英语词源

• freight 英文词源 freight freight: see fraught freight (n.) early 15c. "transporting of goods and passengers by water," variant of fraght , which is from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German vracht , vrecht (see fraught ). Danish fragt , Swedish frakt apparently also are from Dutch or Frisian. Also from Low German are Portuguese frete , Spanish flete , and French fret , which might have changed the vowel
• freeze 英文词源 freeze freeze: [OE] Freeze is an ancient word, which traces its history back to Indo-European * preus - (source also of Latin pruīna ‘hoarfrost’). Its Germanic descendant was * freusan , from which come German frieren , Dutch vriezen , Swedish frysa , and English freeze . The noun frost [OE] was formed in the prehistoric Germanic period from a weakly stressed variant of the base
• freewheeling 英文词源 free-wheeling (adj.) also freewheeling , 1903, from free wheel (1899, see free (adj.) + wheel (n.)); a bicycle wheel that turns even when not being pedaled, later from the name of a kind of automobile drive system that allowed cars to coast without being slowed by the engine. Figurative sense is from 1911. 中文词源 freewheeling ：随心所欲的 来自freewheel, 滑行。引申义随
• freewheel 英文词源 coast coast: [13] Latin costa meant ‘rib’ (hence the English medical term intercostal ‘between the ribs’), but also more generally ‘flank, side’. It was in this sense that it passed into Old French as coste , and subsequently into English. The modern meaning ‘seashore’ (which had already developed in Old French) arises from the shore being thought of as the ‘side’
• freeway 英文词源 freeway (n.) 1930, from free (adj.) + way (n.). 中文词源 freeway ：高速公路 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： freeway 词源， freeway 含义。
• freestyle 英文词源 freestyle (n.) also free-style , 1912, in swimming, in reference to a distance race in which the swimmers may use whatever stroke they choose; 1950 in general use, from free + style . The most common stroke is the front crawl, as this is generally the fastest. As an adjective, from 1957; as a verb, by 1970 (in martial arts). 中文词源 freestyle ：自由泳 比喻用法。 该词的英
• freesia 英文词源 freesia "A small southern African plant with fragrant, colourful, tubular flowers, many varieties of which are cultivated for the cut-flower trade", Modern Latin, named after Friedrich H. T. Freese (died 1876), German physician. 中文词源 freesia ：小苍兰 来自19世纪德国植物学家和医生Friedrich Freese, 以向其表示敬意。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• Freemason 英文词源 freemason (n.) late 14c., originally a traveling guild of masons with a secret code; in the early 17c. they began accepting honorary members and teaching them the secrets and lore, which was continued into or revived in the 17th century and by 1717 had developed into the secret fraternity of affiliated lodges known as Free and Accepted Masons (commonly abbreviated F. and A. M. ). The
• freehand 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random calvary calvary: [18] Latin calvāria meant literally ‘skull’ (it was a derivative of calva ‘scalp’, which in turn came from calvus ‘bald’, source of English callow ). It was therefore used to translate Aramaic gulgūtha , also ‘skull’, which was the name of the hill outside Jerusalem on which Christ was crucifie
• freegan 英文词源 freegan "A person who rejects consumerism and seeks to help the environment by reducing waste, especially by retrieving and using discarded food and other goods", Early 21st century: blend of free and vegan. 中文词源 freegan ：免费素食主义者 来自free和vegan的合成词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： freegan 词源， freegan 含义。
• freedom 英文词源 freedom (n.) Old English freodom "power of self-determination, state of free will; emancipation from slavery, deliverance;" see free (adj.) + -dom . Meaning "exemption from arbitrary or despotic control, civil liberty" is from late 14c. Meaning "possession of particular privileges" is from 1570s. Similar formation in Old Frisian fridom , Dutch vrijdom , Middle Low German vridom . Free
