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• effuse 英文词源 effuse (v.) "to pour out, spill," late 14c., from Middle French effuser or directly from Latin effusus "poured out," past participle of effundere "to pour forth" (see effusion ). Related: Effused ; effusing . Not to be confused with eff youse . effuse (adj.) 1520s, from Latin past participle adjective effusus "poured out," also "extensive, vast, broad, wide" (see effuse (v.)). 中文词
• effortless 英文词源 effortless (adj.) 1752, "passive, making no effort," from effort + -less . Meaning "easy, requiring no effort" is from 1810. Related: Effortlessly ; effortlessness . 中文词源 effortless ：容易的；不费力气的 词根词缀： ef-出 + -fort-力量 + -less形容词词尾,否定 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： effortless 词源， effortless 含义。
• efflux 英文词源 efflux (n.) 1640s, "act or state of flowing out," also "that which flows out," from Latin effluxus , past participle of effluere "to flow out" (see effluence ). 中文词源 efflux ：流出物，流出 词根词缀： ef-出,向外 + -flux-流 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： efflux 词源， efflux 含义。
• effluence 英文词源 effluence (n.) c. 1600, "that which flows out;" 1620s, "act of flowing out," from Late Latin effluentia , from Latin effluentem (nominative effluens ) "flowing out," present participle of effluere "to flow out," from ex- "out" (see ex- ) + fluere "to flow" (see fluent ). Related: Effluency . 中文词源 effluence ：发出，发射物  词根词缀： ef-出,向外 + -flu-流 + -enc
• efflorescent 英文词源 efflorescent (adj.) 1741, from Latin efflorescentem (nominative efflorescens ), present participle of efflorescere "to bloom, flourish" (see effloresce ). 中文词源 efflorescent ：开花的，风化的  词根词缀： ef-出,向外 + -flor-花 + -escent形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： efflorescent 词源， efflorescent 含义。
• effloresce 英文词源 effloresce (v.) "to come into flower," 1775, from Latin efflorescere , inceptive form (in Late Latin simplified to efflorere ) "to blossom, spring up, flourish, abound," from ex "out" (see ex- ) + florescere "to blossom," from flos (see flora ). Sense in chemistry is from 1788. 中文词源 effloresce ：开花；(化)风化；粉化；(盐)晶化   词根词缀： ef-出,向外 + -
• efficient 英文词源 efficient efficient: see effect efficient (adj.) late 14c., "making, producing immediate effect, active, effective," from Old French efficient and directly from Latin efficientem (nominative efficiens ) "effective, efficient, producing, active," present participle of efficere "work out, accomplish" (see effect ). Meaning "productive, skilled" is from 1787. Related: Efficiently . 中文词
• effervesce 英文词源 effervesce (v.) 1702, from Latin effervescere "to boil up, boil over" (see effervescence ). Related: Effervesced ; effervescing . 中文词源 effervesce ：冒泡，沸腾 词根词缀： ef-向外 + -ferv-沸,热 + -esce动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： effervesce 词源， effervesce 含义。
• efferent 英文词源 efferent (adj.) "conveying outward or away," 1827, from Latin efferentem (nominative efferens ), present participle of effere "to carry out or away, bring forth," from ef- (see ex- ) + ferre "to bear, carry" (see infer ). As a noun from 1876. 中文词源 efferent ：传[输]出的，远[离]心的 词根词缀： ef-出,向外 + -fer-携带,拿取 + -ent形容词词尾 该词的英语词
• effectuate 英文词源 effectuate (v.) "bring to pass, accomplish, achieve," 1570s, from French effectuer , from Latin effectus "an effecting, accomplishment, performance" (see effect (n.)). According to OED, formed "on the model of" actuate . Related: Effectuated ; effectuating . 中文词源 effectuate ：实行，完成 词根词缀： ef-(=ex-)出 + -fect-做,作 + -u- + -ate动词词尾 该词的英语词
• effectively 英文词源 effectively (adv.) 1650s, "actually," from effective + -ly (2). From c. 1600 as "as a means of producing;" from 1825 as "so as to produce an effect." 中文词源 effectively ：有效地，有力地 词根词缀： ef-(=ex-)出 + -fect-做,作 + -ive形容词词尾 + -ly 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： effectively 词源， effectively 含义。
• educational 英文词源 educational (adj.) 1650s, "due to education;" 1831, "pertaining to education;" from education + -al (1). Related: Educationally . 中文词源 educational ：教育的；有教育意义的 词根词缀： e-出,向外 + -duc-引导 + -ation名词词尾 + -al形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： educational 词源， educational 含义。
