英语词源

• tomboy 英文词源 tomboy tomboy: [16] Tomboy originally denoted a ‘rude or boisterous boy’, but before the end of the 16th century it was being applied to a ‘girl who behaves like a boisterous boy’. Tom (the familiar form of Thomas ) is presumably being used to denote ‘maleness’ (here ‘typical male aggressiveness’). tomboy (n.) 1550s, "rude, boisterous boy," from Tom + boy ; meaning "wi
• tombola 英文词源 tombola tombola: see tumble tombola (n.) Italian lotto-style lottery, 1880, from Italian tombola , apparently from tombolare "to tumble, fall upside down," from a Germanic source (see tumble (v.)). 中文词源 tombola ：翻筋斗赌戏（一种抽彩摇奖赌博游戏） 来自意大利语 tombola,翻筋斗赌戏，来自 tombolare,使翻滚，打滚，词源同 tumble.比喻用法，
• tom 英文词源 Tom familiar shortening of masc. proper name Thomas , used by late 14c. as a type of a nickname for a common man (as in Tom, Dick, and Harry , 1734). Applied 17c. as a nickname for several exceptionally large bells. Short for Uncle Tom in the sense of "black man regarded as too servile to whites" is recorded from 1959. Tom Walker , U.S. Southern colloquial for "the devil" is recorded
• Tom 英文词源 Tom familiar shortening of masc. proper name Thomas , used by late 14c. as a type of a nickname for a common man (as in Tom, Dick, and Harry , 1734). Applied 17c. as a nickname for several exceptionally large bells. Short for Uncle Tom in the sense of "black man regarded as too servile to whites" is recorded from 1959. Tom Walker , U.S. Southern colloquial for "the devil" is recorded
• tollbooth 英文词源 tollbooth (n.) early 14c., originally a tax collector's booth, from toll (n.) + booth . 中文词源 tollbooth ：收费站 tool,收费，booth,站，亭子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tollbooth 词源， tollbooth 含义。
• toll 英文词源 toll toll: Toll ‘charge, payment’ [OE] and toll ‘ring a bell’ [15] are distinct words. The former was borrowed into Old English from medieval Latin tolōneum ‘place where tolls are collected’, an alteration of late Latin telōneum . This in turn was borrowed from Greek telónion , a derivative of télos ‘tax’. The ancestry of toll ‘ring a bell’ is more conjectural.
• toke 英文词源 toke (n.) "inhalation of a marijuana cigarette or pipe smoke," 1968, U.S. slang, from earlier verb meaning "to smoke a marijuana cigarette" (1952), perhaps from Spanish tocar in sense of "touch, tap, hit" or "get a shave or part." In 19c. the same word in British slang meant "small piece of poor-quality bread," but probably this is not related. 中文词源 toke ：吸烟，吸一口 词
• toilsome 英文词源 toilsome (adj.) 1580s, from toil (v.) + -some (1). An earlier word was toilous (early 15c.). The opposite, toilless (c. 1600) is much less common. 中文词源 toilsome ：辛苦的，辛劳的 toil,辛苦，辛劳，-some,有些。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： toilsome 词源， toilsome 含义。
• toggle 英文词源 toggle (n.) 1769, "pin passed through the eye of a rope, strap, or bolt to hold it in place," a nautical word of uncertain origin, perhaps a frequentative form of tog "tug." As a kind of wall fastener it is recorded from 1934. Toggle bolt is from 1794; toggle switch , the up-and-down sort, first attested 1938. In computing by 1979, in reference to a key which alternates the function b
• tog 英文词源 tog (n.) 1708, "outer garment," shortened from togman "cloak, loose coat" (1560s), thieves' cant word, formed from French togue "cloak," from Latin toga (see toga ). Middle English toge "toga" (14c.) also was a cant word for "a coat." 中文词源 tog ：外衣，斗篷，专用的衣服和服装 来自古法语 togue,斗篷，外衣，来自拉丁语 toge,斗篷。后该词特指专用
• toff 英文词源 toff toff: [19] Toff probably originated as an alteration of tuft [14], which was used from the 18th century as an Oxford University slang term for a ‘titled undergraduate’ (students who came from noble families wore a gold tassel or ‘tuft’ on their caps). Tuft itself was adapted from Old French tofe or toffe ‘tuft’, a word of Germanic origin. = tuft toff (n.) lower-class
