英语词源

• demonstrative 英文词源 demonstrative (adj.) late 14c., "characterized by logic, based on logic," from Old French démonstratif (14c.), from Latin demonstrativus "pointing out, demonstrating," from past participle stem of demonstrare (see demonstration ). Grammatical sense, "pointing out the thing referred to," is mid-15c. Meaning "given to outward expressions of feelings" is from 1819. Demonstrative pronoun
• demonstrationist 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random bun bun: [14] The word bun first crops up in 1371, in an Anglo-Latin document relating to different types of bread. Its origins, however, are completely shrouded in mystery. Equally obscure, but presumably unrelated, is another word bun , which in the 16th century meant ‘squirrel’. By the 19th century we find it being used f
• democratism 英文词源 democratism "Support for or advocacy of democracy as a political system or ideology", Late 18th cent.; earliest use found in Edmund Burke (?1730–1797), politician and author. From democrat + -ism. 中文词源 democratism ：民主主义  词根词缀： -demo-人民 + -crat-统治 + -ism名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： democratism 词源， democ
• demobilization 英文词源 demobilization (n.) 1866; see demobilize + -ation . 中文词源 demobilization ： 复员，动员解除；遣散 词根词缀： de-相反 + -mob-移动 + -ile名词或形容词词尾(e略) + -ization名词词尾 → 与动员相反 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： demobilization 词源， demobilization 含义。
• demilune 英文词源 demilune "A crescent or half-circle, or a thing of this shape", Early 18th century: from French demi-lune , literally 'half-moon'. 中文词源 demilune ：半月，新月；半月形堡垒；半月体 词根词缀： demi-半 + -lun-月亮 + -e 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： demilune 词源， demilune 含义。
• demersal 英文词源 demersal "(Chiefly of fish) living close to the floor of the sea or a lake", Late 19th century: from Latin demersus (past participle of demergere 'submerge, sink', from de- 'down' + mergere 'plunge') + -al. 中文词源 demersal ：在底部的，居于水底的 词根词缀： de-向下 + -mers-沉,浸 + -al形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： demers
• dementation 英文词源 dementation "The action of making a person demented; the fact or condition of being demented; madness", Late 16th cent.; earliest use found in Richard Robinson (fl. 1573–1589), poet. From post-classical Latin dementation- , dementatio insanity from dementat- , past participial stem of dementare + classical Latin -iō . 中文词源 dementation ：发狂 词根词缀： de-去掉 + -
• deliquescent 英文词源 deliquescent (adj.) 1791, in chemistry, from Latin deliquescentem (nominative deliquescens ), present participle of deliquescere (see deliquesce ). General use dates from 1866. Related: Deliquescence . 中文词源 deliquescent ：溶解的，溶解性的  词根词缀： de-向下 + -liqu-液体 + -escent形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： deliques
• deliquescence 英文词源 deliquescent (adj.) 1791, in chemistry, from Latin deliquescentem (nominative deliquescens ), present participle of deliquescere (see deliquesce ). General use dates from 1866. Related: Deliquescence . 中文词源 deliquescence ：溶解，潮解，液化 词根词缀： de-向下 + -liqu-液体 + -escence名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： deliquescen
• deliberative 英文词源 deliberative (adj.) 1550s, from Middle French délibératif or directly from Latin deliberativus "pertaining to deliberation," from past participle stem of deliberare (see deliberation ). Related: Deliberatively ; deliberativeness . 中文词源 deliberative ：慎重的，深思熟虑的；协商的，评议的  词根词缀： de-加强意义 + -liber-称,权衡 + -ative形容词词尾
• dehydration 英文词源 dehydrate (v.) 1854, from de- + hydrate (v.). A chemical term at first, given a broader extension 1880s. Related: Dehydration (1834). diabetes insipidus "A disease in which the secretion of or response to the pituitary hormone vasopressin is impaired, resulting in the production of very large quantities of dilute urine, often with dehydration and insatiable thirst", Late 19th century:
