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• gripping 英文词源 gripping (adj.) "grasping the emotions," 1896, figurative use of present participle adjective from grip (v.). 中文词源 gripping ：激动人心的 来自grip的动名词形式。 比喻义心被抓住的，心被吸引的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gripping 词源， gripping 含义。
• griping 英文词源 gripe (v.) c. 1200, "to clutch, seize firmly," from Old English gripan "grasp at, lay hold, attack, take, seek to get hold of," from Proto-Germanic *gripan (cognates: Old Saxon gripan , Old Norse gripa , Dutch grijpen , Gothic greipan , Old High German grifan , German greifen "to seize"), from PIE root *ghreib- "to grip" (cognates: Lithuanian griebiu "to seize"). Figurative sense of "
• gripe 英文词源 gripe (v.) c. 1200, "to clutch, seize firmly," from Old English gripan "grasp at, lay hold, attack, take, seek to get hold of," from Proto-Germanic *gripan (cognates: Old Saxon gripan , Old Norse gripa , Dutch grijpen , Gothic greipan , Old High German grifan , German greifen "to seize"), from PIE root *ghreib- "to grip" (cognates: Lithuanian griebiu "to seize"). Figurative sense of "
• grip 英文词源 grip grip: [OE] Grip comes from a prehistoric Germanic verb * gripjan , derived from a base * grip -. Variants of this base produced gripe [OE] (which originally meant simply ‘grasp’), grope [OE], and possibly also grab . French borrowed it as gripper ‘seize’, from which English gets the now obsolete grippe ‘flu’ [18]. = grab , gripe , grope grip (v.) Old English grippan "
• griot 英文词源 griot (n.) northwest African poet/performer, 1820, from French griot (17c.), which is of unknown origin. 中文词源 griot ：部落史说唱艺人 词源不详。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： griot 词源， griot 含义。
• gringo 英文词源 gringo (n.) term for a European or Anglo-American, 1847, from American Spanish gringo "foreigner," from Spanish gringo "foreign speech, unintelligible talk, gibberish," perhaps ultimately from griego "Greek." The "Diccionario Castellano" (1787) says gringo was used in Malaga for "anyone who spoke Spanish badly," and in Madrid for "the Irish." Hence the American Spanish verb engringars
• grind 英文词源 grind grind: [OE] Grind is part of the ancient Indo- European word-stock. Relatives such as Latin frendere ‘crush’ and Lithuanian grendu ‘rub’ point back to an Indo-European * ghrendh -. This perhaps denoted ‘crushing’ rather than what we would today call ‘grinding’; for in earliest times grain was crushed rather than ground to produce meal. The connotations of the wor
• grin 英文词源 grin grin: [OE] Modern English grin and groan are scarcely semantic neighbours, but a possible common ancestor may provide the link: prehistoric Indo-European * ghrei -, which seems to have meant something like ‘be open’. It has been suggested as the source of a range of verbs which started off denoting simply ‘open the mouth’, but have since differentiated along the lines ‘
• grime 英文词源 grime (n.) 1580s, of uncertain origin, probably alteration of Middle English grim "dirt, filth" (early 14c.), from Middle Low German greme "dirt" or another Low German source, from Proto-Germanic *grim- "to smear" (cognates: Flemish grijm , Middle Dutch grime "soot, mask"), from PIE root *ghrei- "to rub" (see chrism ). The verb was Middle English grymen (mid-15c.) but largely was repl
• grimace 英文词源 grimace (n.) 1650s, from French grimace (15c.) "grotesque face, ugly mug," possibly from Frankish or another Germanic source (compare Old Saxon grima "face mask," Old English grima "mask, helmet"), from the same root as grim (adj.). With pejorative suffix -azo (from Latin -aceus ). grimace (v.) 1707, from French grimacer , from grimace "grotesque face" (see grimace (n.)). Related: Gri
• grim 英文词源 grim grim: [OE] Indo-European * ghrem -, * ghrom probably originated in imitation of the sound of rumbling (amongst its descendants was grumins ‘thunder’ in the extinct Baltic language Old Prussian). In Germanic it became * grem -, * gram -, * grum -, which not only produced the adjective * grimmaz (source of German grimm , Swedish grym , and English, Dutch, and Danish grim ) and
