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• grandeur 英文词源 grandeur (n.) c. 1500, "loftiness, height," from Middle French grandeur , from Old French grandor "size, height, extent, magnitude; greatness" (12c.), from grand "great" (see grand (adj.)). "Being a word of late adoption, it retains the Fr. form -eur of the suffix." Extended sense of "majesty, stateliness" in English is first recorded 1660s. 中文词源 grandeur ：壮丽，堂皇 来自
• grand 英文词源 grand grand: [16] The original Latin word for ‘big’ was magnus (as in magnify , magnitude , etc). However, it also had grandis . This not only denoted great physical size; it also had connotations of moral greatness or sublimity, and in addition often carried the specialized meaning ‘full-grown’. This last, together with a possibly etymologically connected Greek brénthos ‘p
• granary 英文词源 granary granary: see grain granary (n.) 1560s, from Latin granaria (plural) "granary, store-house for grain," from granum "grain," from PIE root *gre-no- "grain" (see corn (n.1)). 中文词源 granary ：谷仓 来自grain, 谷物。-ary, 地点。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： granary 词源， granary 含义。
• Grammy 英文词源 Grammy (n.) statuette awarded by the American National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, 1959, from the gram- in gramophone , on the model of Emmy . 中文词源 Grammy ：格莱美奖（美国音乐界重大奖项） 基于gramophone命名的音乐奖项。比较Emmy, Oscar. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Grammy 词源， Grammy 含义。
• gram flour 英文词源 gram flour "A type of flour made by grinding dried chickpeas, widely used in Indian cooking", Early 19th century: from gram 2 . 中文词源 gram flour ：粗面粉 gram, 磨，颗粒，来自grain的变体。flour, 面粉。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gram flour 词源， gram flour 含义。
• gram 英文词源 gram gram: [18] Gram , or gramme as it is sometimes spelled, was borrowed at the end of the 18th century from French gramme , the term adopted in 1799 as the basic unit of weight in the metric system. The word itself goes back via late Latin gramma ‘small unit’ to Greek grámma (source of English grammar ), which originally meant ‘letter of the alphabet’ but later came to be u
• grained 英文词源 grained in compounds, "having grains" (of a specified kind), 1520s; see grain (n.). 中文词源 grained ：有纹理的 来自grain, 谷物，颗粒。即颗粒状的纹理。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： grained 词源， grained 含义。
• grain 英文词源 grain grain: [13] Grain comes via Old French from Latin grānum ‘seed’. Its prehistoric Indo- European ancestor was * grnóm , literally ‘worndown particle’, which also produced English corn , and it has given English a remarkably wide range of related forms: not just obvious derivatives like granary [16], granule [17], and ingrained [16], but also garner [12] (originally a no
• grail 英文词源 grail (n.) c. 1300, gral , "the Holy Grail," from Old French graal , greal "Holy Grail; cup," earlier "large shallow dish, basin," from Medieval Latin gradalis , also gradale , grasale , "a flat dish or shallow vessel." The original form is uncertain; the word is perhaps ultimately from Latin crater "bowl," which is from Greek krater "bowl, especially for mixing wine with water" (see
• graham cracker 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random often often: [14] Oft was the Old English word for ‘often’. It came from a prehistoric Germanic adverb of unknown origin, which also produced German oft , Swedish ofta , and Danish ofte . In early Middle English it was extended to ofte . This developed a form often before vowels and h , which by the 16th century had begun to
• graft 英文词源 graft graft: [15] Graft , in its original sense ‘plant part inserted into a living plant’ (the application to skin and other animal tissue is a late 19thcentury development), came from its resemblance in shape to a pencil. Greek graphíon meant ‘writing implement, stylus’ (it was a derivative of the verb gráphein ‘write’, source of English graphic ). It passed via Latin g
• graffiti 英文词源 graffiti graffiti: [19] Although it denotes ‘writing’, graffiti has no etymological connection with Greek gráphein , source of English graphic . It comes from the plural of Italian graffito , a diminutive form of the noun graffio ‘scratching’. This was derived from the verb graffiare ‘scratch’, itself originally formed from graffio ‘hook’. graffiti (n.) 1851, "ancient
• graduate 英文词源 graduate (n.) early 15c., "one who holds a degree" (originally with man ; as a stand-alone noun from mid-15c.), from Medieval Latin graduatus , past participle of graduari "to take a degree," from Latin gradus "step, grade" (see grade (n.)). As an adjective, from late 15c. graduate (v.) early 15c., "to confer a university degree upon," from Medieval Latin graduatus (see graduate (n.))
