英语词源

• guerilla 英文词源 guerilla guerilla: [19] Etymologically, a guerilla is a ‘little war’. English acquired the word during the Peninsular War (1808–14) from Spanish guerrilla , which is a diminutive form of guerra ‘war’ (a word ultimately of Germanic origin, related to English war ). In Spanish it still means ‘skirmish’, and until well into the 19th century it was used in English for a ‘w
• guardian 英文词源 guardian (n.) "one who guards," early 14c., garden ; early 15c., gardein , from Anglo-French gardein (late 13c.), Old French gardien "keeper, custodian," earlier guarden , from Frankish *warding- , from the Germanic source of guard (v.). Specific legal sense is from 1510s. Guardian angel is from 1630s. 中文词源 guardian ：监护人；守卫者，保护者 词根词缀： guard看护
• grieve 英文词源 grieve (v.) c. 1200, transitive, "to make worried or depressed; to make angry, enrage;" also "to be physically painful, cause discomfort;" c. 1300 as "cause grief to, disappoint, be a cause of sorrow;" also "injure, harass, oppress," from tonic stem of Old French grever "to burden, oppress, aggravate" (see grief ). Intransitive sense of "be sorry, lament" is from c. 1400. Related: Gri
• greenhouse 英文词源 greenhouse (n.) also green-house , 1660s, from green (n.) + house (n.). Greenhouse effect attested from 1937. 中文词源 greenhouse ：温室 词根词缀： green绿色的 + house房子 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： greenhouse 词源， greenhouse 含义。
• grassroots 英文词源 grass roots (n.) 1650s, from grass + root (n.). The image of grass roots as the most fundamental level of anything is from 1901; U.S. political sense of "the rank and file of the electorate" (also grassroots ) is attested from 1912; as an adjective by 1918. 中文词源 grassroots ：基层群众；基本事实 词根词缀： grass草 + roots根 → 草根 该词的英语词源请访问
• grassland 英文词源 grassland (n.) also grass-land , "land perpetually under grass," 1680s, from grass + land (n.). 中文词源 grassland ：草地，草原 词根词缀： grass草 + land土地 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： grassland 词源， grassland 含义。
• graphic 英文词源 graphic graphic: [17] The profoundest influence that Greek gráphein ‘write’ has had on English has no doubt been through its combining form - graphos , which has provided us with a whole host of words, both original Greek formations and new English ones, from autograph to telegraph . But descendants in their own right include graphic (which came via Latin graphicus from the Greek
• gramme 英文词源 -gramme see -gram . programme see program . programmer (n.) 1890, "event planner," agent noun from program (v.). Meaning "person who programs computers" is attested from 1948. 中文词源 gramme ：克 词根词缀： -gram-(m双写)写,画 + -e → (原义)在重量上写的一个字母 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gramme 词源， gramme 含义。
• grammatical 英文词源 grammatical (adj.) 1520s, "of or pertaining to grammar," from Middle French grammatical and directly from Late Latin grammaticalis "of a scholar," from grammaticus "pertaining to grammar" (see grammar ). Related: Grammatically (c. 1400). 中文词源 grammatical ：语法的 词根词缀： -gram-(m双写)写,画 + -atic + -al 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gra
• graduation 英文词源 graduation (n.) early 15c., in alchemy, "a tempering, a refining of something to a certain degree; measurement according to the four degrees of a quality," from graduate (n.). General sense of "a dividing into degrees" is from 1590s; meaning "action of receiving or giving an academic degree" is from early 15c.; in reference to the ceremony where a degree is given, from 1818. 中文词源
• gradually 英文词源 gradually (adv.) 1640s, from gradual + -ly (2). 中文词源 gradually ：逐渐地 词根词缀： -grad-步,级 + -ual + -ly 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gradually 词源， gradually 含义。
