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  • dumdum 英文词源 dumdum "A kind of soft-nosed bullet that expands on impact and inflicts laceration", Late 19th century: from Dum Dum , name of a town and arsenal in eastern India where such bullets were first produced. 中文词源 dumdum :达姆弹 来自Dum-Dum, 印度西孟加拉邦地名,原英国兵工厂所在地,其生产的达姆弹因为对人体产生比普通子弹更大的创伤而被
  • dumbfounded 英文词源 dumbfounded (adj.) past participle adjective from dumbfound . 中文词源 dumbfounded :惊呆的 来自dumb和confounded的合成词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: dumbfounded 词源, dumbfounded 含义。
  • dumb 英文词源 dumb dumb: [OE] The notion underlying dumb is of ‘sensory or mental impairment’. It goes back to a nasalized version of prehistoric Indo-European * dheubh -, denoting ‘confusion, stupefaction, or dizziness’, which was also the ultimate source of English deaf . This developed two stands of meaning. The first, through association of ‘sensory or mental impairment’ and ‘slow
  • duly 英文词源 duly (adj.) late 14c., duweliche "rightly, properly," from dewe "due" (see due ) + -liche (see -ly (2)). 中文词源 duly :恰当的 来自due, 应该的,应当的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: duly 词源, duly 含义。
  • dullsville 英文词源 dull (adj.) c. 1200, "stupid;" early 13c., "blunt, not sharp;" rare before mid-14c., apparently from Old English dol "dull-witted, foolish," or an unrecorded parallel word, or from Middle Low German dul "slow-witted," both from Proto-Germanic *dulaz (cognates: Old Frisian and Old Saxon dol "foolish," Old High German tol , German toll "mad, wild," Gothic dwals "foolish"), from PIE *dhe
  • dullard 英文词源 dullard (n.) mid-15c. (but early 13c. as a surname), from dull (adj.) + -ard . 中文词源 dullard :笨蛋 dull, 沉闷的。-ard, 人,讽刺后缀,来自hard. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: dullard 词源, dullard 含义。
  • dull 英文词源 dull dull: [13] Dull originally meant ‘slow-witted’. It was borrowed from Middle Low German dul , a descendant of the prehistoric Germanic adjective * dulaz , which also produced German toll and Old English dol ‘stupid’ (the Old English adjective does not seem to have survived beyond the 10th century). The modern meaning ‘boring’ developed in the 15th century. The now litt
  • dulcimer 英文词源 dulcimer (n.) late 15c., from Middle French doulce mer , variant of doulcemele , perhaps from doulz de mer , said to represent Latin dulce "sweet" + melos "song," from Greek melos "melody." 中文词源 dulcimer :大扬琴 来自拉丁语dulce melos, 即dulcet melody. 用来指乐器名。比较celesta. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: dulcimer 词源, dulcim
  • dulcet 英文词源 dulcet (adj.) late 14c., from Old French doucet , diminutive of doux "sweet," earlier dulz , from Latin dulcis , from PIE *dlk-wi- , suffixed form of root *dlk-u- "sweet" (compare glucose ). 中文词源 dulcet :甜蜜的 来自PIE*dlk, 甜的,词源同glucose, billet-doux. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: dulcet 词源, dulcet 含义。
  • dulce 英文词源 dulcet (adj.) late 14c., from Old French doucet , diminutive of doux "sweet," earlier dulz , from Latin dulcis , from PIE *dlk-wi- , suffixed form of root *dlk-u- "sweet" (compare glucose ). 中文词源 dulce :甜美的 来自PIE*dlk, 甜的,词源同glucose, billet-doux. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: dulce 词源, dulce 含义。
  • du jour 英文词源 du jour (adj.) from French plat du jour "dish of the day," early 20c. on restaurant menus, abstracted as an all-purpose modifier 1989. 中文词源 du jour :流行的,热门的 来自法语,即of the day. jour, 天,当前,词源同journal. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: du jour 词源, du jour 含义。
  • dugong 英文词源 dugong (n.) 1800, from Malay duyung , which is dugung in the Philippines. 中文词源 dugong :儒艮,海牛 来自马来语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: dugong 词源, dugong 含义。
  • duffer 英文词源 duffer duffer: see deaf duffer (n.) "inept person; old man," especially "bad golfer," 1842, perhaps from Scottish duffar "dull or stupid person," from dowf "stupid," literally "deaf," from Old Norse daufr , with pejorative suffix -art . Or perhaps from 18c. thieves' slang duff (v.) "to dress or manipulate an old thing and make it look new." 中文词源 duffer :笨蛋 词源同deaf,
