英语词源

• Ethernet 英文词源 ethernet (n.) 1980, from ether + ending as in Internet , etc. 中文词源 Ethernet ：以太网 来自ether原义，苍穹，天空。-net , 网络。后用来指互联网。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Ethernet 词源， Ethernet 含义。 Ethernet ：以太网 ether和network的混合体。
• ethereal 英文词源 ethereal (adj.) formerly also etherial , 1510s, "of the highest regions of the atmosphere," from ether + -ial ; extended sense of "light, airy" is from 1590s. Figurative meaning "spirit-like, immaterial" is from 1640s. Related: Ethereally . 中文词源 ethereal ：缥缈的 来自ether原义，苍穹，天空。即像天空一样的，飘渺的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• ether 英文词源 ether ether: [17] Greek aithér denoted the ‘upper atmosphere’, and by extension the ‘substance that permeated the cosmos’, from which the stars and planets were made. It was a derivative of the verb aíthein ‘ignite, blaze, shine’, a relative of Latin aestās ‘summer’, from which English gets aestivate [17]. It passed into English via Latin aethēr , and to begin with
• ethanol 英文词源 ethanol (n.) "ethyl alcohol," 1900, contracted from ethane , to which it is the corresponding alcohol, + -ol , here indicating alcohol. 中文词源 ethanol ：乙醇 来自ethane, 乙烷。-ol, 酒精，来自alcohol. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ethanol 词源， ethanol 含义。
• ethane 英文词源 ethane (n.) 1873, from ethyl + -ane , the appropriate suffix under Hofmann's system. 中文词源 ethane ：乙烷 来自ether, 乙醚。-ane,化学名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ethane 词源， ethane 含义。
• eternity 英文词源 eternity (n.) late 14c., "quality of being eternal," from Old French eternité "eternity, perpetuity" (12c.), from Latin aeternitatem (nominative aeternitas ), from aeternus "enduring, permanent" (see eternal ). Meaning "infinite time" is from 1580s. In the Mercian hymns, Latin aeternum is glossed by Old English ecnisse . 中文词源 eternity ：永恒 来自eternal, 永久。 该词的
• eternal 英文词源 eternal eternal: [14] Something that is eternal lasts literally for ‘aeons’. The word comes via Old French eternal from aeternālis , a late Latin development of the Latin adjective aeternus ‘eternal’. This in turn was a derivative of aevum ‘age’ (which crops up in English medieval , primeval , etc), a relative of Greek aión ‘age’ (from which English gets aeon ) and a
• etch 英文词源 etch etch: [17] A line that has been etched has been literally ‘eaten’ away by acid or other corrosives. The word was borrowed from Dutch etsen , which in turn came from German ätzen ‘corrode, etch’. This can be traced back to a prehistoric Germanic * atjan ‘cause to eat, feed’, a relation of * etan ‘eat’ (from which English gets eat ). = eat etch (v.) 1630s, "to engr
• etc. 英文词源 etc. see et cetera . 中文词源 etc. ：诸如此类 来自拉丁语et cetera，等等。来自et, 再，及，词源同eddy, cetera，另外，来自PIE*ki, 这里，这边，词源同here, -ter, 比较级后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： etc. 词源， etc. 含义。
• et al. 英文词源 et al. also et al , 1883, abbreviation of Latin et alii (masc.), et aliæ (fem.), or et alia (neuter), in any case meaning "and others." 中文词源 et al. ：等等 来自拉丁语et alia, 其它。来自et, 再，及，词源同eddy, alia, 其它，词源同else. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： et al. 词源， et al. 含义。
• e-tailing 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random détente détente: [20] English originally acquired this word from French in the 17th century as detent , which denotes a catch that regulates the movement of a clock. French détente , which originally signified a device for releasing a crossbow string, came from the past participle of Old French destendre ‘release’, a comp
• eta 英文词源 eta (n.) Greek letter, originally the name of the aspirate, from Phoenician heth . 中文词源 eta ：希腊字母表第七个字母H 来自希腊字母H的发音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： eta 词源， eta 含义。