• editorial 英文词源 editorial (adj.) 1741, "pertaining to an editor;" see editor + -al (2). Noun meaning "newspaper article by an editor," is from 1830, American English, from the adjective in reference to such writings (1802). Related: Editorially . 中文词源 editorial ：编辑的，主编的 词根词缀： e-出 + dit(-do-)给 + -or名词词尾,人 + -ial形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问
• editor 英文词源 editor (n.) 1640s, "publisher," from Latin editor "one who puts forth," agent noun from editus , past participle of edere (see edition ). By 1712 in sense of "person who prepares written matter for publication;" specific sense in newspapers is from 1803. 中文词源 editor ：编辑，编者 词根词缀： e-出 + dit(-do-)给 + -or名词词尾,人 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• economics 英文词源 economics (n.) 1580s, "art of managing a household," perhaps from French économique (see economic ); also see -ics . Meaning "science of wealth" is from 1792. 中文词源 economics ：[用作单数]经济学；[用作复数]经济状况，经济因素 词根词缀： -eco-经济 + -nom-学科 + -ics…学 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： economics 词源， eco
• economically 英文词源 economical (adj.) 1570s, "pertaining to household management;" from economic + -al (1). Sense of "pertaining to political economy" is from 1781, but that sense more commonly goes with economic , and the main modern sense of this spelling is "thrifty" (1780). Related: Economically . 中文词源 economically ：经济(学)上地；节约地，经济地 词根词缀： -eco-经济 + -no
• economical 英文词源 economical (adj.) 1570s, "pertaining to household management;" from economic + -al (1). Sense of "pertaining to political economy" is from 1781, but that sense more commonly goes with economic , and the main modern sense of this spelling is "thrifty" (1780). Related: Economically . 中文词源 economical ：节约的，节俭的 词根词缀： -eco-经济 + -nom-学科 + -ical形容词
• economic 英文词源 economic (adj.) 1590s, "pertaining to management of a household," perhaps shortened from economical , or else from French économique or directly from Latin oeconomicus "of domestic economy," from Greek oikonomikos "practiced in the management of a household or family" (also the name of a treatise by Xenophon on the duties of domestic life), hence, "frugal, thrifty," from oikonomia "h
• ecological 英文词源 ecological (adj.) 1899, see ecology + -ical . Related: Ecologically . 中文词源 ecological ：生态的，生态学的 词根词缀： -eco-生态 + -log-说 + -ical形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ecological 词源， ecological 含义。
• easygoing 英文词源 breezy (adj.) 1718, from breeze (n.) + -y (2). Figurative sense "fresh, easygoing, light, airy" is from 1870. Related: Breezily ; breeziness . easy-going (adj.) also easygoing , "good-natured," 1640s, from easy + going . 中文词源 easygoing ：随和的，懒散的；放荡的，不严肃的 词根词缀： easy容易的 + go走 + -ing 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• easy 英文词源 easy easy: [12] Easy comes via Anglo-Norman aise from Old French aisie , the past participle of aisier ‘put at ease’, which in turn was a derivative of aise . This noun (source of English ease [13]) originally meant ‘convenience’ rather than ‘comfort’. It came from * adjaces , the Vulgar Latin descendant of Latin adjacēns ‘nearby’ (source of English adjacent and relat
• earthly 英文词源 earthly (adj.) Old English eorþlic "worldly, pertaining to this world" (as opposed to spiritual or heavenly "); see earth (n.) + -ly (1). The sense "belonging to or originating in the earth" is from mid-15c. 中文词源 earthly ：地球的；尘世的，世俗的 词根词缀： earth地球,泥,土 + -ly形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： earthly 词
• earthen 英文词源 earthen (adj.) early 13c., "made of earth;" see earth + -en (2). Not attested in Old English (where eorðen meant "of or in the earth"). Cognate of Old High German irdin , Dutch aarden , Gothic airþeins . Meaning "made of clay" is attested from late 14c. 中文词源 earthen ：泥土做的；陶制的 词根词缀： earth泥,土 + -en制(质)的 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• Erebus 英文词源 Erebus in Homer, etc., the place of darkness between Earth and Hades, from Latin Erebus , from Greek Erebos , which is of unknown origin, perhaps from Semitic (compare Hebrew erebh "sunset, evening"), or from PIE *regw-es- "darkness" (cognates: Sanskrit rajas "the atmosphere, thick air, mist, darkness;" Gothic rikwis "darkness"). Used figuratively of darkness from 1590s. 中文词源
