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• ellipsis 英文词源 ellipsis (n.) 1560s, "an ellipse," from Latin ellipsis , from Greek elleipsis "a falling short, defect, ellipse in grammar," noun of action from elleipein "to fall short, leave out," from en- "in" (see en- (1)) + leipein "to leave" (see relinquish ). Grammatical sense in English first recorded 1610s. Related: Elipticity . 中文词源 ellipsis ：省略 词源同ellipse, 缺了一块的
• ellipse 英文词源 ellipse ellipse: [18] Greek élleipsis meant literally ‘defect, failure’. It was a derivative of elleípein , literally ‘leave in’, hence ‘leave behind, leave out, fall short, fail’, a compound verb formed from the prefix en - ‘in’ and leípein ‘leave’ (which is related to English loan and relinquish ). It was borrowed into English in the 17th century as ellipsis i
• elk 英文词源 elk elk: [OE] The Indo-European base * ol -, * el produced a number of names for deerlike animals – Greek élaphos ‘stag’, for example, and Welsh elain ‘hind’, not to mention English eland . In its Germanic descendants, two main lines of development are evident: its extensions * olk - and * elk - produced respectively Germanic * algiz (whence Old Norse elgr ) and Germanic *
• elitism 英文词源 elitism (n.) 1951; see elite + -ism . 中文词源 elitism ：精英主义 来自elite, 精英。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： elitism 词源， elitism 含义。
• elite 英文词源 élite élite: see elect elite (n.) "a choice or select body, the best part," 1823, from French élite "selection, choice," from Old French eslite (12c.), fem. past participle of elire , elisre "pick out, choose," from Latin eligere "choose" (see election ). Borrowed in Middle English as "chosen person" (late 14c.), especially a bishop-elect; died out mid-15c.; re-introduced by Byron'
• elision 英文词源 elision (n.) 1580s, from Latin elisionem (nominative elisio ) "a striking out, a pressing out," in grammar, "the suppression of a vowel," noun of action from past participle stem of elidere (see elide ). 中文词源 elision ：省略读音 来自elide, 省略。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： elision 词源， elision 含义。
• eliminate 英文词源 eliminate eliminate: [16] To eliminate somebody is literally to ‘kick them out of doors’. The word comes from the past participle of Latin ēlīnāre , a compound verb formed from the prefix ex - ‘out’ and līmen ‘threshhold’ (source also of English subliminal and probably sublime ). At first it was used in English with its original Latin sense (‘the secounde sorte thear
• eligible 英文词源 eligible eligible: see elect eligible (adj.) early 15c., "fit or proper to be chosen," from Old French eligible "fit to be chosen" (14c.), from Late Latin eligibilis "that may be chosen," from Latin eligere "choose" (see election ). Related: Eligibly . 中文词源 eligible ：有资格的 e-, 向外。-lig, 选出，词源同college, elect. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• elide 英文词源 elide (v.) 1590s, a legal term, "to annul, do away with," from Middle French elider (16c.), from Latin elidere "strike out, force out," in grammar "suppress (a vowel)" from ex- "out" (see ex- ) + -lidere , comb. form of laedere "to strike" (see collide ). The Latin word in grammatical use translates Greek ekthlibein . Phonological sense "slurring over a sound or part of a word" in Eng
• elicit 英文词源 elicit (v.) 1640s, from Latin elicitus , past participle of elicere "draw out, draw forth," from ex- "out" (see ex- ) + -licere , comb. form of lacere "to entice, lure, deceive" (related to laqueus "noose, snare;" see lace (n.)). Related: Elicited ; eliciting ; elicits ; elicitation . 中文词源 elicit ：引诱 e-, 向外。-lic, 诱惑，吸引，词源同lace, delicious. 该词的英
• elfin 英文词源 elfin (adj.) "of or pertaining to elves," 1590s, from elf ; first found in Spenser, who also used it as a noun and might have been thinking of elven but the word also is a proper name in the Arthurian romances ( Elphin ). 中文词源 elfin ：小巧玲珑的 来自elf, 精灵。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： elfin 词源， elfin 含义。