• grilse 英文词源 grilse "A salmon that has returned to fresh water after a single winter at sea", Late Middle English: of unknown origin. 中文词源 grilse ：海里过冬后洄游的鲑鱼 词源不详。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： grilse 词源， grilse 含义。
• grilling 英文词源 barbecue (n.) 1650s, "framework for grilling meat, fish, etc.," from American Spanish barbacoa , from Arawakan (Haiti) barbakoa "framework of sticks," the raised wooden structure the Indians used to either sleep on or cure meat. Sense of "outdoor meal of roasted meat or fish as a social entertainment" is from 1733; modern popular noun sense of "grill for cooking over an open fire" is
• grille 英文词源 grille (n.) "ornamental grating," 1660s, from French grille (fem.) "grating," from Old French greille "gridiron," from Latin craticula "gridiron, small grill" (see grill (n.)). "The distinction in Fr[ench] between grille and grill ... appears to date from about the 16th c." [OED]. 中文词源 grille ：金属网罩 词源同grill, 烤架。此处指金属网罩。 该词的英语词源
• grill 英文词源 grill grill: see grid grill (n.) "gridiron, grated utensil for broiling over a fire," 1680s, from French gril , from Old French greil , alteration of graille "grill, grating, railings, fencing" (13c.), from Latin craticula "gridiron, small griddle," diminutive of cratis "wickerwork," perhaps from a suffixed form of PIE *kert- "to turn, entwine." Grill-room "lunchroom where steaks, cho
• grifter 英文词源 grifter (n.) "confidence trickster," 1906, carnival and circus slang, probably an alteration of grafter (see graft (n.2); also compare grift ). Gradually extended to "any non-violent criminal." 中文词源 grifter ：骗子 来自graft, 受贿。引申义骗子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： grifter 词源， grifter 含义。
• grievance 英文词源 grievance (n.) c. 1300, "state of being aggrieved," from Old French grevance "harm, injury, misfortune; trouble, suffering, agony, sorrow," from grever "to harm, to burden, be harmful to" (see grief ). In reference to a cause of such a condition, from late 15c. 中文词源 grievance ：委曲，牢骚 来自grief, 悲痛。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： griev
• grief 英文词源 grief grief: [13] ‘Oppressiveness’ is the link between modern English grief and Latin gravis (source of English gravity ). The Latin adjective meant ‘heavy, weighty’, and it formed the basis of a verb gravāre ‘weigh upon, oppress’. This passed into Old French as grever ‘cause to suffer, harrass’ (source of English grieve [13]), from which was derived the noun grief or
• gridlock 英文词源 gridlock 1980 (n.); 1987 (v.); from grid (n.) + lock (n.1). Related: Gridlocked ; gridlocking . 中文词源 gridlock ：僵局，交通大堵车 grid, 网格，引申为交通网。lock, 锁住。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gridlock 词源， gridlock 含义。
• gridiron 英文词源 gridiron (n.) cooking utensil for broiling over a fire, early 14c., griderne , alteration (by association with iron ) of gridire (late 13c.), a variant of gridil (see griddle ). Confusion of "l" and "r" was common in Norman dialect. Also a medieval instrument of torture by fire. As the word for a U.S. football field, by 1896, for its lines. 中文词源 gridiron ：烤架 grid, 炉栅，
• griddle 英文词源 griddle (n.) shallow frying pan, early 13c., apparently from Anglo-French gridil , Old North French gredil , altered from Old French graille "grill, grating," from Latin craticula "small griddle" (see grill (n.)). Griddle-cake is from 1783. 中文词源 griddle ：鏊子，圆形铁锅 词源同grate,炉栅。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： griddle 词源， gr
• grid 英文词源 grid grid: [19] Grid is simply an abbreviated version of gridiron [13]. This in turn seems to have been an alteration (through association with iron ) of griddle [13], which is traceable back via Old French gridil to a hypothetical Vulgar Latin * crāticulum , a diminutive form of Latin crātis ‘wickerwork, hurdle’ (from which English gets grate ). A parallel feminine Vulgar Latin