• freebooter 英文词源 freebooter freebooter: see filibuster freebooter (n.) 1560s, loan-translation of Dutch vrijbuiter "plunderer, robber," from vrijbuiten "to rob, plunder," from vrijbuit "plunder," literally "free booty," from vrij "free" (see free (adj.)) + buit "booty," from buiten "to exchange or plunder," from Middle Dutch buten , related to Middle Low German bute "exchange" (see booty ). The Englis
• freebie 英文词源 freebie also freeby , 1942 (adj.) "for nothing, without charge;" 1946 (n.) "something given for free;" perhaps as early as 1900; formed "Arbitrarily" [OED] from free (adj.). Compare newbie , rudesby . 中文词源 freebie ：免费品 来自free的口语，用于指赠品，免费品。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： freebie 词源， freebie 含义。
• freebase 英文词源 freebase 1980 (noun and verb), in reference to cocaine. As a chemical process, it returns a salt form of an alkaloid to its pure form. Related: Freebased ; freebasing . 中文词源 freebase ：精炼可卡因 free, 纯的，免于其它杂质的。base, 基，基础。用于指精炼可卡因。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： freebase 词源， freebase 含义。
• Frederick 英文词源 Frederick masc. proper name, from French Frédéric , from German Friedrich , from Old High German Fridurih , from Proto-Germanic *frithu-rik , literally "peace-rule," from *rik- "rule" (see Reich ) + *frithu- "peace" (cognates: Old English friðu "peace, truce"), from suffixed form of PIE root *pri- "to be friendly, to love" (see free (adj.)); related to the first half of Friday and
• freckle 英文词源 freckle (n.) late 14c., also frecken , probably from Old Norse freknur (plural) "freckles" (cognates: Icelandic frekna , Danish fregne , Swedish frägne "freckle"), from PIE *(s)preg- (2) "to jerk, scatter" (see sprout (v.)). Related: Freckles . freckle (v.) "to cover with spots," 1610s, from freckle (n.). Related: Freckled (from late 14c. as "spotted"); freckling . 中文词源 freck
• freaking 英文词源 freaking "Used for emphasis or to express anger, annoyance, contempt, or surprise", Euphemism for fucking. 中文词源 freaking ：他妈的 用做fucking的委婉语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： freaking 词源， freaking 含义。
• freak 英文词源 freak (n.1) 1560s, "sudden and apparently causeless turn of mind," of unknown origin. Perhaps it is from a dialectal survival of a word related to Middle English friken "to move nimbly or briskly," from Old English frician "to dance" [OED, Barnhart]. There is a freking attested in mid-15c., apparently meaning "capricious behavior, whims." Or perhaps from Middle English frek "eager, ze
• frazzle 英文词源 frazzle (v.) c. 1825, "to unravel" (of clothing), from East Anglian variant of 17c. fasel "to unravel, fray" (as the end of a rope), from Middle English facelyn "to fray" (mid-15c.), from fasylle "fringe, frayed edge," diminutive of Old English fæs "fringe, border." Related: Frazzled , frazzling . Compare German Faser "thread, fiber, filament," Middle Dutch vese "fringe, fiber, chaff
• fray 英文词源 fray (n.) mid-14c., "feeling of alarm," shortening of affray (q.v.; see also afraid ). Meaning "a brawl, a fight" is from early 15c. (late 14c. in Anglo-Latin). Fraymaker "fighter, brawler" is found in a 1530s statute recorded by Prynne ("Soveraigne Power of Parliaments and Kingdomes," 1643). Nares' "Glossary" has frayment (1540s). fray (v.) "wear off by rubbing," c. 1400, from Old Fr
• fraught 英文词源 fraught fraught: [14] Fraught and freight [15] are related, and share the underlying meaning ‘load’. But whereas freight has stayed close to its semantic roots, fraught , which started out as ‘laden’, has moved on via ‘supplied or filled with something’ to specifically ‘filled with anxiety or tension’. It was originally the past participle of a now obsolete verb fraugh
• fraudulent 英文词源 fraudulent (adj.) early 15c., from Old French fraudulent , from Latin fraudulentus "cheating, deceitful, dishonest," from stem of fraus "deceit" (see fraud ). Earlier was fraudful (c. 1400). The Old French word was fraudios . Related: Fraudulently . 中文词源 fraudulent ：欺骗的 来自fraud, 欺骗。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fraudulent 词源， f