• toey 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random antic antic: see antique 中文词源 toey ：紧张的 toe,脚趾，-y,形容词后缀。引申词义坐立不安的，紧张的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： toey 词源， toey 含义。
• toe-tapping 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random volume volume: [14] Volume is one of a sizeable family of English words that go back to Latin volvere ‘roll, turn’. Others include convolution [16], convolvulus [16], devolution [16], evolution , involve [14], revolt , revolution , revolve , vault , volte-face [19], and voluble [16]. Volume itself comes via Old French volum
• toerag 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random milliner milliner: [16] The Italian city of Milan was famous in medieval and Renaissance times for the fabrics, laces, etc that it manufactured; and a merchant who imported such ‘Milan ware’ became known as a Milaner . In due course the term became associated with ‘makers of female garments’, which would have incorporate
• toddy 英文词源 toddy toddy: [17] Toddy originally meant ‘palm sap’. It was an alteration of an earlier tarry , which was borrowed from Hindi tārī . This was a derivative of tār ‘palm tree’, a descendant of Sanskrit tāla or tāra , which in turn was probably borrowed from a Dravidian language of southern India (Kannada has tar , Telugu tādu ). This palm sap was used as a drink, often in
• toddler 英文词源 toddler (n.) 1793, agent noun from toddle . Toddlekins is from 1839. 中文词源 toddler ：学步的幼童 toddle,蹒跚学步，-er,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： toddler 词源， toddler 含义。
• tod 英文词源 tod "On one’s own", 1930s: from rhyming slang Tod Sloan, the name of an American jockey (1873–1933). 中文词源 tod ：自己的，独自，单独 韵律俚语构词，来自 20 世纪初英国伦敦著名赛马骑师 Tod Sloan,后借用他的名字来表示 own, 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tod 词源， tod 含义。
• tocsin 英文词源 tocsin tocsin: see touch tocsin (n.) "alarm bell," 1580s, from Middle French toquassen "an alarm bell, the ringing of an alarm bell" (late 14c.), from Old Provençal tocasenh , from tocar "to strike" (from Vulgar Latin *toccare "strike a bell;" see touch (v.)) + senh "bell, bell note," from Late Latin signum "bell, ringing of a bell," in Latin "mark, signal" (see sign (n.)). The curre
• toccata 英文词源 toccata toccata: see touch toccata (n.) 1724, from Italian toccata , from toccare "to touch," from Vulgar Latin *toccare (see touch (v.)). "A composition for a keyboard instrument, intended to exhibit the touch and technique of the performer, and having the air of an improvisation" [OED]. 中文词源 toccata ：托卡塔 来自意大利语 taccata,托卡塔，来自 toccare,接触，触
• toboggan 英文词源 toboggan (n.) "long, flat-bottomed sled," 1829, from Canadian French tabagane , from an Algonquian language, such as Maleseet /thapaken/ . The verb is recorded from 1846. As American English colloquial for a type of long woolen cap, it is recorded from 1929 (earlier toboggan cap , 1928), presumably because one wore such a cap while tobogganing. 中文词源 toboggan ：长雪橇 来自加
• tobacconist 英文词源 tobacconist (n.) "dealer in tobacco," 1650s, from tobacco + -ist + abnormal inserted consonant; earlier meaning was "person addicted to tobacco" (1590s). 中文词源 tobacconist ：烟草商 tobacco,烟草，-ist,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tobacconist 词源， tobacconist 含义。
• tmesis 英文词源 tmesis (n.) 1580s, from Greek tmesis "a cutting," related to temnein "to cut," tome "a cutting" (see tome ). The separation of the elements of a compound word by the interposition of another word or words (such as a whole nother ). 中文词源 tmesis ：分割插入法 来自希腊语 tmesis,砍，切入，来自 temnein,砍，词源同 tome,anatomy.-esis,表状态。用于语法 格指