• degradation 英文词源 degradation (n.) 1530s, from French dégradation (14c., Old French degradacion ), from Medieval Latin degradationem (nominative degradatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of degradare (see degrade ). 中文词源 degradation ：下降，降低；降级；堕落，丢脸  词根词缀： de-去掉,取消 + -grad-步,级 + -ation名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• defluent 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random elope elope: [17] Etymologically, elope signifies ‘leap away’. It was originally an Anglo-Norman legal term applied to a married woman running off with a lover, and only in the past couple of hundred years has it come to be applied to a couple leaving home to get married when parental permission is denied. It is thought that
• deflector 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random havoc havoc: [15] The ancestry of havoc is a mystery, but it seems originally to have been an exclamation, probably Germanic, used as a signal to begin plundering. This was adopted into Old French as havot , which was used in the phrase crier havot ‘shout ‘havot’,’ hence ‘let loose destruction and plunder’. Havot bec
• deflective 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random comb comb: [OE] Comb is an ancient word, which has been traced back to an Indo-European * gombhos . This appears to have signified ‘tooth’, for among its other descendants were Sanskrit jámbhas ‘tooth’ and Greek góphos ‘pin, tooth’. In prehistoric West and North Germanic it became * kambaz , which produced English
• deflection 英文词源 deflection (n.) also (and with more etymological propriety) deflexion , c. 1600, from Latin deflexionem , noun of action from past participle stem of deflectere (see deflect ). Both forms were present 17c., but the spelling with -c- has come to predominate. 中文词源 deflection ：(尤指击中某物后)突然转向，偏斜，偏离 词根词缀： de-离开 + -flect-弯曲,曲折
• definitude 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random sun sun: [OE] Not surprisingly, considering the central importance of the sun to human life, the word for it in the vast majority of modern European languages goes back to a common Indo-European source – * sāu - or * su -. These variants have however differentiated into several distinct camps. The * sāu - form adopted an - l
• decremeter 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random false false: [OE] False appears originally to have been borrowed directly from Latin falsus at the end of the 10th century, but without making much of an impression. It was only in the 12th century that it began being used with any frequency, probably as the result of an extra impetus given by reborrowing it via Old French fals
• declinate 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random sheep sheep: [OE] Sheep is a West Germanic word, with relatives in German schaf and Dutch schaap . It is not known where it came from, although it has been speculated that it may be related to German schaffen ‘make, create’ (and hence to English shape ), and that its underlying meaning is hence ‘creature’. The derivative
• declarer 英文词源 declare (v.) early 14c., from Old French declarer "explain, elucidate," or directly from Latin declarare "make clear, reveal, disclose, announce," from de- intensive prefix (see de- ) + clarare "clarify," from clarus "clear" (see clear (adj.)). Related: Declared ; declaring . 中文词源 declarer ：宣言者，申报者  词根词缀： de-加强意义 + -clar-清楚,明白 + -er名词