  • duffel bag 英文词源 duffel bag "A cylindrical canvas bag closed by a drawstring and carried over the shoulder", Early 20th century (originally US): from duffel (sense 2), originally denoting a bag for equipment. 中文词源 duffel bag :大旅行袋 来自荷兰地名Duffel, 因盛产高质量的帆布包及旅行包而著名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: duffel bag 词源,
  • duet 英文词源 duet duet: [18] The original term for ‘two musicians’ was Italian duo , a descendant of Latin duo ‘two’. English acquired this in the 16th century. But Italian (the major source of Western musical vocabulary) also produced a diminutive form duetto , literally ‘little duo’, which English borrowed either directly (the unanglicized form duetto was used in English for about a
  • duel 英文词源 duel duel: see dual duel (n.) 1590s (from late 13c. in Latin form), from Medieval Latin duellum "combat between two persons," by association with Latin duo "two," but originally from Latin duellum "war," an Old Latin form of bellum (see bellicose ). Retained in poetic and archaic language and apparently given a special meaning in Medieval or Late Latin of "one-on-one combat" on fancie
  • due 英文词源 due due: see duty due (adj.) early 14c., "customary, regular;" mid-14c., "owing, payable," from Old French deu , past participle of devoir "to owe," from Latin debere "to owe" (see debt ). In reference to points of the compass (as in due east ) it is attested from c. 1600, originally nautical, from notion of "fitting, rightful." As an adverb from 1590s; as a noun from early 15c. Prepo
  • dudgeon 英文词源 dudgeon (n.) 1570s, duggin , of unknown origin. One suggestion is Italian aduggiare "to overshadow," giving it the same sense development as umbrage . No clear connection to earlier dudgeon (late 14c.), a kind of wood used for knife handles, which is perhaps from a French word. 中文词源 dudgeon :愤怒 词源不详。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: dudgeo
  • dude 英文词源 dude (n.) 1883, "fastidious man," New York City slang of unknown origin; recent research suggests it is a shortening of Yankee Doodle , based on the song's notion of "foppish, over-fastidious male" (compare macaroni ). The vogue word of 1883, originally used in reference to the devotees of the "aesthetic" craze, later applied to city slickers, especially Easterners vacationing in the
  • dud 英文词源 dud (n.) c. 1825, "person in ragged clothing," from duds (q.v.). Sense extended by 1897 to "counterfeit thing," and 1908 to "useless, inefficient person or thing." This led naturally in World War I to "shell which fails to explode," and thence to "expensive failure." 中文词源 dud :废物,不中用的 俚语,原义为破布。引申词义废物,哑弹,不中用的等诸多词
  • ducting 英文词源 session session: [14] Etymologically, a session is simply a ‘sitting’. The word comes via Old French session from Latin sessiō , a derivative of sedēre ‘sit’. Its sense development reflects the symbolic association of ‘sitting down’ with the conducting of business, which can be seen anew in the modern English expression get round a table . Other English descendants of La
  • ductile 英文词源 ductile (adj.) mid-14c., from Old French ductile or directly from Latin ductilis "that may be led or drawn," from past participle of ducere "to lead" (see duke (n.)). Related: Ductility . 中文词源 ductile :可延展的 来自duct, 导管,管道。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: ductile 词源, ductile 含义。
  • duct 英文词源 duct duct: [17] Duct comes from Latin ductus , a noun formed from the past participle of the verb dūcere ‘lead’. This is among the most prolific Latin sources of English words. It appears in numerous prefixed forms, all containing to some extent the underlying meaning element ‘lead’, such as deduce , introduce , produce , and reduce , as well as educate and, in less obvious f