• grey 英文词源 grey grey: [OE] Grey is an ancient colour term, traceable back all the way to a prehistoric Indo- European * ghrēghwos . From this was descended West and North Germanic * grǣwaz , which produced German grau , Dutch grauw , Swedish grå , and Danish graa as well as English grey . The distinction in spelling between British grey and American gray is a comparatively recent one. Dr John
• grenadine 英文词源 grenadine (n.) "syrup made from pomegranates," 1896, from French sirop de grenadin from Middle French grenade "pomegranate" (see pomegranate ). The type of thin silk fabric, so called from 1851, probably is from Grenada . 中文词源 grenadine ：石榴汁饮料 来自pomegranate, 石榴。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： grenadine 词源， grenadine 含义。
• gremlin 英文词源 gremlin gremlin: [20] Gremlin originated as Royal Air Force slang, as the name of a mischievous imp that caused malfunctions and crashes. It is first recorded in 1941, but it is said to go back to the early 1920s. It is generally assumed that its latter part comes from goblin , but speculation has been rife and diverse as to the source of its first syllable: from the scholarly (Old En
• gregarious 英文词源 gregarious gregarious: see segregate gregarious (adj.) 1660s, "disposed to live in flocks" (of animals), from Latin gregarius "pertaining to a flock; of the herd, of the common sort, common," from grex (genitive gregis ) "flock, herd," from PIE *gre-g- , reduplicated form of root *ger- (1) "to gather together, assemble" (cognates: Sanskrit gramah "heap, troop;" Greek ageirein "to asse
• greeter 英文词源 greeter (n.) late 14c., agent noun from greet . 中文词源 greeter ：迎宾 来自greet, 迎接。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： greeter 词源， greeter 含义。
• greet 英文词源 greet (v.) Old English gretan "to come in contact with" in any sense ("attack, accost" as well as "salute, welcome," and "touch, take hold of, handle," as in hearpan gretan "to play the harp"), "seek out, approach," from West Germanic *grotjan (cognates: Old Saxon grotian , Old Frisian greta , Dutch groeten , Old High German gruozen , German grüßen "to salute, greet"), of uncertain
• greenwash 英文词源 greenwash "Disinformation disseminated by an organization so as to present an environmentally responsible public image", 1980s: from green, on the pattern of whitewash . 中文词源 greenwash ：绿色外衣，借环保之名行污染之事 讽刺用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： greenwash 词源， greenwash 含义。
• greensward 英文词源 sward (n.) "grass-covered ground," c. 1300, from Old English sweard "skin, hide, rind" (of bacon, etc.), from Proto-Germanic *swarthu- (cognates: Old Frisian swarde "skin of the head," Middle Dutch swarde "rind of bacon," Dutch zwoord "rind of bacon," German Schwarte "thick, hard skin, rind," Old Norse svörðr "walrus hide"). Meaning "sod, turf" developed from the notion of the "skin
• green room 英文词源 foyer (n.) "lobby of a theater or opera house," 1859, from French foyer "green room, room for actors when not on stage," literally "fireplace," from Old French foier "furnace, stove, hearth, fireplace" (12c.), from Latin focarium , noun use of neuter of adjective focarius "having to do with the hearth," from focus "hearth, fireplace" (see focus (n.)). 中文词源 green room ：演员休
• greenhorn 英文词源 greenhorn (n.) mid-15c., "horn of an animal recently killed," also "young horned animal," from green (adj.) in sense of "new, fresh, recent" + horn (n.). Applied to new soldiers from c. 1650; extended to any inexperienced person by 1680s. 中文词源 greenhorn ：新手 绿角，幼兽，比喻新手。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： greenhorn 词源， greenh
• greengrocer 英文词源 greengrocer (n.) 1723, from green (n.) "vegetable" + grocer . 中文词源 greengrocer ：蔬果商 green, 绿色，代指蔬果。grocer, 商人，杂货商。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： greengrocer 词源， greengrocer 含义。
