英语词源

• gogga 英文词源 gogga "An insect or creepy-crawly", Afrikaans, from Khoikhoi xo-xon , a collective term for slithering and creeping creatures. 中文词源 gogga ：昆虫 来自南非荷兰语。可能是模仿各种小昆虫扇翅膀的声音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gogga 词源， gogga 含义。
• gofer 英文词源 gofer (n.2) "errand-runner," 1956, American English coinage from verbal phrase go for (coffee, spare parts, etc.), with a pun on gopher . Gopher also was late 19c. slang for a young thief, especially one who breaks in through small openings. gofer (n.1) "thin cake or waffle with a honeycomb pattern," 1769, from French gaufre , literally "honeycomb" (see wafer (n.)). 中文词源 gofer
• godown 英文词源 godown "(In eastern Asia, especially India) a warehouse", Late 16th century: from Portuguese gudão , from Tamil kiṭaṅku , Malayalam kiṭaṅṅu , or Kannada gadaṅgu 'store, warehouse'. 中文词源 godown ：仓库 来自南印度语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： godown 词源， godown 含义。
• godforsaken 英文词源 godforsaken (adj.) also god-forsaken , God-forsaken , "forlorn, desolate, miserable," 1816, from God + forsaken . 中文词源 godforsaken ：沉闷的 来自god和forsaken的合成词，即上帝遗忘之地。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： godforsaken 词源， godforsaken 含义。
• god 英文词源 god god: [OE] Similar in form though it may be, and appropriate as the semantic connection would be, god is not etymologically related to good . It probably comes from an Indo-European * ghut -. This may be related to Sanskrit havate and Old Church Slavonic zovetu , both meaning ‘call’, and if so the underlying etymological meaning of god would be ‘that which is invoked’. The
• goby 英文词源 goby (n.) kind of fish, 1769, a modern scientific usage, from Latin gobius , from Greek kobios , name of a type of small fish, of unknown origin. Related: Gobiid . 中文词源 goby ：虾虎鱼（腹部带吸盘的小海鱼） 来自拉丁语gobius. 可能来自拟声词，模仿这种鱼的叫声。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： goby 词源， goby 含义。
• gobstopper 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random pestle pestle: see piston 中文词源 gobstopper ：大块圆硬糖 来自gob和stop的合成词。口语指一种大块圆硬糖。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gobstopper 词源， gobstopper 含义。
• gobsmacked 英文词源 gobsmacked (adj.) also gob-smacked , by 1985, U.K. slang, from gob (n.2) "mouth" + past participle of smack (v.). 中文词源 gobsmacked ：目瞪口呆 gob, 嘴。smack, 打嘴，掌掴。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gobsmacked 词源， gobsmacked 含义。
• gobshite 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random earnest earnest: [OE] Earnest was originally a much more red-blooded word than it is today. It comes ultimately from a Germanic base * ern - which denoted ‘vigour’ or ‘briskness’. To this was added the noun suffix – ost ( earnest was originally a noun), giving Old English eornost , which appears at first to have meant ‘
• goblin 英文词源 goblin goblin: [14] Goblin probably came via Anglo- Norman from medieval Latin gobelīnus , which was reported by the 12th-century English chronicler Ordericus Vitalis as haunting the area around Évreux in northwestern France. It is thought that this could have been based on German kobold ‘goblin’, source of English cobalt . = cobalt goblin (n.) early 14c., "a devil, incubus, mis
• goblet 英文词源 goblet (n.) large, handle-less, crater-shaped drinking vessel for wine, etc.," late 14c., from Old French gobelet "goblet, cup" (13c.), diminutive of gobel "cup," probably related to gobe "gulp down" (see gob ). 中文词源 goblet ：高脚酒杯 来自gob, 嘴。-let, 小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： goblet 词源， goblet 含义。
• gobbledygook 英文词源 gobbledygook (n.) also gobbledegook , "the overinvolved, pompous talk of officialdom" [Klein], 1944, American English, first used by U.S. Rep. Maury Maverick, D.-Texas, (1895-1954), a grandson of the original maverick and chairman of U.S. Smaller War Plants Corporation during World War II, in a memo dated March 30, 1944, banning "gobbledygook language" and mock-threateaning, "anyone u
