英语词源

• foie gras 英文词源 foie gras "The liver of a specially fattened goose or duck prepared as food", French, 'fat liver'. 中文词源 foie gras ：鹅肝酱 来自法语。foie, 来自拉丁语ficus, 无花果，词源同fig, 用来指用无花果喂肥的鹅肝。gras, 肥，词源同grease. 该词从侧面反映法国人追求吃的境界，可以和中国人匹敌。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• foible 英文词源 foible foible: see feeble foible (n.) 1640s, "weak point of a sword blade" (contrasted to forte ), from French foible "a weak point, a weakness, failing," from noun use of Old French adjective feble "feeble" (see feeble ). The spelling borrowed in English is obsolete in modern French, which uses faible . Extended sense of "weak point of character" is first recorded 1670s. Related: Foi
• fohn 英文词源 föhn "A hot southerly wind on the northern slopes of the Alps", Mid 19th century: from German, based on Latin ( ventus) Favonius 'mild west wind', Favonius being the Roman personification of the west or west wind. 中文词源 fohn ：焚风，热燥风 来自德语Fohn, 来自拉丁语Favonius, 西风之神，词源同favor, 偏好，好感。焚风现象发生在山脉背风坡，往
• foggy 英文词源 foggy (adj.) 1540s, of the air, "full of thick mist," perhaps from a Scandinavian source, or formed from fog (n.1) + -y (2). Foggy Bottom "U.S. Department of State," is from the name of a marshy region of Washington, D.C., where many federal buildings are (also with a suggestion of political murkiness) popularized 1947 by James Reston in "New York Times," but he said it had been used
• fogey 英文词源 fogey (n.) also fogy , "an old, dull fellow," 1780, Scottish foggie , originally "army pensioner or veteran," perhaps connected to fogram (1772) "old-fashioned," also "old-fashioned person;" or from fog (n.2) in an obsolete senses of "moss," or from foggy "bloated, fat" (1520s), which perhaps is an extended sense of fog (n.2). Related: Fogeydom ; fogeyish ; fogeyism . 中文词源 fog
• fogbound 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random jacinth jacinth: see hyacinth 中文词源 fogbound ：因雾滞留的 fog, 雾。bound, 阻碍，词源同homebound,bedbound. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fogbound 词源， fogbound 含义。
• fog 英文词源 fog fog: [16] The word fog is something of a mystery. It first appears in the 14th century meaning ‘long grass’, a use which persists in Yorkshire fog , the name of a species of grass. This may be of Scandinavian origin. The relationship, if any, between fog ‘grass’ and fog ‘mist’ is not immediately clear, but it has been speculated that the adjective foggy , which to begi
• foetus 英文词源 foetus foetus: [14] Foetus comes from Latin fētus ‘giving birth, offspring’, which also gave English fawn ‘young deer’. It was a noun use of the adjective fētus ‘pregnant, productive’, from whose derivative effētus English got effete . Probably it was related to Latin fēcundas (source of English fecund [14]) and fēlīx ‘happy’ (whence English felicity ), and there
• foe 英文词源 foe foe: [OE] Foe is the modern descendant of the Old English noun gefā ‘enemy’, a derivative of Germanic * faikh -. This also produced the Old English adjective fāh ‘hostile’, and was the ultimate source of modern English feud . = feud foe (n.) Old English gefea , gefa "foe, enemy, adversary in a blood feud" (the prefix denotes "mutuality"), from adjective fah "at feud, hos
• fodder 英文词源 fodder fodder: see food fodder (n.) Old English fodder "food," especially "hay, straw, or other bulk food for cattle," from Proto-Germanic *fodram (cognates: Old Norse foðr , Middle Dutch voeder , Old High German fuotar , German Futter ), from PIE *pa-trom , suffixed form of *pa- "to feed" (see food ). 中文词源 fodder ：饲料，炮灰 来自food, 食物。该物用做动物的饲
• focus 英文词源 focus focus: [17] Latin focus meant ‘fireplace’, and in post-classical times it came to be used for ‘fire’ itself – hence French feu , Italian fuoco , Spanish fuego , all meaning ‘fire’, and hence too the English derivatives fuel and fusillade . The first writer known to have used it in its modern sense ‘point of convergence’ was the German astronomer Johannes Kepler
