英语词源

• falcon 英文词源 falcon falcon: [13] English acquired falcon via Old French faucon , but it is probably ultimately of Germanic origin. Related forms such as German falke and Dutch valk suggest a prehistoric Germanic * falkon , adopted into late Latin as falcō , and passing from there into Old French. falcon (n.) mid-13c., faucon , from Old French faucon "falcon" (12c.), from Late Latin falconem (nomi
• falcate 英文词源 falcate (adj.) "hooked, curved like a scythe or sickle," 1801, from Latin falcatus "sickle-shaped, hooked, curved," from falcem (nominative falx ) "sickle," which is of uncertain origin, perhaps a borrowing from a non-Latin Indo-European language of Italy. De Vaan lists cognates as Old Irish delg "thorn, pin," Welsh dala "sting," Lithuanian dilge "nettle," Old Norse dalkr "pin, spine,
• falafel 英文词源 falafel (n.) by 1951 as a traveler's word, not common or domestic in English until 1970s; from Arabic falafil , said to mean "crunchy." 中文词源 falafel ：炸肉丸子（中东食品） 来自阿拉伯语falafil,松脆的，可口的，可能来自拟声词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： falafel 词源， falafel 含义。
• fakir 英文词源 fakir (n.) c. 1600, from Arabic faqir "a poor man," from faqura "he was poor." Term for Muslim holy man who lived by begging, supposedly from a saying of Muhammad's, el fakr fakhri ("poverty is my pride"). Misapplied in 19c. English (possibly under influence of faker ) to Hindu ascetics. Arabic plural form fuqara may have led to variant early English forms such as fuckeire (1630s). 中文
• fakie 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random narcissus narcissus: [16] The plant-name narcissus goes back via Latin to Greek narkissos . Writers of ancient times such as Pliny and Plutarch connected it with Greek nárkē ‘numbness’ (source of English narcotic ), a tempting inference given the plant’s sedative effect, but in fact it probably came from an unknown pre-
• fake 英文词源 fake fake: [19] The use of fake for ‘produce a fraudulent copy of’ is a comparatively recent development. It used to mean ‘do up something spurious to make it seem genuine’, and in this sense seems to be a descendant of the longobsolete verb feague [16]. Essentially it is a piece of underworld slang, and as such has a rather slippery semantic history. In the 19th century it wa
• fajitas 英文词源 fajitas "A dish of Mexican origin consisting of strips of spiced beef or chicken, chopped vegetables, and grated cheese, wrapped in a soft tortilla and often served with sour cream", Mexican Spanish, literally 'little strips'. 中文词源 fajitas ：墨西哥肉丝蔬菜玉米卷饼 来自西班牙语，带子，来自拉丁语fascia, 带子，绑扎，词源同basket.因这种食物看
• faith 英文词源 faith faith: [12] Faith comes ultimately from the prehistoric Indo-European * bhidh -, * bhoidh - (source also of English federal ). It produced Latin fidēs ‘faith’, which lies behind a wide range of English words, including confide , defy , diffident (which originally meant ‘distrustful’), fealty [14], fidelity [15], fiduciary [17], and perfidy [16]. Its descendants in the R
• fait accompli 英文词源 fait accompli (n.) "a scheme already carried into execution," 19c., French, literally "an accomplished fact." See feat and accomplish . 中文词源 fait accompli ：既成事实 来自法语，即accomplished fact. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fait accompli 词源， fait accompli 含义。
• fairy 英文词源 fairy fairy: [14] Fairy is an Old French coinage. It comes from Old French faerie , which meant ‘enchantment, magic’ and was derived from fae ‘fairy’ (source of English fay [14]). This in turn came from the Latin plural fāta , used in personifying the Fates, three goddesses who in ancient mythology governed human destiny. The original notion of the French noun survives in the
