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• edutainment 英文词源 edutainment "Computer games, television programmes, or other material, intended to be both educational and enjoyable", 1980s: blend of education and entertainment. 中文词源 edutainment ：寓教于乐型产品 来自education和entertainment的合成词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： edutainment 词源， edutainment 含义。
• education 英文词源 education (n.) 1530s, "childrearing," also "the training of animals," from Middle French education (14c.) and directly from Latin educationem (nominative educatio ) "a rearing, training," noun of action from past participle stem of educare (see educate ). Originally of instruction in social codes and manners; meaning "systematic schooling and training for work" is from 1610s. 中文词源
• edition 英文词源 edition (n.) early 15c., "version, translation, a form of a literary work;" 1550s, "act of publishing," from French édition or directly from Latin editionem (nominative editio ) "a bringing forth, producing," also "a statement, account," from past participle stem of edere "bring forth, produce," from ex- "out" (see ex- ) + -dere , comb. form of dare "to give" (see date (n.1)). "It is
• edit 英文词源 edit edit: [18] Etymologically, someone who edits a newspaper ‘gives it out’, or in effect ‘publishes’ it. And that in fact is how the word was first used in English: when William Enfield wrote in his 1791 translation of Brucker’s Historia critica philosophiae that a certain author ‘wrote many philosophical treatises which have never been edited’, he meant ‘published’
• edify 英文词源 edify edify: [14] As its close relative edifice [14] suggests, edify has to do literally with ‘building’. And in fact its underlying etymological sense is ‘building a hearth’. That was the original sense of Latin aedis . Gradually, though, it was extended, in a familiar metaphorical transition, from ‘hearth’ to ‘home’ and ‘dwelling’. Addition of a verbal element re
• edifice 英文词源 edifice (n.) late 14c., from Old French edifice "building" (12c.), from Latin aedificium "building," from aedificare "to erect a building," from aedis , variant of aedes "temple, sanctuary," usually a single edifice without partitions, also, in the plural, "dwelling house, building," originally "a place with a hearth" + the root of facere "to make" (see factitious ). Aedis is from PIE
• edict 英文词源 edict edict: [15] An edict is literally that which is ‘spoken out’ or ‘proclaimed’. It was acquired directly from Latin ēdictum , which comes from the past participle of ēdīcere ‘proclaim’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix ex - ‘out’ and dīcere ‘say’ (source of English diction , dictionary , dictate amongst a host of others). The passing resembla
• edible 英文词源 edible (adj.) 1590s, from Late Latin edibilis "eatable," from Latin edere "to eat," from PIE root *ed- "to eat" (cognates: Sanskrit admi "I eat;" Greek edo "I eat;" Lithuanian edu "I eat;" Hittite edmi "I eat," adanna "food;" Old Irish ithim "I eat;" Gothic itan , Old Swedish and Old English etan , Old High German essan "to eat;" Avestan ad- "to eat;" Armenian utem "I eat;" Old Church
• edgy 英文词源 edgy (adj.) "having sharp edges," 1755, from edge (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "tense and irritable" is attested by 1837, perhaps from notion of being on the edge , at the point of doing something irrational (a figurative use attested from c. 1600). Related: Edgily ; edginess . 中文词源 edgy ：急躁不安的 来自edgy, 边缘。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• edge 英文词源 edge edge: [OE] Edge is probably the main native English representative of the Indo-European base * ak - ‘be sharp or pointed’, which has contributed so many words to the language via Latin and Greek (such as acid , acrid , acute , acne , alacrity , and oxygen ). Its Germanic descendant was * ag -, on which was based the noun * agjā , source of German ecke ‘corner’, Swedish e