  • ducky 英文词源 ducky (adj.) "excellent," slang from 1897 (often ironical),perhaps from duckie as a term of endearment (early 19c.). Probably not related to much earlier slang noun meaning "a woman's breast" ["...whose pritty duckys I trust shortly to kysse," Henry VIII, c. 1536 letter to Anne Boleyn, who, contrary to rumor, did not have three of them]. 中文词源 ducky :极好的,可喜的 来自
  • duckweed 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random climb climb: [OE] The original notion contained in climb seems not to have been so much ‘ascent’ as ‘holding on’. Old English climban came from a prehistoric West Germanic * klimban , a nasalized variant of the base which produced English cleave ‘adhere’. To begin with this must have meant strictly ‘go up by clingi
  • duck 英文词源 duck duck: [OE] A duck is a bird that ‘ducks’ – as simple as that. It gets its name from its habit of diving down under the surface of the water. There is no actual record of an English verb duck until the 14th century, but it is generally assumed that an Old English verb * dūcan did exist, which would have formed the basis of the noun duck . It came from a prehistoric West Ger
  • duchy 英文词源 duchy duchy: see duke duchy (n.) mid-14c., "territory ruled by a duke or duchess," from Old French duché (12c.), from Medieval Latin ducatus , from Latin dux (see duke (n.)). 中文词源 duchy :公爵领地 来自duke,公爵。用于指公爵领地。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: duchy 词源, duchy 含义。
  • duchess 英文词源 duchess duchess: see duke duchess (n.) c. 1300, from Old French duchesse , from Late Latin or Medieval Latin ducissa , fem. of dux (see duke (n.)). Often spelled dutchess until early 19c. (as in Dutchess County , New York, U.S.). 中文词源 duchess :女公爵 来自duke,公爵。-ess, 表女性。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: duchess 词源, duchess 含义
  • ducat 英文词源 ducat ducat: see duke ducat (n.) late 14c., from Old French ducat (late 14c.), from Italian ducato (12c.), from Medieval Latin ducatus "coin," originally "duchy," from dux (genitive ducis ) "duke" (see duke (n.)). So called for the name or effigy of Roger II of Sicily, Duke of Apulia, which first issued the coins (c.1140). Byzantine emperor Constantine X had the Greek form doux struck
  • ducal 英文词源 ducal (adj.) late 15c., from Middle French ducal (15c.), from Late Latin ducalis , from Latin dux (genitive ducis ); see duke (n.). 中文词源 ducal :公爵的 来自duke,公爵。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: ducal 词源, ducal 含义。
  • dubnium 英文词源 dubnium "The chemical element of atomic number 105, a very unstable element made by high-energy atomic collisions", 1990s: modern Latin, from Dubna in Russia, site of the Joint Nuclear Institute. 中文词源 dubnium (化学元素):杜(第105号元素) 来自其发现城市Dubna, 俄罗斯核研究所所在地。由于该元素属于过渡金属之一,因此它对应的汉字
  • dubious 英文词源 dubious dubious: see doubt dubious (adj.) 1540s, from Latin dubiosus "doubtful," from dubium "doubt," neuter of dubius "vacillating, moving two ways, fluctuating;" figuratively "wavering in opinion, doubting, doubtful," from duo "two" (see two ), with a sense of "of two minds, undecided between two things." Old English also used tweo "two" to mean "doubt." Compare doubt (v.). Related:
  • dub 英文词源 dub dub: English has two words dub . By far the older, ‘create a knight, name’ [11], was one of the first linguistic fruits of the Norman conquest, which was during the Middle English period to contribute such a vast number of French words to the English language. It came from Anglo- Norman duber , which was a reduced form of aduber , the Anglo-Norman version of Old French adober
  • dualism 英文词源 dualism (n.) 1755 as a term in philosophy, from French dualisme (1754); also used in theological senses; see dual + -ism . 中文词源 dualism :二元论 来自dual, 双重的。-ism, 主义,思想,论点。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: dualism 词源, dualism 含义。 dualism :二元论   词根词缀: -du-二 + -al形容词词尾 + -ism名词词
  • dual 英文词源 dual dual: [17] Dual was borrowed from Latin duālis , a derivative of duo ‘two’ (which is a distant relative of English two ). In Latin it was used particularly by grammarians, to denote the category ‘two people or things’ (as opposed to the plural, referring to three or more), and this was the earliest sense of the word adopted by English. (Incidentally, despite its formal s
