英语词源

• flinch 英文词源 flinch flinch: see link flinch (v.) 1570s, apparently a nasalized form of obsolete Middle English flecche "to bend, flinch," which probably is from Old French flechir "to bend" (Modern French fléchir ), also flechier "to bend, turn aside, flinch," which probably are from Frankish *hlankjan or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *hlinc- (cognates: Middle High German linken
• flimsy 英文词源 flimsy (adj.) 1702, of unknown origin, perhaps a metathesis of film (n.) "gauzy covering" + -y (2). Figuratively (of arguments, etc.) from 1750s. Related: Flimsily ; flimsiness . 中文词源 flimsy ：劣质的 可能来自film的拼写变体，薄膜，膜片，引申词义脆弱的，劣质的。-s, 复数后缀，比较ballsy, folksy. 或直接来自flimflam, 胡扯，欺骗，劣质
• flimflam 英文词源 flimflam "Nonsensical or insincere talk", Mid 16th century: symbolic reduplication. 中文词源 flimflam ：胡扯，欺骗 韵律重复构词。来自辅音丛bl, fl, 折腾，拍打，拟声词，词源同flap, flip. -im, am, 无意义表音字母。引申词义无聊，胡扯。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： flimflam 词源， flimflam 含义。
• flighty 英文词源 flighty (adj.) 1550s, "swift," from flight (n.1) + -y (2). Sense of "fickle or frivolous" is from 1768, perhaps from notion of "given to 'flights' of imagination." Related: Flightiness . 中文词源 flighty ：轻浮的 来自flight, 飞行。引申义浮在空中的，轻浮的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： flighty 词源， flighty 含义。
• flight 英文词源 flight flight: [OE] English has two distinct, etymologically unrelated words flight . One, ‘flying’, comes from a prehistoric West Germanic * flukhtiz , a derivative of the same base as produced fly (the sense ‘series of stairs’, which developed in the 18th century, was perhaps modelled on French volée d’escalier , literally ‘flight of stairs’). The other, ‘escape’,
• flicker 英文词源 flicker (n.1) 1849, "wavering, unsteady light or flame;" 1857 as "a flickering," from flicker (v.). flicker (v.) Old English flicorian "to flutter, flap quickly and lightly, move the wings," originally of birds. Onomatopoeic and suggestive of quick motion. Sense of "shine with a wavering light" is c. 1600, but not common till 19c. Related: Flickered ; flickering . flicker (n.2) type o
• flick 英文词源 flick (n.) mid-15c., "light blow or stroke," probably imitative of a light blow with a whip. Earliest recorded use is in phrase not worth a flykke "useless." Meaning "quick turn of the wrist" is from 1897 in sports. As slang for "film," it is first attested 1926, a back-formation from flicker (v.), from their flickering appearance. flick (v.) 1816, "to throw off with a jerk," from fli
• flibbertigibbet 英文词源 flibbertigibbet (n.) 1540s, "chattering gossip, flighty woman," probably a nonsense word meant to sound like fast talking; as the name of a devil or fiend it dates from c. 1600 (together with Frateretto , Hoberdidance , Tocobatto ). OED lists 15 spellings and thinks flibbergib is the original. 中文词源 flibbertigibbet ：轻浮的人 无意义拟声词，闲扯，无聊。比较fl
• flexor 英文词源 flexor (n.) 1610s, of muscles, Modern Latin, agent noun from stem of Latin flectere "to bend" (see flexible ). Alternative form flector attested from 1660s (see flexion ). 中文词源 flexor ：屈肌 来自flex, 屈伸。用来指肌肉。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： flexor 词源， flexor 含义。
• flexitime 英文词源 flexitime "A system of working a set number of hours with the starting and finishing times chosen within agreed limits by the employee", 1970s: blend of flexible and time . 中文词源 flexitime ：弹性时间制 flex, 屈伸，弹性。time, 时间。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： flexitime 词源， flexitime 含义。
• flexible 英文词源 flexible (adj.) early 15c., "capable of being bent; mentally or spiritually pliant," from Middle French flexible or directly from Latin flexibilis "that may be bent, pliant, flexible, yielding;" figuratively "tractable, inconstant," from flex- , past participle stem of flectere "to bend," which is of uncertain origin. Flexile (1630s) and flexive (1620s) have become rare. Related: Flex
• flex 英文词源 flex (v.) 1520s, "to bend," usually of muscles, probably a back-formation from flexible . Related: Flexed ; flexing . 中文词源 flex ：屈伸 来自flexible的回构词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： flex 词源， flex 含义。 flex ：弯曲 来源于拉丁语动词flectere(弯曲)的过去分词flex.us 与词根-flex-(弯曲)同源