• greengage 英文词源 greengage (n.) type of plum, from green (adj.) + name of English botanist Sir William Gage (1657-1727) who first cultivated it in England c. 1725. In early 20c., rhyming slang for "stage." 中文词源 greengage ：西洋李 green, 绿色。-gage, 李子品种，来自其开发者17世纪英国植物学家William Gage. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： greengage 词
• greenfield 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random mission mission: [16] Mission , etymologically a ‘sending’, is the hub of a large family of English words that come from the Latin verb mittere ‘let go, send’ or its stem miss -. Most are prefixed forms – admit , commit , permit , promise , transmit , etc – but the unadorned verb is represented in mass ‘eucharist’
• green 英文词源 green green: [OE] Green is pre-eminently the colour of growing plants, and so appropriately it was formed from the same prehistoric Germanic base, * grō -, as produced the verb grow . Its West and North Germanic derivative * gronjaz gave German grün , Dutch groen , Swedish grön , and Danish grøn as well as English green . = grass , grow green (adj.) Old English grene , Northumbria
• Greek 英文词源 Greek (n.) Old English Grecas , Crecas (plural) "Greeks, inhabitants of Greece," early Germanic borrowing from Latin Graeci "the Hellenes," apparently from Greek Graikoi . Aristotle, who was the first to use Graikhos as equivalent to Hellenes ( "Meteorologica" I.xiv), wrote that it was the name originally used by Illyrians for the Dorians in Epirus, from Graii , native name of the peo
• greed 英文词源 greed (n.) "excessively eager desire to possess," c. 1600, a back-formation from greedy . 中文词源 greed ：贪婪 原义为饥饿，词源不详。可能来自PIE*gwere, 喉咙，吞没，词源同gorge, voracity. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： greed 词源， greed 含义。
• Grecian 英文词源 Grecian (adj.) c. 1400, from Old French Grecien , from Latin Graecia "Greece" (see Greek (n.)) + people ending -ian . The noun meaning "a Greek" is from early 15c. 中文词源 Grecian ：希腊人的 来自Greek, 希腊。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Grecian 词源， Grecian 含义。
• grebe 英文词源 grebe (n.) diving bird, 1766, from French grèbe (16c.), of unknown origin, possibly from Breton krib "a comb," since some species are crested. 中文词源 grebe ：鸊鷉（潜水鸟） 词源不详。可能来自拟声词，模仿该鸟的叫声。比较crane, crow. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： grebe 词源， grebe 含义。
• great 英文词源 great great: [OE] The main adjective for ‘large’ in the Anglo-Saxon period was the now virtually obsolete mickle . Great at that time was for the most part restricted in meaning to ‘stout, thick’. In the Middle English period great broadened out in meaning, gradually taking over from mickle , but in modern English has itself been superseded by big and large , and is now used o
• greasy spoon 英文词源 greasy (adj.) 1510s, from grease (n.) + -y (2). Related: Greasily ; greasiness . Greasy spoon "small, cheap restaurant; dirty boarding-house" is from 1906. 中文词源 greasy spoon ：廉价餐馆 即油脂调羹，代指廉价餐馆。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： greasy spoon 词源， greasy spoon 含义。
• grease 英文词源 grease grease: [13] Latin crassus meant ‘solid, thick, fat’, and hence ‘gross, stupid’ (English borrowed it in this latter metaphorical sense as crass [16], and it is also the source of French gras ‘fat’). On it was based the Vulgar Latin derived noun * crassia ‘(melted) animal fat’, which passed into English via Old French craisse , later graisse , and Anglo-Norman gr
• graze 英文词源 graze graze: [OE] There is no difficulty about the etymology of graze ‘feed on grass’: it was formed in Old English times as a derivative of the noun græs (modern English grass ). But what about graze in the sense ‘scrape lightly’, first recorded in the 17th century? In the absence of any convincing alternative candidates, it is usually taken to be simply a special use of gra
• gray 英文词源 gray (adj.) "of a color between white and black; having little or no color or luminosity," Old English græg "gray" (Mercian grei ), from Proto-Germanic *grewa- "gray" (cognates: Old Norse grar , Old Frisian gre , Middle Dutch gra , Dutch graw , Old High German grao , German grau ), with no certain connections outside Germanic. French gris , Spanish gris , Italian grigio , Medieval La
