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• fugue 英文词源 fugue fugue: see refuge fugue (n.) type of musical composition, 1590s, fuge , from Italian fuga , literally "flight," also "ardor," from Latin fuga "a running away, act of fleeing," from fugere "to flee" (see fugitive (adj.)). Current English spelling (1660s) is from the French version of the Italian word. A Fugue is a composition founded upon one subject, announced at first in one pa
• fugitive 英文词源 fugitive fugitive: see refuge fugitive (n.) late 14c., "one who flees, a runaway, a fugitive from justice, an outlaw," from fugitive (adj.). Old French fugitif also was used as a noun meaning "fugitive person," and Latin fugitivus (adj.) commonly also was used as a noun meaning "a runaway, fugitive slave, deserter." fugitive (adj.) late 14c., "fleeing, having fled, having taken flight
• fugacious 英文词源 fugacious (adj.) "fleeing, likely to flee," 1630s, with -ous + Latin fugaci- , stem of fugax "apt to flee, timid, shy," figuratively "transitory, fleeting," from fugere "to flee" (see fugitive ). Related: Fugaciously ; fugaciousness ; fugacity . 中文词源 fugacious ：易逃逸的，难捕捉的 来自fugitive, 逃跑的，逃避的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• fugal 英文词源 fugal (adj.) 1843, "pertaining to a fugue; in the style of a fugue," from fugue + -al (1). 中文词源 fugal ：赋格曲的 来自fugue, 赋格曲。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fugal 词源， fugal 含义。
• fug 英文词源 fug (n.) "thick, close, stuffy atmosphere," 1888. "orig dial. School slang " [OED]. 中文词源 fug ：室内闷热的空气 词源不详。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fug 词源， fug 含义。
• fuel 英文词源 fuel fuel: [14] The notions of ‘fuel’ and ‘fire’ are closely connected etymologically. Fuel comes via Anglo-Norman fuaille from medieval Latin focālia , which was used in legal documents as a term for the ‘right to demand material for making a fire’. It was a derivative of Latin focus ‘fireplace, fire’, which also gave English focus , foyer , and fusillade . = focus ,
• fudge 英文词源 fudge fudge: [17] Fudge the verb, ‘evade’, probably comes from an earlier fadge , which meant ‘fake, deceive’, and hence ‘adjust, fit’, and this in turn probably goes back to a Middle English noun fage ‘deceit’ – but where fage came from is not clear. Fudge as the name of a type of toffee, which is first recorded in the late 19th century, may be a different use of th
• fuddy-duddy 英文词源 fuddy-duddy (n.) "old-fashioned person," 1871, American English, of uncertain origin. 中文词源 fuddy-duddy ：老顽固 词源不详。通常认为来自儿语daddy的韵律重复构词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fuddy-duddy 词源， fuddy-duddy 含义。
• fuddle 英文词源 fuddle (v.) 1580s, "to get drunk" (intransitive); c. 1600, "to confuse as though with drink" (transitive), of obscure origin, perhaps from Low German fuddeln "work in a slovenly manner (as if drunk)," from fuddle "worthless cloth." The more common derivative befuddle dates only to 1873. Related: Fuddled ; fuddling . A hard-drinker in 17c. might be called a fuddle-cap (1660s). 中文词源
• fuck 英文词源 fuck fuck: [16] The most celebrated of the so-called ‘Anglo-Saxon’ four-letter words goes back in written form no further than the early 16th century – a far cry from the Old English period. A personal name John le Fucker , however, recorded from 1278, shows that it was around before 1500 (perhaps not committed to paper because even then it was under a taboo). There is little do
• fuchsia 英文词源 fuchsia (n.) red color (like that of the Fuchsia flowers), 1921, from the ornamental shrub (1703, Plumier; by 1753 in English), from the Latinized name of German botanist Leonhard Fuchs (1501-1566) + abstract noun ending -ia . The German surname is literally "fox." Not related to Latin fucus "seaweed, sea wrack, tangle" (see fucus ) which also gave its name to a red color prepared fro
• fry 英文词源 fry fry: Fry ‘cook in fat’ [13] and fry ‘young fish’ [14] are quite distinct words. The former comes via Old French frire from Latin frīgere , a cooking term which covered what we would now distinguish as ‘roasting’ and ‘frying’. It goes back ultimately to Indo-European * bhreu -, which also produced Latin fervēre ‘boil’ (source of English fervent ). Its past par
