英语词源

• enslave 英文词源 enslave (v.) 1640s, from en- (1) "make, make into" + slave (n.). Related: Enslaved ; enslaving . 中文词源 enslave ：奴役 en-, 进入，使。slave, 奴隶。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： enslave 词源， enslave 含义。
• ensign 英文词源 ensign ensign: see sign ensign (n.) early 15c., "a token, sign, symbol; badge of office, mark or insignia of authority or rank;" also "battle flag, flag or banner of a ship or troop of soldiers," via Scottish, from Old French enseigne (12c.) "mark, symbol, signal; flag, standard, pennant," from Latin insignia (plural); see insignia , which is a doublet of this word. As the word for th
• enshroud 英文词源 enshroud (v.) 1580s, from en- (1) "make, put in" + shroud (n.). Related: Enshrouded ; enshrouding . 中文词源 enshroud ：遮蔽 en-, 进入，使。shroud, 遮盖。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： enshroud 词源， enshroud 含义。
• enshrine 英文词源 enshrine (v.) 1580s, from en- (1) "make, put in" + shrine (n.). Related: Enshrined ; enshrining . 中文词源 enshrine ：使奉为神圣 en-, 进入，使。shrine, 神龛。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： enshrine 词源， enshrine 含义。
• ensemble 英文词源 ensemble ensemble: see similar ensemble (n.) 1703, "union of parts, parts of a thing taken together," from French ensemblée "all the parts of a thing considered together," from Late Latin insimul "at the same time," from in- intensive prefix + simul "at the same time," related to similis (see similar ). Musical sense of "union of all parts in a performance" in English first attested
• ensconce 英文词源 ensconce ensconce: see sconce ensconce (v.) 1580s, "to cover with a fort," from en- (1) "make, put in" + sconce "small fortification, shelter," perhaps via French, probably from Dutch schans "earthwork" (compare Middle High German schanze "bundle of sticks"), which is of uncertain origin. Hence, "to fix firmly, settle" (1590s). Related: Ensconced . 中文词源 ensconce ：安置 en-,
• en route 英文词源 en route 1779, French, literally "on the way" (see route (n.)). 中文词源 en route ：在途中 来自法语，即on route. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： en route 词源， en route 含义。
• enroll 英文词源 enroll (v.) mid-14c. (transitive), from Old French enroller "record in a register, write in a roll" (13c., Modern French enrôler ), from en- "make, put in" (see en- (1)) + rolle (see roll (n.)). Related: Enrolled ; enrolling . 中文词源 enroll ：登记 en-, 进入，使。roll, 卷，册。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： enroll 词源， enroll 含义。 e
• enrich 英文词源 enrich (v.) late 14c., "to make wealthy," from Old French enrichir "enrich, enlarge," from en- "make, put in" (see en- (1)) + riche "rich" (see rich ). Figurative sense "supply with abundance of something desirable" is from 1590s. Meaning "to fertilize" is from c. 1600. Scientific sense of "to increase the abundance of a particular isotope in some material" is first attested 1945. Rel
• enrapture 英文词源 enrapture (v.) 1740, from en- (1) "put in" + rapture (n.). Related: Enraptured . 中文词源 enrapture ：狂喜 en-, 进入，使。rapture, 着迷，狂喜。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： enrapture 词源， enrapture 含义。 enrapture ：使着迷；使狂喜 词根词缀： en-使… + -rapt-抓 + -ure名词词尾 → 使整个心神被抓住
• enrage 英文词源 enrage (v.) late 14c., "make furious or mad" (implied in enraged ), from Old French enragier "go wild, go mad, lose one's senses," from en- "make, put in" (see en- (1)) + rage "rabies, rage" (see rage (n.)). Related: Enraging . Intransitive only in Old French; but the transitive sense is oldest and predominant in English. 中文词源 enrage ：狂怒 en-, 进入，使。rage, 狂怒。
• enquire 英文词源 enquire enquire: [13] The - quire element in enquire (or inquire , as it is alternatively spelled) is etymologically related to English query and question . The word comes via Old French enquerre from * inquāerere , the Vulgar Latin descendant of Latin inquīrere . This was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix in - and quaerere ‘seek, ask’. The modern English spelling