• fleur-de-lis 英文词源 fleur-de-lis (n.) also fleur-de-lys , mid-14c., from Anglo-French flour de lis "lily-flower," from Old French, literally "flower of the iris," especially borne as a heraldic device on the royal arms of France. There is much dispute over what it is meant to resemble; perhaps an iris flower, or the head of a scepter, or a weapon of some sort. In Middle English often taken as flour delic
• fleshpots 英文词源 fleshpots "Places providing luxurious or hedonistic living", Early 16th century: with biblical allusion to the fleshpots of Egypt (Exod. 16:3). 中文词源 fleshpots ：妓院，红灯区 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fleshpots 词源， fleshpots 含义。
• flesh 英文词源 flesh flesh: [OE] The etymological notion underlying flesh , and its near relative flitch ‘side of bacon’ [OE], is of ‘slitting open and cutting up an animal’s carcase for food’. It, together with its continental cousins, German fleisch and Dutch vleesch ‘flesh’ and Swedish fläsk ‘bacon’, comes ultimately from Indo-European * pel - ‘split’. Consequently, the ear
• fleet 英文词源 fleet fleet: [OE] Fleet is one of a vast tangled web of words which traces its history back ultimately to Indo-European * pleu -, denoting ‘flow, float’ (amongst its other English descendants are fly , flood , flow , fledge , fowl , plover , and pluvial ). Fleet itself comes from the extended Indo- European base * pleud -, via the Germanic verb * fleutan and Old English flēotan ‘
• fleece 英文词源 fleece fleece: [OE] Fleece comes from a prehistoric Germanic * flūsaz . This probably goes back to an Indo-European * plus -, which also produced Latin plūma ‘down’, later ‘feathers’, and Lithuanian plunksna ‘feather’. The metaphorical sense of the verb, ‘swindle’, developed in the 16th century from the literal ‘remove the fleece from’. = plume fleece (v.) 1530s
• flee 英文词源 flee flee: [OE] Flee , like its close relatives German fliehe , Dutch vlieden , and Swedish and Danish fly , comes from a prehistoric Germanic * thleukhan , a word of unknown origin. In Old English, flee and fly had the same past tense and past participle (and indeed the same derivatives, represented in modern English by flight ), and this, together with a certain similarity in meanin
• fledgling 英文词源 fledgling also fledgeling , 1830, "untried" (adj.), in Tennyson; 1846 as a noun meaning "young bird" (one newly fledged); from fledge + diminutive suffix -ling . Of persons, from 1856. 中文词源 fledgling ：幼鸟 来自fledge, 羽毛。-ling, 小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fledgling 词源， fledgling 含义。
• fledged 英文词源 fledged (adj.) "furnished with feathers," 1570s (in full-fledged ), thus "developed, matured, able to fly;" past-participle adjective from fledge (v.). 中文词源 fledged ：羽翼已丰的 来自PIE*pleu, 飞，词源同fly. 拼写受-dge影响，见bridge, judge, knowledge 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fledged 词源， fledged 含义。
• fleck 英文词源 fleck (v.) late 14c., "to spot, stain, cover with spots," probably from Old Norse flekka "to spot," from Proto-Germanic *flekk- (cognates: Middle Dutch vlecke , Old High German flec , German Fleck ), from PIE *pleik- "to tear" (see flay ). Related: Flecked ; flecking . fleck (n.) 1590s, "a mark on skin, a freckle," of uncertain origin; perhaps from fleck (v.) or else from a related wo
• flea market 英文词源 flea market (n.) 1917, especially in reference to the marché aux puces in Paris, so-called "because there are so many second-hand articles sold of all kinds that they are believed to gather fleas." [E.S. Dougherty, "In Europe," 1922]. 中文词源 flea market ：跳蚤市场 因二手物品多跳蚤之类的小虫而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fle
• flea 英文词源 flea flea: see puce flea (n.) Old English flea "flea," from Proto-Germanic *flauhaz (cognates: Old Norse flo , Middle Dutch vlo , German Floh ), perhaps related to Old English fleon "to flee," with a notion of "the jumping parasite," but more likely from PIE *plou- "flea" (cognates: Latin pulex , Greek psylla ; see puce ). Chaucer's plural is fleen . Flea-bag "bed" is from 1839; flea-
