英语词源

• deeply 英文词源 deeply (adv.) Old English deoplice (see deep (adj.)), used in both literal and figurative senses. 中文词源 deeply ：深深地 词根词缀： deep深的 + -ly副词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： deeply 词源， deeply 含义。
• deepen 英文词源 deepen (v.) c. 1600, from deep (adj.) + -en (1). Related: Deepened ; deepening . The earlier verb had been simply deep , from Old English diepan . 中文词源 deepen ：(使)变深，(使)变浓 词根词缀： deep深的 + -en动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： deepen 词源， deepen 含义。
• deductive 英文词源 deductive (adj.) 1640s, from Latin deductivus , from deduct- , past participle stem of deducere "to deduce" (see deduce ). Related: Deductively . 中文词源 deductive ：推论的，演绎的 词根词缀： de-下降,减少 + -duct-引导 + -ive 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： deductive 词源， deductive 含义。
• dedication 英文词源 dedication (n.) late 14c., "action of dedicating," from Old French dedicacion (14c., Modern French dédication ) "consecration of a church or chapel," or directly from Latin dedicationem , noun of action from dedicare (see dedicate ). Meaning "the giving of oneself to some purpose" is c. 1600; as an inscription in a book, etc., from 1590s. 中文词源 dedication ：奉献，贡献；专
• decrescent 英文词源 decrescent "(Of the moon) waning", Early 17th century: from Latin decrescent- 'growing less', from the verb decrescere (see decrease ). 中文词源 decrescent ：渐小的；(月)下弦的 词根词缀： de-否定 + cresc( = -cret- )生长 + -ent形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： decrescent 词源， decrescent 含义。
• decrepit 英文词源 decrepit decrepit: [15] The underlying meaning of decrepit is ‘cracked’. It comes from Latin dēcrepitus , an adjective formed (with the intensive prefix dē -) from the past participle of crepāre ‘creak, rattle, crack’ (ultimate source also of English crepitation , crevice , and probably craven ). decrepit (adj.) mid-15c., from Middle French décrépit (15c.), from Latin dec
• decrement 英文词源 decrement (n.) 1620s, from Latin decrementum "diminution," from stem of decrescere (see decrease ). 中文词源 decrement ：减少；降低 词根词缀： de-减少 + -cre-生长 + -ment名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： decrement 词源， decrement 含义。
• decorative 英文词源 decorative (adj.) early 15c., from Middle French decoratif , from decorat- , past participle stem of Latin decorare (see decorate ). 中文词源 decorative ：装饰的，装潢的 词源解释详见decorate词条 词根词缀： -decor-装饰 + -ative形容词词尾 同源词：decorate, decoration, decorous, decorum, decency, decent, dignity 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• decoration 英文词源 decoration (n.) early 15c., "action of decorating, beautification," from Late Latin decorationem (nominative decoratio ), noun of action from past participle stem of decorare (see decorate ). Meaning "that which decorates" is from 1670s. As "a badge or medal worn as a mark of honor," it is attested from 1816 (often in plural, decorations ). 中文词源 decoration ：装饰(品)，装潢
• declaration 英文词源 declaration (n.) mid-14c., "action of stating," from Old French declaration , from Latin declarationem (nominative declaratio ), noun of action from past participle stem of declarare (see declare ). Meaning "proclamation, public statement" is from 1650s. Declaration of independence is recorded from 1776 (the one by the British American colonies seems to be the first so called; though
• decisive 英文词源 decisive (adj.) 1610s, from Medieval Latin decisivus , from Latin decis- , past participle stem of decidere (see decide ). Related: Decisively ; decisiveness . 中文词源 decisive ：决定性意义的  词根词缀： de-离开 + -cis- 切 + -ive形容词词尾 → 不需要的部分是"切去"的 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： decisive 词源， decisive 含