• elf 英文词源 elf elf: [OE] In Germanic legend, elves were potent supernatural beings, capable of exercising considerable magic powers to the benefit or harm of human beings. Their decline to their modern status as small mischievous sprites seems to have begun in the 16th century. The word comes from a prehistoric Germanic * albiz , a variant of which produced Old Norse álfr (source of English oaf
• elevenses 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random warlock warlock: [OE] Etymologically, a warlock is a ‘liar on oath’, and hence a ‘traitor’ or ‘deceiver’. Indeed, the word originally meant ‘traitor’ in English. It soon broadened out into a general term of abuse, and it was also used as an epithet for the ‘Devil’, but the modern sense ‘evil sorcerer’ did
• elevator 英文词源 elevator (n.) 1640s, originally of muscles which raise a part of the body, from Latin elevator "one who raises up," agent noun from past participle stem of elevare (see elevate ). As a name for a mechanical lift (originally for grain) attested from 1787. Elevator music is attested by 1963. Elevator as a lift for shoes is from 1940. 中文词源 elevator ：电梯 e-, 向外。-lev, 举起
• elevate 英文词源 elevate (v.) late 15c., "to raise above the usual position," from Latin elevatus , past participle of elevare "lift up, raise," figuratively, "to lighten, alleviate," from ex- "out" (see ex- ) + levare "lighten, raise," from levis "light" in weight (see lever ). Sense of "raise in rank or status" is from c. 1500. Moral or intellectual sense is from 1620s. Related: Elevated (which also
• elephantiasis 英文词源 elephantiasis (n.) 1580s, from Greek elephantos , genitive of elephas "elephant" (see elephant ) + -iasis "pathological or morbid condition." It refers to two diseases, one characterized by thickening of a body part ( E. Arabum ), the other, older meaning is "disease characterized by skin resembling an elephant's" ( E. Græcorum , also called Egyptian leprosy). In Middle English, elep
• elephant 英文词源 elephant elephant: [13] Elephants were named from their tusks. Greek eléphās (probably a borrowing from a non-Indo-European language) meant originally ‘ivory’ (hence chryselephantine ‘of gold and ivory’ [19]). Only later did it come to denote the animal itself, and it passed in this sense into Latin as elephantus . By post-classical times this had become * olifantus , and it
• elementary 英文词源 elementary (adj.) late 14c., "having the nature of one of the four elements," from Middle French elementaire and directly from Latin elementarius "belonging to the elements or rudiments," from elementum (see element ). Meaning "rudimentary, involving first principles" is from 1540s; meaning "simple" is from 1620s. In elementary school (1841) it has the "rudimentary" sense. 中文词源
• element 英文词源 element (n.) c. 1300, "earth, air, fire, or water; one of the four things regarded by the ancients as the constituents of all things," from Old French element (10c.), from Latin elementem "rudiment, first principle, matter in its most basic form" (translating Greek stoikheion ), origin and original sense unknown. Meaning "simplest component of a complex substance" is late 14c. Modern
• elegy 英文词源 elegy elegy: [16] Greek élegos originally signified simply ‘song’ (Aristophanes, for example, used it for the song of a nightingale in his play Birds ). It is not clear where it came from, although it has been speculated that the Greeks may have borrowed it from the Phrygians, an Indo- European people of western and central Asia Minor, and that originally it denoted ‘flute song’
• elegant 英文词源 elegant elegant: [15] Someone who made careful, fastidious choices was termed in Latin ēlegāns . This was the present participle of a hypothetical verb * ēlegāre , a derivative of ēligere ‘pick out, select’ (source of English elect ). Originally it seems to have been a derogatory term – ‘fussy, foppish’ – but by classical times it signified more approvingly ‘making
• electrostatic 英文词源 electrostatic "Relating to stationary electric charges or fields as opposed to electric currents", Mid 19th century: from electro- + static, on the pattern of hydrostatic . 中文词源 electrostatic ：静电的 electro, 电。-stat, 静，站立，词源同stand,instate. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： electrostatic 词源， electrostatic 含义。