• fairway 英文词源 fairway (n.) 1580s, "navigational channel of a river," from fair (adj.) + way (n.). Golfing sense is by 1898. 中文词源 fairway ：球道 原指适于船只航行的好的河道，后用于高尔夫名词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fairway 词源， fairway 含义。
• fair sex 英文词源 fair (adj.) Old English fæger "pleasing to the sight (of persons and body features, also of objects, places, etc.); beautiful, handsome, attractive," of weather, "bright, clear, pleasant; not rainy," also in late Old English "morally good," from Proto-Germanic *fagraz (cognates: Old Saxon fagar , Old Norse fagr , Swedish fager , Old High German fagar "beautiful," Gothic fagrs "fit"),
• fairness 英文词源 fairness (n.) Old English fægernes "beauty;" see fair (adj.) + -ness . Meaning "even-handedness, impartiality" is from mid-15c. Meaning "lightness of complexion" is from 1590s. 中文词源 fairness ：公平性 来自fair, 公平的，公正的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fairness 词源， fairness 含义。
• fairly 英文词源 fairly (adv.) c. 1400, "handsomely," from fair (adj.) + -ly (2). Meaning "impartially, justly" is from 1670s. Sense of "somewhat" is from 1805, a curious contrast to the earlier, but still active, sense of "totally" (1590s). Old English had fægerlice "splendidly." 中文词源 fairly ：公平地，公正地 来自fair, 公平的，公正的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• fair-haired 英文词源 fair (adj.) Old English fæger "pleasing to the sight (of persons and body features, also of objects, places, etc.); beautiful, handsome, attractive," of weather, "bright, clear, pleasant; not rainy," also in late Old English "morally good," from Proto-Germanic *fagraz (cognates: Old Saxon fagar , Old Norse fagr , Swedish fager , Old High German fagar "beautiful," Gothic fagrs "fit"),
• fairground 英文词源 fairground (n.) also fair-ground , 1741, from fair (n.) + ground (n.). 中文词源 fairground ：游乐场 fair, 集市，游乐。ground, 地方，地面。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fairground 词源， fairground 含义。
• fair game 英文词源 gimmick gimmick: [20] Gimmick originally meant ‘dishonest contrivance’ – indeed, in the first known printed reference to it, in George Maine’s and Bruce Grant’s Wise-crack dictionary 1926 (an American publication), it is defined specifically as a ‘device for making a fair game crooked’. The modern sense ‘stratagem for gaining attention’ seems to have come to the fore
• fair 英文词源 fair fair: English has two distinct words fair , one Germanic and the other Romance. The older, meaning ‘beautiful’ [OE], comes from a prehistoric Germanic * fagraz , which survives also in Swedish fager ‘beautiful’. It derived from a base * fag -, which seems originally to have meant ‘fitting, suitable’ (a variant of it was the ultimate source of fake and possibly also of
• faintness 英文词源 faintness (n.) early 14c., "feebleness, weariness," from faint (adj.) + -ness . Meaning "exhaustion" is mid-15c. Of color, light, etc., from 1640s. 中文词源 faintness ：微弱，虚弱 来自faint, 微弱，虚弱。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： faintness 词源， faintness 含义。
• faint 英文词源 faint faint: [13] Faint comes from Old French faint , which was originally the past participle of the verb faindre , feindre ‘pretend, shirk’ (whence English feign ). This meant ‘pretended, simulated’, ‘lazy, shirking’, and ‘cowardly’, and all these senses were originally taken over by English. None now survives except the last, in the phrase faint heart , but in their
• fain 英文词源 fain (adj.) Old English fægen , fagen "glad, cheerful, happy, joyful, rejoicing," from a common Germanic root (cognates: Old Saxon fagan , Old Norse feginn "glad," Old High German faginon , Gothic faginon "to rejoice"), perhaps from PIE *pek- (1) "to make pretty." Often "glad" in a relative sense, "content to accept when something better is unobtainable." As an adverb, from c. 1200.