• flay 英文词源 flay (v.) Old English flean "to skin, to flay" (strong verb, past tense flog , past participle flagen ), from Proto-Germanic *flahan (cognates: Middle Dutch vlaen , Old High German flahan , Old Norse fla ), from PIE root *pl(e)ik- , *pleik- "to tear, rend" (cognates: Lithuanian plešiu "to tear"). Related: Flayed ; flaying . 中文词源 flay ：剥皮 来自PIE*pleik, 撕，剥，词源
• flax 英文词源 flax (n.) Old English fleax "flax plant; cloth made with flax, linen," from Proto-Germanic *flakhsan (cognates: Old Frisian flax , Middle Dutch and Dutch vlas , Old Saxon flas , Old High German flahs , German Flachs ), probably from Proto-Germanic base *fleh- "to plait," corresponding to PIE *plek- "to weave, to plait" (see ply (v.1)). But some connect it with PIE *pleik- (see flay )
• flaw 英文词源 flaw flaw: see flake flaw (n.) early 14c., "a flake" (of snow), also in Middle English "a spark of fire; a splinter," from Old Norse flaga "stone slab, layer of stone," perhaps used here in a wider sense (see flag (n.2)). Old English had floh stanes , but the Middle English form suggests a Scandinavian origin. "The close resemblance in sense between flaw and flake is noteworthy" [OED]
• flavor 英文词源 flavor (n.) c. 1300, "a smell, odor" (usually a pleasing one), from Old French flaor "smell, odor; action of smelling, sense of smell," probably from Vulgar Latin flator "odor," literally "that which blows," in classical Latin "blower," from flare "to blow, puff," which is cognate with Old English blawan (see blow (v.1)). "Not common before Milton's time" [Century Dictionary], and it
• flavonoid 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random apparatus apparatus: [17] Etymologically, apparatus is ‘equipment that has been prepared for a particular use’. The word is borrowed from Latin apparātus , the past participle of the compound verb apparāre , formed from the prefix ad - and parāre ‘make ready’ (source of prepare ‘make ready in advance’, and related
• flautist 英文词源 flautist (n.) 1827, from Italian flautista , from flauto "flute" (from Late Latin flauta ; see flute (n.)) + Greek-derived suffix -ista . 中文词源 flautist ：长笛手 来自flute, 笛子。即吹笛子的人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： flautist 词源， flautist 含义。
• flaunt 英文词源 flaunt (v.) 1560s, "to display oneself in flashy clothes," of unknown origin. Perhaps a variant of flout or vaunt . Perhaps from Scandinavian, where the nearest form seems to be Swedish dialectal flankt "loosely, flutteringly," from flakka "to waver" (related to flag (v.1)). It looks French, but it corresponds to no known French word. Transitive sense, "flourish (something), show off,
• flatulent 英文词源 flatulent (adj.) "affected by digestive gas," 1590s, from Middle French flatulent (16c.), from Modern Latin flatulentus , from Latin flatus "a blowing, breathing, snorting; a breaking wind," past participle of flare "to blow, puff," which is cognate with Old English blawan (see blow (v.1)). 中文词源 flatulent ：浮夸的 来自辅音丛bl, fl, 吹，鼓起，词源同blow, blosso
• flatter 英文词源 flatter flatter: [13] Etymologically, flatter means ‘smooth down or caress with the flat of the hand’. It comes from Old French flatter , in which the original literal notion of ‘caressing’ had already passed into the figurative ‘buttering up’. The Old French verb in turn was based on Frankish * flat , the ‘flat or palm of someone’s hand’, a word which shared a commo
• flatten 英文词源 flatten (v.) late 14c., "to prostrate oneself," also "to fall flat," from flat (adj.) + -en (1). Transitive meaning "to make flat" is 1620s. Related: Flattened ; flattening . 中文词源 flatten ：变平，打倒 flat, 平的。-en, 使。引申词义打倒，摧毁。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： flatten 词源， flatten 含义。 flatten ：(使)变平 词
• flatly 英文词源 flatly (adv.) early 15c. in a literal sense, from flat (adj.) + -ly (2). Meaning "in a plain manner" is from 1560s; sense of "in a dull manner" is from 1640s. 中文词源 flatly ：断然地 来自flat,平的。即直接了当的，不拐弯抹角的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： flatly 词源， flatly 含义。