• gobble 英文词源 gobble (v.1) "eat greedily, swallow hastily," c. 1600, probably partly echoic, partly frequentative and based on gob (n.1), via gobben "drink something greedily" (early 15c.). Related: Gobbled ; gobbling . gobble (v.2) "make a turkey noise," 1670s, probably imitative, perhaps influenced by gobble (v.1) or gargle . As a noun from 1781. 中文词源 gobble ：狼吞虎咽 来自gob, 嘴。
• gobbet 英文词源 gobbet (n.) late 13c., "a fragment," from Old French gobet "piece, mouthful," diminutive of gobe "mouthful, lump," related to gober "to gulp, swallow down," probably from Gaulish *gobbo- (compare Irish gob "mouth," Gaelic gob "beak"). 中文词源 gobbet ：小嘴，少量 来自gob, 嘴。-et, 小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gobbet 词源， gob
• gob 英文词源 gob (n.1) "a mouthful, lump," late 14c., from gobbet . gob (n.2) "mouth," 1540s, from Irish gob "mouth," and thus related to the other English noun gob (see gobbet ). Gob-stopper "type of large hard candy" is from 1928. 中文词源 gob ：嘴 词源不详，可能是来自吞咽东西的声音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gob 词源， gob 含义。
• goatee 英文词源 goatee (n.) "pointed tuft of beard on the chin of a shaven face," 1844 (as goaty ; current spelling by 1847), from goaty (adj.). So called from its resemblance to a male goat's chin hairs. 中文词源 goatee ：山羊胡子 来自goat, 山羊。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： goatee 词源， goatee 含义。
• goat 英文词源 goat goat: [OE] Old English had no all-purpose word for ‘goat’; the male goat was a bucca (‘buck’) and the female goat was a gāt . In early Middle English, goat began to encroach on the semantic territory of buck , and by the 14th century it had come to be the dominant form for both sexes, as is shown by the emergence around that time of the distinguishing terms she-goat and
• goal 英文词源 goal goal: [16] The earliest examples of what can confidently be identified as the word goal come from the first half of the 16th century, when it was used for both the ‘finishing line of a race’ and the ‘posts through which the ball is sent in football’. Before that we are in the realm of speculation. A 14th-century text from Kent has the word gol ‘boundary’, which could
• goad 英文词源 goad goad: [OE] Goad comes via prehistoric Germanic * gaidō from an Indo-European base * ghai -. This also produced an Old English word for ‘spear’, gār , which survives today in garlic [OE], etymologically ‘spear leek’. = garlic goad (n.) Old English gad "point, spearhead, arrowhead, pointed stick used for driving cattle," from Proto-Germanic *gaido "goad, spear" (cognates:
• go 英文词源 go go: [OE] Go is an ancient verb, traceable back to a prehistoric Indo-European base * ghēi - or * ghē -. This seems to have been relatively unproductive outside the Germanic languages (Sanskrit hā-, hī - ‘leave’ and Greek kikhánō ‘reach’ may be descendants of it), but it has provided the basic word for ‘move along, proceed’ in all the Germanic languages, including
• gnu 英文词源 gnu (n.) ox-like South African antelope, 1777, gnoo , from Dutch gnoe , used by German traveler Georg Forster (1754-1794) to render Hottentot i-ngu "wildebeest," from Southern Bushman !nu: (in which ! and : represent clicks). 中文词源 gnu ：角马 来自南非土著语。可能是拟声词，模仿这种动物受到惊吓时发出的声音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• gnomic 英文词源 gnomic (adj.) "full of instructive sayings," 1784, from French gnomique (18c.) and directly from Late Latin gnomicus "concerned with maxims, didactic," from Greek gnomikos , from gnome "a means of knowing, a mark, token; the mind (as the organ of knowing), thought, judgment, intelligence; (one's) mind, will, purpose; a judgment, opinion; maxim, the opinion of wise men," from root of g
• gnome 英文词源 gnome gnome: [18] Gnome comes via French from Latin gnomus , a word coined by the 16thcentury Swiss physician Paracelsus for a type of being that lives in the earth, in the same way that fish live in water. It seems to have been a pure invention on his part, and is not based on or related to Greek gnómē ‘opinion, judgment’ (source of English gnomic [19] and connected with agnost
• gnocchi 英文词源 gnocchi (n.) type of small potato dumplings, 1891, from Italian gnocchi , plural of gnocco , from nocchio "a knot in wood," perhaps from a Germanic source akin to knuckle (n.), gnarled , etc. So called for their shape. 中文词源 gnocchi ：意大利团子 来自意大利语，来自辅音丛gn, 节，块，疙瘩，词源同knot, knoll. 此处用做食物名。 该词的英语词源请