• focal 英文词源 focal (adj.) "of or pertaining to a focus," 1690s, from Modern Latin focalis ; see focus (n.) + -al (1). 中文词源 focal ：焦点的 来自focus, 焦点。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： focal 词源， focal 含义。 focal ：焦点的 来源于拉丁语名词focus(壁炉,火)的词干-foc-。 词根词缀： foc(us) + -al
• foam 英文词源 foam foam: [OE] Foam is an ancient word, with several relatives widespread among the Indo-European languages, all denoting generally ‘substance made up of bubbles’: Latin pūmex , for instance, from which English gets pumice , and probably Latin spūma , from which we get spume [14]. These and other forms, such as Sanskrit phénas and Russian pena ‘foam’, point to a common Ind
• foal 英文词源 foal foal: [OE] Foal goes back to a prehistoric source meaning ‘young, offspring’, which also produced Latin puer ‘child’ and English pony , poultry , pullet , pullulate , and even pool ‘common fund’. Its main Germanic descendant was * folon , which gave German fohlen and füllen , Dutch veulen , Swedish föl , and English foal , but another derivative of the same Germanic
• flyweight 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random linguist linguist: see language 中文词源 flyweight ：蝇量级拳击手 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： flyweight 词源， flyweight 含义。
• fly-tip 英文词源 fly-tip "Illegally dump waste", 1960s: from on the fly at fly 1 . 中文词源 fly-tip ：乱倒垃圾 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fly-tip 词源， fly-tip 含义。
• flypaper 英文词源 flypaper (n.) also fly-paper , 1851 (the thing itself is said to have become commonly available in London in 1848), from fly (n.1) + paper (n.). 中文词源 flypaper ：捕蝇纸 fly, 苍蝇。paper, 纸。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： flypaper 词源， flypaper 含义。
• flyover 英文词源 fly-over (n.) also flyover , 1901 of bridges, 1931, of aircraft flights, from fly (v.1) + over (adv.). 中文词源 flyover ：高架桥 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： flyover 词源， flyover 含义。
• flyer 英文词源 flyer (n.) also flier , mid-15c., "that which flies, thing or creature that flies," agent noun of fly (v.1). Meaning "something that goes fast" is from 1795. Meaning "speculative investment, financial venture" is from 1846 (on the notion of a "flying leap"). Meaning "small handbill or fly-sheet" is from 1889, U.S. slang (originally especially of police bulletins), on notion of "made t
• flyblown 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random cuckoo cuckoo: [13] So distinctive is the cuckoo’s call that it is not always clear whether the names for the bird in various languages, based on the call, owe their similarity to borrowing or coincidence – Dutch, for instance, has koekoek , Russian kukúshka , Latin cuculus , and Greek kókkūx . In the case of English cuck
• flyaway 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random dilatory dilatory: see defer 中文词源 flyaway ：飘拂的，细软的 即飞走的，飘拂的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： flyaway 词源， flyaway 含义。
• fly agaric 英文词源 fly (n.) Old English fleoge "a fly, winged insect," from Proto-Germanic *fleugon "flying insect" (cognates: Old Saxon fleiga , Old Norse fluga , Middle Dutch vlieghe , Dutch vlieg , Old High German flioga , German Fliege "fly"); literally "the flying (insect)" (compare Old English fleogende "flying"), from same source as fly (v.1). Originally any winged insect (moths, gnats, beetles,
• fly 英文词源 fly fly: [OE] Historically, ‘move through the air’ is something of a secondary semantic development for fly . Its distant Indo-European ancestor, * pleu -, denoted rapid motion in general, and in particular ‘flowing’ or ‘floating’, and it produced such offspring as Greek pléo ‘sail, float’ and Sanskrit plu - ‘sail, swim’, as well as English fleet , flood , flow ,