• gradient 英文词源 gradient (n.) "steep slope of a road or railroad," 1835, principally in American English, probably from grade (n.) by analogy of quotient , etc. [OED]. It was used 17c. as an adjective, of animals, "characterized by walking;" in that case it is probably from Latin gradientem , present participle of gradi "to walk." 中文词源 gradient ：斜率，倾斜度 来自grade, 级别，层级
• grade 英文词源 grade (n.) 1510s, "degree of measurement," from French grade "grade, degree" (16c.), from Latin gradus "step, pace, gait, walk; step on a ladder or stair;" figuratively "a step, stage, degree," from gradi (past participle gressus ) "to walk, step, go," from PIE *ghredh- "to walk, go" (cognates: Lithuanian gridiju "to go, wander," Old Church Slavonic gredo "to come," Old Irish in-grein
• gradation 英文词源 gradation (n.) 1530s, "a climax;" 1670s, "orderly arrangement or succession," from Middle French gradation (16c.) and directly from Latin gradationem (nominative gradatio ) "ascent by steps; a climax," noun of action from gradus "step, degree" (see grade (n.)). Meaning "gradual change" is from 1540s. 中文词源 gradation ：层级 来自grade, 级别，层级。 该词的英语词源请
• gracious 英文词源 gracious (adj.) c. 1300, "filled with God's grace," from Old French gracios "courteous, pleasing, kind, friendly" (12c., Modern French gracieux ), from Latin gratiosus "enjoying favor, agreeable, obliging; popular, acceptable," from gratia (see grace (n.)). Meaning "merciful, benevolent" is from late 14c. As an exclamation, elliptically for gracious God , attested from 1713. 中文词源
• grace 英文词源 grace grace: [12] Latin grātus meant ‘pleasing’. Its most obvious English descendants are grateful , gratify , gratuity , etc, but it is also responsible for grace (not to mention the even better disguised agree ). Its derived noun grātia ‘pleasure, favour, thanks’ passed into English via Old French grace . Gracious [13] comes ultimately from Latin grātiōsus ; grateful [15
• grab 英文词源 grab grab: [16] Grab is a Germanic word. It was probably borrowed from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German grabben . These were descendants of a prehistoric Germanic * grab -, which could well have been related to the * graip -, * grip - which produced grip , gripe , and grope . = grip , gripe , grope grab (v.) "seize forcibly or roughly," 1580s, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German g
• goy 英文词源 goy (n.) "a gentile, a non-Jew" (plural goyim ), 1835, from Hebrew goy "people, nation;" in Mishnaic and Modern Hebrew, also "gentile" (compare gentile ). 中文词源 goy ：非犹太人，外邦人 来自犹太语，民族，种族。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： goy 词源， goy 含义。
• gown 英文词源 gown (n.) long, loose outer garment, c. 1300, from Old French goune "robe, coat; (nun's) habit, gown," related to Late Latin gunna "leather garment, skin, hide," of unknown origin. Used by St. Boniface (8c.) for a fur garment permitted for old or infirm monks. Klein writes that it is probably "a word adopted from a language of the Apennine or the Balkan Peninsula." OED points to Byzan
• government 英文词源 government (n.) late 14c., "act of governing or ruling;" 1550s, "system by which a thing is governed" (especially a state), from Old French governement "control, direction, administration" (Modern French gouvernement ), from governer "to govern" (see govern ). Meaning "governing power" in a given place is from 1702. Compare governance . 中文词源 government ：政府 来自govern, 管
• governess 英文词源 governess (n.) mid-15c., "female ruler," shortening of governouresse "a woman who rules" (late 14c.), from Old French governeresse "female ruler or administrator" (see governor + -ess ). The Latin fem, form was gubernatrix . In the sense of "a female teacher in a private home" governess it is attested from 1712, probably as a fem. of governor in the now-obsolete sense "one who has cha
