英语词源

• Yom Kippur 英文词源 Yom Kippur Jewish holiday, 1854, from Mishnaic Hebrew yom kippur (in Biblical Hebrew, yom kippurim ), literally "day of atonement," from yom "day" + kippur "atonement, expiation." 中文词源 Yom Kippur ：赎罪日 来自希伯来语，yom,天，日子，kippur,赎罪。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Yom Kippur 词源， Yom Kippur 含义。
• yolk 英文词源 yolk yolk: see yellow yolk (n.) Old English geolca , geoloca "yolk," literally "the yellow part," from geolu "yellow" (see yellow (adj.)). Formerly also spelled yelk . 中文词源 yolk ：蛋黄 词源同yellow,用以指蛋黄，比较albumen. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： yolk 词源， yolk 含义。 yolk ：蛋黄 蛋黄之所以称为蛋黄，是因为这种
• yokel 英文词源 yokel (n.) 1812, perhaps from dialectal German Jokel , disparaging name for a farmer, originally diminutive of Jakob . Or perhaps from English yokel , dialectal name for "woodpecker." 中文词源 yokel ：乡巴佬 可能来自德语方言Jokel，来自Jakob的昵称，用以称呼农夫，含贬义。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： yokel 词源， yokel 含义。
• yoke 英文词源 yoke yoke: [OE] The etymological ideal underlying yoke is of ‘joining’ – here, of joining two animals together. The word came ultimately from Indo-European * jugom , which also produced Latin jugum ‘yoke’ (source of English conjugal , jugular [16], and subjugate [15]), Welsh iau ‘yoke’, Czech jho ‘yoke’, Sanskrit yugám ‘yoke’, etc. The prehistoric Germanic desce
• yogurt 英文词源 yogurt (n.) also yoghurt , 1620s, a mispronunciation of Turkish yogurt , in which the -g- is a "soft" sound, in many dialects closer to an English "w." The root yog means roughly "to condense" and is related to yogun "intense," yogush "liquify" (of water vapor), yogur "knead." 中文词源 yogurt ：酸奶 来自土耳其语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： yo
• yogi 英文词源 yogi (n.) "one who practices yoga," 1610s, from Hindi yogi , from Sanskrit yoga- (see yoga ). Related: Yogism . 中文词源 yogi ：瑜伽师 来自yoga,瑜珈。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： yogi 词源， yogi 含义。
• yoga 英文词源 yoga (n.) 1820, from Hindi yoga , from Sanskrit yoga-s , literally "union, yoking" (with the Supreme Spirit), from PIE root *yeug- "to join" (see jugular ). Related: Yogic . 中文词源 yoga ：瑜伽 来自梵语yoga,连接，天人合一，来自PIE*yeug,连接，词源同join,joke。原指一种精神修行方法，以达到灵魂与天的合一，但后来越来越忽视了精神层
• yodel 英文词源 yodel (v.) "sing by sudden changing to and from falsetto," 1827, from German jodeln, from dialectal German jo, an exclamation of joy, of imitative origin. As a noun from 1849. 中文词源 yodel ：约德尔（用瑞士传统的真假嗓音交替歌唱） 来自德语方言yo,表示愉悦的感叹词，引申为一种表达欢快的歌唱技巧。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• yob 英文词源 yob (n.) "a youth," 1859, British English, back-slang from boy . By 1930s with overtones of "hooligan, lout." Related: extended form yobbo . 中文词源 yob ：粗野的男孩 来自boy的逆构俚语词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： yob 词源， yob 含义。 yob ：粗野的男孩 来自 boy 的逆构俚语词。
• ylang-ylang 英文词源 ylang-ylang "A sweet-scented essential oil obtained from the flowers of a tropical tree, used in perfumery and aromatherapy", Late 19th century: from Tagalog ilang-ilang . 中文词源 ylang-ylang ：芳香树 来自菲律宾Tagalog语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ylang-ylang 词源， ylang-ylang 含义。
• yippee 英文词源 yippee (interj.) interjection of pleasure, exultation, etc., 1920; perhaps an extension and modification of hip (interj.). 中文词源 yippee ：好耶 感叹词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： yippee 词源， yippee 含义。
• yin 英文词源 yin (n.) feminine or negative principle in Chinese philosophy, 1670s, from Chinese (Mandarin) yin , said to mean "female, night, lunar," or "shade, feminine, the moon." Compare yang . Yin-yang is from 1850. 中文词源 yin ：阴 来自汉语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： yin 词源， yin 含义。
