英语词源

• haberdasher 英文词源 haberdasher haberdasher: [14] No one is too sure what Anglo-Norman hapertas meant – perhaps ‘piece of cloth’, perhaps ‘small goods’ – but it is the nearest we can come to the origin of that curious word haberdasher . The theory is that it had an Anglo-Norman derivative, * habertasser or * haberdasser , never actually recorded, which passed into Middle English as haberdassh
• habeas corpus 英文词源 habeas corpus habeas corpus: [15] Habeas corpus means literally ‘you should have the body’. They are the first words of a Latin writ, apparently in use in England since the 13th century, requiring a person to be brought before a court of law. It begins Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum ‘You should have the body to undergo’, that is, ‘You must produce the person in court so that
• haar 英文词源 haar "A cold sea fog on the east coast of England or Scotland", Late 17th century: perhaps from Old Norse hárr 'hoar, hoary'. 中文词源 haar ：哈雾，英格兰或苏格兰东海岸的冷海雾 来自苏格兰语，词源同hoar. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： haar 词源， haar 含义。
• ha 英文词源 ha (interj.) natural expression of surprise, distress, etc.; early 14c., found in most European languages (including Latin and Old French) but not in Old English (which did, however, have ha-ha ). 中文词源 ha ：公顷 缩写自hectare. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ha 词源， ha 含义。 ha ：’p’orth 微量 俚语词，缩写自half penny worth.
• H- 英文词源 arch- also archi- , word-forming element meaning "chief, principal; extreme, ultra; early, primitive," from Latinized form of Greek arkh- , arkhi- "first, chief, primeval," comb. form of arkhos "chief" (see archon ). beach-comber (n.) 1840, from beach (n.) + agent noun from comb (v.). bench-warmer (n.) 1892, baseball slang; see bench . The days for "bench-warmers" with salaries are al
• hetero- 英文词源 hetero- word-forming element meaning "other, different," from comb. form of Greek heteros "the other (of two), another, different;" first element meaning "one, at one, together," from PIE *sem- "one;" the second cognate with the second element in Latin al-ter , Gothic an-þar , Old English o-ðer "other." 中文词源 hetero- ：异 前缀homo-的比较级形式，-ter, 比较级后缀，
• homo- 英文词源 homo- (1) word-forming element meaning "same, the same, equal, like," before vowels hom- , from Greek homos "one and the same," also "belonging to two or more jointly," from PIE *somos (cognates: Sanskrit samah "even, the same," Lithuanian similis "like," Gothic sama "the same," samana "together;" see same ). homo- (2) word-forming element meaning "homosexual," abstracted since early
• hemi- 英文词源 hemi- word-forming element meaning "half," from Greek hemi- "half," from PIE root *semi- , which is the source of Sanskrit sami , Latin semi- (see semi- ), Old High German sami- "half," and Old English sam- , denoting a partial or imperfect condition (see sandblind ). 中文词源 hemi- ：半 前缀semi- 的希腊语形式。见hemisphere. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• hypo- 英文词源 hypo- word-forming element meaning "under, beneath" (in chemistry, indicating a lesser oxidation), from hypo- , comb. form of Greek hypo (prep. and adverb) "under," from PIE *upo- "under, up from under, over" (see sub- ). 中文词源 hypo- ：下 前缀sub- 的希腊语形式。见hypodermic, hypothesis. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： hypo- 词源， hypo- 含义
• helium 英文词源 helium (n.) 1868, coined from Greek helios "sun" (see sol ), because the element was detected in the solar spectrum during the eclipse of Aug. 18, 1868, by English astronomer Sir Joseph N. Lockyer (1836-1920) and English chemist Sir Edward Frankland (1825-1899). It was not actually obtained until 1895; it was assumed before that to be an alkali metal, hence the ending in -ium . 中文词
• husband 英文词源 husband husband: [OE] The Anglo-Saxons used wer ‘man’ (as in werewolf ) for ‘husband’, and not until the late 13th century was the word husband drafted in for ‘male spouse’. This had originally meant ‘master of a household’, and was borrowed from Old Norse húsbóndi , a compound formed from hús ‘house’ and bóndi . Bóndi in turn was a contraction of an earlier bó
• humor 英文词源 humor (n.) mid-14c., "fluid or juice of an animal or plant," from Old North French humour (Old French humor ; Modern French humeur ), from Latin umor "body fluid" (also humor , by false association with humus "earth"); related to umere "be wet, moist," and to uvescere "become wet," from PIE *wegw- "wet." In ancient and medieval physiology, "any of the four body fluids" (blood, phlegm,
• hoover 英文词源 Hoover proprietary name for a make of vacuum cleaner (patented 1927); sometimes used generally for "vacuum cleaner." As a verb, meaning "to vacuum," from 1926, in the company’s advertising. 中文词源 hoover （吸尘器）：第一家大规模生产家用吸尘器的胡佛公司 1901年，英国工程师胡伯特·布斯（Hubert C Booth）发明了世界上第一台真空吸尘
• hazard 英文词源 hazard hazard: [13] The word hazard was introduced to English as the name for a game played with dice. It was borrowed from Old French hasard , which came via Spanish azar from Arabic azzahr , earlier al-zahr ‘luck, chance’. Its associations were thus from the first with ‘uncertainty’, and its central modern sense ‘danger’ did not develop until the 16th century. hazard (n.