• declarative 英文词源 declarative (adj.) mid-15c., from French déclaratif and directly from Late Latin declarativus , from past participle stem of Latin declarare (see declare ). 中文词源 declarative ：宣言的，公布的  词根词缀： de-加强意义 + -clar-清楚,明白 + -ative形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： declarative 词源， declarative 含义。
• declamatory 英文词源 declamatory (adj.) 1580s, from Latin declamatorius "pertaining to the practice of speaking," from declamatus , past participle of declamare (see declaim ). 中文词源 declamatory ：演说的，雄辩的；朗诵的；着重修辞的；夸张的  词根词缀： de-向下;否定,相反 + -clam-叫喊 + -atory形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dec
• decentre 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random proponent proponent: see purpose 中文词源 decentre ：(使)离中心   词根词缀： de-去 + -centr- 中心 + -e 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： decentre 词源， decentre 含义。
• decapod 英文词源 decapod (n.) 1835 as a type of crustacean having 10 legs, from French décapode (1806), from Modern Latin Decapoda (animalia) , from Greek dekapoda , neuter plural of dekapous "ten-footed" (see ten + foot (n.)). From 1888 as a type of locomotive. 中文词源 decapod ：十足类动物 词根词缀： deca-十,十倍 + -pod-足 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： de
• decapitator 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random dispose dispose: see position 中文词源 decapitator ：刽子手  词根词缀： de-去掉 + -capit-头 + -ator名词词尾,人或物 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： decapitator 词源， decapitator 含义。
• Domesday Book 英文词源 Domesday book 1178, popular name of Great Inquisition or Survey (1086), William the Conqueror's inventory of his new domain, from Middle English domes , genitive of dom "day of judgment" (see doom ). "The booke ... to be called Domesday, bicause (as Mathew Parise saith) it spared no man, but iudged all men indifferently." [William Lambarde, "A Perambulation of Kent," 1570] 中文词源
• doomsday 英文词源 Doomsday (n.) Old English domes dæg , from domes , genitive of dom (see doom (n.)) + dæg "day" (see day (n.)). In medieval England it was expected when the world's age reached 6,000 years from creation, which was thought to have been in 5200 B.C. Bede, c.720, complained of being pestered by rustici asking him how many years till the sixth millennium ended. There is no evidence for a
• debouch 英文词源 debouch "Emerge from a confined space into a wide, open area", Mid 18th century: from French déboucher , from dé- (expressing removal) + bouche 'mouth' (from Latin bucca 'cheek'). 中文词源 debouch ：（河川向广阔处）流出；使出来；使流注 前缀de-表out of,from，bouch部分与前面说的buckle和buccal有关，表面颊、口腔，debouch的含义就是河水从
• Dionysus 英文词源 mania mania: [14] Greek maníā meant ‘madness’. It goes back ultimately to Indo-European * mn -, * men - ‘think’, the same source as produced English mind . It reached English via late Latin mania . Of its derivatives, maniac [17] comes from late Greek maniakós , but manic [20] is an English formation. Closely related to maníā was the Greek verb maínesthai ‘be mad’; f
• dog in the manger 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random bounce bounce: [13] Bounce is something of a mystery word. When it first appears in Middle English it means ‘hit’, and it does not acquire its modern sense ‘rebound’ until the late 16th century. There are similar words in other Germanic languages, such as Dutch bons ‘thump’, but there is no reason to suppose that any
• dark meat 英文词源 meat (n.) Old English mete "food, item of food" (paired with drink ), from Proto-Germanic *mati (cognates: Old Frisian mete , Old Saxon meti , Old Norse matr , Old High German maz , Gothic mats "food," Middle Dutch, Dutch metworst , German Mettwurst "type of sausage"), from PIE *mad-i- , from root *mad- "moist, wet," also with reference to food qualities, (cognates: Sanskrit medas- "f
