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• fission 英文词源 fission (n.) 1819, "division of a cell or organism," from Latin fissionem (nominative fissio ) "a breaking up, cleaving," from past participle stem of findere "to split" (see fissure ). Cognate with Old English bitan "to bite." Nuclear physics sense is 1939. As a verb, from 1929. 中文词源 fission ：裂变 来自fissile, 易裂变的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• fissile 英文词源 fissile (adj.) 1660s, from Latin fissilis "that which may be cleft or split," from fissus , past participle of findere "cleave, split, separate, divide" (see fissure ). 中文词源 fissile ：易裂变的 来自PIE*bheid, 劈开，裂开，词源同bite, boat. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fissile 词源， fissile 含义。 fissile ：易分裂的，可分裂的
• fishy 英文词源 fishy (adj.) late 15c., "fish-like, slimy," from fish (n.) + -y (2). In reference to taste, from 1540s. Sense of "shady, questionable" is first recorded 1840, perhaps from the notion of "slipperiness," or of giving off a bad odor. 中文词源 fishy ：可疑的，值得怀疑的 来自fish,鱼。即像鱼一样的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fishy 词源，
• fishwife 英文词源 fishwife (n.) 1520s, from fish (n.) + wife (n.) in the "woman" sense. Also fish-fag . 中文词源 fishwife ：卖鱼妇，泼妇 fish, 鱼。wife, 女人，妇人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fishwife 词源， fishwife 含义。
• fish 英文词源 fish fish: [OE] Fish goes back to an ancient Indo- European word * piskos , which produced on the one hand Latin piscis (source of French poisson , Italian pesce , Spanish pez , Breton pesk , and Welsh pysgodyn ) and on the other Germanic * fiskaz (source of Gothic fisks , German fisch , Dutch visch , Swedish and Danish fisk , and English fish ). (English, incidentally, gets piscatori
• firth 英文词源 firth firth: see ford firth (n.) "arm of the sea, estuary of a river," early 15c., Scottish, from Old Norse fjörðr (see fjord ). 中文词源 firth ：狭长海湾 来自PIE*per, 向前，穿过，词源同far, ford. 在古诺斯语（即北欧语）用来指狭长海湾。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： firth 词源， firth 含义。
• first 英文词源 first first: [OE] As its - st ending suggests, first was originally a superlative form. Its distant ancestor was Indo-European * pro , denoting ‘before, in front’ (amongst whose other descendants to have reached English are prime and the prefix proto -). Its Germanic offspring was * fur , * for (source also of English for and fore ), from which the superlative * furistaz , literal
• firmament 英文词源 firmament (n.) mid-13c., from Old French firmament or directly from Latin firmamentum "firmament," literally "a support, a strengthening," from firmus "strong, steadfast, enduring" (see firm (adj.)). Used in Late Latin in the Vulgate to translate Greek stereoma "firm or solid structure," which translated Hebrew raqia , a word used of both the vault of the sky and the floor of the eart
• firm 英文词源 firm firm: [14] Firm comes ultimately from Latin firmus ‘stable, strong, immovable’. In its adjectival use, the English word’s semantic line of descent from its Latin original is perfectly clear, but the noun presents a very different story. From firmus was derived the verb firmāre ‘make firm, fix’, which in post-classical times came to mean ‘confirm’. It passed into It
• firkin 英文词源 firkin (n.) "small cask," late 14c., apparently from Middle Dutch *vierdekijn , diminutive of vierde , literally "fourth, fourth part" (see fourth ); so called because it usually is the fourth part of a barrel. 中文词源 firkin ：小桶 fir-, 四分之一，词源同fourth. -kin, 小词后缀。即四分之一桶，用来指一种小桶。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• firewater 英文词源 firewater (n.) also fire-water , "alcoholic liquor," 1826, American English, supposedly from speech of American Indians, from fire (n.) + water (n.1). 中文词源 firewater ：烧酒 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： firewater 词源， firewater 含义。
• firebrand 英文词源 firebrand (n.) also fire-brand , c. 1200, "piece of wood kindled at a fire, a piece of something burning," from fire (n.) + brand (n.). Used for spreading fire. Figurative sense of "one who kindles mischief or passions" is from late 14c. 中文词源 firebrand ：煽动动乱者 即挥动火把的人，比喻煽风点火。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： firebr