• frustrate 英文词源 frustrate frustrate: [15] Frustrate comes from Latin frūstrātus ‘disappointed, frustrated’, the past participle of a verb formed from the adverb frūstrā ‘in error, in vain, uselessly’. This was a relative of Latin fraus , which originally meant ‘injury, harm’, hence ‘deceit’ and then ‘error’ (its English descendant, fraud [14], preserves ‘deceit’). Both go
• frump 英文词源 frump (n.) "cross, unstylish person," especially a woman or girl, 1817, from a group of related words of uncertain origin: Frump (n.) "a mocking speech" (1550s), "a sneer or snort" (1580s); frump (v.) "to mock, flout, taunt" (1570s); frumps (n.) "ill-humor" (1660s); frumpish (adj.) "cross-tempered" (1640s); and compare frumpy . 中文词源 frump ：衣着老式的女子 词源不详。
• fruit machine 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random hoopoe hoopoe: see dupe 中文词源 fruit machine ：老虎机 因这种赌博机上的水果图案而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fruit machine 词源， fruit machine 含义。
• fruitiness 英文词源 fruity (adj.) 1650s, from fruit + -y (2). Related: Fruitiness . 中文词源 fruitiness ：果叶浓郁 来自fruit, 水果。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fruitiness 词源， fruitiness 含义。
• fruitful 英文词源 fruitful (adj.) c. 1300, of trees, from fruit + -ful . Related: Fruitfully ; fruitfulness . Of animals or persons from early 16c.; of immaterial things from 1530s. 中文词源 fruitful ：富饶的，丰产的 来自fruit, 结果，收获。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fruitful 词源， fruitful 含义。
• fruit 英文词源 fruit fruit: [12] English acquired fruit via Old French fruit from Latin frūctus , a source more clearly on display in fructify [14], fructose [19], etc. The underlying meaning of the Latin noun seems to have been ‘enjoyment of that which is produced’, for it came, like frūx (source of English frugal ), from a base which also produced the verb fruī ‘enjoy’. By classical tim
• frugal 英文词源 frugal frugal: [16] Paradoxically, frugal comes from a source that meant ‘fruitful’. English borrowed it from Latin frūgālis , which was derived from the adjective frūgī ‘useful’. This in turn was the dative case of the noun frūx ‘fruit, value’, which came from the same base as frūctus , the source of English fruit . The links in the semantic chain seem to have been
• fructose 英文词源 fructose fructose: see fruit fructose (n.) sugar found in fruit, 1857, coined in English from Latin fructus "fruit" (see fruit ) + chemical suffix -ose (2). 中文词源 fructose ：果糖 来自fructus, 果实，词源同fruit. -ose, 化学名词后缀，糖，词源同dextrose, glucose. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fructose 词源， fructose 含义。
• frowsty 英文词源 frowsty (adj.) "having an unpleasant smell," 1865, of unknown origin; perhaps related to Old French frouste "ruinous, decayed," or to Old English þroh "rancid;" both of which also are of uncertain origin. Also compare frowzy . 中文词源 frowsty ：霉臭的 词源不详。可能来自古法语frognier, 皱眉，哼鼻子，词源同frown. 即闻到臭味发出的擤鼻子的声音。
• frown 英文词源 frown frown: [14] Probably the underlying notion of frowning is ‘snorting’ rather than ‘wrinkling the brows’. It comes from Old French froignier , which meant ‘snort’ as well as ‘frown’. It is assumed to have been adopted into French from a Celtic language of Gaul, and would therefore have been related to Welsh ffroen ‘nostril’. frown (v.) "contract the brows as an
• froth 英文词源 froth (n.) c. 1300, from an unrecorded Old English word, or else from Old Norse froða "froth," from Proto-Germanic *freuth- "froth" (cognates Swedish fradga , Danish fraade ). Old English had afreoðan "to froth," from the same root. The modern verb is late 14c., from the noun. Related: Frothed ; frothing . 中文词源 froth ：泡沫 来自Proto-Germanic*freuth, 泡沫。 该词的英
• frosting 英文词源 frosting (n.) 1610s as an action; 1756 as a substance; verbal noun from frost (v.). Specific meaning "cake icing" is by 1832, so called from its appearance. 中文词源 frosting ：糖霜 来自frost, 霜冻。用来指糖霜。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： frosting 词源， frosting 含义。
