英语词源

• geology 英文词源 geology (n.) 1795 as "science of the past and present condition of the Earth's crust," from Modern Latin geologia "the study of the earth," from geo- "earth" + logia (see -logy ). German Geologie is attested by 1785. In Medieval Latin, geologia (14c.) meant "study of earthly things," i.e. law, as distinguished from arts and sciences, which concern the works of God. Darwin used geologi
• geodesic 英文词源 geodesic (adj.) 1809, from geodesy "surveying" + -ic ; earlier was geodesical (1818). Alternative geodetic , from the classical stem, is from 1819; geodetical is from c. 1600. Geodesic dome , one built according to geodesic principles, is attested from 1953. 中文词源 geodesic ：测地线的（曲面上两点间距离最短的线） geo-, 地，地球。-des, 来自PIE*da, 分割，
• geocentric 英文词源 geocentric (adj.) "having reference to the Earth as its center," 1680s, from geo- + -centric . Related: Geocentrically ; geocentrism (1882). 中文词源 geocentric ：地球中心论的 geo-, 地，地球。center, 中心。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： geocentric 词源， geocentric 含义。
• genus 英文词源 genus genus: see general genus (n.) (plural genera ), 1550s as a term of logic, "kind or class of things" (biological sense dates from c. 1600), from Latin genus (genitive generis ) "race, stock, kind; family, birth, descent, origin," from PIE root *gene- "to produce, give birth, beget," with derivatives referring to family and tribal groups. Cognates in this highly productive word gr
• genuflect 英文词源 genuflect (v.) "to bend the knee" as an act of worship or respect, 1620s, back-formation from genuflection . Related: Genuflected ; genuflecting . 中文词源 genuflect ：屈膝 genu, 膝，词源同knee. -flect, 弯，屈，词源同flexible. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： genuflect 词源， genuflect 含义。
• gentility 英文词源 gentility (n.) mid-14c., "nobility of birth, gentle birth," from Old French gentilité (14c.), from Latin gentilitatem (nominative gentilitas ) "relationship in the same family or clan," from gentilis "of the same family or clan" (see gentle ; also compare gentry ). From 1640s as "social superiority." Meaning "state of being gentile" is rare. 中文词源 gentility ：文雅，彬彬有
• gentile 英文词源 gentile (n.) "one who is not a Jew," c. 1400; earlier "one who is not a Christian, a pagan" (late 14c.), from Late Latin noun use of Latin gentilis "of the same family or clan, of or belonging to a Roman gens," from gens (genitive gentis ) "race, clan" (see genus , and compare gentle ). The Latin adjective also meant "of or belonging to the same nation," hence, as a noun, gentiles (pl
• gentian 英文词源 gentian (n.) type of herb, late 14c., genciane , from Old French genciane (13c.) and directly from Latin gentiana , said by Pliny to be named for Gentius , king of ancient Illyria who discovered its properties. This likely is a folk-etymology, but the word may be Illyrian nonetheless, because the suffix -an frequently occurs in Illyrian words. 中文词源 gentian ：龙胆草 来自拉
• genteel 英文词源 genteel (adj.) 1590s, "fashionably elegant; suitable to polite society, characteristic of a lady or gentleman; decorous in manners or behavior," from Middle French gentil "stylish, fashionable, elegant; nice, graceful, pleasing," from Old French gentil "high-born, noble" (11c.); a reborrowing (with evolved senses) of the French word that had early come into English as gentle (q.v.), w
• genre 英文词源 genre genre: see general genre (n.) 1770, "particular style of art," a French word in English (nativized from c. 1840), from French genre "kind, sort, style" (see gender (n.)). Used especially in French for "independent style." In painting, as an adjective, "depicting scenes of ordinary life" (a domestic interior or village scene, as compared to landscape , historical , etc.) from 184
• genome 英文词源 genome (n.) "sum total of genes in a set," 1930, genom , modeled on German genom , coined 1920 by German botanist Hans Winkler, from gen "gene" (see gene ) + (chromos)om "chromosome" (see chromosome ). 中文词源 genome ：基因组 geno-, 基因。-ome, 来自chromosome. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： genome 词源， genome 含义。 genome ：基因组，染