• electroplate 英文词源 electroplate (n.) 1844, from electro- + plate (n.). 中文词源 electroplate ：电镀 electro, 电。plate, 板。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： electroplate 词源， electroplate 含义。
• electron 英文词源 electron (n.) coined 1891 by Irish physicist George J. Stoney (1826-1911) from electric + -on , as in ion (q.v.). Electron microscope (1932) translates German Elektronenmikroskop . 中文词源 electron ：电子 electro, 电。-on, 离子，来自ion. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： electron 词源， electron 含义。 electron ：电子 词根词缀： -elect
• electromagnet 英文词源 electromagnet (n.) also electro-magnet , "magnet which owes its magnetic properties to electric current," 1822; see electro- + magnet . 中文词源 electromagnet ：电磁铁 electro, 电。magnet, 磁铁。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： electromagnet 词源， electromagnet 含义。
• electrolysis 英文词源 electrolysis (n.) 1834; the name was introduced by Faraday on the suggestion of the Rev. William Whewell (1794-1866), English polymath, from electro- + Greek lysis "a loosening," from lyein "to loosen, set free" (see lose ). Originally of tumors, later (1879) of hair removal. Related: electrolytic . 中文词源 electrolysis ：电解 electro, 电。-lysis, 松开，词源同lose. 该词
• electroencephalogram 英文词源 electroencephalogram (n.) 1934, from electro- + encephalo- , comb. form of Modern Latin encephalon "brain" (see encephalitis ) + -gram . 中文词源 electroencephalogram ：脑电图 electro, 电。-cephalo, 脑。-gram, 图。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： electroencephalogram 词源， electroencephalogram 含义。
• electrodynamics 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random guinea guinea: [17] Guinea first emerged as the name of a section of the West Africa continent in the late 16th century (its origins are not known, but presumably it was based on an African word). In 1663 the Royal Mint began to produce a gold coin valued at 20 shillings ‘for the use of the Company of Royal Adventurers of Engl
• electrode 英文词源 electrode (n.) "one of the two ends of an open electrical circuit," 1834, coined by English physicist and chemist Michael Faraday (1791-1867) from electro- + Greek hodos "way" (see cede ) on the same pattern as anode , cathode . 中文词源 electrode ：电极 electro, 电。-od, 路，见method, anode. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： electrode 词源， electr
• electrocute 英文词源 electrocute (v.) "execute by electricity," 1889, American English, from electro- + back half of execute . The method first was used Aug. 6, 1890, in New York state, on William Kemmler, convicted of the murder of his common-law wife. In reference to accidental death by 1909. Electric chair is also first recorded 1889, the year the one used on Kemmler was introduced in New York as a hum
• electrocardiogram 英文词源 electrocardiogram (n.) 1904, from electro- + cardiogram . 中文词源 electrocardiogram ：心电图 electro, 电。-card, 心。-gram, 图。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： electrocardiogram 词源， electrocardiogram 含义。 electrocardiogram ：心电图；心电图仪器 词根词缀： -electr-电 + -o- + -card-心脏 + -io- + -gram-写,画→记录
• electrifying 英文词源 electrify (v.) 1745, "to charge with electricity, cause electricity to pass through;" see electric + -fy . Figurative sense recorded by 1752. Meaning "convert a factory, industry, etc., to electrical power" is by 1902. Related: Electrified ; electrifying . sputnik (n.) "artificial satellite," extended from the name of the one launched by the Soviet Union Oct. 4, 1957, from Russian spu
• electricity 英文词源 electricity electricity: [17] The earliest manifestation of electricity was that produced by rubbing amber, and hence the name, based on ēlectrum , Latin for ‘amber’ (which in turn derives from Greek ēlektron ). The first evidence of this in a Latin text is in William Gilbert’s De magnete 1600, but by the middle of the century we find the word being used in English treatises,