• flatlet 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random sheriff sheriff: [OE] A sheriff is etymologically a ‘shirereeve’ – that is, a ‘county official’. The term was compounded in the Old English period from scīr , ancestor of modern English shire , and gerēfa ‘local official’, a word based on * rōf ‘assembly’ which survives as the historical term reeve . It was
• flatfish 英文词源 flatfish (n.) also flat-fish , 1710, from flat (adj.) + fish (n.). So called from the shape. 中文词源 flatfish ：比目鱼 即扁平的鱼。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： flatfish 词源， flatfish 含义。
• flask 英文词源 flask flask: [14] English acquired flask via French flasque from medieval Latin flasca , a word of uncertain origin. It occurs widely in the Germanic languages (German has flasche , for instance, and Dutch vlesch , and the related word flasce existed in Old English, although it did not survive into Middle English), but it is not clear whether the medieval Latin word was borrowed from
• flashmob 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random buck buck: [OE] Old English had two related words which have coalesced into modern English buck : bucca ‘male goat’ and buc ‘male deer’. Both go back to a prehistoric Germanic stem * buk -, and beyond that probably to an Indo-European source. The 18th-century meaning ‘dashing fellow’ probably comes ultimately from th
• flashing 英文词源 flashing (adj.) 1540s, of light; present participle adjective from flash (v.). flashing (n.) 1791, "act of creating an artificial flood," verbal noun from flash (v.); also compare flash (n.2)). Meaning "indecent exposure" is by 1968 (see flasher ). The meaning "strip of metal used in roofing, etc." is from 1782, earlier simply flash (1570s), but the sense connection is unclear and it
• flasher 英文词源 flasher (n.) 1680s, "something that emits light in flashes," agent noun from flash (v.). Meaning "male genital exhibitionist" is from 1960s ( meat-flasher in this sense was attested in 1890s and flash (v.) in the sense "expose the genitals" is recorded by 1846). Johnson (1755) has it also in the sense "one who makes a show of more wit than he possesses." 中文词源 flasher ：闪光灯
• flash 英文词源 flash flash: [14] The earliest recorded use of flash is as a verb, referring to the swift turbulent splashing movement of water (a memory of which is probably preserved in modern English flash flood ). The glints of light on the splashing surface of such water seems to have given rise in the 16th century, or perhaps before, to the main present-day sense of the word ‘burst out with s
• flare 英文词源 flare (v.) 1540s, "spread out" (hair), of unknown origin, perhaps from Scandinavian or from Dutch vlederen . Meaning "shine out with a sudden light" is from 1630s. The notion of "spreading out in display" is behind the notion of "spreading gradually outward" (1640s). Related: Flared ; flaring . flare (n.) "a giving off of a bright, unsteady light," 1814, from flare (v.). This led to t
• flapper 英文词源 flapper (n.) 1560s, "one who or that which flaps," agent noun from flap (v.). Sense of "forward young woman" is 1921 slang, but the exact connection is disputed. Perhaps from flapper "young wild-duck or partridge" (1747), with reference to flapping wings while learning to fly, many late 19c. examples of which are listed in Wright's "English Dialect Dictionary" (1900), including one th
• flapjack 英文词源 flapjack (n.) pre-1600, from flap (v.) + jack (n.), using the personal name in its "generic object" sense. So called from the process of baking it by flipping and catching it in the griddle when done on one side. 中文词源 flapjack ：燕麦甜饼 flap, 扑腾。jack,来自Jack, 用来代指各种物品。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： flapjack 词源， fl
• flap 英文词源 flap (n.) mid-14c., flappe "a blow, slap, buffet," probably imitative of the sound of striking. Sense of "device for slapping or striking" is from early 15c. Meaning "something that hangs down" is first recorded 1520s, probably from flap (v.). Sense of "motion or noise like a bird's wing" is 1774; meaning "disturbance, noisy tumult" is 1916, British slang. flap (v.) early 14c., "dash