• gneiss 英文词源 gneiss (n.) type of metamorphic rock, 1757, kneiss , from German Gneiss (16c.), which is probably from Middle High German gneist "spark" (so called because the rock glitters), from Old High German gneisto "spark" (compare Old English gnast "spark," Old Norse gneisti ). Related: Gneissic . 中文词源 gneiss ：片麻岩 来自德语，火花，闪光。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• gnaw 英文词源 gnaw (v.) Old English gnagan "to gnaw, bite off little by little" (past tense *gnog , past participle gnagan ), from Proto-Germanic *gh(e)n- "to gnaw" (cognates: Old Saxon gnagan , Old Norse, Swedish gnaga , Middle Dutch, Dutch knagen , Old High German gnagan , German nagen "to gnaw"), probably imitative of gnawing. Figurative sense "wear away as if by continued biting" is from early
• gnat 英文词源 gnat (n.) Old English gnæt "gnat, midge, small flying insect," earlier gneat , from Proto-Germanic *gnattaz (cognates: Low German gnatte , German Gnitze ); perhaps literally "biting insect" and related to gnaw . The gnatte is a litil fflye, and hatte culex he soukeþ blood and haþ in his mouþ a pipe, as hit were a pricke. And is a-countid a-mong volatiles and greueþ slepinge men w
• gnashers 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random hind hind: English has two words hind . The adjective meaning ‘rear’ [13] probably came mainly from behind , a compound formed in Old English times from bi - ‘by’ and hindan ‘from behind’, whose ultimate origins are unknown. Related are German hinter ‘behind’, the first element of hinterland , which English borro
• gnash 英文词源 gnash (v.) early 15c. variant of Middle English gnasten "to grind the teeth together" in rage, sorrow, or menace (early 14c.), perhaps from Old Norse gnasta , gnista "to gnash the teeth," of unknown origin, probably imitative. Compare German knistern "to crackle," Old English gnidan "to rub, bruise, pound, break to pieces," Danish knaske "crush with the teeth." Related: Gnashed ; gnas
• gnarly 英文词源 gnarly (adj.) "knotted and rugged," c. 1600, from gnarl (see gnarled ) + -y (2). Picked up 1970s as surfer slang to describe a dangerous wave; it had spread to teen slang by 1982, where it meant both "excellent" and "disgusting." 中文词源 gnarly ：呱呱叫的 来自gnarl, 疙瘩。用于俚语，呱呱叫的。比较cracking, 破裂的，俚语义顶呱呱的。 该词的英语词
• gnarled 英文词源 gnarled gnarled: [17] Gnarled is essentially a 19thcentury word. It is recorded once before then, in Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure 1603 (‘Thy sharp and sulphurous bolt splits the unwedgable and gnarled oak’), but its modern currency is due to its adoption by early 19th-century romantic writers. It is probably a variant of knurled [17], itself a derivative of knur or knor ‘
• glyph 英文词源 glyph (n.) 1727, "ornamental groove in sculpture or architecture," from French glyphe (1701), from Greek glyphe "a carving," from glyphein "to hollow out, cut out with a knife, engrave, carve," also "to note down" on tablets, from PIE root *gleubh- "to cut, slice, tear apart" (cognates: Latin glubere "to peel, shell, strip," Old English cleofan "to cleave," Old Norse klofi , Middle Du
• glycerine 英文词源 glycerine glycerine: [19] Greek glukús meant ‘sweet’ (its derivative gleukos ‘sweet thing’ is the ancestor of English glucose [19]). It had a variant glukerōs , which the French chemist Michel- Eugène Chevreul took as the basis of a name of a recently discovered syrupy liquid obtained from fats or oils – glycerin (adopted by English as glycerine or glycerin ). = glucose g
• glycemic index 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random lecher lecher: [12] Etymologically, a lecher is a ‘licker’. English borrowed the word from Old French lecheor , a derivative of the verb lechier ‘lick’, which was used figuratively for ‘live a life of debauchery’. This in turn came from Frankish * likkōn , a descendant of the same prehistoric Germanic source as Engl