• govern 英文词源 govern govern: [13] Politicians’ clichés about ‘steering the ship of state’ are no new thing; for the distant ancestor of English govern is the Greek verb kubernan ‘steer a ship’ (source also of English cybernetics ). It developed the metaphorical sense ‘guide, rule’, and it was this that passed with it via Latin gubernāre and Old French governer into English. The Lati
• gourmet 英文词源 gourmet (n.) "connoisseur in eating and drinking," 1820, from French gourmet , altered (by influence of Middle French gourmant "glutton") from Old French groume , originally "wine-taster, wine merchant's servant" (in 13c. "a lad generally"), a word of uncertain origin. As an adjective from 1900. Compare groom (n.1). For sense distinction, see gourmand . 中文词源 gourmet ：美食家
• gourmand 英文词源 gourmand (n.) late 15c., "glutton," from Middle French gourmand "glutton," originally an adjective, "gluttonous," of uncertain origin. Not considered to be connected with gourmet . Meaning "one fond of good eating" is from 1758. The gourmand is one whose chief pleasure is eating; but a gourmet is a connoisseur of food and wines. In England the difference is this: a gourmand regards qu
• gourd 英文词源 gourd (n.) c. 1300, from Anglo-French gourde , Old French coorde , ultimately from Latin cucurbita "gourd," which is of uncertain origin, perhaps related to cucumis "cucumber." Dried and excavated, the shell was used as a scoop or dipper. 中文词源 gourd ：葫芦 来自拉丁语cucurbita, 葫芦，词源可能同cucumber. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gour
• goulash 英文词源 goulash (n.) 1866, from Hungarian gulyáshús , from gulyás "herdsman" + hús "meat." In Hungarian, "beef or lamb soup made by herdsmen while pasturing." 中文词源 goulash ：匈牙利辣椒炖肉 来自匈牙利语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： goulash 词源， goulash 含义。
• goujons 英文词源 goujons "Deep-fried strips of chicken or fish", From French goujon 'gudgeon' (see gudgeon 1 ). 中文词源 goujons ：油炸鱼丁 来自法语，木钉，插销。后用做食物名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： goujons 词源， goujons 含义。
• gouge 英文词源 gouge gouge: [15] Gouge may be of Celtic origin – a resemblance to forms such as Welsh gylf ‘beak’ and Cornish gilb ‘borer’ has been noted. But its earliest positively identifiable ancestor is late Latin gubia , whose Old French descendant gouge was borrowed by English. gouge (n.) mid-14c., "chisel with a concave blade," from Old French gouge "a gouge" (14c.), from Late Lati
• Gouda 英文词源 Gouda type of cheese, 1885, named for a town in Holland. 中文词源 Gouda ：豪达干酷 因产自荷兰Gouda而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Gouda 词源， Gouda 含义。
• gouache 英文词源 gouache (n.) method of painting, 1882, from French gouache "watercolors, water-color painting" (18c.), from Italian guazzo "watercolor," originally "spray, splash, puddle, pool," from Latin aquatio "watering, watering place," from aquatus , past participle of aquari "to bring water for drinking," from aqua "water" (see aqua- ). 中文词源 gouache ：广告色画颜料 来自法语，词
• Gothic 英文词源 Gothic (adj.) "of the Goths," the ancient Germanic people, "pertaining to the Goths or their language," 1610s, from Late Latin Gothicus , from Gothi , Greek Gothoi (see Goth ). Old English had Gotisc . As a noun, "the language of the Goths," from 1757. Gothic was used by 17c. scholars to mean "Germanic, Teutonic," hence its use from 1640s as a term for the art style that emerged in no
• Gotham 英文词源 Gotham (n.) "New York City," first used by Washington Irving in "Salmagundi" (1807), based on "Merrie Tales of the Mad Men of Gotham" (1460), a collection of legendary stories of English villagers alternately wise and foolish. There is a village of this name in Nottinghamshire, originally Gatham (1086), in Old English, "Enclosure (literally 'homestead') where goats are kept." It is un