• doggy bag 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random resign resign: see sign 中文词源 doggy bag ：狗食袋；剩菜袋 doggy指小狗，也是对狗的爱称。doggy bag 则指就餐结束后餐馆为顾客提供的一种纸袋或塑料袋，供他们将吃不完的食物带回家。这在美国是惯常的做法，但在英国则不是。在美国，餐馆供应的菜肴分量
• doubting Thomas 英文词源 doubting Thomas "A person who is sceptical and refuses to believe something without proof", Early 17th century: with biblical allusion to the apostle Thomas (John 20:24–29). 中文词源 doubting Thomas ：怀疑一切的人；多疑的人 出自《圣经 》故事。Thomas乃耶稣十二门徒之一。据《新约.约翰福音》 第20章第25节，在耶稣复活后，其他门徒看
• deep throat 英文词源 deep throat "A person who anonymously supplies information about covert or illegal action in the organization where they work", 1970s: the title of a pornographic film of 1972, first applied in this sense as the name (‘Deep Throat’) of an informant in the Watergate scandal. 中文词源 deep throat ：深喉；匿名内情提供人 Deep Throat原为1972年美国一部性爱电影的
• dove of peace 英文词源 dove (n.) probably from Old English dufe- (found only in compounds), from Proto-Germanic *dubon (cognates: Old Saxon duba , Old Norse dufa , Swedish duva , Middle Dutch duve , Dutch duif , Old High German tuba , German Taube , Gothic -dubo ), perhaps related to words for "dive," in reference to its flight. Originally applied to all pigeons, now mostly restricted to the turtle dove. A
• Don Quixote 英文词源 anatomy anatomy: [14] Etymologically, anatomy means ‘cutting up’ (the Greek noun anatomíā was compounded from the prefix ana - ‘up’ and the base * tom -, which figures in several English surgical terms, such as tonsillectomy [19], as well as in atom and tome ), and when it first came into English it meant literally ‘dissection’ as well as ‘science of bodily structure’
• Decalog 英文词源 Decalogue (n.) "Ten Commandments," late 14c., from Middle French decalogue , from Latin decalogus , from Greek, from the phrase hoi deka logoi used to translate "Ten Commandments" in Septuagint. 中文词源 Decalog ：十诫 又被拼作“Decalogue”，词根 deca- 表示“十”，词根 log- 表示“话、说话”，同根词如 dialogue, 其字面意思是“十句话”，用以
• Decalogue 英文词源 Decalogue (n.) "Ten Commandments," late 14c., from Middle French decalogue , from Latin decalogus , from Greek, from the phrase hoi deka logoi used to translate "Ten Commandments" in Septuagint. 中文词源 Decalogue ：十诫 又被拼作“Decalog”，词根 deca- 表示“十”，词根 log- 表示“话、说话”，同根词如 dialogue, -ue 是法语名词后缀，其字面意
• debark 英文词源 debark (v.) 1650s, from French débarquer (16c.), from de- (Old French des- ; see dis- ) + barque "bark" (see bark (n.2)). 中文词源 debark ：下船；下飞机；下车 de-为前缀，来自法语前缀 des-, 拉丁前缀 dis- 的变体，含义为“离开、分开”，词根bark和单词barge同源，根义为“小船”，因此该词的字面含义为“离开船只”，引申
• deadlock 英文词源 deadlock (n.) "complete standstill," from dead (adj.), in its emphatic use, + lock (n.). First attested 1779 in Sheridan's play "The Critic." 中文词源 deadlock ：僵局，死锁，停顿 来自 dead + lock, 字面意思就是“锁死”的意思，引申为：僵局，死锁，停顿。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： deadlock 词源， deadlock 含义。
• dactyl 英文词源 dactyl (n.) metrical foot, late 14c., from Greek dactylos , literally "finger" (also "toe"), which is of unknown origin; the metrical use (a long syllable followed by two short ones) is by analogy with the three joints of a finger. 中文词源 dactyl ：诗歌的扬抑抑格，长短短格 来自希腊语dactylos,手指，词源同pterodactyl.手指指节一长二短，代指诗歌的长
• dutiful 英文词源 dutiful (adj.) 1550s, from duty + -ful . Related: Dutifully . 中文词源 dutiful ：尽职尽责的；恭敬的，孝顺的 词根词缀： duty(y→i)责任 + -ful形容词词尾,充满 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dutiful 词源， dutiful 含义。
• duration 英文词源 duration (n.) late 14c., from Old French duration , from Medieval Latin durationem (nominative duratio ), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin durare "harden" (see endure ). Old legalese phrase for the duration popularized 1916 in reference to British enlistments in World War I. 中文词源 duration ：持久，持续，持续期间 词根词缀： -dur-持久 + -ation名词