• failure 英文词源 failure (n.) 1640s, failer , "a failing, deficiency," also "act of failing," from Anglo-French failer , Old French falir "be lacking; not succeed" (see fail (v.)). The verb in Anglo-French used as a noun; ending altered 17c. in English to conform with words in -ure . Meaning "thing or person considered as a failure" is from 1837. 中文词源 failure ：失败 来自fail, 失败。 该词
• fail-safe 英文词源 fail-safe (adj.) also failsafe , fail safe "safe against failure," 1945, originally in reference to aircraft construction, from fail (v.) + safe (adj.). The novel about a nuclear attack caused by mechanical error is from 1962. 中文词源 fail-safe ：有自动保险装置的 fail, 失败。safe, 安全，防止失败。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fail-saf
• fail 英文词源 fail fail: [13] Fail , fallacy [15], fallible , false , and fault all come ultimately from the same source – the Latin verb fallere . This originally meant ‘deceive’, but it developed semantically to ‘deceive someone’s hopes, disappoint someone’, and in its Vulgar Latin descendant * fallīre this meaning had progressed to ‘be defective, fail’. English acquired the word
• Fahrenheit 英文词源 Fahrenheit Fahrenheit: [18] The ‘pre-metrication’ temperature scale takes its name from its inventor, the German physicist Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit (1686-1736). Not only did he develop the idea of a scale in which ice melts at 32º and water boils at 212º, he also invented the mercury thermometer. Fahrenheit (adj.) temperature scale, 1753, named for Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit (16
• fah 英文词源 fah "(In tonic sol-fa) the fourth note of a major scale", Middle English: representing (as an arbitrary name for the note) the first syllable of famuli , taken from a Latin hymn (see solmization ). 中文词源 fah ：大调音阶的第四阶 音乐名词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fah 词源， fah 含义。
• fag hag 英文词源 fag (n.2) shortening of faggot (n.2) "male homosexual," by 1921. Fag hag "heterosexual woman who keeps company with gay men" attested by 1969. 中文词源 fag hag ：喜欢与男同性恋交往的女性 fag, 男同性恋。hag, 巫婆，女巫。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fag hag 词源， fag hag 含义。
• faggot 英文词源 faggot (n.1) late 13c., "bundle of twigs bound up," also fagald , faggald , from Old French fagot "bundle of sticks" (13c.), of uncertain origin, probably from Italian faggotto "bundle of sticks," diminutive of Vulgar Latin *facus , from Latin fascis "bundle of wood" (see fasces ). Especially used for burning heretics (emblematic of this from 1550s), so that phrase fire and faggot was
• fag 英文词源 fag fag: English has three distinct words fag , none of whose origins is altogether clear. The oldest is the one which denotes ‘drudgery’. It is first recorded as a verb in the 16th century, meaning ‘droop, decline’; its more common noun uses, ‘hard boring work’ and ‘boy who does tasks for an older boy in a British public school’, appear to have developed in the late 1
• faff 英文词源 faff "Spend time in ineffectual activity", Late 18th century (originally dialect in the sense 'blow in puffs', describing the wind): imitative. The current sense may have been influenced by dialect faffle 'stammer, stutter', later 'flap in the wind', which came to mean 'fuss, dither' at about the same time as faff (late 19th century).MoreOriginally a dialect word for ‘blow in puffs
• fader 英文词源 fader (n.) sound control device, 1931, agent noun from fade (v.). 中文词源 fader ：音量控制器 来自fade, 变暗，淡出。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fader 词源， fader 含义。
• fade 英文词源 fade fade: [14] Fade comes from Old French fader , a derivative of the adjective fade ‘faded, vapid’. This in turn came from Vulgar Latin * fatidus , which probably represents an alteration of Latin fatuus ‘stupid, insipid’ (source of English fatuous [17]) under the influence of Latin vapidus ‘flat, lifeless’ (source of English vapid ). = fatuous , vapid fade (v.) early 14
• faddy 英文词源 fad (n.) 1834, "hobby, pet project" (adjective faddy is from 1824), of uncertain origin. Perhaps shortened from fiddle-faddle . Or perhaps from French fadaise "trifle, nonsense," which is ultimately from Latin fatuus "stupid." From 1881 as "fashion, craze," or as Century Dictionary has it, "trivial fancy adopted and pursued for a time with irrational zeal." 中文词源 faddy ：偏食的
• faculty 英文词源 faculty faculty: [14] If one has a faculty for doing something, one finds it ‘easy’ to do. The word comes, via Old French faculte , from Latin facultās . This was a parallel form to facilitās (source of English facility [15]). Both were derived from Latin facilis ‘easy’ (whence English facile [15]), an adjective formed from the verb facere ‘do’. Since facilitās more clo
• factotum 英文词源 factotum factotum: [16] A factotum is literally someone who ‘does everything’. It was coined from fac , the imperative form of the Latin verb facere ‘do’, and tōtum ‘all’ (source of English total ). Originally it was used virtually as a name, in phrases such as ‘Master Factotum’, and it does not seem to have been until the late 18th century that it settled into its cu
• factory 英文词源 factory factory: [16] Latin factor , a derivative of facere ‘make’, meant ‘maker, doer’ (it was introduced into English in the 15th century as ‘agent’, but was not adopted as a mathematical term until the mid 17th century). Among its post-classical derivatives were late Latin factōrium ‘oil-press’ and medieval Latin factōria ‘establishment for factors or agents’.