• Epimetheus 英文词源 Pandora 1570s, in Greek mythology, the first mortal woman, made by Hephaestus and given as a bride to Epimetheus, from Greek pandora "all-gifted" (or perhaps "giver of all"), from pan "all" (see pan- ) + doron "gift," from PIE root *do- "to give" (see date (n.1)). Pandora's box (1570s) refers to her gift from Zeus, which was foolishly opened by Epimetheus, upon which all the contents
• economist 英文词源 economist (n.) 1580s, "household manager," from Middle French économiste ; see economy + -ist . Meaning "student of political economy" is from 1804. 中文词源 economist ：经济学家 英语里“经济学家”和“节俭的人”是一个词，都叫economist.它是从希腊语oikonomia（即“economy”）来的，原义是“家务管理”。Economist最初的含义是指用
• esperanto 英文词源 Esperanto (n.) 1892, from Doktoro Esperanto , whose name means in Esperanto, "one who hopes," pen name used on the title page of a book about the artificial would-be universal language published 1887 by its Polish-born creator, Lazarus Ludwig Zamenhof (1859-1917). Compare Spanish esperanza "hope," from esperar , from Latin sperare "hope" (see sperate ). For initial e- see e- . 中文词
• eavesdropper 英文词源 eavesdropper (n.) mid-15c., with agent-noun ending + Middle English eavesdrop , from Old English yfesdrype "place around a house where the rainwater drips off the roof," from eave (q.v.) + drip (v.). Technically, "one who stands at walls or windows to overhear what's going on inside." 中文词源 eavesdropper ：偷听者，窃听者 这是从盎格鲁撒克逊时代即古英语时期流
• erotic 英文词源 erotic erotic: [17] Érōs was the Greek word for ‘sexual love’ (as opposed to agápē ‘brotherly love’ and philía ‘friendship’). The concept was personified in Greek mythology as Érōs , the boy-god of love. Its adjectival derivative erōtikós arrived in English via French érotique . erotic (adj.) 1650s, from French érotique (16c.), from Greek erotikos "caused by pas
• E 英文词源 Word of Today congratulate congratulate: see grateful 中文词源 E ：代表方向“东” 作为表示方向的单词 East 的首字母缩略，代表方向“东”，与之相对应的还有 West => W （西）、South => S （南）、North => N （北）。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： E 词源， E 含义。 E ：英语字母表的第五个字母 英语
• e-zine 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random brigade brigade: [17] Brigade is one of a small set of words (others are brigand and brigantine ) which go back to Italian briga ‘strife’. It is not clear where this came from; theories have centred either on a Celtic origin, comparing Old Irish brig ‘strength’, or on a derivation from the Indo- European base * bhreg -,
• eyrie 英文词源 eyrie eyrie: [16] Latin ager (source of English agriculture and related to English acre ) meant ‘field’, or more broadly ‘piece of land’. In postclassical times this extended via ‘native land’ to ‘lair of a wild animal, particularly a bird of prey’, the meaning of its Old French descendant aire . The Old French form was taken back into medieval Latin as aeria , the imm
• eyewitness 英文词源 eye-witness (n.) also eyewitness , 1530s, from eye (n.) + witness (n.). As a verb from 1844. Related: Eyewitnessed ; eyewitnessing . 中文词源 eyewitness ：见证人 eye, 眼睛。witness, 见证。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： eyewitness 词源， eyewitness 含义。
• eye-watering 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random 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 bee
• eyewash 英文词源 eyewash (n.) "a wash or lotion for the eyes," 1866, from eye (n.) + wash (n.). Colloquial use for "blarney, humbug" (1884), chiefly British, perhaps is from the notion of "something intended to obscure or conceal facts or true motives." But this, and expression my eye also may be the verbal equivalent of the wink that indicates one doesn't believe what has been said (compare French mo