  • drysuit 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random scabies scabies: see scab 中文词源 drysuit :潜水衣 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: drysuit 词源, drysuit 含义。
  • dryad 英文词源 dryad dryad: see tree dryad (n.) 1550s, from Latin dryas , from Greek dryas (plural dryades ) "wood nymph," from drus (genitive dryos ) "oak," from PIE *deru- "tree, wood, oak" (see tree (n.)). 中文词源 dryad :树精 来自PIE*deru, 树,橡木,词源同tree. -ad, 精,怪,词源同naiad. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: dryad 词源, dryad 含义。
  • dry 英文词源 dry dry: [OE] Dry comes ultimately from prehistoric Germanic * draugiz , a derivative of the base * draug -, * drūg -, which also produced English drought and drain . Its other Germanic relatives are Dutch droog and German trocken , and some have connected it with Old Norse drjūgr ‘lasting, strong’, Old Prussian drūktai ‘firmly’, and Lithuanian dialect drūktas ‘thick, st
  • drumstick 英文词源 drumstick (n.) 1580s, from drum (n.) + stick (n.); applied to the lower joint of cooked fowl 1764. 中文词源 drumstick :鼓槌,下段鸡腿肉 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: drumstick 词源, drumstick 含义。 drumstick :鸡腿下段 在英国维多利亚时代一些在令人看来极为普通的词曾被列为禁忌词,如trouser
  • drumlin 英文词源 drumlin (n.) 1833, diminutive of drum (1725) "ridge or long, narrow hill," often separating two parallel valleys, from Gaelic and Irish druim "back, ridge." 中文词源 drumlin :鼓丘,冰堆丘 来自爱尔兰语droim, 背,山脊。-lin, 小词后缀。鼓丘是上世纪50年代的地理学界的错误翻译,虽然有学者指出这一错误,但是由于以讹传讹,已经
  • drum 英文词源 drum drum: [16] Belying the total lack of similarity between the instruments, drum , trumpet , and trombone seem to be closely related. Drum appears to be a shortening of a slightly earlier English word drumslade ‘drum, drummer’, which was borrowed from Low German trommelslag ‘drumbeat’. This was a compound noun formed from trommel ‘drum’ and slag ‘hit’ (related to Eng
  • Druid 英文词源 druid druid: [16] Druid is, not surprisingly, of Celtic origin, although English probably acquired it via French druide or the Latin plural druides . The source of these forms was Gaulish druides , which came ultimately from Old Celtic * derwíjes . There are two opposing theories on the derivation of this: one is that it comes from an Old Celtic adjective derwos ‘true’ (source of
  • druggist 英文词源 druggist (n.) 1610s, from French droguiste , from droge (see drug (n.)). Earlier drugger (1590s). 中文词源 druggist :药剂师 来自drug, 药品。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: druggist 词源, druggist 含义。
  • drug 英文词源 drug drug: [14] Drug is one of the mystery words of the language. It is clear that English acquired it from Old French drogue , but no one is certain where the French word came from. One suggestion is that it originated in Arabic dūrawā ‘chaff’; another, rather more likely, is that its source was Dutch droog ‘dry’, via either the phrase droge waere ‘dry goods’ or droge v
  • drudgery 英文词源 drudgery (n.) 1540s, from drudge + -ery . 中文词源 drudgery :单调乏味的苦差事 来自drudge, 苦工。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: drudgery 词源, drudgery 含义。
  • drudge 英文词源 drudge drudge: [15] No one is quite sure where drudge comes from. It is first recorded, as a noun, towards the end of the 15th century, and the verb followed about fifty years later. One possible source may be the Middle English verb drugge ‘pull laboriously’, a possible relative of English drag ; another suggestion is the Old English verb drēogan ‘work’. drudge (n.) late 15c
  • drubbing 英文词源 drub (v.) 1630s (in an Oriental travel narrative), probably from Arabic darb "a beating," from daraba "he beat up" (see discussion in OED). Related: Drubbed ; Drubbing . 中文词源 drubbing :轻易取胜 来自PIE*dhrebh, 击,打,词源同drab, drape. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: drubbing 词源, drubbing 含义。
