英语词源

• gully 英文词源 gully (n.) "channel in earth made by running water," 1650s, possibly a variant of Middle English golet "water channel" (see gullet ). Gully-washer , American English colloquial for "heavy rainstorm," attested by 1887. 中文词源 gully ：深沟 来自词根gull, 吞食，词源同glut, gullet. 引申义食道，深沟。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gully 词
• gullible 英文词源 gullible gullible: [19] Gullible is a derivative of the now archaic gull ‘dupe’, itself a verbal use of the noun gull ‘gullible person, simpleton’. This appears to have been a figurative extension of an earlier gull ‘newly hatched bird’ [14], which survived dialectally into the late 19th century, and was itself perhaps a noun use of the obsolete adjective gull ‘yellow’
• gullet 英文词源 gullet gullet: [14] Latin gula meant ‘throat’. It was a descendant of Indo-European * gel - ‘swallow’, which also produced German kehle ‘throat’ and English glut and glutton . Gula passed into Old French as gole or goule (whence modern French gueule ‘mouth’), where it formed the basis of a diminutive form goulet , acquired by English as gullet (and later, in the 16th c
• Gullah 英文词源 Gullah "of or pertaining to blacks on the sea-islands of Georgia and South Carolina," 1739 (first attested as a male slave's proper name), of uncertain origin. Early 19c. folk etymology made it a shortening of Angola (homeland of many slaves) or traced it to a West African tribal group called the Golas. 中文词源 Gullah ：古鸥（英国与多种西非语言结合的一种美国黑人
• gull 英文词源 gull gull: [15] Gull is a Celtic contribution to English. It was probably borrowed from Welsh gwylan , which together with Cornish guilan , Breton gwelan , and Old Irish foilenn , goes back to a prehistoric Old Celtic * voilenno -. (The Old English word for ‘gull’ was mǣw , as in modern English sea mew .) gull (n.1) shore bird, early 15c. (in a cook book), probably from Brythonic
• gulf 英文词源 gulf gulf: [14] Gulf comes from Greek kólphos , which meant originally ‘bosom’. It was later extended metaphorically to denote ‘bag’, and also ‘trough between waves’, and these senses (the latter modified to ‘abyss’) followed it through Vulgar Latin * colphus , Italian golfo , and French golphe into English. The derivative engulf , based on the sense ‘abyss’, date
• gulch 英文词源 gulch (n.) "deep ravine," 1832, perhaps from obsolete or dialectal verb gulsh "sink in" (of land), "gush out" (of water), from Middle English gulchen "to gush forth; to drink greedily" (c. 1200). Compare gulche-cuppe "a greedy drinker" (mid-13c.). "There appears to be no etymological connection with gully " [Century Dictionary]. 中文词源 gulch ：急流峡谷 词源同gully,深沟。
• Gujarat 英文词源 Gujarati from Gujarat , state in western India, Hindi, from Sanskrit Gurjara . 中文词源 Gujarat ：印度古吉拉特邦 印度西部邦，号称“印度的广东”，现任印度总理莫迪因在该邦任部长期间的卓越政绩当选总理。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Gujarat 词源， Gujarat 含义。
• guitar 英文词源 guitar guitar: [17] The Greek kithárā was a stringed musical instrument of the lyre family, which has bequeathed its name to a variety of successors. Via Latin cithara came English citole [14], a medieval stringed instrument, and German zither (borrowed by English in the 19th century), while Arabic took it over as qītār and passed it on to Spanish as guitarra . French adopted it i
• guise 英文词源 guise guise: see geezer guise (n.) late 13c., "style or fashion of attire," from Old French guise "manner, fashion, way," from Frankish *wisa or some similar Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *wison "appearance, form, manner," from *wissaz (cognates: Old High German wisa "manner, wise"), from PIE root *weid- "to see" (see vision ). Sense of "assumed appearance" is from 1660s, from
• Guinness 英文词源 Guinness Irish brewery, founded 1759 by Arthur Guinness (1725-1803) in Dublin. 中文词源 Guinness ：健力士黑啤酒 爱尔兰啤酒，来自该品牌创建者Arthur Guinness。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Guinness 词源， Guinness 含义。