• estuary 英文词源 estuary (n.) 1530s, from Latin aestuarium "a tidal marsh, mudbeds covered by water at high tides; channel inland from the sea," from aestus "boiling (of the sea), tide, heat," from PIE *aidh- "to burn" (see edifice ). 中文词源 estuary ：河口 来自PIE*aidh, 燃烧，沸腾，词源同edifice, ether. 因河口湍急的水流而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• estrus 英文词源 estrus (n.) 1850, "frenzied passion," from Latin oestrus "frenzy, gadfly," from Greek oistros "gadfly; breeze; sting; anything which makes one mad, mad impulse," perhaps from a PIE *eis- (1), forming words denoting passion (see ire ). First attested 1890 with specific meaning "rut in animals, sexual heat." Earliest use in English (1690s) was for "a gadfly." Related: Estrous (1900). 中文
• estrogen 英文词源 estrogen (n.) coined 1927 from comb. form of estrus + -gen . So called for the hormone's ability to produce estrus. 中文词源 estrogen ：雌激素 estro-, 发狂，发情，见estrus.-gen, 见generate. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： estrogen 词源， estrogen 含义。
• estrangement 英文词源 estrangement (n.) 1650s, from estrange + -ment . 中文词源 estrangement ：分居期 来自estranged, 分居的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： estrangement 词源， estrangement 含义。
• estranged 英文词源 alienate (v.) 1540s, "make estranged" (in feelings or affections), from Latin alienatus , past participle of alienare "to make another's, estrange," from alienus "of or belonging to another person or place," from alius "(an)other" (see alias (adv.)). Related: Alienated ; alienating . disaffected (adj.) "estranged, hostile," usually in reference to authority, 1630s, past participle adj
• estimate 英文词源 estimate (n.) 1560s, "valuation," from Latin aestimatus "determine the value of," figuratively "to value, esteem," verbal noun from aestimare (see esteem (v.)). Earlier in sense "power of the mind" (mid-15c.). Meaning "approximate judgment" is from 1580s. As a builder's statement of projected costs, from 1796. estimate (v.) 1530s, "appraise the worth of," from Latin aestimatus , past
• ester 英文词源 ester (n.) compound formed by an acid joined to an alcohol, 1852, coined in German in 1848 by German chemist Leopold Gmelin (1788-1853), professor at Heidelberg. The name is "apparently a pure invention" [Flood], perhaps a contraction of or abstraction from Essigäther , the German name for ethyl acetate, from Essig "vinegar" + Äther "ether" (see ether ). Essig is from Old High Germa
• esteem 英文词源 esteem esteem: [15] Esteem and estimate [16] are fairly open about their relationship, but there is another, more heavily disguised member of the family: aim . All three come ultimately from Latin aestimāre . Estimate was a straightforward borrowing from the Latin past participle aestimātus , but esteem came via Old French estimer , and aim from the reduced Old French form esmer . O
• establishment 英文词源 establishment (n.) late 15c., "settled arrangement," also "income, property," from establish + -ment . Meaning "established church" is from 1731; Sense of "place of business" is from 1832. Meaning "social matrix of ruling people and institutions" is attested occasionally from 1923, consistently from 1955. 中文词源 establishment ：建立，大型机构 来自establish, 建立。 该
• establish 英文词源 establish establish: [14] Etymologically, to establish something is to ‘make it firm’. The word comes via Old French establir from Latin stabilīre , a derivative of stabilis ‘firm, secure’ (source of English stable and related to English stand ). English originally acquired it at the end of the 13th century as stablish , but by the end of the 14th century the more ‘French’
• Essex girl 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random esplanade esplanade: [17] Essentially, esplanade is the same word as explain , but whereas explain has lost its underlying literal meaning, esplanade has retained at least a memory of it. It comes ultimately from Latin explānāre , which meant ‘flatten out’, and so esplanade (acquired via French from the Spanish past partic