• gradual 英文词源 gradual gradual: [16] Latin grādus ‘step’ has been a remarkably prolific source of English words. Beside grade [16] itself, it has contributed the derivatives gradation [16], gradient [19], gradual (from medieval Latin graduālis , literally ‘proceeding by steps’), graduate [15], and retrograde [14]. The derived verb gradī ‘walk, go’ has produced ingredient , and its pas
• graceful 英文词源 graceful (adj.) mid-15c., "full of (divine) grace," also "pleasant, sweet," from grace (n.) + -ful . Meaning "with pleasing or attractive qualities" is from 1580s. Related: Gracefully ; gracefulness . 中文词源 graceful ：优美的，文雅的 词根词缀： grac(= -grat- )愉快 + -e- + -ful 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： graceful 词源， graceful 含义。
• governor 英文词源 governor (n.) c. 1300, gouernour , "personal keeper, protector, guide;" late 14c., "one who governs, a ruler," from Old French governeor "prince, ruler, administrator; helmsman" (11c., Modern French gouverneur ) and directly from Latin gubernatorem (nominative gubernator ) "director, ruler, governor," originally "steersman, pilot" (see govern ). Meaning "subordinate ruler; head of a p
• glorious 英文词源 glorious (adj.) late 13c., from Anglo-French glorious , Old French glorieus "glorious, blessed" (12c., Modern French glorieux ), from Latin gloriosus "full of glory, famous," from gloria (see glory (n.)). In classical Latin and in English late 14c.-17c. it also could mean "boastful, vainglorious." Related: Gloriously ; gloriousness . In Middle English with comparative gloriouser , sup
• glorify 英文词源 glorify (v.) mid-14c., "praise, honor, extol" (God or a person), also "vaunt, be proud of, boast of; glorify oneself, be proud, boast;" from Old French glorefiier "glorify, extol, exalt; glory in, boast" (Modern French glorifier ), from Late Latin glorificare "to glorify," from Latin gloria "fame, renown, praise, honor" (see glory (n.)) + -ficare , from facere "to make, do" (see facti
• globalize 英文词源 globalize (v.) from 1953 in various senses; the main modern one, with reference to global economic systems, emerged 1959. See global + -ize . Related: Globalized ; globalizing . 中文词源 globalize ：全球化 词根词缀： globe(e略)地球 + -al形容词词尾 + -ize动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： globalize 词源， globalize 含义。
• gifted 英文词源 gifted (adj.) "talented, endowed by nature with some skill or power," 1640s, past participle adjective from gift (v.). Related: Giftedness . 中文词源 gifted ：有天赋的，天才的 词根词缀： gift天赋,才能 + -ed 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gifted 词源， gifted 含义。
• gesticulate 英文词源 gesticulate (v.) c. 1600, from Latin gesticulatus , past participle of gesticulari "to gesture, mimic," from gesticulus "a mimicking gesture" (see gesticulation ). Related: Gesticulated ; gesticulating . 中文词源 gesticulate ：做手势表达 词根词缀： -gest-携带,运输 + icul + -ate动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gesticulate 词源，
• geographical 英文词源 geographical (adj.) "pertaining to geography," 1550s, from Late Latin geographicus (from Greek geographikos , from geographia ; see geography ) + -al (1). Related: Geographically . 中文词源 geographical ：地理(学)的 词根词缀： -geo-地球,大地 + -graph-写,画 + -ical 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： geographical 词源， geographical 含义。
• geographic 英文词源 geographic (adj.) 1620s, shortened form of geographical (q.v.); in some cases probably from Middle French géographique or Late Latin geographicus . 中文词源 geographic ：地理(学)的 词根词缀： -geo-地球,大地 + -graph-写,画 + -ic 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： geographic 词源， geographic 含义。
• geographer 英文词源 geographer (n.) "one versed in geography," 1540s, from geography + agent noun ending -er (1). The Greek word was geographos (Medieval Latin geographus ). 中文词源 geographer ：地理学家 词根词缀： -geo-地球,大地 + -graph-写,画 + -er 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： geographer 词源， geographer 含义。