• frosted 英文词源 frosted (adj.) 1640s, of hair, "turning white;" 1680s, of glass, "having a rough and unpolished surface;" 1734 in cookery, "covered with something (sugar, icing) resembling frost," past participle adjective from frost (v.). 中文词源 frosted ：毛面的，磨砂的，发白的头发或胡须 来自frost, 霜冻，即结霜的。引申词义如头发发白的，玻璃磨砂的等。
• frostbite 英文词源 frost-bite (n.) also frostbite , 1813, back-formation from frost-bitten (1590s); see frost (n.) + bite (v.). A verb frost-bite is recorded from 1610s. Related: Frost-bit . 中文词源 frostbite ：冻疮 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： frostbite 词源， frostbite 含义。
• frost 英文词源 frost frost: see freeze frost (n.) Old English forst , frost "frost, a freezing, frozen precipitation, extreme cold," from Proto-Germanic *frustaz- "frost" (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Old High German frost , Middle Dutch and Dutch vorst ), related to freosan "to freeze," from suffixed form of PIE *preus- "to freeze; burn" (see freeze (v.)). Both forms of the word were common in
• frontman 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random paternal paternal: see patron 中文词源 frontman ：代表，头面人物 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： frontman 词源， frontman 含义。
• front-load 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random saga saga: see saw 中文词源 front-load ：重点前置 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： front-load 词源， front-load 含义。
• frontispiece 英文词源 frontispiece frontispiece: [16] The final syllable of frontispiece has no etymological connection with piece . It comes from * spic -, a root denoting ‘see’ which is also represented in conspicuous and spectator . Here, as in the related auspices , its particular application is ‘divination by observation’. Added to Latin frōns ‘forehead’ it produced late Latin frontispici
• frontier 英文词源 frontier (n.) c. 1400, frowntere , "front line of an army;" early 15c., fronture , "borderland, part of a country which faces another," from Old French frontiere "boundary-line of a country," also "frontier fortress; front rank of an army" (13c.), noun use of adjective frontier "facing, neighboring," from front "brow" (see front (n.)). In reference to North America, "part of the count
• front 英文词源 front front: [13] As its close French relative front still does, front used to mean ‘forehead’. Both come from Latin frōns , a word of dubious origins whose primary meaning was ‘forehead’, but which already in the classical period was extending figuratively to the ‘most forwardly prominent part’ of anything. In present-day English, only distant memories remain of the orig
• frond 英文词源 frond (n.) 1785, from Latin frons (genitive frondis ) "leafy branch, green bough, foliage." Adopted by Linnæus for the leaf-like organs of ferns, palms, etc., as a word distinct from folium . Later given a more precise meaning in botany. 中文词源 frond ：蕨叶 词源同front, 前面的，向前的。用来指蕨叶。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： frond
• fromage frais 英文词源 fromage frais "A type of smooth soft fresh cheese, with the consistency of thick yogurt", French, literally 'fresh cheese'. 中文词源 fromage frais ：新鲜软干酪 来自法语。frais, 新鲜的，词源同fresh. fromage, 奶酪，词源同form, 形状，成形的，美丽的，法语用来指奶酪。比较Formosa, 台湾古称，来自form. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• from 英文词源 from from: [OE] From goes back ultimately to Indo- European * pr , which also produced English first , for , fore , foremost , former , and before . The addition of a suffix - m gave a word denoting ‘forward movement, advancement’ (as in Greek prómos ‘foremost’). By the time it reached Old English as from or fram the notion of ‘moving forward or onward’ had passed into ‘
• frolic 英文词源 frolic frolic: [16] Like its source, Dutch vrolijk , and the related German fröhlich , frolic was originally an adjective meaning ‘happy’. This usage had died out by the end of the 18th century, but in the meantime the adjective had been converted into a verb, and thence into a noun, both of which are still with us. (Dutch vrolijk was formed from the adjective vro ‘happy’, wh