• titular 英文词源 titular (adj.) 1590s, from or based on Middle French titulaire (16c.), from Latin titulus (see title ) + -ar . Related: Titulary . 中文词源 titular ：名义上的，有名无实的 来自 title,称号，名义，称谓，-ar,形容词后缀。引申词义有名无实的，徒有虚名的等。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： titular 词源， titular 含义。
• tittle-tattle 英文词源 tittle-tattle "Casual conversation about other people, typically involving details that are not confirmed as true; gossip", Early 16th century: reduplication of tattle . 中文词源 tittle-tattle ：闲聊，流言蜚语 titter,傻笑，tattle,闲扯。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tittle-tattle 词源， tittle-tattle 含义。
• titrimetry 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random shimmer shimmer: [OE] Shimmer goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * skim - (source also of German schimmern ‘glitter, gleam’). This was an extension of the base * ski -, from which English gets sheer and shine . = sheer , shine 中文词源 titrimetry ：滴定分析，滴定测量 来自 titrate,用滴定法测量，-metry,测
• titrate 英文词源 titrate (v.) 1854, with -ate (2) + French titrer , from titre "standard, title," also "fineness of alloyed gold" (see title (n.)). 中文词源 titrate ：用滴定法测量 来自法语 titre,标准，程度，异化自古法语 title,名称，称号，标记，-ate,使，进行。后引申词 义测量，特指用滴定法测量。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• titmouse 英文词源 titmouse titmouse: see tit titmouse (n.) small, active bird, early 14c., titmose , from tit (n.2), expressing something small, + Old English mase "titmouse," from Proto-Germanic *maison (cognates: Dutch mees , German meise ), from adj. *maisa- "little, tiny." Spelling influenced 16c. by unrelated mouse , "when mose had long been obsolete as an independent word" [OED]. The proper plura
• titivate 英文词源 titivate titivate: see tidy titivate (v.) 1805, perhaps from tidy , "with a quasi-Latin ending" [OED] as in cultivate . 中文词源 titivate ：打扮，装扮 改写自早期拼写 tidivate,打扮，可能来自 tidy,整齐的，-vate,使，模仿 cultivate,培养，或 renovate, 翻修，改造。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： titivate 词源， titivate 含义
• titillate 英文词源 titillate titillate: see tit titillate (v.) 1610s, back-formation from titillation . Related: Titillated ; titillating . 中文词源 titillate ：使兴奋，煽动情欲 来自拉丁语 titillare,胳痒，胳肢，拟声词，模仿咯咯笑的声音，-ate,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： titillate 词源， titillate 含义。
• tithe 英文词源 tithe tithe: [OE] Originally, tithe meant simply a ‘tenth’ – a sense that has revived somewhat in recent years. The specific application to a ‘ten per-cent levy on annual production, paid to the Church’ dates from the 12th century. It comes from Old English tēotha ‘tenth’ (the modern English form tenth arose in the 12th century, through the influence of ten ). = ten tit
• titchy 英文词源 titchy titchy: [20] Titchy commemorates the ‘Tichborne claimant’, the title given to Arthur Orton, who, in an English cause célèbre of the 1860s, returned from Australia claiming to be Roger Tichborne, the heir to an English baronetcy who had supposedly been lost at sea. The diminutive music-hall comedian Harry Relph (1868–28) bore some resemblance to Orton, and so he acquired
• titch 英文词源 stitch stitch: [OE] Stitch was originally a noun, meaning ‘sting, prick’ (a sense which survives in the very specialized application to a ‘pain in the side, caused by exertion’). It came from a prehistoric Germanic * stikiz , which was formed from the base * stik - ‘pierce, prick’ (source also of English stick ). Its use as a verb, denoting ‘join with thread by piercing
• titbit 英文词源 titbit "A small piece of tasty food", Mid 17th century (as tyd bit , tid-bit ): from dialect tid 'tender' (of unknown origin) + bit 1 . 中文词源 titbit ：小片食物 来自 tidbit 拼写变体。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： titbit 词源， titbit 含义。