• goth 英文词源 Goth (n.) Old English Gota (plural Gotan ) "a member of the Germanic people who lived in Eastern Europe c.100 C.E.," from Late Latin Gothus (plural Gothi ), from Greek Gothos (plural Gothoi ), from Gothic *Gutos , which is preserved in Gothic gutþiuda "Gothic people," the first element cognate with Old Norse gotar "men" (the second meaning "people; see Dutch ). "The sense 'men' is us
• gossamer 英文词源 gossamer gossamer: [14] It would be pleasant to think that gossamer , originally ‘fine cobwebs’, is a descendant of an earlier goose-summer , but unfortunately there is not enough evidence to make this more than a conjecture. The theory goes as follows: mid-autumn is a time when geese for the table are plentiful (November was once known as gänsemonat ‘geese-month’ in German),
• gosling 英文词源 gosling gosling: see goose gosling (n.) mid-14c. (late 13c. as a surname), from Old Norse gæslingr , from gos "goose" (see goose (n.)) + diminutive suffix (see -ling ). replaced Old English gesling . Or the modern word might be a Middle English formation from gos "goose." Similar formation in Danish gæsling , Swedish gäsling , German Gänslein . 中文词源 gosling ：幼鹅 gos, 鹅
• goshawk 英文词源 goshawk goshawk: see goose goshawk (n.) large type of hawk flown at geese, Old English goshafoc, literally "goose-hawk," from gos "goose" (see goose (n.)) + hafoc "hawk" (see hawk (n.)). Compare Old Norse gashaukr . 中文词源 goshawk ：苍鹰 gos, 鹅。hawk, 鹰 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： goshawk 词源， goshawk 含义。
• gosh 英文词源 gosh (interj.) minced oath, 1757, altered pronunciation of God . Probably via by gosse (mid-16c.). 中文词源 gosh ：天啦 来自god的委婉语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gosh 词源， gosh 含义。
• gory 英文词源 gory (adj.) "covered with clotted blood," late 15c., from gore (n.1) + -y (2). 中文词源 gory ：血淋淋的 来自gore, 刺伤。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gory 词源， gory 含义。
• gorse 英文词源 gorse gorse: [OE] Gorse appears to mean etymologically ‘prickly bush’. It has been traced back to an Indo-European source * ghrzd denoting ‘roughness’ or ‘prickliness’, which also produced German gerste ‘barley’. Of the plant’s other names, furze [OE] is of unknown origin, while whin [11] was probably borrowed from a Scandinavian language. gorse (n.) Old English gors
• gorp 英文词源 gorp "Another term for trail mix", 1970s: perhaps an acronym from good old raisins and peanuts . 中文词源 gorp ：什锦干果果仁 词源不详。可能同gorge, 吞食，贪婪的吃。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gorp 词源， gorp 含义。
• gormless 英文词源 gormless (adj.) c. 1746, also in early use gaumless , gawmless , "wanting sense, stupid," a British dialectal word, from gome "notice, understanding" (c. 1200), from Old Norse gaumr "care, heed" (of unknown origin); + -less . 中文词源 gormless ：愚蠢的 改编自英语方言gome, 注意，理解。-less, 没有。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gormless 词
• Gorgonzola 英文词源 gorgonzola type of blue cheese, 1878, short for Gorgonzola cheese (1866), named for Gorgonzola , village near Milan where it was made. In the neighbourhood is Gorgonzola, celebrated in the annals of the middle ages for the victory of Frederigo Barbarossa over the Milanese, in 1158; for the capture of the chevalric and poetic king Ensius, in 1243; for the advantage gained by the Torria
• gorgeous 英文词源 gorgeous (adj.) c. 1500, "splendid, showy, sumptuously adorned" (of clothing), from Middle French gorgias "elegant, fashionable," of unknown origin; perhaps a special use of gorgias "necklace" (and thus "fond of or resembling jewelry"), from Old French gorge "throat," also "something adorning the throat" (see gorge (n.)). A connection to the Greek proper name Gorgias (supposedly in re
• gorge 英文词源 gorge gorge: [14] Gorge originally meant ‘throat’; the metaphorical extension to ‘rocky ravine’ did not really take place until the mid 18th century (the semantic connection was presumably ‘narrow opening between which things pass’). The word was borrowed from Old French gorge ‘throat’, which goes back via Vulgar Latin * gurga to Latin gurges ‘whirlpool’ from which