• hornbook 英文词源 crisscross (v.) 1818, from Middle English crist(s)-crosse "Christ's cross" (late 15c.), earlier cros-kryst (late 14c.), "referring to the mark of a cross formerly written before the alphabet in hornbooks. The mark itself stood for the phrase Christ-cross me speed ('May Christ's cross give me success'), a formula said before reciting the alphabet" [Barnhart]. Used today without awarene
• handicap 英文词源 handicap handicap: [17] The word handicap originally denoted a sort of game of chance in which one person put up one of his or her personal possessions against an article belonging to someone else (for example one might match a gold watch against the other’s horse) and an umpire was appointed to adjudicate on the respective values of the articles. All three parties put their hands i
• hospital 英文词源 hospital hospital: [13] Like hospices , hostels , and hotels , hospitals were originally simply places at which guests were received. The word comes via Old French hospital from medieval Latin hospitāle , a noun use of the adjective hospitālis ‘of a guest’. This in turn was derived from hospit -. the stem of Latin hospes ‘guest, host’. In English, hospital began its semantic
• homage 英文词源 homage (n.) late 13c., from Old French homage (12c., Modern French hommage ) "allegiance or respect for one's feudal lord," from homme "man," from Latin homo (genitive hominis ) "man" (see homunculus ). Figurative sense of "reverence, honor shown" is from late 14c. As a verb, from 1590s (agent noun homager is from c. 1400). 中文词源 homage （敬意）：封臣向封建主表示臣服
• helot 英文词源 helot (n.) 1570s (with a capital -h- ) "Spartan serf," from Greek Heilotes , plural of Heilos , popularly associated with Helos , Laconian town reduced to serfdom by Sparta, but perhaps related to Greek halonai "be captured." In extended use by 1820s. 中文词源 helot （受人轻视之人）：斯巴达人的奴隶希洛人 在古代希腊，强大的斯巴达通过武力征服了周
• heroin 英文词源 heroin (n.) 1898, from German Heroin , coined 1898 as trademark registered by Friedrich Bayer Co. for their morphine substitute, traditionally from Greek heros (see hero (n.1)) because of the euphoric feeling the drug provides, but no evidence for this seems to have been found so far. A new hypnotic, to which the name of "heroin" has been given, has been tried in the medical clinic of
• hooligan 英文词源 hooligan (n.) 1890s, of unknown origin, first found in British newspaper police-court reports in the summer of 1898, almost certainly from the variant form of the Irish surname Houlihan , which figured as a characteristic comic Irish name in music hall songs and newspapers of the 1880s and '90s. As an "inventor" and adapter to general purposes of the tools used by navvies and hodmen,
• horde 英文词源 horde horde: see hoard horde (n.) 1550s, from West Turkic (compare Tatar urda "horde," Turkish ordu "camp, army"), to English via Polish, French, or Spanish. The initial -h- seems to have been acquired in Polish. Transferred sense of "uncivilized gang" is from 1610s. Related: Hordes . 中文词源 horde （部落）：游牧民族中氏族首领的帐篷 英语单词horde来自突厥语
• hull 英文词源 hull hull: [OE] The notion underlying the word hull is of ‘covering’ or ‘concealing’. It originally meant ‘peapod’ – etymologically, the ‘covering’ of peas – and comes ultimately from the same Indo- European source as produced English cell , clandestine , conceal , hall , hell , and possibly colour and holster . It is generally assumed that hull ‘main body of a s
• hysteria 英文词源 hysteria hysteria: [19] Greek hustérā meant ‘womb’ (it is related to Latin uterus ‘womb’). The adjective derived from it was husterikós ‘suffering in the womb’. This passed into Latin as hystericus , which formed the basis of the modern Latin noun hysteria , a term coined in the 19th century for a neurotic condition supposedly peculiar to women (in popular parlance it w