• en passant 英文词源 en passant French, literally "in passing," from present participle of passer "to pass" (see pass (v.)). In reference to chess, first attested 1818. 中文词源 en passant ：顺带 来自法语，即in passing. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： en passant 词源， en passant 含义。
• enough 英文词源 enough enough: [OE] Enough is a widespread word in the Germanic languages. German has genug , Dutch genoeg , and Swedish and Danish the reduced forms nog and nok . All go back to a prehistoric Germanic * ganōgaz , a compound formed from the collective prefix * ga - and an Indo-European element * nak - whose underlying meaning is probably ‘reach, attain’ (it occurs in Sanskrit na
• enormous 英文词源 enormous enormous: [16] Etymologically, enormous is a parallel formation to abnormal and extraordinary . It comes from Latin ēnormis , a compound adjective formed from the prefix ex - ‘out of’ and norma ‘pattern, rule’ – hence literally ‘out of the usual pattern’. It originally had a range of meanings in English, including ‘abnormal, unusual’ (‘entered the choir i
• enophile 英文词源 oenophile (n.) 1930 (as an adjective 1900), probably from French oenophile , from Greek oinos "wine" (see wine (n.)) + -phile . xenophile (nj.) 1922, from xeno- "foreign, strange" + -phile . 中文词源 enophile ：爱葡萄酒的 eno-, 酒，来自wine. -phile, 爱，见philosophy. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： enophile 词源， enophile 含义。
• enology 英文词源 oenology oenology: see wine phrenology phrenology: see frantic irenology (n.) "study of peace," 1974, from Greek eirene "peace" + -ology . Related: Irenological . oenology (n.) 1827, from oeno- "wine" + -logy . Related: Oenological ; oenologist . penology (n.) "study of punishment and crime prevention," 1838, coined apparently by Francis Lieber, corresponding member of the Philadephia
• ennui 英文词源 ennui ennui: see annoy ennui (n.) 1660s as a French word in English; nativized by 1758; from French ennui , from Old French enui "annoyance" (13c.), back-formation from enuier (see annoy ). Hence ennuyé (adj.) "afflicted with ennui," and thence ennuyée (n.) for a woman so afflicted. So far as frequency of use is concerned, the word might be regarded as fully naturalized; but the pro
• ennoble 英文词源 ennoble (v.) late 15c., "refine, impart a higher character to" (implied in ennobled ), from Middle French ennoblir ; see en- (1) + noble (adj.). Sense of "give noble rank to" is from 1590s. Related: Ennobler ; ennobling . 中文词源 ennoble ：使尊贵 en-, 进入，使。noble, 高贵的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ennoble 词源， ennoble 含义。
• enmity 英文词源 enmity (n.) late 14c., "hostile feeling, rivalry, malice; internal conflict," from Old French enemite , variant of enemistié "enmity, hostile act, aversion" (Modern French inimité ), from Vulgar Latin *inimicitatem (nominative *inimicitas ), from Latin inimicitia "enmity, hostility," usually plural, from inimicus "enemy" (see enemy ). Related: Enmities . Amity is basically the same
• enmesh 英文词源 enmesh (v.) c. 1600, from en- (1) "put in" + mesh (v.). Related: Enmeshed ; enmeshing . 中文词源 enmesh ：卷入 en-, 进入，使。mesh, 网。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： enmesh 词源， enmesh 含义。
• en masse 英文词源 en masse French, literally "in mass" (see mass (n.1)). 中文词源 en masse ：全体 来自法语，即in mass. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： en masse 词源， en masse 含义。
• enliven 英文词源 enliven (v.) 1630s, "give life to," from en- (1) "make, put in" + live for life + -en (1). Meaning "make lively or cheerful" is from 1690s. Related: Enlivened ; enlivening . Enlive in same sense is from 1590s. A noun, enlivement , is recorded from 1877. 中文词源 enliven ：使更有生气 en-, 进入，使。liven, 使有生机，活力。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• enlist 英文词源 enlist (v.) also inlist , 1690s (trans.), 1753 (intrans.), from en- (1) "make, put in" + list (n.). Possibly suggested by Dutch inlijsten "to write on a list." Related: Enlisted ; enlisting . 中文词源 enlist ：征召 en-, 进入，使。list，清单，列表。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： enlist 词源， enlist 含义。 enlist ：征募，使入伍；取
