: see flux 中文词源 happy-clappy ：基督教祈祷仪式等热情过头的 happy,高兴的，clappy,拍掌的。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： happy-clappy 词源， happy-clappy 含义。
• happy 英文词源 happy happy: [14] The Old and Middle English word for ‘happy’ was what in modern English has become silly . This began to change its meaning around the 15th century, and obviously an opportunity began to open up for an adjective expressing ‘contentment’ (as opposed to positive ‘joy’, denoted then by glad , fain , and joyful ). The gap was partly filled by a weakening in th
• happenstance 英文词源 happenstance (n.) 1855, from happening + ending from circumstance . 中文词源 happenstance ：偶然情况 happen,发生，-stance,情况，来自circumstance.引申词义偶然情况。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： happenstance 词源， happenstance 含义。
• happen 英文词源 happen happen: [14] Surprisingly for such a common verb, happen is a comparatively recent addition to the English language. Old English had a number of verbs denoting ‘occurrence’, all long since defunct, including gelimpan and gescēon , and in the 13th century befall began to be used for ‘happen’, but the first signs we see of the coming of happen are when English acquired t
• haploid 英文词源 haploid (adj.) "having a single set of unpaired chromosomes," 1908, from German haploid (Strasburger, 1905), from Greek haploos "single, simple" (see haplo- ) + -ploid , from comb. form of ploos "fold" (see fold (v.)) + -oid . 中文词源 haploid ：单倍体 来自希腊语haplos,单个的，单倍的，词源可能同simple,-oid,类，相似。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• hapless 英文词源 hapless (adj.) "unfortunate, luckless," c. 1400, from hap (n.) in the sense "good luck" + -less . Related: Haplessly ; haplessness . 中文词源 hapless ：不幸的 hap,运气，机会，-less,没有。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hapless 词源， hapless 含义。 hapless ：倒霉的，不幸的 词根词缀： hap机会,运气 + -less形容词词尾,否定
• haphazard 英文词源 haphazard (adj.) "characterized by randomness, chance, accidental," 1670s, from noun meaning "a chance, accident" (1570s), from hap (n.) "chance, luck" + hazard (n.) "risk, danger, peril." Related: Haphazardly . 中文词源 haphazard ：杂乱的，随意的 hap,发生，运气，机会，hazard,风险，危害。即运气不好的，处于危险的，引申词义杂乱的，随意的。
• hap 英文词源 hap (n.) c. 1200, "chance, a person's luck, fortune, fate;" also "unforeseen occurrence," from Old Norse happ "chance, good luck," from Proto-Germanic *hap- (source of Old English gehæp "convenient, fit"), from PIE *kob- "to suit, fit, succeed" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic kobu "fate, foreboding, omen," Old Irish cob "victory"). Meaning "good fortune" in English is from early 13c.
• Hanukkah 英文词源 Hanukkah see Chanukah . 中文词源 Hanukkah ：修殿节，光明节 来自希伯来语hanukkah,奉献，献祭，祭祀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Hanukkah 词源， Hanukkah 含义。
• hansom 英文词源 hansom hansom: [19] The hansom cab, the taxi of the second half of the 19th century, was the brainchild of James Aloysius Hansom (1803– 82), an architect, whose other main claim to fame is that he designed Birmingham town hall. In 1834 he took out a patent for a Safety Cab, which included many features incorporated into the hansom cab when it came into general use in the late 1840s.