• hectic 英文词源 hectic hectic: [14] The use of hectic for referring to ‘great haste or confusion’ is a surprisingly recent development, not recorded before the first decade of the 20th century. It originally meant in English ‘suffering from fever, particularly of the sort that characterizes tuberculosis or septicaemia’ (the metaphorical progression to ‘feverishly active’ is an obvious one
• hunch 英文词源 hunch originally (c. 1500) a verb, "to push, thrust," of unknown origin. Meaning "raise or bend into a hump" is 1670s. Perhaps a variant of bunch . The noun is attested from 1620s, originally "a push, thrust." Figurative sense of "hint, tip" (a "push" toward a solution or answer), first recorded 1849, led to that of "premonition, presentiment" (1904). 中文词源 hunch （预感）：能
• holiday 英文词源 holiday holiday: [OE] A holiday was originally a ‘holy day’, a day set aside as a religious festival. The first signs of the word being used for a ‘day on which no work is done’ (originally because of its religious significance) appear in the 14th century. = holy holiday (n.) 1500s, earlier haliday (c. 1200), from Old English haligdæg "holy day; Sabbath," from halig "holy" (s
• hearse 英文词源 hearse hearse: [14] The ancestor of hearse seems to have been a word in an ancient Italic language meaning ‘wolf’ – Oscan hirpus . The salient feature of wolves being their teeth, the Romans took the word over as hirpex and used it for a ‘large rake, of the sort used for breaking up fields’. It passed via Vulgar Latin * herpica into Old French as herse , and by now had moved
• Halloween 英文词源 Halloween (n.) also Hallow-e'en , c. 1745, Scottish shortening of Allhallow-even "Eve of All Saints, last night of October" (1550s), the last night of the year in the old Celtic calendar, where it was Old Year's Night , a night for witches. A pagan holiday given a cursory baptism. See hallow (n.) + even (n.); also see hallows . Hallow-day for "All-Saints'" is from 1590s. 中文词源
• hypno- 英文词源 hypno- word-forming element meaning "sleep," from Greek hypno- , comb. form of hypnos "sleep" (see somnolence ). 中文词源 hypno- （睡眠）：希腊神话中的睡神许普诺斯 许普诺斯（Hypnos）是希腊神话中的睡神，是黑夜女神尼克斯的儿子，死神桑纳托斯的兄弟，对应于罗马神话中的索莫纳斯（Somnus）。与其无情的兄弟相比，
• hymn 英文词源 hymn hymn: [13] For the ancient Greeks, a húmnos was a ‘song of praise’ – but not necessarily a religious one. It could be used to celebrate the deeds of heroes as well as to compliment the gods. However, the Greek Septuagint uses it to render various Hebrew words meaning ‘song praising God’, and it was this meaning that was carried via Latin hymnus and Old French ymne into
• hymeneal 英文词源 hymeneal (adj.) c. 1600, "of or relating to a marriage;" as a noun, "wedding hymn," from 1717; from Latin hymenaeus , from Greek hymenaios "belonging to wedlock, wedding, wedding song," from Hymen , Greek god of marriage. 中文词源 hymeneal （婚姻的）：希腊神话中的婚礼之神许门 在希腊神话中，许门（Hymen或Hymenaeus）是婚礼之神，负责婚礼事务。
• hygiene 英文词源 hygiene hygiene: [19] Greek hugiés meant ‘healthy’. From it were formed the noun hugíeia ‘health’ (personified as Hygieia , the Greek goddess of health) and the adjective hugieinós ‘healthful’. This came to be used as a noun, hugieiné , ‘science of healthy living’, which passed via modern Latin hygieina and French hygiène into English. hygiene (n.) 1670s, from Fre
• hydra 英文词源 hydra (n.) 1835, genus name of a freshwater polyp, from Greek Hydra , many-headed Lernaean water serpent slain by Hercules (this sense is attested in English from late 14c.), from hydor "water" (see water (n.1)); related to Sanskrit udrah "aquatic animal" and Old English ottur "otter." Used figuratively for "any multiplicity of evils" [Johnson]. The fabulous beast's heads were said to
• hurricane 英文词源 hurricane hurricane: [16] European voyagers first encountered the swirling winds of the hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, and they borrowed a local word to name it – Carib huracan . This found its way into English via Spanish. (An early alternative form was furacano , which came from a Carib variant furacan .) hurricane (n.) 1550s, a partially deformed adoptation fr