• frogmarch 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random martyr martyr: [OE] Etymologically, a martyr is a ‘witness’ – that was the original meaning of Greek mártur , which came ultimately from Indo-European * mer ‘remember’ (source of English memory , mourn , remember , etc). In Christian usage, the notion of someone dying as a ‘witness’ to their faith led to the appli
• frogging 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random maze maze: [13] Maze was originally a verb (now obsolete) meaning ‘daze’, which arose by shortening of amaze . When it was first used as a noun it meant ‘delusion, delirium’, and it was not until the late 14th century that it began to be used for a ‘structure of bewildering complexity’. = amaze 中文词源 frogging ：
• frog 英文词源 frog frog: [OE] Frog comes from Old English frogga , which probably started life as a playful alternative to the more serious frosc or forsc . This derived from the pre-historic Germanic * fruskaz , which also produced German frosch and Dutch vorsch . Its use as a derogatory synonym for ‘French person’ goes back to the late 18th century, and was presumably inspired by the proverbi
• frock 英文词源 frock frock: [14] Frock is a Germanic word, although English acquired it via Old French froc . It originally meant ‘long coat or tunic’ – a sense reflected in the related Old High German hroc ‘mantle, coat’, and preserved in English frock coat and unfrock ‘dismiss from the office of clergyman’ ( frock once having denoted a ‘priest’s cassock’, and hence symbolized t
• frizzle 英文词源 frizzle (v.) "curl hair," 1560s, of obscure origin. There are words of similar sound and sense in Old English ( fris "curly"), Old Frisian ( frisle ), Middle French ( friser "to curl") but their history is tangled; probably connected somehow to frizz (v.). Related: Frizzled ; frizzling . As a noun from 1610s, "a short curl," from the verb. Frizzling iron was a 17c. term for "curling i
• frizz 英文词源 frizz frizz: see fry frizz (v.) also friz , 1610s (implied in frizzed ), probably from French friser "to curl, dress the hair" (16c.), perhaps from stem of frire "to fry, cook" (see fry (v.)). Assimilated to native frizzle . Related: Frizzed ; frizzing . As a noun from 1660s, "frizzed hair." 中文词源 frizz ：卷曲 词源不详。可能来自fry, 煎，炸，引申词义卷曲，卷
• frivolous 英文词源 frivolous (adj.) mid-15c., from Latin frivolus "silly, empty, trifling, worthless," diminutive of *frivos "broken, crumbled," from friare "break, rub away, crumble" (see friable ). In law (by 1736), "so clearly insufficient as to need no argument to show its weakness." Related: Frivolously ; frivolousness . 中文词源 frivolous ：愚蠢的，可笑的 来自拉丁语friare, 破开的
• frivolity 英文词源 frivolity (n.) 1796, from French frivolité , from Old French frivole "frivolous," from Latin frivolus (see frivolous ). 中文词源 frivolity ：愚蠢的行为，可笑的举止 来自frivolous, 愚蠢的，可笑的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： frivolity 词源， frivolity 含义。
• fritz 英文词源 Fritz German familiar form of masc. proper name Friedrich ; as a characteristic name for a German attested by 1883; very common in World War I. Phrase on the fritz "inoperative, not working properly" (1903) is American English slang, of unknown connection to the name; the earliest references suggest a theatrical origin. 中文词源 fritz ：出故障 缩写自德语常用人名Frider
• fritter 英文词源 fritter fritter: see fry fritter (v.) "whittle away, waste bit by bit, spend on trifles," 1728, probably from noun fritter "fragment or shred" (though this is recorded later), perhaps an alteration of 16c. fitters "fragments or pieces," which is perhaps ultimately from Old French fraiture "a breaking," from Latin fractura [OED]. Or perhaps from a Germanic *fet- source (compare Middle
• fritillary 英文词源 fritillary (n.) popular name of a type of British butterfly, 1857, earlier a type of plant ( Fritillaria Meleagris , 1633), from Latin fritillus "dice-box," from fritinnire said to be imitative of the rattle of dice. The plant so called in allusion to the shape of its perianth. The butterfly so called perhaps from resemblance of its markings to those of dice or a chessboard (perhaps o