• gently 英文词源 gently (adv.) early 14c., "befitting one of gentle rank, as of good family," from gentle + -ly (2). Meaning "quietly, softly, without rudeness, gradually" is from 1550s. 中文词源 gently ：轻轻地；文雅地，有礼貌地 词根词缀： -gen-生殖 → gent(le)文雅的 + -ly 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gently 词源， gently 含义。
• gentle 英文词源 gentle gentle: [13] Expressions like ‘of gentle birth’, and related forms such as gentility [14] and gentleman [13] point up the original link between gentle and ‘family, stock, birth’. The word comes via Old French gentil from Latin gentīlis , a derivative of gēns ‘family, stock’, which in turn goes back to the Indo-European base * gen - ‘produce’ (source of English
• generosity 英文词源 generosity (n.) early 15c., "nobility, goodness of race," from Latin generositatem (nominative generositas ) "nobility, excellence, magnanimity," from generosus "of noble birth; magnanimous" (see generous ). Meaning "munificence, quality of being generous" is recorded from 1670s. 中文词源 generosity ：慷慨，大方 词根词缀： -gener-生殖 + -osity 该词的英语词源请访
• generally 英文词源 generally (adv.) "including everyone; in a general way, without reference to particulars," mid-14c., from general (adj.) + -ly (2). 中文词源 generally ：通常，一般 词根词缀： -gener-生(殖) + -al形容词词尾 + -ly 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： generally 词源， generally 含义。
• generalization 英文词源 generalization (n.) 1761, "act of generalizing," from generalize + -ation . Meaning "an instance of generalizing, an induction, a general inference" is from 1794. 中文词源 generalization ：一般化，普遍化，概括 词根词缀： -gener-生(殖) + -al形容词词尾 + -ize(e略)动词词尾 + -ation 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： generalization 词源，
• generalise 英文词源 generalize (v.) 1751, probably a new formation from general (adj.) + -ize . Middle English had generalisen (early 15c.). Related: Generalizable ; generalized ; generalizing . 中文词源 generalise ：概括，普及 词根词缀： -gener-生(殖) + -al形容词词尾 + -ise动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： generalise 词源， generalise 含义。
• generalisation 英文词源 generalisation (n.) chiefly British English spelling of generalization . For spelling, see -ize . 中文词源 generalisation ：概括；普遍化；一般化 词根词缀： -gener-生(殖) + -al形容词词尾 + -ise(e略)动词词尾 + -ation 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： generalisation 词源， generalisation 含义。
• gemmiparous 英文词源 gemmiparous "(Of a plant or animal) reproducing by gemmation", Late 18th century: from modern Latin gemmiparus , from Latin gemma 'bud, jewel' + parere 'produce, give birth to'. 中文词源 gemmiparous ：发芽的，发芽生殖的  gemm-来源于拉丁语gemma(芽,蓓蕾)。 词根词缀： gemm-芽 + -i- + -par-生育 + -ous形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• Gaul 英文词源 Gaul (n.) 1560s, "an inhabitant of ancient Gaul," from French Gaule , from Latin Gallia , from Gallus "a Gaul." Also used somewhat facetiously for "a Frenchman." Gauloise , the popular brand of French cigarettes, dates to 1910. 中文词源 Gaul ：高卢，高卢人 来源于拉丁语名词gallus, -i, m公鸡法国人的祖先是高卢人,法国也被称为“高卢雄鸡”。 该词的
• gasoline 英文词源 gasoline (n.) "lightest volatile liquid obtained from distillation of petroleum," 1864 (alternative spelling gasolene is from 1865), from gas (n.) + -ol (probably here representing Latin oleum "oil") + chemical suffix -ine (2). Shortened form gas was in common use in U.S. by 1897. Gas station as a fuel filling station for automobiles recorded by 1924. 中文词源 gasoline ：汽油 词
• gaseous 英文词源 gaseous (adj.) "in the form of a gas," 1799, from gas (n.) + -ous . Related: Gaseousness . 中文词源 gaseous ：气体的，气态的 词根词缀： gas气体 + -eous有…性质的 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gaseous 词源， gaseous 含义。
• gage 英文词源 gage (n.) "a pledge, a pawn, something valuable deposited to insure performance," especially "something thrown down as a token of challenge," c. 1300, from Old French gage "pledge (of battle), security, guarantee; pay, reward" (11c.), from Frankish *wadja- , from Proto-Germanic *wadi- (see wed ). Italian gaggio , Spanish and Portuguese gage are French loan-words. gage (v.) c. 1400, "t