• human 英文词源 human human: [14] Human comes via Old French humain from Latin hūmānus . Like homō ‘person’, this was related to Latin humus ‘earth’, and was used originally for ‘people’ in the sense ‘earthly beings’ (in contrast with the immortal gods). Humane is essentially the same word, and became established in the 18th century as a distinct spelling (and pronunciation) for tw
• hippocampus 英文词源 hippocampus (n.) c. 1600, a kind of sea monster, part horse and part dolphin or fish (they are often pictured pulling Neptune's chariot), from Late Latin hippocampus , from Greek hippokampos , from hippos "horse" + kampos "a sea monster," perhaps related to kampe "caterpillar." Used from 1570s as a name of a type of fish; of a part of the brain from 1706, on supposed resemblance to th
• hero 英文词源 hero hero: [14] Hero is a Greek word – hérōs – applied in ancient times to men of superhuman ability or courage, and in due course by extension to demigods. At first it was used in English simply to render this Greek notion, and it was not until the late 16th century that the extended and more general sense ‘brave or otherwise admirable man’ began to emerge. ‘Chief charact
• hermaphrodite 英文词源 hermaphrodite hermaphrodite: [15] Biologically a combination of male and female, hermaphrodite is etymologically a blend of the names of Hermes, the messenger of the Greek gods, and Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love. According to Ovid Hermaphródītos , the son of Hermes and Aphrodite, was beloved of the nymph Salmacis with an ardour so strong that she prayed for complete union wit
• herculean 英文词源 Herculean (adj.) 1590s, from Hercules + -an . 中文词源 herculean （力大无穷的）：希腊神话中的大力神赫拉克勒斯 赫拉克勒斯（Heracles或 Hercules，又译为“海格力斯”）是希腊神话中最著名的英雄，众神之王宙斯与凡间女子阿尔克墨涅的儿子，英雄玻耳修斯的曾孙。他神勇无比，力大无 穷，生前完成了十二
• Hellene 英文词源 Hellene "An ancient Greek", From Greek Hellēn 'a Greek'. Compare with Hellen. 中文词源 Hellene （希腊人）：希腊神话中希腊人的祖先赫楞 约在公元前2000年左右，属于印欧语系的游牧民族亚该亚人、爱奥尼亚人等相继侵入巴尔干半岛等地。他们以及后来的多利亚人都自称是神灵赫楞（Hellen）的后代。他们有大致相
• helio- 英文词源 helio- word-forming element meaning "sun," from Greek helio- , comb. form of helios "sun" (see sol ). 中文词源 helio- （词根，表示太阳）：希腊神话中最早的太阳神赫利俄斯Helios 赫利俄斯（Helios）是希腊神话中古老的太阳神，光亮之神许珀里翁的儿子。在后世神话中，他与光明神阿波罗逐渐混为一体。传说火神赫菲斯
• harpy 英文词源 harpy (n.) winged monster of ancient mythology, late 14c., from Old French harpie (14c.), from Latin harpyia , from Greek Harpyia (plural), literally "snatchers," which is probably related to harpazein "to snatch" (see rapid (adj.)). Metaphoric extension to "repulsively greedy person" is c. 1400. In Homer they are merely personified storm winds, who were believed to have carried off a
• harmony 英文词源 harmony harmony: [14] The etymological idea behind harmony is ‘fitting things together’ – that is, of combining notes in an aesthetically pleasing manner. It comes via Old French harmonie and Latin harmonia from Greek harmoníā ‘means of joining’, hence ‘agreement, concord’, a derivative of harmós ‘joint’. As a musical term in Greek it appears to have denoted ‘sc
• highbrow 英文词源 highbrow (n.) "person of superior intellect and taste," 1902, back-formation from high-browed (adj.), which is attested from 1891, from high (adj.) + brow (see also lowbrow ). 中文词源 highbrow （卖弄知识的）：颅相学中代表智力发达的高眉骨 英语单词highbrow由high（高）和brow（眉毛、眉骨）构成，而它的含 义是“卖弄知识的”。眉骨高
• hermit 英文词源 hermit hermit: [13] Etymologically, a hermit is someone who lives alone in the desert. The word comes ultimately from Greek érēmos ‘solitary’, from which was derived erēmíā ‘desert, solitude’. Many of the early Christian hermits, notably Saint Anthony, lived not only alone but in the desert, so it was appropriate that the term erēmítēs was applied to them. It came into