  • drowsy 英文词源 drowsy drowsy: [15] The etymological notion underlying drowsy seems to be of heaviness, with eyelids falling and the head nodding over the chest. The word probably comes from a Germanic base * drūs -, which also produced drūsian , an Old English verb meaning ‘be slow and sleepy’ which did not survive into the Middle English period (modern English drowse [16] is a back-formation
  • drown 英文词源 drown drown: [13] Drown is not found in texts until the end of the 13th century (when it began to replace the related drench in the sense ‘suffocate in water’) but an Old English verb * drūnian could well have existed. The earliest occurrences of the word are from the North of England and Scotland, which suggests a possible borrowing from, or influence of, Old Norse drukna ‘be
  • drought 英文词源 drought drought: [OE] Etymologically, drought means simply ‘dryness’. The prehistoric Germanic base that produced English dry (and indeed drain ) was * draug -, * drūg -. To this was added the suffix - th , used for creating abstract nouns from adjectives, as in length , strength , and truth ; this gave Old English drūgath . The subsequent change of - th to - t (which began in t
  • dross 英文词源 dross (n.) "dirt, dregs," Old English dros "the scum thrown off from metals in smelting," from Proto-Germanic *drohs- (cognates: Middle Dutch droes , Dutch droesem , Middle Low German dros , Old High German truosana , German Drusen "dregs, husks"), from PIE dher- (1) "to make muddy." Meaning "refuse, rubbish" is mid-15c. 中文词源 dross :糟粕,劣质品 来自PIE*dher, 使泥泞
  • drosophila 英文词源 drosophila (n.) scientific name of a fruit fly, 1829, from Modern Latin (Fallén, 1823), from Greek drosos "dew" + philos "loving" see -phile ). 中文词源 drosophila :果蝇 来自希腊语drosos, 露,果露。-phila, 爱,词源同philosophy.用来指一种果蝇。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: drosophila 词源, drosophila 含义。
  • dropsy 英文词源 dropsy (n.) late 13c., a shortening of Middle English ydropsy , from Old French idropsie , from Latin hydropsis , from Greek hydrops (genitive hydropos ) "dropsy," from hydor "water" (see water (n.1)). 中文词源 dropsy :水肿 缩写自希腊语hydrops, 水肿,词源同hydrogen,hydrate. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: dropsy 词源, dropsy 含义。
  • droppings 英文词源 bird (n.1) Old English bird , rare collateral form of bridd , originally "young bird, nestling" (the usual Old English for "bird" being fugol , for which see fowl (n.)), which is of uncertain origin with no cognates in any other Germanic language. The suggestion that it is related by umlaut to brood and breed is rejected by OED as "quite inadmissible." Metathesis of -r- and -i- was co
  • dropout 英文词源 dropout (n.) "one who 'drops out' of something," 1930, from drop (v.) + out (adv.). As a phrase, drop out "withdraw" is recorded from 1550s. 中文词源 dropout :辍学者 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: dropout 词源, dropout 含义。 dropout :中途辍学的学生;逃避社会的人;(电子设备)暂时信号缺失 词根词缀:
  • drop 英文词源 drop drop: [OE] Drop , droop , and drip are closely related. Droop [13] was borrowed from Old Norse drūpa , which came from a Germanic base * drūp -. A variant of this, * drup -, produced Middle Danish drippe , the probable source of English drip [15], and a further variant, * drop -, lies behind Old English dropa , ancestor of modern English drop . All three go back ultimately to a
  • droop 英文词源 droop (v.) early 13c., from Old Norse drupa "to drop, sink, hang (the head)," from Proto-Germanic *drup- , from PIE *dhreu- , related to Old English dropian "to drop" (see drip ). Related: Drooped ; drooping . As a noun, from 1640s. 中文词源 droop :沮丧 来自drop, 滴。引申义耷拉着头,沮丧。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: droop 词源, dr
  • drool 英文词源 drool (v.) 1802, apparently a dialectal variant or contraction of drivel . Related: Drooled ; drooling . The noun is from 1860s. 中文词源 drool :流口水 来自drivel的拼写变体。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: drool 词源, drool 含义。