• fire 英文词源 fire fire: [OE] Appropriately enough for one of the mainsprings of human civilization, the word fire is widespread amongst Indo-European languages (although it is only one of two competing ‘fire’ strands, the other being represented in English by ignite ). Among its relatives are Greek pur (whence English pyre , pyrotechnic , and, by a very circuitous route, bureau ), Czech pýr ‘
• fir 英文词源 fir fir: [14] As with many Indo-European tree-names, fir is a widespread term, but it does not mean the same thing wherever it occurs. Its prehistoric Indo-European ancestor was * perkos , which in Latin became quercus , the name for the ‘oak’. Nor was the application confined to southern Europe, for Swiss German has a related ferch ‘oak wood’. But by and large, the Germanic l
• fink 英文词源 fink (n.) 1902, of uncertain origin, possibly from German Fink "a frivolous or dissolute person," originally "a finch" (see finch ); the German word also had a sense of "informer" (compare stool pigeon ). The other theory traces it to Pinks , short for Pinkerton agents , the private police force hired to break up the 1892 Homestead strike. As a verb, 1925 in American English slang. Re
• finite 英文词源 finite (adj.) early 15c., "limited in space or time, finite," from Latin finitum , past participle of finire "to limit, set bounds; come to an end" (see finish (v.)). Related: Finitely ; finiteness . 中文词源 finite ：有限的 来自拉丁语finis, 终结，边界，词源同finish.引申义有边界的，有限制的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fin
• finishing school 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random store store: [13] Store is a shortened version of the now defunct astor ‘supplies, stock of provisions’. This was borrowed from Old French estor , a derivative of estorer ‘build, restore, furnish, stock’, which in turn came from Latin instaurāre ‘renew, repair, restore’ (source also of English restaurant and restore
• finish 英文词源 finish finish: [14] The Latin verb * fīnīre , a derivative of fīnis ‘end, limit’, signified ‘limit’ as well as ‘complete’, but it is the latter which has come down to English via feniss -, the stem of Old French fenir . The Latin past participle, fīnītus , gave English finite [15]. = final , finance , fine , finite finish (v.) late 14c., "to bring to an end;" mid-15c.
• finicky 英文词源 finicky (adj.) 1825, "dainty, mincing," from finical "too particular" (1590s), which perhaps is from fine (adj.) + -ical as in cynical , ironical (OED says "ultimate derivation" from the adjective "seems probable"). But finikin (1660s) "dainty, precise in trifles" has been proposed as a source, even though the timing is off. It apparently comes from Dutch; compare Middle Dutch fijnken
• finial 英文词源 finial (n.) "ornament at the top of a spire, gable, etc.," mid-15c., from fyniall "putting an end to, binding" (early 15c.), a variant of final . 中文词源 finial ：屋顶，墙头等的顶端饰 来自final拼写变体。用于建筑学名词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： finial 词源， finial 含义。
• finger 英文词源 finger finger: [OE] Widespread among the Germanic languages (German, Swedish, and Danish all have finger , and Dutch vinger ), finger is not found in any other branch of Indo-European. It is usually referred to a prehistoric Indo-European ancestor * pengkrós ‘number of five’, a derivative (like fist ) of * pengke ‘five’. = fist , five finger (n.) "terminal or digital member o
• finesse 英文词源 finesse (n.) 1520s, "fineness" (obsolete); 1530s, "artifice, delicate stratagem," from Middle French finesse "fineness, subtlety," from Old French fin "subtle, delicate" (see fine (adj.)). finesse (v.) "to use fine stratagems," 1746, originally as a term in whist; see finesse (n.). Related: Finessed ; finessing . 中文词源 finesse ：策略，手腕 来自fine, 精细，微妙。用于
• finery 英文词源 finery (n.) 1670s, "showy dress," from fine (adj.) + -ery . Literally, "something that is fine." 中文词源 finery ：精美华服 来自fine, 精细。用于指华丽的衣服。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： finery 词源， finery 含义。