• hyper- 英文词源 hyper- word-forming element meaning "over, above, beyond, exceedingly, to excess," from Greek hyper (prep. and adv.) "over, beyond, overmuch, above measure," from PIE super- "over" (see super- ). 中文词源 hyper- （超越）：希腊神话中的光亮之神许珀里翁 希腊神话中的许珀里翁（Hyperion）是大地女神盖亚和天神乌拉诺斯之子，十二 泰坦之一，
• hyacinth 英文词源 hyacinth hyacinth: [16] Greek huákinthos denoted a plant with deep red flowers which according to legend sprang from the blood of Hyacinthus, a beautiful youth whom Apollo loved but accidentally killed. It probably came from some pre-Hellenic Mediterranean language, and was remodelled in Greek on the basis of Hyacinthus’s name. It is not clear what sort of plant the original hyacin
• hermetic 英文词源 hermetic hermetic: [17] Hermetic means literally ‘of Hermes’. Not Hermes the messenger of the Greek gods, though, but an Egyptian priest of the time of Moses, who in the Middle Ages was regarded as identical with the versatile Hermes in his capacity of patron of science and invention, and who was thus named Hermes Trismegistus ‘Hermes the thrice greatest’. This shadowy figure
• hadal 英文词源 hadal "Relating to the zone of the sea greater than 6000 m in depth (chiefly oceanic trenches)", Mid 20th century: from Hades + -al. 中文词源 hadal （超深渊的）：希腊神话中的冥王哈迪斯 在希腊神话中，哈迪斯（Hades） 是统治地下冥府的冥王，是主神宙斯和海神波塞冬的兄长。在和兄弟们战胜父亲克洛诺斯后，他和弟弟们进
• Helen of Troy 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
• hobby 英文词源 hobby hobby: Hobby in the sense ‘pastime’ is short for hobbyhorse . This originated in the 16th century as a term for the figure of a horse used in morris dances: the element hobby , used since the 14th century for a ‘small horse’, was derived from Hob , a pet form of the man’s name Robert or Robin which survives also in hobgoblin [16]. From the morris-dance hobbyhorse was d
• handkerchief 英文词源 handkerchief handkerchief: [16] Handkerchief is a compound formed from hand and the now obsolete kerchief ‘cloth for covering the head’ [13] (what in modern English would be called a head-scarf ). This was acquired via Anglo-Norman courchef from Old French couvrechef , a compound of couvrir ‘cover’ and chief ‘head’. The colloquial abbreviation hanky is first recorded in th
• hallmark 英文词源 hallmark hallmark: [18] The hallmark on a piece of gold, silver or platinum, which allows it to be legally sold, is so called simply because it was originally applied in Goldsmiths’ Hall, the headquarters of the Goldsmiths’ Company (a City livery company), where the London assay office was situated. The building is in Foster Lane, to the northeast of St Paul’s Cathedral in the C
• husbandman 英文词源 husbandman c. 1300, "head of a family;" early 14c., "tiller of the soil," from husband (n.) + man (n.). 中文词源 husbandman ：当家作主的农民 英语单词husbandman=husband+man。这里的husband不是表示“丈夫”，而是它的原意。husband源自北欧语husbondi。hus=house，bondi表示“拥有者、居住者、耕种者”。简单的说，husband就是“一家
• humour 英文词源 humour humour: [14] Latin hūmēre meant ‘be moist’ (from it was derived hūmidus , source of English humid [16]). And related to it was the noun hūmor , which signified originally simply ‘liquid’. In due course it came to be applied specifically to any of the four bodily fluids (blood, phlegm, choler, and black bile) whose combinations according to medieval theories of physi
• horoscope 英文词源 horoscope horoscope: see hour horoscope (n.) c.1050, horoscopus , from Latin horoscopus ; the modern form is considered to be a mid-16c. reborrowing via Middle French horoscope . Ultimately from Greek horoskopos "nativity, horoscope," also "one who casts a horoscope," from hora "hour" (see year ) + skopos "watcher; what is watched" (see scope (n.1)), in reference to the hour of one's
• hector 英文词源 hector (n.) late 14c., "a valiant warrior," 1650s as slang for "a blustering, turbulent, pervicacious, noisy fellow" [Johnson], Heck for short, both in reference to the provocative character of Hektor , Trojan hero, oldest son of Priam and Hecuba, in the "Iliad." It represents Greek hektor , literally "holder, stayer;" an agent noun from ekhein "to have, hold, possess" (see scheme ).