• durance 英文词源 durance (n.) late 15c., from Old French durance "duration," from durer "to endure," from Latin durare (see endure ). 中文词源 durance ：禁锢，监禁  词根词缀： -dur-坚固,持久 + -ance名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： durance 词源， durance 含义。
• durability 英文词源 durability (n.) late 14c., from Old French durabilité , from Late Latin durabilitatem (nominative durabilitas ), noun of quality from Latin durabilis (see durable ). 中文词源 durability ：经久，耐久力  词根词缀： -dur-持久 + -ability名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： durability 词源， durability 含义。
• duple 英文词源 duple duple: see double 中文词源 duple ：两倍的，双重的 来源于拉丁语中duo(二)的派生词duplus(对折的,两倍的) ,经由古法语doble或duble进入英语。 词根词缀： -du-双 + -ple…倍的 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： duple 词源， duple 含义。
• duckling 英文词源 duckling (n.) mid-15c., dookelynge , from duck (n.) + -ling . The ugly duckling is from Hans Christian Andersen's tale (1843 in Danish, by 1846 in English). 中文词源 duckling ：小鸭子 词根词缀： duck + -ling名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： duckling 词源， duckling 含义。
• dryer 英文词源 dryer (n.) agent noun from dry (v.). 中文词源 dryer ：脱水机，干燥剂 词根词缀： dry使干燥 + -er 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dryer 词源， dryer 含义。
• drunkard 英文词源 drunkard (n.) 1520s, droncarde , but probably older (attested from late 13c. as a surname, Druncard ), from Middle English dronken , participial adjective from drunk (q.v.), + -ard . 中文词源 drunkard ：酒鬼，嗜酒的人 词根词缀： drunk酒醉的 + -ard指人,带轻蔑意味 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： drunkard 词源， drunkard 含义。
• droplet 英文词源 droplet (n.) c. 1600, from drop (n.) + diminutive suffix -let . 中文词源 droplet ：小滴 词根词缀： drop滴 + -let小,加在名词后 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： droplet 词源， droplet 含义。
• driveway 英文词源 driveway (n.) 1884 in sense "private road from a public road to a private house," from drive (v.) + way (n.). 中文词源 driveway ：(房屋与街道之间的)私家车道 词根词缀： drive驱车 + way道 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： driveway 词源， driveway 含义。
• drier 英文词源 drier (n.) see dry (v.). 中文词源 drier ：干燥机；干燥剂 词根词缀： dry(y→i)使干燥 + -er 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： drier 词源， drier 含义。
• dressmaker 英文词源 couturier (n.) 1899, "male dressmaker or fashion designer," from French couture "sewing, dressmaking" (see couture ). Couturière "dressmaker" is from 1818. mantua (n.) loose gown worn by women 17c.-18c., 1670s, from French manteau "cloak, mantle," from Old French mantel (see mantle ); form influenced in English by Mantua , name of a city in Italy. Mantua-maker (1690s) became the gene
• drawer 英文词源 drawer drawer: [16] A drawer is literally something that is ‘drawn’ or ‘pulled’ out. The coinage was perhaps based on French tiroir ‘drawer’, which was similarly derived from the verb tirer ‘pull’. The same basic notion underlies the formation of drawers [16], a superannuated term for ‘knickers’, which were originally ‘garment pulled on’. drawer (n.) mid-14c.,
• dramatics 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random bad bad: [13] For such a common word, bad has a remarkably clouded history. It does not begin to appear in English until the end of the 13th century, and has no apparent relatives in other languages (the uncanny resemblance to Persian bad is purely coincidental). The few clues we have suggest a regrettably homophobic origin. Old
• dramatically 英文词源 dramatic (adj.) 1580s, from Late Latin dramaticus , from Greek dramatikos "pertaining to plays," from drama (genitive dramatos ; see drama ). Meaning "full of action and striking display, fit for a drama" is from 1725. Dramatic irony is recorded from 1907. Related: Dramatical ; dramatically . dream (n.) mid-13c. in the sense "sequence of sensations passing through a sleeping person's