• titanium 英文词源 titanium (n.) metallic element, 1796, Modern Latin, named in 1795 by German chemist and mineralogist Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743-1817) from Latin Titan (see titan ) as "sons of the earth." He previously had named uranium . A pure specimen was not isolated until 1887. 中文词源 titanium ：钛 来自 Titan,巨人，-ium,元素后缀，命名基于 uranium,铀，来自 Uranus. 该词
• Titan 英文词源 titan (n.) early 15c., from Latin titan , from Greek titan , member of a mythological race of giants who attempted to scale heaven by piling Mount Pelion on Mount Ossa but were overthrown by Zeus and the other gods. They descended from Titan , elder brother (or grandson) of Kronos. The name is perhaps from tito "sun, day," which probably is a loan-word from a language of Asia Minor. S
• tit 英文词源 tit tit: English has three separate words tit . The oldest, ‘breast’ [OE], belongs to a West Germanic family of terms for ‘breast’ or ‘nipple’ that also includes German zitze and Dutch tit : it presumably originated in imitation of a baby’s sucking sounds. From Germanic it was borrowed into the Romance languages, giving Italian tetta , Spanish teta , Romanian tata , and
• tirade 英文词源 tirade (n.) "a long, vehement speech, a 'volley of words,' " 1801, from French tirade "a volley, a shot; a pull; a long speech or passage; a drawing out" (16c.), from tirer "draw out, endure, suffer," or the French noun is perhaps from or influenced by cognate Italian tirata "a volley," from past participle of tirare "to draw." The whole Romanic word group is of uncertain origin. Barn
• tiptoe 英文词源 tiptoe (n.) late 14c., from tip (n.1) + toe (n.). As an adverb from 1590s; as a verb from 1630s. Related: Tiptoes (late 14c.), also tiptoon ; tip-toed . Tippy-toes is from 1820. 中文词源 tiptoe ：蹑手蹑脚的走 tip,尖点，toe,脚趾。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tiptoe 词源， tiptoe 含义。
• tipsy 英文词源 tipsy (adj.) 1570s, from tip (v.1); compare drowsy , flimsy , tricksy . Later associated with tipple . Tipsy-cake (1806) was stale cake saturated with wine or liquor. 中文词源 tipsy ：微醉的 来自 tip,倾斜，倾倒，-sy,形容词后缀，为-y 特殊用法，如 folksy. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tipsy 词源， tipsy 含义。
• tipster 英文词源 tipster (n.) "one who provides private information," 1862, from tip (v.2) + -ster . 中文词源 tipster ：告密者，举报者 tip,告密，-ster,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tipster 词源， tipster 含义。
• Tipp-Ex 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random crinoline crinoline: [19] The reason crinolines are called crinolines is that they were originally made from a stiff fabric woven from horsehair and linen thread. Italian crino ‘horsehair’ (from Latin crīnus ‘hair’, a possible relative of English crest ) and lino ‘flax’ (from Latin līnum , source of English linen )
• tippet 英文词源 tippet (n.) c. 1300, of unknown origin; perhaps from Old English tæppet "carpet, hanging." 中文词源 tippet ：披巾，圣带 词源不详，可能来自古英语 taeppet,毯子，悬垂物。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tippet 词源， tippet 含义。
• tintinnabulation 英文词源 tintinnabulation (n.) "the ringing of bells," 1823, from Latin tintinnabulum "bell," from tintinnare "to ring, jingle" (reduplicated form of tinnire "to ring," from an imitative base) + instrumental suffix -bulum . Earlier forms in English were adjectives tintinnabulary (1787), tintinnabulatory (1827), and noun tintinnabulum "small bell" (late 14c.). 中文词源 tintinnabulation ：钟
• tint 英文词源 tint tint: see tinge tint (n.) "color," 1717, alteration of tinct (c. 1600), from Latin tinctus "a dyeing," from tingere "to dye" (see tincture ); influenced by Italian tinta "tint, hue," from Latin tinctus . tint (v.) 1756 (implied in tinted ), from tint (n.). Related: Tinting . 中文词源 tint ：色泽，色彩，染发剂 来自拉丁语 tinctus,染料，染剂，词源同 tinct