• genocide 英文词源 genocide genocide: see general genocide (n.) 1944, apparently coined by Polish-born U.S. jurist Raphael Lemkin (1900-1959) in his work "Axis Rule in Occupied Europe" [p.19], in reference to Nazi extermination of Jews, literally "killing a tribe," from Greek genos "race, kind" (see genus ) + -cide . The proper formation would be *genticide . Generally speaking, genocide does not necess
• genitive 英文词源 genitive genitive: see general genitive (adj.) late 14c., in reference to the grammatical case, from Old French genitif or directly from Latin (casus) genitivus "case expressing possession, source, or origin," from genitivus "of or belonging to birth," from genitus (past participle of gignere ; see genital ); misused by Latin grammarians to render Greek genike (ptosis) "the general or
• genitals 英文词源 genitals (n.) "reproductive organs," especially the external sexual organs, late 14c., from genital (adj.). Compare genitalia . 中文词源 genitals ：外生殖器 来自词根gen, 生育，词源同generate. 用于解剖学术语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： genitals 词源， genitals 含义。
• genie 英文词源 genie (n.) 1650s, "tutelary spirit," from French génie , from Latin genius (see genius ); used in French translation of "Arabian Nights" to render Arabic jinni , singular of jinn , which it accidentally resembled, and attested in English with this sense from 1748. 中文词源 genie ：精灵 来自genius, 守护精灵。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： genie 词
• genial 英文词源 genial (adj.) 1560s, "pertaining to marriage," from Latin genialis "pleasant, festive," literally "pertaining to marriage rites," from genius "guardian spirit" (see genius ), with here perhaps a special sense of "tutelary deity of a married couple." Originally used in English in the Latin literal sense; meaning "cheerful, friendly" first recorded 1746. Related: Genially . 中文词源
• Genghis Khan 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random bold bold: [OE] In Old English, bold meant simply ‘brave’; the modern connotations of immodesty or presumptuousness do not seem to have developed until the 12th century. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * balthaz , based ultimately, it has been speculated, on Indo- European * bhel - ‘swell’ (the psychological
• genetic 英文词源 genetic genetic: see general genetic (adj.) 1831, "pertaining to origins," coined by Carlyle as if from Greek genetikos from genesis "origin" (see genesis ). Darwin used it biologically as "resulting from common origin" (1859); modern sense of "pertaining to genetics or genes" is from 1908 (see gene ). Related: Genetically . Genetical is attested from 1650s as "pertaining to origins."
• genet 英文词源 genet (n.) small civet, late 15c., from Old French genete (13c., Modern French genette ), from Spanish gineta , from Arabic jarnait . 中文词源 genet ：香猫 来自阿拉伯语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： genet 词源， genet 含义。
• genesis 英文词源 genesis (n.) Old English Genesis , first book of the Pentateuch, which tells among other things of the creation of the world, from Latin genesis "generation, nativity," in Late Latin taken as the title of first book of the Old Testament, from Greek genesis "origin, creation, generation," from gignesthai "to be born," related to genos "race, birth, descent" (see genus ). Greek translat
• generous 英文词源 generous generous: [16] Generous comes via Old French genereux from Latin generōsus , which originally meant ‘of noble birth’ (a sense which survived in English into the late 17th century – Richard Knolles, for instance, in his General history of the Turks 1603, wrote of ‘many knights of generous extraction’). It was a derivative of genus in the sense ‘birth, stock, race’
• generator 英文词源 generator (n.) 1640s, "person who begets, causes, or produces," from Latin generator "a begetter, producer," agent noun from past participle stem of generare "to bring forth" (see generation ). Meaning "machine that generates power" first recorded 1794; sense of "machine that generates electric energy" is from 1879. Fem. generatrix attested from 1650s. 中文词源 generator ：发电机