• flannelette 英文词源 -ette diminutive word-forming element, from Old French -ette (fem.), used indiscriminately in Old French with masculine form -et (see -et ). As a general rule, older words borrowed from French have -et in English, while ones taken in since 17c. have -ette . In use with native words since late 19c., especially among persons who coin new product names, who tend to give it a sense of "im
• flannel 英文词源 flannel flannel: [14] Flannel is probably one of the few Welsh contributions to the English language. It appears to be an alteration of Middle English flanen ‘sackcloth’, which was borrowed from Welsh gwlanen ‘woollen cloth’, a derivative of gwlān ‘wool’. This in turn is related to Latin lāna ‘wool’ and English wool . It is not clear where the British colloquial sens
• flank 英文词源 flank flank: see link flank (n.) late Old English flanc "flank, fleshy part of the side," from Old French flanc "hip, side," from Frankish or another Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *hlanca- (cognates: Old High German (h)lanca , Middle High German lanke "hip joint," German lenken "to bend, turn aside;" Old English hlanc "loose and empty, slender, flaccid;" Old Norse hlykkr "a ben
• flange 英文词源 flange (n.) 1680s, "a widening or branching out," of unknown origin, perhaps related to Old French flanche "flank, hip, side," fem. of flanc (see flank (n.)). Meaning "projecting rim, etc., used for strength or guidance" is from 1735. As a verb from 1820. 中文词源 flange ：法兰，轮缘 来自flank, 侧面，侧边。后用于工程学名词指轮缘，法兰。 该词的英语词
• flan 英文词源 flan flan: [19] The word flan itself is a relatively recent addition to English, adopted on our behalf from French by the chef Alexis Soyer (a Frenchman working in England), but in that form it is in fact simply a reborrowing of a word which originally crossed the Channel in the 13th century as flawn , denoting some sort of custard tart or cheesecake. Its Old French source was flaon ,
• flammable 英文词源 flammable (adj.) 1813, from stem of Latin flammare "to set on fire" (from flamma ; see flame (n.)) + -able . In modern (20c.) use, a way to distinguish from the ambiguity of inflammable . 中文词源 flammable ：易燃的 来自flame, 燃烧。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： flammable 词源， flammable 含义。 flammable ：易燃的，可燃的  词根词缀
• flamingo 英文词源 flamingo flamingo: [16] Flamingos get their name from their reddish-pink plumage, which earned them the epithet ‘fire-bird’. This was expressed in Provençal (the language of southern French coastal areas, where flamingos abound) as flamenc , a compound formed from flama ‘flame’ (a descendant of Latin flamma ) and the Germanic suffix - ing ‘belonging to’. English acquired
• flame 英文词源 flame flame: [14] Flame traces its history back to an Indo-European * bhleg -, * phleg -, which also produced Greek phlóx ‘flame’ (source of English phlox , and related to phlegm and phlegmatic ), Latin flāgrāre ‘burn, blaze’ (source of English flagrant ), Latin fulmen (source of English fulminate ), and Latin fulgēre ‘shine’ (source of English refulgent [16]). The rel
• flamboyant 英文词源 flamboyant (adj.) 1832, originally in reference to a 15c.-16c. architectural style with wavy, flame-like curves, from French flamboyant "flaming, wavy," present participle of flamboyer "to flame," from Old French flamboiier "to flame, flare, blaze, glow, shine" (12c.), from flambe "a flame, flame of love," from flamble , variant of flamme , from Latin flammula "little flame" (see flam
• flambe 英文词源 flambe (adj.) 1869, of certain types of porcelain, 1914 as a term in cookery, from French flambé , past participle of flamber "to singe, blaze" (16c.), from Old French flambe "a flame" (see flamboyant ). Middle English had flame (v.) in cookery sense "baste (a roast) with hot grease, to baste; to glaze (pastry)." 中文词源 flambe ：火烧（浇上白兰地等酒后点燃上桌）