• enlightenment 英文词源 enlightenment (n.) 1660s, "action of enlightening," from enlighten + -ment . Used only in figurative sense, of spiritual enlightenment, etc. Attested from 1865 as a translation of German Aufklärung , a name for the spirit of independent thought and rationalistic system of 18c. Continental philosophers. For the philosophes, man was not a sinner, at least not by nature; human nature --
• enlarge 英文词源 enlarge (v.) mid-14c., "grow fat, increase" (intrans.); c. 1400, "make larger" (trans.), from Old French enlargier "to widen, increase, make larger," from en- "make, put in" (see en- (1)) + large (see large ). Meaning "expand in words, speak at large" is from 1650s. Related: Enlarged ; enlarging . 中文词源 enlarge ：扩大 en-, 进入，使。large，大。 该词的英语词源请
• enjoy 英文词源 enjoy enjoy: [14] Originally, enjoy was used intransitively in English, rather as in the modern American Yiddish-influenced injunction ‘Enjoy!’: ‘Yet he never enjoyed after, but in conclusion pitifully wasted his painful life’, Robert Laneham 1549. However, by the end of the 16th century the transitive sense ‘take pleasure in’ had virtually taken over the field. The word p
• enjoin 英文词源 enjoin (v.) c. 1200, engoinen , "to prescribe, impose" (penance, etc.), from stem of Old French enjoindre (12c.) "impose (on), inflict; subject to; assign (to)," from Latin iniungere "to join, fasten, attach;" figuratively "to inflict, to attack, impose," from in- "on" (see in- (2)) + iungere "to join" (see jugular ). Related: Enjoined ; enjoining . 中文词源 enjoin ：责令，嘱咐
• enjambment 英文词源 enjambment (n.) also enjambement , 1837, from French enjambement or from enjamb (c. 1600), from French enjamber "to stride over," from en- (see en- (1)) + jambe "leg" (see jamb ). 中文词源 enjambment ：诗句的跨行 en-, 进入，使。-jamb, 腿，词源同gammon. 即走开一步，跨步。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： enjambment 词源， enjambment
• enigmatic 英文词源 enigmatic (adj.) 1640s, from Late Latin aenigmaticus , from aenigmat- , stem of aenigma (see enigma ). Enigmatical in the same sense is from 1570s. Related: Enigmatically . 中文词源 enigmatic ：神秘的 来自enigma, 谜，费解。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： enigmatic 词源， enigmatic 含义。
• enigma 英文词源 enigma enigma: [16] Enigma comes, via Latin, from Greek aínigma ‘riddle, obscure statement’. This was a derivative of the verb ainíssesthai ‘talk in riddles’, which in turn came from the noun ainos ‘tale, story’. Its modern English use for ‘something puzzling’ dates from the early 17th century. enigma (n.) 1530s, "statement which conceals a hidden meaning or known th
• enhance 英文词源 enhance enhance: [14] To enhance something is literally to ‘make it higher’. The word comes via Anglo- Norman enhauncer from Old French enhaucer , a descendant of Vulgar Latin * inaltiāre ‘raise’. This was a verb formed from the Latin intensive prefix in - and the adjective altus ‘high’ (source of English altitude ). This original literal sense persisted into English (‘
• engulf 英文词源 engulf (v.) 1550s, from en- (1) "make, put in" + gulf (n.) or else from Old French engolfer . Originally of seas, whirlpools, etc.; by 1711 of fire and other mediums. Figurative use from 1590s. Related: Engulfed ; engulfing . 中文词源 engulf ：吞没 en-, 进入，使。gulf, 海湾，吞没。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： engulf 词源， engulf 含义。
• engross 英文词源 engross engross: see gross engross (v.) c. 1400, "to buy up the whole stock of" (in Anglo-French from c. 1300), from Old French en gros "in bulk, in a large quantity, at wholesale," as opposed to en detail . See gross . Figurative sense of "absorb the whole attention" is first attested 1709. A parallel engross , meaning "to write (something) in large letters," is from Anglo-French eng