• generation 英文词源 generation (n.) early 14c., "body of individuals born about the same period" (historically 30 years but in other uses as few as 17), on the notion of "descendants at the same stage in the line of descent," from Old French generacion "race, people, species; progeny, offspring; act of procreating" (12c., Modern French génération ) and directly from Latin generationem (nominative gener
• generate 英文词源 generate (v.) c. 1500, "to beget" (offspring), a back-formation from generation or else from Latin generatus , past participle of generare "to beget, produce," from genus "race, kind" (see genus ). In reference to natural forces, conditions, substances, etc., from 1560s. Related: Generated ; generating . 中文词源 generate ：产生 来自词根gen, 生育，词源同gene. 该词的英
• generalize 英文词源 generalize (v.) 1751, probably a new formation from general (adj.) + -ize . Middle English had generalisen (early 15c.). Related: Generalizable ; generalized ; generalizing . 中文词源 generalize ：概括 来自general, 通用的，概括的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： generalize 词源， generalize 含义。 generalize ：概括，归纳；推广，普
• generalist 英文词源 generalist (n.) 1610s, "one who generalizes," from general (adj.) + -ist . From 1894 as "one who engages in general studies" (opposed to specialist ). 中文词源 generalist ：通才 来自general, 通用的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： generalist 词源， generalist 含义。
• general 英文词源 general general: [13] General is one of a vast range of English words which go back ultimately to the prehistoric Indo-European base * gen -, * gon -, * gn -, denoting ‘produce’. Its Germanic offshoots include kin , kind , and probably king , but for sheer numbers it is the Latin descendants genus ‘race, type’, gēns ‘race, people’, gignere ‘beget’, and nāscī ‘be b
• genealogy 英文词源 genealogy (n.) early 14c., "line of descent, pedigree, descent," from Old French genealogie (12c.), from Late Latin genealogia "tracing of a family," from Greek genealogia "the making of a pedigree," from genea "generation, descent" (see genus ) + -logia (see -logy ). An Old English word for it was folctalu , literally "folk tale." Meaning "study of family trees" is from 1768. 中文词
• gene 英文词源 gene (n.) 1911, from German Gen , coined 1905 by Danish scientist Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen (1857-1927), from Greek genea "generation, race," from PIE root *gene- (see genus ). De Vries had earlier called them pangenes . Gene pool is attested from 1946. 中文词源 gene ：基因 来自词根gen, 生育，词源同generate. 用于科学术语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• gender 英文词源 gender (n.) c. 1300, "kind, sort, class," from Old French gendre , genre "kind, species; character; gender" (12c., Modern French genre ), from stem of Latin genus (genitive generis ) "race, stock, family; kind, rank, order; species," also "(male or female) sex," from PIE root *gene- (see genus ). Also used in Latin to translate Aristotle's Greek grammatical term genos . The grammatica
• gendarme 英文词源 gendarme (n.) "French military police," 1796, from French (they were first organized in France 1790); earlier "mounted trooper" (1540s), from French contraction (14c.) of gens d'armes "men at arms." Gens is plural of gent "nation, people," from Latin gentem (nominative gens ) "race, nation, people" (see genus ). For armes see arm (n.2). Related: Gendarmerie , gendarmeryFrench also had
• gen 英文词源 gen "Information", Second World War (originally used in the armed services): perhaps from the first syllable of general information . 中文词源 gen ：情报 来自intelligent的缩写。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gen 词源， gen 含义。
• Gemini 英文词源 Gemini (n.) zodiac constellation, late Old English, from Latin gemini (plural of adjective geminus ) "twins" (see geminate ). Formerly also spelled gemeny , gemony , jeminy , etc. The twins are Castor and Pollux in Latin, which also are the names of the two brightest stars in the constellation; for their Greek name see Dioscuri . Meaning "a person born under the sign of Gemini" is rec