• guinea pig 英文词源 guinea pig (n.) rodent native to South America, 1660s. It does not come from Guinea and has nothing to do with the pig . Perhaps so called either because it was brought back to Britain aboard Guinea-men , ships that plied the triangle trade between England, Guinea, and South America [Barnhart, Klein], or from its resemblance to the young of the Guinea-hog "river pig" [OED], or from co
• guineafowl 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random list list: Over the centuries, English has had no fewer than five different words list , only two of which are now in everyday common usage. List ‘catalogue’ [17] was borrowed from French liste ‘band, border, strip of paper, catalogue’. This goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * līstōn , source also of English list ‘
• guinea 英文词源 guinea guinea: [17] Guinea first emerged as the name of a section of the West Africa continent in the late 16th century (its origins are not known, but presumably it was based on an African word). In 1663 the Royal Mint began to produce a gold coin valued at 20 shillings ‘for the use of the Company of Royal Adventurers of England trading with Africa’. It had the figure of an eleph
• guilt 英文词源 guilt guilt: [OE] Guilt is a strictly English word; no other Germanic, or indeed Indo-European language has it, and it is not clear where it came from. One theory is that, like guild and yield , it comes ultimately from Germanic * gelth - ‘pay’, and originally meant ‘debt’. This is not generally accepted, but it is notable that the German word schuld means ‘debt’ as well a
• guillemot 英文词源 guillemot "An auk (seabird) with a narrow pointed bill, typically nesting on cliff ledges", Late 17th century: from French, diminutive of Guillaume 'William'. 中文词源 guillemot ：海鸽 来自法语guillaume, 对应英语William. 即以熟悉的人名代替一些叫不出名字的物体。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： guillemot 词源， guillemot 含义。
• guileless 英文词源 guileless (adj.) 1710, from guile + -less . Related: Guilelessly ; guilelessness . 中文词源 guileless ：不奸诈的 guile, 奸诈。-less, 不，非。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： guileless 词源， guileless 含义。
• guile 英文词源 guile (n.) mid-12c., from Old French guile "deceit, wile, fraud, ruse, trickery," probably from Frankish *wigila "trick, ruse" or a related Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *wih-l- (cognates: Old Frisian wigila "sorcery, witchcraft," Old English wig "idol," Gothic weihs "holy," German weihen "consecrate"), from PIE root *weik- (2) "consecrated, holy." 中文词源 guile ：奸诈 词
• guildhall 英文词源 husting husting: [11] In the late Old English period, a husting was a sort of deliberative assembly or council summoned by the king. The word was borrowed from Old Norse hústhing , literally ‘house assembly’, which denoted a council consisting of members of the king’s immediate household, rather than a general assembly ( thing , which is the same word as modern English thing ,
• guilder 英文词源 guilder guilder: see gold guilder (n.) Dutch gold coin, late 15c., probably from a mispronunciation of Middle Dutch gulden , literally "golden," in gulden (florijn) or some similar name for a golden coin (see golden ). 中文词源 guilder ：荷兰盾 来自古荷兰语gulden的拼写讹误，同golden. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： guilder 词源， guilder 含
• guild 英文词源 guild guild: [14] Guilds probably got their name from the subscriptions paid by their members. It goes back to a Germanic * gelth - ‘pay’, which also produced German and Dutch geld ‘money’. An association to which people contributed in order to further a common effort was a * gelthjōn , which probably passed into English via Middle Low German or Middle Dutch gilde . English y
• guideline 英文词源 guideline (n.) 1785, "line marked on a surface before cutting," from guide + line (n.). Meaning "rope for steering a hot-air balloon" is from 1846. In figurative use by 1948. Related: Guidelines . 中文词源 guideline ：指导方针 来自guild和line的组合词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： guideline 词源， guideline 含义。 guideline ：( 词根词