• electioneering 英文词源 barnstorm (v.) 1815, in reference to a theatrical troupe's performances in upstate New York barns (usually featuring short action pieces to suit vulgar tastes); extended 1896 to electioneering, 1928 to itinerant airplane pilots who performed stunts at fairs and races. Related: Barnstormed ; barnstorming . caucus (n.) "private meeting of party leaders," 1763, American English (New Engl
• elect 英文词源 elect elect: [15] To elect somebody is literally to ‘choose them out’ of a range of possibilities. The word comes from ēlectus , the past participle of Latin ēligere ‘pick out, select’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix ex - ‘out’ and legere ‘gather, choose’ (source also of English collect , neglect , and select and, from its secondary meaning ‘read’
• eldritch 英文词源 eldritch (adj.) "hideous, ghastly, weird," c. 1500, of uncertain origin; apparently somehow from elf (compare Scottish variant elphrish ), an explanation OED finds "suitable;" Watkins connects its elements with Old English el- "else, otherwise" and rice "realm." 中文词源 eldritch ：怪异可怕的 词源不详。可能来自el, 其它，词源同else, -ritch, 地方，词源同re
• elderberry 英文词源 elder (n.2) type of berry tree, c. 1400, with excrescent -d- from earlier ellen , from Old English ellæn , ellærn "elderberry tree," origin unknown, perhaps related to alder , which at any rate might be the source of the -d- . Common Germanic, cognates: Old Saxon elora , Middle Low German elre , Old High German elira , German Eller , Erle . Related: Elderberry . 中文词源 elderbe
• elder 英文词源 elder elder: Elder ‘older’ [OE] is not, of course, the same word as elder the tree-name [OE]. The former began life in prehistoric Germanic as * althizon , the comparative form of * althaz ‘old’. Gradually, the vowel i had an effect on the preceding vowel a , and by Old English times the word had become eldra – hence modern English elder . The regularized form older appeared
• elbow 英文词源 elbow elbow: [OE] Logically enough, elbow means etymologically ‘arm bend’. It comes from a prehistoric West and North Germanīc * alinobogan (which also produced German ellenbogen , Dutch elleboog , and Danish albue ). This was a compound formed from * alinā ‘forearm’ and * bogan (source of English bow ). However, there is a further twist. For * alinā (source also of English
• elated 英文词源 elated (adj.) 1610s, past participle adjective from elate . 中文词源 elated ：兴奋的 e-, 向外。-lat, 承受，兴起，词源同translate, relation. 原指提升的，晋升的，引申义兴奋的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： elated 词源， elated 含义。
• elastomer 英文词源 elastomer "A natural or synthetic polymer having elastic properties, e.g. rubber", 1930s: from elastic + -mer. 中文词源 elastomer ：弹性体 elast, 弹性。-mer, 部分，词源同merit, polymer. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： elastomer 词源， elastomer 含义。 elastomer ：弹性体，人造橡胶 词根词缀： elast驱动 + -o- + -mer
• elastin 英文词源 elastin "An elastic, fibrous glycoprotein found in connective tissue", Late 19th century: from elastic + -in 1 . 中文词源 elastin ：弹性蛋白 elast, 弹性。-in, 化学名词后缀，见vitamin. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： elastin 词源， elastin 含义。
• elastic 英文词源 elastic elastic: [17] Greek elaúnein meant ‘drive’. From it was derived the late Greek adjective elastikós , which had the sense ‘driving, propelling’. Its Latin version elasticus was used by the French scientist Jean Pecquet (1622–74) in describing the expansive properties of gases, and that is the sense in which it was originally adopted into English. Its transference to
• elapse 英文词源 elapse (v.) 1640s, from Middle French elapser , from Latin elapsus , past participle of elabi "slip or glide away, escape," from ex- "out, away" (see ex- ) + labi "to slip, glide" (see lapse (n.)). The noun now corresponding to elapse is lapse , but elapse (n.) was in recent use. Related: Elapsed ; elapsing . 中文词源 elapse ：消逝，流逝 e-, 向外。lapse, 滑落。 该词的
• eland 英文词源 eland eland: [18] Although the eland is an African animal, it has an ancient European name, given to it by Dutch settlers in South Africa. Eland is the Dutch word for an ‘elk’ (the European version of the North American moose); it comes via German from Lithuanian élnis , which goes back ultimately to a prehistoric Indo-European source (* oln -, * eln -) which also produced Englis