• Hansard 英文词源 Hansard "The official record of debates in the British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, or South African parliament", Late 19th century: named after Thomas C. Hansard (1776–1833), an English printer whose company originally printed it. 中文词源 Hansard ：英国议会记事录 来自19世纪伦敦出版商人Luke Hansard,因这家公司从1829年开始为英国议会出版记事
• hanky-panky 英文词源 hanky-panky (n.) also hanky panky , 1841, "trickery," British slang, possibly a variant of hoky-poky "deception, fraud," altered from hocus-pocus . 中文词源 hanky-panky ：欺骗，花招 俚语词，可能来自hocus-pocus变体。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hanky-panky 词源， hanky-panky 含义。 hanky-panky ：把戏，骗术，欺诈 这是个重迭
• hanky 英文词源 hanky "A handkerchief", Late 19th century: abbreviation. 中文词源 hanky ：手帕 来自handkerchief口语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hanky 词源， hanky 含义。
• hankering 英文词源 hankering (n.) "mental craving," 1660s, verbal noun from hanker . 中文词源 hankering ：强烈欲望 来自hanker,渴望。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hankering 词源， hankering 含义。
• hanker 英文词源 hanker (v.) c. 1600, "linger in expectation;" 1640s, "have a longing or craving for," of unknown origin. Probably from Flemish hankeren , related to Dutch hunkeren "to hanker, to long for," which is perhaps an intensive or frequentative of Middle Dutch hangen "to hang" (see hang (v.)). If so, the notion is of "lingering about" with longing or craving. Compare English hang (v.) in hang
• hank 英文词源 hank hank: see hook hank (n.) late 13c., "a loop of rope" (in nautical use), probably from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse hönk "a hank, coil," hanki "a clasp (of a chest);" ultimately related to hang (v.). From 1550s as a length of yarn or thread. 中文词源 hank ：线团 可能来自hang,悬挂，悬挂的线团。引申词义线团，词义演变比较hackles,pork. 该词
• hang-up 英文词源 hang up (v.) c. 1300, "suspend (something) so that it is supported only from above;" see hang (v.) + up (adv.); telephone sense by 1911. The noun hang-up "psychological fixation" is first attested 1959, from notion of being suspended in one place. 中文词源 hang-up ：忧虑，焦急 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hang-up 词源， hang-up 含义
• hangover 英文词源 hangover (n.) also hang-over , 1894, "a survival, a thing left over from before," from hang (v.) + over . Meaning "after-effect of excessive drinking" is attested by 1902, American English, on notion of something left over from the night before. 中文词源 hangover ：沿袭下来的风俗，宿醉 比喻用法。参照电影《宿醉》。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• hang-out 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random antelope antelope: [15] Antelope comes from medieval Greek antholops . In the Middle Ages it was applied to an outlandish but figmentary beast, in the words of the Oxford English Dictionary , ‘haunting the banks of the Euphrates, very savage, hard to catch, having long saw-like horns with which they cut in pieces and broke all
• hangnail 英文词源 hangnail (n.) also hang-nail , 1670s, probably folk etymology alteration (as if from hang (v.) + (finger) nail ) of Middle English agnail , angnail , from Old English agnail , angnail "a corn on the foot," perhaps literally a "painful spike" (in the flesh), from Proto-Germanic *ang- "compressed, hard, painful" (from PIE *angh- "tight, painfully constricted, painful;" see anger ) + Old
• hangman 英文词源 hangman (n.) public executioner, mid-14c. (mid-13c. as a surname), from hang (v.) + man (n.). As the name of a spelling game, by 1951. Hangestere "female executioner" is found mid-15c. 中文词源 hangman ：刽子手 hang,绞刑，绞杀，man,人。引申词义刽子手。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hangman 词源， hangman 含义。
• hanging valley 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random cascara cascara: see concussion 中文词源 hanging valley ：悬谷 hanging,悬挂，valley,山谷。地理学名词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hanging valley 词源， hanging valley 含义。
• hanging 英文词源 hanging (n.) c. 1300, "act of putting to death on the gallows," verbal noun from hang (v.). Meaning "piece of drapery on the wall of a room" is late 15c. Hangings "curtains, tapestry" is from 1640s. hanging (adj.) late 12c., present participle adjective from hang (v.). Hanging gardens (of Babylon), one of the wonders of the world, is Latin pensiles horti , Greek kremastoi kepoi . Hang
• hanger-on 英文词源 hanger (n.) early 15c., "one who hangs (something)," especially "executioner," later also "one who chooses pictures for an exhibition;" agent noun from hang (v.). Meaning "something that is suspended" is late 15c. Meaning "thing from which something is hung" is from 1690s. Meaning "loop or strap in a garment for hanging on a peg" is from 1680s; of wood or wire coat or dress hangers fr