• eyewall 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random acrid acrid: [18] Acrid is related to acid , and probably owes its second syllable entirely to that word. It is based essentially on Latin acer ‘sharp, pungent’, which, like acid , acute , oxygen , and edge , derives ultimately from an Indo-European base * ak - meaning ‘be pointed or sharp’. When this was imported into E
• eye 英文词源 eye eye: [OE] In Old English times eye was ēage , which is related to a whole range of words for ‘eye’ in other European languages. Its immediate derivation is from prehistoric Germanic * augon , which was also the source of German auge , Dutch oog , Swedish öga , and many others. And * augon in its turn goes back to an Indo-European oqw -, which supplied the word for ‘eye’
• exultant 英文词源 exultant (adj.) 1650s, from Latin exultantem / exsultantem (nominative exultans / exsultans ) "boastful, vainglorious," present participle of exultare / exsultare (see exult ). Related: Exultantly . 中文词源 exultant ：兴高采烈的 来自exult, 兴奋。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： exultant 词源， exultant 含义。
• exult 英文词源 exult (v.) 1560s, "to leap up;" 1590s, "to rejoice, triumph," from Middle French exulter , from Latin exultare / exsultare "rejoice exceedingly, revel, vaunt, boast;" literally "leap about, leap up," frequentative of exsilire "to leap up," from ex- "out" (see ex- ) + salire "to leap" (see salient (adj.)). The notion is of leaping or dancing for joy. Related: Exulted ; exulting . 中文词
• exude 英文词源 exude exude: see sweat exude (v.) 1570s (intransitive), from Latin exudare / exsudare "ooze out like sweat," from ex- "out" (see ex- ) + sudare "to sweat," from sudor "sweat" (see sweat (v.)). Transitive sense from 1755. Related: Exuded ; exudes ; exuding . 中文词源 exude ：流露，显露，散发 ex-, 向外。-sud, 汗，词源同sweat. 比喻用法, 词义由流汗引申为流露
• exuberant 英文词源 exuberant exuberant: [15] Exuberant comes via French from the present participle of Latin exūberāre ‘be abundant’. This was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix ex - and ūberāre ‘be productive’, a derivative of ūber ‘fertile’. This in turn was an adjectival use of the noun ūber ‘udder’, which came from the same ultimate source (Indo-European * ūdhr -
• extrude 英文词源 extrude extrude: see abstruse extrude (v.) 1560s, from Latin extrudere "to thrust out, drive away" (see extrusion ). Related: Extruded ; extruding . 中文词源 extrude ：挤出，喷出 ex-, 向外。-trud, 推，挤，词源同obtrude, thrush. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： extrude 词源， extrude 含义。 extrude ：压出；挤出 单词threat指“威胁
• extrovert 英文词源 extrovert (n.) 1916, extravert (spelled with -o- after 1918, by influence of introvert ), from German Extravert , from extra "outside" (see extra- ) + Latin vertere "to turn" (see versus ). Used (with introvert ) in English by doctors and scientists in various literal senses since 1600s, but popularized in a psychological sense early 20c. by Carl Jung. Related: Extroverted . 中文词源
• extrinsic 英文词源 extrinsic extrinsic: see intrinsic extrinsic (adj.) "not of the essence or inner nature of a thing," 1540s, from French extrinsèque , from Late Latin extrinsecus (adj.) "outer," from Latin extrinsecus (adv.) "outwardly, on the outside; from without, from abroad," from exter "outside" + in , suffix of locality, + secus "beside, alongside," originally "following," from PIE *sekw-os "fo
• extricate 英文词源 extricate extricate: see trick extricate (v.) 1610s, from Latin extricatus , past participle of extricare "disentangle," figuratively "clear up, unravel," perhaps from ex- "out of" + tricae (plural) "perplexities, hindrances," which is of unknown origin. Related: Extricated ; extricating . 中文词源 extricate ：脱离 ex-, 向外。-tric, 烦琐，琐事，词源同trick, intricat
• extremist 英文词源 extremist (n.) "one who goes to extremes, a supporter of extreme doctrines," 1840, from extreme + -ist . 中文词源 extremist ：极端主义者 来自extreme, 极度的，极端的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： extremist 词源， extremist 含义。