• essential 英文词源 essential (adj.) mid-14c., "that is such by its essence," from Late Latin essentialis , from essentia "essence" (see essence ). Meaning "pertaining to essence" is from late 14c., that of "constituting the essence of something" is from 1540s; that of "necessary" is from 1520s. Essentials "indispensable elements" is from early 16c. Related: Essentially . 中文词源 essential ：本质的
• essence 英文词源 essence essence: [14] Essence and its derivative essential [14] are the English descendants of the Latin verb ‘to be’, esse (which came ultimately from the Indo-European base * es - ‘be’, source also of English is ). From it was formed the abstract noun essentia ‘being, existence’, acquired by English through Old French essence . In the adjective essential , the sense ‘a
• espy 英文词源 espy espy: see spy espy (v.) early 13c., aspy , from Old French espiier "observe, watch closely, spy on; guard, keep in custody" (12c., Modern French épier ), from Vulgar Latin *spiare , from a Germanic source (compare Old High German spehon "to spy;" see spy (v.)). For initial e- , see e- . Related: Espied ; espial . 中文词源 espy ：看到，注意到 e-, 缓音字母。-spy, 间
• esprit de corps 英文词源 esprit de corps "A feeling of pride and mutual loyalty shared by the members of a group", French, literally 'spirit of the body'. 中文词源 esprit de corps ：团队精神 来自法语，即the corps spirit. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： esprit de corps 词源， esprit de corps 含义。
• espresso 英文词源 espresso espresso: [20] Etymologically, espresso is coffee that has been ‘pressed out’. The word comes from Italian caffè espresso , literally ‘pressed-out coffee’, which refers to the way in which the coffee is made by forcing pressurized steam or boiling water through the finely ground beans. Espresso is the past participle of esprimere ‘press out’, from Latin exprimere
• espouse 英文词源 espouse espouse: [15] Etymologically, to espouse something is the same as to sponsor it. Both words go back ultimately to Latin spondēre ‘promise solemnly’. From it developed late Latin spōnsāre , which produced Old French espouser , source of the English verb. It originally meant ‘promise to marry’, but this particular semantic strand has survived only in the related noun
• esplanade 英文词源 esplanade esplanade: [17] Essentially, esplanade is the same word as explain , but whereas explain has lost its underlying literal meaning, esplanade has retained at least a memory of it. It comes ultimately from Latin explānāre , which meant ‘flatten out’, and so esplanade (acquired via French from the Spanish past participle esplanada ) was originally simply a ‘large level a
• espionage 英文词源 espionage espionage: see spy espionage (n.) 1793, from French espionnage "spying," from Middle French espionner "to spy," from espion "a spy" (16c.), probably via Old Italian spione from a Germanic source akin to Old High German spehon "spy" (see spy (v.)). For initial e- see e- . Middle English had espiouress "female spy" (early 15c.). 中文词源 espionage ：间谍活动 e-, 缓音字
• 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
• especial 英文词源 especial especial: see special especial (adj.) late 14c., from Old French especial "pre-eminent, important," from Latin specialis "belonging to a particular kind or species," from species "kind" (see species ). Latin words with initial sp- , st- , sc- usually acquired an e- in Old French (see e- ). Modern French has restored the word to spécial . In English, originally with the same
• espalier 英文词源 espalier (n.) fan-shaped trellis for ornamental or fruit trees, 1660s, from French espalier (16c.), from Italian spalliera "stake-works shoulder-high," from spalla "shoulder," from Latin spatula (see spatula ). 中文词源 espalier ：树篱 e-, 缓音字母。-spal, 铲子，肩，词源同spade, epaulet. 比喻义肩架，用来支撑花或藤蔓植物。 该词的英语词源请访问
• espadrille 英文词源 espadrille (n.) shoe with soles of hemp-rope (originally worn in the Pyrenees), 1892, from French espadrille (17c.), from Provençal espardillo , from Latin spartum "Spanish broom, Spanish grass," a plant of Iberia and North Africa that produced a fiber used to make mats, nets, ropes, etc., from Greek sparton "rope made of spartos " ("Spanish broom"), from PIE *spr-to- , from root *sp