• Eden 英文词源 Eden (n.) early 13c., "delightful place," figurative use of the place described in Genesis, usually referred to Hebrew edhen "pleasure, delight," but perhaps from Ugaritic base 'dn and meaning "a place that is well-watered throughout" (see also Aden ). Related: Edenic . 中文词源 Eden ：伊甸园 来自希伯来语，义为享乐，愉悦。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• edema 英文词源 edema (n.) c. 1400, from medical Latin, from Greek oidema (genitive oidematos ) "a swelling tumor," from oidein "to swell," from oidos "tumor, swelling," from PIE *oid- "to swell" (cognates: Latin aemidus "swelling," Armenian aitumn "a swelling," Old Norse eista "testicle," Old English attor "poison" (that which makes the body swell), and the first element in Oedipus ). 中文词源 e
• edelweiss 英文词源 edelweiss (n.) 1862, from German Edelweiß , literally "noble white," from Old High German edili "noble" (see atheling ) + German weiss "white" (see white ). 中文词源 edelweiss ：火绒花 来自德语。edal, 高贵的，来自PIE*eti, 在上，-el, 滋养，词源同adult, atheling(王子). -weiss, 词源同white. 参照电影《音乐之声》。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• eddy 英文词源 eddy eddy: [15] The ultimate source of eddy appears to be a prehistoric Germanic particle meaning ‘back, again’, represented in Old English by ed -, in Old High German by et -, and in Old Norse by ith - (it is related to Latin et ‘and’ and its various Romance descendants, such as French et and Italian ed ). According to this theory, an eddy would thus be ‘water that flows ba
• Edam 英文词源 Edam (adj.) 1836, type of cheese named for Edam , village in Holland where it was originally made. The place name is literally "the dam on the River Ye ," which flows into the Ijsselmeer there, and the river name is literally "river" (see ea ). 中文词源 Edam ：埃丹干酪 因产自荷兰Edam而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Edam 词源， Edam 含
• eczema 英文词源 eczema eczema: [18] A person suffering from eczema has a skin that is, in a rather gruesome metaphor, ‘boiling over’. The word comes from Greek ékzema ‘eruption’, a compound formed from the prefix ek - ‘out’ and the verb zein ‘boil, ferment’. This in turn goes back to the Indo-European base * jes -, source also of Sanskrit yas - ‘boil, foam’, Welsh ias ‘boiling’
• ecumenism 英文词源 ecumenism (n.) 1937, from ecumen- (see ecumenical ) + -ism . The older word is ecumenicalism (1870). 中文词源 ecumenism ：基督教合一运动精神 来自词根ecu, 家，词源同ecology. 即成为一家的，后用于宗教术语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ecumenism 词源， ecumenism 含义。
• ectoplasm 英文词源 ectoplasm (n.) 1883, of amoebas, "exterior protoplasm of a cell;" 1901 of spirits, from ecto- + -plasm . Related: Ectoplasmic . 中文词源 ectoplasm ：外质（细胞的外胚层质） ecto-,向外，同 ex-. -plasm, 形成，词源同plastic. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ectoplasm 词源， ectoplasm 含义。
• ectopic 英文词源 ectopic (adj.) 1864 in reference to pregnancy, from ectopia "morbid displacement of parts" (1847), coined in Modern Latin from Greek ektopos "away from a place, distant; foreign, strange," from ek- "out" (see ex- ) + topos "place" (see topos ). 中文词源 ectopic ：妊娠异位的，子宫外的 ec-, 向外。-top, 地方，词源同topic, utopia. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• ecstasy 英文词源 ecstasy ecstasy: [14] Etymologically, someone who is ecstatic is out of his or her mind. The word comes, via Old French extasie and late Latin extasis , from Greek ékstasis , a derivative of the verb existánai ‘displace, drive out of one’s mind’. This was a compound formed from the prefix ek - ‘out’ and histánai ‘place’ (a distant relative of English stand ). The unde