• yielding 英文词源 yielding (adj.) late 14c., "generous in rewarding," present participle adjective from yield (v.). From 1660s as "giving way to physical force." 中文词源 yielding ：顺从的 来自yield,屈服，顺从。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： yielding 词源， yielding 含义。 yielding ：顺从的 来自 yield,屈服，顺从。 yin 阴
• yield 英文词源 yield yield: [OE] Yield is descended from prehistoric Germanic * gelthan ‘pay’, which also produced German gelten ‘pay’ (German geld ‘money’ comes from the same base). It originally meant ‘pay’ in English too, and it seems the sense ‘surrender’, which emerged in the 13th century, may be due to the influence of French rendre ‘give’, which is used reflexively for
• Yiddish 英文词源 Yiddish (n.) 1875, from Yiddish yidish, from Middle High German jüdisch "Jewish" (in phrase jüdisch deutsch "Jewish-German"), from jude "Jew," from Old High German judo, from Latin Judaeus (see Jew ). The English word has been re-borrowed in German as jiddisch . As an adjective from 1886. Related: Yiddishism . 中文词源 Yiddish ：依地语 来自高地德语jude,来自拉丁语J
• yew 英文词源 yew (n.) evergreen tree of temperate Europe and Asia, Old English iw , eow "yew," from Proto-Germanic *iwo- (cognates: Middle Dutch iwe , Dutch ijf , Old High German iwa , German Eibe , Old Norse yr ), from PIE *ei-wo- (cognates: Old Irish eo , Welsh ywen "yew"), perhaps a suffixed form of root *ei- (2) "reddish, motley, yellow." OED says French if , Spanish iva , Medieval Latin ivus
• yeti 英文词源 yeti (n.) 1937, from Sherpa (Tibetan) yeh-teh "small manlike animal." Compare abominable snowman . 中文词源 yeti ：雪人 来自西藏语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： yeti 词源， yeti 含义。
• yet 英文词源 yet yet: [OE] Yet is one of the mystery words of English. It seems to have emerged from the Anglo-Frisian group of dialects in northeastern Europe before the Angles and Saxons crossed the Channel (Old Frisian had iēta ), but its ultimate source is unknown. yet (adv.) Old English get , gieta "till now, thus far, earlier, at last, also," an Anglo-Frisian word (cognates: Old Frisian iet
• yesteryear 英文词源 yesteryear (n.) coined 1870 by Dante Gabriel Rossetti from yester- + year to translate French antan (from Vulgar Latin *anteannum "the year before") in a refrain by François Villon: Mais ou sont les neiges d'antan? which Rossetti rendered "But where are the snows of yesteryear?" 中文词源 yesteryear ：往昔，旧时 yester-，昨日，以前，year,年。即往年，往昔。 该词
• yesterday 英文词源 yesterday yesterday: [OE] The yester - of yesterday (and of yesteryear [19], coined by Dante Gabriel Rossetti) was originally a free-standing word, meaning ‘yesterday’, but by the time records of it in Old English begin it was already locked into a collocation with day . Its ultimate source is Indo-European * ghes , which also produced Latin herī (source of French hier , Italian
• yester 英文词源 yesterday yesterday: [OE] The yester - of yesterday (and of yesteryear [19], coined by Dante Gabriel Rossetti) was originally a free-standing word, meaning ‘yesterday’, but by the time records of it in Old English begin it was already locked into a collocation with day . Its ultimate source is Indo-European * ghes , which also produced Latin herī (source of French hier , Italian
• yessir 英文词源 yessir 1836, representing a quick reply of yes, sir (in 19c. writing typically of restaurant waiters taking orders). Extended form yessiree attested from 1846. 中文词源 yessir ：的确 来自yes,sir. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： yessir 词源， yessir 含义。
• yes-man 英文词源 soothe (v.) Old English soðian "show to be true," from soð "true" (see sooth ). Sense of "quiet, comfort, mollify" is first recorded 1690s, via notion of "to assuage one by asserting that what he says is true" (i.e. to be a yes-man), a sense attested from 1560s (and compare Old English gesoð "a parasite, flatterer"). Meaning "reduce the intensity" (of a pain, etc.) is from 1711. Re