• frisson 英文词源 frisson (n.) "emotional thrill," 1777 (Walpole), from French frisson "fever, illness; shiver, thrill" (12c.), from Latin frigere "to be cold" (see frigid ). Scant record of the word in English between Walpole's use and 1888. 中文词源 frisson ：震颤，强烈兴奋感 来自拉丁语frigere, 冷的，词源同frigid. 引申词义震颤及用于心理含义强烈兴奋感。 该词的
• frisk 英文词源 frisk (v.) 1510s, "to dance, frolic," from Middle English adjective frisk "lively" (mid-15c.), from Middle French frisque "lively, brisk," in Old French "fresh, new; merry, animated" (13c.), which is possibly from a Germanic source (compare Middle Dutch vrisch "fresh," Old High German frisc "lively;" see fresh (adj.1)). Sense of "pat down in a search" first recorded 1781. Related: Fri
• Frisian 英文词源 Frisian (adj.) 1590s, "of or pertaining to the people of Frisia ," the lowland coast of the North Sea and nearby islands (Old English Frysland , Freslond ; adjective Freisisc ), named for the Germanic tribe whose name was Latinized as Frisii ," which perhaps originally meant "curly-headed" (compare Old Frisian frisle "curly hair"). The native form of the people name is Old English Fry
• frisee 英文词源 frisée "The curly endive (see endive (sense 1))", French, from chicorée frisée 'curly endive'. 中文词源 frisee ：菊苣 来自法语chicoree frisee, 卷曲的菊苣，frisee, 卷曲的，词源同frizz, chicoree, 菊苣，词源同chicory. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： frisee 词源， frisee 含义。
• Frisbee 英文词源 Frisbee Frisbee: [20] The name of this spinning plastic disc had its origin in a catching game played in Bridgeport, Connecticut in the 1950s. The participants were no doubt not the first to notice that an aerodynamically volatile flat disc produces more interesting and challenging results than a spherical object, but it was their particular choice of missiles that had farreaching ter
• frippery 英文词源 frippery (n.) 1560s, "old clothes, cast-off garments," from Middle French friperie "old clothes, an old clothes shop," from Old French freperie , feuperie "old rags, rubbish, old clothes" (13c.), from frepe , feupe "fringe; rags, old clothes," from Late Latin faluppa "chip, splinter, straw, fiber." The notion is of "things worn down, clothes rubbed to rags." The ironic meaning "finery
• fringe 英文词源 fringe fringe: [14] Late Latin fimbria meant ‘fibre, thread’ (it is used in modern English as an anatomical term for a threadlike structure, such as the filaments at the opening of the Fallopian tube). In the plural it was applied to a ‘fringe’, and eventually this meaning fed back into the singular. In Vulgar Latin fimbria , by the soundreversal process known as metathesis, b
• frill 英文词源 frill (n.) "wavy ornamental edging," 1801 (with a doubtful attestation from 1590s), of uncertain origin despite much speculation [see OED]; figurative sense of "useless ornament" first recorded 1893. Related: Frills . frill (v.) "to furnish with a frill," 1570s, from frill (n.) "ornamental bordering." Related: Frilled . 中文词源 frill ：褶边，装饰 词源不详。可能来自
• frigidity 英文词源 frigidity (n.) early 15c., from Middle French frigidité (15c.), from Late Latin frigiditatem (nominative frigiditas ) "the cold," from Latin frigidus "cold" (see frigid ). In reference to sexual impotence, 1580s, originally of men; by 1903 of women. 中文词源 frigidity ：冷淡，冷漠 来自frigid, 寒冷的，冷漠的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• frigid 英文词源 frigid (adj.) 1620s, "intensely cold," from Latin frigidus "cold, chill, cool," figuratively "indifferent," also "flat, dull, trivial," from stem of frigere "be cold;" related to noun frigus "cold, coldness, frost," from Proto-Italic *srigos- , from PIE root *srig- "cold" (cognates: Greek rhigos "cold, frost"). The meaning "wanting in sexual heat" is attested from 1650s, originally of