• guide 英文词源 guide guide: [14] The ancestor of guide was Germanic * wit - ‘know’, source of English wise , wit , and witness . From it was derived a verb * wītan , and the Franks, a West Germanic people who conquered Gaul in the 3rd and 4th centuries AD, brought it with them. It eventually became Old French guider , and was borrowed by English. The semantic progression from ‘knowing’ to ‘
• guffaw 英文词源 guffaw (n.) 1720, Scottish, probably imitative of the sound of coarse laughter. Compare gawf (early 16c.) "loud, noisy laugh." The verb is from 1721. Related: Guffawed ; guffawing . 中文词源 guffaw ：哄笑 拟声词，模仿哄堂大笑的声音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： guffaw 词源， guffaw 含义。
• guff 英文词源 guff (n.) "empty talk, nonsense," 1888, from earlier sense of "puff of air" (1825), of imitative origin. 中文词源 guff ：蠢话 拟声词，模仿夸夸其谈的声音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： guff 词源， guff 含义。
• guest 英文词源 guest guest: [13] Guest comes ultimately from the same source as produced host . Their family tree diverged in prehistoric times, but their close relationship is pointed up by the fact that the related French hôte means both ‘guest’ and ‘host’. The common ancestor was Indo- European * ghostis ‘stranger’, whose Germanic descendant * gastiz produced German and Dutch gast ,
• guesstimate 英文词源 guesstimate (v.) 1902, a blending of guess (v.) and estimate (v.). Related: Guesstimated ; guesstimating . As a noun from 1906. 中文词源 guesstimate ：瞎猜 来自guess和estimate的合成词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： guesstimate 词源， guesstimate 含义。
• guess 英文词源 guess guess: [13] In the earliest records we have of the verb guess , it is used for ‘take aim’. The modern sense ‘estimate’ did not emerge until the mid- 14th century. It seems to be of Scandinavian origin, and probably comes ultimately from the same base as produced get (Old Norse geta meant ‘guess’ as well as ‘get’, and the semantic progression hinted at by the inte
• guerrilla 英文词源 guerrilla (n.) "fighter in an irregular, independent armed force," 1809, from Spanish guerrilla "body of skirmishers, skirmishing warfare," literally "little war," diminutive of guerra "war," from a Germanic source cognate with Old High German werra "strife, conflict, war," from Proto-Germanic *werra- (see war (n.)). Acquired by English during the Peninsular War (1808-1814), when band
• gubernatorial 英文词源 gubernatorial gubernatorial: see govern gubernatorial (adj.) 1734, formed in American English from Latin gubernator "a governor" (see govern ) + -al (1). OED marks it "Cheifly U.S.," and Century Dictionary says "Chiefly in newspaper use." As English words, gubernator was in use from 1520s, gubernation from mid-15c., but both are rare. 中文词源 gubernatorial ：州长的 词源同g
• gubbins 英文词源 gubbins "Miscellaneous items; paraphernalia", Mid 16th century (in the sense 'fragments'): from obsolete gobbon 'piece, slice, gob', from Old French; probably related to gobbet. Current senses date from the early 20th century. 中文词源 gubbins ：零碎东西 可能来自gobbet, 小嘴。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gubbins 词源， gubbins 含义。
• guava 英文词源 guava (n.) 1550s, from Spanish guaya , variant of guayaba , from Arawakan (W. Indies) guayabo "guava tree" or Tupi guajava . 中文词源 guava ：番石榴 来自南美土著语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： guava 词源， guava 含义。
• guardianship 英文词源 guardianship (n.) 1550s, from guardian + -ship . 中文词源 guardianship ：监护地位 来自guard, 监护。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： guardianship 词源， guardianship 含义。
• guard 英文词源 guard guard: [15] Prehistoric West Germanic * warthōn produced English ward . It was borrowed into Vulgar Latin as * wardāre , and following the general phonetic trend by which Germanic initial w became g(u) in the Romance languages, it produced Italian guardare , Spanish guardar , and French garder . The noun derived from the latter, garde , gave English guard . Guardian [15], borr