• ecru 英文词源 ecru (adj.) 1869, "having the color of raw silk or unbleached linen," from French écru "raw, unbleached," from Old French escru "raw, crude, rough" (13c.), from es- "thoroughly" (see ex- ) + Latin crudus "raw" (see crude ). 中文词源 ecru ：淡褐色的 e-, 强调。-cru, 词源同raw, crude. 即生丝，未染色的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ecru 词
• ecotourism 英文词源 ecotourism (n.) by 1984, from eco- + tourism . Related: Ecotourist . 中文词源 ecotourism ：生态旅游 eco-, 家，生态。tourism，旅游。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ecotourism 词源， ecotourism 含义。
• ecoterrorism 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random obfuscate obfuscate: see dusk 中文词源 ecoterrorism ：生态过激行为 eco-, 家，生态。terrorism，恐怖主义。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ecoterrorism 词源， ecoterrorism 含义。
• ecosystem 英文词源 ecosystem (n.) 1935; see eco- + system . Perhaps coined by English ecologist Sir Arthur George Tansley (1871-1955). 中文词源 ecosystem ：生态系统 eco-, 家，生态。system, 系统。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ecosystem 词源， ecosystem 含义。
• economy 英文词源 economy economy: [16] The underlying notion contained in the word economy is of ‘household management’. It comes, via French or Latin, from Greek oikonomíā , a derivative of oikonómos , a term for the ‘steward of a household’. This was a compound noun formed from oikos ‘house’ (a word related to the - wich element in many English place-names) and némein ‘manage’ (u
• economize 英文词源 economize (v.) 1640s, "to govern a household," from economy + -ize . Meaning "to spend less, be sparing in outlay" is from 1790. Related: Economized ; economizing ; economization ; economizer . 中文词源 economize ：节省 来自economy, 经济，节省。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： economize 词源， economize 含义。 economize ：节约，节省 词根
• ecology 英文词源 ecology ecology: [19] Interpreted literally, ecology means ‘study of houses’. The word was coined, as ökologie , by the German zoologist Ernst Haeckel in the 1870s, on the basis of Greek oikos (as in economy ). This means literally ‘house’, but Haeckel was using it in the wider sense ‘dwelling, habitat’. English adopted the word soon after its coinage, originally in the q
• E.coli 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random gimmick gimmick: [20] Gimmick originally meant ‘dishonest contrivance’ – indeed, in the first known printed reference to it, in George Maine’s and Bruce Grant’s Wise-crack dictionary 1926 (an American publication), it is defined specifically as a ‘device for making a fair game crooked’. The modern sense ‘stratage
• ecocide 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random condign condign: [15] From its virtually exclusive modern use in the phrase condign punishment , condign has come to be regarded frequently as meaning ‘severe’, but etymologically it signifies ‘fully deserved’. It comes via Old French condigne from Latin condignus , a compound adjective formed from the intensive prefix c
• eclipse 英文词源 eclipse eclipse: [13] From the point of view of the observer, an object which has been eclipsed has ‘gone away’ – is no longer there. And that in fact is the etymological foundation of the word. It comes, via Old French and Latin, from Greek ékleipsis , a derivative of ekleípein ‘no longer appear or be present’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix ek - ‘out,
• eclectic 英文词源 eclectic (adj.) 1680s, "not confined to or following any one model or system," originally in reference to ancient philosophers who selected doctrines from every system; from French eclectique (1650s), from Greek eklektikos "selective," literally "picking out," from eklektos "selected," from eklegein "pick out, select," from ek "out" (see ex- ) + legein "gather, choose" (see lecture (n