• fright wig 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random reluctant reluctant: [17] To be reluctant about doing something is etymologically to ‘struggle against’ it. The word comes from the present participle of Latin reluctārī , a compound verb formed from the prefix re - ‘against’ and luctārī ‘struggle’. Among the first English writers to employ it was John Milton, wh
• frightful 英文词源 frightful (adj.) mid-13c., "timid, fearful, full of terror," from fright (n.) + -ful . The prevailing modern sense of "alarming, full of occasion for fright" is from c. 1600. Meaning "dreadful, horrible, shocking" (often hyperbolic) is attested from c. 1700; Johnson noted it as "a cant word among women for anything unpleasing." Related: Frightfully ; frightfulness . Middle English als
• fright 英文词源 fright fright: [OE] Prehistoric Germanic * furkhtaz , an adjective of unknown origin (not related to English fear ), meant ‘afraid’. From it was derived a noun * furkhtīn , which was the basis of one of the main words for ‘fear’ among the ancient Germanic languages (not superseded as the chief English term by fear until the 13th century). Its modern descendants include German
• frigging 英文词源 frigging (adj.) by 1936 as an expletive, from present participle of frig . Perhaps felt as euphemistic. 中文词源 frigging ：该死的，他妈的 来自fucking的委婉语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： frigging 词源， frigging 含义。
• frigate 英文词源 frigate (n.) 1580s, from Middle French frégate (1520s), from Italian fregata (Neapolitan fregate ), which with many names for types of sea vessels is of unknown origin. It is common to the Mediterranean languages (Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan fragata ). Originally a small, swift vessel; the word was applied to progressively larger types over the years. [A] light nimble vessel built f
• Frigga 英文词源 Freya goddess of sexual love and beauty in Norse mythology, from Old Norse Freyja , which is related to Old English frea "lord;" Old Saxon frua , Middle Dutch vrouwe "woman, wife," German Frau ; see frau ). Frigga is usually considered the goddess of married love; Freya, the goddess of love, the northern Venus. Actually, Frigga is of the Aesir family of Scandinavian myth; Freya, of th
• frieze 英文词源 frieze frieze: [16] Phrygia, in western and central Asia Minor, was noted in ancient times for its embroidery. Hence classical Latin Phrygium ‘of Phrygia’ was pressed into service in medieval Latin (as frigium , or later frisium ) for ‘embroidered cloth’. English acquired the word via Old French frise , by which time it had progressed semantically via ‘fringe’ to ‘decora
• Friesian 英文词源 Friesian "An animal of a black-and-white breed of chiefly dairy cattle originally from Friesland", 1920s: alteration of Frisian. 中文词源 Friesian ：黑白花乳牛 来自Frisian拼写变体，因产自荷兰Frisian省而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Friesian 词源， Friesian 含义。
• friendship 英文词源 friendship (n.) Old English freondscipe "friendship, mutual liking and regard," also "conjugal love;" see friend (n.) + -ship . Similar formation in Dutch vriendschap , German Freundschaft , Swedish frändskap . 中文词源 friendship ：友谊 来自friend,朋友。-ship, 抽象名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： friendship 词源， friendship 含义
• friend 英文词源 friend friend: [OE] Etymologically, friend means ‘loving’. It and its Germanic relatives (German freund , Dutch vriend , Swedish frände , etc) go back to the present participle of the prehistoric Germanic verb * frijōjan ‘love’ (historically, the German present participle ends in - nd , as in modern German - end ; English - ng is an alteration of this). * Frijōjan itself wa
• fridge 英文词源 fridge (n.) shortened and altered form of refrigerator , 1926, an unusual way of word-formation in English; perhaps influenced by Frigidaire (1919), name of a popular early brand of self-contained automatically operated iceless refrigerator (Frigidaire Corporation, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.), a name suggesting Latin frigidarium "a cooling room in a bath." Frigerator as a colloquial shor