• flux 英文词源 flux flux: [14] Flux denotes generally ‘flowing’, and comes from Latin fluxus , a derivative of the past participle of fluere ‘flow’. This verb, similar in form and meaning to English flow but in fact unrelated to it, is responsible for a very wide range of English words: its past participle has given us fluctuate [17], its present participle fluent [16] and a spectrum of deri
• fluvial 英文词源 fluvial (adj.) "pertaining to a river," late 14c., from Latin fluvialis "of a river," from fluvius "a river, stream, running water," related to fluere "to flow" (see flow (v.)). 中文词源 fluvial ：河流的 来自拉丁语fluere, 流动，词源同fluent. 用来指河流。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fluvial 词源， fluvial 含义。
• flutter 英文词源 flutter (v.) Old English floterian "to flutter (of birds), to fly before, flicker, float to and fro, be tossed by waves," frequentative of flotian "to float" (see float (v.)). Meaning "throw (someone) into confusion" is from 1660s. Related: Fluttered ; fluttering . As a noun, "quick, irregular motion," from 1640s; meaning "state of excitement" is 1740s. Flutterpate "flighty person" is
• flutist 英文词源 flutist (n.) c. 1600, probably from French flûtiste (see flute (n.) + -ist ); replaced Middle English flouter (early 13c., from Old French flauteor ) and is preferred in U.S. The British preference is flautist (q.v.), a Continental reborrowing that returns the original diphthong. 中文词源 flutist ：长笛手 来自flute, 笛子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• fluted 英文词源 fluted (adj.) "grooved, furrowed, ornamented," 1610s, past participle adjective from flute (v.). 中文词源 fluted ：外部有凹槽的 来自flute, 笛子，笛槽。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fluted 词源， fluted 含义。
• flute 英文词源 flute flute: [14] Provençal flaut was probably the original source of flute , and it reached English via Old French floute or floite . Where flaut came from, however, is another matter, and a much disputed one. Some etymologists claim that it is ultimately simply an imitation of a high-pitched sound, its initial consonant cluster perhaps provided by Provençal flajol ‘small flute o
• fluster 英文词源 fluster (v.) early 15c. (implied in flostrynge ), "bluster, agitate," probably from a Scandinavian source (compare Icelandic flaustr "bustle," flaustra "to bustle"), from Proto-Germanic *flaustra- . Originally "to excite," especially with drink; sense of "to flurry, confuse" is from 1724. Related: Flustered ; flustering ; flustery . As a noun, 1710, from the verb. 中文词源 fluster
• flush 英文词源 flush flush: see flux flush (v.1) mid-13c., flusshen "move rapidly or violently; rush, dart, spring" (intransitive); late 15c., flush up , transitive, "cause to fly; start or flush (birds)," perhaps imitative of the sound of beating wings. The sense of "spurt, rush out suddenly, flow with force" (1540s, usually of water) probably is the same word, with the connecting notion being "sud
• flurry 英文词源 flurry (n.) "snow squall" 1828, American English; earlier with a sense of "commotion, state of perturbed action" (1710), "a gust, a squall" (1690s); perhaps imitative, or else from 17c. flurr "to scatter, fly with a whirring noise," which is perhaps from Middle English flouren "to sprinkle, as with flour" (late 14c.). flurry (v.) 1757, "produce agitation of feeling in, confuse by exci
• fluorine 英文词源 fluorine (n.) non-metallic element, 1813, coined by English chemist Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829) from fluorspar ("calcium fluoride," modern fluorite ), the late 18c. name of the mineral where it was first found (see fluor ) + chemical suffix -ine (2). Not isolated until 1886. Related: Fluorinate ; fluorination . 中文词源 fluorine ：氟 来自19世纪英国化学家Humphry Davy, 因
• fluoride 英文词源 fluoride (n.) "compound of fluorine with another element," 1826, from fluorine + -ide . 中文词源 fluoride ：氟化物 来自fluorine, 氟。-ide, 化学名词后缀，来自oxide. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fluoride 词源， fluoride 含义。