• hanger 英文词源 hanger (n.) early 15c., "one who hangs (something)," especially "executioner," later also "one who chooses pictures for an exhibition;" agent noun from hang (v.). Meaning "something that is suspended" is late 15c. Meaning "thing from which something is hung" is from 1690s. Meaning "loop or strap in a garment for hanging on a peg" is from 1680s; of wood or wire coat or dress hangers fr
• hangdog 英文词源 hang-dog (adj.) also hangdog , 1670s, apparently "befitting a hang-dog," that is, a despicable, degraded fellow, so called either from being fit only to hang a dog (with construction as in cutthroat , daredevil ) or of being a low person (i.e. dog ) fit only for hanging. The noun, however, is attested only from 1680s. 中文词源 hangdog ：羞愧的 hang,悬挂，dog,狗。比喻用法
• hangar 英文词源 hangar (n.) 1852, "shed for carriages," from French hangar "shed," which is of uncertain origin. Probably from Middle French hanghart (14c.), which is perhaps an alteration of Middle Dutch *ham-gaerd "enclosure near a house" [Barnhart, Watkins], from a Proto-Germanic compound *haimgardaz of the elements that make home (n.) and yard (n.1). Or the Middle French word might be from Mediev
• hang 英文词源 hang hang: [OE] Hang is a general Germanic verb, represented also in German and Dutch hangen and Swedish hānga . These point back to a prehistoric Germanic * khang -, which some have linked with the Latin verb cunctārī ‘deal’. Hanker [17] (which originally meant ‘loiter, hang about’) probably comes ultimately from the same source, as does hinge ; but hangar ‘structure hou
• handyman 英文词源 handyman (n.) also handy-man , "man employed to do various types of work," by 1843, from handy + man (n.). Gradually developed from the sense of "man who is capable at all sorts of work." A handy man is so practised in the regulation of the little utilities of the house he inhabits, that by a slight touch here and there--a screw turned here and a screw loosened there, and a nail drive
• handy 英文词源 handy (adj.) c. 1300, "skilled with the hands" (implied in surnames), from hand (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "conveniently accessible" is from 1640s. 中文词源 handy ：方便的，便利的 来自hand,手。即手边的，近手的，引申义方便的，便利的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： handy 词源， handy 含义。 handy ：手边的，近便的；方
• handwriting 英文词源 handwriting (n.) also hand-writing , "writing with the hand; form of writing peculiar to a person," early 15c., from hand (n.) + writing , translating Latin manuscriptum and equivalent to Greek kheirographia . Earlier was simply hand (n.) "handwriting, style of writing;" and Old English had handgewrit "handwriting; a writing." An ordinary note in his [Horace Greeley's] handwriting is
• hand-to-mouth 英文词源 hand (n.) Old English hond , hand "the human hand;" also "side, part, direction" (in defining position, to either right or left); also "power, control, possession" (on the notion of the hand's grip or hold), from Proto-Germanic *handuz (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Dutch, German hand , Old Norse hönd , Gothic handus ), which is of uncertain origin. The original Old English plura
• handspring 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random charge charge: [13] The notion underlying the word charge is of a ‘load’ or ‘burden’ – and this can still be detected in many of its modern meanings, as of a duty laid on one like a load, or of the burden of an expense, which began as metaphors. It comes ultimately from Latin carrus ‘two-wheeled wagon’ (source also
• handsome 英文词源 handsome handsome: see hand handsome (adj.) c. 1400, handsom "easy to handle, ready at hand," from hand (n.) + -some (1). Sense extended to "fit, appropriate" (1550s, implied in handsomely ), then "having fine form, good-looking, agreeable to the eye" (1580s). Meaning "generous, on a liberal scale" (of rewards, etc.) first recorded 1680s. [Americans] use the word "handsome" much more
• handover 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random petunia petunia: see tobacco 中文词源 handover ：移交，上交 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： handover 词源， handover 含义。
• handout 英文词源 hand-out (n.) also handout , hand out , 1882, "alms or food given to a beggar," hobo slang, from the verbal phrase; see hand (v.) + out (adv.). Meaning "distributed printed informational matter" is from 1927. 中文词源 handout ：讲义，传单 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： handout 词源， handout 含义。 handout ：散发的文字材料，
• handoff 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random paternal paternal: see patron 中文词源 handoff ：传球 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： handoff 词源， handoff 含义。