• extreme 英文词源 extreme extreme: [15] Etymologically, extreme is the latinate equivalent of the native English utmost . It comes via Old French extreme from Latin extrēmus ‘farthest, last, excessive’, which began life as a superlative form based on Latin ex ‘out’ – hence originally ‘most out, utmost’. The underlying notion of ‘furthest outlying’ still survives in, for example, the
• extravaganza 英文词源 extravaganza (n.) 1754 in reference to peculiar behavior, 1794 of a fantastic type of performance or writing, from Italian extravaganza , literally "an extravagance," from estravagante , from Medieval Latin extravagantem (see extravagant ). Related: Extravaganzist . 中文词源 extravaganza ：铺张华丽的娱乐表演 来自extravagant, 挥霍。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• extravagant 英文词源 extravagant extravagant: [14] An extravagant person is literally one who ‘wanders out of’ the proper course. The word comes from the present participle of medieval Latin extrāvagārī , a compound formed from the prefix extrā - ‘outside’ and vagārī ‘wander’ (source of English vagabond , vagary , and vagrant ), which seems originally to have been used adjectivally with
• extraterritorial 英文词源 extraterritorial "(Of a law or decree) valid outside a country’s territory", Mid 19th century: from Latin extra territorium 'outside the territory' + -al. 中文词源 extraterritorial ：治外法权的 extra-, 外面的，超过的。territorial, 领土的，领地的。即在本土之外的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： extraterritorial 词源， extra
• extraterrestrial 英文词源 extraterrestrial (adj.) also extra-terrestrial , 1812, from extra- + terrestrial . As a noun from 1956. 中文词源 extraterrestrial ：外星人 extra-, 外面的，超过的。terrestrial, 陆地的，地球的。即地球之外的，外星人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： extraterrestrial 词源， extraterrestrial 含义。
• extrasolar 英文词源 extrasolar "Found in or taking place outside the solar system", 1950s: from extra- + solar 1 . 中文词源 extrasolar ：太阳系之外的 extra-, 外面的，超过的。solar, 太阳系。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： extrasolar 词源， extrasolar 含义。 extrasolar ：太阳系以外的  词根词缀： extra-出,向外 + -sol-太阳 + -ar形容词词
• extrasensory 英文词源 extrasensory (adj.) also extra-sensory , 1934, coined as part of extra-sensory perception in J.B. Rhine's work, from extra- + sensory . Extrasensible (1874) was used earlier in reference to "that which is inaccessible to the senses." 中文词源 extrasensory ：超感官的 extra-, 外面的，超过的。sensory, 感觉。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： extra
• extrapolate 英文词源 extrapolate (v.) 1862 (in a Harvard observatory account of the comet of 1858), from extra- + ending from interpolate . Said in early references to be a characteristic word of Sir George Airy (1801-1892), English mathematician and astronomer. Related: Extrapolated ; extrapolating . 中文词源 extrapolate ：推断 extra-, 外面的，超过的。-pol, 推，驱动，词源同polish,
• extraordinary 英文词源 extraordinary extraordinary: see extra extraordinary (adj.) early 15c., from Latin extraordinarius "out of the common order," from extra ordinem "out of order," especially the usual order, from extra "out" (see extra- ) + ordinem , accusative of ordo "order" (see order (n.)). Related: Extraordinarily ; extraordinariness . 中文词源 extraordinary ：不普通的，杰出的 extra-, 外
• extramural 英文词源 extramural (adj.) 1854, from extra- + ending from intermural . 中文词源 extramural ：校外的 extra-, 外面的，超过的。mural, 墙外的。引申义校外的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： extramural 词源， extramural 含义。
• extramarital 英文词源 extramarital (adj.) also extra-marital , by 1844, from extra- + marital . 中文词源 extramarital ：婚外的 extra-, 外面的，超过的。marital, 婚姻的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： extramarital 词源， extramarital 含义。
• extrajudicial 英文词源 extrajudicial (adj.) also extra-judicial , 1580s (implied in extrajudicially ); see extra- + judicial . 中文词源 extrajudicial ：未按法律程序的 extra-, 外面的，超过的。judicial, 司法的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： extrajudicial 词源， extrajudicial 含义。