• esoteric 英文词源 esoteric (adj.) 1650s, from Greek esoterikos "belonging to an inner circle" (Lucian), from esotero "more within," comparative adverb of eso "within," from PIE *ens-o- , suffixed form of *ens , extended form of root *en "in" (see en- (2)). Classically applied to certain popular and non-technical writings of Aristotle, later to doctrines of Pythagoras. In English, first of Pythagorean d
• esophagus 英文词源 esophagus (n.) also oesophagus , late 14c., from Greek oisophagos "gullet, passage for food," literally "what carries and eats," from oisein , future infinitive of pherein "to carry" (see infer ) + -phagos , from phagein "to eat" (see -phagous ). Related: Esophageal . 中文词源 esophagus ：食道 来自希腊文oisophagos,食道。oisein, 携带，带走，为词根fer的将来不定
• Esky 英文词源 esky "A portable insulated container for keeping food or drink cool", 1960s: probably from Eskimo, by association with a cold climate. 中文词源 Esky ：埃斯基冷藏袋 品牌名，来自Eskimo. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Esky 词源， Esky 含义。
• Eskimo 英文词源 Eskimo (n.) 1580s, from Danish Eskimo or Middle French Esquimaux (plural), both probably from an Algonquian word, such as Abenaki askimo (plural askimoak ), Ojibwa ashkimeq , traditionally said to mean literally "eaters of raw meat," from Proto-Algonquian *ask- "raw" + *-imo "eat." Research from 1980s in linguistics of the region suggests this derivation, though widely credited there,
• esker 英文词源 esker (n.) "deposit left by a glacial stream," 1852, from Irish eiscir "ridge of gravel." 中文词源 esker ：蛇形丘 来自爱尔兰语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： esker 词源， esker 含义。
• escutcheon 英文词源 escutcheon escutcheon: see squire escutcheon (n.) "shield on which a coat of arms is depicted," late 15c., from Old North French escuchon , variant of Old French escusson "half-crown (coin); coat of arms, heraldic escutcheon," from Vulgar Latin *scutionem , from Latin scutum "shield" (see hide (n.1)). Escutcheon of pretense , in her ., a small escutcheon charged upon the main escutche
• escudo 英文词源 escudo (n.) Spanish and Portuguese coin, 1821, from Spanish/Portuguese escudo , from Latin scutum "shield" (see escutcheon ). Also compare ecu . 中文词源 escudo ：埃斯库多（葡萄牙货币单位） e-, 缓音字母。-scud, 盾，来自PIE*skeu, 遮盖，保护，词源同hide, shield. 后用于货币单位，因印有盾形纹饰而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• escort 英文词源 escort escort: [16] The notion underlying escort is of ‘guidance’, of ‘showing the right path’. The word comes via French from Italian scorta ‘guide’, a noun use of the past participle of scorgere ‘show, guide’. This in turn came from Vulgar Latin * excorrigere , a compound verb formed from the prefix ex - ‘out’ and Latin corrigere ‘put right’ (source of Englis
• eschew 英文词源 eschew eschew: [14] Eschew is ultimately of Germanic origin, although it reached English via French. Its remote ancestor is prehistoric Germanic * skeukhwaz , source also of English shy . A verb based on this, * skeukhwan , was borrowed into Vulgar Latin as * skīvāre , which in Old French became eschiver or eschuer – whence English eschew . An Old Northern French variant of the Ol
• escheat 英文词源 escheat (n.) the reverting of land to a king or lord in certain cases, early 14c., from Anglo-French eschete (late 13c.), Old French eschete "succession, inheritance," literally "that which falls to one," noun use of fem. past participle of escheoir "happen, befall, occur, take place; fall due; lapse (legally)," from Late Latin *excadere "to fall out," from Latin ex- "out, away" (see
• eschatology 英文词源 eschatology (n.) 1834, from Latinized form of Greek eskhatos "last, furthest, uttermost, extreme, most remote" in time, space, degree, from PIE *eghs-ko- , suffixed form of *eghs "out" (see ex- ) + -ology . In theology, the study of the four last things (death, judgment, heaven, hell). Related: Eschatological ; eschatologically . 中文词源 eschatology ：末世论 来自希腊语。