• geminate 英文词源 geminate (adj.) "duplicated, found in pairs," early 15c., from Latin geminatus "twinned, equal," past participle of geminare "to double, repeat," related to geminus "twin, born together; paired, double," perhaps from PIE *yem- "to pair." As a verb, from 1630s. Related: Geminated ; geminating ; geminative . 中文词源 geminate ：叠音的 来自PIE*yem, 连接，配对，词源同jo
• gem 英文词源 gem gem: [14] Gem comes via Old French gemme from Latin gemma . This originally meant ‘bud’, and the sense ‘precious stone’ was only a secondary metaphorical extension. The underlying semantic stratum still appears in such botanical terms as gemmation ‘formation of buds’ [18]. gem (n.) "a precious stone" (especially when cut or polished), c. 1300, probably from Old French
• gelignite 英文词源 gelignite "A high explosive made from a gel of nitroglycerine and nitrocellulose in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate, used particularly for rock-blasting", Late 19th century: probably from gelatin + Latin ( l)ignis 'wood' + -ite 1 . 中文词源 gelignite ：硝铵炸药 gel, 胶体。ignite, 点火。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gelignite
• geld 英文词源 geld (n.) royal tax in medieval England, c. 1600, as a historical term, from Medieval Latin geldum , from Old English gield "payment, tax, tribute, compensation," from Proto-Germanic *geldam "payment" (cognates: Middle High German gelt "payment, contribution," German geld "money," Old Norse gjald "payment," Gothic gild "tribute, tax"), from PIE root *gheldh- "to pay" (see yield (v.)).
• gelatin 英文词源 gelatin (n.) see gelatine . 中文词源 gelatin ：明胶 词源同cold, jelly. 即因冷而凝固的胶状物质。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gelatin 词源， gelatin 含义。
• gel 英文词源 gel gel: see jelly gel (n.) "semi-solid substance," 1899, as a chemical term, short for gelatin and perhaps influenced by jell . The invention of this word is credited to Scottish chemist Thomas Graham (1805-1869). Hair-styling sense is from 1958. gel (v.) 1902, "to become a gel," from gel (n.). Figurative sense "come together and agree well" is from 1958. Related: Gelled ; gelling . 中
• geisha 英文词源 geisha (n.) 1887, "Japanese girl whose profession is to sing and dance to entertain men;" hence, loosely, "prostitute," from Japanese, literally "person accomplished in the social arts," from gei "art, performance" + sha "person." Compare almah , and Athenian auletrides "flute-girls," female musicians who entertained guests at a symposium with music at the start of the party and sex a
• Geiger counter 英文词源 Geiger counter (n.) 1924, named for German physicist Hans Geiger (1882-1945), who invented it with Walther Müller. The surname is literally "fiddler." 中文词源 Geiger counter ：盖格计数器 以其发明者德国20世纪物理学家Hans Geiger命名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Geiger counter 词源， Geiger counter 含义。
• geezer 英文词源 geezer geezer: [19] Originally, a geezer seems to have been ‘someone who went around in disguise’. The word probably represents a dialectal pronunciation of the now obsolete guiser ‘someone wearing a masquerade as part of a performance, mummer’. This was a derivative of guise [13], which, together with disguise [14], goes back ultimately to prehistoric Germanic * wīsōn , anc
• gee whiz 英文词源 gee (interj.) exclamation of surprise, 1895, probably euphemistic for Jesus . Form gee whiz is attested from 1871; gee whillikens (1851) seems to be the oldest form. As a command to a horse to go, 1620s, Scottish. It had a particular sense as a teamster's command: "go to the right (or off) side of the driver." Extended form gee-up is from 1733, the second element said by OED to be hup
• geek 英文词源 geek (n.) "sideshow freak," 1916, U.S. carnival and circus slang, perhaps a variant of geck "a fool, dupe, simpleton" (1510s), apparently from Dutch gek or Low German geck, from an imitative verb found in North Sea Germanic and Scandinavian meaning "to croak, cackle," and also "to mock, cheat" (Dutch gekken , German gecken , Danish gjække , Swedish gäcka ). The modern form and the p