• deceptive 英文词源 deceptive (adj.) 1610s, from French deceptif (late 14c.), from Medieval Latin deceptivus , from decept- , past participle stem of Latin decipere (see deceive ). Earlier in this sense was deceptious (c. 1600), from French deceptieux , from Medieval Latin deceptiosus , from deceptionem . Related: Deceptively ; deceptiveness . 中文词源 deceptive ：欺骗性的 词根词缀： de-向下
• decennial 英文词源 decennial (adj.) 1680s, from Latin decennium , from decennis "of 10 years," from decem "ten" (see ten ) + annus "year" (see annual ). For vowel change, see biennial . 中文词源 decennial ：十年一度的   词根词缀： dec-十 + enn(-ann-)年 + -ial形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： decennial 词源， decennial 含义。
• decency 英文词源 decency (n.) 1560s, "appropriateness," from Latin decentia "comeliness, decency," from decentem "becoming, fitting" (see decent ). Meaning "modesty" (i.e. "appropriateness to standards of society") is from 1630s. 中文词源 decency ：正派，体面 来源于拉丁语dec.us, decor.is, n(装饰),词干为-dec-, -décor- 词根词缀： -dec-装饰 + -ency名词词尾 同源词：dec
• decelerometer 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random pursue pursue: [13] Pursue is first cousin to prosecute . Both go back ultimately to Latin prōsequī ‘follow up, pursue’. This led fairly directly to English prosecute , but it also seems to have had a Vulgar Latin descendant * prōsequere , which passed into English via Old French porsivre and Anglo-Norman pursuer as pursu
• decelerator 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random heuristic heuristic: see eureka 中文词源 decelerator ：缓动装置，减速器，制动器  词根词缀： de-否定,相反 + -celer-快,速 + -ator名词词尾,物 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： decelerator 词源， decelerator 含义。
• deceleration 英文词源 deceleration (n.) 1894, originally in railroading, coined from de- "do the opposite of" (see de- ) + (ac)celeration . Verily "deceleration" is a word which could only be coined by the Great Western. ["Engineering," Feb. 2, 1894] 中文词源 deceleration ：减速，制动 词根词缀： de-否定,相反 + -celer-快,速 + -ation名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• deceased 英文词源 deceased (adj.) late 15c., past participle adjective from decease (v.). As a verbal noun meaning "dead person, those who are dead," from early 17c. 中文词源 deceased ：死去了的，已死的  词根词缀： de-加强意义 + ceas(-cess-)行走,退让 + -ed形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： deceased 词源， deceased 含义。
• deburr 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random institute institute: [15] An institute is etymologically something ‘established’ or ‘set up’. Its ancestor is Latin instituere ‘establish’, a compound verb formed from the prefix in - and statuere ‘set up’ (itself a derivative of stāre ‘stand’ and source of English prostitute , statute , etc). The noun deriv
• damnify 英文词源 damnify "Cause injury to", Early 16th century: from Old French damnefier , dam(p)nifier , from late Latin damnificare 'injure, condemn', from Latin damnificus 'hurtful', from damnus 'loss, damage'. 中文词源 damnify ：损伤，损失，损害  词根词缀： -damn-惩罚 + -ify动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： damnify 词源， damnify 含义。
• derringer 英文词源 derringer (n.) 1850, for Henry Deringer (1786-1868), U.S. gunsmith who invented it in the 1840s; prevailing misspelled form is how his name appeared on the many counterfeits and imitations. "A small pistol with a large bore, very effective at short range" [OED]. 中文词源 derringer ：大口径短筒小手枪 ; derringer 大口径短筒小手枪 derringer乃大口径短筒小手枪的
• derivation 英文词源 derivation (n.) early 15c., from Middle French dérivation (14c.), from Latin derivationem (nominative derivatio ) "a leading off, turning away," noun of action from past participle stem of derivare (see derive ). Grammatical sense is older; general meaning "origination, descent" is from c. 1600. 中文词源 derivation ：派生 从一个主要事物的发展中分化出来叫“派生