• guarantee 英文词源 guarantee guarantee: [17] Guarantee is essentially the same word as warrant , which is of Germanic origin (Germanic initial w - became g(u) - in the Romance languages). It was probably borrowed into English from the Spanish form garante (this is suggested by early spellings garanté and garante in English), and later changed to guarantee through confusion with guaranty [16] (itself or
• guano 英文词源 guano (n.) c. 1600, from Spanish guano "dung, fertilizing excrement," especially of sea-birds on islands off Peru, from Quechua huanu "dung." 中文词源 guano ：海鸟粪 来自南美土著语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： guano 词源， guano 含义。
• guacamole 英文词源 guacamole (n.) 1920, from American Spanish guacamole , originally Mexican, from Nahuatl (Aztecan) ahuaca-molli , from ahuacatl "avocado" + molli "sauce." 中文词源 guacamole ：墨西哥鳄梨酱 来自墨西哥土著语ahuacatl, 现拼做avocado, 鳄梨，molli, 沙司。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： guacamole 词源， guacamole 含义。
• G spot G 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random smite smite: [OE] Old English smītan meant ‘smear’ (it came from a prehistoric Germanic * smītan , which also produced German schmeissen ‘throw’, and probably went back ultimately to the Indo-European base * smēi -, source of Greek smékhein ‘rub, cleanse’, from which English gets smegma [19]). Exactly the same od
• Gruyere 英文词源 Gruyere kind of cheese, 1802, from Gruyère , the name of the Swiss town and surrounding district where the cheese is made. The place name is said to be ultimately from Latin grus "crane." 中文词源 Gruyere ：格吕耶耳干酪 因产自瑞士Gruyere而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Gruyere 词源， Gruyere 含义。
• gruntle 英文词源 gruntle (v.) 1938, in gruntled "pleased, satisfied," a back-formation from disgruntled . The original verb (early 15c.) meant "to utter a little or low grunt," hence "to murmur, complain" (1580s), but was rare or dialectal by 19c. 中文词源 gruntle ：咕哝，低咕，使高兴，使满意 1.咕哝，低咕，来自grunt, 咕哝。 2.使高兴，使满意，来自disgruntle的讹误
• grunt 英文词源 grunt (v.) Old English grunnettan "to grunt," frequentative of grunian "to grunt," probably imitative (compare Danish grynte , Old High German grunnizon , German grunzen "to grunt," French grogner , Latin grunnire "to grunt"). Related: Grunted ; grunting . Grunter "a pig" is from 1640s. grunt (n.) 1550s, from grunt (v.); as a type of fish, from 1713, so called from the noise they make
• grunge 英文词源 grunge (n.) "sloppiness, dirtiness," also "untidy person," 1965, American English teen slang, probably a back-formation from grungy . In reference to the music and fashion style that originated in Seattle is attested from 1989. 中文词源 grunge ：脏东西 来自grunt和dingy的合成词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： grunge 词源， grunge 含义。
• grumpy 英文词源 grumpy (adj.) 1778, from grump + -y (2). Related: Grumpily ; grumpiness . Scottish variant grumphie also was used as a generic name for a pig. 中文词源 grumpy ：脾气坏的 来自grump, 坏脾气。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： grumpy 词源， grumpy 含义。
• grump 英文词源 grump (n.) "ill-humor," 1727, in humps and grumps "surly remarks," later the grumps "a fit of ill-humor" (1844), then "a person in ill humor" (1900); perhaps an extended sense of grum "morose, surly," which probably is related to Danish grum "cruel;" or perhaps suggested by grumble , grunt , etc. 中文词源 grump ：脾气坏的人 拟声词，模仿抱怨的声音，引申义爱抱怨
• grumble 英文词源 grumble grumble: see grim grumble (v.) 1580s, "complain in a low voice;" 1590s, "make a low, rumbling sound," from Middle French grommeler "mutter between the teeth" or directly from Middle Dutch grommelen "murmur, mutter, grunt," from grommen "to rumble, growl." Imitative, or perhaps akin to grim (adj.). With excrescent -b- as in mumble . Related: Grumbled ; grumbling . grumble (n.)