• engrave 英文词源 engrave engrave: see grave engrave (v.) mid-15c. (implied in ingraved "engraved"), from en- (1) + obsolete verb grave "carve" (see grave (v.)) or from or modeled on French engraver . Related: Engraved ; engraven ; engraving . 中文词源 engrave ：雕刻 en-, 进入，使。grave, 雕刻。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： engrave 词源， engrave 含义。 en
• engorge 英文词源 engorge (v.) 1510s, "fill to excess," from French engorger "to obstruct, block, congest," Old French engorgier "to swallow, devour," from en- (see en- (1)) + gorge "throat" (see gorge (n.)). Probably originally in reference to hawks. Related: Engorged ; engorging . 中文词源 engorge ：使充血 en-, 进入，使。gorge, 吞没，吞食。引申义充血。 该词的英语词源请访
• English 英文词源 English English: [OE] The people and language of England take their name from the Angles, a West Germanic people who settled in Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries AD. They came originally from the Angul district of Schleswig, an area of the Jutland peninsula to the south of modern Denmark. This had a shape vaguely reminiscent of a fishhook, and so its inhabitants used their word for
• engineer 英文词源 engineer (n.) mid-14c., enginour , "constructor of military engines," from Old French engigneor "engineer, architect, maker of war-engines; schemer" (12c.), from Late Latin ingeniare (see engine ); general sense of "inventor, designer" is recorded from early 15c.; civil sense, in reference to public works, is recorded from c. 1600 but not the common meaning of the word until 19c (henc
• engender 英文词源 engender (v.) early 14c., "beget, procreate," from Old French engendrer (12c.) "give birth to, beget, bear; cause, bring about," from Latin ingenerare "to implant, engender, produce," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + generare "beget, create" (see generation ). With euphonious -d- in French. Also from early 14c. engendered was used in a theological sense, with reference to Jesus, "derived
• engagement 英文词源 engagement (n.) 1620s, "formal promise," from engage + -ment . Meaning "a battle or fight between armies or fleets" is from 1660s; sense of "state of having entered into a promise of marriage" is from 1742; meaning "appointment" is from 1806. Engagement ring attested by 1863. 中文词源 engagement ：订婚，约定 en-, 进入，使。-gage, 承诺，加入，词源同wage, wedding
• engage 英文词源 engage engage: [15] Vulgar Latin had a noun * wadium ‘pledge’ (it came from Germanic * wathjam , source also of English wed and wage ). From it was derived a verb * wadiāre ‘pledge’, which formed the basis of a compound * inwadiāre . Germanic w became g in French (hence French Guillaume for William ), so the Old French descendant of * inwadiāre was engager , acquired by Eng
• enfranchise 英文词源 enfranchise (v.) early 15c., "grant (someone) the status or privilege of citizenship, admit to membership in a town," from Old French enfranchiss- , present participle stem of enfranchir "to set or make free; grant a franchise to;" from en- "make, put in" (see en- (1)) + franc "free" (see franchise (n.)). Generally with reference to voting privileges after c. 1700. Related: Enfranchis
• enforce 英文词源 enforce (v.) mid-14c., "to drive by physical force; to try, attempt, strive; to fortify, strengthen a place;" late 14c. as "exert force, compel; make stronger, reinforce; strengthen an argument; grow stronger, become violent," from Old French enforcier "strengthen, reinforce; use force (on), offer violence (to); oppress; violate, rape" (12c.) or a native formation from en- (1) "make,
• enfold 英文词源 enfold (v.) also infold , early 15c., from en- (1) "make, put in" + fold (n.). Related: Enfolded ; enfolding . 中文词源 enfold ：拥抱 en-, 进入，使。fold, 折叠。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： enfold 词源， enfold 含义。