• discussion 英文词源 discussion (n.) mid-14c., "examination, investigation, judicial trial," from Old French discussion "discussion, examination, investigation, legal trial," from Late Latin discussionem (nominative discussio ) "examination, discussion," in classical Latin, "a shaking," from discussus , past participle of discutere "strike asunder, break up," from dis- "apart" (see dis- ) + quatere "to sh
• dining-room 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random carat carat: [16] The carat gets its name from the use of carob beans as standard weights for measuring the heaviness of small quantities. The Greek name for the elongated seed pod of the carob tree was kerátion , a derivative of kéras ‘horn’ (related to English horn ). This passed into Arabic as qīrāt , where it became
• diehard 英文词源 diehard also die-hard , 1844 (n.), in reference to the 57th Regiment of Foot in the British Army; as an adjective, attested from 1871; from die (v.) + hard (adv.). As a brand name of an automobile battery, DieHard , introduced by Sears in 1967. 中文词源 diehard ：顽固分子，死硬派 19世纪初期，英、葡、西三国同拿破仑在伊比利亚半岛上进行了长达六年
• doublethink 英文词源 doublethink (n.) 1948, coined by Orwell in "Nineteen Eighty-Four," from double (adj.) + think . 中文词源 doublethink ：双重思想，矛盾想法 该词系英国小说家奥威尔( George Orwell，1903 - 1950)所杜撰。他在1949年问世的小说《1984年》中说，他要造一个单词表示“the power of holding two contradictory beliefs inone's mind simultaneously, and
• druther 英文词源 druther "One’s preference in a matter", Late 19th century: from a US regional pronunciation of I'd rather , contraction of would rather . 中文词源 druther ：宁可 此系美国口语用词，可追溯到19世纪，由I'd rather（我宁愿）的美国方言形式l'd ruther缩略而来，既可用作副词，表示“宁可”，也可用作名词，但以复数形式出现，表示
• dexter 英文词源 Dexter masc. proper name, from Latin dexter "on the right hand" (see dexterity ). Compare also Benjamin . 中文词源 dexter （幸运的）：古人“以右为吉”的迷信 英语单词dexter直接来自拉丁语，本意是“右边的、右手的”。由于大部分人的右手都比左手灵巧和强壮，因此古人将“右”视为吉利的方位。观鸟占卜时，如果鸟
• D 英文词源 D fourth letter of the Roman alphabet, from Greek delta , from Phoenician and Hebrew daleth , pausal form of deleth "door," so called from its shape. The sign for "500" in Roman numerals. 3-D for "three-dimensional" is attested from 1952. 中文词源 D ：英语字母表的第四个字母 英语字母 D 来自希腊字母Delta, 来自腓尼基字母Daleth，门。 该词的英语词源
• dystrophy 英文词源 dystrophy (n.) also distrophy , "defective nutrition," 1858, from Modern Latin dystrophia , distrophia , from Greek dys- "hard, bad, ill" (see dys- ) + trophe "nourishment" (see -trophy ). Related: Dystrophic . 中文词源 dystrophy ：营养不良，肌肉萎缩 dys-, 不好的。-trophy, 营养，词源同atrophy. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dystrophy 词源
• dystopia 英文词源 dystopia (n.) "imaginary bad place," 1868, apparently coined by J.S. Mill ("Hansard Commons"), from Greek dys- "bad, abnormal, difficult" (see dys- ) + utopia . Related: Dystopian . 中文词源 dystopia ：反乌托邦（极度恶劣的假想处境或状况） dys-, 不好的，相反的。utopia, 乌托邦。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dystopia 词源，
• dysprosium 英文词源 dysprosium (n.) element, obtained 1906 from an earth discovered in 1886, the last to be extracted from the complex earth called yttria, and named dysprosia in reference to the difficulty of obtaining it, from Greek dysprositos "hard to get at, difficult of access," from dys- "bad" (see dys- ) + prositos "approachable." With metallic element suffix -ium . 中文词源 dysprosium ：镝
• dyspraxia 英文词源 dyspraxia "A developmental disorder of the brain in childhood causing difficulty in activities requiring coordination and movement", Early 20th century: from Greek dus- 'bad or difficult' + praxis 'action'. 中文词源 dyspraxia ：运用障碍 dys-, 不好的。-prax, 实践，词源同practice. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dyspraxia 词源， dyspraxia 含义
• dysphoria 英文词源 dysphoria "A state of unease or generalized dissatisfaction with life", Mid 19th century: from Greek dusphoria , from dusphoros 'hard to bear'. 中文词源 dysphoria ：病理性心情恶劣 dys-, 不好的。-phor, 携带，承担，词源同bring, euphoria. 引申义心情不好的，病理性心情恶劣。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dysphoria 词源，