• hand-me-up 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random mince mince: [14] Etymologically, to mince something is to make it extremely ‘small’. The word comes via Old French mincier from Vulgar Latin * minūtiāre , a derivative of Latin minūtia ‘small thing’. This in turn was based on minūtus ‘small’, source of English minute . = minute 中文词源 hand-me-up ：送给年
• hand-me-down 英文词源 hand-me-down (adj.) 1826, from the verbal phrase; see hand (v.). As a noun from 1874. 中文词源 hand-me-down ：别人用过的旧东西，传下来的东西 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hand-me-down 词源， hand-me-down 含义。
• handmaiden 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random magma magma: see make 中文词源 handmaiden ：女佣，侍女，辅助 hand,手，maiden,少女。引申词义侍女，比喻义辅助，帮助。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： handmaiden 词源， handmaiden 含义。
• handler 英文词源 handler (n.) late 14c., "one who handles" anything, agent noun from handle (v.). Specific sense of "one engaged in trade" is from 1690s; that of "prizefighter's assistant" (1916) was earlier used in reference to dogfights and cockfights (1825). 中文词源 handler ：操纵者 来自handle,控制，操纵。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： handler 词源， han
• handle 英文词源 handle handle: [OE] Etymologically, a handle is nothing more or less than ‘something to be held in the hand’. Likewise the verb handle , together with Germanic relatives like German handeln and Swedish handla , began life as ‘hold, touch, feel with the hands’ (the German and Swedish verbs have since lost this original literal meaning, and now have only the metaphorical senses ‘
• handjob 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random dub dub: English has two words dub . By far the older, ‘create a knight, name’ [11], was one of the first linguistic fruits of the Norman conquest, which was during the Middle English period to contribute such a vast number of French words to the English language. It came from Anglo- Norman duber , which was a reduced form o
• handiwork 英文词源 handiwork (n.) late 12c., from Old English handgeweorc "work of the hand, creation," from hand (n.) + geweorc , collective form of weorc "work" (see work (n.)). Old English collective prefix ge- regularly reduces to i- in Middle English, and the word probably came to be felt as handy + work . 中文词源 handiwork ：手工艺品 hand,手，work,作品。 该词的英语词源请访问
• handily 英文词源 handily (adv.) "readily, easily;" also "by hand," c. 1400, handeli , from handy + -ly (2). Earlier it meant "done by hand" (late 14c.). 中文词源 handily ：方便地 来自handy,近手的，方便的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： handily 词源， handily 含义。
• handicraft 英文词源 handicraft (n.) c. 1200, hændecraft , a corruption (perhaps from influence of handiwork ) of Old English handcræft "skill of the hand," from hand (n.) + craft (n.). 中文词源 handicraft ：手工艺 hand,手，craft,手艺，工艺。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： handicraft 词源， handicraft 含义。 handicraft ：手工艺，手工艺品，手艺 词根
• handicapped 英文词源 handicapped (adj.) "disabled," 1915, past participle adjective from handicap (v.). Originally especially of children. Meaning "handicapped persons generally" is attested by 1958. 中文词源 handicapped ：有生理缺陷的 来自handicap,生理缺陷。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： handicapped 词源， handicapped 含义。
• handcuff 英文词源 handcuff (n.) 1640s as a decorative addition to a sleeve; 1690s as a type of restraining device, from hand (n.) + cuff (n.). Old English had hondcops "a pair of hand cuffs," but the modern word is a re-invention. The verb is first attested 1720. Related: Handcuffed ; handcuffing . 中文词源 handcuff ：用手铐铐住 hand,手，cuff,袖口，手铐。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• handbook 英文词源 handbook (n.) Old English handboc "handbook, manual;" see hand (n.) + book (n.). It translates Latin manualis , and was displaced in Middle English by manual (from French), and later in part by enchiridion (from Greek). Reintroduced 1814 in imitation of German Handbuch , but execrated through much of 19c. as "that very ugly and very unnecessary word" [Richard Chenevix Trench, "English
• handbill 英文词源 handbill (n.) loose paper circulated by hand to make a public announcement, 1753, from hand (n.) + bill (n.1). Also applied to posted bills. 中文词源 handbill ：传单 hand,手，bill,单子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： handbill 词源， handbill 含义。
• handbasket 英文词源 hell (n.) Old English hel , helle , "nether world, abode of the dead, infernal regions," from Proto-Germanic *haljo "the underworld" (cognates: f. Old Frisian helle , Dutch hel , Old Norse hel , German Hölle , Gothic halja "hell") "the underworld," literally "concealed place" (compare Old Norse hellir "cave, cavern"), from PIE *kel- (2) "to cover, conceal" (see cell ). The English wo