• yeshiva 英文词源 yeshiva (n.) "Orthodox Jewish college or seminary," 1851, from Hebrew yesibah "academy," literally "a sitting," from yashav "to sit." 中文词源 yeshiva ：授业座（正统派犹太教育机构） 来自希伯来语，坐，引申词义听讲。比较session. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： yeshiva 词源， yeshiva 含义。
• yes 英文词源 yes yes: [OE] Yes is descended from Old English gese . It is thought that this was a compound formed from gēa ‘yes’ (ancestor of archaic English yea and related to German and Dutch ja ‘yes’) and sīe , the third-person present singular subjunctive of be , and that it therefore originally meant literally ‘yes, may it be so’. It was at first used as a response to negative q
• yeow 英文词源 yeow "Used to express pain or shock", Natural exclamation: first recorded in American English in the 1920s. 中文词源 yeow ：哎哟 感叹词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： yeow 词源， yeow 含义。
• yeoman 英文词源 yeoman yeoman: [14] Etymologically, a yeoman is probably simply a ‘young man’; indeed originally the word denoted a ‘junior household servant’, between a squire and a page in rank. It started life as yongman , a compound of Middle English yong ‘young’ and man , and was gradually eroded to yeoman . The modern sense ‘freeholding farmer’, and its metaphorical extensions,
• yen 英文词源 yen (n.1) Japanese monetary unit, 1875, from Japanese yen , from Chinese yuan "round, round object, circle, dollar." yen (n.2) "sharp desire, hunger," 1906, earlier yen-yen (1900), yin (1876) "intense craving for opium," from Chinese (Cantonese) yan "craving," or from a Beijing dialect word for "smoke." Reinforced in English by influence of yearn . 中文词源 yen ：日元，瘾 日元
• yelp 英文词源 yelp (v.) Old English gielpan (West Saxon), gelpan (Anglian) "to boast, exult," from Proto-Germanic *gel- (cognates: Old Saxon galpon , Old Norse gjalpa "to yelp," Old Norse gjalp "boasting," Old High German gelph "outcry"), from PIE root *ghel- (1) "to cry out" (see yell (v.)). Meaning "utter a quick, sharp, bark or cry" is 1550s, probably from the noun. Related: Yelped ; yelping . y
• yellow ribbon 英文词源 yellow ribbon The American folk custom of wearing or displaying a yellow ribbon to signify solidarity with loved ones or fellow citizens at war originated during the U.S. embassy hostage crisis in Iran in 1979. It does not have a connection to the American Civil War, beyond the use of the old British folk song "Round Her Neck She Wore A Yellow Ribbon" in the John Wayne movie of the sa
• yellow flag 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random leap leap: [OE] Prehistoric Germanic * khlaupan was the source of English leap , and of its relatives German laufen and Dutch loopen (these both denote ‘run’, a meaning which leap used to have – and which is preserved in its first cousins lope [15], a borrowing from Old Norse, and elope ). It is not known where it ultimate
• yellow-belly 英文词源 yellow (adj.) Old English geolu , geolwe , "yellow," from Proto-Germanic *gelwaz (cognates: Old Saxon, Old High German gelo , Middle Dutch ghele , Dutch geel , Middle High German gel , German gelb , Old Norse gulr , Swedish gul "yellow"), from PIE *ghel- (2) "to shine," with derivatives referring to bright materials and gold (see glass ). For other Indo-European "yellow" words, see Ch
• yellow 英文词源 yellow yellow: [OE] Yellow is a member of an ancient and widespread family of European colourterms descended from Indo-European * ghel -, * ghol -, which denoted both ‘yellow’ and ‘green’. From it were descended Latin helvus ‘yellowish’ and possibly galbus ‘greenishyellow’ (source of French jaune ‘yellow’ and English jaundice ), Greek kholé ‘bile’ (source of E