• glutton 英文词源 glutton glutton: [13] Indo-European * gel - produced a wide range of descendants in the general semantic area ‘swallow’, among them Latin gula ‘throat’ and its offspring French gueule ‘mouth’ and English gullet ; German kehle ‘throat’; and Latin gluttīre ‘swallow’, which was probably the ultimate source of English glut [14]. Another was Latin gluttō ‘overeater’
• glutinous 英文词源 glutinous (adj.) "viscous, sticky, of the nature of glue," early 15c., from Latin glutinosus "gluey, viscous, tenacious," from gluten (genitive glutinis ) "glue" (see glue (n.)). Glutinosity is from c. 1400. Related: Glutinousness . 中文词源 glutinous ：黏的 词源同glue, 粘，胶水。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： glutinous 词源， glutinous 含义。
• glutes 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random gonorrhoea gonorrhoea: see general 中文词源 glutes ：臀肌 来自希腊语gloutos, 屁股。可能来自PIE*glei, 黏，粘，大块，词源同clay, clump. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： glutes 词源， glutes 含义。
• gluten 英文词源 gluten (n.) 1630s, "a sticky substance," from Middle French gluten "sticky substance" (16c.) or directly from Latin gluten ( glutin- ) "glue" (see glue (n.)). Used 16c.-19c. for the part of animal tissue now called fibrin ; used since 1803 of the nitrogenous part of the flour of wheat or other grain; hence glutamic acid (1871), a common amino acid, and its salt, glutamate . 中文词源
• glut 英文词源 glut (v.) early 14c., glotien "to feed to repletion" (transitive), probably from Old French glotir "to swallow, gulp down, engulf," from Latin glutire / gluttire "to swallow, gulp down," from PIE root *gwele- (3) "to swallow" (see gullet ). Intransitive sense "feed (oneself) to repletion" is from c. 1400. Related: Glutted ; glutting . glut (n.) 1530s, "a gulp, a swallowing," from glut
• glum 英文词源 glum (adj.) 1540s, "sullen, moody, frowning," from Middle English gloumen (v.) "become dark" (c. 1300), later gloumben "look gloomy or sullen" (late 14c.); see gloom . Or from or influenced by Low German glum "gloomy, troubled, turbid." In English the word was also formerly a noun meaning "a sullen look" (1520s). An 18c. extended or colloquial form glump led to the expression the glum
• glug 英文词源 glug (n.) 1768, imitative of the sound of swallowing a drink, etc. From 1895 as a verb. Compare Middle English glub "to swallow greedily." 中文词源 glug ：汩汩地流 拟声词，模仿流水的声音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： glug 词源， glug 含义。
• glue 英文词源 glue glue: [14] Glue is an ancient word, whose ancestry can be traced back all the way to Indo- European * gloi -, * glei -, * gli - ‘stick’. Its Latin descendant was glūten , from which English gets gluten [16], glutinous [16], and agglutinate [16]. In post-classical times this spawned a new form, glūs , which English acquired via Old French glu as glue . = agglutinate , gluten
• glucose 英文词源 glucose glucose: see glycerine glucose (n.) name of a group of sugars (in commercial use, "sugar-syrup from starch"), 1840, from French glucose (1838), said to have been coined by French professor Eugène Melchior Péligot (1811-1890) from Greek gleukos "must, sweet wine," related to glykys "sweet" (see gluco- ). It first was obtained from grape sugar. Related: Glucosic . 中文词源
• glowing 英文词源 blaze blaze: There are three distinct words blaze in English. The commonest, meaning ‘fire, flame’ [OE], comes from a prehistoric Germanic * blasōn . Its original signification was ‘torch’ (in the sense, of course, of a burning piece of wood or bunch of sticks), but by the year 1000 the main current meaning was established. The precise source of blaze ‘light-coloured mark o
• glower 英文词源 glower (v.) mid-14c., "to shine;" c. 1500, "to stare with wide eyes," perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare Norwegian dialectal glora "to glow, gleam; stare"), or related to Middle Dutch gluren "to leer;" in either case from Proto-Germanic *glo- (see glow (v.)), root of Old English glowan "to glow," which influenced the spelling of this word. Meaning "to look angrily, look inten