• fraud 英文词源 fraud fraud: see frustrate fraud (n.) mid-14c., "criminal deception" (mid-13c. in Anglo-Latin); from Old French fraude "deception, fraud" (13c.), from Latin fraudem (nominative fraus ) "a cheating, deceit," of persons "a cheater, deceiver." Not in Watkins; perhaps ultimately from PIE *dhreugh- "to deceive" (cognates: Sanskrit dhruti- "deception; error"). Meaning "a fraudulent producti
• fratricide 英文词源 fratricide (n.) mid-15c., "person who kills a brother;" 1560s, "act of killing a brother," from Latin fratricida "brother-slayer," from frater "brother" (see brother ) + cida "killer;" in the later use from cidum "a killing," both from caedere "to kill, to cut down" (see -cide ). Among several Old English words for this were broðorbana "one who kills a brother;" broðorcwealm "act of
• fraternity 英文词源 fraternity (n.) early 14c., "body of men associated by common interest," from Old French fraternité (12c.), from Latin fraternitatem (nominative fraternitas ) "brotherhood," from fraternus "brotherly," from frater "brother," from PIE *bhrater "brother" (see brother ). Meaning "state or condition of being as brothers" is from late 15c. College Greek-letter organization sense is from 1
• fraternal 英文词源 fraternal fraternal: [15] Etymologically as well as semantically, fraternal is ‘brotherly’. It comes from frāternālis , a medieval Latin derivative of Latin frāter ‘brother’. This goes back to the same prehistoric Indo-European source, * bhrāter , as produced English brother . The Latin accusative from, frātrem , produced French frère ‘brother’, from which English ge
• frappe 英文词源 frappe (n.) "iced drink," 1922, American English, from French noun use of frappé "made cold by application of ice," past participle of frapper "to chill," literally "to beat," from Old French fraper "to hit, strike" (see frap (v.)). Earlier in English as an adjective, "iced" (1848). 中文词源 frappe ：碎冰饮料 来自古法语frapper, 击，打，可能来自拟声词。即打碎
• frantic 英文词源 frantic frantic: [14] Frantic comes via Old French frenetique and Latin phreneticus from late Greek phrenētikús , a derivative of phrenítis ‘delirium’. This in turn was based on Greek phrén ‘mind’ (source also of English phrenology ‘study of cranial bumps to determine intelligence, character, etc’ [19]). The Old French form split into two virtually distinct words once
• franking machine 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random article article: [13] Like art , arm , and arthritis , article goes back to an Indo-European root * ar -, which meant ‘put things together, join, fit’. Amongst its derivatives was Latin artus ‘joint’ (a form parallel to Greek árthron , source of arthritis ), of which the diminutive was articulus ‘small joint’. This
• frankincense 英文词源 frankincense (n.) aromatic gum resin from a certain type of tree, used anciently as incense and in religious rituals, late 14c., apparently from Old French franc encense , from franc "noble, true" (see frank (adj.)), in this case probably signifying "pure" or "of the highest quality," + encens "incense" (see incense (n.)). 中文词源 frankincense ：乳香 frank, 高贵的，贵重的
• Frankenstein food 英文词源 Frankenstein food "Genetically modified food; (in early use also) irradiated food", 1980s; earliest use found in The Sunday Times . 中文词源 Frankenstein food ：转基因食物 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Frankenstein food 词源， Frankenstein food 含义。
• Frankenstein 英文词源 Frankenstein (n.) allusive use for man-made monsters dates to 1838, from Baron Frankenstein , character in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel "Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus." Commonly taken (mistakenly) as the proper name of the monster, not the creator, and thus franken- extended 1990s as a prefix to mean "non-natural." The German surname is probably literally "Franconian Mountain," ste
• Frank 英文词源 frank frank: [13] To call someone frank is to link them with the Germanic people who conquered Gaul around 500 AD, the Franks, who gave their name to modern France and the French. After the conquest, full political freedom was granted only to ethnic Franks or to those of the subjugated Celts who were specifically brought under their protection. Hence, franc came to be used as an adjec