• Gaea 英文词源 Gaea see Gaia . 中文词源 Gaea ：希腊神话中的大地女神盖亚 在古希腊神话中，大地女神称为“盖亚”（Gaea，Gaia），由混沌之神卡俄斯（Chaos）所生。Gaea通过自我繁殖诞生了天神乌拉洛斯（Uranos）、海洋神彭透斯（Pontus）和山脉乌瑞亚（Ourea），并与天神乌拉洛斯结合生了六男六女十二个提坦巨神及
• Gigantes 英文词源 gigantesque "Like or appropriate to a giant", Early 19th century: from French, from Italian gigantesco , from Greek gigas, gigant- (see giant ). 中文词源 Gigantes ：希腊神话中的巨人族癸干忒斯 天神乌拉诺斯被其子克洛诺斯阉割时，溅出的精血洒落在大地女神盖亚身上，使盖亚诞生了巨人族癸干忒斯，他们个个身材巨大，长发长
• grocery 英文词源 grocery (n.) mid-15c., "goods sold by a grocer;" earlier the name of the Grocer's Hall in London (early 15c.), from Old French grosserie , from grossier "wholesale merchant" (see grocer ). Meaning "a grocer's shop" is by 1803, especially in American English, where its use in that sense restricted the "goods sold by a grocer" meaning to the plural, groceries , by mid-19c. GROCERY. A gr
• goldbrick 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random bitter bitter: [OE] Old English biter appears to have come from * bit -, the short-vowel version of * bīt -, source of bite . Its original meaning would thus have been ‘biting’, and although there do not seem to be any traces of this left in the historical record, the sense development to ‘acrid-tasting’ is fairly strai
• gramophone 英文词源 gramophone gramophone: [19] The term gramophone was registered as a trademark in 1887 by the German-born American inventor Emil Berliner for a sound recording and reproducing device he had developed using a disc (as opposed to the cylinder of Edison’s phonograph). He coined it simply by reversing the elements of phonogram , a term adopted for a ‘sound recording’ in the early 188
• greenroom 英文词源 green (adj.) Old English grene , Northumbrian groene "green, of the color of living plants," in reference to plants, "growing, living, vigorous," also figurative, of a plant, "freshly cut," of wood, "unseasoned" earlier groeni , from Proto-Germanic *gronja- (cognates: Old Saxon grani , Old Frisian grene , Old Norse grænn , Danish grøn , Dutch groen , Old High German gruoni , German
• greyhound 英文词源 greyhound greyhound: [OE] Most greyhounds are not grey – and there is no etymological reason why they should be. For the element grey - in their name has no connection with the colour-term grey . It comes from an unrecorded Old English * grīeg ‘bitch’, a relative of Old Norse grøy ‘bitch’. greyhound (n.) Old English grighund (West Saxon), greghund (Anglian) "greyhound," pr
• grout 英文词源 grout (n.) "thin, fluid mortar" used in joints of masonry and brickwork, 1580s, extended from sense "coarse porridge," perhaps from Old English gruta (plural) "coarse meal," from Proto-Germanic *grut- , from PIE root *ghreu- "to rub, grind" (see grit (n.)). As a verb from 1838. Related: grouted ; grouting . 中文词源 grout ：勾缝剂，薄胶泥 词源同grits, 粗玉米粉。即粗
• googol 英文词源 googol googol: [20] There are comparatively few ‘new’ words in the English language – that is, words which have not been made up from combinations of old words, or borrowed from other languages, but have sprung up as entirely new growths – but this is one of them. When in the 1930s the American mathematician Dr Edward Kasner was trying to think of a name for an unimaginably la
• G 英文词源 G seventh letter of the alphabet, invented by the Romans; for its history see C . As a movie rating in the U.S., 1966, standing for general . Standing for gravity in physics since 1785. 中文词源 G ：英语字母表的第七个字母 英语字母 G 来自希腊字母gamma, 来自腓尼基语gimel, 骆驼。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： G 词源， G 含义。
• gyroscope 英文词源 gyroscope (n.) heavy rotating wheel with an axis free to turn in any direction, 1853, improved and named in French 1852 by Foucault, from Greek gyros "a circle" (see gyre (n.)) + skopos "watcher" (see scope (n.1)), because the device demonstrates that the earth rotates. 中文词源 gyroscope ：陀螺仪 gyro-, 旋转。-scope, 看，见telescope. 后用做科技名词。 该词的英语