• eclampsia 英文词源 eclampsia (n.) 1866, from Modern Latin, from Greek eklampsis "a shining forth, exceeding brightness," from ek- "out" (see ex- ) + stem of lampein "to shine" (see lamp ) + abstract noun ending -ia . 中文词源 eclampsia ：子痫（怀孕引起的高血压和惊厥） ec-, 向外。lamp, 灯，照明。委婉语，即一旦发生子痫，往往是严重的产科综合症的征兆，需
• eclair 英文词源 eclair (n.) "small, oblong cake filled with cream or custard and glazed or iced," 1861, from French éclair , literally "lightning," from Old French esclair "light, daylight, flash of light," verbal noun from esclairare "to light up, illuminate, make shine" (12c.), formerly esclairer , ultimately from Latin exclarare "light up, illumine," from ex- "out" (see ex- ) + clarus "clear" (se
• echt 英文词源 echt "Authentic and typical", German. 中文词源 echt ：真正的 来自德语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： echt 词源， echt 含义。
• echolocation 英文词源 echolocation (n.) 1944, from echo (n.) + location . 中文词源 echolocation ：回声定位 来自echo和location的组合词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： echolocation 词源， echolocation 含义。
• echinacea 英文词源 echinacea "A North American plant of the daisy family, whose flowers have a raised cone-like centre which appears to consist of soft spines. It is used in herbal medicine, largely for its antibiotic and wound-healing properties", Modern Latin, from Greek ekhinos 'hedgehog'. 中文词源 echinacea ：紫锥菊 来自拉丁文echinus, 刺猬，因花瓣形似刺猬展开的刺而得名。
• echidna 英文词源 echidna (n.) Australian egg-laying hedgehog-like mammal, 1810, said to have been named by Cuvier, usually explained as from Greek ekhidna "snake, viper" (also used metaphorically of a treacherous wife or friend), from ekhis "snake," from PIE *angwhi- "snake, eel" (cognates: Norwegian igle , Old High German egala , German Egel "leech," Latin anguis "serpent, snake"). But this sense is
• echelon 英文词源 echelon echelon: see scale echelon (n.) 1796, echellon , "step-like arrangement of troops," from French échelon "level, echelon," literally "rung of a ladder," from Old French eschelon , from eschiele "ladder," from Late Latin scala "stair, slope," from Latin scalae (plural) "ladder, steps," from PIE *skand- "to spring, leap" (see scan (v.)). Sense of "level, subdivision" is from Wor
• ecclesiastic 英文词源 ecclesiastic (adj.) late 15c., from Middle French ecclésiastique and directly from Late Latin ecclesiasticus , from Greek ekklesiastikos "of the (ancient Athenian) assembly," in late Greek, "of the church," from ekklesiastes "speaker in an assembly or church, preacher," from ekkalein "to call out," from ek "out" (see ex- ) + kalein "to call" (see claim (v.)). As a noun, "one holding
• Eccles cake 英文词源 Eccles cake "A round flat cake of sweetened pastry filled with currants", Named after the town of Eccles near Manchester, England. 中文词源 Eccles cake ：埃克尔斯葡萄干小饼 因产自英格兰曼彻斯特Eccles而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Eccles cake 词源， Eccles cake 含义。
• eccentric 英文词源 eccentric (n.) early 15c., "eccentric circle or orbit," originally a term in Ptolemaic astronomy, "circle or orbit not having the Earth precisely at its center," from Middle French eccentrique and directly from Medieval Latin eccentricus (noun and adjective), from Greek ekkentros "out of the center" (as opposed to concentric ), from ek "out" (see ex- ) + kentron "center" (see center (
• ebullient 英文词源 ebullient (adj.) 1590s, "boiling," from Latin ebullientem (nominative ebulliens ), present participle of ebullire "to boil over," literally or figuratively, from ex- "out" (see ex- ) + bullire "to bubble" (see boil (v.)). Figurative sense of "enthusiastic" is first recorded 1660s. 中文词源 ebullient ：热情的 e-, 向外，同ex-. -bull, 冒泡，同boil. 比喻热情的。 该词