• Tinseltown 英文词源 tinsel (n.) mid-15c., "a kind of cloth made with interwoven gold or silver thread," from Middle French estincelle "spark, spangle" (see stencil (n.)). "In 14-15th c. Fr., the s of es- had long been mute" [OED]. Meaning "very thin sheets or strips of shiny metal" is recorded from 1590s. Figurative sense of "anything showy with little real worth" is from 1650s, suggested from at least 1
• tinsel 英文词源 tinsel tinsel: [16] Tinsel is etymologically something that ‘sparkles’. Its ultimate source is Latin scintilla ‘spark’, which has also given English scintillate [17]. This was altered in the postclassical period to * stincilla , which passed into Old French as estincele ‘spark’. From this was derived the adjective estincelé ‘sparkling’, which was applied particularly
• tinny 英文词源 tinny (adj.) 1550s, "of tin," from tin + -y (2). Used figuratively (of sounds, etc.) since 1877. 中文词源 tinny ：声音尖细的，如金属碰撞声的 来自 tin,锡，锡纸，-y,形容词后缀。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tinny 词源， tinny 含义。
• tinnitus 英文词源 tinnitus (n.) 1843, from Latin tinnitus "a ringing, jingling," from tinnire "to ring, tinkle" (see tintinnabulation ). 中文词源 tinnitus ：耳鸣 来自拉丁语 tinnire,丁当作响，拟声词。引申词义耳鸣。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tinnitus 词源， tinnitus 含义。
• tinker 英文词源 tinker tinker: [13] Etymologically, a tinker is probably a ‘worker in tin’. It could well be descended from an unrecorded Old English * tinecere , a plausible derivative of tin . There is an alternative possibility, however: it may have been derived from the now obsolete verb tink ‘tinkle’ (which, like tinkle [14] itself, was of imitative origin), in allusion to the metallic s
• tinge 英文词源 tinge tinge: [15] Etymologically, tinge denotes ‘soak, moisten’. That is what its Latin source, tingere , originally meant. The notion of ‘colour’ comes from a secondary Latin sense, ‘dye’, which arose from the concept of ‘dipping in liquid dye’. The Latin past participle, tinctus , lies behind English taint [14], tincture [14], and tint [18]. = taint , tincture , tint
• tinder 英文词源 tinder tinder: [OE] Tinder , and its relatives German zunder , Dutch tonder , and Swedish tunder , go back to a prehistoric Germanic base * tund - ‘ignite, kindle’, which also produced German anzünden , Swedish upptända , and Danish antænde ‘kindle’. Its ultimate origins are not known. The now clichéd tinder-dry is first recorded in Rudyard Kipling’s Light That Failed 18
• tincture 英文词源 tincture tincture: see tinge tincture (n.) c. 1400, "a coloring, dye," from Latin tinctura "act of dyeing or tingeing," from tinctus "dye," past participle of tingere "to tinge, dye, soak in color," originally merely "to moisten, wet, soak," from PIE root *teng- "to soak" (cognates: Old High German dunkon "to soak," Greek tengein "to moisten"). Meaning "solution of medicine in a mixtu
• timpani 英文词源 timpani timpani: [16] Timpani was borrowed from Italian, where it is the plural of timpano ‘kettledrum’. This in turn went back via Latin tympanum ‘drum’ (source of English tympanum ‘ear-drum’ [17]) to Greek túmpanon ‘drum’, a close relative of the verb túptein ‘hit’. Part of the same word-family is timbre ‘sound-quality’ [19], whose French antecedent meant ‘
• timer 英文词源 timer (n.) 1908 as a mechanical device, agent noun from time (v.). 中文词源 timer ：跑表，计时器 time,计时，-er,表物。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： timer 词源， timer 含义。
• timbre 英文词源 timbre timbre: see timpani timbre (n.) "characteristic quality of a musical sound," 1849, from French timbre "quality of a sound," earlier "sound of a bell," from Old French, "bell without a clapper," originally "small drum," probably via Medieval Greek *timbanon , from Greek tympanon "kettledrum" (see tympanum ). Timbre was used in Old French (13c.) and Middle English (14c.) to rende
• timberline 英文词源 timberline (n.) 1867, from timber + line (n.). 中文词源 timberline ：树带界线，林木线 timber,树木，林木，line,线。用于指树木的纬度生长线或山际线。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： timberline 词源， timberline 含义。