• gyrate 英文词源 gyrate (v.) "move in a circle or spiral," 1763 (implied in gyrated ), back-formation from gyration . Related: Gyrated ; gyrating . 中文词源 gyrate ：旋转 来自PIE*geu, 弯，转，进一步来自PIE*sker, 弯，转，词源同ring, circle. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gyrate 词源， gyrate 含义。
• gypsum 英文词源 gypsum gypsum: [17] The word gypsum originated among the Semitic languages, with a relative or ancestor of Arabic jibs and Hebrew gephes ‘plaster’. Greek adopted this unknown form as gúpsos , which passed into Latin as gypsum . (An Italian descendant of gypsum is gesso ‘plaster’, borrowed by English in the 16th century for ‘plaster as a surface for painting on’.) = gesso
• gyp 英文词源 gyp (v.) "to cheat, swindle," 1889, American English, probably derived from the colloquial shortening of Gypsy (compare gip ). Related: Gypped . As a noun, "fraudulent action, a cheat," by 1914. 中文词源 gyp ：敲竹杠 词源不详。可能来自Gypsy, 吉普赛人，通常含欺骗义。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gyp 词源， gyp 含义。
• gynecology 英文词源 gynecology (n.) also gynaecology , "science of women's health and of the diseases peculiar to women," 1847, from French gynécologie , from Latinized form of Greek gynaiko- , comb. form of gyne "woman, female," from PIE *gwen- "woman" (see queen ). Second element is from French -logie "study of," from Greek (see -logy ). Another word for it was gyniatrics . 中文词源 gynecology ：妇
• gynarchy 英文词源 gynarchy (n.) "government by women or a woman," 1570s, from Greek gyne "woman, wife," from PIE *gwen- "woman" (see queen ) + -arkhe "rule" (see archon ). Synonymous gynaecocracy (from Greek gynaikokratia ) and gyneocracy are attested from 1610s; gynocracy is from 1728. 中文词源 gynarchy ：妇女当政 gyn, 女人。-archy, 统治，见anarchy. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• gymnasium 英文词源 gymnasium gymnasium: [16] Greek gumnós meant ‘naked’. It was customary in ancient times for athletes to train naked, and so the verb gumnázein came to mean ‘train, practise’ – particularly by doing exercises (whence English gymnast [16]). From the verb was derived the noun gumnásion , which Latin borrowed as gymnasium ‘school’. This academic sense has never caught on
• gymkhana 英文词源 gymkhana gymkhana: [19] The British brought the word gymkhana back with them from India, where they found it as Hindi gendkhāna , literally ‘ballhouse’, the name given to a racket court. The first syllable gym - is generally assumed to be an alteration of gend - on the analogy of gymnasium . The term was originally used for a ‘sports ground’; the current sense ‘horse-riding
• gybe 英文词源 gybe (v.2) alternative spelling of jibe . gybe (v.1) "swing from one side to the other," nautical, 1690s, probably from older Dutch gijben , related to German gieben , of uncertain origin. 中文词源 gybe ：转帆 来自jibe的拼写变体。词源不详，可能来自jib, 艏三角帆。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gybe 词源， gybe 含义。
• gweilo 英文词源 gweilo "A foreigner, especially a westerner", Cantonese, literally 'ghost man'. 中文词源 gweilo ：外国佬，鬼佬 来自广东话鬼佬的音译。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gweilo 词源， gweilo 含义。
• guzzle 英文词源 guzzle (v.) 1570s, "swallow liquid greedily" (intransitive), 1580s in transitive sense, probably related to Old French gosillier "to go down the gullet; to vomit, chatter, talk," from gosier (13c.) "jaws, throat, gullet." Or imitative of the sound of drinking greedily. Related: Guzzled ; guzzling . guzzle (n.) 1590s, "a drain," from guzzle (v.). From 1704 as "liquor," 1836 as "bout of
• Guy Fawkes night 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random schlep schlep: see shemozzle 中文词源 Guy Fawkes night ：篝火之夜 参考电影《V字仇杀队》。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Guy Fawkes night 词源， Guy Fawkes night 含义。