• glow 英文词源 glow glow: [OE] Glow comes ultimately from Indo- European * ghlō -, in which the ghl - seems originally to have had some sort of symbolic function, as if directly representing the notion of ‘brightness, shining’ in speech. Its Germanic descendant * glō - produced German glühen , Dutch gloeien , and Swedish glöda (all meaning ‘glow’) as well as English glow and probably als
• glove 英文词源 glove glove: [OE] Not surprisingly, most words for ‘glove’ in European languages are related in some way to words for ‘hand’; German handschuh and Dutch handschoen , for example, mean literally ‘handshoe’; Greek kheirís was derived from kheíris ‘hand’; and Romanian manusa was based on Latin manus ‘hand’. And glove appears to be no exception; it probably goes back
• glottis 英文词源 glottis (n.) "mouth of the windpipe, opening at the top of the larynx," 1570s, from Greek glottis "mouthpiece of a pipe," from glotta , Attic dialect variant of glossa "tongue" (see gloss (n.2)). 中文词源 glottis ：声门 来自拉丁语glossa, 舌头。用于解剖学术语。比较epiglottis. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： glottis 词源， glottis 含义。
• glottal 英文词源 glottal (adj.) 1846, "pertaining to or formed by the glottis;" see glottis + -al (1). Glossal is attested from 1860. 中文词源 glottal ：声门音，喉音 来自拉丁语glossa, 舌头。即舌头顶住发出的音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： glottal 词源， glottal 含义。
• glossary 英文词源 glossary (n.) "collected explanations of words (especially those not in ordinary use), a book of glosses," mid-14c., from Latin glossarium "collection of glosses," from Greek glossarion , diminutive of glossa "obsolete or foreign word" (see gloss (n.2)). Related: Glossarial . 中文词源 glossary ：词汇表 来自拉丁语glossa, 舌头，外来词，注释。-ary, 集合名词后缀
• glossalgia 英文词源 glossalgia (n.) "pain in the tongue," 1847, medical Latin, from glosso- "tongue" + -algia "pain." Greek glossalgia meant only "talking till one's tongue aches." 中文词源 glossalgia ：舌痛 gloss, 舌头。-algia, 疼痛。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： glossalgia 词源， glossalgia 含义。
• gloss 英文词源 gloss gloss: English has two words gloss . The one meaning ‘shining surface’ [16] is of unknown origin, although no doubt it belongs ultimately to the general nexus of words beginning gl - which mean broadly ‘bright, shining’. Forms such as Icelandic glossi ‘spark’ and Swedish dialect glossa ‘glow’ suggest a Scandinavian origin. Gloss ‘explanation, definition’ [16]
• glory 英文词源 glory glory: [13] Latin glōria had two separate descendants in Old French: glore , which produced modern French gloire , and glorie , which English took over via Anglo-Norman. The source of the Latin word, which is also the ancestor of Italian and Spanish gloria and Irish Gaelic glōir , is not known. The now obsolete English sense ‘pride’, inherited from Latin, is preserved in v
• glop 英文词源 glop (n.) "inferior food," 1943, imitative of the sound of something unappetizingly viscous hitting a dinner plate. 中文词源 glop ：恶心的黏稠物 拟声词，模仿黏稠物流过的声音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： glop 词源， glop 含义。
• gloop 英文词源 gloop "Sloppy or sticky semi-fluid matter, typically something unpleasant", 1960s: the letters gl , o , and p are said to be symbolic of semi-liquid matter (compare with glop). 中文词源 gloop ：恶心的黏稠物 拟声词，模仿黏稠物流过的声音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gloop 词源， gloop 含义。
• gloom 英文词源 gloom (n.) 1590s, originally Scottish, "a sullen look," probably from gloom (v.) "look sullen or displeased" (late 14c., gloumen ), of unknown origin; perhaps from an unrecorded Old English verb or from a Scandinavian source (compare Norwegian dialectal glome "to stare somberly"), or from Middle Low German glum "turbid," Dutch gluren "to leer." Not considered to be related to Old Engl
• glom 英文词源 glom (v.) 1907, glahm "grab, snatch, steal," American English underworld slang, from Scottish glaum (1715), apparently from Gaelic glam "to handle awkwardly, grab voraciously, devour." Sense of "look at, watch" (1945) apparently is derived from the same source. Related: Glommed ; glomming . 中文词源 glom ：偷窃，窃取 俚语词，词源不详。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• glockenspiel 英文词源 glockenspiel (n.) 1825 as a type of organ-stop 1834 as a musical instrument consisting of small bells or metal bars struck by hammers, from German Glockenspiel , literally "play of bells," from plural of Glocke "bell" (see clock (n.)) + Spiel "a play" (see spiel ). 中文词源 glockenspiel ：钟琴 来自德语。glock, 同clock,钟。spiel,游戏，玩耍。用于乐器名。 该词的