• factorial 英文词源 factorial (n.) 1816, in mathematics, from factor + -al (2). As an adjective from 1837 in mathematics; from 1881 as "pertaining to a factor." 中文词源 factorial ：阶乘 来自factor, 因素，要素。用于数学名词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： factorial 词源， factorial 含义。
• factor 英文词源 factor (n.) early 15c., "commercial agent, deputy, one who buys or sells for another," from Middle French facteur "agent, representative" (Old French factor , faitor "doer, author, creator"), from Latin factor "doer, maker, performer," in Medieval Latin, "agent," agent noun from past participle stem of facere "to do" (see factitious ). In commerce, especially "a commission merchant."
• factoid 英文词源 factoid (n.) 1973, "published statement taken to be a fact because of its appearance in print," from fact + -oid , first explained, if not coined, by Norman Mailer. Factoids ... that is, facts which have no existence before appearing in a magazine or newspaper, creations which are not so much lies as a product to manipulate emotion in the Silent Majority. [Mailer, "Marilyn," 1973] By
• factitious 英文词源 factitious (adj.) 1640s, "made by or resulting from art, artificial," from Latin facticius / factitius "artificial," from factus "elaborate, artistic," past participle adjective from facere "to make, do; perform; bring about; endure, suffer; behave; suit, be of service" (source of French faire , Spanish hacer ), from PIE root *dhe- "to put, to set, to do" (cognates: Sanskrit dadhati "
• faction 英文词源 faction faction: see fashion faction (n.1) c. 1500, from Middle French faction (14c.) and directly from Latin factionem (nominative factio ) "political party, class of persons," literally "a making or doing," noun of action from past participle stem of facere "to do" (see factitious ). In ancient Rome, originally "one of the four teams of contenders for the chariot races in the circus
• fact 英文词源 fact fact: [16] A fact is literally ‘something that is done’. It comes from Latin factum ‘deed’, a noun based on the past participle of facere ‘do’. This verb, a distant relative of English do , has contributed richly to English vocabulary, from obvious derivatives like factitious [17] and factitive [19] to more heavily disguised forms such as difficult , effect , fashion
• facing 英文词源 facing (n.) "defiance," 1520s, verbal noun from face (v.). Meaning "action of turning the face toward" is from 1540s; that of "covering in front of a garment" is from 1560s; that of "a coating" is from 1580s; that of "front or outer part of a wall, building, etc.," is from 1823. Earliest use is as "disfiguring, defacing" (c. 1400). facing (adj.) 1560s, "audacious," present participle
• facility 英文词源 facility (n.) early 15c., "gentleness, lightness," from Middle French facilité "easiness, ease," from Latin facilitatem (nominative facilitas ) "easiness, ease, fluency, willingness," from facilis "easy" (see facile ). First in a medical book: If it be nede forto smyte [the head] wiþ a malle, be it done with esynez or facilite [transl. Guy de Chauliac's "Grande Chirurgie"] Its sense
• facilitate 英文词源 facilitate (v.) 1610s, "make easy, render less difficult," from French faciliter "to render easy," from stem of Latin facilis "easy" (see facile ). Related: Facilitated ; facilitates ; facilitating . 中文词源 facilitate ：促进 来自facile, 简单的。即使简单，简化，促进。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： facilitate 词源， facilitate 含义。
• facile 英文词源 facile facile: see faculty facile (adj.) late 15c., "easy to do," from Middle French facile "easy," from Latin facilis "easy to do" and, of persons, "pliant, courteous, yielding," from facere "to do" (see factitious ). Usually now with depreciatory implication. Of persons, "easily led," from 1510s. 中文词源 facile ：简单的，轻率的 来自PIE*dhe, 做，放置，语源同do,
• facial 英文词源 facial (adj.) c. 1600, "face to face," from French facial , from Medieval Latin facialis "of the face," from facies (see face (n.)). Meaning "pertaining to the face" in English is from 1786. The noun meaning "beauty treatment for the face" is from 1914, American English. Middle English had faciale (n.) "face-cloth for a corpse" (early 14c.). 中文词源 facial ：面部的 来自face
• facetious 英文词源 facetious (adj.) 1590s, from French facétieux (16c.), from facétie "a joke" (15c.), from Latin facetiae "jests, witticisms" (singular facetia ), from facetus "witty, elegant, fine, courteous," which is of unknown origin, perhaps related to facis "torch." Formerly often in a good sense, "witty, amusing," but later implying a desire to be amusing that is often intrusive or ill-timed.
