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• transatlantic 英文词源 spiritualist (n.) 1852, "one who believes in the ability of the living to communicate with the dead via a medium," from spiritual + -ist (also see spirit (n.)). Earlier (1640s) "one with regard for spiritual things." Related Spiritualistic . Every two or three years the Americans have a paroxysm of humbug -- ... at the present time it is Spiritual-ism. [J.Dix, "Transatlantic Tracings,
• tranquilizer 英文词源 tranquilizer (n.) 1800, "that which tranquilizes;" from 1824 as "a sedative" (first reference is to ground ivy), agent noun from tranquilize ; in reference to one of a large group of anti-anxiety drugs, it is recorded by 1956. 中文词源 tranquilizer ：镇静剂，安宁药 tranquilize,使平静，-er,表物。引申词义镇静剂，安宁药等。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• tranquilize 英文词源 tranquilize (v.) 1620s, from tranquil + -ize . Related: Tranquilized ; tranquilizing ; tranquilization . 中文词源 tranquilize ：使平静，使安宁 tranquil,平静的，-ize,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tranquilize 词源， tranquilize 含义。
• tranny 英文词源 trannie (n.) also tranny "transsexual person," 1983, from transsexual + -ie . In 1960s and '70s the word was used as a slang shortening of transistor radio and in car magazines for transmission . 中文词源 tranny ：易装癖 缩写自 transvestite,易装癖。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tranny 词源， tranny 含义。
• tranche 英文词源 tranche (n.) c. 1500, from French tranche "a cutting," from trancher , trencher "to cut," Old French trenchier (see trench ). Economic sense is from 1930. 中文词源 tranche ：一份，一部分 来自法语 tranche,砍下，劈下，一份，来自古法语 trenchier,去砍，劈，词源同 trench,truncate. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tranche 词源，
• trance 英文词源 trance trance: see transient trance (n.) late 14c., "state of extreme dread or suspense," also "a half-conscious or insensible condition, state of insensibility to mundane things," from Old French transe "fear of coming evil," originally "coma, passage from life to death" (12c.), from transir "be numb with fear," originally "die, pass on," from Latin transire "cross over" (see transie
• trampoline 英文词源 trampoline (n.) 1798, from Spanish trampolin "springboard," and Italian trampolino , from trampoli "stilts," from a Germanic source (compare Low German trampeln "trample") related to tramp (v.). 中文词源 trampoline ：蹦床，跳床 来自西班牙语 trampolin,蹦床，来自意大利语 tampolino,蹦床，词源同 tramp.-ino,小词后缀。 拼写受 line 影响俗化。 该词的
• trammel 英文词源 trammel (n.) mid-14c., "net to catch fish" (implied in trammeller "one who fishes with a trammel net"), from Old French tramail "fine-gauged fishnet" (13c.), from Late Latin tremaculum , perhaps meaning "a net made from three layers of meshes," from Latin tri- "three" (see tri- ) + macula "a mesh" (see mail (n.2)). Meaning "anything that hinders" is from 1650s, originally "a hobble fo
• traipse 英文词源 traipse (v.) 1590s, of uncertain origin, perhaps from dialectal French trepasser "pass over or beyond," from Old French trespasser "cross, traverse, transgress" (see trespass ). Or from a source related to Middle Dutch trappen , dialectal Norwegian trappa "to tread, stamp" (see trap (n.)). Liberman points out that it resembles German traben "tramp" "and other similar verbs meaning 'tr
• trainman 英文词源 time zone (n.) by 1885, from time (n.) + zone (n.). As in Britain and France, the movement to regulate time nationally came from the railroads. Previous to 1883 the methods of measuring time in the United States were so varied and so numerous as to be ludicrous. There were 50 different standards used in the United States, and on one road between New York and Boston, whose actual diffe