• gruff 英文词源 gruff (adj.) 1530s, of physical things, "coarse, coarse-grained," from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German grof "coarse (in quality), thick, large," of uncertain origin, regarded by some as related to Old English hreof , Old Norse hrjufr "rough, scabby," with Germanic completive prefix ga- . Of manners, "rough, surly," by 1690s. Related: Gruffness . 中文词源 gruff ：低沉沙哑的，
• gruesome 英文词源 gruesome gruesome: [16] The novels of Sir Walter Scott had an enormous influence in introducing Scotticisms into the general English language, and gruesome is a case in point. It was apparently coined in the 16th century from an earlier verb grue ‘be terrified’, which was probably of Scandinavian origin. For over 200 years it remained restricted in distribution to Scotland and nor
• grueling 英文词源 gruelling (adj.) also grueling , "exhausting, punishing," 1852, present participle adjective from gruel (v.) "to punish," from late 18c. slang get (or have) one's gruel "receive one's punishment," from gruel (n.). 中文词源 grueling ：折磨人的 来自PIE*ghreu, 刮，磨，词源同grit, grind. 引申义折磨人的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： grue
• gruel 英文词源 gruel (n.) late 12c., "meal or flour made of beans, lentils, etc.," from Old French gruel "fine meal" (Modern French gruau ), a diminutive form from Frankish *grut or another Germanic source, cognate with Middle Dutch grute "coarse meal, malt;" Middle High German gruz "grain," from PIE *ghreu- "to rub, grind" (see grit (n.)). Meaning "thin porridge or soup" is late 14c. 中文词源 g
• grudge 英文词源 grudge (v.) mid-15c., "to murmur, complain," variant of grutch . Meaning "to begrudge, envy, wish to deprive of" is c. 1500. Related: Grudged ; grudges ; grudging ; grudgingly . grudge (n.) "ill will excited by some special cause," late 15c., from grudge (v.). 中文词源 grudge ：积怨，抱怨 拟声词。比较grouse, grumble. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• grub 英文词源 grub grub: [13] Grub ‘dig’ comes ultimately from prehistoric Germanic * grub -, perhaps via Old English * grybban , although no record of such a verb has actually come down to us (the related Germanic * grab - gave English grave , while a further variant * grōb - produced groove [15]). The relationship of grub ‘dig’ to the various noun uses of the word is far from clear. Grub
• groyne 英文词源 groyne (n.) "strong, low sea wall," 1580s, perhaps from obsolete groin "pig's snout" (c. 1300; the wall so called because it was thought to look like one), from Old French groin "muzzle, snout; promontory, jutting part," from Latin grunnire "to grunt" (compare English colloquial grunter "a pig"). 中文词源 groyne ：丁坝（防止海浪侵蚀海滩岩石的矮墙） 来自废词gr
• growl 英文词源 growl (v.) 1660s, from Middle English grollen "to rumble, growl" (early 15c.), from Old French grouler "to rumble," said to be from Frankish; probably ultimately of imitative origin. Related: Growled ; growling . The noun is 1727, from the verb. 中文词源 growl ：咆哮 拟声词，模仿咆哮的声音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： growl 词源， grow
• grow 英文词源 grow grow: [OE] Grow comes from a prehistoric Germanic base * grō -, which also produced Dutch groeien ‘grow’ and English grass and green . Latin grāmen ‘grass’ may indicate connections outside Germanic, but this is not certain. = grass , green grow (v.) Old English growan (of plants) "to flourish, increase, develop, get bigger" (class VII strong verb; past tense greow , pas
• grovel 英文词源 grovel grovel: [16] Old and Middle English had a suffix - ling , used for making adverbs denoting direction or condition. Few survive, and of those that do, most have had their - ling changed to the more logical-sounding - long ( headlong and sidelong , for instance, used to be headling and sideling ; darkling still hangs on – just – unchanged). Among them was grovelling , an adve
• grove 英文词源 grove (n.) Old English graf "grove, copse, small wood" (akin to græafa "thicket"), not certainly found in other Germanic languages and with no known cognates. Groves of Academe refers to the shaded walks of the Academy at Athens. 中文词源 grove ：树丛 来自古英语graf, 树丛。词源不详，可能同group. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： grove 词源，