• tiller 英文词源 tiller tiller: see toil tiller (n.1) mid-14c., "stock of a crossbow," from Old French telier "stock of a crossbow" (c. 1200), originally "weaver's beam," from Medieval Latin telarium , from Latin tela "web; loom," from PIE *teks-la- , from root *teks- "to weave" (see texture (n.)). Meaning "bar to turn the rudder of a boat" first recorded 1620s. tiller (n.2) "one who tills," mid-13c.,
• tillage 英文词源 tillage (n.) late 15c., from till (v.) + -age . 中文词源 tillage ：耕地 来自 till,耕地，-age,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tillage 词源， tillage 含义。
• tilde 英文词源 tilde tilde: see title tilde (n.) 1864, from Spanish, metathesis of Catalan title , from vernacular form of Medieval Latin titulus "stroke over an abridged word to indicate missing letters," a specialized sense of Latin titulus , literally "inscription, heading" (see title (n.)). The mark itself represents an -n- and was used in Medieval Latin manuscripts in an abridged word over a pr
• Tigris 英文词源 Tigris river in Turkey and Iraq, from an Iranian source akin to words for "arrow," probably in reference to the swiftness of its current. Compare Old Persian tigra- "sharp, pointed," Avestan tighri- "arrow." 中文词源 Tigris ：底格里斯河 伊拉克古文明发源地河流，来自某波斯语词，比较古波斯语 tigra-,锋利的，像箭的，词源同 tiger,stick. 该词的
• tigress 英文词源 tigress (n.) 1610s, from tiger + -ess . 中文词源 tigress ：雌老虎 tiger,老虎，-ess,表阴性。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tigress 词源， tigress 含义。
• tightwad 英文词源 tightwad (n.) "parsimonious person," 1900, from tight in the figurative sense of "close-fisted" (1805) + wad (n.). The notions of stringency and avarice also combine in Modern Greek sphiktos "greedy," literally "tight." 中文词源 tightwad ：吝啬鬼 tight,拉紧的，手握紧的，wad,沓，俚语义钱。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tightwad 词源，
• tig 英文词源 tig (n.) child's game, 1816, earlier tick (1620s), variant of tag (n.2). 中文词源 tig ：儿童捉人游戏 一种儿童游戏，可能来自 tick 拼写变体，引申词义接触。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tig 词源， tig 含义。
• tiebreak 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random refuse refuse: [14] Refuse comes via Old French refuser from an unrecorded Vulgar Latin * refūsāre . It is not altogether clear where this came from, for it has no direct Latin antecedent. One theory is that it represents a blend of Latin recūsāre ‘refuse’ (source of English recusant [16]), a compound verb based on causa
• tidings 英文词源 tidings tidings: [OE] Tidings is etymologically ‘that which happens’. It is closely related to English tide , in the sense ‘happen’ (as in betide ). It was adapted from Old Norse títhendi ‘happenings, events, news’, a derivative of the adjective títhr ‘happening’. A similar semantic development from ‘events’ to ‘news of events’ lies behind the related German
• tiddler 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random prior prior: Prior the ecclesiastical rank [11] and prior ‘previous’ [18] are ultimately the same word. Both go back to Latin prior ‘former, superior’, a comparative formation based on the Old Latin preposition pri ‘before’. This came in postclassical times to be used as a noun meaning ‘superior officer, administra
• tidbit 英文词源 tidbit (n.) 1630s, probably from dialectal tid "fond, solicitous, tender" (perhaps by influence of tit (n.2)) + bit (n.1) "morsel." 中文词源 tidbit ：小块食物 tid,软的，嫩的，bit,小块。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tidbit 词源， tidbit 含义。
• tid 英文词源 antidote antidote: see date tide tide: [OE] Tide originally meant ‘time’ – as in the tautologous ‘time and tide wait for no man’. Like the related German zeit , Dutch tijd , and Swedish and Danish tid , all of which mean ‘time’, it comes from a prehistoric Germanic * tīdiz . This was derived from the base * tī - (source also of English time ), which in turn went back t