• frangipani 英文词源 frangipani (n.) common name of a type of flowering shrub from the West Indies, also fdrangipane , 1670s, for a perfume that had its odor, from French frangipane (16c.), said to be from Frangipani , the family name of the Italian inventor. FRANGIPANI, an illustrious and powerful Roman House, which traces its origin to the 7th c., and attained the summit of its glory in the 11th and 12t
• francophone 英文词源 Francophone (adj.) 1900, from Franco- "French" + -phone "-speaking." 中文词源 francophone ：说法语的 franco-, 法语。-phone,说。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： francophone 词源， francophone 含义。
• francium 英文词源 francium (n.) radioactive element, 1946, named by French physicist Marguerite Catherine Perey (1909-1975) who first identified it at the Curie Institute in Paris, from Latinized form of France + element ending -ium . 中文词源 francium ：钫 来自法国上世纪核物理学家Marguerite Catherine Perey以其祖国命名的化学元素。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• franchise 英文词源 franchise franchise: [13] Originally, franchise meant ‘freedom’ (as it still does in French today): ‘We will for our franchise fight and for our land’, Robert of Gloucester’s Chronicle 1297. Gradually, though, it became more specialized in sense, narrowing down via ‘particular legal privilege’ to (in the 18th century) ‘right to vote’. It comes from Old French franchi
• France 英文词源 France late Old English, from Old French France , from Medieval Latin Francia , from Francus "a Frank" (see Frank ). Old English had Franc-rice "kingdom of the Franks," more commonly Franc-land . 中文词源 France ：法国 来自Frank, 法兰克人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： France 词源， France 含义。 France （法国）：占领高卢地区的法
• franc 英文词源 franc franc: see frank franc (n.) French coin, late 14c., frank , from French franc ; a name said to have been given because Medieval Latin Francorum Rex , "King of the Franks" (see Frank ), was inscribed on gold coins first made during the reign of Jean le Bon (1350-64). Used of different gold and silver coins over the years; as the name of an official monetary unit of France from 17
• frame 英文词源 frame frame: [OE] Frame comes from the preposition from , whose underlying notion is of ‘forward progress’. This was incorporated into a verb framian in Old English times, which meant ‘make progress’. Its modern meaning started to develop in the early Middle English period, from ‘prepare, make ready’, via the more specific ‘prepare timber for building’, to ‘construct
• frail 英文词源 frail (adj.) mid-14c., "morally weak," from Old French fraile , frele "weak, frail, sickly, infirm" (12c., Modern French frêle ), from Latin fragilis "easily broken" (see fragility ). It is the Frenchified form of fragile . Sense of "easily destroyed, liable to break" in English is from late 14c. The U.S. slang noun meaning "a woman" is attested from 1908; perhaps with awareness of S
• fraidy cat 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random leather leather: [OE] The Indo-European ancestor of leather was * letrom . It has descendants in two branches of the Indo-European language family: in Celtic, Welsh lledr , Irish leathar , and Breton ler ; and in Germanic, German leder , Dutch leer , Swedish läder , Danish læder , and English leather . 中文词源 fraidy cat ：
• fragrance 英文词源 fragrance (n.) 1660s, from French fragrance or directly from Late Latin fragrantia , from stem of Latin fragrans "sweet-smelling" (see fragrant ). Related: Fragrancy (1570s). 中文词源 fragrance ：芳香 来自PIE*bhrag, 闻，词源同brach(雌猎犬). 其本义为释放气味，闻，也包含放屁。所以该词可能来自PIE*bhreg, 分开，破开，词源同break. 即放出气
• fragment 英文词源 fragment (n.) early 15c., "small piece or part," from Latin fragmentum "a fragment, remnant," literally "a piece broken off," from root of frangere "to break" (see fraction ). fragment (v.) by 1788 (implied in fragmented ), from fragment (n.). Intransitive use from 1961. Related: Fragmenting . 中文词源 fragment ：碎片 来自PIE*bhreg, 分开，破开，词源同break, fraction.