• fineness 英文词源 fineness (n.) c. 1400, from fine (adj.) + -ness . 中文词源 fineness ：精细度 来自fine, 精细。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fineness 词源， fineness 含义。
• fine 英文词源 fine fine: [12] Both the adjective and the noun fine have come a very long way since their beginnings in Latin finis ‘end’. The etymological sense of the adjective is ‘finished’ – hence, ‘of high quality’. It comes via Old French fin from Vulgar Latin * fīnus , an adjective formed from the Latin verb fīnīre ‘limit, complete’ (source of English finish ). (A derivat
• fin de siecle 英文词源 fin de siecle (adj.) 1890, from French fin de siècle "end of century," phrase used as an adjective. At the time it meant "modern;" now it means "from the 1890s." "App. first in title of a comedy, Paris fin de siècle , produced at the Gymnase, Feb. 1890" [Weekley]. French siècle "century, age" is from Latin saeculum (see secular ). 中文词源 fin de siecle ：19世纪末的 来自法
• find 英文词源 find find: [OE] Find is a widespread Germanic verb, with relations in German ( finden ), Dutch ( vinden ), Swedish ( finna ), and Danish ( finde ). Further back in time, however, its ancestry is disputed. Some have connected it with various words for ‘path, way’ in Indo-European languages, such as Sanskrit panthās and Russian put’ , and with related forms denoting ‘go, journe
• finch 英文词源 finch (n.) common European bird, Old English finc "finch," from Proto-Germanic *finkiz "finch" (cognates: Middle Low German and Middle Dutch vinke , Dutch vink , Old High German finco , German Fink ), perhaps imitative of the bird's note (compare Breton pint "chaffinch," Russian penka "wren"). 中文词源 finch ：雀科小鸟 来自Proto-Germanic*finkiz,雀，来自PIE*sping，小鸟拟
• finance 英文词源 finance finance: [14] Finance comes ultimately from Latin fīnis ‘end’, and its present-day monetary connotations derive from the notion of ‘finally settling a debt by payment’. Its immediate source is Old French finance , a derivative of the verb finer ‘end, settle’, which when it was originally acquired by English still meant literally ‘end’: ‘God, that all things
• finale 英文词源 finale (n.) 1783, a musical term, from noun use of Italian finale "final," from Latin finalis "of or pertaining to an end" (see final ). From 1724 as an Italian word in English. Figurative use by 1810. 中文词源 finale ：终曲，结局 来自final, 最后的。用于音乐名词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： finale 词源， finale 含义。 finale ：尾
• final 英文词源 final final: [14] Of all the English descendants of Latin finis ‘final moment, end’ or ‘limit’ (see FINANCE, FINE, and FINISH), final , which comes via Old French final from Latin finālis ‘last’, preserves most closely the meaning of its source. But although by classical times finis denoted a temporal conclusion, its original use was for a physical boundary, and it appear
• finagle 英文词源 finagle (v.) "get dishonestly or deviously," 1926, American English, possibly a variant of English dialectal fainaigue "to cheat or renege" (at cards), which is of unknown origin. Liberman says finagle is from figgle , phonetic variant of fiddle "fidget about," frequentative of fig . Related: Finagled ; finagling . 中文词源 finagle ：欺诈 词源不详。可能来自feign, 假装，
• fin 英文词源 fin fin: [OE] Fin is a word common to the Germanic languages of northeast Europe (German has finne , Dutch vin ), but its ultimate source is not clear. The likeliest candidate is Latin pinna ‘feather, wing’ (source of English pin , pinion , and pinnacle ), although another suggestion is Latin spīna ‘thorn, spike’. = pin , pinion , pinnacle fin (n.) Old English finn "fin," fro
• filtrate 英文词源 filtrate (v.) 1610s, probably a back-formation from filtration or else from Medieval Latin filtratus . Related: Filtrated ; filtrating . As a noun, "liquid which has passed through a filter," from 1846. 中文词源 filtrate ：滤液 来自filter, 过滤器。-ate，动词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： filtrate 词源， filtrate 含义。