• flaky 英文词源 flaky (adj.) 1570s, "consisting of flakes," from flake + -y (2). Meaning "eccentric, crazy" first recorded 1959, said to be American English baseball slang, but probably from earlier druggie slang flake "cocaine" (1920s). Flake (n.) "eccentric person" is a 1968 back-formation from it. Related: Flakiness . The term 'flake' needs explanation. It's an insider's word, used throughout base
• flake 英文词源 flake flake: [14] Flake appears to go back to a prehistoric Germanic source which denoted the splitting of rocks into strata. This was * flak -, a variant of which produced English flaw [14] (which originally meant ‘flake’), the second syllable of whitlow [14] (which probably means etymologically ‘white fissure’), floe [19], and probably flag ‘stone slab’. = flag , flaw ,
• flak 英文词源 flak (n.) 1938, "anti-aircraft gun," from German Flak , condensed from Fl ieger a bwehr k anone, literally "pilot warding-off cannon." Sense of "anti-aircraft fire" is from 1940; metaphoric sense of "criticism" is c. 1963 in American English. Flak jacket is by 1956. 中文词源 flak ：高射炮，抨击 来自德语Fliegerabwehrkanone, 防空大炮，高射炮，flieger, 词源同fl
• flair 英文词源 flair (n.) mid-14c., "an odor," from Old French flaire "odor or scent," especially in hunting, "fragrance, sense of smell," from flairier "to give off an odor; stink; smell sweetly" (Modern French flairer ), from Vulgar Latin *flagrare , dissimilated from Latin fragrare "emit (a sweet) odor" (see fragrant ). Sense of "special aptitude" is American English, 1925, probably from hunting
• flail 英文词源 flail flail: [OE] Flail is a distant relative of flagellation [15]. Both go back ultimately to Latin flagrum ‘whip’. This had a diminutive form flagellum , which in prehistoric times was borrowed into West Germanic as * flagil -. It is assumed that Old English inherited it as * flegil (although this is not actually recorded), which, reinforced in Middle English times by the relate
• flagstone 英文词源 flagstone (n.) "any rock which splits easily into flags," 1730, from flag (n.2) "flat, split stone" + stone (n.). 中文词源 flagstone ：方块石头 flag, 方块石头，见flagged. stone, 石头。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： flagstone 词源， flagstone 含义。
• flagship 英文词源 flagship (n.) also flag-ship , 1670s, a warship bearing the flag of an admiral, vice-admiral, or rear-admiral, from flag (n.) + ship (n.). Properly, at sea, a flag is the banner by which an admiral is distinguished from the other ships in his squadron, other banners being ensigns, pendants, standards, etc. Figurative use by 1933. 中文词源 flagship ：舰旗，旗舰 来自flag和s
• flagrant 英文词源 flagrant flagrant: [15] Etymologically, flagrant means ‘burning, blazing’. It comes, via French, from the present participle of Latin flagrāre ‘burn’ (source of English conflagration [16]). This in turn went back to Indo-European * bhleg -, which also produced English flame . The use of flagrant for ‘shameless, shocking’, an 18th-century development, comes from the Latin
• flagon 英文词源 flagon flagon: see flask flagon (n.) "large bottle for wine or liquor," mid-15c., from Middle French flacon , Old French flascon "small bottle, flask" (14c.), from Late Latin flasconem (nominative flasco ) "bottle" (see flask ). 中文词源 flagon ：大酒壶 来自拉丁语flacso, 瓶子，酒瓶，词源同flask. -on ,大词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• flagged 英文词源 flag (v.1) 1540s, "flap about loosely," probably a later variant of Middle English flakken , flacken "to flap, flutter" (late 14c.), which probably is from Old Norse flaka "to flicker, flutter, hang losse," perhaps imitative of something flapping lazily in the wind. Sense of "go limp, droop, become languid" is first recorded 1610s. Related: Flagged ; flagging . flag (v.2) 1875, "place
• flagellum 英文词源 flagellum (n.) "long, lash-like appendage," 1837, from Latin flagellum "whip, scourge," also figurative, diminutive of flagrum "a whip," from PIE root *bhlag- "to strike" (cognates: Latin flagitium "shameful act, passionate deed, disgraceful thing," flagitare "to demand importunately;" Old Norse blakra "to flutter with the wings," blekkja "to impose upon;" Lithuanian blaškau "to and