• fragile 英文词源 fragile fragile: [17] Fragile and frail [13] are doublets: that is to say, they have the same ultimate source but have evolved in different ways. In this case the source was Latin fragilis ‘breakable’, a derivative of the same base (* frag -) as produced frangere ‘break’ (whence English fractious ). Fragile was acquired either directly from the Latin adjective or via French fr
• fracture 英文词源 fracture (n.) early 15c., "a breaking of a bone," from Middle French fracture (14c.), from Latin fractura "a breach, break, cleft," from fractus , past participle of frangere "to break" (see fraction ). As "a broken surface" from 1794. fracture (v.) "cause a fracture in" (transitive), 1610s (implied in fractured ), from fracture (n.). Intransitive meaning "become fractured" is from 18
• fractious 英文词源 fractious (adj.) "apt to quarrel," 1725, from fraction in an obsolete sense of "a brawling, discord" (c. 1500) + -ous ; probably on model of captious . Related: Fractiously ; fractiousness . 中文词源 fractious ：暴躁的，易怒的 来自PIE*bhreg, 分开，破开，词源同break, fragment. 即破开，引申词义暴躁，易怒。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• fraction 英文词源 fraction fraction: [14] Like fracture [15], which preserves its etymological meaning more closely, fraction comes ultimately from fractus , the past participle of Latin frangere ‘break’. This verb goes back to prehistoric Indo-European * bhr(e)g -, which also produced English break . The Latin derived noun fractiō simply meant ‘breaking’, particularly with reference to the br
• fractal 英文词源 fractal (n.) "never-ending pattern," 1975, from French fractal , from Latin fractus "interrupted, irregular," literally "broken," past participle of frangere "to break" (see fraction ). Coined by French mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot (1924-2010) in "Les Objets Fractals." Many important spatial patterns of Nature are either irregular or fragmented to such an extreme degree that ... cl
• fracas 英文词源 fracas (n.) 1727, from French fracas "crash, sudden noise; tumult, bustle, fuss" (15c.), from Italian fracasso "uproar, crash," back-formation from fracassare "to smash, crash, break in pieces," from fra- , a shortening of Latin infra "below" (see infra- ) + Italian cassare "to break," from Latin quassare "to shake" (see quash ). 中文词源 fracas ：争吵，打斗等 来自意大利
• foyer 英文词源 foyer (n.) "lobby of a theater or opera house," 1859, from French foyer "green room, room for actors when not on stage," literally "fireplace," from Old French foier "furnace, stove, hearth, fireplace" (12c.), from Latin focarium , noun use of neuter of adjective focarius "having to do with the hearth," from focus "hearth, fireplace" (see focus (n.)). 中文词源 foyer ：前厅，门厅
• foxglove 英文词源 foxglove (n.) Old English foxes glofa , literally "fox's glove." The flower shape is that of the finger of a glove (compare German Fingerhut "foxglove," literally "thimble," the source of digitalis ). The reason for fox is lost in the mute past of English herb-lore. Compare Old English plant names foxesfot ("fox's foot") "xiphion;" foxesclate ("fox's bur") "burdock." 中文词源 foxg
• foxed 英文词源 fox (v.) 1660s, "to delude" (perhaps implied in Old English foxung "fox-like wile, craftiness"), from fox (n.). The same notion is implied in Old English verbal noun foxung "fox-like wile, craftiness;" and Middle English had foxerie "wiliness, trickery, deceit." Foxed in booksellers' catalogues (1847) means "stained with fox-colored marks" (rusty red-brown). In other contexts the past
• fox 英文词源 fox fox: [OE] Fox probably means literally ‘tailed animal’ – the fox’s brush being perhaps its most distinctive feature. It has been traced back to a prehistoric Indo-European * puk -, which also produced Sanskrit púcchas ‘tail’. In West Germanic this gave * fukhs , from which come German fuchs , Dutch vos , and English fox . The fox is also named after its tail in Spanis
• fowl 英文词源 fowl fowl: [OE] Fowl was the main term for ‘bird’ in the Old English period, but in Middle English it was gradually replaced by bird . (It remains in use in compounds, such as wildfowl and waterfowl , and is sometimes still applied to ‘chickens’.) It goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * foglaz or * fuglaz , which also produced the still very much current German and Dutch voge