• dramatic 英文词源 dramatic (adj.) 1580s, from Late Latin dramaticus , from Greek dramatikos "pertaining to plays," from drama (genitive dramatos ; see drama ). Meaning "full of action and striking display, fit for a drama" is from 1725. Dramatic irony is recorded from 1907. Related: Dramatical ; dramatically . 中文词源 dramatic ：戏剧的；戏剧性的；夸大的；剧烈的，显著的 词根词
• dozy 英文词源 dozy (adj.) "drowsy," 1690s, from doze + -y (2). 中文词源 dozy ：困倦的，昏昏欲睡的 词根词缀： doz(e) + -y形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dozy 词源， dozy 含义。
• downtime 英文词源 downtime (n.) 1952, from down (adv.) + time (n.). 中文词源 downtime ：停机时间，发生故障时间，修理时间  词根词缀： down向下 + time时间 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： downtime 词源， downtime 含义。
• downstream 英文词源 downstream (adv., adj.) 1706, from down (prep.) + stream (n.). 中文词源 downstream ：在下游的，顺流而下的  词根词缀： down向下 + stream溪流 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： downstream 词源， downstream 含义。
• downgrade 英文词源 downgrade (v.) 1930, from down (adv.) + grade (v.). Related: Downgraded ; downgrading . As a noun, "a downward slope," from 1858. 中文词源 downgrade ：贬低，降低 词根词缀： down向下 + -grad-步,级 + -e 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： downgrade 词源， downgrade 含义。
• Dover 英文词源 Dover port in Kent, Old English Dofras (c.700), from Latin Dubris (4c.), from British Celtic *Dubras "the waters." Named for the stream that flows nearby. 中文词源 Dover ：多佛，英国东南部的港口 来源于凯尔特语 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Dover 词源， Dover 含义。
• doubtless 英文词源 doubtless mid-14c. (adv.), mid-15c. (adj.), from doubt (n.) + -less . Related: Doubtlessly . 中文词源 doubtless ：无疑地，几乎肯定地 词根词缀： doubt怀疑 + -less形容词词尾,否定 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： doubtless 词源， doubtless 含义。
• doubtful 英文词源 doubtful (adj.) late 14c., from doubt (n.) + -ful . Related: Doubtfully ; doubtfulness . 中文词源 doubtful ：主动意义) 词根词缀： doubt怀疑 + -ful形容词词尾,充满 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： doubtful 词源， doubtful 含义。
• donation 英文词源 donation donation: see date donation (n.) early 15c., from Old French donacion (13c.), from Latin donationem (nominative donatio ) "a presenting, giving," noun of action from past participle stem of donare "give as a gift," from donum "gift," from PIE *donum "gift" (cognates: Sanskrit danam "offering, present," Old Church Slavonic dani "tribute," Lithuanian duonis "gift," Old Irish da
• domination 英文词源 domination (n.) late 14c., "rule, control," from Old French dominacion (12c.) "domination, rule, power," from Latin dominationem (nominative dominatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of dominari "to rule, have dominion over," from dominus "lord, master," literally "master of the house," from domus "home" (see domestic ) + -nus , suffix denoting ownership or relation. Sexua
• dominant 英文词源 dominant (adj.) mid-15c., from Middle French dominant (13c.), from Latin dominantem (nominative dominans ), present participle of dominari (see domination ). Music sense is from 1819. Sexual bondage sense by c. 1960. The noun is first recorded 1819, earliest in the musical sense. 中文词源 dominant ：占优势的，支配的，统治的 词根词缀： -domin-统治 + -ant形容词词
• dominance 英文词源 dominance (n.) 1819; see dominant + -ance . Related: Dominancy . 中文词源 dominance ：优势，支配(或统治)地位 词根词缀： -domin-统治 + -ance名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dominance 词源， dominance 含义。