• ebony 英文词源 ebony ebony: [15] Ebony is ultimately of Semitic origin. The Greeks took it from some Middle Eastern source, perhaps Egyptian hbnj , and turned it into ébenos . This made its way via Latin ebenus , later ebanus , and Old French eban into English. At first English simply used the French form (which as ebon survived into modern times as an archaism), but from the 16th century forms end
• Ebonics 英文词源 Ebonics (n.) "African-American vernacular English," 1975, as title of a book by U.S. professor R.L. Williams (b.1930); a blend of ebony and phonics . 中文词源 Ebonics ：乌语，美国黑人英语 来自ebony, 乌木，代指黑人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Ebonics 词源， Ebonics 含义。
• Ebola fever 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random tort tort: see torment 中文词源 Ebola fever ：埃博拉热病 因首次发现于刚果埃博拉河而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Ebola fever 词源， Ebola fever 含义。
• ebb 英文词源 ebb ebb: [OE] Water that is ebbing is literally going ‘off’ or ‘away’. The word comes from West Germanic * abjon , a noun formed from * ab , ancestor of modern English of , off , which denoted removal or departure. = of , off ebb (n.) Old English ebba "falling of the tide, low tide," perhaps from Proto-Germanic *af- (cognates: Old Frisian ebba , Old Saxon ebbiunga , Middle Dut
• eavesdrop 英文词源 eavesdrop (v.) "lurk near a place to hear what is said inside," c. 1600, probably a back-formation from eavesdropper . The original notion is listening from under the eaves of a house. Related: Eavesdropping . 中文词源 eavesdrop ：偷听 字面意思为屋檐低水处，引申义偷听。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： eavesdrop 词源， eavesdrop 含义。
• eaves 英文词源 eaves eaves: [OE] The etymological meaning of eaves appears to be ‘going over the edge, projecting’. It comes from a prehistoric Germanic * obaswa , which was probably formed on * ob -, the base from which English over ultimately derives. The eavesdrip or eavesdrop is, or was, the area of ground on which rainwater thrown off by the eaves falls, so that somebody who stood within th
• eau de cologne 英文词源 eau de cologne "A toilet water with a strong scent, originally made in Cologne", Early 19th century: French, literally 'water of Cologne'. 中文词源 eau de cologne ：科隆香水 字面意思即the Cologne Water(aqua). 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： eau de cologne 词源， eau de cologne 含义。
• eatery 英文词源 eatery (n.) "restaurant," 1901; see eat + -ery . 中文词源 eatery ：饮食店 eat, 吃。-ery, 地点。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： eatery 词源， eatery 含义。
• eat 英文词源 eat eat: [OE] Eat is a very ancient and basic verb. It goes back to Indo-European * ed - ‘eat’ (distant ancestor of English tooth ), which produced the basic word for ‘eat’ in most European languages, apart from French, Italian, Romanian, and the Celtic languages: Greek édein , for example, Latin edere (source of English comestible [15], from Latin comedere ‘eat up’, and
• easy-peasy 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random towel towel: [13] A towel is etymologically something for ‘washing’ with. The word comes from Old French toaille , which was a borrowing from prehistoric Germanic * thwakhliō . This was derived from the verb * thwakhan ‘wash’, whose modern descendants include Swedish tvätta and Danish tvætte ‘wash’. Another relati
• eastbound 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random 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 sens
• east 英文词源 east east: [OE] Etymologically, east is the point of the compass at which the sun rises (and hence is a parallel formation to orient , which comes from a Latin word originally meaning ‘rising’). It goes back to an Indo-European base * aus -, source of a range of terms meaning not only ‘east’ but also ‘dawn’; Latin aurora , for instance, and Greek aúōs , had both senses.