• fluorescent 英文词源 fluorescent (adj.) 1853 (Stokes), from fluor- (see fluoro- ) + -escent (see fluorescence ). The electric fluorescent lamp was invented by Edison in 1896, but such lights were rare in homes before improved bulbs became available in the mid-1930s. 中文词源 fluorescent ：发荧光的 来自19世纪英国物理学家George Stokes, 因为他首先在氟中发现这种发光现象而命名
• fluor 英文词源 fluor (n.) 1660s, an old chemistry term for "minerals which were readily fusible and useful as fluxes in smelting" [Flood], from Latin fluor , originally meaning "a flowing, flow" (see fluent ), said to be from a translation of the German miners' name, flusse . Since 1771 applied to minerals containing fluorine, especially calcium fluoride ( fluorspar or fluorite ). 中文词源 fluor
• flunkey 英文词源 flunkey "A liveried manservant or footman", Mid 18th century (originally Scots): perhaps from flank in the sense 'a person who stands at one's flank'. 中文词源 flunkey ：听差，马屁精 来自flanker, 侧翼守卫，护卫。词义贬化化，用来指听差，马屁精。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： flunkey 词源， flunkey 含义。
• flunk 英文词源 flunk (v.) 1823, American English college slang, original meaning "to back out, give up, fail," of obscure origin, traditionally said to be an alteration of British university slang funk "to be frightened, shrink from" (see funk (n.1)). Meaning "cause to fail, give a failing mark to" is from 1843. Related: Flunked ; flunking . 中文词源 flunk ：失败，不及格 校园俚语。通常
• flummox 英文词源 flummox (v.) 1837, cant word, also flummux , of uncertain origin, probably risen out of a British dialect (OED finds candidate words in Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, southern Cheshire, and Sheffield). "The formation seems to be onomatopœic, expressive of the notion of throwing down roughly and untidily" [OED]. Related: Flummoxed ; flummoxing . 中文词源 flummox ：糊涂 词源不
• flummery 英文词源 flummery (n.) 1620s, a type of coagulated food, from Welsh llymru "sour oatmeal jelly boiled with the husks," of uncertain origin. Later of a sweet dish in cookery (1747). Figurative use, of flattery, empty talk, is from 1740s. 中文词源 flummery ：恭维话 改写自威尔干语llymru, 一种酸甜的燕麦糊，后用于指一种蛋奶甜点心。由甜点引申词义恭维。 该
• flume 英文词源 flume (n.) late 12c., "stream," from Old French flum "running water, stream, river; dysentery," from Latin flumen "flood, stream, running water," from fluere "to flow" (see fluent ). In U.S., used especially of artificial streams channeled for some industrial purpose. 中文词源 flume ：水滑道，引水渠 来自拉丁语fluere, 流动，词源同fluent. 后用于指工厂引水渠
• fluke 英文词源 fluke (n.1) "flat end of an arm of an anchor," 1560s, perhaps from fluke (n.3) on resemblance of shape, or from Low German flügel "wing." Transferred meaning "whale's tail" (in plural, flukes ) is by 1725, so called from resemblance. fluke (n.2) "lucky stroke, chance hit," 1857, also flook , said to be originally a lucky shot at billiards, of uncertain origin. Century Dictionary conn
• fluid 英文词源 fluid fluid: see flux fluid (adj.) early 15c., "liquid, capable of flowing," from Middle French fluide (14c.) and directly from Latin fluidus "fluid, flowing, moist," from fluere "to flow" (see fluent ). Figurative use, of non-material things, "not fixed or rigid," from 1640s. Related: Fluidly . fluid (n.) "substance capable of flowing," 1660s, from fluid (adj.). Related: Fluidal (186
• flugelhorn 英文词源 flugelhorn (n.) 1854, from German flügelhorn , from flügel "wing" (related to fliegen "to fly;" see fly (v.1)) + horn "horn" (see horn (n.)). 中文词源 flugelhorn ：活塞军号 来自德语flugelhorn. flugel, 翅膀，词源同fly. horn, 角，号角。因形如展翅的号角而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： flugelhorn 词源， flugelhorn 含义
• fluff 英文词源 fluff (n.) "light, feathery stuff," 1790, apparently a variant of floow "wooly substance, down, nap" (1580s), perhaps from Flemish vluwe , from French velu "shaggy, hairy," from Latin vellus "fleece," or Latin villus "tuft of hair" (see velvet ). OED suggests fluff as "an imitative modification" of floow , "imitating the action of puffing away some light substance." Slang bit of fluff