• yell 英文词源 yell yell: see nightingale yell (v.) Old English giellan (West Saxon), gellan (Mercian) "to yell, sound, shout," class III strong verb (past tense geal , past participle gollen ), from Proto-Germanic *gel- (cognates: Old Norse gjalla "to resound," Middle Dutch ghellen , Dutch gillen , Old High German gellan , German gellen "to yell"), extended form of root of Old English galan "to sin
• yeast 英文词源 yeast yeast: [OE] Yeast is etymologically a substance that causes ‘fermentation’. For its ultimate source is the Indo-European base * jes - ‘boil, foam, froth’, which also produced Greek zeín ‘boil’ (source of English eczema ) and Welsh iās ‘seething’. Its Germanic descendant produced German gischt ‘yeast, froth’, Dutch gist , gest ‘yeast’, and English yeast
• yearn 英文词源 yearn yearn: see eucharist yearn (v.) Old English giernan (West Saxon), geornan (Mercian), giorna (Northumbrian) "to strive, be eager, desire, seek for, beg, demand," from Proto-Germanic *gernjan (cognates: Gothic gairnjan "to desire," German begehren "to desire;" Old High German gern , Old Norse gjarn "desirous," Old English georn "eager, desirous," German gern "gladly, willingly"),
• yearling 英文词源 yearling (n.) "animal a year old or in its second year," mid-15c., from year + -ling . Year-old (n.) in this sense is from 1530s. 中文词源 yearling ：一岁幼崽 year,年，-ling，小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： yearling 词源， yearling 含义。 yearling ：一岁幼崽 year,年，-ling,小词后缀。
• year 英文词源 year year: [OE] Year is part of a widespread European family of ‘time’-words that goes back ultimately to Indo-European * jēr -, * jōr -. This also produced Greek hórā ‘season’ (ultimate source of English hour ), Czech jaro ‘spring’, and Avestan (the ancient Persian sacred language) yāre ‘year’. From it was descended prehistoric Germanic * jǣram , which has evolv
• yean 英文词源 yean (v.) Old English eanian "to bring forth" (young), especially in reference to sheep or goats, from Proto-Germanic *aunon (cognate with Dutch oonen ), from PIE *agwh-no- "lamb" (cognates: Greek amnos "lamb," Latin agnus , Old Church Slavonic agne , Old Irish van , Welsh oen ). Yeanling "young lamb, kid" is recorded from 1630s. 中文词源 yean ：小羊羔 来自PIE*agwh,羊羔，词
• yea 英文词源 yea (adv.) Old English gea (West Saxon), ge (Anglian) "so, yes," from Proto-Germanic *ja- , *jai- , a word of affirmation (cognates: German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish ja ), from PIE *yam- , from pronominal stem *i- (see yon ). As a noun, "affirmation, affirmative vote," from early 13c. 中文词源 yea ：肯定，赞成 来自PIE*ye,已经，用于指肯定，确认，词源同yes. 参
• ye 英文词源 ye (pron.) Old English ge , nominative plural of 2nd person pronoun þu (see thou ); cognate with Old Frisian ji , Old Saxon gi , Middle Dutch ghi , Dutch gij . Cognate with Lithuanian jus , Sanskrit yuyam , Avestan yuzem , Greek hymeis . Altered, by influence of we , from an earlier form that was similar to Gothic jus "you (plural)" (see you ). The -r- in Old Norse er , German ihr pr
• yay 英文词源 yay "this," as in yay big "this big," 1950s, perhaps from yea "yes" in its sense of "even, truly, verily." "a sort of demonstrative adverb used with adjectives of size, height, extent, etc., and often accompanied by a hand gesture indicating size" [DAS]. 中文词源 yay ：（表示满意）好极了 来自yes的口语发音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： y
• yaws 英文词源 yaws (n.) contagious skin disease, 1670s, from Carib yaya , the native name for it. 中文词源 yaws ：雅司病（热带皮肤病） 来自加勒比土著语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： yaws 词源， yaws 含义。
• yawn 英文词源 yawn yawn: [OE] Yawn goes back ultimately to the Indo-European base * ghei -, * ghi -, which also produced Greek kháskein ‘gape’ (a close relative of English chasm [17]) and Latin hiāre ‘gape, yawn’ (source of English hiatus [16]). The base passed into prehistoric Germanic as * gai -, * gi -, whose surviving descendants are German gähnen , Dutch geeuwen , and English yawn .