• flagellate 英文词源 flagellate (v.) "to whip, scourge," 1620s, from Latin flagellatus , past participle of flagellare "to scourge, lash" (see flagellum ). Related: Flagellated ; flagellating . An earlier verb for this in English was flagellen (mid-15c.; see flail (v.)). flagellate (adj.) 1851, from flagellum + -ate (1). 中文词源 flagellate ：鞭笞 来自PIE*bhlag, 击打，鞭笞，词源同flail,
• flag 英文词源 flag flag: English has at least three separate words flag , none of whose origins are known for certain. Both the noun ‘cloth used as an emblem’ [16] and the verb ‘droop, decline’ [16] may have developed from an obsolete 16th-century adjective flag ‘drooping, hanging down’, but no one knows where that came from. Flag the plant [14] is probably related to Danish flæg ‘ye
• flack 英文词源 flack (n.) "publicity or press agent," 1945, also by that year as a verb, said to have been coined at show biz magazine "Variety" (but the first attested use is not in "Variety") and supposedly from name of Gene Flack , a movie agent, but influenced by flak . There was a Gene Flack who was an advertising executive in the U.S. during the 1940s, but he seems to have sold principally bis
• flaccid 英文词源 flaccid (adj.) 1610s, from French flaccide or directly from Latin flaccidus "flabby, pendulous, weak, drooping," from flaccus "flabby, flap-eared," which is of uncertain origin (OED suggests it's imitative). Related: Flaccidly ; flacidness ; flaccidity ; flaccescency . 中文词源 flaccid ：肥胖的，松弛的 来自辅音丛fl, 扑腾，拍打，拟声词。用来形容肌肉扑腾
• flabbergasted 英文词源 flabbergasted (adj.) see flabbergast . 中文词源 flabbergasted ：吓呆的 词源不详。可能来自flabby和aghast的合成词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： flabbergasted 词源， flabbergasted 含义。
• flab 英文词源 flab (n.) "fat, flabbiness," 1951, back-formation from flabby . 中文词源 flab ：松弛的肌肉 逆构自flabby, 松驰的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： flab 词源， flab 含义。
• fjord 英文词源 fjord fjord: see ford fjord (n.) 1670s, from Norwegian fiord , from Old Norse fjörðr , from North Germanic *ferthuz , from PIE *prtus , from *per- "going, passage" (see port (n.1)). 中文词源 fjord ：海湾 来自挪威语。来自PIE*per, 向前，穿过，语源同ford, firth. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fjord 词源， fjord 含义。
• fizzle 英文词源 fizzle fizzle: [16] Originally, fizzle meant ‘fart silently or unobtrusively’: ‘And then in court they poisoned one another with their fizzles’, Benjamin Walsh’s translation of Aristophanes’ Knights 1837. Then in the mid-19th century it started to be used for a ‘weak spluttering hissing sound’, and hence figuratively ‘end feebly’. In the earlier sense, fizzle was p
• fizzer 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random above above: [OE] As in the case of about , the a - in above represents on and the - b - element represents by ; above (Old English abufan ) is a compound based on Old English ufan . This meant both ‘on top’ and ‘down from above’; it is related to over , and is probably descended from a hypothetical West Germanic ancesto
• fizz 英文词源 fizz (v.) "make a hissing sound," 1660s, of imitative origin. Related: Fizzed ; fizzing . The noun is recorded from 1812; meaning "effervescent drink" is from 1864, from the sound it makes. 中文词源 fizz ：嘶嘶声 拟声词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fizz 词源， fizz 含义。
• fixture 英文词源 fixture (n.) 1590s, "act of fixing," perhaps from fix (v.) on model of mixture , or from an assumed Latin *fixitatem . Meaning "anything fixed or securely fastened" is from 1812, an alteration of fixure (c. 1600). 中文词源 fixture ：固定设施，定期举行的体育活动 来自fix, 固定。用于指固定设施或定期举行的体育活动。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• fixer-upper 英文词源 fixer (n.) 1849, of chemicals, etc.; 1885 as a person who "makes things right;" agent noun from fix (v.). Fixer-upper is from 1967 as "that which repairs other things" (in an advertisement for a glue); by 1976 as a real-estate euphemism for "property that needs a lot of work." 中文词源 fixer-upper ：待修廉价房 来自fix-up, 固定，装修。用来指待修廉价房。比较
• fixative 英文词源 fixative (adj.) 1640s, from fix (v.) + -ative , suffix meaning "of or related to; tending to." As a noun, from 1870, "that which fixes." 中文词源 fixative ：定影剂 来自fix, 固定。用于颜料学名词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fixative 词源， fixative 含义。