• fluent 英文词源 fluent fluent: see flux fluent (adj.) 1580s, "flowing freely" (of water), also, of speakers, "able and nimble in the use of words," from Latin fluentem (nominative fluens ) "lax, relaxed," figuratively "flowing, fluent," present participle of fluere "to flow, stream, run, melt," from extended form of PIE root *bhleu- "to swell, well up, overflow" (cognates: Latin flumen "river;" Greek
• flue 英文词源 flue (n.) "smoke channel in a chimney," 1580s, of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Middle English flue , flewe "mouthpiece of a hunting horn" (early 15c.), which is perhaps from Old French fluie "stream;" or the modern word is perhaps from Old English flowan "to flow." Originally a small chimney in a furnace connected to the main chimney. 中文词源 flue ：烟道 可能来自古英
• fluency 英文词源 fluency (n.) 1620s, "abundance;" 1630s, "smooth and easy flow," from fluent + -cy . Replaced earlier fluence (c. 1600). 中文词源 fluency ：流畅性 来自fluent, 流畅的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fluency 词源， fluency 含义。 fluency ：流利，流畅 词根词缀： -flu-流 + -ency名词词尾
• fluctuate 英文词源 fluctuate fluctuate: see flux fluctuate (v.) 1630s, from Latin fluctuatus , past participle of fluctuare "to undulate" (see fluctuation ). Related: Fluctuated ; fluctuates ; fluctuating . 中文词源 fluctuate ：波动 来自拉丁fluere, 流动，波动，词源同fluent. -ct, 过去分词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fluctuate 词源， fluctuate
• flub 英文词源 flub (v.) "botch, bungle," 1924, American English, of uncertain origin, perhaps suggested by fluff , flop , etc. Related: Flubbed ; flubbing . As a noun, by 1952. 中文词源 flub ：搞砸 可能来自fluff和flop的俚语合成词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： flub 词源， flub 含义。
• flu 英文词源 flu flu: [19] Flu is short for influenza [18]. The first record of its use is in a letter of 1839 by the poet Robert Southey (who spelled it, as was commonly the practice in the 19th century, flue ): ‘I have had a pretty fair share of the Flue’. Influenza means literally ‘influence’ in Italian, and was used metaphorically for the ‘outbreak of a particular disease’ (hence a
• flower 英文词源 flower flower: [13] The Old English word for ‘flower’ was blōstm , which is ultimately related to flower . Both come from Indo-European * bhlō -, which probably originally meant ‘swell’, and also gave English bloom , blade , and the now archaic blow ‘come into flower’. Its Latin descendant was flōs , whose stem form flōr - passed via Old French flour and Anglo-Norman f
• flow 英文词源 flow flow: [OE] The prehistoric Indo-European * pleu -, ancestor of a heterogeneous range of English vocabulary, from fleet to plover , denoted ‘flow, float’. It had a variant form * plō -, which passed into Germanic as * flō -. This formed the basis of the Old English verb flōwan (whence modern English flow ) and also of the noun flood . = fleet , flood , fowl , plover , pluvi
• flout 英文词源 flout (v.) "treat with disdain or contempt" (transitive), 1550s, intransitive sense "mock, jeer, scoff" is from 1570s; of uncertain origin; perhaps a special use of Middle English flowten "to play the flute" (compare Middle Dutch fluyten "to play the flute," also "to jeer"). Related: Flouted ; flouting . 中文词源 flout ：藐视 词源不详。可能来自flute, 笛子，长笛。原
• flourish 英文词源 flourish flourish: [13] To flourish is etymologically to ‘flower’ – and indeed ‘come into flower, bloom’ is originally what the verb literally meant in English: ‘to smell the sweet savour of the vine when it flourisheth’, Geoffrey Chaucer, Parson’s Tale 1386. The metaphorical ‘thrive’ developed in the 14th century. The word comes from Old French floriss -, the stem
• flour 英文词源 flour flour: [13] Etymologically, flour is the same word as flower . It originally meant the ‘flower’, or ‘finest part’, of ground grain, and hence eventually just ‘ground (and more or less sifted) grain’. The distinction in spelling between flour and flower did not emerge until the late 18th century, and the spelling flower for ‘flour’ persisted into the early 19th ce