• yawl 英文词源 yawl (n.) type of ship's boat, 1660s, apparently from Middle Low German jolle or Dutch jol "a Jutland boat" (according to a 1708 source), of uncertain origin. Also borrowed into French ( yole ), Italian ( jolo ), Russian ( yal ). 中文词源 yawl ：船载小划艇 来自荷兰语jol,小船。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： yawl 词源， yawl 含义。
• yaw 英文词源 yaw (v.) "to fall away from the line of a course," 1580s (as a noun 1540s), perhaps ultimately from Old Norse jaga , Old Danish jæge "to drive, chase," from Middle Low German jagen (see yacht ). 中文词源 yaw ：偏航 可能来自德语jagen,追逐，词源同yacht. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： yaw 词源， yaw 含义。 yaw ：偏航 可能来自德语
• yashmak 英文词源 yashmak "A veil concealing all of the face except the eyes, worn by some Muslim women in public", Mid 19th century: via Arabic from Turkish. 中文词源 yashmak ：穆斯林妇女戴的面纱 来自土耳其语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： yashmak 词源， yashmak 含义。
• yarrow 英文词源 yarrow (n.) plant, also known as milfoil, Old English gearwe "yarrow," from Proto-Germanic *garwo (cognates: Middle Dutch garwe , Old High German garawa , German Garbe ), perhaps from a source akin to the root of yellow (adj.). 中文词源 yarrow ：蓍草 来自古英语gearwe. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： yarrow 词源， yarrow 含义。
• yarn 英文词源 yarn yarn: [OE] Yarn comes from prehistoric Germanic * garn -, which also produced German, Swedish, and Danish garn and Dutch garen . This in turn went back to an Indo-European base whose other descendants include Greek khordé ‘string’ (source of English chord , cord ). The sailors’ expression spin a yarn ‘tell a story’ led in the 19th century to the use of yarn for ‘stor
• yarmulke 英文词源 yarmulke (n.) 1903, from Yiddish yarmulke , from Polish jarmułka , originally "a skullcap worn by priests," perhaps ultimately from Medieval Latin almutia "cowl, hood." 中文词源 yarmulke ：犹太男子戴的圆顶小帽 来自希伯来依地语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： yarmulke 词源， yarmulke 含义。
• yardstick 英文词源 yardstick (n.) also yard-stick , 1797, from yard (n.2) + stick (n.). 中文词源 yardstick ：码尺，准绳 yard,码，stick,棍，引申义准绳，标准。比较canon,gauge. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： yardstick 词源， yardstick 含义。 yardstick ：码尺；尺度 这是个复合词，由yard和stick结合而成。stick意为“棍”、“棒”或
• Yardie 英文词源 Yardie "(Among Jamaicans) a fellow Jamaican", 1980s: from Jamaican English yard 'house, home' (see yard 2 (sense 4 of the noun) ). 中文词源 Yardie ：亚迪（牙买加或西印度群岛的犯罪组织成员） 来自牙买加英语yard,屋子，家，引申词义家庭成员。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Yardie 词源， Yardie 含义。
• yardarm 英文词源 yard yard: Yard ‘enclosed area’ [OE] and yard ‘three feet’ [OE] are distinct words, both of ancient ancestry. The former probably goes back ultimately to Indo-European * ghorto -, which also produced Latin cohors ‘court’ (source of English cohort and court ) and hortus ‘garden’ (source of English horticulture ) and Russian gorod ‘town’ (as in Leningrad ). Its prehi
• yardage 英文词源 yardage (n.) "aggregate number of yards," 1900 in sports, from yard (n.2) + -age . 中文词源 yardage ：码数 来自yard,码。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： yardage 词源， yardage 含义。
• yard 英文词源 yard yard: Yard ‘enclosed area’ [OE] and yard ‘three feet’ [OE] are distinct words, both of ancient ancestry. The former probably goes back ultimately to Indo-European * ghorto -, which also produced Latin cohors ‘court’ (source of English cohort and court ) and hortus ‘garden’ (source of English horticulture ) and Russian gorod ‘town’ (as in Leningrad ). Its prehi
• yap 英文词源 yap (v.) 1660s, "bark as a (small) dog," earlier as a noun, "yapping dog" (c. 1600), probably of imitative origin. Compare verb yamph in same sense (1718). Originally in reference to dog sounds; meaning "to talk idle chatter" is first recorded 1886. Related: Yapped ; yapping . As a noun, 1826 in reference to the sound; 1900, American English slang as "mouth." 中文词源 yap ：狗叫