• extradite 英文词源 extradite extradite: [19] Extradite is a back-formation from extradition [19]. This was borrowed from French extradition , which was a coinage (apparently of Voltaire’s) based on Latin ex ‘out’ and tradītiō ‘handing over, deliverance’ (source of English tradition ). = tradition , treason extradite (v.) 1864, back-formation from extradition . Related: Extradited ; extraditi
• extract 英文词源 extract (v.) late 15c., from Latin extractus , past participle of extrahere "draw out," from ex- "out" (see ex- ) + trahere "to draw" (see tract (n.1)). Related: Extracted ; extracting . extract (n.) mid-15c., "digest or summary of something which has been written at greater length," from Late Latin extractum , noun use of neuter of extractus , past participle of extrahere "to draw ou
• extra 英文词源 extra extra: [18] In its modern English use, ‘beyond what is normal’ or ‘additional’, extra is probably an abbreviation of extraordinary [15], in which the prefix represents Latin extrā ‘outside, beyond’. This in turn was short for exterā , the ablative feminine case of the adjective exterus ‘outer’ (from which English gets exterior [16]). And exterus itself began li
• extortionate 英文词源 extortionate (adj.) 1711, from extortion + -ate . Extortious is from c. 1600. 中文词源 extortionate ：过高的 ex-, 向外。-tort, 扭曲，词源同turn, contort. 即过高要求的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： extortionate 词源， extortionate 含义。
• extort 英文词源 extort extort: see torment extort (v.) 1520s (as a past participle adj. from early 15c.), "obtain by force or compulsion; wrest away by oppressive means," from Latin extortus , past participle of extorquere "obtain by force," literally "wrench out" (see extortion ). Related: Extorted ; extorting . 中文词源 extort ：勒索 ex-, 向外。-tort, 扭曲，词源同turn, contort. 即过
• extol 英文词源 extol extol: see tolerate extol (v.) also extoll , c. 1400, "to lift up," from Latin extollere "to place on high, raise, elevate," figuratively "to exalt, praise," from ex- "up" (see ex- ) + tollere "to raise," from PIE *tele- "to bear, carry," "with derivatives referring to measured weights and thence money and payment" [Watkins]. Cognates include Greek talantos "bearing, suffering,"
• extirpate 英文词源 extirpate (v.) "root up, root out," 1530s, usually figurative, from Latin extirpatus / exstirpatus , past participle of extirpare / exstirpare "root out, eradicate, pull up by the roots" (see extirpation ). Related: Extirpated ; extirpating . 中文词源 extirpate ：根除 ex-, 向外。-stirp, 根，主干，词源同stand. 即根除。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• extinguish 英文词源 extinguish (v.) 1540s, from Latin extinguere / exstinguere "quench, put out (what is burning), wipe out, obliterate," from ex- "out" (see ex- ) + stinguere "quench," apparently an evolved sense from PIE *steig- "to prick, stick, pierce" (see stick (v.)). But see distinguish (v.). Related: extinguishable (c. 1500); extinguished ; extinguishing . 中文词源 extinguish ：熄灭，扑灭
• extinct 英文词源 extinct extinct: [15] Latin stinguere appears originally to have meant ‘prick, stick’ (a sense revealed in the derivative from which English gets distinct ), but in historical times the only record of it we have is in the later, and rather remote metaphorical meaning ‘quench’. With the addition of the prefix ex - ‘out’ it became extinguere ‘put out’, whence English ext
• external 英文词源 external (adj.) early 15c., from Middle French externe or directly from Latin externus "outside, outward" (from exterus ; see exterior ) + -al (1). This version won out over exterial . Related: Externally . 中文词源 external ：外部的 词源同exterior, 外在的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： external 词源， external 含义。 external ：外部的；
• extern 英文词源 extern (n.) "outsider," c. 1600, from Middle French externe "outer, outward;" as a noun, "a day-scholar," from Latin externus "outside," also used as a noun (see external ). As an adjective in English from 1530s. 中文词源 extern ：不住机构内的工作人员 词源同exterior, 外在的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： extern 词源， extern 含义。