• glocalization 英文词源 glocalization "The practice of conducting business according to both local and global considerations", 1990s: blend of global + localization. 中文词源 glocalization ：全球本土化 来自globalization和location的合成词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： glocalization 词源， glocalization 含义。
• globetrotting 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random terse terse: [17] Terse originally meant ‘polished, smooth’ (‘This man … so laboured upon it that he left it smooth and terse’, Helkiah Crooke, Description of the Body of Man 1615). By the 18th century, however, the associated notion of ‘neatness’ had led on to ‘neatly concise’. The word’s present-day negativ
• globe 英文词源 globe globe: [16] Globe comes from Latin globus , probably via Old French globe . Globus was related to glēba ‘lump of earth’ (source of English glebe [14]), and may denote etymologically ‘something rolled up into a ball’. = glebe globe (n.) late 14c., "a large mass;" mid-15c., "spherical solid body, a sphere," from Middle French globe (14c.) and directly from Latin globus "r
• globalization 英文词源 globalization (n.) 1961, noun of action from globalize (q.v.). 中文词源 globalization ：全球化 来自global, 全球的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： globalization 词源， globalization 含义。
• global 英文词源 global (adj.) 1670s, "spherical," from globe + -al (1). Meaning "worldwide, universal, pertaining to the whole globe of the earth" is from 1892, from a sense development in French. Global village first attested 1960, popularized, if not coined, by Canadian educator Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980). Postliterate man's electronic media contract the world to a village or tribe where everythi
• glob 英文词源 glob (n.) 1900, perhaps suggested by blob , gob , etc. Also compare glop . 中文词源 glob ：一小滴，一小团 来自PIE*glebh, 球体，成球状，词源同cling, glue. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： glob 词源， glob 含义。
• gloat 英文词源 gloat (v.) 1570s, "to look at furtively," probably a variant of earlier glout "to gaze attentively, stare, scowl, look glum, pout" (mid-15c.), from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse glotta "to grin, smile scornfully and show the teeth," Swedish dialectal glotta "to peep;" or from Middle High German glotzen "to stare, gape," from the Germanic group of *gl- words that also include
• gloaming 英文词源 gloaming (n.) Old English glomung "twilight, the fall of evening," found but once (glossing Latin crepusculum ), and formed (probably on model of æfning "evening") from glom "twilight," which is related to glowan "to glow" (hence "glow of sunrise or sunset"), from Proto-Germanic *glo- (see glow (v.)). Fell from currency except in Yorkshire dialect, but preserved in Scotland and reint
• glitz 英文词源 glitz glitz: [20] Glitz , a sort of ‘shallow but exciting and fashionable sparkle and showiness’, is a backformation from glitzy , an American slang term fashionable in the early 1980s. This in turn was derived from Yiddish glitz ‘glitter’, which came from German glitzern ‘sparkle’ (a relative of English glitter ). Its fortuitous resemblance to a blend of glamour and Ritz
• glitterati 英文词源 glitterati (n.) 1956, from glitter , with a play on literati . 中文词源 glitterati ：风云人物 来自glitter, 闪耀，光彩夺目。引申义名人，风云人物。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： glitterati 词源， glitterati 含义。
• glitter 英文词源 glitter glitter: [14] Glitter goes back to a Germanic * glit -, denoting ‘shining, bright’, which also produced German glitzern ‘sparkle’ (source of English glitz ) and gleissen ‘glisten’ and Swedish glittra ‘glitter’. English probably acquired it via Old Norse glitra . = glitz glitter (v.) c. 1300, glideren (late 14c. as gliteren ), from an unrecorded Old English word