• escarpment 英文词源 escarpment (n.) 1802, from French escarpment , from escarper "make into a steep slope," from escarpe "slope," from Italian scarpa (see scarp ). Earlier in same sense was escarp . 中文词源 escarpment ：悬崖 e-, 缓音字母。scarp, 悬崖。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： escarpment 词源， escarpment 含义。
• escapologist 英文词源 escapologist (n.) performer who specializes in getting out of confinement, 1926; see escape + -ologist . Related: Escapology . 中文词源 escapologist ：脱逃术表演者 来自escape, 逃跑。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： escapologist 词源， escapologist 含义。
• escapade 英文词源 escapade (n.) 1650s, "an escape from confinement," from French escapade (16c.) "a prank or trick," from Spanish escapada "a prank, flight, an escape," noun use of fem. past participle of escapar "to escape," from Vulgar Latin *excappare (see escape (v.)). Or perhaps the French word is via Italian scappata , from scappare , from the same Vulgar Latin source. Figurative sense (1814) imp
• escalope 英文词源 escalope "A thin slice of meat without any bone, typically a special cut of veal from the leg that is coated, fried, and served in a sauce", French; compare with escallop and scallop. 中文词源 escalope ：薄肉片 词源同scallop, 扇贝。原来指双壳软体动物肉，现在主要指牛肉片。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： escalope 词源， escalo
• escalate 英文词源 escalate escalate: [20] Escalate is a back-formation from escalator [20], which was originally a tradename for a moving staircase first made in the USA around 1900 by the Otis Elevator Company. This in turn seems to have been coined (probably on the model of elevator ) from escalade [16], a term in medieval warfare signifying the scaling of a fortified wall, which came via French and
• erythrocyte 英文词源 erythrocyte erythrocyte: see red 中文词源 erythrocyte ：红血细胞 erythro, 红的，词源同red. -cyto, 细胞，见cytology. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： erythrocyte 词源， erythrocyte 含义。
• eruptive 英文词源 eruptive (adj.) 1640s; see erupt + -ive . Perhaps from French éruptif . 中文词源 eruptive ：爆发的 来自erupt, 爆发。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： eruptive 词源， eruptive 含义。
• erupt 英文词源 erupt erupt: [17] Etymologically, erupt means simply ‘break out’. It comes from the past participle of Latin ērumpere , a compound verb formed from the prefix ex - ‘out, from’ and rumpere ‘break’ (source of English rout , route , routine , and rupture , and related to bereave , rob , and robe ). English actually acquired the derived noun eruption [15] before the verb. = b
• erudition 英文词源 erudition (n.) c. 1400, "instruction, education," from Latin eruditionem (nominative eruditio ) "an instructing, instruction, learning," noun of action from past participle stem of erudire "to educate, instruct, polish" (see erudite ). Meaning "learning, scholarship" is from 1520s. 中文词源 erudition ：博学 e-, 向外。-rud, 粗糙，见rude.引申义博学。 该词的英语词
• erstwhile 英文词源 erstwhile (adv.) 1560s, "formerly," from erst "first, at first; once, long ago; till now" (13c.), earlier erest from Old English ærest "soonest, earliest," superlative of ær (see ere ) + while (adv.). As an adjective, "former," from 1903. Cognate with Old Saxon and Old High German erist , German erst . 中文词源 erstwhile ：先前的 erst, 最早的，ere最高级。 该词的英语
• Erse 英文词源 Erse "of or pertaining to the Celts of Ireland and Scotland," late 14c., early Scottish variant of Old English Irisc or Old Norse Irskr "Irish" (see Irish ); applied by Lowland Scots to the Gaelic speech of the Highlanders (which originally is from Ireland); sense shifted 19c. from "Highlanders" to "Irish." 中文词源 Erse ：苏格兰盖尔语 来自Irish拼写变体。 该词的英语
• ersatz 英文词源 ersatz (adj.) 1875, from German Ersatz "units of the army reserve," literally "compensation, replacement, substitute," from ersetzen "to replace," from Old High German irsezzen , from ir- , unaccented variant of ur- (see ur- ) + setzen "to set" (see set (v.)). As a noun, from 1892. 中文词源 ersatz ：合成的，代用的 er-, 外面，词源同out,ordeal. -satz, 同set. 即拿出去