• filth 英文词源 filth filth: see foul filth (n.) Old English fylð "uncleanness, impurity, foulness," from Proto-Germanic *fulitho (cognates: Old Saxon fulitha "foulness, filth," Dutch vuilte , Old High German fulida ), noun derivative of *fulo- "foul" (see foul (adj.)). A classic case of i-mutation . 中文词源 filth ：污秽 来自foul, 恶臭的，污秽的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• filter 英文词源 filter filter: [14] Ultimately, filter is the same word as felt – and indeed that is what it first meant in English (‘They dwell all in tents made of black filter’, John Mandeville, Travels 1400). It comes via Old French filtre from medieval Latin filtrum , which was borrowed from prehistoric West Germanic * filtiz , source of English felt . The modern sense of filter did not de
• filo pastry 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random pan pan: [OE] Pan is a general West Germanic word, with relatives in German ( pfanne ) and Dutch ( pan ), and also, by borrowing, in Swedish ( panna ) and Danish ( pande ). It may have been borrowed into Germanic from Latin patina ‘dish’ (source of English paten [13] and patina [18]), which itself went back to Greek patánē
• filmy 英文词源 filmy (adj.) c. 1600, "composed of thin membranes," from film (n.) + -y (2). Related: Filminess . 中文词源 filmy ：薄膜般的 来自film, 毛皮，膜。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： filmy 词源， filmy 含义。
• filmstrip 英文词源 film-strip (n.) also filmstrip , 1930, from film (n.) + strip (n.). 中文词源 filmstrip ：幻灯片 film,胶片。strip,条。用于指幻灯片。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： filmstrip 词源， filmstrip 含义。
• film noir 英文词源 film noir (n.) 1958, from French, literally "black film," from noir (12c.), from Latin niger (see Negro ). 中文词源 film noir ：黑色电影 来自法语。noir, 黑色的，词源同night. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： film noir 词源， film noir 含义。
• film 英文词源 film film: [OE] The notion underlying film is of a thin ‘skin’. The word comes ultimately from a prehistoric Germanic * fellam , which was related to Latin pellis ‘skin’ (source of English pelt ‘skin’). From this was derived * filminjam , which produced Old English filmen , a word used for various sorts of anatomical membrane or thin skin, including the peritoneum and the
• filly 英文词源 filly filly: see foal filly (n.) c. 1400, filli , fyly , "a young mare, female colt or foal," possibly from Old Norse fylja , fem. of foli "foal" (see foal (n.)). Slang sense of "lively young girl" is from 1610s. 中文词源 filly ：小牝马 来自foal的阴性形式，马驹。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： filly 词源， filly 含义。
• fillip 英文词源 fillip (v.) mid-15c., philippen "to flip something with the fingers, snap the fingers," possibly of imitative origin. As a noun, from 1520s, fyllippe . 中文词源 fillip ：刺激，鼓舞 词源不详。可能来自拟声词，扑腾，拍打，词源同flap, flip. 引申词义刺激，鼓舞。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fillip 词源， fillip 含义。
• fillet 英文词源 fillet fillet: see file fillet (n.) early 14c., "little headband," from Old French filet "thread, filament; strip, ligament" (12c.), diminutive of fil "thread" (see file (v.1)). Sense of "cut of meat or fish" is from late 14c., apparently so called because it was prepared by being tied up with a string. fillet (v.) c. 1600, "to bind with a narrow band," from fillet (n.). Meaning "to c
• fill 英文词源 fill fill: [OE] Fill originated in prehistoric Germanic times as a derivative of the adjective * fullaz ‘full’, source of modern English full . This was * fulljan , which produced German füllen , Dutch vullen , Swedish fylla , Danish fylde , and English fill . = full fill (v.) Old English fyllan "to fill, make full, fill up, replenish, satisfy; complete, fulfill," from Proto-Germ
• filigree 英文词源 filigree filigree: [17] Etymologically, filigree describes very accurately how filigree was originally made: it was delicate ornamental work constructed from threads (Latin filum ) and beads (Latin grānum ‘grain, seed’). The Italian descendants of these two Latin words were combined to form filigrana , which passed into English via French as filigrane . This gradually metamorphos