• gut-wrenching 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random chalk chalk: [OE] Latin calx meant broadly ‘lime, limestone’ (it probably came from Greek khálix ‘pebble’). This was borrowed in early times into the Germanic languages, and in most of them it retains this meaning (German kalk , for instance, means ‘limestone’). In English, however, it fairly soon came to be applied
• guttural 英文词源 guttural (adj.) "pertaining to the throat," 1590s, from Middle French guttural , from Latin guttur "throat, gullet," perhaps expressive of throat-noises. "Note that gula , glut- and gurgulio also refer to the 'throat' and 'swallowing', and also contain g(l)u- . Guttur may belong to this same family, which has no PIE etymology" [de Vaan]. The noun, in linguistics, is from 1690s. 中文词
• guttersnipe 英文词源 guttersnipe (n.) also gutter-snipe , 1857, from gutter (n.) + snipe (n.); originally Wall Street slang for "streetcorner broker," attested later (1869) as "street urchin," also "one who gathers rags and paper from gutters." As a name for the common snipe, it dates from 1874 but is perhaps earlier. 中文词源 guttersnipe ：流浪儿 gutter, 檐沟。snipe, 沙锥鸟。即臭水沟里捡
• guttering 英文词源 gut-bucket (adj.) in reference to jazz, "earthy," by 1929, supposedly originally a reference to the buckets which caught the drippings, or gutterings , from barrels. Which would connect it to gutter (v.). gutter (v.) late 14c., "to make or run in channels" (transitive), from gutter (n.). Intransitive use, in reference to candles (1706) it is from the channel that forms as the molten w
• gutter 英文词源 gutter gutter: [13] Etymologically, a gutter is something along which ‘drops’ of water run. Its distant ancestor is Latin gutta ‘drop’ (source also of English gout ). From it was formed the Vulgar Latin derivative * guttāria , which passed into English via Anglo-Norman gotere . The use of the word as a verb, meaning (of a flame) ‘flicker on the point of going out’, comes
• gutted 英文词源 gut (v.) "remove the guts of" (fish, etc.), late 14c., from gut (n.); figurative use "plunder the contents of" is by 1680s. Related: Gutted ; gutting . 中文词源 gutted ：缺乏勇气的 来自gut, 勇气，指勇气动摇的。词义演变比较nerve,勇气，nervous,紧张。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gutted 词源， gutted 含义。
• gutser 英文词源 gutser "A heavy fall or collision", Early 20th century: from the noun gut. 中文词源 gutser ：跌倒 俚语。来自gut, 肠子，肠道。即肠子都跌出来的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gutser 词源， gutser 含义。
• gutless 英文词源 gutless (adj.) "cowardly," 1900, from gut (n.) in the figurative "spirit" sense (see guts ) + -less . Literal sense "disemboweled" is from c. 1600. Related: Gutlessly ; gutlessness . 中文词源 gutless ：怯懦的 gut, 勇气。-less, 无，没有。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gutless 词源， gutless 含义。
• gut 英文词源 gut gut: [OE] Gut probably comes ultimately from prehistoric Indo-European * gh(e)u - ‘pour’ (source also of English foundry , funnel , fusion , etc), and presumably has the underlying meaning ‘tube through which digested food flows’. From the same source came Greek khūmós ‘animal or plant juice’, from which English got the technical term chyme ‘mass of semidigested fo
• gusto 英文词源 gusto gusto: [17] Gusto originally meant ‘taste’. It was borrowed from Italian gusto , which, like French goût , comes from Latin gustus ‘taste’. Its semantic progress from ‘taste’ via ‘liking for a particular food’ and ‘liking in general’ to ‘zest, enthusiasm’ is paralleled in relish . (Latin gustus itself came from an Indo-European * geus -, which also produ
• gussy 英文词源 gussy (v.) "to dress up or decorate in a showy way," 1952, American English slang, apparently from Gussy (adj.), schoolyard slang for "overly dressed" (1940); perhaps related to gussie "effeminate man" (1901) and somehow connected to the nickname for Augusta and Augustus . 中文词源 gussy ：花枝招展的 来自常用名Augustus的昵称，字面意思为大的，壮观的，词源