• dyspepsia 英文词源 dyspepsia (n.) 1706, from Late Latin dyspepsia or a back-formation from dyspeptic (q.v.). Its opposite is eupepsia . 中文词源 dyspepsia ：消化不良 dys-, 不好的。-peps, 消化，熟，词源同cook. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dyspepsia 词源， dyspepsia 含义。
• dysmorphia 英文词源 dysmorphia "Deformity or abnormality in the shape or size of a specified part of the body", Late 19th century: from Greek dusmorphia 'misshapenness, ugliness', from dus- dys- + morphē 'form'. 中文词源 dysmorphia ：畸形 dys-, 不好的。-morph, 形状，词源同morphia. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dysmorphia 词源， dysmorphia 含义。
• dyslexia 英文词源 dyslexia (n.) c. 1887, from German dyslexie (1883), from Greek dys- "bad, abnormal, difficult" (see dys- ) + lexis "word," from legein "speak" (see lecture (n.)) + abstract noun ending -ia . Dyslexic (n.) is first recorded 1961; dyslectic (adj.) from 1964. 中文词源 dyslexia ：阅读困难 dys-, 不好的。-lex, 阅读，词源同legible, lexicon. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• dysfunction 英文词源 dysfunction (n.) 1916, from dys- "bad, abnormal, difficult" + function (n.). 中文词源 dysfunction ：功能障碍 dys-, 不好的。function, 功能。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dysfunction 词源， dysfunction 含义。
• dysentery 英文词源 dysentery (n.) late 14c., dissenterie , from Old French disentere (13c.), from Latin dysenteria , from Greek dysenteria , coined by Hippocrates, from dys- "bad, abnormal, difficult" (see dys- ) + entera "intestines, bowels" (see inter- ). Related: Dysenteric . 中文词源 dysentery ：痢疾 dys-, 不好的。-enter, 肠，词源同enteritis. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• dynasty 英文词源 dynasty (n.) mid-15c. (earlier dynastia , late 14c.), from Middle French dynastie and directly from Late Latin dynastia , from Greek dynasteia "power, lordship, sovereignty," from dynastes "ruler, chief," from dynasthai "have power." 中文词源 dynasty ：朝代 来自希腊语dynamis, 力量，权力，统治者。引申词义朝代。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• dynamite 英文词源 dynamite (n.) 1867, from Swedish dynamit , coined 1867 by its inventor, Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), from Greek dynamis "power" (see dynamic (adj.)) + -ite (2). Figurative sense of "something potentially dangerous" is from 1922. Positive sense of "dynamic and excellent" by mid-1960s, perhaps originally Black English. dynamite (v.) 1881, from dynamite (n.). Related: Dynami
• dynamic 英文词源 dynamic dynamic: [19] Greek dūnamis (a word of unknown origin) meant ‘strength’. It was used by the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel in 1867 to form the name of the new explosive he had invented, dynamite . From it was derived the adjective dunamikós ‘powerful’, which French adopted in the 17th century as dynamique , and English acquired it in the early 19th century. Related to
• dyke 英文词源 dyke dyke: see ditch dyke (n.) 1931, American English, perhaps a shortening of morphadike , dialectal garbling of hermaphrodite ; but bulldyker "engage in lesbian activities" is attested from 1921, and a source from 1896 lists dyke as slang for "the vulva." [T]he word appears first in the long forms, bulldiker and bulldyking , both used in the 1920s by American blacks. No African ante
• dye 英文词源 dye dye: [OE] Dye is something of a mystery word. Its original meaning seems to have been simply ‘colour’, its modern connotations of ‘artificially changing colour’ a secondary development, but its source remains unknown. A connection has been suggested with Old English dēagol ‘secret, hidden’, but what the implications of that would be for its semantic history are not cl