• easement 英文词源 easement (n.) late 14c., "compensation, redress," from Old French aisement "comfort, convenience; use, enjoyment," from aisier "to ease," from aise (see ease (n.)). The meaning "legal right or privilege of using something not one's own" is from early 15c. 中文词源 easement ：安逸 来自ease, 简单，舒服。-ment, 名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• easel 英文词源 easel easel: [17] Easel was borrowed from Dutch ezel , which means literally ‘donkey’ (it is related to English ass ). The notion of loading a painting on to a stand, much as a burden is loaded on to a donkey, is echoed in the use of clotheshorse for a stand for hanging clothes on to dry or air. = ass easel (n.) 1590s, from Dutch ezel "easel," originally "ass," from Middle Dutch e
• ease 英文词源 ease (n.) c. 1200, "physical comfort, undisturbed state of the body; tranquility, peace of mind," from Old French aise "comfort, pleasure, well-being; opportunity," which is of unknown origin, despite attempts to link it to various Latin verbs; perhaps Celtic. According to OED, the earliest senses in French appear to be 1. "elbow-room" (from an 11th century Hebrew-French glossary) and
• earwig 英文词源 earwig earwig: [OE] A colloquial Old English term for ‘insect’ was wicga (which would have been pronounced something like ‘widger’). It probably came from the same prehistoric Germanic base (* wig -) as produced English wiggle [13], and so is roughly equivalent in spirit to modern English creepy-crawly . There used to be a belief (perhaps still is) that earwigs creep into peop
• earwax 英文词源 earwax (n.) also ear-wax , early 14c., from ear (n.1) + wax (n.). 中文词源 earwax ：耳垢 ear, 耳。wax, 蜡。因形如蜡而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： earwax 词源， earwax 含义。
• earthworm 英文词源 earthworm (n.) c. 1400, erþe-worme , from earth + worm (n.). In this sense Old English had eorðmata , also regnwyrm , literally "rain-worm." Old English also had angel-twæcce "earthworm used as bait" (with second element from root of twitch ), sometimes used in medieval times as a medicament: For the blake Jawndes take angylltwacches, er þei go in to the erth in the mornynge and f
• earthquake 英文词源 earthquake (n.) late 13c., eorthequakynge , from earth + quake (n.). In this sense Old English had eorðdyn , eorðhrernes , eorðbeofung , eorðstyrung . 中文词源 earthquake ：地震 earth, 地球。-quake, 震动。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： earthquake 词源， earthquake 含义。 earthquake ：地震 词根词缀： earth陆地 + quake震动
• earthling 英文词源 earthling (n.) Old English yrþling "plowman" (see earth + -ling ); the sense of "inhabitant of the earth" is from 1590s and might be a re-formation, as the word seems to be missing in Middle English. Compare earthman . Earlier in this sense was earthite (1825). 中文词源 earthling ：地球人 earth, 地球，土地。-ling, 小，见underling. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• earthenware 英文词源 earthenware (n.) vessels or other objects of baked or dried clay, 1670s, from earthen + ware (n.). Old English eorðwaran meant "earth-dwellers." 中文词源 earthenware ：陶制的 earth, 土。ware, 器具。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： earthenware 词源， earthenware 含义。 earthenware ：陶器 词根词缀： earth泥,土 + -en制(质)的 + -ware
• earthbound 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random arson arson: [17] Like ardour and ardent , arson comes from the Latin verb ardēre ‘burn’. Its past participle was arsus , from which was formed the noun arsiō ‘act of burning’. This passed via Old French into Anglo-Norman as arson , and in fact was in use in the Anglo-Norman legal language of England from the 13th cent
• earth 英文词源 earth earth: [OE] Earth comes ultimately from an Indo- European base * er -. This produced the prehistoric Germanic noun * erthō , ancestor of German erde , Dutch aarde (whence, via early Afrikaans, English aardvark [19], literally ‘earth-pig’), Swedish and Danish jord , and English earth . Related forms outside Germanic include Greek eraze ‘on the ground’ and Welsh erw ‘fi
• earnings 英文词源 earnings (n.) amount of money one makes (from labor or investment), 1732, from plural of verbal noun earning , from earn (v.). Old English had earnung in sense "fact of deserving; what one deserves; merit, reward, consideration, pay," but the modern word seems to be a new formation. 中文词源 earnings ：收入 来自earn, 挣得，赚取。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• earnest 英文词源 earnest earnest: [OE] Earnest was originally a much more red-blooded word than it is today. It comes ultimately from a Germanic base * ern - which denoted ‘vigour’ or ‘briskness’. To this was added the noun suffix – ost ( earnest was originally a noun), giving Old English eornost , which appears at first to have meant ‘intense passion’, and particularly ‘zeal in battle’