• gee-gee 英文词源 gee-gee "(In children’s use or in racehorse betting) a horse", Mid 19th century (originally a child's word): reduplication of gee 2 . 中文词源 gee-gee ：儿语马儿 来自儿语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gee-gee 词源， gee-gee 含义。
• gee 英文词源 gee (interj.) exclamation of surprise, 1895, probably euphemistic for Jesus . Form gee whiz is attested from 1871; gee whillikens (1851) seems to be the oldest form. As a command to a horse to go, 1620s, Scottish. It had a particular sense as a teamster's command: "go to the right (or off) side of the driver." Extended form gee-up is from 1733, the second element said by OED to be hup
• gecko 英文词源 gecko (n.) 1774, from Malay gekoq , said to be imitative of its cry. Earlier forms in English were chacco (1711), jackoa (1727). 中文词源 gecko ：壁虎 拟声词，模仿壁虎的叫声。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gecko 词源， gecko 含义。
• gearing 英文词源 gear (v.) c. 1200, "to equip oneself for fighting; to dress," probably from gear (n.) or from the verb in Old Norse. Mechanical meaning "put (machinery) in gear" is from 1851. Related: Geared ; gearing . 中文词源 gearing ：资本与负债联动比率 来自gear, 齿轮。用于财务术语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gearing 词源， gearing 含义。
• gear 英文词源 gear gear: [13] The etymological meaning of gear is roughly ‘that which puts one in a state of readiness’ – hence ‘equipment, apparatus’. Its ultimate source is prehistoric Indo-European * garw -, which also produced the now obsolete English adjective yare ‘ready’ and (via Germanic, Italian, and French) garh [16]. A derivative * garwīn - passed into Old Norse as gervi ,
• gearhead 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random posy posy: see poem 中文词源 gearhead ：设备发烧友 来自gear和head的组合词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gearhead 词源， gearhead 含义。
• gazunder 英文词源 gazunder "Lower the amount of an offer that one has made to (the seller of a property), typically just before the exchange of contracts", Late 1980s: humorous blend of gazump and under. 中文词源 gazunder ：签合同前向卖主压低房价 根据gazump创造出来的新词。under, 下面。比较catamaran, trimaran. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gazunder
• g'day 英文词源 underdog (n.) "the beaten dog in a fight," 1887, from under + dog (n.). Compare top dog "dominant person in a situation or hierarchy" (see top (adj.)). I'm a poor underdog But tonight I will bark With the great Overdog That romps through the dark. [from "Canis Major," Robert Frost, 1928] 中文词源 gday ：日安; 你好; 再见; 见面或分手时招呼语 来自good day 的缩写。
• gazump 英文词源 gazump "Make a higher offer for a house than (someone whose offer has already been accepted by the seller) and thus succeed in acquiring the property", 1920s (in sense 2): from Yiddish gezumph 'overcharge'. sense 1 dates from the 1970s.MoreThese days we associate gazumping with the buying and selling of houses, a use that dates from the 1970s. It now means ‘to raise the price of a h
• gazpacho 英文词源 gazpacho "A cold Spanish soup made from tomatoes, peppers, and other salad vegetables", Spanish. 中文词源 gazpacho ：西班牙凉菜 来自西班牙语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gazpacho 词源， gazpacho 含义。
• gazillion 英文词源 gazillion (n.) by 1984, with made-up prefix and ending from billion , trillion , etc. 中文词源 gazillion ：很大的数目 模仿million或billion创造出来的词，比较zillion. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gazillion 词源， gazillion 含义。
• gazetteer 英文词源 gazetteer (n.) 1610s, "journalist," from gazette (n.) + -eer . Meaning "geographical dictionary" is from 1704, from Laurence Eachard's 1693 geographical handbook for journalists, "The Gazetteer's, or Newsman's, Interpreter," second edition simply titled "The Gazetteer." 中文词源 gazetteer ：地名词典，地名索引 来自gazette, 报纸。原用于记者地名索引词典，后词
• gazelle 英文词源 gazelle c. 1600, from French gazelle , Old French gazel (14c.), probably via Spanish, ultimately from North African pronunciation of Arabic ghazal . 中文词源 gazelle ：羚羊 来自阿拉伯语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gazelle 词源， gazelle 含义。