• gravy 英文词源 gravy gravy: [14] To begin with, the word gravy signified a sort of spiced stock-based sauce served with white meat; it was not until the 16th century that its modern sense ‘meat juices’ or ‘sauce made from them’ emerged. Its origins are problematical. It is generally agreed that its v represents a misreading of an n in the Old French word, grané , from which it was borrowed
• gravity 英文词源 gravity gravity: [16] Gravity comes from Latin gravitās , a derivative of the adjective gravis ‘heavy, important’. This in turn goes back to a prehistoric Indo-European * gru -, which also produced Greek bárus ‘heavy’ (source of English baritone [19] and barium [19]), Sanskrit gurús ‘heavy, dignified’ (whence English guru [17]), Latin brūtus ‘heavy’, hence ‘cumbe
• gravitation 英文词源 gravitation (n.) 1640s in physics, "force that gives weight to objects," also figurative, "act of tending toward a center of attraction," from Modern Latin gravitare (see gravitate ). Compare gravity . 中文词源 gravitation ：引力 来自词根grav, 重，词源同barometer, guru, gravity. 用于科学术语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gravitation 词源
• gravid 英文词源 gravid (adj.) "pregnant," 1590s, from Latin gravidus "loaded, full, swollen; pregnant with child," from gravis "burdened, heavy" (see grave (adj.)). Related: Gravidity . Gravidation "pregnancy" is attested from mid-15c. 中文词源 gravid ：怀孕的 来自词根grav, 重，词源同barometer, guru, gravity. 引申义怀孕。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： g
• graveyard shift 英文词源 graveyard (n.) 1683, from grave (n.) + yard (n.1). Graveyard shift "late-night work" is c. 1907, from earlier nautical term, in reference to the loneliness of after-hours work. 中文词源 graveyard shift ：夜班 把夜班与鬼魂，女巫，恐怖，冷等诸多因素联系起来的形象表达。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： graveyard shift 词源， gr
• graven image 英文词源 graven image "A carved idol or representation of a god used as an object of worship", With biblical allusion to Exod. 20:4. 中文词源 graven image ：神像 graven, 雕刻，词源同carve. image, 影像，形象。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： graven image 词源， graven image 含义。
• gravel 英文词源 gravel gravel: [13] Gravel is of Celtic origin. It has been traced to a prehistoric Celtic * gravo - ‘gravel’, never actually recorded but deduced from Breton grouan and Cornish grow ‘soft granite’. French borrowed it as grave ‘gravel, pebbles’ (perhaps the source of the English verb grave ‘clean a ship’s bottom’ [15], now encountered virtually only in graving dock ,
• grave 英文词源 grave grave: Modern English has essentially two words grave . Grave ‘burial place’ goes back ultimately to prehistoric Indo-European * ghrebh - ‘dig’, which also produced Latvian grebt ‘hollow out’ and Old Church Slavonic pogreti ‘bury’. Its Germanic descendant had variants * grōb - (source of groove ), * grub - (whence grub ), and * grab -. This last formed the basis
• gratuity 英文词源 gratuity (n.) 1520s, "graciousness," from French gratuité (14c.) or directly from Medieval Latin gratuitatem (nominative gratuitas ) "free gift," probably from Latin gratuitus "free, freely given" (see gratuitous ). Meaning "money given for favor or services" is first attested 1530s. 中文词源 gratuity ：小费 来自词根grat, 感谢，词源同grace, gratitude. 即出于感谢给
• gratuitous 英文词源 gratuitous (adj.) 1650s, "freely bestowed," from Latin gratuitus "done without pay, spontaneous, voluntary," from gratus "pleasing, agreeable," from gratia "favor" (see grace (n.)). Earlier was gratuital (1590s). Sense of "uncalled for, done without good reason" is first recorded 1690s. 中文词源 gratuitous ：无缘无故的，无谓的 来自词根grat, 感谢，词源同grace, g