• enfeeble 英文词源 enfeeble (v.) "to cause to weaken, deprive of strength," mid-14c., from Old French enfeblir "become weak," from en- (see en- (1)) + feble (see feeble ). Related: Enfeebled ; enfeebling ; enfeeblement . 中文词源 enfeeble ：使衰弱 en-, 进入，使。feeble, 衰弱。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： enfeeble 词源， enfeeble 含义。
• enfant terrible 英文词源 enfant terrible (n.) 1851, French, literally "terrible child" (see infant + terrible ). One whose unorthodox or shocking speech or manners embarrass his associates as a naughty child embarrasses his elders. French also has enfant gâté , "spoiled child," hence "person given excessive adulation." 中文词源 enfant terrible ：少年得志不可一世的人 来自法语，即terrible
• enervate 英文词源 enervate (v.) c. 1600, "deprive of force or strength," from Latin enervatus , past participle of enervare "to weaken" (see enervation ). Literal sense of "to weaken, impair" in English is from 1610s. Related: Ennervated ; ennervating . As a verb Middle English had enerve (c. 1400, eneruyd ). 中文词源 enervate ：使衰弱 e-, 向外。-nerv, 神经，勇气，词源同nerve, nervo
• energy 英文词源 energy energy: [16] Energy comes ultimately from Greek érgon ‘deed, work’. This was a descendant of Indo-European * wergon , which also produced English work , liturgy , organ , and orgy . Addition of the prefix en - ‘at’ produced the adjective energés or energōs ‘at work’, hence ‘active’, which Aristotle used in his Rhetoric as the basis of a noun enérgeia , signi
• enemy 英文词源 enemy enemy: [13] An enemy is literally someone who is ‘not a friend’. The word comes, via Old French enemi , from Latin inimīcus , a compound formed from the prefix in - ‘not’ and amīcus ‘friend’ (source of English amicable and related to English amiable ). The late Latin derivative inimīcālis produced English inimical [17]. = amicable , inimical enemy (n.) early 13c.
• enema 英文词源 enema (n.) early 15c., via Medieval Latin, from Greek enema "injection," from enienai "to send in, inject," from en "in" (see en- (2)) + hienai "send" (cognate of Latin iacere ; see jet (v.)). 中文词源 enema ：灌肠 en-, 进入，使。-ema, 来自拉丁文hienai, 扔，射，词源同jet, project. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： enema 词源， enema 含义
• endure 英文词源 endure endure: see during endure (v.) late 14c., "to undergo or suffer" (especially without breaking); also "to continue in existence," from Old French endurer (12c.) "make hard, harden; bear, tolerate; keep up, maintain," from Latin indurare "make hard," in Late Latin "harden (the heart) against," from in- (see in- (2)) + durare "to harden," from durus "hard," from PIE *dru-ro- , fro
• endow 英文词源 endow endow: see dowry endow (v.) late 14c., indowen "provide an income for," from Anglo-French endover , from en- "in" (see en- (1)) + Old French douer "endow," from Latin dotare "bestow" (see dowry ). Related: Endowed ; endowing . 中文词源 endow ：捐赠，资助 en-, 进入，使。-dow, 给予，词源同donate, dowry. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： en
• endothermic 英文词源 endothermic (adj.) 1866, from French endothermique ; see endo- + thermal . 中文词源 endothermic ：吸热的 endo-, 内，里面。-therm, 热，词源同warm, thermal。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： endothermic 词源， endothermic 含义。
• endosperm 英文词源 endosperm (n.) 1819, perhaps from German, from endo- + sperm . 中文词源 endosperm ：胚乳 endo-, 内，里面。-sperm, 胚，词源同spread, spore. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： endosperm 词源， endosperm 含义。
• endoskeleton 英文词源 endoskeleton (n.) 1838, from endo- + skeleton . 中文词源 endoskeleton ：内骨骼 endo-, 内，里面。skeleton, 骨骼。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： endoskeleton 词源， endoskeleton 含义。
• endoscope 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random cavity cavity: see cave 中文词源 endoscope ：内窥镜 endo-, 内，里面。-scope, 看，词源同spectator, telescope. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： endoscope 词源， endoscope 含义。