• exterminate 英文词源 exterminate (v.) 1540s, "drive away," from Latin exterminatus , past participle of exterminare "drive out, expel, put aside, drive beyond boundaries," also, in Late Latin "destroy," from phrase ex termine "beyond the boundary," from ex- "out of" (see ex- ) + termine , ablative of termen "boundary, limit, end" (see terminus ). Meaning "destroy utterly" is from 1640s in English, a sense
• exterior 英文词源 exterior exterior: see extra exterior (adj.) 1520s, from Latin exterior "outward, outer, exterior," comparative of exterus "on the outside, outward, outer, of another country, foreign," itself a comparative of ex "out of" (see ex- ). As a noun, "outer surface or aspect" from 1590s. 中文词源 exterior ：外在的 ex-, 向外。-ter, 比较级后缀，见alternate. 该词的英语词源
• extenuating 英文词源 extenuate (v.) 1520s, from Latin extenuatus , past participle of extenuare "lessen, make small, reduce, diminish, detract from," from ex- "out" (see ex- ) + tenuare "make thin," from tenuis "thin" (see tenet ). Used over the years in a variety of literal and figurative senses in English. Related: Extenuated ; extenuating . Extenuating circumstances (1660s) are those which lessen the m
• extent 英文词源 extent (n.) early 14c., from Anglo-French extente , estente "extent, extension;" in law, "valuation of land, stretch of land," from fem. past participle of Old French extendre "extend," from Latin extendere "to spread out, spread" (see extend ). Meaning "degree to which something extends" is from 1590s. 中文词源 extent ：范围 来自extend, 延长，延长的范围。 该词的英
• extension 英文词源 extension (n.) c. 1400, "swelling, bulging," from Latin extensionem / extentionem (nominative extensio / extentio ) "a stretching out, extension," noun of action from past participle stem of extendere (see extend ). In a concrete sense, "extended portion of something" (a railroad, etc.), from 1852. Telephone sense is from 1906. 中文词源 extension ：扩大，延长 来自extend, 延
• extend 英文词源 extend extend: [14] Etymologically, to extend something is to ‘stretch it out’. The word comes from Latin extendere , a compound verb formed from the prefix ex - ‘out’ and tendere ‘stretch’ (source of English tend and tension and a wide range of derivatives, including contend , intend , and pretend ). English standard derives from its Old French descendant estendre . = con
• extempore 英文词源 extempore extempore: [16] An extempore speech is one that is given literally ‘out of time’ – that is, ‘on the spur of the moment’. That was the meaning of the Latin phrase extempore ( ex ‘out of’ and tempore , the ablative case of tempus ‘time’), which was the source of the Latin adjectives extemporālis and extemporāneus . Both of these were acquired by English, as
• extant 英文词源 extant (adj.) 1540s, "standing out above a surface," from Latin extantem (nominative extans ), present participle of extare "stand out, be visible, exist," from ex- "out" (see ex- ) + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet ). Sense of "in existence" attested in English by 1560s. Related: Extance ; extancy , both 17c., both obsolete. 中文词源 extant ：尚存的，
• ex-service 英文词源 legion (n.) c. 1200, from Old French legion "Roman legion" (3,000 to 6,000 men, under Marius usually with attached cavalry), from Latin legionem (nominative legio ) "body of soldiers," from legere "to choose, gather," also "to read" (see lecture (n.)). Generalized sense of "a large number" is due to translations of allusive phrase in Mark v:9. American Legion , U.S. association of ex-
• exquisite 英文词源 exquisite exquisite: [15] Etymologically, exquisite means ‘sought out’. It comes from the past participle of Latin exquīrere , a compound formed from the prefix ex - ‘out’ and quaerere ‘search’ (source of English query , quest , and question ). Already in Latin it had acquired the metaphorical sense ‘sought after, choice, excellent’, which it brought with it into Engl
• expurgate 英文词源 expurgate expurgate: see pure expurgate (v.) 1620s, "to purge" (in anatomy), back-formation from expurgation or from Latin expurgatus , past participle of expurgare "to cleanse out, purge, purify." Related: Expurgated ; expurgating . The earlier verb was simply expurge (late 15c.), from Middle French expurger . Meaning "remove (something offensive or erroneous) from" is from 1670s. 中文