• Yankee 英文词源 Yankee Yankee: [17] Yankee appears to have started life as a nickname for Dutchmen, and it is thought that it may represent Dutch Janke , a diminutive form of the common Dutch forename Jan . It was first used as a term for inhabitants of New England (where of course there were many early Dutch settlers) in the mid-18th century, and its application gradually spread to cover all the nor
• yank 英文词源 yank (v.) "to pull, jerk," 1822, Scottish, of unknown origin. Related: Yanked ; yanking . The noun is 1818 in sense of "sudden blow, cuff;" 1856 (American English) as "a sudden pull." Yank (n.) abbreviated form of Yankee , 1778. 中文词源 yank ：猛拉 词源不详。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： yank 词源， yank 含义。
• yang 英文词源 yang (n.) masculine or positive principle in Chinese philosophy, 1670s, from Mandarin yang , said to mean "male, daylight, solar," or "sun, positive, male genitals." 中文词源 yang ：阳 来自汉语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： yang 词源， yang 含义。
• yam 英文词源 yam (n.) 1580s, igname (current form by 1690s), from Portuguese inhame or Spanish igname , from a West African language (compare Fulani nyami "to eat;" Twi anyinam "species of yam"); the word in American and Jamaican English probably is directly from West African sources. The Malay name is ubi , whence German öbiswurzel . 中文词源 yam ：山药 来自非洲土著语。 该词的英
• Yale lock 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random oasis oasis: [17] The ultimate origins of the word oasis no doubt lie in North Africa, and although no positive link has been established, it is likely to be related in some way to Coptic ouahe . This means literally ‘dwelling area’ (it is derived from the verb ouih ‘dwell’), but since isolated fertile spots in the deser
• yacht 英文词源 yacht yacht: [16] A yacht is etymologically a boat for ‘chasing’ others. The word was borrowed from early modern Dutch jaghte . This was short for jaghtschip , literally ‘chase ship’, a compound noun formed from jaght , a derivative of the verb jagen ‘hunt, chase’, and schip ‘ship’. The Dutch word (whose present-day form is jacht ) has been borrowed into many other Eur
• yaar 英文词源 yaar "A friendly form of address", Via Hindi from Arabic yar 'friend'. 中文词源 yaar ：朋友，伙计 来自阿拉伯语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： yaar 词源， yaar 含义。
• yahoo 英文词源 yahoo (n.) "a brute in human form," 1726, from the race of brutish human creatures in Swift's "Gulliver's Travels." "A made name, prob. meant to suggest disgust" [Century Dictionary]. "Freq. in mod. use, a person lacking cultivation or sensibility, a philistine; a lout; a hooligan" [OED]. The internet search engine so called from 1994. 中文词源 yahoo （粗鲁的人）：《格列佛
• xylographer 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random bide bide: [OE] Bide appears to be related ultimately to Old English bēodan , partial source of modern English bid , but exactly how is not clear. It comes from a lengthened version of the same stem, producing a hypothetical Germanic * bīthan , and to all outward appearances is connected with such non-Germanic forms as Latin fī
• xerox 英文词源 xerox xerox: [20] Greek xērós meant ‘dry’ (it may be the ultimate source of English elixir , and is perhaps distantly related to English serene and serenade ). From it was derived in the 1940s the term xerography , which denotes a process of photographic reproduction that does not involve the use of liquid developers. And xerography in turn formed the basis of xerox , which was
• Xmas 英文词源 Xmas (n.) "Christmas," 1551, X'temmas , wherein the X is an abbreviation for Christ in Christmas , English letter X being identical in form (but not sound signification) to Greek chi , the first letter of Greek Christos "Christ" (see Christ ). The earlier way to abbreviate the word in English was Xp- or Xr- (corresponding to the "Chr-" in Greek Χριστος ), and the form Xres mæs