• gazebo 英文词源 gazebo (n.) 1752, supposedly a facetious formation from gaze + -bo , Latin first person singular future tense suffix (as in videbo "I shall see"), on model of earlier belvedere "cupola," from Italian, literally "a fair sight." But according to OED perhaps rather a corruption of some oriental word. 中文词源 gazebo ：眺望台，凉亭 gaze, 凝视，眺望。-bo, 拉丁语将来时，
• gaydar 英文词源 gaydar (n.) by 1996, in gay literature, from gay + radar . 中文词源 gaydar ：同性恋雷达 来自gay和radar的合成词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gaydar 词源， gaydar 含义。
• gaze 英文词源 gaze gaze: [14] Gaze is probably of Scandinavian origin, although its precise antecedents have never been pinned down. Swedish has a dialect verb gasa ‘gape, stare’, which may be related, and it could be connected in some way with Old Norse gá ‘heed’, source of a Middle English verb gaw ‘gape, stare’, which may lie behind modern English gawk [18]. These suggestions fit se
• gay 英文词源 gay gay: [13] English borrowed gay from Old French gai , an adjective of uncertain origin connected by some with Old High German gāhi ‘sudden, impulsive’. ‘Happy’ is its ancestral meaning, stretching back to Old French gai . The 20thcentury sense ‘homosexual’, which first came into general use in the 1950s, can probably be traced back to the 17th-century meaning ‘sexual
• gawp 英文词源 gawp (n.) "fool, simpleton," 1825, perhaps from gawp (v.) "to yawn, gape" (as in astonishment), which is attested from 1680s, a dialectal survival of galp (c. 1300), which is related to yelp or gape and perhaps confused with or influenced by gawk . 中文词源 gawp ：瞪眼看 来自gape的拼写变体。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gawp 词源， gawp 含义
• gawk 英文词源 gawk (v.) "stare stupidly," 1785, American English, of uncertain origin. Perhaps [Watkins] from gaw , a survival from Middle English gowen "to stare" (c. 1200), from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse ga "to heed," from Proto-Germanic *gawon , from PIE *ghow-e- "to honor, revere, worship" (see favor (n.)); and altered perhaps by gawk hand (see gawky ). Liberman finds this untenab
• Gawd 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random anthrax anthrax: [14] In Greek, anthrax means ‘coal’ (hence English anthracite [19]). The notion of a burning coal led to its being applied metaphorically to a very severe boil or carbuncle, and that is how it was first used in English. It was not until the late 19th century that the word came into general use, when it was a
• gavotte 英文词源 gavotte (n.) lively dance, 1690s, from French gavotte (17c.), from Old Provençal gavoto "mountaineer's dance," from gavot , a local name for an Alpine resident, said to mean literally "boor, glutton," from gaver "to stuff, force-feed poultry," from Old Provençal gava "crop." From the same source is French gavache "coward, dastard." The Italianized form is gavotta . 中文词源 gavo
• gavel 英文词源 gavel (n.) "small mallet used by presiding officers at meetings," 1805, American English, of unknown origin; perhaps connected with German dialectal gaffel "brotherhood, friendly society," from Middle High German gaffel "society, guild," related to Old English gafol "tribute," giefan "to give" (see habit ). But in some sources gavel also is identified as a type of mason's tool, in whi
• gauze 英文词源 gauze gauze: [16] Many terms for various types of fabric come from the name of a place they were originally associated with, from obvious derivatives such as damask from Damascus to more obscure associations like denim from Nîmes in France, and gauze appears to be no exception. It was borrowed from French gaze , which is generally assumed to have been named after Gaza, a city in medi
• gaunt 英文词源 gaunt (adj.) "lean and haggard," from or as if from hunger, mid-15c. (as a surname from mid-13c.), from Middle French gant , of uncertain origin; perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse gand "a thin stick," also "a tall thin man") and somehow connected with the root of gander . Connection also has been suggested to Old French jaunet "yellowish" [Middle English Dictionary