• expunge 英文词源 expunge expunge: see punctuation expunge (v.) c. 1600, from Latin expungere "prick out, blot out, mark (a name on a list) for deletion" by pricking dots above or below it, literally "prick out," from ex- "out" (see ex- ) + pungere "to prick, stab" (see pungent ). According to OED, taken by early lexicographers in English to "denote actual obliteration by pricking;" it adds that the se
• expulsion 英文词源 expulsion (n.) c. 1400, from Old French expulsion or directly from Latin expulsionem (nominative expulsio ), noun of action from past participle stem of expellere "drive out" (see expel ). 中文词源 expulsion ：驱逐 来自expel, 驱逐。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： expulsion 词源， expulsion 含义。 expulsion ：逐出；放逐；开除 词根词缀
• expropriate 英文词源 expropriate (v.) 1610s, back-formation from expropriation , or from earlier adjective (mid-15c.), or from Medieval Latin expropriatus , past participle of expropriare "to deprive of one's own." Related: Expropriated ; expropriating . 中文词源 expropriate ：征用 ex-, 向外。-propr, 自己的，词源同property, appropriate. 即自己的东西被拿走，后指征用。 该词的
• expressionism 英文词源 abstract (adj.) late 14c., originally in grammar (of nouns), from Latin abstractus "drawn away," past participle of abstrahere "to drag away, detach, pull away, divert;" also figuratively, from ab(s)- "away" (see ab- ) + trahere "draw" (see tract (n.1)). Meaning "withdrawn or separated from material objects or practical matters" is from mid-15c. That of "difficult to understand, abstr
• express 英文词源 express express: [14] Something that is expressed is literally ‘pressed out’. The word comes via Old French from Vulgar Latin * expressāre , a compound verb formed from the prefix ex - ‘out’ and pressāre ‘press’. Its meaning developed metaphorically from ‘press out’ to ‘form by pressure’ (presumably applied originally to modelling in clay or some similar substanc
• expound 英文词源 expound (v.) c. 1300, from Old French espondre "expound (on), set forth, explain," from Latin exponere "put forth, expose, exhibit; set on shore, disembark; offer, leave exposed, reveal, publish," from ex- "forth" (see ex- ) + ponere "to put, place" (see position (n.)); with intrusive -d developing in French (compare sound (n.1)); the usual Middle English form was expoune . Related: E
• expostulation 英文词源 expostulation (n.) 1580s, "action of remonstrating in a friendly manner;" 1590s, "argumentative protest," from Latin expostulationem (nominative expostulatio ) "a pressing demand, complaint," noun of action from past participle stem of expostulare "demand urgently" (see expostulate ). 中文词源 expostulation ：规劝，告诫 来自expostulate, 抗议，争执，特指就坏的行为
• expostulate 英文词源 expostulate (v.) 1530s, "to demand, to claim," from Latin expostulatus , past participle of expostulare "to demand urgently, remonstrate, find fault, dispute, complain of, demand the reason (for someone's conduct)," from ex- "from" (see ex- ) + postulare "to demand" (see postulate (v.)). Friendlier sense of "to reason earnestly (with someone) against a course of action, etc." is first
• exposition 英文词源 exposition (n.) late 14c., "explanation, narration," from Old French esposicion "explanation, interpretation" (12c.), from Latin expositionem (nominative expositio ) "a setting or showing forth; narration, explanation," noun of action from past participle stem of exponere "put forth; explain; expose" (see expound ). The meaning "public display" is first recorded 1851 in reference to t
• expose 英文词源 expose expose: see position expose (v.) early 15c., "to leave without shelter or defense," from Old French esposer , exposer "lay open, set forth, speak one's mind, explain" (13c.), from Latin exponere "set forth, lay open, exhibit, reveal, publish" (see expound ), altered by confusion with poser "to place, lay down" (see pose (v.1)). Meaning "to exhibit openly" is from 1620s; that of