• flounder 英文词源 flounder (v.) "struggle awkwardly and impotently," especially when hampered somehow, 1590s, of uncertain origin, perhaps an alteration of founder (q.v.), influenced by Dutch flodderen "to flop about," or native verbs in fl- expressing clumsy motion. Figurative use is from 1680s. Related: Floundered ; floundering . As a noun, "act of struggling," by 1867. flounder (n.) "flatfish," c. 1
• flounce 英文词源 flounce (v.) 1540s, "to dash, plunge, flop," perhaps from Scandinavian (compare dialectal Swedish flunsa "to plunge," Norwegian flunsa "to hurry, work hurriedly," but first record of these is 200 years later than the English word), said to be of imitative origin. Spelling likely influenced by bounce . Notions of "anger, impatience" began to adhere to the word 18c. Related: Flounced ;
• flotsam 英文词源 flotsam (n.) c. 1600, from Anglo-French floteson , from Old French flotaison "a floating" (Modern French flottaison ), from floter "to float, set afloat" (of Germanic origin; see flotilla ) + -aison , from Latin -ation(em) . Spelled flotsen in English till mid-19c. when it altered, perhaps under influence of many English words in -some . Folk-etymologized in dialect as floatsome . In
• flotilla 英文词源 flotilla flotilla: see float flotilla (n.) "a small fleet," 1711, from Spanish flotilla , diminutive of flota "a fleet," from flotar "to float," which is said to be from Old French floter "to float, set afloat," which is from a word in Frankish or some other Germanic language corresponding to Old English flood (n.). Compare Old Norse floti "raft; fleet." Sometimes also "a fleet of sma
• flotation 英文词源 flotation (n.) 1765, from float (v.) + -ation . Spelling influenced by French flotaison (compare floatation ). 中文词源 flotation ：漂浮，公司首次公开发行股票 来自float, 漂浮，浮动，发行股票。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： flotation 词源， flotation 含义。
• floss 英文词源 floss (n.) "rough silk," 1759, of uncertain origin, perhaps from French floche "tuft of wool" (16c.), from Old French floc "tuft, lock," from Latin floccus "tuft of wool" (see flock (n.2)). Or from a dialectal survival of an unrecorded Old English or Old Norse word from the root of fleece (n.). Compare the surname Flossmonger , attested 1314, which might represent a direct borrowing f
• florist 英文词源 florist florist: see flower florist (n.) "one who cultivates flowers," especially "one who raises flowers for sale," 1620s, formed on analogy of French fleuriste , from Latin floris , genitive of flos "flower" (see flora ) + -ist . Related: Floristry . 中文词源 florist ：花商 来自词根flor, 花，词源同flower. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： florist
• florin 英文词源 florin florin: [14] Florin came via Old French florin from Italian fiorino , a diminutive of fiore ‘flower’. This was used as the name of a gold coin first issued in Florence, Italy in 1252, which had the figure of a lily on its obverse side. In the 15th century it was adopted as the term for an English gold coin worth variously 6 shillings and 6 shillings and 8 pence, issued in t
• florid 英文词源 florid florid: see flower florid (adj.) 1640s, "strikingly beautiful," from French floride "flourishing," from Latin floridus "flowery, in bloom," from flos "flower" (see flora ). Sense of "ruddy" is first recorded 1640s. Meaning "highly decorated, profusely adorned (as with flowers)" is from 1650s. Related: Floridly . 中文词源 florid ：红润的 来自词根flor, 花，词源同
• floribunda 英文词源 floribunda "A plant, especially a rose, which bears dense clusters of flowers", Late 19th century: modern Latin, feminine (used as a noun) of floribundus 'freely flowering', from Latin flos , flor- 'flower', influenced by Latin abundus 'copious'. 中文词源 floribunda ：多花植物 来自词根flor, 花，词源同flower. -bundus, 拉丁语动名词后缀，词源同be, vagabond.