• glitch 英文词源 glitch (n.) 1959, American English, possibly from Yiddish glitsh "a slip," from glitshn "to slip," from German glitschen , and related gleiten "to glide" (see glide (v.)). Perhaps directly from German. Apparently it began as technical jargon among radio and television engineers, but was popularized and given a broader meaning c. 1962 by the U.S. space program. All you get today is "gl
• glister 英文词源 glister (v.) late 14c., "to glitter, sparkle," probably from or related to Low German glisteren , Middle Dutch glisteren , frequentative forms ultimately from the large group of Germanic gl- words for "smooth; shining; joyful," from PIE root *ghel- (2) "to shine, glitter" (see glass (n.)). Related: Glistered ; glistering . As a noun, from 1530s. All is not golde that glistereth [Thoma
• glisten 英文词源 glisten (v.) Old English glisnian "to glisten, gleam," from Proto-Germanic *glis- (cognates: Old English glisian "to glitter, shine," Old Frisian glisa "to shine," Middle High German glistern "to sparkle," Old Danish glisse "to shine"), from PIE *ghleis- , from root *ghel- (2) "to shine," with derivatives referring to bright materials and gold (see glass (n.), and compare glint and gl
• glissando 英文词源 glissando in music, "glidingly, flowingly" (1842), also, as a noun, "a gliding from one note to the next," an Italianized form of French glissant , present participle of glisser "to slide" (see glissade ). Related: Glissato ; glissicando ; glissicato . 中文词源 glissando ：滑奏 来自glide, 滑动。用于音乐术语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gl
• glint 英文词源 glint (n.) "a gleam," 1826 (with a possible isolated use from 1540s in OED), from glint (v.). glint (v.) 1787 (intransitive), from Scottish, where apparently it survived as an alteration of glent , from Middle English glenten "gleam, flash, glisten" (mid-15c.), from a Scandinavian source (compare Norwegian gletta "to look," dialectal Swedish glinta "to shine"), from the group of Germa
• glimpse 英文词源 glimpse glimpse: [14] Glimpse originally meant ‘shine faintly’. It comes from the same Germanic source (* glaim -, * glim -) as produced English gleam and glimmer . The modern sense ‘see briefly’ developed in the 18th century from the noun glimpse , originally a ‘momentary or dim flash’, hence ‘faint brief appearance’, and finally ‘sight of something afforded by such
• glimmer 英文词源 glimmer glimmer: see gleam glimmer (v.) late 14c., "to shine brightly;" early 15c., "to shine dimly," perhaps from or related to Middle Dutch glimmen , Middle Low German glimmern , from an extended (frequentative?) form of Proto-Germanic *glim- , root of Old English glæm "brightness" (see gleam (n.)). Sense shifted 15c. to "shine faintly." Compare Dutch glimmeren , German glimmeren "
• glide 英文词源 glide (v.) Old English glidan "move along smoothly and easily; glide away, vanish; slip, slide" (class I strong verb, past tense glad, past participle gliden ), from Proto-Germanic *glidon "to glide" (cognates: Old Saxon glidan , Old Frisian glida , Old High German glitan , German gleiten ), probably part of the large group of Germanic words in gl- involving notions of "smooth; shinin
• glib 英文词源 glib (adj.) 1590s, "smooth and slippery," a dialect word, possibly a shortening of obsolete glibbery "slippery," which is perhaps from Low German glibberig "smooth, slippery," from Middle Low German glibberich , from or related to glibber "jelly," all part of the Germanic group of gl- words for "smooth, shining, joyful" (see glad (adj.)). Of words, speakers, etc., from c. 1600. Relate
• glen 英文词源 glen (n.) "narrow valley," late 15c., from Scottish, from Gaelic gleann "mountain valley" (cognate with Old Irish glenn , Welsh glyn ). Common in place names such as Glenlivet (1822), a kind of whiskey, named for the place it was first made (literally "the glen of the Livet," a tributary of the Avon); and Glengarry (1841) a kind of men's cap, of Highland origin, named for a valley in