• grouse 英文词源 grouse grouse: English has two words grouse , neither of whose ancestries are adequately documented. It has been speculated that grouse the game-bird [16] originated as the plural of a now lost * grue , which may have come from the medieval Latin bird-name grūta , or from Welsh grugiar , a compound of grug ‘heath’ and iar ‘hen’. Grouse ‘complain’ [19] is first recorded in
• groupie 英文词源 groupie (n.) "girl who follows pop groups," 1967, from group (n.) in the pop music sense + -ie . In World War II R.A.F. slang it was short for group captain . 中文词源 groupie ：追星少女 来自group的俚语义，流行乐团。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： groupie 词源， groupie 含义。
• group 英文词源 group group: [17] Group was originally a term in art criticism. It referred to the disposition of a set of figures or objects in a painting, drawing, etc. Not until the 18th century was it used in its current general sense. It comes via French groupe from Italian gruppo , which was borrowed originally from prehistoric Germanic * kruppaz ‘round mass, lump’ (formed from the same bas
• groundswell 英文词源 ground-swell (n.) also groundswell , "broad, deep swell of the sea," 1783, from ground (n.) + swell (n.). Figurative sense (of sound, emotion, etc.) is attested from 1817. 中文词源 groundswell ：群情高涨 来自ground和swell的组合词，即大地膨胀，比喻义群情高涨。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： groundswell 词源， groundswell 含义。
• grounded 英文词源 grounded (adj.) late 14c., "learned, instructed thoroughly in the basics;" 1540s as "firmly fixed or established," past participle adjective from ground (v.). Electrical sense is from 1889. Meaning "having been denied privileges" is from 1940s. Dickens had room-ridden "confined to one's room." 中文词源 grounded ：接地气的，现实的 来自ground, 地面。引申义接地气的
• groundbreaking 英文词源 ground-breaking (adj.) also groundbreaking , 1907 as a figurative adjective, from expression to break ground (1650s), either for planting or for building, which was in figurative use by 1884; see ground (n.) + break (v.). 中文词源 groundbreaking ：开创性的 ground, 地面。break, 破开。比喻义。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： groundbreaking 词源，
• ground 英文词源 ground ground: [OE] Ground is part of a widespread family of Germanic words, which include also German, Swedish, and Danish grund and Dutch grond . A common meaning element of all these is ‘bottom’, particularly of the sea (preserved in English ‘run aground ’), and it seems that their prehistoric Germanic ancestor * grunduz may originally have denoted something like ‘deep pl
• grouch 英文词源 grouch (n.) "ill-tempered person," 1896, earlier "state of irritable glumness" (1890, in expressions such as to have a grouch on ), U.S. college student slang, of uncertain origin, possibly from grutching "complaint, grumbling" (see grutch ). The Grouch, on the other Hand, gave a correct Imitation of a Bear with a Sore Toe. His Conversation was largely made up of Grunts. He carried a
• grotto 英文词源 grotto grotto: [17] Grotto and crypt are ultimately the same word. The source of both was Greek krúptē , originally ‘hidden place’, hence ‘vault’. English acquired crypt directly from krúptē ’s Latin descendant, crypta , but grotto came via a more circuitous route. Crypta became * crupta or * grupta in Vulgar Latin, and this produced Italian grotta , later grotto . Frenc
• grotty 英文词源 grotty (n.) slang shortening of grotesque , it had a brief vogue 1964 as part of the argot popularized by The Beatles in "A Hard Day's Night." It unconsciously echoes Middle English groti "muddy, slimy," from Old English grotig "earthy," from grot "particle." 中文词源 grotty ：低劣的 来自grotesque的缩写词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： grotty 词
• grot 英文词源 grot (n.) short for grotto , c. 1500; perhaps from or influenced by French grotte . 中文词源 grot ：肮脏的东西 来自grotty的缩写词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： grot 词源， grot 含义。