• earn 英文词源 earn earn: [OE] The underlying sense of earn is ‘gain as a result of one’s labour’. It comes from a prehistoric West Germanic verb * aznōjan , which was based on the noun * aznu ‘work, labour’. This seems often to have been used specifically for ‘work in the fields’, for several other related forms in the Germanic languages, such as German ernte and Gothic asans , denot
• earmark 英文词源 earmark (n.) mid-15c., from ear (n.1) + mark (n.1). Originally a cut or mark in the ear of sheep and cattle, serving as a sign of ownership (also a punishment of certain criminals); first recorded 1570s in figurative sense "stamp of ownership." earmark (v.) 1590s, "to identify by an earmark," from earmark (n.). Meaning "to set aside money for a special purpose" is attested by 1868. Re
• early 英文词源 early early: [OE] Broken down into its equivalent parts in modern English, early means ‘before-ly’. It was a compound formed from Old English ǣr (ancestor of modern English ere ‘before’) and the adverb ending - ly , modelled probably on the parallel Old Norse form árligr . Ere itself was actually originally a comparative form, which before it was used for ‘before’ meant ‘
• Earl Grey 英文词源 Earl Grey "A kind of China tea flavoured with bergamot", Probably named after the 2nd Earl Grey (1764–1845). 中文词源 Earl Grey ：格雷伯爵茶 品牌名，来自历史人物2nd Earl Grey, 曾任英国首相。据说格雷伯爵非常喜欢喝这种茶，因此后人据此创建了该品牌。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Earl Grey 词源， Earl Gre
• earful 英文词源 earful (n.) "a piece of one's mind," 1915, from ear (n.1) + -ful . Ear-bash (v.) is Australian slang (1944) for "talk inordinately" (to someone). 中文词源 earful ：长时间的斥责 来自ear, 耳朵。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： earful 词源， earful 含义。
• earbud 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random coolie coolie: [17] Coolie is not etymologically related to cool . It comes from Hindi kulī , which may be the same word as Kulī , the name of an aboriginal tribe of Gujarat in western India. It has been speculated that the word was transported by the Portuguese from there to southern India and thence to China (it is now mainl
• earbashing 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random tsar tsar: [16] Caesar was a Roman cognomen (English gets caesarian from it) and from the days of Augustus was used as part of the title of ‘emperor’. The Germanic peoples took it over in this sense (it is the source of German kaiser ) and passed it on to prehistoric Slavic as * tsēsari . This has evolved into Serbo-Croat a
• ear 英文词源 ear ear: Ear for hearing and ear of corn seem in some way to belong together, but in fact they are two quite distinct words etymologically. Ear for hearing [OE] is an ancient term that goes right back to the Indo-European roots of the language. Its ancestor is the base * aus -, whose underlying signification was perhaps ‘perception’ (a variant, * au -, produced Greek aisthánomai ‘
• eagle 英文词源 eagle eagle: [14] Eagle comes via Old French aigle from Latin aquila (source also of English aquiline [17]). This was presumably a derivative of the adjective aquilus ‘dark-coloured’, suggesting that the eagle’s name originally signified simply ‘dark-coloured bird’ (Greek had the term melanáetos ‘black eagle’). Before the French word was introduced, the English term for
• eager beaver 英文词源 eager (adj.) late 13c., "strenuous, ardent, fierce, angry," from Old French aigre "sour, acid; harsh, bitter, rough; eager greedy; lively, active, forceful," from Latin acrem (nominative acer ) "keen, sharp, pointed, piercing; acute, ardent, zealous" (see acrid ). Meaning "full of keen desire" (early 14c.) seems to be peculiar to English. The English word kept a secondary meaning of "
• eager 英文词源 eager eager: [13] As its close etymological connection with vinegar and acid might suggest, the underlying sense of eager is ‘sharp’. It comes ultimately from the Indo-European base * ak - ‘sharp, pointed’, amongst whose other English descendants are acne , edge , and oxygen . It was the source of Latin ācer ‘keen, sharp’, which was used in relation both to sight, hearing