• filibuster 英文词源 filibuster filibuster: [16] Filibuster and freebooter [16] are doublets: that is to say, they come from the same ultimate source, but have subsequently diverged. Freebooter ‘pirate’ was borrowed from Dutch vrijbuiter , a compound formed from vrij ‘free’ and buiter ‘plunderer’ (this was a derivative of buit ‘loot’, to which English booty is related). But English was not
• filial 英文词源 filial filial: see female filial (adj.) late 14c., from Late Latin filialis "of a son or daughter," from Latin filius "son," filia "daughter," possibly from a suffixed form of PIE root *bheue- "to be, exist, grow" (see be ), though *dhe(i)- "to suck, suckle" (see fecund ) "is more likely" [Watkins]. 中文词源 filial ：孝顺的 来自拉丁语filius, 儿子，filia, 女儿，来自拉
• file 英文词源 file file: The file for smoothing and rubbing [OE] and the file for storing things in [16] are quite different words. The former comes from a prehistoric Germanic * fikhalā (source also of German feile and Dutch vijl ), which goes back ultimately to Indo-European * pik -, * peik -, denoting ‘cut’. The latter, on the other hand, comes from Old French fil , a descendant of Latin fi
• filch 英文词源 filch (v.) "steal," especially in a small, sly way, 1560s, slang, perhaps from c. 1300 filchen "to snatch, take as booty," which is of unknown origin. Liberman says filch probably is from German filzen "comb through." Related: Filched ; filching . 中文词源 filch ：偷 词源不详。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： filch 词源， filch 含义。
• filbert 英文词源 filbert filbert: [14] Hazelnuts begin to ripen around the end of August, and so in medieval times they were named after Saint Philibert, a 7th-century Frankish abbot whose feast day falls on the 22nd of that month. Thus in Anglo-Norman they were * noix de Philibert or noix de filbert – whence English filbert . filbert (n.) "hazelnut," late 14c., from Anglo-French philber (late 13c.)
• filament 英文词源 filament (n.) "fine untwisted thread, separate fibril," 1590s, from Modern Latin filamentum , from Late Latin filare "to spin, draw out in a long line," from Latin filum "thread" (see file (v.1)). As the name of the incandescent element in a light-bulb, from 1881. 中文词源 filament ：灯丝，丝极 来自file,线，文件。引申词义灯丝，丝极。 该词的英语词源请访
• figurine 英文词源 figurine (n.) "small, ornamental human representation in pottery or other material work," 1854, from French figurine (16c.), from Italian figurina , diminutive of figura , from Latin figura "shape, form, figure" (see figure (n.)). Figurette is from 1850, from Italian. 中文词源 figurine ：小雕像 来自figure, 雕像。-ine, 小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• figure-hugging 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random canine canine: see kennel 中文词源 figure-hugging ：紧身的 figure, 身段。hug, 抱，拥抱。用来指一种紧身衣服。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： figure-hugging 词源， figure-hugging 含义。
• figurehead 英文词源 figurehead (n.) also figure-head , 1765, from figure (n.) + head (n.). The ornament on the projecting part of the head of a ship, immediately under the bowsprit; sense of "leader without real authority" is first attested 1868. You may say that the king is still head of the State, and that this is a sufficient basis for loyal feeling; certainly, if he were really so, and not a mere orn
• figure 英文词源 figure figure: [13] Figure comes via Old French from Latin figūra ‘form, shape, figure’, a derivative of the same base (* fig -) as produced fingere ‘make, shape’ (whence English effigy , faint , feign , and fiction ). Many of the technical Latin uses of the word, including ‘geometric figure’, are direct translations of Greek skhéma , which also meant literally ‘form,
• figurative 英文词源 figurative (adj.) late 14c., "emblematical," from Old French figuratif "metaphorical," from Late Latin figurativus "figurative" (of speech), from figurat- , past participle stem of Latin figurare "to form, shape," from figura "a shape, form, figure" (see figure (n.)). Of speech, language, etc., "allegorical, metaphoric, involving figures of speech," from late 14c. Related: Figurativel