• tragicomedy 英文词源 tragi-comedy (n.) also tragicomedy , "characterized by both serious and comic scenes," 1570s, from Middle French tragicomédie (1540s), from Italian tragicommedia , from Late Latin tragicomoedia , contraction of tragicocomoedia (Plautus), from tragicus (see tragic ) + comoedia (see comedy ). 中文词源 tragicomedy ：悲喜剧 来自 tragic,悲剧的，comedy,喜剧。 该词的英语
• tragic 英文词源 tragic (adj.) 1540s, "calamitous, disastrous, fatal" ("resembling the actions in a stage tragedy"), shortened from tragical (late 15c.), modeled on Latin tragicus , from Greek tragikos "of or pertaining to tragedy; stately, majestic; plaintive," literally "goatish, of or pertaining to a goat," and perhaps referring to a satyr impersonated by a goat singer or satyric actor, from tragod
• traduce 英文词源 traduce (v.) 1530s, "alter, change over, transport," from Latin traducere "change over, convert," also "lead in parade, make a show of, dishonor, disgrace," originally "lead along or across, bring through, transfer" (source also of French traduire , Spanish traducir , Italian tradurre ), from trans- "across" (see trans- ) + ducere "to lead" (see duke (n.)). Sense of "defame, slander"
• traditionalist 英文词源 traditional (adj.) 1590s, "observing traditions;" c. 1600, "handed down as tradition," from tradition + -al (1). In reference to jazz, from 1950. Related: Traditionally ; traditionalist . 中文词源 traditionalist ：传统主义者 traditional,传统的，-ist,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： traditionalist 词源， traditionalist 含义。
• traditionalism 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random pomegranate pomegranate: [14] The pomegranate is etymologically the ‘many-seeded apple’. The word’s ultimate ancestor was Latin mālum grānātum ( mālum gave English malic ‘of apples’ [18], and grānātus was derived from grānum ‘seed’, source of English grain ). In Vulgar Latin this became reduced to simply * g
• tractor-trailer 英文词源 jack-knife (n.) also jackknife , large pocket knife, 1711, probably American English, "perh[aps] associated with some sense of JACK sb.1, but compare jackleg knife" [OED]; see jack + knife (n.). Jackleg was a U.S. colloquial term of contempt from c. 1850. On another theory, so called because it originally was associated with sailors. As a kind of swimming dive, from 1922. As a type of
• traction 英文词源 traction (n.) early 15c., "a drawing or pulling" (originally the pulling of a dislocated limb to reposition it), from Medieval Latin tractionem (nominative tractio ) "a drawing" (mid-13c.), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin trahere "to pull, draw" (see tract (n.1)). Sense of "rolling friction of a vehicle" first appears 1825. In modern medical care, "a sustained pull t
• tract 英文词源 tract (n.1) "area," mid-15c., "period or lapse of time," from Latin tractus "track, course, space, duration," lit, "a drawing out or pulling," from stem of trahere "to pull, draw," from PIE root *tragh- "to draw, drag, move" (cognates: Slovenian trag "trace, track," Middle Irish tragud "ebb;" perhaps with a variant form *dhragh- ; see drag (v.)). The meaning "stretch of land or water"
• tracksuit 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random exclude exclude: see sluice 中文词源 tracksuit ：运动服 track,跑道，suit,服装。即跑步服，运动服。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tracksuit 词源， tracksuit 含义。
• tracker 英文词源 tracker (n.) 1610s, agent noun from track (v.). 中文词源 tracker ：跟踪者，追踪者 track,追踪，-er,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tracker 词源， tracker 含义。
• trachoma 英文词源 trachoma (n.) disease of the eyes, 1690s, from Modern Latin trachoma , from Greek trakhoma "roughness," from trakhys "rough." 中文词源 trachoma ：颗粒性结膜炎，沙眼 来自拉丁语 trachoma,沙眼，来自 trakhoma,粗糙，混浊，来自 trakhys,粗糙的，混浊的，词源 同 trachea. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： trachoma 词源， trachom