• gauntlet 英文词源 gauntlet gauntlet: The gauntlet of ‘run the gauntlet’ has no etymological connection with gauntlet ‘glove’ [15]. The latter was borrowed from Old French gantelet , a diminutive form of gant ‘glove’. This was originally a Germanic loanword, with surviving relatives in Swedish and Danish vante ‘glove’. As for ‘running the gauntlet’, it was to begin with ‘running th
• gauge 英文词源 gauge gauge: see engage gauge (v.) "ascertain by exact measurements," mid-15c., from Anglo-French gauge (mid-14c.), from Old North French gauger "standardize, calibrate, measure" (Old French jaugier ), from gauge "gauging rod," a word of unknown origin. Perhaps from Frankish *galgo "rod, pole for measuring" or another Germanic source (compare Old Norse gelgja "pole, perch," Old High G
• gaudy 英文词源 gaudy gaudy: [16] Middle English had a colour term gaudy-green ‘yellowish-green’, which originally denoted ‘green produced by dye obtained from the plant dyer’s rocket, Reseda luteola ’, a plant formerly known as weld [14]. The word weld came from a Germanic source which, borrowed into Old French, produced gaude – whence English gaudy-green . It has been claimed that this
• gaucho 英文词源 gaucho (n.) "a Spanish-descended native of the pampas," 1824, guacho , from Spanish gaucho , probably from a native South American language. Compare Araucanian (native language spoken in part of Chile) cauchu "wanderer." Noted for their independence and skill in horsemanship and with the lasso. 中文词源 gaucho ：南美牛仔 来自南美土著语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• gauche 英文词源 gauche (adj.) "awkward, tactless," 1751 (Chesterfield), from French gauche "left" (15c., replacing senestre in that sense), originally "awkward, awry," from gauchir "turn aside, swerve," from Proto-Germanic *wankjan (cognates: Old High German wankon , Old Norse vakka "to stagger, totter"), from PIE *weng- "to bend, curve" (see wink (v.)). 中文词源 gauche ：笨拙的 来自PIE*wen
• gathers 英文词源 scavenger scavenger: [15] A scavenger was originally a scavager – the extra n is the same as that intruded into messenger , passenger , etc. This was acquired from Anglo-Norman scawager , and it started life as a term for an official whose job was to collect taxes levied on foreign merchants. Etymologically it denoted ‘inspector’, for it was derived from the verb escauwer ‘ins
• gather 英文词源 gather gather: [OE] Gather goes back ultimately to Germanic * gath - ‘bring together, unite’ (which also produced English good ). From it was derived * gadurī (source of English together ), which in turn formed the basis of a verb * gadurōjan . Its offspring include Middle High German gaten ‘come together’, Old Frisian gadia ‘unite’, and Old English gaderian , whence mod
• gateau 英文词源 gateau (n.) 1845, from French gâteau "cake," from Old French gastel , from Frankish *wastil "cake," from Proto-Germanic *was-tilaz , from PIE *wes- (5) "to eat, consume." 中文词源 gateau ：奶油水果大蛋糕 来自古法语gastel, 来自PIE*wes, 吃。字母s脱落，参照compote. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gateau 词源， gateau 含义。
• gate 英文词源 gate gate: Of the two English words gate , only one survives in general use. Gate ‘doorlike structure’ [OE] comes from a prehistoric Germanic * gatam , whose other descendants, including Dutch gat ‘hole, opening’, suggest that it originally denoted an ‘opening in a wall’ rather than the ‘structure used to close such an opening’. Irish has borrowed it as geata . The oth
• gastropub 英文词源 gastropub "A pub that specializes in serving high-quality food", 1990s: from gastro- in gastronomy + pub. 中文词源 gastropub ：美食酒吧 gastro-, 胃，美食。pud, 酒吧。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gastropub 词源， gastropub 含义。