• x-rated 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random experience experience: [14] Experience , experiment [14], and expert [14] all come from the same source, Latin experīrī . This was a compound verb formed from the prefix ex - ‘out’ and a prehistoric base * per - denoting ‘attempt, trial’ (found also in English empirical , peril , pirate , and repertory ), and meant ‘
• X-ray 英文词源 X-ray (n.) 1896, X-rays , translation of German X-strahlen , from X , algebraic symbol for an unknown quantity, + Strahl (plural Strahlen ) "beam, ray." Coined 1895 by German scientist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923), who discovered them, to suggest that the exact nature of the rays was unknown. As a verb by 1899. Meaning "image made using X-rays" is from 1934, earlier in this sen
• X 英文词源 X The entire entry for X in Johnson's dictionary (1756) is: "X is a letter, which, though found in Saxon words, begins no word in the English language." Most English words beginning in -x- are of Greek origin or modern commercial coinages. East Anglian in 14c. showed a tendency to use -x- for initial sh- , sch- (such as xal for shall ), which didn't catch on but seems an improvement o
• xylophone 英文词源 xylophone xylophone: [19] Etymologically, a xylophone makes ‘sounds’ from ‘wood’. The term was coined in the 1860s from Greek xúlon ‘wood’ (an allusion to the instrument’s tuned wooden bars) and the combining form - phone ‘sound’. xylophone (n.) 1866, coined from Greek xylon "wood" (see xylo- ) + phone "a sound," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (see fa
• xylem 英文词源 xylem (n.) "woody tissue in higher plants," 1875, from German Xylem , coined from Greek xylon "wood" (see xylo- ). 中文词源 xylem ：木质 来自希腊语xylon,木头。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： xylem 词源， xylem 含义。 xylem ：木质 来自希腊语 xylon,木头。 xylophone 木琴
• xi 英文词源 xi (n.) fourteenth letter of the Greek alphabet. 中文词源 xi ：希腊字母表的第14个字母 希腊字母表的第14个字母。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： xi 词源， xi 含义。
• Xhosa 英文词源 Xhosa (n.) South African Bantu people, 1801, their self-designation. Also of their language. 中文词源 Xhosa ：南非科萨语 来自南非当地种族名和其所使用的语言。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Xhosa 词源， Xhosa 含义。
• Xerox 英文词源 xerox xerox: [20] Greek xērós meant ‘dry’ (it may be the ultimate source of English elixir , and is perhaps distantly related to English serene and serenade ). From it was derived in the 1940s the term xerography , which denotes a process of photographic reproduction that does not involve the use of liquid developers. And xerography in turn formed the basis of xerox , which was
• xerography 英文词源 xerography (n.) "photographic reduplication without liquid developers," 1948, from Greek xeros "dry" (see xerasia ) + -ography as in photography . Related: Xerographic . 中文词源 xerography ：静电复印术 来自希腊语xeros,干的，词源同serene,elixir,-graphy,写。用以指静电复印术。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： xerography 词源， xer
• xenotransplantation 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random contest contest: [16] The idea underlying contest , unlikely as it may seem, is of ‘bearing witness’. It goes back to Latin contestārī , a compound verb formed from the prefix com - ‘together’ and testārī ‘bear witness’, which in turn was derived from testis ‘witness’ (whence English testament , testicle , an
• xenophobia 英文词源 xenophobia (n.) 1903, from xeno- "foreign, strange" + -phobia "fear." Earlier (c. 1884) it meant "agoraphobia." 中文词源 xenophobia ：仇外 xeno-,外国人，-phobia,仇视，词源同claustrophobia. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： xenophobia 词源， xenophobia 含义。 xenophobia ：仇外 xeno-,外国人，-phobia,仇视，词源同 claustrophobia.
• xenophile 英文词源 xenophile (nj.) 1922, from xeno- "foreign, strange" + -phile . 中文词源 xenophile ：亲外者 xeno-,外国人，-phile,喜爱，词源同philosophy. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： xenophile 词源， xenophile 含义。 xenophile ：亲外者 xeno-,外国人，-phile,喜爱，词源同 philosophy.