• Goretex 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random pork pork: [13] Latin porcus ‘pig’ went back to a prehistoric Indo-European * porko -, which also produced Russian porosenok ‘pig’, Irish orc ‘pig’, and English farrow . It passed into Old French as porc , which English adopted as a term for the ‘flesh of pigs used as food’. Derivatives that have made it to Engli
• gore 英文词源 gore gore: English has three separate words gore , two of them perhaps ultimately related. Gore ‘blood’ [OE] originally meant ‘dung, shit’, or more generally ‘filth, dirt, slime’, and related words in other languages, such as Dutch goor ‘mud, filth’, Old Norse gor ‘slime’, and Welsh gôr ‘pus’, round out a semantic picture of ‘unpleasant semi-liquid material’
• gora 英文词源 gora "(In the Indian subcontinent, and among British Asians) a white person", From Hindi gorā 'fair, white'. 中文词源 gora ：（南亚用语）白人 来自印度语，白的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gora 词源， gora 含义。
• gopher 英文词源 gopher (n.) burrowing squirrel, 1812, American English, perhaps an Englishing of Louisiana French gaufre "honeycomb, waffle," said to have been used by French settlers in reference to small mammals on analogy of the structure of their burrows, from Old French gaufre , walfre (12c.), which is from Frankish or some other Germanic source. The rodent was the nickname of people from Arkans
• goose-step 英文词源 goose-step (n.) 1806, originally a military drill to teach balance; "to stand on each leg alternately and swing the other back and forth." This, presumably, reminded someone of a goose's way of walking. In reference to "marching without bending the knees" (as in Nazi military reviews) it apparently is first recorded 1916. As a verb by 1854. 中文词源 goose-step ：正步 因形似鹅
• goose pimples 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random solecism solecism: [16] Solecism ‘act of (grammatical) impropriety’ comes via Latin soloecismus from Greek soloikismós , a derivative of sóloikos ‘ungrammatical utterance’. This is said to have referred originally to the speech of Athenian colonists in Soloi, in ancient Cilicia, southern Turkey, held by snooty sophisti
• gooseberry 英文词源 gooseberry gooseberry: [16] Probably, when all is said and done, gooseberry is simply a compound of goose and berry . But no one has ever been able to explain satisfactorily why the gooseberry should have been named after the goose , and there has been no lack of alternative etymological suggestions for the word – notably that goose is an alteration of an old dialect word for the ‘
• goose 英文词源 goose goose: [OE] Goose has relatives throughout the Indo-European languages: Latin ānser , Greek khén , Sanskrit hansás , Russian gus’ , Czech husa , German and Dutch gans , and Swedish gåas (not to mention Irish Gaelic gēis ‘swan’) all go back to a prehistoric Indo-European * ghans -, which probably originated as an imitation of the honking of geese. (The only major excep
• goon 英文词源 goon goon: [20] The antecedents of goon are murky. It may have been inspired by goony ‘simpleton’, which is first recorded in the 1890s and which may well be the same word as the much earlier gony with the same meaning, which in turn goes right back to the 16th century and could be related to Scottish gonyel ‘fool’. An ultimate connection with the obsolete verb gane ‘yawn’
• goolie 英文词源 goolie "A testicle", 1930s (in sense 1): apparently of Indian origin; compare with Hindi golī 'bullet, ball, pill'. sense 2 is possibly from an Aboriginal language of New South Wales. 中文词源 goolie ：睾丸 来自印度语goli, 球，词源可能同ball. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： goolie 词源， goolie 含义。