• domiciliate 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random caste caste: [16] Caste has no etymological connection with cast . It is borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese casta ‘race, breed’, a nominal use of the adjective casta ‘pure’, from Latin castus (source of English chaste ). The notion underlying the word thus appears to be ‘racial purity’. Use of casta by the Portugue
• domiciliary 英文词源 domiciliary "Concerned with or occurring in someone’s home", Late 19th century: from French domiciliaire , from medieval Latin domiciliarius , from Latin domicilium 'dwelling' (see domicile ). 中文词源 domiciliary ：住处的，住家的  词根词缀： -dom-家 + icili + -ary形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： domiciliary 词源， domicili
• domesticity 英文词源 domesticity (n.) 1721; see domestic + -ity . 中文词源 domesticity ：家庭生活   词根词缀： -dom-房子 + es + -tic形容词词尾 + -ity名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： domesticity 词源， domesticity 含义。
• domesticator 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random ant ant: [OE] The word ant appears to carry the etymological sense ‘creature that cuts off or bites off’. Its Old English form, æmette , was derived from a hypothetical Germanic compound * aimaitjōn , formed from the prefix * ai - ‘off, away’ and the root * mait - ‘cut’ (modern German has the verb meissen ‘chisel
• dogmatic 英文词源 dogmatic (adj.) 1670s, from Late Latin dogmaticus , from Greek dogmatikos "pertaining to doctrines," from dogma (see dogma ). Related: Dogmatical (c. 1600). 中文词源 dogmatic ：教条的，武断的 词根词缀： dogma教条 + -tic形容词词尾与词根-doc-(教)同源 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dogmatic 词源， dogmatic 含义。
• dog-eared 英文词源 dog (n.) Old English docga , a late, rare word, used in at least one Middle English source in reference to a powerful breed of canine. The word forced out Old English hund (the general Germanic and Indo-European word; see canine ) by 16c. and subsequently was picked up in many continental languages (French dogue (16c.), Danish dogge , German Dogge (16c.)), but the origin remains one o
• documentary 英文词源 documentary (adj.) c. 1810, "pertaining to documents," from document + -ary . Meaning "factual, meant to provide a record of something" is from 1926, from French film documentarie (1924). The noun (short for documentary film ) is attested from 1935. Docudrama is a 1961 coinage. 中文词源 documentary ：文献的 拉丁语动词docere(教)先派生了document,而documentary在19世纪
• diversity 英文词源 diversity (n.) mid-14c., "quality of being diverse," mostly in a neutral sense, from Old French diversité (12c.) "difference, diversity, unique feature, oddness:" also "wickedness, perversity," from Latin diversitatem (nominative diversitas ) "contrariety, contradiction, disagreement;" also, as a secondary sense, "difference, diversity," from diversus "turned different ways" (in Late
• divagate 英文词源 divagate (v.) 1590s, from Latin divagatus , past participle of divagari "to wander about," from di(s)- "apart" (see dis- ) + vagari "to wander, ramble" (see vague ). Related: Divagated ; divagating . 中文词源 divagate ：流浪，漂泊，误入歧途；(说话)离题  词根词缀： di-分离,分开 + -vag-漫游 + -ate动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• disturbance 英文词源 disturbance (n.) late 13c., "mental distress," from Old French destorbance (12c., Old North French distorbance ), from destourber , from Latin disturbare (see disturb ). Meaning "public disturbance" is c. 1300; that of "destruction of peace or unity" is late 14c. 中文词源 disturbance ：动乱，骚扰，干扰 词根词缀： dis-加强意义 + -turb-混乱,骚扰 + -ance名词词尾
• distribution 英文词源 distribution (n.) mid-14c., from Old French distribution (13c.) and directly from Latin distributionem (nominative distributio ) "a division, distribution," noun of action from past participle stem of distribuere "deal out in portions," from dis- "individually" + tribuere "assign, allot" (see tribute ). 中文词源 distribution ：分配，分布；配电  词根词缀： dis-分离