• facet 英文词源 facet (n.) 1620s, "one side of a multi-sided body," from French facette (12c., Old French facete ), diminutive of face "face, appearance" (see face (n.)). The diamond-cutting sense is the original one. Transferred and figurative use by 1820. Related: Faceted ; facets . 中文词源 facet ：部分，方面 来自face, 脸。-et, 小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• face 英文词源 face face: [13] The notion that a person’s face ‘is’ their appearance, what they look like to the rest of the world, lies behind the word face . It probably comes from a prehistoric base * fac -, signifying ‘appear’. This gave rise to Latin faciēs , which originally meant ‘appearance, aspect, form’, and only secondarily, by figurative extension, ‘face’. In due cours
• facade 英文词源 facade (n.) 1650s, "front of a building," from French façade (16c.), from Italian facciata "the front of a building," from faccia "face," from Vulgar Latin *facia (see face (n.)). Figurative use by 1845. 中文词源 facade ：正面 来自face, 脸。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： facade 词源， facade 含义。
• fabulous 英文词源 fabulous (adj.) early 15c., "mythical, legendary," from Latin fabulosus "celebrated in fable;" also "rich in myths," from fabula "story, tale" (see fable (n.)). Meaning "pertaining to fable" is from 1550s. Sense of "incredible" first recorded c. 1600, hence "enormous, immense, amazing," which was trivialized by 1950s to "marvelous, terrific." Slang shortening fab first recorded 1957;
• fabricate 英文词源 fabricate (v.) mid-15c., "to fashion, make, build," from Latin fabricatus , past participle of fabricare "to make, construct, fashion, build," from fabrica (see fabric ). In bad sense of "tell a lie (etc.)," it is recorded by 1779. Related: Fabricated ; fabricating . 中文词源 fabricate ：制造，捏造 来自fabric, 装配，结构。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• fabric 英文词源 fabric fabric: [15] Latin faber was a term for an artisan who worked with hard materials – a carpenter, for example, or a smith (it probably came from a prehistoric Indo-European base meaning ‘fit things together’). From it was derived fabrica , which denoted the trade such a man followed, the place where he worked, or in general terms the product of his work – in the case of
• fable 英文词源 fable fable: [13] The Indo-European base * bha - ‘speak’ has produced a wide range of English words, including (via Germanic) ban and (via Latin fārī ‘speak’) affable , confess , fairy , fame , fate , ineffable , infant , nefarious , and profess . Fable is a member of this latter group; it comes via Old French fable from Latin fābula ‘narrative, story’ (source also of E
• fab 英文词源 fab (adj.) 1957, slang shortening of fabulous . 中文词源 fab ：极好的 缩写自fabulous. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： fab 词源， fab 含义。
• fore- 英文词源 fore- Middle English for- , fore- , from Old English fore- , often for- or foran- , from fore (adv. prep.), which was used as a prefix in Old English as in other Germanic languages with a sense of "before in time, rank, position," etc., or designating the front part or earliest time. 中文词源 fore- ：向前，前面 来自PIE *per, 向前，穿过，词源同单词for. 见forecas
• for- 英文词源 for- prefix usually meaning "away, opposite, completely," from Old English for- , indicating loss or destruction, but in other cases completion, and used as well with intensive or pejorative force, from Proto-Germanic *fur "before, in" (cognates: Old Norse for- , Swedish för- , Dutch ver- , Old High German fir- , German ver- ); from PIE *pr- , from root *per- (1) "forward, through" (