• dyad 英文词源 dyad (n.) 1670s, from Latin dyad- , stem of dyas , from Greek dyas "the number two, a group of two," from duo "two" (see two ). Specific sense in chemistry ("a bivalent element") is by 1865; also used in biology, poetics, mathematics. Related: Dyadic . 中文词源 dyad ：二价元素，二分体 来自拉丁语dyad, 二，词源two. 用于化学名词二价元素等。 该词的英语
• dwindle 英文词源 dwindle (v.) 1590s, apparently diminutive and frequentative of Middle English dwinen "waste away, fade, vanish," from Old English dwinan , from Proto-Germanic *dwinan (cognates: Dutch dwijnen "to vanish," Old Norse dvina , Danish tvine , Low German dwinen ), from PIE *dheu- (3) "to die" (see die (v.)). Related: Dwindled ; dwindling . 中文词源 dwindle ：减少 词源同dye, 死亡，
• dwell 英文词源 dwell dwell: [OE] Dwell has changed its meaning remarkably over the centuries. In Old English it meant ‘confuse, lead astray’. It goes back to a Germanic base * dwel -, * dwal -, * dwul -, which also produced Old English dwola ‘error’, Gothic dwals ‘foolish’, and Old High German gitwelan ‘be stunned’, and beyond that to Indo-European * dhwel -, source of Greek tholós ‘
• dweeb 英文词源 dweeb (n.) 1968, U.S. college student slang, probably a variant of feeb "feeble or feeble-minded person." 中文词源 dweeb ：怪人 校园俚语，来自dwarf和feeble的合成词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dweeb 词源， dweeb 含义。
• dwarf 英文词源 dwarf dwarf: [OE] Dwarf is descended via Germanic * dwergaz from Indo-European * dhwergwhos , which denoted ‘something tiny’. In English, it originally meant simply ‘person of abnormally small stature’; the modern connotation of ‘small manlike creature that lives underground and works metal’, a product of Germanic mythology, is not recorded until the late 18th century. The
• dwaal 英文词源 dwaal "A dreamy, dazed, or absent-minded state", Afrikaans. 中文词源 dwaal ：迷惑 来自南非荷兰语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dwaal 词源， dwaal 含义。
• duvet 英文词源 duvet (n.) 1758, from French duvet "down," earlier dumet , diminutive of dum "down." 中文词源 duvet ：羽绒被 来自法语duvet, 绒毛，词源同down. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： duvet 词源， duvet 含义。
• duty-free 英文词源 duty (n.) late 13c., from Anglo-French duete , from Old French deu "due, owed; proper, just," from Vulgar Latin *debutus , from Latin debitus , past participle of debere "to owe" (see debt ). Related: Duties . The sense of "tax or fee on imports, exports, etc." is from late 15c.; duty-free as a noun is attested from 1958. 中文词源 duty-free ：免关税的 duty, 关税。free,免除
• duty 英文词源 duty duty: [13] Duty comes from Anglo-Norman dueté . This was a derivative of Old French deu ‘owed’ (source of English due [13]), which in turn came from Latin dēbitus , past participle of dēbēre ‘owe’ and source of English debit and debt . (Latin dēbēre was originally a compound verb formed from the prefix dē - ‘away’ and habēre ‘have’, literally ‘have away’
• Dutch courage 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random jade jade: English has two words jade , of which by far the commoner nowadays is the name of the green stone [18]. Despite the mineral’s close association with China and Japan, the term has no Oriental connections. It is of Latin origin, and started life in fact as a description of the stone’s medical applications. Latin īl
• Dutch 英文词源 Dutch (adj.) late 14c., used first of Germans generally, after c. 1600 of Hollanders, from Middle Dutch duutsch , from Old High German duit-isc , corresponding to Old English þeodisc "belonging to the people," used especially of the common language of Germanic people, from þeod "people, race, nation," from Proto-Germanic *theudo "popular, national" (see Teutonic ), from PIE root *te
• dust-up 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random pupil pupil: [14] Latin pūpus and pūpa meant respectively ‘boy’ and ‘girl’ ( pūpa was applied by the Swedish naturalist Linnaeus to ‘chrysalises’, the underlying link being ‘undeveloped creature’, and English adopted it as pupa [19]). The diminutive derivatives pūpillus and pūpilla denoted ‘orphan’, a se