• elan 英文词源 elan (n.) "vivacity," 1877, from French élan (16c.), "spring, bound, impetus," noun derived from élancer "to shoot, incite" (trans.); "rush forward, dart" (intrans.), from Old French elancer , from e- "out" (see ex- ) + lancer "to throw," originally "to throw a lance," from Late Latin lanceare , from Latin lancea (see lance (n.)). 中文词源 elan ：活力 e-, 向外。-lan, 投掷，
• elaborate 英文词源 elaborate elaborate: [16] Etymologically, something that is elaborate has been produced by hard work. The word comes from ēlabōrātus , the past participle of Latin ēlabōrāre ; this was a compound verb formed from the prefix ex - ‘out’ and labor ‘work’ (source of English labour ). The notion of ‘painstaking work’ had passed by the early 17th century into ‘extreme de
• eke 英文词源 eke eke: [12] No Old English evidence of this verb, which originally meant ‘increase’, has been found, but related forms in other Germanic languages, such as Old Norse auka and Gothic aukan , suggest that it did exist. Both these and a range of non-Germanic verbs, such as Latin augēre (source of English auction , augment , and author ) and Greek aúkhein , point to an ultimate In
• eject 英文词源 eject (v.) mid-15c., from Latin eiectus "thrown out," past participle of eicere "throw out, cast out, thrust out; drive into exile, expel, drive away," from ex- "out" (see ex- ) + -icere , comb. form of iacere "to throw" (see jet (v.)). Related: Ejected ; ejecting . Ejecta "matter thrown out by a volcano" is from 1851. 中文词源 eject ：驱逐 e-, 向外。-ject, 射，投掷，词源
• ejaculate 英文词源 ejaculate ejaculate: [16] Etymologically, ejaculate means ‘dart out’. It comes from Latin ejaculārī , a compound verb formed ultimately from the prefix ex - ‘out’ and jaculum ‘dart, javelin’. This in turn was a derivative of jacere ‘throw’ (which itself combined with ex - to form ejicere , source of English eject [15]). The word’s original sense ‘throw out sudden
• either 英文词源 either either: [OE] Either is the modern descendant of an ancient Germanic phrase which meant literally ‘always each of two’. Its constituents were * aiwō , source of English aye ‘ever, always’, (which was also one of the building blocks of which each was made) and * gikhwatharaz , ancestor of English whether . In Old English this became lexicalized as the compound ǣgehwæth
• eisteddfod 英文词源 eisteddfod eisteddfod: [19] An eisteddfod is literally a ‘session’ or ‘sitting’. It comes from the Welsh verb eistedd ‘sit’, a derivative of sedd ‘seat’, which goes back to the same Indo-European base (* sed -) as produced English sit and session . The final element, - fod , comes from the Welsh verb bod ‘be’. = session , sit Eisteddfod (n.) "annual assembly of Wel
• einsteinium 英文词源 einsteinium (n.) radioactive element, discovered in the debris of a 1952 U.S. nuclear test in the Pacific, named 1955 for physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955). 中文词源 einsteinium ：锿 以20世纪著名科学家Albert Einstein（爱因斯坦）命名的金属元素。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： einsteinium 词源， einsteinium 含义。
• eight 英文词源 eight eight: [OE] Virtually all the ancient basic Indo- European ‘number’-words are very stable, remaining recognizably the same as they spread and developed over the millennia, and the ancestor of English eight is no exception. It was * oktō , which produced Sanskrit astáu , Latin octō (source of French huit , Italian otto , and Spanish ocho ), Greek októ , and Irish ocht . I
• eider duck 英文词源 eider (n.) type of duck, 1743, from German Eider or Dutch eider , both from Old Norse æþar , genitive of æþr "duck," according to Watkins from a North Germanic root *athi- , from Proto-Germanic *ethi- , from PIE "probable root" *eti- "eider duck." 中文词源 eider duck ：绒鸭 来自PIE*eti, 绒鸭。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： eider duck 词源，
• eiderdown 英文词源 eiderdown (n.) "soft feathers of the eider-duck" (such as it uses to line its nest), 1774; see eider + down (n.1). Ultimately from Icelandic æðardun , via a Scandinavian source (compare Danish ederdunn ) or German Eiderdon . 中文词源 eiderdown ：羽绒被 eider, 绒鸭。down, 软毛。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： eiderdown 词源， eiderdown 含义。