• friction 英文词源 friction (n.) 1560s, "a chafing, rubbing," from Middle French friction (16c.) and directly from Latin frictionem (nominative frictio ) "a rubbing, rubbing down," noun of action from past participle stem of fricare "to rub, rub down," which is of uncertain origin. Watkins suggests possibly from PIE root *bhreie- "to rub, break." Sense of "resistance to motion" is from 1722; figurative
• fricassee 英文词源 fricassee (n.) 1560s, from Middle French fricassée , noun use of fem. past participle of fricasser "mince and cook in sauce" (15c.), which is of uncertain origin. Perhaps a compound from elements related to or altered by Middle French frire "to fry" (see fry (v.)) and casser , quasser "to break, cut up" (see quash (v.)). As a verb, from 1650s. 中文词源 fricassee ：焖肉 通常认
• friary 英文词源 friary (n.) 1530s, from Middle French, from Old French frarie , from Medieval Latin fratria "a fraternity," from frater (see brother ). 中文词源 friary ：托钵修院 来自friar, 托体修士。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： friary 词源， friary 含义。
• friar 英文词源 friar friar: see fraternal friar (n.) late 13c., from Old French frere "brother, friar" (9c., Modern French frère ), originally referring to the mendicant orders (Franciscans, Augustines, Dominicans, Carmelites), who reached England early 13c., from Latin frater "brother" (see brother ). 中文词源 friar ：天主教托钵修士 来自古法语frere, 兄弟，词源同fraternity, 兄
• friable 英文词源 friable (adj.) 1560s, from Middle French friable (16c.) and directly from Latin friabilis "easily crumbled or broken," from friare "rub away, crumble into small pieces," related to fricare "to rub" (see friction ). Related: Friability . 中文词源 friable ：易碎的 来自拉丁语friare, 磨擦，词源同friction. 即易磨的，易碎的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• fretwork 英文词源 fretwork (n.) also fret-work , "ornamental work consisting of frets," c. 1600, from fret (n.1) + work (n.). 中文词源 fretwork ：回纹饰 来自fret, 回纹饰。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fretwork 词源， fretwork 含义。
• fretted 英文词源 fret fret: English has three separate words fret . Fret ‘irritate, distress’ [OE] goes back to a prehistoric Germanic compound verb formed from the intensive prefix * fra - and the verb * etan (ancestor of English eat ), which meant ‘eat up, devour’. Its modern Germanic descendants include German fressen ‘eat’ (used of animals). In Old English, it gave fretan , which also
• fretsaw 英文词源 fret fret: English has three separate words fret . Fret ‘irritate, distress’ [OE] goes back to a prehistoric Germanic compound verb formed from the intensive prefix * fra - and the verb * etan (ancestor of English eat ), which meant ‘eat up, devour’. Its modern Germanic descendants include German fressen ‘eat’ (used of animals). In Old English, it gave fretan , which also
• fretful 英文词源 fretful (adj.) 1590s, "gnawing; disposed to fret," from fret (n.) (see fret (v.)) + -ful . Related: Fretfully ; fretfulness . 中文词源 fretful ：焦虑的 来自fret, 焦虑。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fretful 词源， fretful 含义。
• fret 英文词源 fret fret: English has three separate words fret . Fret ‘irritate, distress’ [OE] goes back to a prehistoric Germanic compound verb formed from the intensive prefix * fra - and the verb * etan (ancestor of English eat ), which meant ‘eat up, devour’. Its modern Germanic descendants include German fressen ‘eat’ (used of animals). In Old English, it gave fretan , which also
• freshwater 英文词源 cockroach cockroach: [17] Cockroach is a product of folk etymology, the process by which a ‘foreign’ – sounding is adapted by speakers of a language so as to seem more familiar. In this case the foreign word was Spanish cucaracha . This was evidently too much for 17th-century English tongues, so the first element was transformed into cock and the second to roach (presumably afte
• freshman 英文词源 freshman (n.) 1550s, "newcomer, novice," from fresh (adj.1) in the sense "making one's first acquaintance, inexperienced" + man (n.). Sense of "university student in first year" is attested from 1590s. As an adjective by 1805. Freshwoman is from 1620s. Related: Freshmen ; freshmanic , freshmanship , freshmanhood . 中文词源 freshman ：大学一年级新生 比喻用法。比较sop