• farce 英文词源 farce farce: [14] Farce originally meant ‘stuff’ (widening gastronomic knowledge in the late 20th century has made us more familiar with its French cousin farcir ‘stuff’, and the force - of forcemeat [17] is the same word). It came via Old French farsir from Latin farcīre ‘stuff’. The Latin verb was used in the Middle Ages for the notion of inserting additional passages i
• frank 英文词源 frank frank: [13] To call someone frank is to link them with the Germanic people who conquered Gaul around 500 AD, the Franks, who gave their name to modern France and the French. After the conquest, full political freedom was granted only to ethnic Franks or to those of the subjugated Celts who were specifically brought under their protection. Hence, franc came to be used as an adjec
• fabian 英文词源 Fabian (n.) "socialist," 1884, from Fabian Society, founded in Britain 1884, named for Quintus Fabius Maximus (surnamed Cunctator "the Delayer"), the cautious tactician who opposed Hannibal in the Second Punic War. The Fabians chose the name to draw a distinction between their slow-going tactics and those of anarchists and communists. The Latin gens name possibly is from faba "a bean.
• frankenstein 英文词源 Frankenstein (n.) allusive use for man-made monsters dates to 1838, from Baron Frankenstein , character in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel "Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus." Commonly taken (mistakenly) as the proper name of the monster, not the creator, and thus franken- extended 1990s as a prefix to mean "non-natural." The German surname is probably literally "Franconian Mountain," ste
• forum 英文词源 forum forum: [15] Originally Latin forum denoted an ‘out-of-doors place’ – it was related to forīs ‘outof- doors, outside’ and to forēs ‘door’, a distant cousin of English door . It came to be used for any outdoor open space or public place, and in particular for a market place (the most famous of which was the one in Rome, where public assemblies, tribunals, etc were
• forest 英文词源 forest forest: [13] The underlying sense of forest appears to be ‘outside wooded area’. It comes from the late Latin phrase forestis silva (Latin silva means ‘wood’), which was applied to the royal forests of Charlemagne. The adjective forestis (which became the Old French noun forest ) was probably a derivative of Latin forīs ‘outdoor, outside’, which, like forās (sourc
• frankfurter 英文词源 frankfurter (n.) "hot dog," 1894, American English, from German Frankfurter (wurst) "(sausage) of Frankfurt," so called because the U.S. product resembled a type of smoked-beef-and-pork sausage originally made in Germany, where it was associated with the city of Frankfurt am Main (literally "ford of the Franks" on the River Main). Attested from 1877 as Frankfort sausage . 中文词源
• fool 英文词源 fool fool: [13] Fool comes via Old French fol from Latin follis , which originally meant ‘bellows’ (and may come ultimately from Indo-European * bhel -, which produced English bellows ). In post-classical times it developed semantically via ‘windbag’ and ‘fatuous person’ to ‘idiot’. Fool ‘dessert of puréed fruit and cream’ [16] appears to be the same word, applied
• free 英文词源 free free: [OE] The prehistoric ancestor of free was a term of affection uniting the members of a family in a common bond, and implicitly excluding their servants or slaves – those who were not ‘free’. It comes ultimately from Indo- European * prijos , whose signification ‘dear, beloved’ is revealed in such collateral descendants as Sanskrit priyás ‘dear’, Russian prija