• floret 英文词源 floret (n.) c. 1400, flourette , "a little flower, a bud," from Old French florete "little flower," also the name of a cheap silk material, diminutive of flor "flower, blossom" (see flower (n.)). Botany sense "small flower in a cluster" is from 1670s. 中文词源 floret ：花部 来自词根flor, 花，词源同flower. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： floret 词源
• Florence 英文词源 Florence chief city of Tuscany, also a fem. proper name, both from Latin Florentia , fem. of Florentius , literally "blooming," from florens (genitive florentis ), present participle of florere "to flower" (see flourish ). The city name is from Roman Colonia Florentia , "flowering colony," either literal or figurative, and became Old Italian Fiorenze , modern Italian Firenze . 中文词
• floral 英文词源 floral (adj.) 1640s, "pertaining to Flora," from French floral (16c.), from Latin floralis "pertaining to Flora; of flowers" (see flora ). Meaning "pertaining to flowers" in English is from 1753. Related: Florally . 中文词源 floral ：花饰的 来自词根flor, 花，词源同flower. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： floral 词源， floral 含义。 floral ：
• floppy 英文词源 floppy (adj.) 1858, "inclined to flop" [OED], from flop + -y (2). Floppy disc attested from 1972 (short form floppy by 1974). 中文词源 floppy ：松软的，软盘 来自flap拼写变体，飘动，翻动。即飘动的，松软的。用于计算机名词软盘。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： floppy 词源， floppy 含义。
• flophouse 英文词源 flophouse (n.) "cheap hotel," hobo slang, 1904, probably related to slang flop (v.) "lie down for sleep" (1907); see flop (v.) + house (n.). The explanation below is not found in other early references. In one of [Cincinnati's] slum districts stands the Silver Moon, a "flop house" (i.e., a house where the occupants are "flopped" out of their hanging bunks by letting down the ropes) ..
• flop 英文词源 flop (v.) c. 1600, "to flap," probably a variant of flap with a duller, heavier sound. Sense of "fall or drop heavily" is 1836; that of "collapse, fail" is 1919; though the figurative noun sense of "a failure" is recorded from 1893. Related: Flopped ; flopping . flop (n.) 1823, "act of flopping; any action that produces the sound 'flop;' the sound itself," from flop (v.). Figurative s
• floozy 英文词源 floozy "A girl or a woman who has many casual sexual partners", Early 20th century: perhaps related to flossy or to dialect floosy 'fluffy'.MoreThese days floozy (or floozie) has a dated feel, and is only really used in jokey contexts. It is not that old a word, though, and does not seem to have been used before the 20th century. It might come from the English dialect word floosy , me
• floor 英文词源 floor floor: [OE] Floor and its first cousins, German flur ‘paved floor’ and Dutch vloer ‘floor’, go back to a prehistoric Germanic * flōruz . They are related to various Celtic words for ‘floor’, including Old Irish lār , Welsh llawr , and Breton leur , and it has been speculated that both the Germanic and the Celtic words come ultimately from the same source as Latin p
• floodlight 英文词源 floodlight (n.) also flood-light , 1924, from flood (n.) + light (n.). Related: Floodlit . 中文词源 floodlight ：泛光灯 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： floodlight 词源， floodlight 含义。
• flood 英文词源 flood flood: [OE] Flood goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * flōthuz , which also produced German flut , Dutch vloed , and Swedish flod ‘flood’. It was derived ultimately from Indo- European * plō -, a variant of * pleu - ‘flow, float’ which also produced English fleet , float , fly , fledge , and fowl . = fleet , float , fly , fowl flood (n.) Old English flōd "a flowing o
• flog 英文词源 flog (v.) 1670s, slang, of uncertain origin. Perhaps a schoolboy shortening of Latin flagellare "flagellate" (see flagellum ); Century Dictionary suggests perhaps from a Low German word "of homely use, of which the early traces have disappeared." OED finds it presumably onomatopoeic. Figurative use from 1800. Related: Flogged ; flogging . 中文词源 flog ：鞭笞 来自flagellate, 鞭
• floe 英文词源 floe floe: see flake floe (n.) 1817, first used by Arctic explorers, probably from Norwegian flo "layer, slab," from Old Norse flo , from Proto-Germanic *floho- , from PIE *plak- (1) "to be flat," extended form of root *pele- (2) "flat, to spread" (see plane (n.1)). Related to first element in flagstone . Earlier explorers used flake . Floe-rat was a seal-hunter's name for the ringed