• dust storm 英文词源 devil (n.) Old English deofol "evil spirit, a devil, the devil, false god, diabolical person," from Late Latin diabolus (also the source of Italian diavolo , French diable , Spanish diablo ; German Teufel is Old High German tiufal , from Latin via Gothic diabaulus ). The Late Latin word is from Ecclesiastical Greek diabolos , in Jewish and Christian use, "Devil, Satan" (scriptural loa
• dust 英文词源 dust dust: [OE] The notion ultimately underlying dust seems to be that of ‘smoke’ or ‘vapour’. It goes back to a prehistoric Indo-European base * dheu -, which also produced Latin fūmus and Sanskrit dhūma - ‘smoke’. A Germanic descendant of this, * dunstu -, picks up the idea of a cloud of fine particles being blown about like smoke, and is the basis of Norwegian dust ‘
• dusk 英文词源 dusk dusk: [OE] In Anglo-Saxon times, dusk was an adjective meaning ‘dark in colour’ (a sense preserved today in the derived adjective dusky [16]). Its modern noun use ‘twilight’ is not recorded until as recently as the early 17th century. The Old English form of the word was dox , which was descended from the same ultimate Indo-European ancestor as Latin fuscus ‘dark’ (so
• durum 英文词源 durum (n.) species of wheat, 1908, from Latin durum , neuter of durus "hard" (see endure ). The seeds are tough. 中文词源 durum ：硬质小麦 来自拉丁语durus, 硬，词源同endure, tree.用来指一种硬质小麦。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： durum 词源， durum 含义。
• during 英文词源 during during: [14] During , like durable [14], durance [15], duration [14], duress , and endure [14], comes ultimately from the Latin adjective dūrus ‘hard’. This goes back to an earlier * drūros , which is related to Irish dron ‘solid’, Lithuanian drūtas ‘strong, solid’, and Sanskrit dāruna - ‘strong, hard’, and links with Irish daur ‘oak’ (a possible relativ
• durian 英文词源 durian (n.) 1580s, from Malay durian , from duri "thorn, prickle." So called for its rind. 中文词源 durian ：榴莲 来自马来语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： durian 词源， durian 含义。
• Durex 英文词源 Durex "A contraceptive sheath; a condom", 1930s: name invented by the manufacturers, probably based on Latin durare 'to last'. 中文词源 Durex ：杜蕾斯避孕套 品牌名。缩写自durability,reliability,excellence. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Durex 词源， Durex 含义。
• duress 英文词源 duress duress: [14] Etymologically, duress means literally ‘hardness’, and that was what it was used for when English first acquired it. It comes via Old French duresse from Latin dūritia , a derivative of the adjective dūrus ‘hard’ (from which English gets during ). The current sense ‘constraint’ developed during the 15th century. = during , endure duress (n.) early 14c
• durable 英文词源 durable (adj.) late 14c., from Old French durable (11c.), from Latin durabilis "lasting, permanent," from durare "to last, harden" (see endure ). Durable goods attested from 1930. 中文词源 durable ：持久的 来自拉丁语durus, 硬，词源同endure, tree.引申义持久的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： durable 词源， durable 含义。 durable ：耐
• duplicity 英文词源 duplicity (n.) early 15c., from Old French duplicite (13c.), from Late Latin duplicitatem (nominative duplicitas ) "doubleness," in Medieval Latin "ambiguity," noun of quality from duplex (genitive duplicis ) "twofold." The notion is of being "double" in one's conduct (compare Greek diploos "treacherous, double-minded," literally "twofold, double"). 中文词源 duplicity ：欺骗 来自
• duplicate 英文词源 duplicate duplicate: [15] Like its close relative double , duplicate comes ultimately from Latin duplus ‘two-fold’, a compound adjective based on Latin duo ‘two’ and an Indo-European element * pl which denoted ‘folding’ (it is present also in English fold and ply ). English acquired this in the 16th century, and its synonym duplex (based on the extended stem * plic -) in t