• handball 英文词源 handball (n.) also hand-ball , mid-15c., "small ball, thrown or batted by hand," also the name of a game, from hand (n.) + ball (n.1). Originally a throwing and catching game popular before the use of bats or rackets. The modern sport of that name seems to be so called by 1885. 中文词源 handball ：手球犯规 hand,手，ball,球。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• hand 英文词源 hand hand: [OE] Hand is a widespread Germanic word (German, Dutch, and Swedish also have it), but it has no relatives outside Germanic, and no one is too sure where it comes from. Perhaps the likeliest explanation is that it is related to Gothic frahinthan ‘seize, pursue’, Swedish hinna ‘reach’, and English hunt , and that is underlying meaning is ‘body part used for seizing’
• hamstring 英文词源 hamstring (v.) 1640s, "to disable, render useless," a figurative verbal extension from hamstring (n.) "tendon at the back of the knee." Cutting this would render a person or animal lame. Literal sense of the verb is attested from 1670s. Since it is a verb from a noun-noun compound, hamstrung as a past participle is technically incorrect. [I]n hamstring , -string is not the verb string
• hamster 英文词源 hamster hamster: [17] The hamster is a native of western Asia and southeastern Europe, and its English name is of Slavic origin. In Old Slavic it was called chomestoru , and it appears that at some point in the past an ancestor of this was borrowed into Germanic. Old High German had hamustro , which became modern German hamster , source of the English word. In the 18th century the ani
• hamper 英文词源 hamper (v.) late 14c., hampren "to surround, imprison, confine," also "to pack in a container;" of uncertain origin; probably from hamper (n.1), unless it is somehow connected to Middle English hamelian "to maim." Meaning "impede in motion or progress" is from late 14c. Related: Hampered ; hampering . hamper (n.1) "large basket," early 14c., hampyre , probably a contraction of Anglo-F
• hammy 英文词源 shammy (n.) 1650s, phonetic spelling of chamois . Other bungled spellings include shambo (1610s), shamois , shamoys , shammies . Compare shay from chaise ; shappo (1700) for chapeau ; shapperoon (1620s) for chaperon . whammy (n.) often double whammy , "hex, evil eye," 1932, of unknown origin, popularized 1941 in Al Capp's comic strip "Li'l Abner," where it was the specialty of Evil-Ey
• Hammond organ 英文词源 Hammond organ "A type of electronic organ", 1930s: named after Laurens Hammond (1895–1973), American mechanical engineer. 中文词源 Hammond organ ：哈蒙德电风琴 商标名，来自其制造者20世纪美国工程师Laurens Hammond. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Hammond organ 词源， Hammond organ 含义。
• hammock 英文词源 hammock hammock: [16] Hammock is a product of early European explorations in the New World. When Spanish crews first sailed into the Caribbean, they encountered a word in the Taino language of the Arawakan people for a hanging bed suspended between two trees. They adopted it into Spanish as hamaca , which English borrowed as hamaca or ‘Englished’ as hammaker ( hammock is a 17th-ce
• hammerhead 英文词源 hammerhead (adj.) also hammer-head , 1560s, "head of a hammer," from hammer (n.) + head (n.). From 1796 (American English) in reference to a kind of shark, so called for its broad, transverse head. The animal is referred to as hammer-headed shark from 1752 and hammer-fish from 1745. The older name for it was balance-fish ; there was a full specimen and a head of another under that nam
• hammered 英文词源 hammered (adj.) 1530s, past participle adjective from hammer (v.). As a slang synonym for "drunk," attested by 1986. 中文词源 hammered ：烂醉的 来自hammer,锤子。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hammered 词源， hammered 含义。
• hammer and sickle 英文词源 hammer (n.) Old English hamor "hammer," from Proto-Germanic *hamaraz (cognates: Old Saxon hamur , Middle Dutch, Dutch hamer , Old High German hamar , German Hammer ). The Old Norse cognate hamarr meant "stone, crag" (it's common in English place names), and suggests an original sense of the Germanic words as "tool with a stone head," which would describe the first hammers. The Germani
• hammer 英文词源 hammer hammer: [OE] Hammer is part of a widespread Germanic word-family, including also German and Danish hammer , Dutch hamer , and Swedish hammar . The ancestor of the Scandinavian forms, Old Norse hamarr , meant ‘stone crag’ as well as ‘hammer’. This and possible connections with the standard words for ‘stone, rock’ in the Indo-Iranian and Balto-Slavonic language groups