• error 英文词源 error error: see err error (n.) also, through 18c., errour ; c. 1300, "a deviation from truth made through ignorance or inadvertence, a mistake," also "offense against morality or justice; transgression, wrong-doing, sin;" from Old French error "mistake, flaw, defect, heresy," from Latin errorem (nominative error ) "a wandering, straying, a going astray; meandering; doubt, uncertainty
• erratum 英文词源 erratum (n.) "an error in writing or printing," 1580s, from Latin erratum (plural errata ), neuter past participle of errare "to wander, err" (see err ). 中文词源 erratum ：错误列表 来自err, 犯错误。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： erratum 词源， erratum 含义。
• erratic 英文词源 erratic (adj.) late 14c., "wandering, moving," from Old French erratique "wandering, vagrant" (13c.) and directly from Latin erraticus "wandering, straying, roving," from erratum "an error, mistake, fault," past participle of errare "to wander, err" (see err ). Sense of "irregular, eccentric" is attested by 1841. The noun is from 1620s, of persons; 1849, of boulders. Related: Erratica
• errant 英文词源 errant (adj.) mid-14c., "travelling, roving," from Anglo-French erraunt , from two Old French words that were confused even before they reached English: 1. Old French errant , present participle of errer "to travel or wander," from Late Latin iterare , from Latin iter "journey, way," from root of ire "to go" (see ion ); 2. Old French errant , past participle of errer (see err ). The s
• errand 英文词源 errand errand: [OE] Despite the passing similarity, errand has no etymological connection with err and error . It comes from a prehistoric Germanic * ǣrundjam , which meant ‘message’ – a sense which in fact survived in English until as recently as the 18th century (Miles Coverdale, for example, in his 1535 translation of 1 Samuel 11:5 wrote ‘So they told him the errand of the
• err 英文词源 err err: [14] Err , erratic [14], erroneous [14], and error [13] all go back to a prehistoric base * er -, which meant ‘wandering about’ (the semantic progression from ‘wandering’ to ‘making mistakes’ is reproduced in several other quite unrelated word groups in the Indo-European language family). This produced Gothic airzei ‘error’, Old High German irri ‘astray’ (
• erotomania 英文词源 erotomania (n.) 1813, defined then as "Desperate love; sentimentalism producing morbid feelings," from comb. form of erotic + mania . 中文词源 erotomania ：色情狂 erot-, 情爱，性欲。-mania, 发狂。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： erotomania 词源， erotomania 含义。
• eroticism 英文词源 eroticism (n.) 1853, from erotic + -ism . 中文词源 eroticism ：色情描写 erot-, 情爱，性欲。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： eroticism 词源， eroticism 含义。
• Eros 英文词源 Eros (n.) god of love, late 14c., from Greek eros (plural erotes ), "god or personification of love," literally "love," from eran "to love," erasthai "to love, desire," which is of uncertain origin. Freudian sense of "urge to self-preservation and sexual pleasure" is from 1922. Ancient Greek distinguished four ways of love: erao "to be in love with, to desire passionately or sexually;
• erogenous zone 英文词源 erogenous (adj.) "inducing erotic sensation or sexual desire," 1889, from Greek eros "sexual love" (see Eros ) + -genous "producing." A slightly earlier variant was erogenic (1887), from French érogénique . Both, as OED laments, are improperly formed. Erogenous zone attested by 1905. In this connection reference may be made to the well-known fact that in some hysterical subjects the
• erode 英文词源 erode erode: see rostrum erode (v.) 1610s, "gnaw or eat away" (transitive), a back-formation from erosion , or else from French éroder , from Latin erodere "to gnaw away, consume," from assimilated form of ex- "away" (see ex- ) + rodere "gnaw" (see rodent ). Intransitive sense "become worn away" is by 1905. Related: Eroded ; eroding . Originally of acids, ulcers, etc.; geological sen