• endorse 英文词源 endorse endorse: [16] To endorse something is literally to write ‘on the back’ of it. The word comes from medieval Latin indorsāre , a compound verb formed from the prefix in - ‘in’ and dorsum ‘back’ (source of English dorsal , doss , and dossier ). (An earlier English version of the word was endoss [14], acquired via Old French endosser , which died out in the 17th centu
• endorphin 英文词源 endorphin (n.) "chemical which occurs naturally in the brain and works like morphine," 1975, from French endorphine . First element from endogène "endogenous, growing within" (see endo- + genus ); second element from morphine . 中文词源 endorphin ：内啡吠 来自endogenous和morphine的合成词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： endorphin 词源， endo
• endoplasm 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random rapacious rapacious: see rapture 中文词源 endoplasm ：内质 endo-, 内，里面。-plasm, 形成，词源同plastic. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： endoplasm 词源， endoplasm 含义。
• endogenous 英文词源 endogenous (adj.) "growing or proceeding from within," especially with reference to a class of plants including cereals, palms, plantains, etc., 1822, from endo- "within" + -genous "producing." 中文词源 endogenous ：内生的 endo-, 内，里面。-gen, 生育，词源同gene,generate. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： endogenous 词源， endogenous 含义。
• endogamy 英文词源 endogamy (n.) "marriage within the tribe or group," 1865, from endo- on model of polygamy . Related: Endogamous (1865). Opposed to exogamy . Apparently both were coined by Scottish anthropologist John Ferguson McLennan (1827-1881) in "Primitive Marriage." To this law, the converse of caste, forbidding marriage within the tribe, Mr. M'Lennan has given the name of exogamy: while, instea
• endocrine 英文词源 endocrine (adj.) "secreting internally," 1914, from endo- + Latinized form of Greek krinein "to separate, distinguish" (see crisis ). Denoting glands having an internal secretion. 中文词源 endocrine ：内分泌 endo-, 内，里面，来自en-的扩大形式。-crine, 分开，分泌，词源同crisis, discriminate. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： endocrine 词
• endive 英文词源 endive (n.) late 14c., from Old French endive (14c.), from Medieval Latin endivia or a related Romanic source, from Latin intibus . This probably is connected in some way with Medieval Greek entybon , which Klein says is perhaps of Eastern origin (compare Egyptian tybi "January," the time the plant grows in Egypt). Century Dictionary says Arabic hindiba is "appar. of European origin."
• endemic 英文词源 endemic (adj.) "particular to a people or locality," 1650s ( endemical ), with -ic + Greek endemos "native, dwelling in (a place), of or belonging to a people," from en "in" (see en- (2)) + demos "people, district" (see demotic ). From 1660s as a noun. 中文词源 endemic ：地方性的 en-, 进入，使。-demic, 人民，区域，词源同demotic, democracy. 该词的英语词源请
• endeavor 英文词源 endeavor (n.) early 15c., "pains taken to attain an object," literally "in duty," from phrase put (oneself) in dever "make it one's duty" (a partial translation of Old French mettre en deveir "put in duty"), from Old French dever "duty," from Latin debere "to owe" (see debt ). One's endeavors meaning one's "utmost effort" is from late 15c. endeavor (v.) c. 1400, from phrase put in dev
• endanger 英文词源 endanger (v.) late 15c., from en- (1) "make, put in" + danger . Related: Endangered ; endangering . Endangered species recorded by 1958. 中文词源 endanger ：危及 en-, 进入，使。danger, 危险。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： endanger 词源， endanger 含义。
• end 英文词源 end end: [OE] End is an ancient word, that has been traced back to an Indo-European * antjó . This also produced Sanskrit ántas ‘end’, as well as Latin ante ‘before’ and Greek anti ‘opposite’. Its Germanic descendant was * andja , from which came Gothic andeis , German ende , Dutch einde , Swedish ända , and English end . end (n.) Old English ende "end, conclusion, boun