• tracing 英文词源 decal (n.) by 1909, shortening of decalcomania , from French décalcomanie , from décalquer (18c.) "transferring of a tracing from specially prepared paper to glass, porcelain, etc." (in vogue in France 1840s, England 1862-64), from de- "off" + calquer "to press," from Italian calcare , from Latin calcare "to tread on, press." Time was when there were only printers employed in making
• tracheotomy 英文词源 tracheotomy (n.) 1726, Modern Latin, coined 1718 by German surgeon Lorenz Heister (1683-1758); see trachea + -tomy . 中文词源 tracheotomy ：气管切开术 来自 trachea,气管，-tomy,切开，切开术，词源同 tome,anatomy. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tracheotomy 词源， tracheotomy 含义。
• trachea 英文词源 trachea (n.) late 14c., from Medieval Latin trachea (13c.), as in trachea arteria , from Late Latin trachia , from Greek trakheia , in trakheia arteria "windpipe," literally "rough artery" (so called from the rings of cartilage that form the trachea), from fem. of trakhys "rough," from PIE *dhre-gh- , suffixed form of root *dher- (1). See artery for connection with windpipe in Greek s
• tracery 英文词源 tracery (n.) mid-15c., "a place for drawing," formed in English from trace (v.) + -ery . Architectural sense, in reference to intersecting rib work in the upper part of a gothic window, is attested from 1660s. "Introduced by Wren, who described it as a masons' term" [Weekley]. 中文词源 tracery ：精美花饰图案 来自 trace,追踪，描绘，勾勒，-ery,名词后缀。建筑学
• tracer 英文词源 tracer (n.) c. 1500, "one who tracks or searches," agent noun from verb form of trace (n.1). Meaning "bullet whose course is made visible" is from 1910. 中文词源 tracer ：示踪迹，曳光弹 来自 trace,追踪，描绘，勾勒，-er,表物。引申词义示踪迹，曳光弹。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tracer 词源， tracer 含义。
• toxoplasmosis 英文词源 toxoplasmosis (n.) 1977, from toxoplasma (1926), coined 1909 in French from toxo- , comb. form of Greek toxon (see toxic ) + plasma (see plasma ) + -osis . 中文词源 toxoplasmosis ：弓形虫病 toxo-,有毒的，plasma,血浆，-osis,表疾病。一种对胎儿有害，由感染病菌的肉、土壤或动物 粪便传染的疾病。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• toxin 英文词源 toxin (n.) "organic poison," especially one produced by bacteria in an animal body, 1886, from toxic + -in (2). 中文词源 toxin ：毒素 toxic,有毒的，-in,化学名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： toxin 词源， toxin 含义。
• toxicology 英文词源 toxicology (n.) 1815, from French toxicologie (1812), from comb. form of Greek toxikon "arrow poison" (see toxic ) + -logia (see -logy ). Related: Toxicological ; toxicologist . 中文词源 toxicology ：毒理学 toxic-,有毒的，与毒相关的，-logy,学说。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： toxicology 词源， toxicology 含义。
• toxicity 英文词源 toxicity (n.) "state of being toxic," 1880, from toxic + -ity . 中文词源 toxicity ：毒性 toxic,有毒的，-ity,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： toxicity 词源， toxicity 含义。
• toxemia 英文词源 toxemia (n.) "blood-poisoning," also toxaemia , 1848, from toxo- (before vowels tox- , comb. form of Greek toxon (see toxic )) + Greek haima "blood" (see -emia ). 中文词源 toxemia ：毒血症 tox-,毒，-em,血，词源同 anemia,leukemia. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： toxemia 词源， toxemia 含义。
• tox- 英文词源 toxemia (n.) "blood-poisoning," also toxaemia , 1848, from toxo- (before vowels tox- , comb. form of Greek toxon (see toxic )) + Greek haima "blood" (see -emia ). 中文词源 tox- ：毒，有毒的，与毒相关的 来自拉丁语 toxicus,有毒的，来自希腊语 toxikon pharmakon,毒弓，毒箭，浸毒药的箭，来自 toxon,弓，弓箭，pharmakon,毒药，药物，词源同
• towpath 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random supercilious supercilious: [16] The etymological notion underlying supercilious is of raising the ‘eyebrows’ as a sign of haughty disdain. It comes from Latin superciliōsus , a derivative of supercilium ‘eyebrow’, hence ‘haughtiness’. This was a compound noun formed from the prefix super - ‘above’ and cilium ‘