• furlong 英文词源 furlong furlong: [OE] Furlong ‘eighth of a mile’, which has now virtually died out except in horse-racing terminology, is part of a vocabulary of lengthmeasuring bequeathed to us by the agricultural practices of our ancestors. It originated as an Old English compound formed from furh ‘furrow’ and lang ‘long’ – that is, the length of a furrow ploughed across a standard-si
• fetish 英文词源 fetish fetish: [17] Fetish is a doublet of factitious : that is to say, the two words have a common origin, but have subsequently diverged widely. Both come ultimately from Latin factītius ‘made by art’, an adjective derived from the past participle of facere ‘do, make’ (whence English effect , fact , fashion , among a host of other related words). Its Portuguese descendant,
• fealty 英文词源 fealty fealty: see faith fealty (n.) c. 1300, feaute , from Old French feauté , earlier fealte , "loyalty, fidelity; homage sworn by a vassal to his overlord; faithfulness," from Latin fidelitatem (nominative fidelitas ) "faithfulness, fidelity," from fidelis "loyal, faithful" (see fidelity ). 中文词源 fealty （效忠）：封臣向封建主宣誓效忠 在西方封建社会中，
• facsimile 英文词源 facsimile facsimile: see fax facsimile (n.) "exact copy," 1690s, two words, from Latin fac simile "make similar," from fac imperative of facere "to make" (see factitious ) + simile , neuter of similis "like, similar" (see similar ). One-word form predominated in 20c. As an adjective from 1877 中文词源 facsimile （传真）：拉丁文“使其一模一样”的组合 英语单词
• fad 英文词源 fad (n.) 1834, "hobby, pet project" (adjective faddy is from 1824), of uncertain origin. Perhaps shortened from fiddle-faddle . Or perhaps from French fadaise "trifle, nonsense," which is ultimately from Latin fatuus "stupid." From 1881 as "fashion, craze," or as Century Dictionary has it, "trivial fancy adopted and pursued for a time with irrational zeal." 中文词源 fad （一时的
• fig leaf 英文词源 fig leaf "A leaf of a fig tree, often used for concealing the genitals in paintings and sculpture", Early 16th century: with reference to the story of Adam and Eve (Gen. 3:7). 中文词源 fig leaf （遮羞布）：圣经中亚当夏娃用来遮羞的无花果树叶 英语中，fig leaf（无花果树叶）常用来比喻“遮羞布”。该习语出自《圣经》的“创世纪”的
• fanatic 英文词源 fanatic (n.) 1520s, "insane person," from Latin fanaticus "mad, enthusiastic, inspired by a god," also "furious, mad," originally, "pertaining to a temple," from fanum "temple, shrine, consecrated place," related to festus "festive" (see feast (n.)). Meaning "zealous person, person affected by enthusiasm" is from 1640s. As an adjective, in English, 1530s, "furious;" meaning "character
• Friday 英文词源 Friday Friday: [OE] Friday was named for Frigg, in Scandinavian mythology the wife of Odin and goddess of married love and of the hearth ( Frigg , or in Old English Frīg , is thought to have come from prehistoric Germanic * frijaz ‘noble’, source of English free ). ‘Frigg’s day’ was a direct adaptation of Latin Veneris dies ‘Venus’s day’ (whence French vendredi ‘Fri
• fauna 英文词源 fauna fauna: [18] Fauna was a Roman goddess of the countryside, sister of Faunus (the Roman equivalent of Greek Pan) who was a nature and fertility god worshipped by shepherds, farmers, etc. The Swedish naturalist Carolus Linnaeus applied her name in 1746 to his catalogue of the animals of Sweden, Fauna suecica ‘Swedish Fauna’, and it has been used since then as a collective term
• fascinate 英文词源 fascinate fascinate: [16] To fascinate somebody is literally to ‘bewitch’ them. The word comes from the past participle of the Latin verb fascināre , which was a derivative of fascinum ‘witchcraft’. The Roman phallic deity, incidentally, was named Fascinus , because an amulet in the shape of a penis was hung around children’s necks in ancient times to ward off evil spells.