• duplex 英文词源 duplex (adj.) 1817, "composed of two parts," from Latin duplex , from duo "two" (see two ) + -plex , from Greek plax (genitive plakos ) "flat surface." The noun sense of "house for two families; two-story apartment" is American English, 1922. 中文词源 duplex ：二联式住宅 du-，二。-plex, 折，词源同fold, complex. 用来指一种二联式住宅结构。 该词的英语词
• dupe 英文词源 dupe dupe: [17] English borrowed dupe from French, where it was probably originally a humorous application of a dialect word for a ‘hoopoe’, an extravagantly crested bird whose flamboyant appearance seems to have made it the butt of jokes. It presumably represents ultimately an alteration of Old French huppe ‘hoopoe’, sometimes explained as being a conflation of de huppe ‘of
• dupatta 英文词源 dupatta "A length of material worn arranged in two folds over the chest and thrown back around the shoulders, typically with a salwar kameez, by women from South Asia", From Hindi dupaṭṭā . 中文词源 dupatta ：南亚女子带的头巾 来自印度语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dupatta 词源， dupatta 含义。
• duopoly 英文词源 duopoly "A situation in which two suppliers dominate the market for a commodity or service", 1920s: from duo- , on the pattern of monopoly . 中文词源 duopoly ：两强垄断 duo-, 二。-poly, 卖，词源同monopoly, oligopoly. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： duopoly 词源， duopoly 含义。
• duodenum 英文词源 duodenum duodenum: [14] The term duodenum , for the first part of the small intestine, originated as a measure of length. It comes from the medieval Latin phrase intestinum duodēnum digitōrum ‘intestine of twelve digits’ – that is, twelve finger-breadths long, or just over 20 centimetres. Latin duodēnī meant literally ‘twelve each’; it was a derivative of duodecim ‘twe
• duo 英文词源 duo (n.) 1580s, "song for two voices," via either Italian or French, from Latin duo "two" (see two ). Meaning "two people" (especially as an entertainment team) attested by 1887. 中文词源 duo ：搭档 来自拉丁语，词源同two. 引申词义搭档。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： duo 词源， duo 含义。
• dunt 英文词源 dunt "Bump into or hit heavily", Late Middle English: perhaps a variant of dint. 中文词源 dunt ：击打 拟声词，词源同dint, dent. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dunt 词源， dunt 含义。
• dunny 英文词源 dunny "An underground passage or cellar, especially in a tenement", Early 19th century (in the sense 'dung'): from dialect dunnekin 'privy', probably from dung + archaic slang ken 'house'. sense 1 is perhaps a different word. 中文词源 dunny ：厕所 俚语。可能来自dung, 粪，粪坑。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dunny 词源， dunny 含义。
• Dunkirk 英文词源 Dunkirk city on the northeast coast of France, French dunkerque , literally "dune church," from Middle Dutch dune (see dune ) + kerke (see church (n.)); in reference to the 7c. church of St. Eloi. 中文词源 Dunkirk ：敦刻尔克 法国东北部靠近比利时边境的港口城市，敦刻尔克以二战中1940年发生在这里的敦刻尔克战役和英法军队大撤退而闻名。
• dunk 英文词源 dunk (v.) 1919, American English, from Pennsylvania German dunke "to dip," from Middle High German dunken , from Old High German dunkon , thunkon "to soak," from PIE root *teng- "to soak" (see tincture ). Basketball sense is first recorded 1937 as a verb, 1971 as a noun (earlier dunk shot ). German-American Anabaptist sect of Dunkers (who baptize with triple immersion) first recorded
• dungheap 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random ordination ordination: see order 中文词源 dungheap ：粪堆 dung, 粪。heap, 堆。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dungheap 词源， dungheap 含义。
• dungeon 英文词源 dungeon dungeon: [14] In common with a wide range of other English words, including danger , demesne , dominion , domino , and don , dungeon comes ultimately from Latin dominus ‘lord, master’. Derived from this was dominium ‘property’ (source of English dominion ), which in postclassical times became dominiō or domniō , meaning ‘lord’s tower’. In Old French this became