• four-letter word 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
• four 英文词源 four four: [OE] The distant Indo-European ancestor of English four was * qwetwōr -, which also produced Latin quattuor (whence French quatre , Italian quattro , Spanish cuatro , etc), Greek téssares , Sanskrit catvāras , Russian chetvero , and Welsh pedwar . Its Germanic descendant was * petwor -, from which come German and Dutch vier , Swedish fyra , and English four . Amongst the
• fountain 英文词源 fountain fountain: [15] Latin fons meant ‘spring of water’ (it was related to Sanskrit dhan - ‘run, flow’). The feminine form of its adjectival derivative, fontāna ‘of a spring’, came to be used in late Latin as a noun, also meaning ‘spring’, and this passed via Old French fontaine into English, still carrying its original sense ‘spring’ with it. This survives in
• fount 英文词源 fount (n.) "spring of water," 1590s, probably a shortening of fountain influenced by Middle French font "fount." Figurative use also is from 1590s. 中文词源 fount ：源泉，来源 缩写自fountain. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fount 词源， fount 含义。
• foundry 英文词源 foundry (n.) c. 1600, "art of casting metal," from French fonderei , from fondre "to cast" (see found (v.2)). Meaning "establishment for the founding of metallic articles" is from 1640s. Related: Foundryman . 中文词源 foundry ：铸造厂，玻璃厂 来自found, 熔铸。用来指铸造厂，玻璃厂等。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： foundry 词源，
• foundling 英文词源 foundling (n.) "deserted infant," c. 1300, from Middle English founden "found," past participle of finden (see find (v.)) + diminutive suffix -ling . Compare Dutch vondeling , German Findling . Middle English also had finding in this sense (late 14c.). 中文词源 foundling ：弃婴 found, 找到。-ling, 小词后缀。用于指弃婴。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• founder 英文词源 founder founder: [13] Etymologically, founder means ‘sink to the bottom’. Its history can be traced back to Latin fundus ‘bottom’ (source also of English found ‘establish’, fund , and fundamental ), which formed the basis of a Vulgar Latin verb * fundorāre . This passed into Old French fondrer , which meant ‘submerge’, but also, by extension, ‘fall in ruins, collaps
• foundation 英文词源 foundation (n.) late 14c., "action of founding," from Old French fondacion "foundation" (14c.) or directly from Late Latin fundationem (nominative fundatio ) "a founding," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin fundare "to lay a bottom or foundation" (see found (v.1)). The Latin word is glossed in Old English by staþol . Specialized sense of "establishment of an institutio
• found 英文词源 found found: Aside from the past form of find , there are two distinct words found in English. Found ‘establish’ [13] comes via Old French fonder from Latin fundāre , a derivative of fundus ‘bottom’ (which, like English bottom , goes back ultimately to Indo-European * bhud - or * bhund -). The Latin words also gave English founder , fund and fundamental . Found ‘melt’ [14
• foul 英文词源 foul foul: [OE] The underlying meaning of foul is probably ‘rotten, putrid’, with overtones of ‘evilsmelling’. It goes back to an Indo-European * pu -, which may originally have been inspired by the same reaction as produced the English exclamation of disgust at a bad smell, pooh . Amongst its other off-spring were Latin pūs , source of English pus , purulent , and supurate ,
• foster 英文词源 foster foster: [OE] The etymological notion underlying foster is of ‘giving food’. Indeed, the Old English verb fōstrian meant ‘feed, nourish’, and it was not until the 13th century that secondary metaphorical senses, such as ‘rear a child’ and ‘encourage, cultivate’, began to emerge. It was a derivative of the Old English noun fōstor ‘food’, which in turn was fo
• fossil 英文词源 fossil fossil: [17] Etymologically, a fossil is something ‘dug’ out of the ground. It comes via French fossile from Latin fossilis ‘dug up’, a derivative of the verb fodere ‘dig’. The English adjective originally meant virtually the same as Latin fossilis (‘Seven unmixt fossil Metals are forecited’, Robert Vilvain, Epitome of Essais 1654), and this sense survives in th