• gusset 英文词源 gusset (n.) early 14c., from Old French gosset "armhole; piece of armor for the armpit" (13c.), apparently from gousse "shell of a nut," a word of unknown origin. Originally an armorer's term; of clothing from 1560s. 中文词源 gusset ：衬料 来自法语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gusset 词源， gusset 含义。
• gush 英文词源 gush (v.) c. 1400, "to rush out suddenly and forcefully" (of blood, water, etc.), probably formed imitatively in English or from Low German, or from or based on Old Norse gusa "to gush, spurt," from PIE *gus- , from PIE *gheus- "to pour," and related to geyser . Metaphoric sense of "speak in an effusive manner" first recorded 1873. Related: Gushed ; gushing . The noun is 1680s, from t
• guru 英文词源 guru guru: see gravity guru (n.) 1806, gooroo , from Hindi guru "teacher, priest," from Sanskrit guru-s "one to be honored, teacher," from guru- "venerable, worthy of honor," literally "heavy, weighty," from PIE root *gwere- (2) "heavy" (see grave (adj.)). Generalized sense of "mentor" is from 1940 (in H.G. Wells); sense of "expert in something" first recorded c. 1966 in Canadian Engl
• gurney 英文词源 gurney (n.) type of hospital cart, by 1921, of unknown origin. It also is a surname, and perhaps this use traces to the Gurney Ball Bearing Co. of Jamestown, N.Y., which was in active operation at the time but seems to have specialized in bearings for automobiles. Earliest use in hospital literature is in reference to carts for food and laundry. 中文词源 gurney ：医院中推送病
• gurn 英文词源 gurn "Pull a grotesque face", Early 20th century: dialect variant of grin. 中文词源 gurn ：扮鬼脸 来自grin的方言变体。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gurn 词源， gurn 含义。
• Gurkha 英文词源 Gurkha (n.) member of a dominant race of Nepal, 1811. They are of Hindu descent, famous as warriors. Said to be ultimately from Sanskrit gauh "cow" (from PIE *gwou- "cow, ox, bull;" see cow (n.)) + raksati "he protects," from PIE *aleks- , extended form of root *lek- "to ward off, protect" (see Alexander ). 中文词源 Gurkha ：廓尔喀士兵（善战的尼泊尔人） 尼泊尔民族
• gurgle 英文词源 gurgle gurgle: see gargoyle gurgle (v.) early 15c., medical term for "gurgling heard in the abdomen," a native, echoic formation, or ultimately from Latin gurguliare , perhaps via Dutch, German gurgeln . Extended (non-anatomical) use, in reference to water over stones, etc., is first recorded 1713. "This phenomenon of long specialized use before becoming a part of the general vocabula
• gurdwara 英文词源 gurdwara "A Sikh place of worship", From Punjabi gurduārā , from Sanskrit guru 'teacher' + dvāra 'door'. 中文词源 gurdwara ：谒师所（锡克教礼拜场所） 来自印度语。gur, 宗教导师，得道者，同guru. -dwara, 门，词源同door. 即锡克教徒修行得道之门。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gurdwara 词源， gurdwara 含义。
• guppy 英文词源 guppy (n.) 1925, named for R.J.L. Guppy , Trinidad clergyman who supplied the first specimen (1866) to the British Museum. The family name is from a place in Dorset. The class of streamlined U.S. submarines (1948) is an acronym from greater underwater propulsion power + -y . 中文词源 guppy ：孔雀鱼 来自R.J.L.Guppy, 19世纪西印度群岛特立尼达牧师，其为大英博物
• gunwale 英文词源 gunwale (n.) "uppermost edge of a ship's side," mid-15c., gonne walle , from gun (n.) + wale "plank" (see wale ). Originally a platform on the deck of a ship to support the mounted guns. 中文词源 gunwale ：船缘 gun, 枪，枪炮。 -wale, 板，词源同wall. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gunwale 词源， gunwale 含义。
• gunslinger 英文词源 drop (n.) Old English dropa "a drop of liquid," from Proto-Germanic *drupon (cognates: Old Saxon dropo , Old Norse dropi , Dutch drop , Old High German tropfo , German Tropfen (n.)), from PIE *dhreu- . Meaning "an act of dropping" is from 1630s; of immaterial things (prices, temperatures, etc.) from mid-19c. Meaning "lozenge, hard candy" is 1723. Meaning "secret place where things can