• halcyon 英文词源 halcyon halcyon: [14] Halcyon days, originally ‘days of calm weather’, but now used figuratively for a ‘past period of happiness and success’, are literally ‘days of the kingfisher’. The expression comes from Greek alkuonídes hēmérai ‘kingfisher’s days’, a term used in the ancient world for a period of 14 days fine or calm weather around the winter solstice which
• hypnosis 英文词源 hypnosis hypnosis: [19] Húpnos was Greek for ‘sleep’. From it was derived the adjective hūpnotikós ‘sleepy, narcotic’, which English acquired via Latin and French as hypnotic [17]. At first this was used only with reference to sleep-inducing drugs, but then in the late 18th and early 19th centuries the techniques of inducing deep sleep or trance by suggestion were developed
• galvanic 英文词源 galvanic (adj.) 1797; see galvanism + -ic . Perhaps from or based on French galvanique . Related: Galvanical . 中文词源 galvanic ：令人震惊的，令人激动的 源自意大利生物学家路易吉·伽伐尼（Luigi Galvani，1737-1798），发现死青蛙的腿部肌肉接触电火花时会颤动的生物电现象，「震惊、激励」的含义由此而生。 该词的英语
• Gestapo 英文词源 Gestapo Nazi secret state police, 1934, from German Gestapo , contracted from " Ge heime Sta ats- po lizei," literally "secret state police," set up by Hermann Göring in Prussia in 1933, extended to all Germany in January 1934. 中文词源 Gestapo ：盖世太保 来自德语 Geheime Staatspolizei (secret state police) 的缩写，意为“秘密国家警察”，是纳粹统治时期
• Georgia 英文词源 Georgia the U.S. state was named 1732 as a colony for King George II of Great Britain. The Caucasian nation is so-called for St. George, who is its patron saint (his cult there may continue that of a pre-Christian deity with whom he later was identified), but the name in that place also is said to derive from Arabic or Persian Kurj , or Gurz (the form in the earliest sources, Russian
• greedy 英文词源 greedy (adj.) Old English grædig (West Saxon), gredig (Anglian) "voracious, hungry," also "covetous, eager to obtain," from Proto-Germanic *grædagaz (cognates: Old Saxon gradag "greedy," Old Norse graðr "greed, hunger," Danish graadig , Dutch gretig , Old High German gratag "greedy," Gothic gredags "hungry"), from *græduz (cognates: Gothic gredus "hunger," Old English grædum "eag
• greedily 英文词源 greedily (adv.) Old English grædiglice ; see greedy + -ly (2). 中文词源 greedily ：贪心地；贪婪地；贪吃地   词根词缀： greedy贪吃的,贪心的,贪婪的(y→i) + -ly副词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： greedily 词源， greedily 含义。
• gravitate 英文词源 gravitate (v.) 1640s, "exert weight; move downward" (obsolete), from Modern Latin gravitare (16c. in scientific writing), from Latin gravitas "heaviness, weight," from gravis "heavy" (see grave (adj.)). Meaning "be affected by gravity" is from 1690s. Figurative sense "be strongly attracted to, have a natural tendency toward" is from 1670s. Related: Gravitated ; gravitating . The class
• gravimetry 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random spectacle spectacle: [14] Spectacle is one of a large family of English words that go back ultimately to Latin specere ‘look’ (a descendant of the Indo- European base * spek - ‘look’, of which a reversed Greek version * skep - gave English sceptic and scope ). Others include special , species , spectator [16], spectre [1
• gravimeter 英文词源 gravimeter (n.) 1797, from French gravimètre , from Latin gravis "heavy" (see grave (adj.)) + -mètre (see -meter ). 中文词源 gravimeter ：比重计，重力计  词根词缀： -grav-重;压迫 + -i- + -meter-测量;仪表 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gravimeter 词源， gravimeter 含义。
• gravida 英文词源 primigravida 1879, from earlier use in German, from Modern Latin, from Latin primus "first" (see prime (adj.)) + gravidus "laden, full, swollen, pregnant with child" (see gravid ). 中文词源 gravida ：孕妇  词根词缀： -grav-重;压迫 + -id形容词词尾 + -a 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gravida 词源， gravida 含义。