• tout 英文词源 tout tout: [14] The etymological notion underlying tout is of ‘sticking out, projecting’. It goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base * tūt - ‘project’, whose other descendants include Dutch tuit ‘spout’. It is assumed to have produced an Old English * tūtian , but it does not turn up in the written record until the Middle English period, by which time the n
• tousle 英文词源 tousle tousle: [15] Tousle was derived from an earlier touse ‘pull about, shake’ (probable source also of tussle [15]), which went back to an Old English * tūsian . Amongst its relatives is German zausen ‘tug, tousle’. = tussle tousle (v.) "pull roughly, disorder, dishevel," mid-15c., frequentative of -tousen "handle or push about roughly," probably from an unrecorded Old Eng
• tourniquet 英文词源 tourniquet (n.) 1690s, from French tourniquet "surgical tourniquet," also "turnstile" (16c.), diminutive of torner "to turn," from Old French torner (see turn (v.)). 中文词源 tourniquet ：止血带 来自法语 tourniquet,止血带，来自古法语 torner,转，包扎，词源同 turn.-et,小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tourniquet 词源，
• tourney 英文词源 tourney (v.) c. 1300, from Anglo-French turneier , Old French tornoier "to joust, tilt," literally "turn around," from Vulgar Latin *tornizare , from Latin tornare "to turn" (see turn (v.)). Related: Tourneying . tourney (n.) c. 1300, from Anglo-French turnei , Old French tornei "contest of armed men" (12c., Modern French tournoi ), from tornoier "to joust, tilt" (see tourney (v.)). 中
• toupee 英文词源 toupée toupée: see top toupee (n.) 1727, from French toupet "tuft of hair, forelock," diminutive formed from Old French top "tuft, forelock, topknot" (12c.), from Frankish *top or another Germanic source related to top (n.1) "highest point." Originally an artificial curl or lock on the top of the head; a style, not necessarily a compensation for baldness. In 18c., also sometimes use
• touche 英文词源 touche exclamation acknowledging a hit in fencing, 1902, from French touché , past participle of toucher "to hit," from Old French touchier "to hit" (see touch (v.)). Extended (non-fencing) use by 1907. 中文词源 touche ：一针见血，一语破的 来自 touch 的法语过去分词形式，引申词义言之有理的，一针见血的等。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• toucan 英文词源 toucan bright-colored bird of South America, 1560s, from French toucan (1550s) and Spanish tucan ; from Tupi (Brazil) tuka , tukana , said to be probably imitative of its call. 中文词源 toucan ：巨嘴鸟 来自南美土著语 tuka,一种嘴巴很大的鸟，可能来自拟声词，模仿这种鸟的叫声。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： toucan 词源，
• totty 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random nutrition nutrition: see nurse 中文词源 totty ：骚货，浪货 俚语，来自 tot,幼儿，幼童。比较 babe,婴儿，甜心，宝贝。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： totty 词源， totty 含义。
• totter 英文词源 totter (v.) c. 1200, "swing to and fro," of uncertain origin, perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare dialectal Norwegian totra "to quiver, shake"). Meaning "stand or walk with shaky, unsteady steps" is from c. 1600. Related: Tottered ; tottering . 中文词源 totter ：蹒跚，摇摆 词源不详，可能来自北欧某语言，比较挪威语 totra,颤抖摇摆，古诺斯语
• totem 英文词源 totem totem: [18] Totem is of native American origin, and denotes etymologically ‘belonging to a family or group’. Its ultimate source is the stem * ōtē - ‘belong to a local group’, and it was adapted from an Ojibwa derivative formed with a possessive prefix ending in t , such as otōtēman ‘his group or family’, hence ‘his family mark’. totem (n.) animal or natural