• figment 英文词源 figment (n.) early 15c., "something invented or imagined, a myth or fable; deceitful practice; false doctrine," from Latin figmentum "something formed or fashioned, creation," related to figura "shape" (see figure (n.)). Related: Figmental ; figmentary . 中文词源 figment ：虚构 来自PIE*dheigh, 揉捏，捏造，形成，词源同dough, fiction. 引申词义虚构。 该词的英
• fight 英文词源 fight fight: [OE] The deadly earnestness of fighting seems to have had its etymological origins in the rather petty act of pulling someone’s hair. Fight , together with German fechten and Dutch vechten , goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * fekhtan , which appears to come from the same ultimate source as Latin pectere ‘comb’ and Greek péko ‘comb’. The missing links in the
• fig 英文词源 fig fig: English has two words fig . Fig the fruit [13] comes via Old French figue , Provençal figua , and Vulgar Latin * fica from Latin ficus . This, together with its Greek relative súkon (source of English sycamore and sycophant ), came from a pre-Indo-European language of the Mediterranean area, possibly Semitic. Greek súkon was, and modern Italian fica (a relative of fico ‘
• fifth column 英文词源 fifth column (n.) 1936, from Gen. Emilio Mola's comment at the siege of Madrid during the Spanish Civil War that he would take the city with his four columns of troops outside it and his "fifth column" ( quinta columna ) in the city. 中文词源 fifth column ：第五纵队，内奸 来自1936年西班牙内战时期指挥官Emilio Mola创造的一个词。他在一次记者采访时说
• fife 英文词源 fife (n.) 1550s, from German Pfeife "fife, pipe," ultimately from Old High German pfifa ; the English word is perhaps via Middle French fifre (15c.) from the same Old High German word. Imitative. German musicians provided music for most European courts in those days. As a verb from 1590s. Agent noun fifer is recorded earlier (1530s). Fife and drum is from 1670s. 中文词源 fife ：小
• fiesta 英文词源 fiesta (n.) 1844 as a Spanish word in English, "Spanish-American religious festival," Spanish, literally "feast" (see feast (n.)). 中文词源 fiesta ：宗教节日 来自feast的西班牙语拼写形式。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fiesta 词源， fiesta 含义。
• fiery 英文词源 fiery (adj.) late 13c., "flaming, full of fire," from Middle English fier "fire" (see fire (n.)) + -y (2). The spelling is a relic of one of the attempts to render Old English "y" in fyr in a changing system of vowel sounds. Other Middle English spellings include firi , furi , fuiri , vuiri , feri . From c. 1400 as "blazing red." Of persons, from late 14c. Related: Fieriness . As adje
• fierce 英文词源 fierce fierce: [13] Fierce has not always had exclusively negative connotations of ‘aggression’, although admittedly they do go back a long way. Its source, Latin ferus (which also gave English feral ) meant originally ‘wild, untamed’, but it subsequently developed the metaphorical sense ‘uncultivated, savage, cruel’. However, when English acquired the word, via Anglo-Norm
• fiendishly 英文词源 fiendish (adj.) 1520s, from fiend + -ish . Related: Fiendishly ; fiendishness . Old English had feondlic "hostile." 中文词源 fiendishly ：很，极其地 来自fiend, 恶魔。口语词义演变比较fucking good, devilishly. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fiendishly 词源， fiendishly 含义。
• fiend 英文词源 fiend fiend: [OE] Fiend seems originally to have meant ‘hated person’. It was formed in prehistoric times from the past participle of a Germanic verb meaning ‘hate’ (represented in historic times by, for example, Old English fēon , Old High German fiēn , and Gothic fijan ). In Old English its meaning had progressed to ‘enemy’ (which is what its German relative feind stil
• fieldwork 英文词源 breastwork (n.) "fieldwork thrown up breast-high for defense," 1640s, from breast (n.) + work (n.) in "fortification" sense. Old English had breostweall in same sense. 中文词源 fieldwork ：野外考察 field, 野外。work, 工作。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fieldwork 词源， fieldwork 含义。