• fossick 英文词源 fossick "Rummage; search", Mid 19th century (referring to mining): probably from the English dialect sense 'obtain by asking' (i.e. ‘ferret out’). 中文词源 fossick ：搜寻，查找 矿工俚语。可能来自foss-, 挖，词源同fossil. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fossick 词源， fossick 含义。
• forwardness 英文词源 forwardness (n.) 1520s, "condition of being in advance," from forward + -ness . Meaning "presumptuousness" is from c. 1600. Old English foreweardness meant "a beginning." 中文词源 forwardness ：鲁莽，无礼 来自forward,向前。词义贬义化。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： forwardness 词源， forwardness 含义。
• forward 英文词源 forward forward: see forth forward (adv.) Old English forewearde "toward the front, in front; toward the future; at the beginning;" see fore + -ward . Adjectival sense of "early" is from 1520s; that of "presumptuous" is attested from 1560s. The Old English adjective meant "inclined to the front; early; former." forward (v.) 1590s, "to help push forward," from forward (adv.). Meaning "
• forty 英文词源 forty (n.) early 12c., feowerti , from Old English feowertig , Northumbrian feuortig "forty," from feower "four" (see four ) + tig "group of ten" (see -ty (1)). Compare Old Saxon fiwartig , Old Frisian fiuwertich , Dutch veertig , Old High German fiorzug , German vierzig , Old Norse fjorir tigir , Gothic fidwor tigjus . [T]he number 40 must have been used very frequently by Mesha's sc
• fortune-teller 英文词源 fortune-teller (n.) also fortuneteller , 1580s, from fortune + teller . Verbal phrase tellen fortune is from early 15c.; verbal noun fortune-telling is by 1570s. 中文词源 fortune-teller ：算命先生，发财先生 即预测财富的先生，算命先生。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fortune-teller 词源， fortune-teller 含义。
• fortune cookie 英文词源 fortune cookie (n.) by 1955, said to have been invented in 1918 by David Jung, Chinese immigrant to America who established Hong Kong Noodle Co., who handed out cookies that contained uplifting messages as a promotional gimmick. 中文词源 fortune cookie ：运气饼干，签饼 即幸运饼干，小的装饰品或食品，能给人带来好运。据说是由早期的中国移民所发
• fortunate 英文词源 fortunate (adj.) late 14c., "having good fortune; bringing good fortune," from Latin fortunatus "prospered, prosperous; lucky, happy," past participle of fortunare "to make prosperous," from fortuna (see fortune ). Fortunate Islands "mythical abode of the blessed dead, in the Western Ocean" (early 15c.; late 14c. as Ilondes of fortune ) translates Latin Fortunatae Insulae . 中文词源
• fortuitous 英文词源 fortuitous (adj.) 1650s, from Latin fortuitus "happening by chance, casual, accidental," from forte "by chance," ablative of fors "chance" (related to fortuna ; see fortune ). It means "accidental, undesigned" not "fortunate." Earlier in this sense was fortuit (late 14c.), from French. Related: Fortuitously ; fortuitousness . 中文词源 fortuitous ：偶然发生的 来自拉丁语f
• fortress 英文词源 fortress fortress: see fort fortress (n.) early 14c., from Old French forteresse , forterece "strong place, fortification" (12c.), variant of fortelesse , from Medieval Latin fortalitia , from Latin fortis "strong" (see fort ) + -itia , added to adjectives to form nouns of quality or condition. French -ess from Latin -itia also is in duress , largesse , riches . For change of medial -
• fortnight 英文词源 fortnight fortnight: [13] The ancient Germanic peoples recorded the passing of time in units of ‘nights’ rather than, as we do, in units of ‘days’: hence a period of two weeks was in Old English fēowertīene niht , or ‘fourteen nights’. By early Middle English times this was starting to be contracted to the single word fortnight . (The parallel sennight ‘week’ [15] –
• fortitude 英文词源 fortitude (n.) early 15c., from Middle French fortitude , from Latin fortitudo "strength, force, firmness, manliness," from fortis "strong, brave" (see fort ). 中文词源 fortitude ：勇敢，刚毅 来自fort, 坚固，坚强，堡垒。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fortitude 词源， fortitude 含义。 fortitude ：坚忍，刚毅  词根词缀： -fo
• fortissimo 英文词源 fortissimo (adj.) 1724, from Italian fortissimo , superlative of forte "loud, strong," from Latin fortis "strong" (see fort ). 中文词源 fortissimo ：非常嘹亮的，最强音的 来自意大利语forte的最高级。-imo, 最高级后缀，词源同intimate, ultimate. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fortissimo 词源， fortissimo 含义。