• totalizator 英文词源 total total: [14] Total goes back ultimately to Latin tōtus ‘whole’ (source also of French tout , Italian tutto , and Spanish todo ‘all’). From it was derived medieval Latin totālis ‘of the whole’, which passed into English via Old French total . Tot [18], as in ‘tot up’, is short for total . Totalizator was coined in Australia in the late 1870s, and the abbreviation
• totality 英文词源 totality (n.) 1590s, from total (adj.) + -ity , or from or based on Middle French totalité , Medieval Latin totalitas . In the eclipse sense, "time of total obscuration," from 1842. 中文词源 totality ：全部，总体 total,全部的，-ity,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： totality 词源， totality 含义。
• totalitarian 英文词源 totalitarian (adj.) 1926, first in reference to Italian fascism, formed in English on model of Italian totalitario "complete, absolute, totalitarian," from total (adj.) + ending from authoritarian . The noun is recorded from 1938. 中文词源 totalitarian ：极权主义的 total,全部的，-itarian,缩写自 authoritarian,极权主义者。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• tot 英文词源 tot (n.) "little child," 1725, Scottish, of uncertain origin, perhaps a shortened form of totter , or related to Old Norse tottr , nickname of a dwarf (compare Swedish tutte "little child," Danish tommel-tot "little child," in which the first element means "thumb"). Tot-lot "play ground for young children" is recorded from 1944. tot (v.) "to reckon up," 1760, from tot (n.) "total of a
• tosspot 英文词源 tosspot (n.) "heavy drinker," 1560s, from toss (v.) + pot (n.1). 中文词源 tosspot ：醉汉，酒鬼 toss,扔，pot,壶，酒壶。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tosspot 词源， tosspot 含义。
• tosser 英文词源 tosser (n.) term of contempt in British slang, by 1977, probably from slang toss off "act of masturbation" (1735). Agent noun from toss (v.). Compare jerk (n.). 中文词源 tosser ：手淫坯子，蠢货 toss,扔，-er,人。俚语，用于指手淫。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tosser 词源， tosser 含义。
• tosh 英文词源 tosh (adj.) "neat, clean, trim," 1776, Scottish, of unknown origin. tosh (n.) "valuables collected from drains," 1852, London slang, of unknown origin. 中文词源 tosh ：胡说 词源不详，可能来自口语 nonsense,tsk tsk! 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tosh 词源， tosh 含义。
• Tory 英文词源 Tory Tory: [17] The term tory originally denoted an Irish guerrilla, one of a group of Irishmen who in the 1640s were thrown off their property by the British and took to a life of harrying and plundering the British occupiers (it is an anglicization of Irish * tóraighe ‘pursuer’, which was derived from tóir ‘pursue’). In the 1670s it was applied as a term of abuse to Irish
• tortilla 英文词源 tortilla (n.) 1690s, from American Spanish tortilla , from Spanish, "a tart," literally "a little cake," diminutive of torta "cake," from Late Latin torta "flat cake" (see torte ). 中文词源 tortilla ：墨西哥玉米馅饼 来自墨西哥西班牙语 tortilla,小蛋糕，来自拉丁语 torta panis,圆面包，词源同 tart,torte.-illa,小 词后缀。后用于指墨西哥玉米馅
• torte 英文词源 torte (n.) "sweet cake, tart," 1748, from German Torte ; earlier sense of "round cake, round bread" (1550s) is from Middle French torte ; both are from Late Latin torta "flat cake," also "round loaf of bread" (also source of Italian torte , Spanish torta ), probably related to tart (n.1). Not considered to be from the source of tort . 中文词源 torte ：奶油蛋糕 来自德语 To
• torso 英文词源 torso (n.) 1797, from Italian torso "trunk of a statue," originally "stalk, stump," from Vulgar Latin *tursus , from Latin thyrsus "stalk, stem," from Greek thyrsos (see thyrsus ). 中文词源 torso ：身躯，躯干 来自意大利语 torso,树干，来自拉丁语 thyrsus,树干，茎，来自希腊语 thyrsos,茎，词源同 thyrsus, 酒神手杖，权杖。引申词义躯干，身
• torsion 英文词源 torsion torsion: see torment torsion (n.) early 15c., "wringing pain in the bowels," from Old French torsion "colic" (early 14c.), from Late Latin torsionem (nominative torsio ) "a wringing or gripping," from Latin tortionem (nominative tortio ) "torture, torment," noun of action from past participle stem of torquere "to twist, distort, torture" (see torque (n.)). Meaning "act or effe