• encyclopedia 英文词源 encyclopedia encyclopedia: [16] Etymologically, encyclopedia means ‘general education’. It is a medieval formation, based on the Greek phrase egkúklios paideíā ( egkúklios , a compound adjective formed from the prefix en - ‘in’ and kúklos ‘circle’ – source of English cycle – meant originally ‘circular’, and hence ‘general’, and is the ultimate source of En
• encyclical 英文词源 encyclical (adj.) in reference to ecclesiastical letters meant for wide circulation (for example, a letter sent by a pope to all bishops), 1640s, from Late Latin encyclicus , from Latin encyclius , from Greek enkyklios "in a circle, circular" (see encyclopedia ). As a noun, from 1837. 中文词源 encyclical ：教皇通谕 en-, 进入，使。-cycle, 圈。用于宗教术语，指教皇
• encumber 英文词源 encumber (v.) early 14c., "burden, vex, inconvenience," from Old French encombrer "to block up, hinder, thwart," from Late Latin incombrare , from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + combrus "barricade, obstacle," probably from Latin cumulus "heap" (see cumulus ). Meaning "hinder, hamper" is attested in English from late 14c. Related: Encumbered ; encumbering . 中文词源 encumber ：妨碍 en
• encrypt 英文词源 encrypt (v.) 1968 in telecommunications, a back-formation from encryption (1964), or from en- (1) + crypt (n.) on the notion of "hidden place" (see crypto- ). Related: Encrypted ; encrypting . 中文词源 encrypt ：加密 en-, 进入，使。-crypt, 遮盖，隐秘。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： encrypt 词源， encrypt 含义。
• encrusted 英文词源 caked (adj.) "thickly encrusted," 1922, past participle adjective from cake (v.). encrust (v.) also incrust , 1640s, from French incruster , from Latin incrustare "to cover with crust," from in- (see in- (2)) + crusta (see crust ). Related: Encrusted ; encrusting . saltpeter (n.) "potassium nitrate," c. 1500, earlier salpetre (early 14c.), from Old French salpetre , from Medieval Lati
• encroach 英文词源 encroach encroach: [14] Something that encroaches on something else literally seizes it with its ‘hooks’. The word was borrowed from Old French encrochier ‘catch in a hook’, hence ‘seize’. This was a compound formed from the prefix en - and croc ‘hook’ (source of English crochet , crocket , and croquet ), a noun borrowed from Old Norse krókr ‘hook’ (source of Engl
• encourage 英文词源 encourage (v.) early 15c., from Old French encoragier "make strong, hearten," from en- "make, put in" (see en- (1)) + corage "courage, heart" (see courage ). Related: Encouraged ; encouraging ; encouragingly . 中文词源 encourage ：鼓励 en-, 进入，使。courage, 鼓励。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： encourage 词源， encourage 含义。 encourage ：
• encounter 英文词源 encounter (n.) c. 1300, "meeting of adversaries, confrontation," from Old French encontre "meeting; fight; opportunity" (12c.), noun use of preposition/adverb encontre "against, counter to" from Late Latin incontra "in front of," from Latin in- "in" (see in- (2)) + contra "against" (see contra ). Modern use of the word in psychology is from 1967, from the work of U.S. psychologist Car
• encore 英文词源 encore (interj.) 1712, from French encore "still, yet, again, also, furthermore" (12c.), generally explained as being from Vulgar Latin phrase *hinc ad horam "from then to this hour," or (in) hanc horam "(to) this hour" (Italian ancora "again, still, yet" is said to be a French loan-word). Whenever any Gentlemen are particularly pleased with a Song, at their crying out Encore ... the
• encompass 英文词源 encompass (v.) 1550s, from en- (1) "make, put in" + compass (n.). Related: Encompassed ; encompasses ; encompassing . 中文词源 encompass ：包围 en-, 进入，使。compass, 范围，界限。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： encompass 词源， encompass 含义。 encompass ：围绕，围住，包围；包含，包括；完成 词根词缀： en-动词前缀