• ermine 英文词源 ermine ermine: [12] The term ermine was introduced to English from Old French as a name for the ‘stoat’, but as in the case of other words of French origin like mutton and pork which soon came to be used for the dead animals’ product rather than the live animals themselves, it was not long (about a hundred years in fact) before ermine was being applied to the stoat’s fur, and
• ergophobia 英文词源 ergophobia (n.) "fear of work," 1905, coined by British medical man Dr. William Dunnett Spanton, from comb. form of Greek ergos "work" (see organ ) + -phobia "fear." Mr. W.D. Spanton (Leeds) considered that the most prominent causes of physical degeneration were--efforts to rear premature and diseased infants, absurd educational high pressure, cigarette smoking in the younger generati
• ergonomic 英文词源 ergonomics (n.) "scientific study of the efficiency of people in the workplace," coined 1950 from Greek ergon "work" (see organ ) + second element of economics . 中文词源 ergonomic ：功效学的 erg-, 工作，工效。-nomy, 学说。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ergonomic 词源， ergonomic 含义。
• ergo 英文词源 ergo (conj.) c. 1400, from Latin ergo "therefore, in consequence of," possibly from *ex rogo "from the direction," from ex "out of" (see ex- ) + root of regere "to guide" (see regal ). Used in logic to introduce the conclusion of a complete and necessary syllogism. 中文词源 ergo ：因此，所以 来自拉丁短语*ex rogo, 导出，因此。ex-, 向外，rogo, 引导，词源同
• ergative 英文词源 ergative (adj.) 1943, in reference to grammatical case used for the subjects of transitive verbs (in Eskimo, Basque, Caucasian languages), from Greek ergatos "workman," from comb. form of ergos "work" (see organ ) + -ive . 中文词源 ergative ：作格的 来自词根erg, 做功，工作，词源同work, synergy. 此处用做语法格。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• erg 英文词源 erg (n.1) unit of energy in the C.G.S. system, coined 1873 by the British Association for the Advancement of Science, from Greek ergon "work" (see organ ). erg (n.2) "region of drifting sand dunes," 1875, from French erg (1854), from North African Arabic 'irj , from a Berber word. 中文词源 erg ：尔格（功或能量单位） 词源同work, synergy. 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• erect 英文词源 erect erect: [14] Erect was borrowed from Latin ērectus , the past participle of ērigere ‘raise up, set up’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix ex - ‘out, up’ and regere ‘keep straight, set, direct’ (source of English regent , region , etc). The use of the derivative erection [15] for the enlargement of the penis dates from the 16th century. = correct , dire
• ere 英文词源 ere (prep.) c. 1200, from Old English ær (adv., conj., prep.) "soon, before (in time)," from Proto-Germanic *airiz , comparative of *air "early" (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Old High German er , Dutch eer ; German eher "earlier;" Old Norse ar "early;" Gothic air "early," airis "earlier"), from PIE *ayer- "day, morning" (cognates: Avestan ayar "day;" Greek eerios "at daybreak,"
• erbium 英文词源 erbium (n.) 1843, coined in Modern Latin with metallic element name -ium + erbia , name given by Swedish chemist Carl Gustaf Mosander (1797-1858), who discovered it, from second element in Ytterby , name of a town in Sweden where mineral containing it was found (see Ytterbium ). 中文词源 erbium ：铒 因发现自瑞典Ytterby而得名。以该地名命名的金属元素还有yttr
• erase 英文词源 erase erase: [17] Like abrade , rascal , rase and razor , erase comes ultimately from Latin rādere ‘scrape’. This formed the basis of a compound verb ērādere ‘scrape out, scrape off’ (its first element is the Latin prefix ex - ‘out’). Eraser ‘rubber’ seems to be a 19th-century coinage. = abrade , rascal , rase , razor erase (v.) c. 1600, from Latin erasus , past par