• flora 英文词源 flora flora: [16] Latin flōs meant ‘flower’ (it was the source of English flower ). From it was derived Flora , the name given to the Roman goddess of flowers. English took over the term in this mythological sense, and in the 17th century it began to be used in the titles of botanical works (for example John Ray’s Flora , seu de florum cultura ‘Flora, or concerning the cultiv
• fellow 英文词源 fellow fellow: [11] Etymologically, a fellow is somebody who ‘lays money’. The word originated as an Old Norse compound félagi , formed from fé ‘money’ and * lag -, a verbal base denoting ‘lay’. Someone who puts down money with someone else in a joint venture is his or her associate: hence a fellow is a ‘companion’ or ‘partner’. When English adopted the Old Norse
• fiscal 英文词源 fiscal fiscal: [16] Latin fiscus originally denoted a ‘small rush basket’, used for example for keeping olives in. Evidently, though, the main purpose to which it was put was as a purse, for it soon acquired the figurative sense ‘public purse, public revenue’. Hence the adjective fiscālis ‘of the imperial treasury’, which passed into English via French fiscal . fiscal (ad
• fasces 英文词源 fasces (n.) 1590s, from Latin fasces "bundle of rods containing an axe with the blade projecting" (plural of fascis "bundle" of wood, etc.), from Proto-Italic *faski- "bundle," perhaps from PIE *bhasko- "band, bundle" (cognates: Middle Irish basc "neckband," Welsh baich "load, burden," perhaps also Old English bæst "inner bark of the linden tree"). Carried before a lictor, a superior
• February 英文词源 February February: [13] Etymologically, February is the ‘month of purification’. The word comes via Old French feverier and late Latin febrārius from Latin februārius (English reintroduced the Latin - ruar - spelling in the 14th century). This was a derivative of februa , a word borrowed into Latin from the language of the ancient Sabine people of Italy which was used to designa
• freelance 英文词源 freelance (v.) 1902, from freelance (n.). Related: Freelancer (1898); freelanced ; freelancing . 中文词源 freelance （自由职业者）：中世纪的雇佣骑士 英语中表示“自由职业者”的单词是freelance，由free（自由）+lance（长枪）组成。这个lance是什么东西？为什么freelance能表示“自由职业者”呢？原来，lance（长枪）是中
• farmer 英文词源 farmer (n.) late 14c., "one who collects taxes, etc.," from Anglo-French fermer , Old French fermier "lease-holder," from Medieval Latin firmarius , from firma "fixed payment" (see farm (n.)). In the agricultural sense, 1590s, replacing native churl and husbandman . 中文词源 farmer （农民）：耕种土地，每年支付地租的人 英语单词farm来自拉丁语firma，意思是
• flat 英文词源 flat flat: [14] The Old English word for ‘flat’ was efen ‘even’, and flat was not acquired until Middle English times, from Old Norse flatr . This came from a prehistoric Germanic * flataz , source also of German platt ‘flat’. And * flataz probably goes back to an Indo-European * pel ə -, * plā -, denoting ‘spread out flat’, from which came Sanskrit prthūs ‘broad’
• fury 英文词源 fury (n.) late 14c., "fierce passion," from Old French furie , fuire "rage, frenzy" (14c.), from Latin furia "violent passion, rage, madness," from or related to furere "to rage, be mad," which is of uncertain origin. "Many etymologies have been proposed, but none is clearly the best" [de Vaan]. Romans used Furiæ to translate Greek Erinyes , the collective name for the avenging deiti
• fortune 英文词源 fortune fortune: [13] Latin fors meant ‘chance’ (it came ultimately from Indo-European * bhrtis , a derivative of the same base as produced English bear ‘carry’, and hence signified etymologically ‘that which fate brings along’). Formed from fors was fortuna , which was used both for the personification of ‘chance’ as a goddess, and for ‘luck’ in general – and in
• Ecuador 英文词源 Ecuador from the Spanish form of equator (which runs through it). Before 1830 the region bore the name of its chief city, Quito , which is from the name of a now-extinct native people, of unknown meaning. Related: Ecuadorian ; Ecuadorean . 中文词源 Ecuador （厄瓜多尔）：赤道之国 厄瓜多尔（Ecuador)位于南美洲西北部，正好位于赤道上。厄瓜多尔的英文
• expatriation 英文词源 expatriation (n.) 1767, from French expatriation , noun of action from expatrier (see expatriate ). 中文词源 expatriation ：放逐国外，放弃国籍 词根词缀： ex-出,向外 + -patr-祖国 + -i- + -ation名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： expatriation 词源， expatriation 含义。
• expansive 英文词源 expansive (adj.) 1650s, "tending to expand," from Latin expans- , past participle stem of expandere "to spread out" (see expand ) + -ive . Meaning "embracing a large number of particulars, comprehensive" is by 1813. Related: Expansively ; expansiveness . 中文词源 expansive ：可扩大的，可扩展的；广阔的；胸襟开阔的，开朗的 词根词缀： ex-出 + -pans-延伸