• gratitude 英文词源 gratitude (n.) mid-15c., "good will," from Middle French gratitude (15c.) or directly from Medieval Latin gratitudinem (nominative gratitudo ) "thankfulness," from Latin gratus "thankful, pleasing" (see grace (n.)). Meaning "thankfulness" is from 1560s. 中文词源 gratitude ：感谢，感激 来自词根grat, 感谢，词源同grace, gratitude. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• gratis 英文词源 gratis (adv.) mid-15c., "for nothing, freely," from Latin gratis , contraction of gratiis "for thanks," hence, "without recompense, for nothing," ablative of gratiae "thanks," plural of gratia "favor" (see grace (n.)). Meaning "free of charge" is 1540s. 中文词源 gratis ：免费的，无偿的 来自词根grat, 感谢，词源同grace, gratitude. 即感谢的，报答的，后指免
• grating 英文词源 grating (adj.) "annoying, irritating," 1560s, figurative use of present participle adjective from grate (v.). grating (n.) "partition or frame of parallel crossing bars," 1620s, from grate (n.). 中文词源 grating ：刺耳的 来自grate, 刮，擦，刺耳声。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： grating 词源， grating 含义。
• gratin 英文词源 gratin gratin: see grate gratin (n.) light crust over a dish, 1806 (in au gratin ), from French gratin "crust" (16c.), from gratter "to scrape, scratch" (see grate (v.)). 中文词源 gratin ：脆皮烙菜 来自grate, 刮，擦，刺耳声。即刮下来的脆皮。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gratin 词源， gratin 含义。
• gratify 英文词源 gratify (v.) c. 1400, "to bestow grace upon;" 1530s, "to show gratitude to," from Latin gratificari "to do favor to, oblige, gratify," from gratus "pleasing" (see grace (n.)) + root of facere "to make, do, perform" (see factitious ). Meaning "to give pleasure to" is from 1560s. Related: Gratified ; gratifying . 中文词源 gratify ：使高兴，使满意 来自grace, 恩惠，眷顾，
• grater 英文词源 grater (n.) instrument for scraping (bread, ginger, etc.), late 14c., from Old French grateor , agent noun from grater "to scrape, scratch out or off" (see grate (v.)). 中文词源 grater ：磨碎器 来自grate, 擦碎。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： grater 词源， grater 含义。
• grateful 英文词源 grateful grateful: [16] Grateful is a curious sort of adjective. The grate that a grateful person is full of is a now obsolete adjective, meaning ‘pleasing’ and ‘thankful’, which was derived from Latin grātus . It is unusual for adjectives ending in - ful themselves to be formed from adjectives, rather than from nouns, and it has been suggested in this case that the related I
• grate 英文词源 grate grate: Grate ‘framework for holding burning fuel’ [14] and grate ‘rub’ [15] are different words. The former comes via Old French grate ‘grille’ and Vulgar Latin * grāta from Latin crātis ‘wickerwork, hurdle’. Grate ‘rub’ is ultimately Germanic (its ultimate ancestor was the Germanic verb * krattōn , source of modern German kratzen ‘scratch’), but it re
• grass roots 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 grass roots ：草根，平民 即草根，引申义平民。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• grasshopper 英文词源 grasshopper (n.) popular name of insects with hind legs suited to jumping, mid-14c. (late 13c. as a surname), earlier greshoppe (c. 1200), from Old English gærshoppa ; see grass + hopper (n.1). Similar formation in Middle Swedish gräshoppare , German Grashüpfer . As a term of reproach, from Eccl. xii:5. Also recorded c. 1300 as a name for the hare. 中文词源 grasshopper ：蝗虫，
• grass 英文词源 grass grass: [OE] Reflecting its status as the commonest and most obvious of plants (and, for agricultural communities, the most important), grass etymologically simply means ‘that which grows’. It comes from * grō -, * gra -, the prehistoric Germanic base which also produced grow (and green ). This gave the noun * grasam , from which German and Dutch get gras , Swedish gräs , a
• grasp 英文词源 grasp (v.) mid-14c., "to reach, grope, feel around," possibly a metathesis of grapsen , from Old English *græpsan "to touch, feel," from Proto-Germanic *grap- , *grab- (cognates: East Frisian grapsen "to grasp," Middle Dutch grapen "to seize, grasp," Old English grapian "to touch, feel, grope"), from PIE root *ghrebh- (1) "to seize, reach" (see grab (v.)). With verb-formative -s- as