• flock 英文词源 flock (n.1) Old English flocc "a group of persons, company, troop," related to Old Norse flokkr "crowd, troop, band," Middle Low German vlocke "crowd, flock (of sheep);" of unknown origin, not found in other Germanic languages; perhaps related to folc "people," but the metathesis would have been unusual for Old English. In Old English of humans only; extended c. 1200 to "a number of a
• float 英文词源 float float: [OE] Germanic * fleut -, which produced English fleet , had the so-called ‘weak grades’ (that is, variant forms which because they were weakly stressed had different vowels) * flot - and * flut -. The former was the source of Germanic * flotōjan , which passed into late Old English as flotian and eventually ousted flēotan (modern English fleet ) from its original me
• flit 英文词源 flit flit: see float flit (v.) c. 1200, flitten , flytten , flutten "convey, move (a thing) from one place to another, take, carry away," also intransitive, "go away, move, migrate," from Old Norse flytja "to remove, bring," from Proto-Germanic *flutjan- "to float," from extended form of PIE *pleu- "to flow" (see pluvial ). Intransitive sense "move lightly and swiftly" is from early 1
• flirtation 英文词源 flirtation (n.) "amorous trifling; giddy behavior," 1718, noun of action from flirt (v.) as though Latin. 中文词源 flirtation ：调情 来自flirt, 调情。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： flirtation 词源， flirtation 含义。
• flirt 英文词源 flirt (v.) 1550s, "to turn up one's nose, sneer at;" later "to rap or flick, as with the fingers" (1560s); "throw with a sudden movement," also "move in short, quick flights" (1580s). Perhaps imitative (compare flip (v.), also East Frisian flirt "a flick or light blow," flirtje "a giddy girl," which also might have fed into the English word), but perhaps rather from or influenced by f
• flipping 英文词源 flipping "Used for emphasis or to express mild annoyance", Early 20th century: from flip 1 + -ing 2 . 中文词源 flipping ：该死的，糟透的 用做fucking的委婉语。比较frigging. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： flipping 词源， flipping 含义。
• flipper 英文词源 flipper (n.) limb used to swim with, 1822, agent noun from flip (v.). Sense of "rubber fin for underwater swimming" is from 1945. Slang meaning "the hand" dates from 1836. Related: Flippers . 中文词源 flipper ：鳍足 来自flip, 翻转，翻动。用来指海洋动物的鳍足或潜水员使用的脚蹼。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： flipper 词源，
• flippant 英文词源 flippant (adj.) c. 1600, "talkative, nimble in talk;" 1670s, "displaying unbecoming levity," apparently an extended form of flip (v.). The ending is perhaps modeled on other adjectives in -ant or a relic of the Middle English present participle ending -inde . Shortened form flip is attested from 1847. Related: Flippantly . 中文词源 flippant ：轻率的 来自flip, 轻率的，鲁莽
• flip 英文词源 flip (v.) 1590s "to fillip, to toss with the thumb," imitative, or perhaps a thinned form of flap , or else a contraction of fillip (q.v.), which also is held to be imitative. Meaning "toss as though with the thumb" is from 1610s. Meaning "to flip a coin" (to decide something) is by 1879. Sense of "get excited" is first recorded 1950; flip (one's) lid "lose one's head, go wild" is fro
• flintlock 英文词源 Betsy fem. pet name, a diminutive of Bet , itself short for Elizabet or Elizabeth . Betsy as the typical a pet name for a favorite firearm is attested in American English by 1856 (compare Brown Bess , by 1785, British army slang for the old flintlock musket). brown (adj.) Old English brun "dark, dusky," developing a definite color sense only 13c., from Proto-Germanic *brunaz (cognates
• flint 英文词源 flint (n.) Old English flint "flint; a type of rock noted for hardness and for giving off sparks when struck," common Germanic (cognates Middle Dutch vlint , Old High German flins , Danish flint ), from PIE *splind- "to split, cleave," from root *(s)plei- "to splice, split" (cognates: Greek plinthos "brick, tile," Old Irish slind "brick"), perhaps a variant of *spel- (1) "to split, br
• fling 英文词源 fling (v.) c. 1300, "to dash, run, rush," probably from or related to Old Norse flengja "to flog," which is of uncertain origin, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *flang- (cognates: Old Swedish flenga "strike," Danish flænge "slash, gash"), from a nasalized variant of PIE *plak- (2) "to strike" (see plague (n.)). Meaning "to throw, cast, hurl" is from mid-14c. An obsolete word for "streetw