• gastropod 英文词源 gastropod (n.) 1826, gasteropod (spelling without -e- by 1854), from Modern Latin Gasteropoda , name of a class of mollusks, from Greek gaster (genitive gastros ) "stomach" (see gastric ) + pous (genitive podos ) "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)). From the ventral position of the mollusk's "foot." 中文词源 gastropod ：腹足类动物 gastro-, 胃，腹。-p
• gastronomy 英文词源 gastronomy (n.) 1814, from French gastronomie , coined 1800 by Joseph de Berchoux (1762-1838) as title of poem on good living, after Gastrologia , title of a now-lost poem of antiquity, quoted by Athenaeus (see gastrology ). Berchoux's word is from gaster + nomos "arranging, regulating" (from nemein "manage;" see numismatic ). Related: Gastronomer . 中文词源 gastronomy ：美食学
• gastrointestinal 英文词源 gastro-intestinal (adj.) also gastrointestinal , 1821, from gastro- + intestinal . acrodynia "A disorder characterized by swelling and pain or paraesthesia of the hands and feet, with gastrointestinal and various other symptoms, probably resulting from mercury poisoning but originally also attributed to ergotism or arsenic poisoning; (in later use) specifically = pink disease", Mid 19
• gastroenteritis 英文词源 gastro-enteritis (n.) also gastroenteritis , 1823, from gastro- + enteritis . Related: Gastro-enteric . 中文词源 gastroenteritis ：胃肠炎的 gastro-, 胃。-enter, 肠。-itis, 炎症。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gastroenteritis 词源， gastroenteritis 含义。
• gastritis 英文词源 gastritis (n.) 1806, medical Latin, from gastro- "stomach" + -itis "inflammation." Coined by French pathologist François-Boissier de la Croix de Sauvages (1706-1767). 中文词源 gastritis ：胃炎 gastro-, 胃。-itis, 炎症。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gastritis 词源， gastritis 含义。
• gastric 英文词源 gastric gastric: [17] Grek gastér meant ‘stomach’ (it was related to Greek gráō ‘gnaw, eat’ and Sanskrit gras - ‘devour’). It was used as the basis of the modern Latin adjective gastricus ‘of the stomach’, which English acquired via French gastrique . Derivatives include gastronomy ‘culinary connoisseurship’ [19], originally a French coinage, and gastropod ‘mo
• gasp 英文词源 gasp (n.) 1570s, from gasp (v.). Earliest attested use is in the phrase last gasp "final breath before dying." To gasp up the ghost "die" is attested from 1530s. gasp (v.) late 14c., gaspen , "open the mouth wide; exhale," of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old Norse geispa "to yawn," or its Danish cognate gispe "gasp," which probably are related to Old Norse gapa "open the mouth wide"
• gasometer 英文词源 gasometer (n.) 1790, from gas (n.1) + -meter . Originally an instrument for measuring gasses; as this also involves collecting and storing them, it came also to be used for "a storehouse for gas." Related: Gasometric ; gasometry . 中文词源 gasometer ：储气库 gas, 气。-meter, 仪器，存储容器。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gasometer 词源， g
• gasohol 英文词源 gasohol (n.) gasoline and ethanol mixture, 1975, from gasoline + (ethyl) alcohol . 中文词源 gasohol ：汽油和酒精混合燃料 来自gasoline和alcohol的合成词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gasohol 词源， gasohol 含义。
• gasket 英文词源 gasket gasket: [17] Although it has never been established for certain, it seems likely that gasket may have originated as a word meaning ‘little girl’ – namely French garcette . This is a diminutive of grace ‘girl’, the feminine form of gars ‘boy’ (whence garçon ). It is used figuratively for a ‘small rope’, and was originally borrowed into English in the 17th cent
• gash 英文词源 gash gash: [16] Greek kharássein meant ‘sharpen, engrave, cut’ (it gave English character ). It was borrowed into Latin as charaxāre , which appears to have found its way into Old Northern French as garser ‘cut, slash’. English took this over as garse , which survived, mainly as a surgical term meaning ‘make incisions’, into the 17th century. An intermediate form garsh ,
• gas guzzler 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random amend amend: see mend 中文词源 gas guzzler ：耗油量大的汽车 gas,汽油，缩写自gasoline. guzzler, 狂饮，拟声词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： gas guzzler 词源， gas guzzler 含义。