• gook 英文词源 gook (n.) 1899, U.S. military slang for "Filipino" during the insurrection there, probably from a native word, or imitative of the babbling sound of a strange language to American ears (compare barbarian ). The term goo-goo eyes "soft, seductive eyes" was in vogue c. 1900 and may have contributed to this somehow. Extended over time to "Nicaraguan" (U.S. intervention there early 20c.),
• googly 英文词源 googly as a noun, a cricket term, 1903, of unknown origin. As an adjective, of eyes, 1901; see goo-goo . 中文词源 googly ：变向曲线球 词源不详。来自于20世纪初英国著名板球运动员Bernard Bosanquet,在1903年与新西兰的板球比赛中运用该技术技惊四座，并使该词和该技术一下子广为流行，但是却没人知道该词来自何处或各执
• Google 英文词源 google (v.) "to search (something) on the Google search engine," 2000 ( do a google on was used by 1999). The domain google.com was registered in 1997. According to the company, the name is a play on googol and reflects the "mission" of founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin "to organize a seemingly infinite amount of information on the web." A verb google was an early 20c. cricket term
• goog 英文词源 goog "An egg", Early 20th century: abbreviation of googie. 中文词源 goog ：蛋 来自儿语egg发音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： goog 词源， goog 含义。
• goofball 英文词源 goofball (n.) "narcotic drug," 1938, slang, from goof + ball (n.1). As an intensive of goof (n.), it dates from 1959. 中文词源 goofball ：蠢人 来自goof和ball的组合词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： goofball 词源， goofball 含义。
• goof 英文词源 goof (n.) 1916, "stupid person," American English, perhaps a variant of English dialect goff "foolish clown" (1869), from 16c. goffe , probably from Middle French goffe "awkward, stupid," which is of uncertain origin. Or English goffe may be from Middle English goffen "speak in a frivolous manner," which is possibly from Old English gegaf "buffoonery," and gaffetung "scolding." Sense
• gooey 英文词源 gooey (adj.) 1893, American English slang, from goo + -y (2). The first element perhaps somehow imitative, or shortened from burgoo (1787) "thick porridge." 中文词源 gooey ：黏稠的 来自goo, 黏稠物。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gooey 词源， gooey 含义。
• goody 英文词源 goody (n.1) also goodie , "something tasty," 1745, from good (adj.) + -y (2). Adjectival use for "sentimentally proper" is by 1830 (especially in reduplicated form goody-goody , 1865). As an exclamation of pleasure, by 1796. goody (n.2) 1550s, a shortened form of goodwife , a term of civility applied to a married woman in humble life; hence Goody Two-shoes , name of the heroine in 176
• goods 英文词源 goods (n.) "property," late 13c., from plural of good (n.), which had the same sense in Old English. Meaning "saleable commodities" is mid-15c.; colloquial sense of "stolen articles" is from 1900; hence figurative use, "evidence of guilt." 中文词源 goods ：商品 来自good的复数形式。词义演变比较commodity, commode. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• good-bye 英文词源 good-bye good-bye: [16] The good of good-bye was originally God . The expression is a contraction of God be with you , a form of farewell first recorded in the late 16th century. Its gradual reduction can be traced through a series of metamorphoses (Shakespeare, for instance, had God be wy you and God buy’ ye ), and it did not reach modern good-bye until the 18th century. The substi
• Good Friday 英文词源 Good Friday (n.) the Friday before Easter, c. 1300, from good (adj.) in Middle English sense of "holy, sacred," especially of holy days or seasons observed by the church; the word also was applied to Christmas and Shrove Tuesday. Good Twelfthe Dai (c. 1500) was Epiphany (the twelfth day after Christmas). 中文词源 Good Friday ：耶稣受难日（复活节前的星期五） 词源存