• fortify 英文词源 fortify (v.) early 15c., "increase efficacy" (of medicine); mid-15c., "provide (a town) with walls and defenses," from Old French fortifiier (14c.) "to fortify, strengthen," from Late Latin fortificare "to strengthen, make strong," from Latin fortis "strong" (see fort ) + facere "to make" (see factitious ). Sense of "to strengthen mentally or morally" is from late 15c. Meaning "add li
• forthright 英文词源 forthright (adj.) Old English forðriht "direct, plain;" see forth + right (adj.). Compare downright . Related: Forthrightly ; forthrightness . As an adverb, Old English forðrihte "straightway, at once; plainly." 中文词源 forthright ：直率的，直接的 forth, 向前的。right, 立刻，马上。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： forthright 词源， for
• forthcoming 英文词源 forthcoming (adj.) "about to happen or appear," late 15c., present participle adjective from Middle English forthcomen , from Old English forðcuman "to come forth, come to pass;" see forth + come (v.). Meaning "informative, responsive" is from 1835. A once-common verb formation; English also had forthbring , forthcall , forthdo , forthgo , forthpass , forthset , all now obsolete. 中文
• forth 英文词源 forth forth: [OE] Forth can be traced back to the same Indo-European source, * pr , as produced English first , for , fore , foremost , former , from , and before . It formed the basis of a word * prto ‘forwards’, whose Germanic descendant * furtha gave German fort , Dutch voort , and English forth . Modern English forward(s) [OE], which has largely replaced forth in general use,
• Fortean 英文词源 Fortean "Relating to or denoting paranormal phenomena", 1970s: from the name of Charles H. Fort (1874–1932), American student of paranormal phenomena. 中文词源 Fortean ：反常现象的 来自20世纪初美国灵异学家，超自然现象研究者Charles Fort. 后其名字通用化。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Fortean 词源， Fortean 含义。
• forte 英文词源 forte (n.) 1640s, fort , from French fort "strong point (of a sword blade)," from Middle French fort "fort, fortress" (see fort ). Meaning "strong point of a person, that in which one excels," is from 1680s. Final -e- added 18c. in imitation of Italian forte "strong." forte (adj.) music instruction, "loud, loudly," from Italian forte , literally "strong," from Latin fortis "strong" (s
• fort 英文词源 fort fort: [15] Etymologically, a fort is a ‘strong place’. The word comes either from Old French fort or from Italian forte , both noun uses of an adjective descended from Latin fortis ‘strong’. A similar semantic result, but achieved by derivation rather than conversion, can be seen in fortress [13], a borrowing from Old French forteresse , which goes back to Vulgar Latin *
• forsythia 英文词源 forsythia (n.) 1814, coined 1805 in Modern Latin as a genus name in honor of William Forsyth (1737-1804), Scottish horticulturalist who brought the shrub from China. The family name is from Gaelic Fearsithe "man of peace." 中文词源 forsythia ：连翘属植物 来自18世纪苏格兰园艺学家William Forsyth, 以表达对他从中国引进该植物的敬意。 该词的英语词源
• forswear 英文词源 forswear (v.) Old English forswerian "swear falsely" (intransitive), also "abandon or renounce on oath" (transitive), from for- "completely" + swerian "to swear" (see swear (v.)). Related: Forswore ; forsworn ; forswearing . 中文词源 forswear ：放弃，发誓弃绝，发伪誓 1.发誓弃绝，来自来自for-, 完全的，swear, 发誓。 2.发伪誓，来自来自for-, 否定，
• forsooth 英文词源 forsooth (adv.) Old English forsoð "indeed, in truth, verily," from for- , perhaps here with intensive force (or else the whole might be "for a truth"), + soð "truth" (see sooth ). Regarded as affected in speech by c. 1600. 中文词源 forsooth ：确实 for-, 完全的。sooth, 真实。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： forsooth 词源， forsooth 含义。
• forsake 英文词源 forsake forsake: see sake forsake (v.) Old English forsacan "object to, oppose, refuse, deny; give up, renounce" (past tense forsoc , past participle forsacen ), from for- "completely" + sacan "to struggle, dispute, wrangle; accuse, blame" (see sake ). Related: Forsaking . Similar formation in Old Saxon farsakan , Dutch verzaken , Old High German farsahhan "deny, repudiate," Danish fo