• dungarees 英文词源 dungarees (n.) trousers made of dungaree , 1868. 中文词源 dungarees ：工装裤 来自印度语dungri, 粗棉布，孟买附件村庄名。比较denim, damask. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dungarees 词源， dungarees 含义。
• dung 英文词源 dung dung: see dingy dung (n.) Old English dung "manure, fertilizer," common Germanic (cognates: Old Frisian and Old Saxon dung "manure;" Old High German tunga "manuring," tung "underground room covered with manure;" German Dung ; Old Norse dyngja "heap of manure, women's apartment; Swedish dynga "dung, muck;" Danish dynge "heap, mass, pile"), perhaps from a PIE *dhengh- "covering" (c
• dune 英文词源 dune dune: see down dune (n.) 1790, from French, Middle Dutch or Middle Low German dune , all perhaps from Gaulish *dunom (thus related to down (n.2)). The French dune "sand hill" (13c.) is held by Diez to be an Old French borrowing from Dutch duin or some other Germanic source. Italian and Spanish duna are from French. Dune buggy attested by 1965. 中文词源 dune ：沙丘 来自荷兰
• dunderhead 英文词源 dunderhead (n.) 1620s, from head (n.); the first element is obscure; perhaps from Middle Dutch doner , donder "to thunder" (compare blunderbuss ). 中文词源 dunderhead ：傻瓜 donder-, 拟声词，打雷，雷声。比较thunder, blunderbuss. 引申义被雷劈傻的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dunderhead 词源， dunderhead 含义。
• dunce 英文词源 dunce dunce: [16] Dunce originated as a contemptuous term for those who continued in the 16th century to adhere to the theological views of the Scottish scholar John Duns Scotus (c. 1265–1308). Renaissance philosophers ridiculed them as narrow-minded hair-splitters, and so before long the application of the word spread metaphorically to any ‘stuffy pedant’ in general, and hence,
• dun 英文词源 dun dun: English has two words dun . The colour adjective, ‘greyish brown’ [OE], comes ultimately from Indo-European * donnos , * dusnos , which is also the source of English dusk . The now rather dated noun, ‘debtcollector’ [17], is an abbreviation of dunkirk , a 17th-century term for a ‘privateer’, a privately owned vessel officially allowed to attack enemy shipping duri
• dumps 英文词源 dumps (n.) "low spirits," 1520s, plural of dumpe "a fit of musing," possibly from Dutch domp "haze, mist," from Middle Dutch damp "vapor" (see damp (n.)). 中文词源 dumps ：沮丧 俚语。来自dump或damp. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dumps 词源， dumps 含义。
• dumpling 英文词源 dumpling (n.) c. 1600, Norfolk dialect, of uncertain origin, perhaps from some Low German word or from noun dump "lump" (late 18c.). Related: Dumplings . 中文词源 dumpling ：小面团，饺子 可能来自lump, 大块。-ling, 小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dumpling 词源， dumpling 含义。 dumpling ：汤圆，饺子；矮胖子，胖墩
• dumper 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random convolvulus convolvulus: see volume 中文词源 dumper ：乱扔危险物品者 来自dump, 倾倒。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dumper 词源， dumper 含义。
• dump 英文词源 dump dump: [14] Dump is probably of Scandinavian origin – Danish and Norwegian have the similar dumpe and dumpa , which mean ‘fall suddenly’ – although Dutch dompen ‘immerse, topple’ is another candidate that has been put forward. Either way, there does not seem to be any direct connection with the dumps [16], which was probably originally a metaphorical use of Dutch domp ‘
• dummy 英文词源 dummy (n.) 1590s, "mute person," from dumb (adj.) + -y (3). Extended by 1845 to "figure representing a person." Used in card games (originally whist) since 1736. Meaning "dolt, blockhead" is from 1796. 中文词源 dummy ：仿制品 来自dumb, 哑的。用于指仿制品。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dummy 词源， dummy 含义。