• eradicate 英文词源 eradicate eradicate: [16] Semantically, eradicate is an analogous formation to uproot . It comes from the past participle of Latin ērādicāre ‘pull out by the roots’, a compound verb formed from the prefix ex - ‘out’ and rādix ‘root’ (source of English radical and radish and related to English root ). In the 16th and 17th centuries it was often used literally (‘oaks e
• era 英文词源 era era: [17] In ancient Rome, small discs or tokens made of ‘brass’ (Latin aes , a descendant, like English ore [OE], of Indo-European * ajes ) used for counting were known as area . In due course this developed the metaphorical meaning ‘number as a basis for calculation’, and from around the 5th century AD it came to be used in Spain, North Africa, and southern Gaul as a pre
• equivocal 英文词源 equivocal (adj.) c. 1600, from Late Latin aequivocus "of equal voice, of equal significance, ambiguous" (see equivocation ) + -al (1). Earlier in same sense was equivoque (late 14c.). Related: Equivocally (1570s). 中文词源 equivocal ：模棱两可的 来自equal, 平等的。-voc, 说话，词源同voice, invoke.引申义模棱两可的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• equivalent 英文词源 equivalent (adj.) early 15c., from Middle French equivalent and directly from Late Latin aequivalentem (nominative aequivalens ) "equivalent," present participle of aequivalere "be equivalent," from Latin aequus "equal" (see equal (adj.)) + valere "be well, be worth" (see valiant ). As a noun from c. 1500, "that which is equal or corresponds to." Related: Equivalently . 中文词源 e
• equity 英文词源 equity (n.) early 14c., "quality of being equal or fair, impartiality in dealing with others," from Old French equite (13c.), from Latin aequitatem (nominative aequitas ) "equality, uniformity, conformity, symmetry; fairness, equal rights; kindness, moderation," from aequus "even, just, equal" (see equal (adj.)). As the name of a system of law, 1590s, from Roman naturalis aequitas , t
• equipoise 英文词源 equipoise (n.) "an equal distribution of weight," 1650s, a contraction of the phrase equal poise (1550s); see equal (adj.) + poise (n.). 中文词源 equipoise ：平衡 equ-, 平等，相等。poise, 平衡，稳定。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： equipoise 词源， equipoise 含义。
• equipment 英文词源 equipment (n.) 1717, "things equipped;" 1748, "action of equipping;" from equip + -ment , or from French équipement . Superseding earlier equipage . 中文词源 equipment ：装备 来自equip, 配备，装备。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： equipment 词源， equipment 含义。
• equip 英文词源 equip equip: [16] Etymologically, equip means ‘fit out or provide crew for a ship’. Its immediate source was French équiper , but this appears to have been a borrowing from Old Norse skipa ‘fit out a ship’, a verb derived from skip ‘ship’ (first cousin of English ship ). The carliest examples of its use in English are in the much broader sense ‘supply with necessary mat
• equinox 英文词源 equinox (n.) c. 1400, "point at which the sun crosses the earth's equator, making day and night of equal length everywhere," from Old French equinoce (12c.) or directly from Medieval Latin equinoxium "equality of night (and day)," from Latin aequinoctium , usually in plural, dies aequinoctii "the equinoxes," from aequus "equal" (see equal (adj.)) + nox (genitive noctis ) "night" (see
• equinoctial 英文词源 equinoctial "Happening at or near the time of an equinox", Late Middle English (in the sense 'relating to equal periods of day and night'): via Old French from Latin aequinoctialis , from aequinoctium (see equinox ). 中文词源 equinoctial ：春分或秋分的 equ-, 平等，相等。-noct, 夜，词源同night, nocturne. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： equin
• equine 英文词源 equine (adj.) 1765, from Latin equinus "of a horse, of horses; of horsehair," from equus "horse," from PIE root *ekwo- "horse" (cognates: Greek hippos , Old Irish ech , Old English eoh , Gothic aihwa- , Sanskrit açva- , Avestan aspa- , Old Church Slavonic ehu- , all meaning "horse"). 中文词源 equine ：马的 来自PIE*ekwo, 马，词源同hippo, hippopotamus. 该词的英语词源