• Eid 英文词源 Eid "A Muslim festival, in particular", From Arabic ‘īd 'feast', from Aramaic. 中文词源 Eid ：指伊斯兰教的开斋节或斋牲节 来自阿拉伯语，节日。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Eid 词源， Eid 含义。
• Egypt 英文词源 Egypt Old English Egipte "the Egyptians," from French Egypte , from Greek Aigyptos "the river Nile, Egypt," from Amarna Hikuptah , corresponding to Egyptian Ha(t)-ka-ptah "temple of the soul of Ptah," the creative god associated with Memphis, the ancient city of Egypt. Strictly one of the names of Memphis, it was taken by the Greeks as the name of the whole country. The Egyptian name,
• egret 英文词源 egret (n.) mid-14c., from Old French aigrette , from Old Provençal aigreta , diminutive of aigron "heron," perhaps of Germanic origin (compare Old High German heigaro ; see heron ). 中文词源 egret ：白鹭 来自PIE*kreig, 尖叫，词源同heron. 参照crow, raven. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： egret 词源， egret 含义。
• egress 英文词源 egress (n.) 1530s, "act of going out," from Latin egressus "a going out," noun use of past participle of egredi "go out," from ex- "out" (see ex- ) + -gredi , comb. form of gradi "step, go" (see grade (n.)). Perhaps a back-formation from egression (early 15c.). Meaning "place of exit" is from 1670s. "One who goes out" is an egressor . 中文词源 egress ：离去 e-, 向外。-gress,
• egregious 英文词源 egregious egregious: see segregate egregious (adj.) 1530s, "distinguished, eminent, excellent," from Latin egregius "distinguished, excellent, extraordinary," from the phrase ex grege "rising above the flock," from ex "out of" (see ex- ) + grege , ablative of grex "herd, flock" (see gregarious ). Disapproving sense, now predominant, arose late 16c., originally ironic. It is not in the
• egomania 英文词源 egomania (n.) 1825, from ego + mania . 中文词源 egomania ：极端利己主义 ego, 自我。-mania, 发狂，来自mind, 思想，ia, 病。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： egomania 词源， egomania 含义。
• egoism 英文词源 egoism (n.) 1785, in metaphysics, "the theory that a person has no proof that anything exists outside his own mind," from French égoisme (1755), from Modern Latin egoismus , from Latin ego (see ego ). Meaning "doing or seeking of that which affords pleasure or advances interest" is from 1800; opposed to altruism , but not necessarily "selfish." Meaning "self-centeredness" is from 184
• ego 英文词源 ego ego: [19] Ego is Latin for ‘I’ (and comes in fact from the same Indo-European base as produced English I ). English originally acquired it in the early 19th century as a philosophical term for the ‘conscious self’, and the more familiar modern uses – ‘self-esteem’, or more derogatorily ‘selfimportance’, and the psychologist’s term (taken up by Freud) for the ‘
• eggplant 英文词源 eggplant (n.) also egg-plant , 1763, from egg (n.) + plant (n.). Originally of the white variety. Compare aubergine . 中文词源 eggplant ：茄子 一种形似鸡蛋的茄子，现指各种茄子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： eggplant 词源， eggplant 含义。 eggplant ：茄子 这是茄子的美语名称，相当于英国人所说的aubergine。茄子
• eggnog 英文词源 egg-nog (n.) also eggnog , c. 1775, American English, from egg (n.) + nog "strong ale." nog (n.) 1690s, "old, strong type of beer brewed in Norfolk," of unknown origin. Also see eggnog . 中文词源 eggnog ：蛋奶酒 egg, 蛋。nog, 酒。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： eggnog 词源， eggnog 含义。
• egghead 英文词源 egghead (n.) also egg-head , 1907, "bald person," from egg (n.) + head (n.). Sense of "intellectual" is attested from 1918, among Chicago newspapermen; popularized by U.S. syndicated columnist Stewart Alsop in 1952 in reference to Adlai Stevenson's presidential campaign. Adlai Stevenson once told what it was like to be the rare intellectual in politics. " Via ovicapitum dura est ," he
• egg 英文词源 egg egg: English has two distinct words egg , but surprisingly the noun, in the form in which we now have it, has not been in the language as long as the verb. Egg ‘reproductive body’ [14] was borrowed from Old Norse egg . Old English had a related word, ǣg , which survived until the 16th century as eye (plural eyren ). Although it does not begin to show up in the written records