• good 英文词源 good good: [OE] Good is such a general, all-embracing word for anything regarded in a positive light that it perhaps comes as something of a surprise that it is not an ancient primary term distributed throughout the Indo-European languages. It is a strictly Germanic word (German has gut , Dutch goed , and Swedish and Danish god ), and it goes back to prehistoric Germanic * gath - ‘b
• goo 英文词源 goo (n.) 1903, American English, of obscure origin, probably a back-formation from gooey . 中文词源 goo ：令人不舒服的黏稠物质 拟声词，模仿黏稠液体流的声音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： goo 词源， goo 含义。
• gonzo journalism 英文词源 gonzo (adj.) 1971, American English, in Hunter S. Thompson's phrase gonzo journalism . Thompson in 1972 said he got it from editor Bill Cardosa and explained it as "some Boston word for weird, bizarre." Probably from Italian gonzo "rude, sottish," perhaps from Spanish ganso and ultimately from the Germanic word for "goose" (see goose (n.)). 中文词源 gonzo journalism ：新闻炒作，
• gonorrhea 英文词源 gonorrhea (n.) also gonorrhoea , 1520s, from Late Latin gonorrhoia , from Greek gonos "seed" (see gonad ) + rhoe "flow," from rhein "to flow" (see rheum ). Mucus discharge was mistaken for semen. In early records often Gomoria , etc., from folk etymology association with biblical Gomorrah . Related: Gonorrheal ; gonorrhoeal . 中文词源 gonorrhea ：淋病 gonad, 性腺。-rrh, 流，
• gong 英文词源 gong (n.) c. 1600, from Malay gong , which is probably imitative of its sound when struck. As a verb by 1853. Related: Gonged ; gonging . 中文词源 gong ：锣 来自马来语，模仿敲锣发出的声音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gong 词源， gong 含义。
• gondola 英文词源 gondola gondola: [16] The gondola , the narrow boat used on Venetian canals, gets its name from the way it rocks gently in the water. Italian gondola is an adaptation of gondolà , a word meaning ‘roll, rock’ in the Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of Friuli, in northeastern Italy (Rhaeto-Romanic is a cover term for a group of Romance-language dialects spoken in southern Switzerland, northe
• gonad 英文词源 gonad (n.) 1880, from Modern Latin gonas (plural gonades ), coined from Greek gone , gonos "child, offspring; seed, that which engenders; birth, childbirth; race, stock, family," related to gignesthai "be born," genos "race, birth, descent," from PIE *gon-o- , suffixed form of root *gen- "to give birth, beget" (see genus ). Related: gonads ; gonadal . 中文词源 gonad ：性腺 来自
• golly 英文词源 golly (interj.) euphemism for God , by 1775, in Gilbert White's journal; he refers to it as "a sort of jolly kind of oath, or asseveration much in use among our carters, the lowest people." 中文词源 golly ：天啦 来自god的委婉语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： golly 词源， golly 含义。
• golliwog 英文词源 golliwog golliwog: [19] It was Florence Upton (1873– 1922), an American-born illustrator and writer of children’s books, who dreamed up the blackfaced male doll we now know as the golliwog . It first appeared in the story The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls – and a ‘Golliwog’ 1895, with verses by Florence’s mother Bertha. The inspiration for the word may have been golly [19]
• golf 英文词源 golf (n.) mid-15c., Scottish gouf , usually taken as an alteration of Middle Dutch colf , colve "stick, club, bat," from Proto-Germanic *kulth- (cognates: Old Norse kolfr "clapper of a bell," German Kolben "mace, club, butt-end of a gun"). The game is from 14c., the word is first mentioned (along with fut-bol ) in a 1457 Scottish statute on forbidden games (a later ordinance decrees,
• golem 英文词源 golem (n.) "artificial man, automaton," 1897, from Hebrew golem [Psalm cxxxix:16] "shapeless mass, embryo," from galam "he wrapped up, folded." 中文词源 golem ：有生命的泥人 来自希伯来语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： golem 词源， golem 含义。
• goldsmith 英文词源 goldsmith (n.) "artisan who works in gold," Old English goldsmið , from gold (n.) + smith (n.). Similar formation in Dutch goudsmid , German Goldschmeid , Danish guldsmed . 中文词源 goldsmith ：金匠 gold, 黄金。smith,匠人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： goldsmith 词源， goldsmith 含义。