• grapple 英文词源 grapple (n.) "iron hook for fastening one thing to another," late 13c., from Old French grapil "hook" (see grapnel ). grapple (v.) 1520s, "seize and hold fast," originally in reference to a ship, by means of a grapple, from grapple (n.). Extended sense of "battle, struggle in close contact" (usually with with ) is from 1580s of persons, 1630s of immaterial things. Related: Grappled ;
• grappa 英文词源 grappa (n.) "brandy distilled from the residue of wine-making," 1893, from Italian grappa , literally "grapes" (see grape ). 中文词源 grappa ：意大利葡萄果渣白兰地 来自grape, 葡萄。指一种用葡萄渣酿造的烈性白兰地酒。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： grappa 词源， grappa 含义。
• graphology 英文词源 graphology (n.) "study of handwriting," 1882, from French graphologie , coined 1868 by Abbé Jean-Hippolyte Michon (1806-1881) from Greek graphein "to write" (see -graphy ) + -ologie (see -ology ). Especially, "character study based on handwriting" (1886); an earlier word for this was graptomancy (1858). 中文词源 graphology ：笔迹学（根据笔迹推断人的性格） 来自gr
• graphite 英文词源 graphite (n.) "black lead," 1796, from German Graphit , coined 1789 by German mineralogist Abraham Gottlob Werner (1750-1817) from Greek graphein "write" (see -graphy ) + mineral suffix -ite . So called because it was used in making pencils. Related: Graphitic . 中文词源 graphite ：石墨 来自graph, 文字，图像。后指用于书写的石墨。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• graphics 英文词源 graphics (n.) by 1842 as "the art of precise mechanical drawing;" by 1889 in reference to the use of diagrams, from graphic ; also see -ics . Layout and typography sense attested from 1960; of computers by 1966. 中文词源 graphics ：图像 来自graph, 文字，图像。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： graphics 词源， graphics 含义。 graphics ：绘图学
• grapheme 英文词源 grapheme (n.) 1937, apparently coined by U.S. linguistics professor William Freeman Twaddell (1906-1982), from graph "letter, symbol" (see -graphy ) + -eme "unit of language structure." Related: Graphemic . 中文词源 grapheme ：书写单位 graph, 写，文字。-eme, 单位，见phoneme. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： grapheme 词源， grapheme 含义。
• graph 英文词源 graph (n.) 1878, shortening of graphic formula (see graphic ). The verb meaning "to chart on a graph" is from 1889. Related: Graphed ; graphing . 中文词源 graph ：图像 来自PIE*gerbh, 刮，刻，切，词源同carve,graph. 后指文字，图像。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： graph 词源， graph 含义。 graph ：曲线图，图表 -graph-写,画 →
• grapevine 英文词源 grapevine (n.) also grape-vine , 1736, from grape + vine . Meaning "a rumor; a secret or unconventional method of spreading information" (1863) is from the use of grapevine telegraph as "secret source of information and rumor" in the American Civil War; in reference to Southerners under northern occupation but also in reference to black communities and runaway slaves. The false report
• grapeshot 英文词源 grapeshot (n.) also grape-shot , 1747, from grape + shot (n.). So called for its appearance. Originally simply grape (1680s), a collective singular. The whiff of grapeshot was popularized in English from 1837, from Carlyle's history of the French Revolution (in which it was a chapter title). 中文词源 grapeshot ：大炮射出的葡萄弹 因弹子形如葡萄而得名。 该词的英
• grapefruit 英文词源 grapefruit (n.) 1814, from grape + fruit . Said to have been so called for its taste, or perhaps because it grows in clusters. Perhaps a marketing name; it was known by various names ( pomelo , shaddock ) before the current one emerged. The fruit itself was known since 1693 (in Hans Sloane's catalogue of Jamaican plants); presumably it originated in Jamaica from chance hybrids between
• granular 英文词源 granular (adj.) 1790, from Late Latin granulum "granule, a little grain," diminutive of Latin granum "grain, seed," from PIE root *gre-no- "grain" (see corn (n.1)) + -ar . Replaced granulous (late 14c.). Related: Granularity . 中文词源 granular ：颗粒状的 来自grain, 颗粒。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： granular 词源， granular 含义。
• grant 英文词源 grant grant: [13] To grant something etymologically implies an element of ‘belief’ or ‘trust’, although there is virtually no semantic trace of these left in the word today. Its ultimate source was crēdens , the present participle of Latin crēdere ‘believe’ (source of English credence , credible , etc). This was used as the basis of a new Vulgar Latin verb * crēdentāre