• egalitarian 英文词源 egalitarian egalitarian: see equal egalitarian (adj.) 1881, from French égalitaire , from Old French egalite "equality," from Latin aequalitatem (see equality ). Originally often in egalitarian despotism , such as the government resulting from the French Revolution or the ideas of the communists. The noun, "person who favors egalitarianism," is from 1920. 中文词源 egalitarian ：平
• e.g. 英文词源 e.g. 1680s, abbreviation of Latin exempli gratia "for the sake of example." 中文词源 e.g. ：例如 来自拉丁短语exempli gratia的缩写。exempli, 例子，词源同example. gratia, 感激，词源同gratitude. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： e.g. 词源， e.g. 含义。
• effusive 英文词源 effusive (adj.) "flowing profusely" (especially of words), 1660s, from Latin effus- , stem of effundere "to pour forth, spread abroad" (see effusion ) + -ive . Hence, "with extravagant display of feelings" (1863). Related: Effusively . 中文词源 effusive ：热情洋溢的 ef-, 向外。-fus, 流，词源同confuse, fusion. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： eff
• effulgent 英文词源 effulgent (adj.) 1738, back-formation from effulgence , or else from Latin effulgentem (nominative effulgens ), present participle of effulgere "to shine out, gleam forth," from ex "out" (see ex- ) + fulgere "to shine" (see bleach (v.)). Related: Effulgently . 中文词源 effulgent ：灿烂的 ef-, 向外。-fulg, 燃烧，词源同flame, fulminate. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• effrontery 英文词源 effrontery effrontery: [18] The notion of ‘audacity’ or ‘impudence’ is often expressed in terms of ‘exposing or pushing forward the face’: a ‘barefaced lie’ or ‘putting on a bold front’, for instance. And effrontery is no exception. It comes ultimately from late Latin effrōns ‘barefaced, shameless’, a compound adjective formed from the prefix ex - ‘out of’
• effort 英文词源 effort effort: [15] Etymologically, effort is the ‘putting out’ or ‘showing’ of ‘force’. It comes ultimately from Vulgar Latin * exfortiāre , a compound verb formed from the prefix ex - ‘out’ and the adjective fortis ‘strong’. This passed into Old French as esforcier ‘force, exert’, from which was derived the noun esforz . English borrowed it in its later form
• effluent 英文词源 effluent effluent: [19] Effluent is that which ‘flows out’. The word comes from the present participle of Latin effluere , a compound verb formed from the prefix ex - ‘out’ and fluere ‘flow’ (source of English fluctuate , fluent , fluid , flux , and a host of derivatives). English originally acquired it as an adjective in the 18th century, but did not begin to use it in it
• efflorescence 英文词源 efflorescence (n.) 1620s, "a bursting into flower, act of blossoming out," from French efflorescence , from Latin efflorescentem (nominative efflorescens ), present participle of efflorescere "to bloom, flourish, blossom" (see effloresce ). Sense in chemistry is from 1660s. 中文词源 efflorescence ：开花，全盛期 ef-, 向外。-flor, 花，词源同florist, flower. 字面意思
• effing 英文词源 effigy effigy: [16] Effigy comes ultimately from the Latin verb effingere ‘form, portray’. This was a compound formed from the prefix ex - ‘out’ and fingere ‘make, shape’ (source of English faint , feign , fiction , figment , and related to English dairy and dough ). It formed the basis of the noun effigiēs ‘representation, likeness, portrait’, which was borrowed into
• effigy 英文词源 effigy effigy: [16] Effigy comes ultimately from the Latin verb effingere ‘form, portray’. This was a compound formed from the prefix ex - ‘out’ and fingere ‘make, shape’ (source of English faint , feign , fiction , figment , and related to English dairy and dough ). It formed the basis of the noun effigiēs ‘representation, likeness, portrait’, which was borrowed into
• efficiency 英文词源 efficiency (n.) 1590s, "power to accomplish something," from Latin efficientia "efficient power; efficiency; influence" (from efficientem ; see efficient ) + -cy . In mechanics, "ratio of useful work done to energy expended," from 1858. Attested from 1952 as short for efficiency apartment (itself from 1920). 中文词源 efficiency ：效率 ef-, 向外。-fic, 做，词源同fact, ef