• torrential 英文词源 torrential (adj.) 1849; see torrent + -ial . Perhaps by influence of French torrentiel . Related: Torrentially . 中文词源 torrential ：倾泻的 来自 torrent,激流，-ial,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： torrential 词源， torrential 含义。
• toreador 英文词源 toreador (n.) "bullfighter on horseback" (as opposed to a torero , who kills on foot), 1610s, from Spanish toreador , from torear "to participate in a bullfight," from toro "bull," from Latin taurus (see Taurus ). A toreador is, or rather was, a gentleman who killed bulls for his own amusement on horseback and with the spear. He was a sportsman, and his sport was as manly and respecta
• Torah 英文词源 Torah (n.) "the Pentateuch," 1570s, from Hebrew torah , literally "instruction, law," verbal noun from horah "he taught, showed." 中文词源 Torah ：律法书，摩西五经 来自希伯来语 torah,教导，来自 to-,表动名词，比较 Talmud,horah,教导，展示。引申词义律 法书，摩西五经。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Torah 词源，
• tor 英文词源 tor (n.) "high, rocky hill," Old English torr "rock, crag;" said to be a different word than torr "tower." Obviously cognate with Gaelic torr "lofty hill, mound," Old Welsh twrr "heap, pile;" and perhaps ultimately with Latin turris "high structure" (see tower (n.)). But sources disagree on whether the Celts borrowed it from the Anglo-Saxons or the other way round. 中文词源 tor ：突
• toque 英文词源 toque (n.) kind of round hat, c. 1500, from Middle French toque (15c.), from Spanish toca "woman's headdress," possibly from Arabic *taqa , from Old Persian taq "veil, shawl." 中文词源 toque ：小女帽，保暖帽 来自中古法语 toque,小女帽，来自西班牙语 toca,女用头巾，来自古波斯语 taq,面纱，披巾。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• topsy-turvy 英文词源 topsy-turvy (adv.) 1520s, "but prob. in popular use from an earlier period" [OED]; compare top over terve "to fall over" (mid-15c.); likely from tops , plural of top (n.1) "highest point" + obsolete terve "turn upside down, topple over," from Old English tearflian "to roll over, overturn," from Proto-Germanic *terbanan (cognates: Old High German zerben "to turn round"). Century Dictio
• topple 英文词源 topple topple: see top topple (v.) 1580s, "tumble down, fall headfirst," earlier "tumble or roll about" (1540s), from top (v.) "to tip" + frequentative suffix -le . Transitive sense also is from 1590s. Related: Toppled ; toppling . 中文词源 topple ：倒塌，坠落 来自 top,顶端，头部，-le,表反复。特殊用法或比喻用法，引申词义从顶部摔下，倒塌等。
• topping 英文词源 topping (n.) "an act of putting a top on," c. 1500, verbal noun from top (v.). Meaning "an act of cutting the top off" is from 1510s. Meaning "top layer of a food" is from 1839, 中文词源 topping ：菜肴等的浇汁，调料，配料 来自 top,顶端，加顶，加盖，-ing,动名词后缀。后用于指给菜肴浇汁等。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• topper 英文词源 topper (n.) "the best (of anything)," 1709, originally slang, agent noun from top (v.). 中文词源 topper ：高顶帽 俚语，来自 top,顶端，头部，-er,表物。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： topper 词源， topper 含义。
• toponym 英文词源 toponym (n.) 1939, "place name," from comb. form of Greek topos "place" (see topos ) + -onym "name" (see name (n.)). Toponymy "study of place names" is from 1876. Related: Toponymic ; toponymics . 中文词源 toponym ：地名 来自希腊语 topos,地方，-onym,名字，词源同 name. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： toponym 词源， toponym 含义。
• topless 英文词源 topless (adj.) of women, "bare-breasted," 1966, from top (n.1) + -less . Earlier it was used of men's bathing suits (1937) and women's (1964). Earliest sense is "without a visible summit; immeasurably high" (1580s). 中文词源 topless ：不穿上衣的，裸露上身的 top,上部，顶端，-less,无，没有。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： topless 词源，