• fixation 英文词源 fixation (n.) late 14c., fixacion , an alchemical word, "action of reducing a volatile substance to a permanent bodily form," from Medieval Latin fixationem (nominative fixatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin fixare , frequentative of figere "to fix" (see fix (v.)). Meaning "condition of being fixed" is from 1630s. Used in the Freudian sense since 1910. 中文词源
• fix 英文词源 fix fix: [15] Fix comes ultimately from Latin fīgere ‘fasten’. Its past participle fīxus made its way into English along two distinct routes, partly via the Old French adjective fix ‘fixed’, and partly via the medieval Latin verb fīxāre . Derived forms in English include affix [15], prefix [17], suffix [18], and transfix [16], and also fichu ‘scarf’ [19]: this came fro
• fives 英文词源 fives "A game, played especially in the UK, in which a ball is hit with a gloved hand or a bat against the walls of a court with three walls ( Eton fives) or four walls ( Rugby fives)", Mid 17th century: plural of five used as a singular noun; the significance is unknown. 中文词源 fives ：英式墙手球 来自five的复数形式。用来指墙手球原因不明，可能来自fiv
• five 英文词源 five five: [OE] Five is one of a general Indo-European family of words signifying ‘five’. It goes back ultimately to Indo-European * pengke , which also produced Greek pénte (source of English pentagon [16], pentecost [OE] – literally ‘fiftieth day’ – pentagram [19], etc), Sanskrit panca (source of English punch ‘spiced drink’), and Latin quīnque . In due course this
• fitness 英文词源 fitness (n.) 1570s, "state or quality of being suitable," from fit (adj.) + -ness . Meaning "state of being physically fit" is from 1935. 中文词源 fitness ：健康 来自fit, 合适的，得当的。后用来指身体上适宜的，健康的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fitness 词源， fitness 含义。 fitness ：适当，恰当；健康 词根词缀
• fitment 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random spine spine: [14] Spine comes via Old French espine from Latin spīna ‘thorn’, which was probably derived from the same base as spīca ‘ear of corn’ (source of English spike ‘pointed flower head’). The metaphorical extension ‘backbone’ developed in Latin, perhaps via ‘prickle’ and ‘fish bone’. A spinney [
• fitful 英文词源 fitful (adj.) used once by Shakespeare ("Life's fitful fever," "Macbeth," 1605) in sense of "characterized by fits," from fit (n.2) + -ful . then Revived in Romantic poetry late 18c. with a sense of "shifting, changing." Related: Fitfully (1792); fitfulness . 中文词源 fitful ：一阵阵的，间歇的 来自fit, 一阵痉挛。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• fit 英文词源 fit fit: English has three distinct words fit , but the history of them all is very problematical. The verb fit ‘make suitable, be the right size, etc’ [16], and the presumably related adjective ‘proper, appropriate’ [14] may come from a Middle English verb fitten ‘marshal troops’, but that only pushes the difficulty one stage further back, for no one knows where fitten ca
• fistula 英文词源 fistula (n.) "long, narrow ulcer," late 14c., from Latin fistula "a pipe; ulcer," which is of uncertain origin. Related: Fistular ; fistulous (Latin fistulosus "full of holes; tubular"). No certain etymology. The best comparison seems to be with festuca "stalk, straw" and maybe ferula "giant fennel" (if from *fesula ): the forms of a "pipe" and a "stalk" are similar. The vacillation b
• fisticuffs 英文词源 fisticuffs (n.) c. 1600, fisty cuffes , from fist (n.) + cuff (n.) "a blow" (see cuff (v.2)), with the form perhaps in imitation of handiwork . Related: Fisticuff . 中文词源 fisticuffs ：拳斗 fist, 拳头。cuff, 袖口，击打。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fisticuffs 词源， fisticuffs 含义。
• fist 英文词源 fist fist: [OE] Like finger , fist seems etymologically to be a reference to the number of fingers on the hand. It comes from a prehistoric West Germanic * fūstiz (source also of German faust and Dutch vuist ). This may represent an earlier * fungkhstiz , which has been referred to an Indo- European ancestor * pngkstis , a derivative of * pengke ‘five’. (Dutch vuist ‘fist’, i