• encomium 英文词源 encomium (n.) "discriminating expression of approval," 1580s, from Late Latin encomium , from Greek enkomion (epos) "laudatory (ode), eulogy," from en "in" (see en- (2)) + komos "banquet, procession, merrymaking" (see comedy ). 中文词源 encomium ：颂词 en-, 进入，使。-com, 欢乐，颂歌，词源同comedy, comic. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： enco
• encode 英文词源 encode (v.) 1917, from en- (1) "make, put in" + code (n.). Computing sense is from 1955, usually shortened colloquially or for clarity to code . Related: Encoded ; encoding . 中文词源 encode ：编码 en-, 进入，使。code, 编码。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： encode 词源， encode 含义。
• enclose 英文词源 enclose enclose: see include enclose (v.) early 14c., from en- (1) + close , and partially from Old French enclos , past participle of enclore "surround; confine; contain." Specific sense of "to fence in waste or common ground" for the purpose of cultivation or to give it to private owners is from c. 1500. Meaning "place a document with a letter for transmission" is from 1707. Related
• enclave 英文词源 enclave (n.) "small portion of one country which is entirely surrounded by the territory of another," 1868, from French enclave , from Old French enclaver "enclose, comprise, include" (13c.), from Late Latin inclavare "shut in, lock up," from Latin in- "in" (see in- (2)) + clavis "key" (see slot (n.2)). Enclaved "surrounded by land owned by another" is attested in English from mid-15c
• encircle 英文词源 encircle (v.) c. 1400, from en- (1) "make, put in" + circle (n.). Related: Encircled ; encircling . 中文词源 encircle ：包围 en-, 进入，使。circle, 圈。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： encircle 词源， encircle 含义。 encircle ：把…围起来，包围；绕行(…一周) 词根词缀： en-置于名词前构成动词 + -circ-圆 + -le动词词
• enchilada 英文词源 enchilada (n.) 1876, American English, from Mexican Spanish enchilada , fem. past participle of enchilar "season with chili," from en- "in" + chile "chili" (see chili ). "You never ate enchilada, did you? I hope you never will. An enchilada looks not unlike an ordinary flannel cake rolled on itself and covered with molasses. The ingredients which go to make it up are pepper, lye, homi
• enchantress 英文词源 enchantress (n.) late 14c., "witch," from enchanter + -ess . Meaning "charming woman" is from 1713. 中文词源 enchantress ：女巫，迷人的女子 来自enchant, 念咒。-ess, 表女性。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： enchantress 词源， enchantress 含义。
• encephalitis 英文词源 encephalitis (n.) "inflammation of the brain," 1843, from encephalo- "the brain" + -itis "inflammation." Related: Encephalitic . 中文词源 encephalitis ：脑炎 en-, 进入，使。-cephal, 头，脑。-itis, 炎症。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： encephalitis 词源， encephalitis 含义。
• encash 英文词源 cash (v.) "to convert to cash" (as a check, etc.), 1811, from cash (n.). Encash (1865) also was sometimes used. Related: Cashed ; cashing . 中文词源 encash ：兑现 en-, 进入，使。cash, 现金。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： encash 词源， encash 含义。
• encase 英文词源 encase (v.) 1630s, from en- (1) "make, put in" + case (n.2). Related: Encased ; encasing . 中文词源 encase ：装箱 en-, 进入，使。case, 箱子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： encase 词源， encase 含义。
• encapsulate 英文词源 encapsulate (v.) 1842 (implied in encapsulated ), "enclose in a capsule," from en- (1) "make, put in" + capsule + -ate (2). Figurative use by 1939. Related: Encapsulating . 中文词源 encapsulate ：概括 en-, 进入，使。capsule, 胶囊。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： encapsulate 词源， encapsulate 含义。
• encamp 英文词源 encamp (v.) 1560s, "go into camp, settle in temporary quarters," from en- (1) "make, put in" + camp (n.). Related: Encamped ; encamping . 中文词源 encamp ：扎营 en-, 进入，使。camp, 营地。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： encamp 词源， encamp 含义。
• en bloc 英文词源 en bloc French, literally "in a block" (see block (n.)). 中文词源 en bloc ：整体 来自法语，即in a block. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： en bloc 词源， en bloc 含义。