• topiary 英文词源 topiary (adj.) 1590s, from Latin topiarius "of or pertaining to ornamental gardening," as a noun, "ornamental gardening, landscape gardening," also "an ornamental gardener," from topia "ornamental gardening," from Greek topia , plural of topion , originally "a field," diminutive of topos "place" (see topos ). The noun is first recorded 1906, from the adjective. 中文词源 topiary ：树
• topi 英文词源 topic topic: [16] Greek tópos meant ‘place’. From it was derived the adjective topikós ‘of a place’, which came to mean ‘commonplace’. Aristotle used it in the title of his treatise Tà topiká , which contains commonplace arguments, and it was with direct reference to this that the word first arrived in English (via Latin topica ). The sense ‘subject, theme’ arose i
• topaz 英文词源 topaz (n.) colored crystalline gem, late 13c., from Old French topace (11c.), from Latin topazus (source also of Spanish topacio , Italian topazio ), from Greek topazos , topazion , of obscure origin. Pliny says it was named for a remote island in the Red or Arabian Sea, where it was mined, the island so named for being hard to find (from Greek topazein "to divine, to try to locate");
• tootsie 英文词源 tootsie "A person’s foot", Mid 19th century: humorous diminutive of foot . 中文词源 tootsie ：脚趾 幽默用法，来自儿语 foots 的小词形式。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tootsie 词源， tootsie 含义。
• tootle 英文词源 tootle (v.) 1820, frequentative of toot (v.). Related: Tootled ; tootling . 中文词源 tootle ：嘟嘟声 来自 toot,嘟嘟声，-le,表反复。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tootle 词源， tootle 含义。
• toothy 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random chamelion chamelion: [14] Etymologically, a chamelion is a ‘ground lion’. The word comes from Greek khamailéōn , a compound formed from khamaí ‘on the ground’ (English humus and humble are related to it) and léōn ‘lion’. Until the 19th century the word was usually spelled camelion , which led to popular associat
• toothsome 英文词源 toothsome (adj.) "pleasant to the taste," 1560s, from -some (1) + tooth in a figurative sense of "appetite, taste, liking" attested from late 14c. (compare sweet tooth , also figurative use of palate ). The extended sense of "attractive" (1550s) is attested earlier. Related: Toothsomely ; toothsomeness . 中文词源 toothsome ：可口的 tooth,牙齿，-some,形容词后缀。 该词的
• tony 英文词源 tony (adj.) "of a high tone, affecting social elegance," 1877, American English slang, from tone (n.) + -y (2). It was the name of a reddish-brown fashion color in the 1920s. Tony 1947, awards given by American Theatre Wing (New York), from nickname of U.S. actress, manager, and producer Antoinette Perry (1888-1946). Tony masc. proper name, short for Anthony . Tony Curtis , style of m
• tonsure 英文词源 tonsure tonsure: see tome tonsure (n.) late 14c., "shaving of the head or part of it," especially as a religious rite, from Anglo-French tonsure (mid-14c.), Old French tonsure "ecclesiastical tonsure; sheep-shearing" (14c.), from Latin tonsura "a shearing, clipping," from tonsus, past participle of tondere "to shear, shave, clip, crop," from PIE *tend- , from root *tem- "to cut" (see
• tonsillitis 英文词源 tonsillitis (n.) also tonsilitis , "inflammation of the tonsils," 1801, from comb. form of tonsil + -itis "inflammation." 中文词源 tonsillitis ：扁桃体炎 来自 tonsil,扁桃体，-itis,炎症。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tonsillitis 词源， tonsillitis 含义。
• tonsillectomy 英文词源 tonsillectomy (n.) 1899, from comb. form of tonsil + -ectomy . A hybrid with a Latin front end and a Greek ending. A correct formation all from Greek would be amygdalectomy . 中文词源 tonsillectomy ：扁桃体切除术 来自 tonsil,扁桃体，-ectomy,切除，词源同 tome. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tonsillectomy 词源， tonsillectomy 含义。