• field event 英文词源 athlete athlete: [18] The etymological idea underlying athlete is ‘competing for a prize’. Greek āthlon meant ‘award, prize’, whence the verb athlein ‘compete for a prize’. Derived from this was the noun athlētés ‘competitor’. The context in which the word was most commonly used in Greek was that of the public games, where competitors took part in races, boxing matc
• field 英文词源 field field: [OE] Like plain , field seems originally to have meant ‘area of flat, open land’. It comes ultimately from the Indo-European base * plth -, which also produced Greek platús ‘broad’, English place and plaice , and possibly also English flan and flat . A noun derived from it, * peltus , entered prehistoric West Germanic as * felthuz , which subsequently disseminate
• fief 英文词源 fief fief: see fee fief (n.) also feoff , 1610s, from French fief (12c.) "a 'feud,' possession, holding, domain; feudal duties, payment," from Medieval Latin feodum "land or other property whose use is granted in return for service," widely said to be from Frankish *fehu-od "payment-estate," or a similar Germanic compound, in which the first element is from Proto-Germanic *fekhu , mak
• fiduciary 英文词源 fiduciary fiduciary: see faith fiduciary (adj.) 1640s, "holding something in trust," from Latin fiduciarius "entrusted, held in trust," from fiducia "trust, confidence, reliance;" in law, "a deposit, pledge, security," from root of fidere "to trust" (see faith ). In Roman law, fiducia was "a right transferred in trust;" paper currency sense (1878) is because its value depends on the t
• fidget 英文词源 fidget (n.) 1670s, as the fidget "uneasiness," later the fidgets , from a verb fidge "move restlessly" (16c., surviving longest in Scottish), perhaps from Middle English fiken "to fidget, hasten" (see fike (v.)). fidget (v.) 1670s (implied in fidgetting ); see fidget (n.). Related: Fidgeted . 中文词源 fidget ：烦燥不安 来自古英语fiken, 忙乱，不安，词源同fickle, 反
• fidelity 英文词源 fidelity fidelity: see faith fidelity (n.) early 15c., "faithfulness, devotion," from Middle French fidélité (15c.), from Latin fidelitatem (nominative fidelitas ) "faithfulness, adherence, trustiness," from fidelis "faithful, true, trusty, sincere," from fides "faith" (see faith ). From 1530s as "faithful adherence to truth or reality;" specifically of sound reproduction from 1878.
• fiddlesticks 英文词源 fiddle (n.) "stringed musical instrument, violin," late 14c., fedele , fydyll , fidel , earlier fithele , from Old English fiðele "fiddle," which is related to Old Norse fiðla , Middle Dutch vedele , Dutch vedel , Old High German fidula , German Fiedel "a fiddle;" all of uncertain origin. The usual suggestion, based on resemblance in sound and sense, is that it is from Medieval Lati
• fiddler 英文词源 fiddler (n.) late 13c., from Old English fiðelere "fiddler" (fem. fiðelestre ), agent noun from fiddle (v.). Similar formation in Dutch vedelaar , German Fiedler , Danish fidler . Fiddler's Green "sailor's paradise" first recorded 1825, nautical slang. Fiddler crab is from 1714. 中文词源 fiddler ：小提琴手 来自fiddle, 用提琴演奏。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• fiddle 英文词源 fiddle fiddle: [OE] Like its distant cousin violin , fiddle comes ultimately from the name of a Roman goddess of joy and victory. This was Vītula , who probably originated among the pre-Roman Sabine people of the Italian peninsula. A Latin verb was coined from her name, vītulārī , meaning ‘hold joyful celebrations’, which in post-classical times produced the noun vītula ‘st
• fictitious 英文词源 fictitious (adj.) 1610s, "artificial, counterfeit;" 1620s, "existing only in imagination," from Medieval Latin fictitius , a misspelling of Latin ficticius "artificial, counterfeit," from fictus "feigned, fictitious, false," past participle of fingere "to shape, form, devise, feign" (see fiction ). Related: Fictitiously ; fictitiousness . 中文词源 fictitious ：虚假的 来自fic