• fresh 英文词源 fresh fresh: [12] Fresh is of Germanic origin, but in its present form reached English via French. Its ultimate source was the prehistoric Germanic adjective * friskaz , which also produced German frisch , Dutch vers , Swedish färsk , and possibly English frisk [16]. It was borrowed into the common source of the Romance languages as * friscus , from which came French frais and Italia
• fresco 英文词源 fresco (n.) 1590s, in fresco , literally "in fresh," with a sense of "painted on fresh mortar or plaster," from Italian fresco "cool, fresh," as a noun "coolness, fresh air," from Old High German frisc , from Proto-Germanic *friskaz (see fresh (adj.1)). As a verb from 1849. Related: Frescoed . In 17c.-18c. it also could mean "coolness, shade." 中文词源 fresco ：壁画，湿壁画技
• frequent 英文词源 frequent frequent: [16] Frequent comes from Latin frequēns , which meant ‘crowded’ as well as ‘regularly repeated’ (it is not known what the origins of frequēns were, although it may be related to Latin farcīre ‘stuff’, source of English farce ). The sense ‘crowded’ was carried over into English along with ‘regularly repeated’, but it had virtually died out by t
• frequency 英文词源 frequency (n.) 1550s, "state of being crowded" (now obsolete); 1640s, "fact of occurring often;" from Latin frequentia "an assembling in great numbers, a crowding; crowd, multitude, throng," from frequentem (see frequent ). Sense in physics, "rate of recurrence," especially of a vibration, is from 1831. In radio electronics, frequency modulation (1922, abbreviated F.M. ) as a system o
• frenzy 英文词源 frenzy frenzy: see frantic frenzy (n.) mid-14c., "delirium, insanity," from Old French frenesie "frenzy, madness" (13c.), from Medieval Latin phrenesia , from phrenesis , back-formation from Latin phreneticus "delirious" (see frenetic ). Meaning "excited state of mind" is from c. 1400. frenzy (v.) 1795, from frenzy (n.). Related: Frenzied ; frenzying . 中文词源 frenzy ：狂暴 来自
• frenulum 英文词源 frenulum "A small fold or ridge of tissue which supports or checks the motion of the part to which it is attached, in particular a fold of skin beneath the tongue, or between the lip and the gum", Early 18th century: modern Latin, diminutive of Latin frenum 'bridle'. 中文词源 frenulum ：系带 来自PIE*dher,支撑，握住，词源同firm,dharma. 用于解剖学名词。 该词的
• frenetic 英文词源 frenetic (adj.) late 14c., frenetik , "temporarily deranged, delirious, crazed," from Old French frenetike "mad, crazy" (13c.), from Latin phreneticus "delirious," alteration of Greek phrenitikos , from phrenitis "frenzy," literally "inflammation of the brain," from phren "mind, reason," also "diaphragm" (see phreno- ) + -itis "inflammation." The classical ph- sometimes was restored f
• French letter 英文词源 French (adj.) c. 1200, frensh , frenche , "pertaining to France or the French," from Old English frencisc "French," originally "of the Franks," from franca , the people name (see Frank ). A similar contraction of -ish is in Dutch , Scotch , Welsh , suggesting the habit applies to the names of only the intimate neighbors. In some provincial forms of English it could mean simply "foreig
• French kiss 英文词源 French (adj.) c. 1200, frensh , frenche , "pertaining to France or the French," from Old English frencisc "French," originally "of the Franks," from franca , the people name (see Frank ). A similar contraction of -ish is in Dutch , Scotch , Welsh , suggesting the habit applies to the names of only the intimate neighbors. In some provincial forms of English it could mean simply "foreig
• French 英文词源 French (adj.) c. 1200, frensh , frenche , "pertaining to France or the French," from Old English frencisc "French," originally "of the Franks," from franca , the people name (see Frank ). A similar contraction of -ish is in Dutch , Scotch , Welsh , suggesting the habit applies to the names of only the intimate neighbors. In some provincial forms of English it could mean simply "foreig