• tonsil 英文词源 tonsil (n.) c. 1600, from Latin tonsillae , tosillae (plural) "tonsils," diminutive of toles "goiter," which is perhaps of Gaulish origin. Related: Tonsils . 中文词源 tonsil ：扁桃体 缩写自拉丁语 tonsillae,扁桃体，-ille,小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tonsil 词源， tonsil 含义。
• tonneau 英文词源 tonneau (n.) 1901, rear part of an automobile, from French tonneau , literally "cask, tun" (see tun ). 中文词源 tonneau ：酒桶，汽车后车厢，货车车厢 来自法语 tonneau,酒桶，来自 tun,酒桶，木桶，-eau,名词后缀。引申词义汽车后车厢，货车 车厢等。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tonneau 词源， tonneau 含义。
• tonne 英文词源 tonne (n.) 1877, French form of ton (n.1), adopted for English use to denote a metric ton (1,000 kg.). 中文词源 tonne ：吨 来自 ton 的法语形式。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tonne 词源， tonne 含义。
• tonnage 英文词源 tonnage (n.) early 15c., "tax or duty on wine imported in tuns," from ton (n.1) + -age , and from Old French tonnage "duty levied on wine in casks" (c. 1300). Meaning "carrying capacity of a ship" is from 1718. 中文词源 tonnage ：吨位，总重量 来自 ton,吨，-age,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tonnage 词源， tonnage 含义。
• tonify 英文词源 tonify (v.) 1786, from ton (n.2) + -ify . Related: Tonified ; tonifying . 中文词源 tonify ：护肤，皮肤保养 来自 tone,皮肤柔韧性，-fy,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tonify 词源， tonify 含义。
• tongue-lash 英文词源 tongue-lash (v.) "scold, abuse with words," 1857, from tongue (n.) + lash (v.). Related: Tongue-lashing . 中文词源 tongue-lash ：严厉批评 tongue,舌头，语言，lash,鞭子，鞭打。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tongue-lash 词源， tongue-lash 含义。
• tongs 英文词源 tongs tongs: [OE] The etymological notion underlying the word tongs is of ‘biting’. It comes from a prehistoric Germanic * tanguz (source also of German zange , Dutch and Danish tang , and Swedish tång ), which went back ultimately to the Indo-European base * dank - ‘bite’ (ancestor of Greek dáknein ‘bite’). ( Tong ‘Chinese secret society’ [19], incidentally, comes f
• toneless 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random suds suds: [16] Suds was probably borrowed from Middle Dutch sudse ‘marsh, swamp’ (it was used in the East Anglian dialect for ‘muddy swamp water’ or ‘flood water’, and probably the notion of scum or flotsam on such water led on to ‘floating bubbles, lather’ – first recorded at the end of the 15th century). The
• tonality 英文词源 tonality (n.) 1824, from tonal + -ity . 中文词源 tonality ：调性 来自 tonal,音调的，-ity,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tonality 词源， tonality 含义。
• tonal 英文词源 tonal (adj.) 1776; from tone (n.) in the musical sense + -al (1), or from Medieval Latin tonalis . 中文词源 tonal ：音调的，声调的 来自 tone,音调，-al,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tonal 词源， tonal 含义。
• tomography 英文词源 tomography (n.) 1935, from comb. form of Greek tomos "slice, section" (see tome ) + -graphy . 中文词源 tomography ：层析成像，层析术 科技术语，借自希腊语 tomos,切片，部分，词源同 tome,-graphy,写，记录。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tomography 词源， tomography 含义。
• tomfool 英文词源 tomfoolery (n.) "foolish trifling," 1812, from tomfool + -ery . 中文词源 tomfool ：傻瓜 来自 Tom,汤姆，fool,傻瓜。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tomfool 词源， tomfool 含义。
• tomcat 英文词源 tomcat (n.) 1809, from Tom + cat (n.); probably influenced by Tom the Cat in the popular children's book "The Life and Adventures of a Cat" (1760); replaced earlier Gib-cat , from diminutive of Gilbert , though Tom was applied to male kittens c. 1300. The name also is used of the males of other beasts and birds since at least 1791 (such as tom-turkey , by 1846). Also see Tibert . The