• each 英文词源 each each: [OE] Each comes from Old English ǣlc . This, brief as it is, was in fact originally a compound adjective; it was descended from West Germanic * aiwō galīkaz , literally ‘ever alike’ (* aiwō is the source of English aye ‘ever’ [12], * galīkaz the source of English alike ). ǣlc also formed the second element of an Old English expression, literally ‘ever each’
• extro- 英文词源 extro- word-forming element meaning "outwards," a variant of extra- by influence of intro- . 中文词源 extro- ：向外 前缀ex- 的比较级。见extraneous, extrovert, strange. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： extro- 词源， extro- 含义。
• ex 英文词源 ex (n.) 1827, originally short for ex-Catholic ; see ex- . Since 1929 as abbreviation for ex-wife, ex-husband , etc. Also used in some commercial compound words for "from, out of." 中文词源 ex ：前，从，从...出，向外，向上 来自PIE *eghs, 向外，出去，比较级*eks-tero, 最高级*eks-ter-emo. 1.前。见ex-wife, ex-husband. 2.向外。见exit, examine. 该词的英
• eu- 英文词源 eu- word-forming element, in modern use meaning "good, well," from comb. form of Greek eus "good," eu "well" (adv.), also "luckily, happily" (opposed to kakos ), as a noun, "the right, the good cause," from PIE *(e)su- "good" (cognates: Sanskrit su- "good," Avestan hu- "good"). In compounds the Greek word had more a sense of "greatness, abundance, prosperity," and was opposed to dys-
• equ- 英文词源 equi- before vowels equ- , word-forming element meaning "equal, having equal," from Latin aequi- , comb. form of aequus "equal, even" (see equal (adj.)). 中文词源 equ- ：对等 来自拉丁语，对应希腊前缀iso-. 见equal, equator. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： equ- 词源， equ- 含义。
• e- 英文词源 e- the later Romans evidently found words beginning in sc- , sp- , st- difficult or unpleasant to pronounce; in Late Latin forms begin to emerge in i- (such as ispatium , ispiritu ), and from 5c. this shifted to e- . The development was carried into the Romanic languages, especially Old French, and the French words were modified further after 15c. by natural loss of -s- (the suppressi
• enter- 英文词源 centerfield (n.) also center field , 1857 in baseball, from center (n.) + field (n.). Related: Center-fielder . centerfold (n.) also center-fold , "fold-out center spread of a magazine or newspaper," 1950, from center (n.) + fold (n.2). "Playboy" debuted December 1953, and the word came to be used especially for illustrations of comely women, hence "woman who poses as a centerfold mod
• en- 英文词源 en- (1) word-forming element meaning "in; into," from French and Old French en- , from Latin in- "in, into" (see in- (2)). Typically assimilated before -p- , -b- , -m- , -l- , and -r- . Latin in- became en- in French, Spanish, Portuguese, but remained in- in Italian. Also used with native and imported elements to form verbs from nouns and adjectives, with a sense "put in or on" ( enci
• eraser 英文词源 eraser (n.) "thing that erases writing," 1790, American English, agent noun from erase . Originally a knife for scraping off the ink. As a rubber product for removing pencil marks, from 1858. 中文词源 eraser （橡皮擦）：刮掉蜡字的工具 古代罗马人使用一种尖头铁笔在蜡板上写字。写错了或不需要了就用工具把蜡板上的字刮掉。用来刮掉蜡
• estate 英文词源 estate estate: [13] Essentially, estate and state are the same word, and originally their meanings were very close (the now archaic ‘reach man’s estate’, for instance, signifies ‘reach the state of manhood’). From the 15th century, however, they began to diverge, estate taking a semantic path via ‘interest in property’ to ‘such property itself’, and finally, in the 1
• England 英文词源 England (n.) Old English Engla land , literally "the land of the Angles" (see English (n.1)), used alongside Angelcynn "the English race," which, with other forms, shows Anglo-Saxon persistence in thinking in terms of tribes rather than place. By late Old English times both words had come to be used with a clear sense of place, not people; a Dane, Canute, is first to call himself "Kin
• earl 英文词源 earl (n.) Old English eorl "brave man, warrior, leader, chief" (contrasted with ceorl "churl"), from Proto-Germanic *erlaz , which is of uncertain origin. In Anglo-Saxon poetry, "a warrior, a brave man;" in later Old English, "nobleman," especially a Danish under-king (equivalent of cognate Old Norse jarl ), then one of the viceroys under the Danish dynasty in England. After 1066 adop