• efficacy 英文词源 efficacy (n.) 1520s, from Latin efficacia "efficacy, efficiency," from efficax (genitive efficacis ) "powerful, effectual, efficient," from stem of efficere "work out, accomplish" (see effect (n.)). Earlier in same sense was efficace (c. 1200), from Old French eficace (14c.), from Latin efficacia ; also efficacite (early 15c.), from Latin efficacitatem . 中文词源 efficacy ：功效
• effete 英文词源 effete effete: [17] Latin effētus meant literally ‘that has given birth’. It was a compound adjective, based on the prefix ex - ‘out’ and fētus ‘childbearing, offspring’ (source of English foetus ). Its use spread metaphorically first to ‘worn out by giving birth’ and finally to simply ‘exhausted’, the senses in which English originally acquired it. The word’s
• effervescent 英文词源 effervescent effervescent: see fervent effervescent (adj.) 1680s, from Latin effervescentem (nominative effervescens ), present participle of effervescere "to boil up, boil over" (see effervescence ). Figurative meaning "exuberant" is from 1833. 中文词源 effervescent ：热情的 ef-, 向外。-ferv, 热，词源同fervent, burn. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• effeminate 英文词源 effeminate (adj.) late 14c., "womanish; voluptuous; tender," from Latin effeminatus "womanish, effeminate," past participle of effeminare "make a woman of," from ex- "out" (see ex- ) + femina "woman" (see feminine ). Rarely used but in reproach. The noun meaning "effeminate person" is from 1590s. Related: Effeminately ; effemination . 中文词源 effeminate ：女人气的 ef-, 向外。
• effective 英文词源 effective (adj.) late 14c., "serving to effect the intended purpose," from Old French effectif , from Latin effectivus "productive, effective," from effect- , stem of efficere (see effect (n.)). Of military forces, meaning "fit for action or duty" is from 1680s. 中文词源 effective ：有效的 来自effect, 效果。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： effective
• effect 英文词源 effect effect: [14] Etymologically, an effect is that which is ‘accomplished’ or ‘done’. The word comes (probably via Old French effect ) from effectus , the past participle of Latin efficere ‘perform, accomplish, complete’, or literally ‘work out’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix ex - ‘out’ and facēre ‘make, do’ (source of English fact , facto
• efface 英文词源 efface (v.) "to erase or obliterate," especially something written or carved, late 15c., from Middle French effacer , from Old French esfacier (12c.) "to wipe out, destroy," literally "to remove the face," from es- "out" (see ex- ) + face "appearance," from Latin facies "face" (see face (n.)). Related: Effaced ; effacing . Compare deface . 中文词源 efface ：抹去 ef-, 向外，同
• eff 英文词源 eff (v.) 1943, euphemism for fuck , representing the sound of its first letter. Related: Effing . 中文词源 eff ：咒骂 来自fuck的委婉语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： eff 词源， eff 含义。
• eerie 英文词源 eerie eerie: [13] Eerie seems to come ultimately from Old English earg ‘cowardly’, a descendant of prehistoric Germanic * arg -, although the connection has not been established for certain. It emerged in Scotland and northern England in the 13th century in the sense ‘cowardly, fearful’, and it was not until the 18th century that it began to veer round semantically from ‘afr
• eel 英文词源 eel (n.) Old English æl "eel," from Proto-Germanic *ælaz (cognates: Old Frisian -el , Middle Dutch ael , Dutch aal , Old Saxon and Old High German al , German Aal , Old Norse all ), which is of unknown origin, with no certain cognates outside Germanic. Used figuratively for slipperiness from at least 1520s. 中文词源 eel ：鳗鱼 词源不详。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• eejit 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random hammock hammock: [16] Hammock is a product of early European explorations in the New World. When Spanish crews first sailed into the Caribbean, they encountered a word in the Taino language of the Arawakan people for a hanging bed suspended between two trees. They adopted it into Spanish as hamaca , which English borrowed as ham