• distortion 英文词源 distortion (n.) 1580s, "action of distorting," from Latin distortionem (nominative distortio ), noun of action from past participle stem of distorquere (see distort ). Figurative use (of words, etc.) from 1640s. 中文词源 distortion ：扭曲，变形，曲解，失真  词根词缀： dis-分离,分开 + -tort-扭,拧 + -ion名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• distinguishable 英文词源 distinguishable (adj.) 1590s; see distinguish + -able . Related: Distinguishably . 中文词源 distinguishable ：可辨别的 词根词缀： di-分离 + -stingu-刺 + -ish动词词尾 + -able形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： distinguishable 词源， distinguishable 含义。
• distinctive 英文词源 distinctive (adj.) early 15c., from Old French distinctif and directly from Medieval Latin distinctivus , from Latin distinct- , past participle of distinguere (see distinguish ). Meaning "markedly individual" is from 1580s. Related: Distinctively ; distinctiveness . 中文词源 distinctive ：与众不同的，有特色的 词根词缀： di-分离 + -stinct-刺 + -ive形容词词尾
• distinction 英文词源 distinction (n.) c. 1200, "one of the parts into which something is divided;" mid-14c. as "action of distinguishing," from Old French distinction and directly from Latin distinctionem (nominative distinctio ) "separation, distinction, discrimination," noun of action from past participle stem of distinguere (see distinguish ). Meaning "distinctive nature or character" is late 14c. Mean
• distensible 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random essay essay: [15] Essay and assay [14] are fundamentally the same word, and only began to diverge in the 15th century. Both come via Old French assaier from Vulgar Latin * exagiāre ‘weigh out’, a verb derived from late Latin exagium ‘weighing’; this in turn was formed from the Latin verb exigere ‘weigh’ (source of E
• disputable 英文词源 disputable "Not established as a fact, and so open to question or debate", Late 15th century: from Latin disputabilis , from the verb disputare 'to estimate', later 'to dispute' (see dispute ). 中文词源 disputable ：有讨论余地的 词根词缀： dis-分离 + -put-考虑 + -able形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： disputable 词源， disputa
• disposition 英文词源 disposition (n.) late 14c., "ordering, management," also "tendency of mind," from Old French disposicion (12c.) "arrangement, order; mood, state of mind," from Latin dispositionem (nominative dispositio ) "arrangement, management," noun of action from past participle stem of disponere "to put in order, arrange" (see dispose ). References to "temperament" (late 14c. in English) are fro
• disposal 英文词源 disposal (n.) 1620s, "power to make use of;" see dispose + -al (2); of waste material, from c. 1960, originally in medical use. 中文词源 disposal ：处理；支配；清理；安排 词根词缀： dis-分离,分开 + -pos-放置 + -al 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： disposal 词源， disposal 含义。
• dispirit 英文词源 dispirit (v.) 1640s; see dis- + spirit (n.). Related: Dispirited ; dispiriting . 中文词源 dispirit ：使沮丧，使气馁 词根词缀： dis-除去;分离 + -spir-呼吸 + -it 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dispirit 词源， dispirit 含义。
• disparity 英文词源 disparity (n.) 1550s, from Middle French disparité (16c.), from Late Latin disparitatem (nominative disparitas ) "inequality," from dis- "not" (see dis- ) + paritas "parity" (see parity ). Related: Disparities . 中文词源 disparity ：不同，不等，不一致，不相称；悬殊 词根词缀： dis-否定,相反 + -par-相等 + -ity名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• dismissal 英文词源 dismissal (n.) 1806, formed on model of refusal , etc., from dismiss + -al (2); replacing earlier dismission (1540s). 中文词源 dismissal ：解散，打发走；解雇，撤职；不予考虑 词根词缀： dis-分离 + -miss-送,派 + -al名词词尾 → 打发走 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dismissal 词源， dismissal 含义。