• glee 英文词源 glee glee: [OE] Glee has had a strange history. It was common in Old English times, both for ‘entertainment, having fun’ (source of the modern sense ‘joy, delight’), and in the more specific sense ‘musical entertainment’ (from which we get the ‘unaccompanied part-song’ of glee clubs). It survived healthily into the 15th century but then went into long-term decline. By
• glebe 英文词源 glebe glebe: see globe glebe (n.) late 14c., "soil of the earth; cultivated land;" also "a piece of land forming part of a clergyman's benefice," from Old French glebe , from Latin gleba , glaeba "clod, lump of earth," from PIE *glebh- "to roll into a ball" (cognates: Latin globus "sphere;" Old English clyppan "to embrace;" Lithuanian glebys "armful," globti "to embrace, support"). 中文
• gleam 英文词源 gleam gleam: [OE] Gleam is one of a very wide range of English words beginning with gl that denote ‘shining’ (others include glare , glint , glister , glitter , and glow ). Originally it was a noun, which came from Germanic * glaim -, * glim - (source also of glimmer [15]); the verb is a 13thcentury development. = glimmer , glimpse gleam (n.) Old English glæm "a brilliant light;
• glazier 英文词源 glazier (n.) "one who fits window glass into frames," early 15c. variant of late 14c. glasier (late 13c. as a surname, glasyer , from glass (v.) + -er (1). Influenced by French words in -ier . Alternative glazer recorded from c. 1400 as "one who applies coatings to earthenware." 中文词源 glazier ：镶玻璃工人 来自glaze, 玻璃。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• glazed 英文词源 bisque (n.2) "unglazed porcelain," 1660s, alteration of biscuit . delftware (n.) 1714, from Delft , town in Holland where the glazed earthenware was made, + ware (n.). eclair (n.) "small, oblong cake filled with cream or custard and glazed or iced," 1861, from French éclair , literally "lightning," from Old French esclair "light, daylight, flash of light," verbal noun from esclairare
• glaze 英文词源 glaze (v.) late 14c. variant of Middle English glasen "to fit with glass," also "to make shine," from glas (see glass (n.)). The form probably influenced or reinforced by glazier . Of pottery, etc., "cover with a shiny or glossy substance," from c. 1400. Related: Glazed ; glazing . glaze (n.) "substance used to make a glossy coating," 1784, from glaze (v.). In reference to a thin coat
• glaucoma 英文词源 glaucoma (n.) 1640s (cataracts and glaucoma not distinguished until c. 1705), from Latinized form of Greek glaukoma "cataract, opacity of the lens," perhaps from glaukommatos "gray-eyed," with omma "the eye" + glaukos , an adjective of uncertain origin (see glaucous ). 中文词源 glaucoma ：青光眼 来自拉丁语glaucus, 蓝绿色的，闪光的。词源不详，可能来自PIE*
• glass ceiling 英文词源 ceiling (n.) mid-14c., celynge , "act of paneling a room," noun formed (with -ing ) from Middle English verb ceil "put a cover or ceiling over," later "cover (walls) with wainscoting, panels, etc." (early 15c.); probably from Middle French celer "to conceal," also "cover with paneling" (12c.), from Latin celare (see cell ). Probably influenced by Latin caelum "heaven, sky" (see celest
• glass 英文词源 glass glass: [OE] The making of glass goes back to ancient Egyptian times, and so most of the words for it in the various Indo-European languages are of considerable antiquity. In those days, it was far easier to make coloured glass than the familiar clear glass of today. In particular, Roman glass was standardly bluish-green, and many words for ‘glass’ originated in colour terms
• glaring 英文词源 glaring (adj.) late 14c., "staring fiercely," present participle adjective from glare (v.). From 1510s of colors, etc., "vivid, dazzling;" meaning "obtrusively conspicuous" is from 1706. Related: Glaringly . 中文词源 glaring ：显眼的，愤怒的 来自glare, 怒目而视的，愤怒的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： glaring 词源， glaring 含义。
• glare 英文词源 glare glare: see glass glare (v.) late 13c., "to shine brightly," from or related to Middle Dutch, Middle Low German glaren "to gleam," from Proto-Germanic *glaz- ; the whole group represents a rhoticization of the root of glass (n.). Sense of "stare fiercely" is from late 14c. Related: Glared ; glaring . glare (n.) c. 1400, "bright light, dazzling glitter," from glare (v.); especiall