• xenon 英文词源 xenon xenon: [19] Xenon is etymologically the ‘strange’ gas. It was named in 1898 by its discoverer, the British chemist Sir William Ramsay. He adapted the term from the neuter form of Greek xénos ‘strange’, which may be a distant relative of English guest , hospital , host , etc, and is also the source of English xenophobia ‘fear of foreigners’ [19]. = guest , hospital ,
• xeno- 英文词源 xeno- before vowels, xen- , word-forming element meaning "strange, foreign; stranger, foreigner," from Greek xeno- , comb. form of xenos "a guest, stranger, foreigner, refugee, guest-friend, one entitled to hospitality," cognate with Latin hostis (see guest (n.)). "The term was politely used of any one whose name was unknown" [Liddell Scott]. 中文词源 xeno- ：外国人，陌生人，
• Xanadu 英文词源 Xanadu Mongol city founded by Kublai Khan, 1620s, anglicized form of Shang-tu . Sense of "dream place of magnificence and luxury" derives from Coleridge's poem (1816). 中文词源 Xanadu ：世外桃源 来自元朝上都的音译，由马可波罗将该词带入欧洲，由于马可波罗对该城梦幻般的描述，因此，该词就赋予了仙境，世外桃源等含义。比较
• Wal-Mart 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random conquer conquer: [13] Latin conquīrere originally meant ‘seek something out’. It was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com - and quaerere ‘seek’ (source of English query , quest , question , inquire , and require ). Bit by bit, ‘searching for something’ slid into ‘acquiring it’, including by force
• Wyoming 英文词源 Wyoming region in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, from Munsee Delaware (Algonquian) chwewamink "at the big river flat," from /xw-/ "big" + /-e:wam-/ "river flat" + /-enk/ "place." Popularized by 1809 poem "Gertrude of Wyoming," set amid wars between Indians and American settlers, written by Scottish author Thomas Campbell (1777-1844), who seems to have had a vague or defective notion of
• Wisconsin 英文词源 Wisconsin organized as a U.S. territory 1836; admitted as a state 1848. Originally applied to the Wisconsin River; a native name of unknown origin. Early spellings include Mescousing and Wishkonsing . 中文词源 Wisconsin ：威斯康辛州 来自奥杰布瓦语的Quisconsin，意思为“水草丰茂的地方”。也反映了威斯康辛临近五大湖、多沼泽湿地的自然条件
• Washington 英文词源 Washington U.S. capital, founded 1791, named for President George Washington (1732-1799); the family name is from a town in northeastern England, from Old English, literally "estate of a man named Wassa ." The U.S. state was named when it was formed as a territory in 1853 (admitted to the union 1889). Related: Washingtonian . 中文词源 Washington ：华盛顿州 1853年为了纪念开
• whelm 英文词源 whelm (v.) early 14c., probably from a parallel form of Old English -hwielfan (West Saxon), -hwelfan (Mercian), in ahwelfan "cover over;" probably altered by association with Old English helmian "to cover," from Proto-Germanic *hwalbjan , from PIE *kwelp- "to arch" (see gulf (n.)). 中文词源 whelm ： 使覆没；淹没；压倒，压垮 来源于中古英语中helmen(遮盖)和whe
• Wernicke's area 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random peregrine peregrine: see pilgrim 中文词源 Wernickes area ：韦尼克区（大脑中的语言理解区） 来自其发现者 19 世纪德国神经科医生 Karl Wernicke. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Wernickes area 词源， Wernickes area 含义。
• will-o'-the-wisp 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random ghost ghost: [OE] In Old English times, ghost was simply a synonym for ‘spirit’ or ‘soul’ (a sense preserved in Holy Ghost ); it did not acquire its modern connotations of the ‘disembodied spirit of a dead person appearing among the living’ until the 14th century. However, since it has been traced back to Indo-Europe
• walkover 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random potent potent: [15] Latin posse (source of English posse and possible ) meant ‘be able or powerful’. It was a conflation of an earlier verbal phrase potis esse ‘be able’. The precursor of posse was Old Latin * potēre , whose present participle potēns survived to become the present participle of posse . And its stem for