• gratifying 英文词源 delicacies (n.) "things dainty and gratifying to the palate," mid-15c., from plural of delicacy . flattering (adj.) late 14c., "pleasing to the imagination; dishonestly pleasing; having a false appearance of favorableness," present participle adjective from flatter . Meaning "gratifying to self-esteem" is from 1757. Related: Flatteringly . gratification (n.) 1590s, "act of gratifying,
• gratification 英文词源 gratification (n.) 1590s, "act of gratifying," from Middle French gratification or directly from Latin gratificationem (nominative gratificatio ) "obligingness, complaisance," noun of action from past participle stem of gratificari "to please, oblige, do favor to" (see gratify ). Meaning "state of being gratified" is by 1712. 中文词源 gratification ：满足，满意，喜悦；使人
• grandiloquence 英文词源 grandiloquence (n.) "lofty speaking or expression," 1580s, from Latin grandiloquentia , from grandiloquus "using lofty speech, bombastic," from grandis "big" (see grand (adj.)) + -loquus "speaking," from loqui "to speak" (see locution ). 中文词源 grandiloquence ：冠冕堂皇的措词；夸张的表现 词根词缀： grand壮丽的,宏伟的 + -i- + -loqu-说 + -ence名词词尾
• grammarian 英文词源 grammarian (n.) late 14c., "writer on (Latin) grammar; philologist, etymologist;" in general use, "learned man," from Old French gramairien "wise man, person who knows Latin; magician" (Modern French grammairien ), agent noun from grammaire (see grammar ). 中文词源 grammarian ：文法家，文法教师，文法学者    词根词缀： -gram-(m双写)写,画 + -ar人或物 + -
• graduator 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random lessee lessee: see lease 中文词源 graduator ：分度器；刻度器，刻度员  词根词缀： -grad-步,级 + -u- + -ator名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： graduator 词源， graduator 含义。
• gradine 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random antimacassar antimacassar: [19] An antimacassar was a cloth spread over chairbacks in the 19th and early 20th centuries to protect them from greasy hair. It took its name from Macassar oil, a proprietary brand of hair oil made by Rowland and Son, allegedly from ingredients obtained from Makassar, a region of the island of Sulawe
• grader 英文词源 grader (n.) 1868, of machines; 1870, of persons, agent noun from grade (v.). 中文词源 grader ：分类机，分级机  词根词缀： -grad-级→类别 + -er名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： grader 词源， grader 含义。
• goniometry 英文词源 goniometer (n.) instrument for measuring solid angles, 1766, from Greek gonia "corner, angle," from PIE root *genu- (1) "knee; angle" (see knee (n.)) + -meter . Related: Goniometry . 中文词源 goniometry ：角度测定法，测角术    词根词缀： -gon-角 + -io- + -metr-测量;仪表 + -y名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： goniometry 词源，
• goniometer 英文词源 goniometer (n.) instrument for measuring solid angles, 1766, from Greek gonia "corner, angle," from PIE root *genu- (1) "knee; angle" (see knee (n.)) + -meter . Related: Goniometry . 中文词源 goniometer ：角度计，测角器    词根词缀： -gon-角 + -io- + -meter-测量;仪表 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： goniometer 词源， goniometer 含义。
• glacier 英文词源 glacier glacier: [18] Latin glaciēs meant ‘ice’ (it probably came from Indo-European * gel - ‘cold’, which also produced English cold and Latin gelidus ‘cold’). Its Vulgar Latin descendant was * glacia , which passed into French as glace (whence English glacé ‘iced, crystallized’ [19]). A derivative glacière was used in Frenchspeaking areas of the Alps for a ‘movi
• geometrician 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random debt debt: [13] Debt originated as dēbita , the plural of Latin dēbitum ‘that which is owed’, a noun formed from the past participle of the verb dēbēre ‘owe’. In Vulgar Latin, dēbita was evidently viewed as a feminine singular noun, and it passed thus into Old French as dette , the form in which English originally a