• granola 英文词源 granola (n.) by 1967, American English, probably from Italian grano "grain," or granular , with commercial suffix -ola . Earlier, with a capital G- , it was a proprietary name (reg. 1886 by W.K. Kellogg, in use into early 20c.) for a kind of breakfast cereal. 中文词源 granola ：格兰诺拉麦片 商标名，来自grain, 谷物。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• granite 英文词源 granite granite: [17] Etymologically, granite is ‘grainy or granular rock’. The word was borrowed from Italian granito , a derivative of grano ‘grain’ (which is related to English grain ). (English acquired the Italian feminine form granita in the 19th century as a term for a granular form of water ice.) = grain granite (n.) 1640s, from French granit(e) (17c.) or directly from
• granita 英文词源 granita "An Italian-style water ice with a granular texture", Italian. 中文词源 granita ：碎冰 来自意大利语，来自grain, 颗粒。因颗粒状的碎冰而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： granita 词源， granita 含义。
• grange 英文词源 grange grange: [13] Originally, a grange was ‘somewhere for storing grain’, a ‘barn’. The word comes via Old French grange from medieval Latin grānica , a noun use of an unrecorded adjective * grānicus ‘of grain’, which was derived from grānum ‘grain, seed’ (source of English grain ). Of its present-day meanings, ‘farm-house’ developed in the 14th century, ‘co
• grandstanding 英文词源 grandstand (n.) "main seating for spectators at an outdoor event," 1761 (two words), from grand (adj.) + stand (n.). The verb meaning "to show off" is student slang from 1895, from grandstand player , attested in baseball slang from 1888. It's little things of this sort which makes the 'grand stand player.' They make impossible catches, and when they get the ball they roll all over th
• grandstand 英文词源 grandstand (n.) "main seating for spectators at an outdoor event," 1761 (two words), from grand (adj.) + stand (n.). The verb meaning "to show off" is student slang from 1895, from grandstand player , attested in baseball slang from 1888. It's little things of this sort which makes the 'grand stand player.' They make impossible catches, and when they get the ball they roll all over th
• grand slam 英文词源 grand slam "A set of major championships or matches in a particular sport in the same year, in particular tennis, golf, or rugby union", Early 19th century (as a term in cards, especially bridge): from slam (sense 4 of the noun). 中文词源 grand slam ：大奖赛，大满贯 grand, 巨大的。slam,猛击，猛关。原为桥牌术语，全赢，后词义通用化，指各球类比赛
• Grand Prix 英文词源 grand prix grand prix: see prize grand prix 1863, French, literally "great prize," originally in English in reference to the Grand Prix de Paris , international horse race for three-year-olds, run every June at Longchamps beginning in 1863. 中文词源 Grand Prix ：大奖赛（汽车或摩托车国际系列大赛） 来自法语，即grand prize. 原指19世纪在法国巴黎举行的
• grand mal 英文词源 grand mal "convulsive epilepsy" (with loss of consciousness), 1842 as a French term in English, from French grand mal , literally "great sickness" (see grand (adj.)). Opposed to petit mal . 中文词源 grand mal ：癫痫大发作 grand, 巨大的。mal, 发狂，词源同malady, malaise. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： grand mal 词源， grand mal 含义。
• grandiose 英文词源 grandiose (adj.) 1828 (earlier as a French word in English), from French grandiose "impressive, grand in effect" (18c.), from Italian grandioso (which also was borrowed directly into English as a musical term), from Latin grandis "big" (see grand (adj.)). Related: Grandiosely . 中文词源 grandiose ：言词浮夸的 来自grand, 壮丽的，堂皇的。后形容语言浮夸。 该词
• grandiloquent 英文词源 grandiloquent (adj.) 1590s, probably a back-formation from grandiloquence . Related: Grandiloquently . 中文词源 grandiloquent ：卖弄词藻的 grand, 壮丽的，堂皇的。-loq, 说，词源同colloquy, loquacious. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： grandiloquent 词源， grandiloquent 含义。