• gunnysack 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random pipe pipe: [OE] The etymological notion underlying pipe is of a ‘piping’ sound. The word goes back to a Common Romance * pīpa , a derivative of the Latin verb pīpāre ‘chirp’. This was formed from the base * pīp -, imitative of the sounds made by young birds, which also lies behind English pigeon . Prehistoric Germani
• gunny 英文词源 gunny (n.1) 1711, Anglo-Indian goney name of a strong, coarse fabric made from jute or hemp, from Hindi goni , from Sanskrit goni "sack." Gunny sack attested by 1862. gunny (n.2) 1940s, Armed Forces slang, short for gunnery sergeant . 中文词源 gunny ：黄麻袋布 来自印度语，黄麻，麻布。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gunny 词源， gunny 含义
• gung-ho 英文词源 gung-ho "Unthinkingly enthusiastic and eager, especially about taking part in fighting or warfare", Second World War: from Chinese gōnghé , taken to mean 'work together' and adopted as a slogan by US Marines. 中文词源 gung-ho ：工合，偏激 来自汉语工合，即早期的工业合作组织。被西方人误解成一种激进的，偏激的组织或口号。 该词的英语词
• gunge 英文词源 gunge "An unpleasantly sticky or viscous substance", 1960s: perhaps suggested by goo and gunk. 中文词源 gunge ：黏糊糊的东西 拟声词，模仿黏稠质流过的声音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gunge 词源， gunge 含义。
• gumshield 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random avail avail: see value 中文词源 gumshield ：护齿 gum, 牙龈。shield, 盾。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gumshield 词源， gumshield 含义。
• gumption 英文词源 gumption (n.) 1719, originally Scottish, "common sense, shrewdness, acuteness of practical understanding," also "drive, initiative," possibly connected with Middle English gome "attention, heed," from Old Norse gaumr "heed, attention." Sense of "initiative" is first recorded 1812. Related: Gumptious (adj.), attested from 1823. 中文词源 gumption ：机智，老练，胆识 词源不详
• gumdrop 英文词源 gum-drop (n.) also gumdrop , type of confection, 1856, from gum (n.1) + drop (n.). 中文词源 gumdrop ：橡皮糖 gum, 树胶。drop, 俚语，糖。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gumdrop 词源， gumdrop 含义。
• gumboot 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random riding riding: [11] Until 1974 Yorkshire was divided for administrative purposes into three ridings . The word has no connection with ride . It means etymologically ‘third part’. It was borrowed from Old Norse thrithjungr ‘third part’, a derivative of thrithi ‘third’. Its original English form was * thrithing , later
• gumboil 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random fund fund: [17] Latin fundus meant ‘bottom’. English originally acquired it via French as fond , and in the course of the 17th century re-latinized it to fund . The literal meaning ‘bottom’ was retained until the mid 18th century (‘a Glass-Bubble fix’d to the Fund of a Vessel’, British Apollo 1709), but gradually i
• gumbo 英文词源 gumbo (n.) soup thickened with okra, 1805, from Louisiana French, probably ultimately from Central Bantu dialect (compare Mbundu ngombo "okra"). Also used for "the creole patois of Louisiana" (1838). 中文词源 gumbo ：秋葵汤 来自非洲土著语。也叫做okra, 或俗称lady’s finger. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gumbo 词源， gumbo 含义。
• gum 英文词源 gum gum: English has three words gum . The oldest, ‘tissue surrounding the teeth’ [OE], originally meant ‘mucous lining of the mouth and throat’; its present-day meaning did not emerge until the 14th century. It is not clear where it came from, although it is related to German gaumen ‘roof of the mouth’, and perhaps to Lithuanian gomurys ‘gum’ and even Latin fauces ‘
• gulp 英文词源 gulp (v.) late 14c., a native coinage or else from Flemish gulpe or Dutch gulpen "to gush, pour forth, guzzle, swallow," in any case possibly of imitative origin (compare Swedish dialectal glapa "to gulp down"). Related: Gulped ; gulping . gulp (n.) 1560s, from gulp (v.), or else from Flemish gulpe , Dutch gulp "stream of water, large draught." 中文词源 gulp ：狼吞虎咽 来自