• tic-tac-toe 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random character character: [14] The ultimate source of character is Greek kharaktér , a derivative of the verb kharássein ‘sharpen, engrave, cut’, which in turn came from kharax ‘pointed stake’. Kharaktér meant ‘engraved mark’, and hence was applied metaphorically to the particular impress or stamp which marked one thin
• ticky-tacky 英文词源 ticky-tacky (n.) "inferior, cheap material," 1962 (in song "Little Boxes" by U.S. political folk-singer Malvina Reynolds, 1900-1978), reduplication of tacky . As an adjective by 1967. 中文词源 ticky-tacky ：劣质的建筑材料 韵律重复构词，可能来自 ticky,嘎吱作响的，或来自 tacky,劣质的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ticky-tacky
• ticking 英文词源 ticking (n.) "cloth covering (usually of strong cotton or linen) for mattresses or pillows," 1640s, from tyke (modern tick ) with the same meaning (mid-14c.), probably from Middle Dutch tike , from a West Germanic borrowing of Latin theca "case," from Greek theke "a case, box, cover, sheath" (see theco- ). 中文词源 ticking ：被套，枕套 来自古词 tyke,被套，枕套，来自
• ticker 英文词源 ticker (n.) 1821, "something that ticks," agent noun from tick (v.); slang meaning "heart" first recorded 1930. Ticker tape (1891) is from ticker "telegraphic device for recording stock market quotations, etc." (1883). 中文词源 ticker ：心脏 俚语，来自 tick,滴答声。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ticker 词源， ticker 含义。
• tibia 英文词源 tibia (n.) lower leg bone, 1726, from Latin tibia "shinbone," also "pipe, flute" (originally one of bone), in which sense it originally came into English (1540s). Of unknown origin. The Latin plural is tibiæ . Related: Tibial . 中文词源 tibia ：胫骨 来自拉丁语 tibia,胫骨，原义为管，笛子，词源可能同古希腊语 tube,管子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• tiara 英文词源 tiara (n.) 1550s, "headdress of the Persian kings" (also worn by men of rank), from Latin tiara , from Greek tiara , of unknown origin. Earlier in anglicized form tiar (1510s). As a richly jeweled headband in Western wear, 1650s ( tiar ; 1718 as tiara ). Related: Tiaraed . 中文词源 tiara ：冠状头饰 来自希腊语 tiara,冠状头饰，原为波斯国王或贵族所佩带的头巾
• ti 英文词源 ti seventh note of the musical scale, 1842, earlier te (1839), replacing si to avoid confusion with so , sol (see gamut ). 中文词源 ti ：大调音阶的第七阶 改写自大调音阶原第七阶 si,避免 soh 音与 si 音重合。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ti 词源， ti 含义。
• thyroid 英文词源 thyroid thyroid: [18] The thyroid glands are situated in the neck, and they get their name ultimately from a comparison of the shape of the large oblong cartilage in front of the throat (which includes the Adam’s apple) with that of a door. The word comes via early modern French thyroide from Greek thuroidés ‘door-shaped’, an alteration of thureoeidés , which was derived from
• thymus 英文词源 thymus (n.) gland near the base of the neck, 1690s, Modern Latin, from Greek thymos "a warty excrescence," used of the gland by Galen, literally "thyme," probably so called because of a fancied resemblance to a bud of thyme (see thyme ). Related: Thymic . 中文词源 thymus ：胸腺 来自拉丁语 thymus,来自希腊语 thymos,疣子状瘤，古希腊著名医生 Galan 借用该词用
• thyme 英文词源 thyme (n.) plant of the mint family, late 14c., from Old French thym , tym (13c.) and directly from Latin thymum , from Greek thymon , from PIE *dheu- (1), base of words meaning "to rise in a cloud" (see fume (n.)); thus thyme might be the plant "having a strong odor," or it might be related to thyein "burn as a sacrifice," which would indicate the plant was used as incense. Related:
• thwart 英文词源 thwart thwart: [13] Thwart was originally an adverb and adjective, meaning ‘across, crosswise’. It was however used as a verb, meaning ‘obstruct’ (from the metaphorical notion of ‘crossing’ someone) as early as the 13th century. It was borrowed from Old Norse thvert , the neuter form of thverr ‘transverse’. This went back to a prehistoric Germanic * thwerkhwaz (possibl
• thundery 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random scope scope: [16] Greek skopós meant ‘target’. As it passed via Italian scopo into English it evolved metaphorically to ‘aim kept in view, goal, purpose’ (‘the seventh Council of Carthage and the Milevitane Council, which both tend to one end and scope, that there should be no appellations made out of Africa’, Nicho
• thunderous 英文词源 thunderous (adj.) 1580s, from thunder (n.) + -ous . Related: Thunderously . 中文词源 thunderous ：雷鸣般的 thunder,打雷，-ous,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： thunderous 词源， thunderous 含义。
• thunderclap 英文词源 thunderclap (n.) also thunder-clap , late 14c., from thunder (n.) + clap (n.1). 中文词源 thunderclap ：雷电，霹雳 thunder,雷电，clap,拍掌声，拟声词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： thunderclap 词源， thunderclap 含义。
• thunderbox 英文词源 blunderbus blunderbus: [17] Blunderbus was originally Dutch donderbus (literally ‘thundergun’), and its transformation is due to folk etymology: the unfamiliar donder was replaced by the English word blunder , perhaps with some reference to the fact that, with its wide muzzle, it is capable only of fairly random firing. The second part of the word (which also occurs in arquebus )
• thumbtack 英文词源 thumbtack (n.) tack with a broad, flat head which may be driven by pressure from the thumb, 1884, from thumb (n.) + tack (n.1). 中文词源 thumbtack ：图钉 thumb,拇指，tack,大头钉。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： thumbtack 词源， thumbtack 含义。
• thumbsuck 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random embarrass embarrass: [17] As in the case of embargo , the etymological meaning of embarrass is ‘put behind bars’. It comes ultimately from Italian imbarrare ‘surround with bars’, hence ‘impede’, a compound verb formed from the prefix in - ‘in’ and Vulgar Latin * barra ‘bar’ (source of English bar ). From this
• thulium 英文词源 thulium (n.) 1879, Modern Latin, from thulia ( thulite ), name of an earth found in Scandinavia, from which the element was identified in 1879 by Swedish geologist Per Tedor Cleve (1840-1905), from Thule , which sometimes was identified as Scandinavia. 中文词源 thulium ：铥 来自古希腊语 Thule,传说中的极北之地，可能为现瑞典，-ium,金属元素后缀。该金属
• Thule 英文词源 Thule region or island at northernmost part of the world, Old English, from Latin, from Greek Thyle "land six days' sail north of Britain" (Strabo, quoting a lost portion of a work by Polybius, itself based on a lost account of a voyage to the north by 4c. B.C.E. geographer Pytheas). The identity of the place and the source of the name have sparked much speculation; Polybius doubted t
• thuggery 英文词源 thuggery (n.) 1839, from thug + -ery . Also thugee , from the native Hindi name for the system of religious assassination practiced by the thugs. 中文词源 thuggery ：暴行 thug,罪犯，-ery,表行为。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： thuggery 词源， thuggery 含义。
• thrush 英文词源 thrush thrush: Thrush the bird [OE] and thrush the disease [17] are presumably different words, although the origins of the latter are obscure. The bird-name goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * thruskjōn , and has relatives in Latin turdus ‘thrush’ (source of English sturdy ), German drossel ‘thrush’, and the now archaic English throstle ‘thrush’. The first record we ha
• throughway 英文词源 throughway (n.) "expressway, large toll road," 1934, American English, from through + way (n.). 中文词源 throughway ：过境道路，直达道路 through,通过，way,道路。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： throughway 词源， throughway 含义。