• golden jubilee 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random borage borage: [13] The plant-name borage comes via Old French bourrache from Latin borrāgo . Various words have been advanced as an ultimate source, including late Latin burra ‘shaggy cloth’, on account of its hairy leaves, but in view of the fact that the Arabs used the plant medicinally to induce sweating, the likeliest
• gold-digger 英文词源 gold-digger (n.) 1816, "one who seeks gold in the ground or a stream bed," from gold (n.) + digger . As "woman who pursues men for their money," first recorded 1915. 中文词源 gold-digger ：以色相骗取钱财的人 为形象描述新的社会现象创造的新词。比较cradle-snatcher. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gold-digger 词源， gold-digger 含义
• goldcrest 英文词源 basilisk basilisk: [14] Greek basilískos meant literally ‘little king’ – it was a diminutive of basiléus ‘king’, source also of English basil [15] (probably from the herb’s use by the Greeks in certain royal potions) and of English basilica [16] (a church built originally on the plan of a royal palace). The Greeks used it for a ‘goldcrested wren’, but also for a type
• gold brick 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random mental mental: see mind 中文词源 gold brick ：金砖，欺骗 来自美国19世纪后期淘金热时的欺骗方式，砖头外面镀一层金冒充金块。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gold brick 词源， gold brick 含义。
• gold 英文词源 gold gold: [OE] Gold gets its name from its colour. The perception of what this is has varied. In the ancient Germanic languages, red was often used as a poetic epithet for ‘gold’, and in English this survives into the present day as an archaism. And Latin aurum ‘gold’, source of French or and Italian and Spanish oro , is probably related to words for ‘dawn’ (such as Latin
• goiter 英文词源 goiter (n.) "morbid enlargement of the thyroid gland," 1620s, from French goitre (16c.), from Rhône dialect, from Old Provençal goitron "throat, gullet," from Vulgar Latin *gutturiosum or *gutturionem , from Latin guttur "throat" (see guttural ). Related: Goitrous . 中文词源 goiter ：甲状腺肿 来自法语goitre, 来自拉丁语guttre, 喉咙，词源同guttural. 该词的英语
• gogo 英文词源 demagogue demagogue: [17] A demagogue is literally a ‘leader of the people’. The word represents Greek demagōgós , a compound formed from demos ‘common people’ and agōgós ‘leader’. (This was derived from ágein ‘drive, lead’, a verb related to Latin agere ‘do’, and hence to its host of English descendants, from act to prodigal .) In ancient Greece the term was
• go-go 英文词源 go-go (adj.) 1964, "fashionable," from slang adjective go "fashionable" (1962); see go (n.). First appearance of go-go dancer is from 1965. 中文词源 go-go ：歌歌舞的 来自go的韵律重复构词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： go-go 词源， go-go 含义。
• goggles 英文词源 goggles (n.) "spectacles, protective eyeglasses," 1715; see goggle . 中文词源 goggles ：护目镜，游泳镜 来自goggle, 瞪眼睛。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： goggles 词源， goggles 含义。
• goggle-box 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random arcane arcane: [16] Arcane comes from the Latin adjective arcānus ‘hidden, secret’. This was formed from the verb arcēre ‘close up’, which in turn came from arca ‘chest, box’ (source of English ark ). The neuter form of the adjective, arcānum , was used to form a noun, usually used in the plural, arcāna ‘myster
• goggle 英文词源 goggle (v.) 1530s, from Middle English gogelen "to roll (the eyes) about" (late 14c.), influenced by Middle English gogel-eyed "squint-eyed," also, due to being used incorrectly in a translation from Latin, "one-eyed" (late 14c.), of uncertain origin. It has been suggested that it is a frequentative verb from Celtic (compare Irish and Gaelic gog "a nod, a slight motion," Irish gogaim