• gross 英文词源 gross gross: [14] Gross comes via Old French gros from late Latin grossus ‘large, bulky’, a word of unknown origin (not related to German gross ‘large’). Its association with literal physical size has now largely died out in English, in the face of a growing figurative role in such senses as ‘coarse, vulgar’ and (of amounts) ‘total, entire’. Its use as a noun meaning ‘
• grope 英文词源 grope grope: see grip grope (v.) late Old English grapian "to feel about (as one blind or in darkness)," also "take hold of, seize, touch, attain," related to gripan "grasp at" (see gripe (v.)). Transitive sense "search out by sense of touch alone" was in late Old English. Figurative sense is from early 14c. Indecent sense "touch (someone) amorously, play with, fondle" (marked as "obs
• groovy 英文词源 groovy (adj.) 1850, "pertaining to a groove," from groove (n.) + -y (2). Slang sense of "first-rate, excellent" is 1937, American English, from jazz slang phrase in the groove (1932) "performing well (without grandstanding)." As teen slang for "wonderful," it dates from c. 1941; popularized 1960s, out of currency by 1980. Earlier colloquial figurative sense was "having a tendency to r
• groove 英文词源 groove groove: see grub groove (n.) c. 1400, "cave; mine; pit dug in the earth" (late 13c. in place names), from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse grod "pit," or from Middle Dutch groeve "furrow, ditch" (Modern Dutch groef ), both from Proto-Germanic *grobo (cognates: Old Norse grof "brook, river bed," Old High German gruoba "ditch," German Grube "a pit, hole, ditch, grave," Got
• groomsman 英文词源 groomsman (n.) attendant on a bridegroom at a wedding, 1690s, from possessive of groom (n.2) + man (n.). 中文词源 groomsman ：伴郎 groom, 新郎，缩写自bridegroom. 其本身来自古英语guma, 人，词源同human. 受groom影响拼写俗化。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： groomsman 词源， groomsman 含义。
• groom 英文词源 groom groom: [13] No one has ever been able satisfactorily to explain where the word groom came from. It suddenly appears in early Middle English, meaning ‘boy, male servant’ (the sense ‘one who takes care of horses’ is a 17th-century development), and none of the words with a superficial similarity to it, such as Old French grommet ‘servant’ and Old Norse grómr ‘man’
• grommet 英文词源 grommet (n.) also gromet , grummet , 1620s, "ring or wreath of rope," from obsolete French gromette "curb of a bridle" (Modern French gourmette ), from gourmer "to curb," of uncertain origin. Extended sense of "metal eyelet" first recorded 1769. 中文词源 grommet ：金属环 词源不详。来自PIE*ger, 弯，转，进一步来自PIE*sker, 弯，转，词源同ring, circle. -et, 小
• grok 英文词源 grok (v.) "to understand empathically," 1961, arbitrary formation by U.S. science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988) in his book "Stranger in a Strange Land." In popular use 1960s; perhaps obsolete now except in internet technology circles. 中文词源 grok ：通过感觉意会 来自20世纪美国科幻小说家Robert Heinlein杜撰的一个词，词源不详。 该词的英
• groin 英文词源 groin groin: [15] Unravelling the history of groin required a good deal of detective work, and the answer that the 19th-century etymologist Walter Skeat came up with was the rather surprising one that it is related to ground . The root on which this was formed was prehistoric Germanic * grundu -, which also produced the derivative * grundja -. This passed into Old English as grynde ,
• grogram 英文词源 grogram (n.) coarse, stiff textile fabric, 1560s, from Middle French gros grain "coarse grain or texture;" see gross (adj.) + grain (n.). 中文词源 grogram ：粗松斜纹布 来自gross grain 的缩写词，即粗纹理布料。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： grogram 词源， grogram 含义。
• groggy 英文词源 groggy (adj.) 1770, "drunk, overcome with grog so as to stagger or stumble," from grog + -y (2). Non-alcoholic meaning "shaky, tottering" is from 1832, originally from the fight ring. Also used of hobbled horses (1828). Related: Groggily ; grogginess . 中文词源 groggy ：昏昏沉沉的 来自grog, 格洛格酒。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： groggy 词源，