• geologist 英文词源 geologist (n.) 1795, from geology + -ist . Alternatives are geologer (1822); geologian (1837). 中文词源 geologist ：地质学家，地质学者 词根词缀： -geo-地球,大地 + -logist名词词尾,…学家 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： geologist 词源， geologist 含义。
• geocentricism 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random dolphin dolphin: [13] The ultimate source of dolphin is Greek delphís ‘dolphin’, which some have linked with Greek delphýs ‘womb’. From it was derived delphīnion , a name given to the plant larkspur on account of the dolphin-like shape of part of its flower, acquired by English via Latin as delphinium [17]. Latin took
• genetics 英文词源 genetics (n.) 1872, "laws of origination;" see genetic + -ics . A coinage of English biologist William Bateson (1861-1926). Meaning "study of heredity" is from 1891. 中文词源 genetics ：遗传学  词根词缀： -gen-生殖,出生 + -et + -ics名词词尾,...学 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： genetics 词源， genetics 含义。
• Greenwich 英文词源 Greenwich town on the south bank of the Thames adjoining London, Old English Gronewic (918), Grenewic (964), literally "green harbor" or "green trading place." The Royal Observatory there was founded June 22, 1675, by King Charles II specifically to solve the problem of finding longitude while at sea. In October 1884, 41 delegates from 25 nations met in Washington, D.C., for the Inter
• gigantic 英文词源 gigantic (adj.) 1610s, "pertaining to giants," from Latin gigant- stem of gigas "giant" (see giant ) + -ic . Replaced earlier gigantine (c. 1600), gigantical (c. 1600), giantlike (1570s). The Latin adjective was giganteus . Of material or immaterial things, actions, etc., "of extraordinary sine or proportions," by 1797. 中文词源 gigantic （巨大的）：希腊神话中的蛇足巨
• godspeed 英文词源 godspeed (interj.) also God speed , by late 14c., "(I wish that) God (may) grant you success," from God + speed (v.) in its old sense of "prosper, grow rich, succeed." Specifically as a salutation by mid-15c. Also in Middle English as an adverb, "quickly, speedily" (early 14c.); the then-identically spelled God and good seem to be mixed up in this word. From late 13c. as a surname. He
• Garden of Eden 英文词源 Adam Adam: Adam’s apple [18] The original apple in question was the forbidden fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, which the serpent in the Garden of Eden tricked Eve into eating, and which she in turn persuaded Adam to eat. It was traditionally believed that a piece of it stuck in Adam’s throat, and so it became an appropriate and convenient metaphor for the thyro
• gunfire 英文词源 salvo salvo: [16] When English originally acquired the word salvo , it was in the forms salve or salva , which came respectively from French salve and its source, Italian salva . This originally meant ‘salute, greeting’ (it came from salvē ‘hail’, the imperative form of Latin salvēre ‘be in good health’, which is related to English safe , salubrious , salute , save , etc
• guidebook 英文词源 aquarium aquarium: [19] Aquarium is a modern adaptation of the neuter form of the Latin adjective aquārius ‘watery’ (a noun aquārium existed in Roman times, but it meant ‘place where cattle drink’). Its model was vivarium , a 16th-century word for a ‘place for keeping live animals’. This was the term first pressed into service to describe such a place used for displaying
• guidance 英文词源 guidance (n.) 1530s, "the process of directing conduct," hybrid from guide (v.) + -ance ; replacing 15c. guying . In reference to direction in school, career, marriage, etc., from 1927. 中文词源 guidance ：引导，指导 词根词缀： guide(e略)指南 + -ance名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： guidance 词源， guidance 含义。