• fiction 英文词源 fiction fiction: [14] Fiction is literally ‘something made or invented’ – and indeed that was the original meaning of the word in English. It seems always to have been used in the sense ‘story or set of “facts” invented’ rather than of some concrete invention, however, and by the end of the 16th century it was being applied specifically to a literary genre of ‘invented
• fickle 英文词源 fickle (adj.) c. 1200, "false, treacherous, deceptive, deceitful, crafty" (obsolete), probably from Old English ficol "deceitful, cunning, tricky," related to befician "deceive," and to facen "deceit, treachery; blemish, fault." Common Germanic (compare Old Saxon fekan "deceit," Old High German feihhan "deceit, fraud, treachery"), from PIE *peig- (2) "evil-minded, treacherous, hostile
• fiche 英文词源 fiche (n.) 1949, "slip of paper, form," especially "the form filled in by foreign guests in French hotels" [OED], from French fiche "card, index card, slip, form" (15c.), verbal noun from Old French fichier "to attach, stick into, pin on" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *figicare , from Latin figere "to fix, fasten" (see fix (v.)). Sense of "card, strip of film" is a shortening of microfich
• fibula 英文词源 fibula (n.) 1670s, "clasp, buckle, brooch," from Latin fibula "clasp, brooch," related to figere "to fasten, fix" (see fix (v.)). In reference to brooches, the modern English word mostly is used in archaeology. As "smaller bone in the lower leg" from 1706, from a Latin loan-translation of Greek perone "small bone in the lower leg," originally "clasp, brooch; anything pointed for pierc
• fibroma 英文词源 fibroma "A benign fibrous tumour of connective tissue", Mid 19th century: from Latin fibra (see fibre ) + -oma . 中文词源 fibroma ：纤维瘤 fibro-, 纤维。-oma, 块。用来指纤维瘤。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fibroma 词源， fibroma 含义。
• fibroid 英文词源 fibroid (adj.) 1848, from fiber + -oid . 中文词源 fibroid ：纤维性的，纤维瘤 fibro-, 纤维。-oid, 类。即类纤维的，后用来指纤维瘤。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fibroid 词源， fibroid 含义。 fibroid ：纤维状的；纤维性的；由纤维组织的   词根词缀： -fibr-纤维 + -oid形容词词尾
• fibro 英文词源 fibro "A mixture of sand, cement, and cellulose fibre, used in sheets for building", 1950s: abbreviation of fibro-cement . 中文词源 fibro ：石棉水泥 缩写自fibro-cement. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fibro 词源， fibro 含义。
• fibrillation 英文词源 fibrillation (n.) 1842, "state of being fibrillar" (that is, "arranged in fibrils"), noun of action from fibrillate (v.). Especially "a quavering in the fibrils of the muscles of the heart" causing irregular beating (1882). 中文词源 fibrillation ：肌纤维震颤，纤维化 fibrill-, 纤维。-ate,动词后缀。即使纤维化，特别是心脏肌纤维震颤。 该词的英语词
• fibrinogen 英文词源 afibrinogenaemia "Absence of fibrinogen in the blood, usually resulting in impaired coagulation; an acquired or inherited condition characterized by this", 1940s; earliest use found in Journal of the American Medical Association . From a- + fibrinogen + -aemia , after German Afibrinogenämie . 中文词源 fibrinogen ：血纤蛋白原 frbrino-, 纤维蛋白。-gen, 原，产生，词源
• fibrin 英文词源 fibrin (n.) blood-clotting substance, 1800, from Latin fibra "a fiber, filament" (see fiber ) + chemical suffix -in (2). So called because it is deposited as a network of fibers that cause the blood to clot. 中文词源 fibrin ：纤维蛋白 fiber,纤维。-in, 化学名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fibrin 词源， fibrin 含义。
• fiber 英文词源 fiber (n.) late 14c., fibre "a lobe of the liver," also "entrails," from Medieval Latin fibre , from Latin fibra "a fiber, filament; entrails," which is of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Latin filum "a thread, string" (see file (n.1)) or from root of findere "to split" (see fissure ). Meaning "thread-like structure in animal bodies" is from c. 1600 (in plants, 1660s); hence figu
• Fibonacci series 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random vase vase: [17] Latin vās meant a ‘dish’ or ‘vessel’ (its diminutive forms vāsculum and vāscellum have given English vascular [17] and vessel respectively). It passed into English via French vase , and at first was pronounced to rhyme with base . This pronunciation survives in American English, but in Britain since th