• grog 英文词源 grog grog: [18] Grog comes from the nickname of Edward Vernon (1684–1757), the British admiral who in 1740 introduced the practice of serving rum and water ( grog ) to sailors in the Royal Navy rather than the hitherto customary neat rum (it was discontinued in 1970). His nickname was ‘Old Grogram’, said to be an allusion to the grogram cloak he always wore ( grogram ‘coarse f
• grocer 英文词源 grocer grocer: [15] Etymologically, a grocer is simply somebody who sells ‘in gross’ – that is, wholesale. The word’s ancestor is medieval Latin grossārius ‘wholesale dealer’, a derivative of late Latin grossus ‘large, bulky’ (from which English gets gross ). It passed into English via Old French grossier and Anglo-Norman grosser . In practice, the term seems largely
• groat 英文词源 groat (n.) medieval European coin, late 14c., probably from Middle Dutch groot , elliptical use of the adjective meaning "great, big" (in this case, "thick"), from the name of some large coin (for example the Bremen grote sware , and compare Medieval Latin grossi denarii in reference to a Prague coin) to distinguish it from smaller coins of the same name. Cognate with English great (a
• groan 英文词源 groan groan: see grin groan (v.) Old English granian "to utter a deep, low-toned breath expressive of grief or pain; to murmur; to lament," from Proto-Germanic *grain- (cognates: Old Norse grenja "to howl"), of imitative origin, or related to grin (v.). Meaning "complain" is from early 13c., especially in Middle English phrase grutchen and gronen . As an expression of disapproval, by
• grizzled 英文词源 grizzled (adj.) "gray in color," late 14c., griseld , a past participle adjective formation from the noun grizzle "gray-haired old man" (early 14c. as a surname, Grissel ); see grizzle (adj.). Or else from Old French grisel "gray," diminutive of gris "gray," from a Frankish or other Germanic source (such as Old High German gris "gray;" see gray (adj.). The -zz- spelling is early 15c.
• grizzle 英文词源 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 that in the earliest recorded examples of the verb it means
• gritter 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random pistil pistil: see piston 中文词源 gritter ：撒沙车，撒盐车 来自grit, 沙粒，盐粒。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gritter 词源， gritter 含义。
• grits 英文词源 grits (n.) plural of grit "coarsely ground grain," Old English grytt (plural grytta ) "coarse meal, groats, grits," from Proto-Germanic *grutja- , from the same root as grit (n.), the two words having influenced one another in sound development. In American English, corn-based grits and hominy (q.v.) were used interchangeably in Colonial times. Later, hominy meant whole kernels that h
• grit 英文词源 grit grit: [OE] Etymologically, grit is ‘something produced by pounding’. Prehistoric Indo- European * ghrēu - denoted ‘rub, pound, crush’, and from it came Germanic * greutam ‘tiny particles of crushed or pounded rock’, hence ‘sand, gravel’. Its modern descendants include English grit and German griess ‘gravel, grit, coarse sand’, and it was also used in the form
• gristle 英文词源 gristle (n.) Old English gristle "cartilage," related to grost "gristle," from a common West Germanic word (cognates: Old Frisian and Middle Low German gristel , Old High German crostila , Middle High German gruschel ) of obscure origin. 中文词源 gristle ：软骨 词源不详，可能来自grist, 磨。-le, 表反复。因相对人体其它的骨头而言，软骨是一种耐磨性
• grist 英文词源 grist grist: see grind grist (n.) Old English grist "action of grinding; grain to be ground," perhaps related to grindan "to grind" (see grind (v.)), though OED calls this connection "difficult." Meaning "wheat which is to be ground" is early 15c., as is the figurative extension from this sense. 中文词源 grist ：碎麦 词源同grit, grind. 指磨的碎麦。常用于短语all gr
• grisly 英文词源 grisly grisly: [OE] Middle English had a verb grise ‘be terrified’, which points back via an unrecorded Old English * grīsan to a West Germanic * grī denoting ‘fear, terror’, from which grisly would have been formed. Dutch has the parallel formation grijzelijk . In 1900, the Oxford English Dictionary described grisly as ‘now only arch and lit ’, but since then its fortun