  • drongo 英文词源 drongo "A songbird with glossy black plumage and typically a long forked tail and a crest, found in Africa, southern Asia, and Australia", Mid 19th century: from Malagasy. sense 2 is said to be from the name of an Australian racehorse of the 1920s which consistently finished last or near last. 中文词源 drongo :卷尾鸟 来自非洲土著语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
  • drone 英文词源 drone (n.) Old English dran, dræn "male honeybee," from Proto-Germanic *dran- (cognates: Middle Dutch drane ; Old High German treno ; German Drohne , which is from Middle Low German drone ), probably imitative; given a figurative sense of "idler, lazy worker" (male bees make no honey) 1520s. Meaning "pilotless aircraft" is from 1946. Drones, as the radio-controlled craft are called,
  • dromedary 英文词源 dromedary dromedary: [14] The dromedary, or onehumped camel, got its name from its swiftness of foot. The word comes via Old French dromedaire from late Latin dromedārius , an adjective formed from dromas , the Latin term for ‘camel’. This in turn was derived from the Greek dromás ‘runner’, a close relative of drómos ‘running, course’, which is the source of the - drome
  • droll 英文词源 droll (adj.) 1620s, from French drôle "odd, comical, funny" (1580s), in Middle French a noun meaning "a merry fellow," possibly from Middle Dutch drol "fat little fellow, goblin," or Middle High German trolle "clown," ultimately from Old Norse troll "giant, troll" (see troll (n.)). Related: Drolly ; drollish . 中文词源 droll :滑稽的 词源同droll, 山精,巨怪。 该词的
  • droit de seigneur 英文词源 droit de seigneur "The alleged right of a medieval feudal lord to have sexual intercourse with a vassal’s bride on her wedding night", French, literally 'lord's right'. 中文词源 droit de seigneur :(据传中世纪领主对其封臣新娘的)初夜权 来自法语。droit, 权力,词源同direct. seigneur, 领主,词源同senior. 可能是臆想出来的词,因为没有
  • drogue 英文词源 drogue "A conical or funnel-shaped device with open ends, towed behind a boat, aircraft, or other moving object to reduce speed or improve stability", Early 18th century (originally a whaling term denoting a piece of stout board attached to a harpoon line, used to slow down or mark the position of a harpooned whale): perhaps related to drag. 中文词源 drogue :引导伞 可能来自
  • drizzle 英文词源 drizzle drizzle: see dreary drizzle (v.) 1540s, perhaps an alteration of drysning "a falling of dew" (c. 1400), from Old English -drysnian , related to dreosan "to fall," from PIE root *dhreu- (see drip (v.)). Or perhaps a frequentative of Middle English dresen "to fall," from Old English dreosan . Related: Drizzled ; drizzling . As a noun, from 1550s. 中文词源 drizzle :下毛毛雨
  • driven 英文词源 driven (adj.) "motivated," by 1972, past participle adjective from drive (v.). 中文词源 driven :奋发图强的 来自drive, 驾驶,驱动。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: driven 词源, driven 含义。
  • drivel 英文词源 drivel (n.) early 14c., drevel "saliva, slaver," from drivel (v.). Meaning "idiotic speech or writing" is from 1852. drivel (v.) Old English dreflian "to dribble or run at the nose, slobber," from Proto-Germanic *drab- , from PIE *dher- (1) "to make muddy, darken." Meaning "to speak nonsense" is mid-14c. Related: Driveling , drivelling . 中文词源 drivel :胡说,废话 来自PI
  • drive 英文词源 drive drive: [OE] As far as is known, drive is an exclusively Germanic word. It and its relatives German treiben , Dutch drijven , Swedish driva , Danish drive , and Gothic dreiban point to a prehistoric Germanic ancestor * drīban . Its base also produced English drift and drove [OE]. The central modern sense of drive , ‘drive a car’, comes from the earlier notion of driving a ho
  • drip 英文词源 drip drip: see drop drip (n.) mid-15c., from drip (v.). The slang meaning "stupid, feeble, or dull person" is first recorded 1932, perhaps from earlier American English slang sense "nonsense" (1919). drip (v.) c. 1300, perhaps from Middle Danish drippe , from Proto-Germanic *drup- (cognates: Dutch druipen , German triefen ), from PIE root *dhreu- . Related to droop and drop . Old Engl
  • drinking fountain 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random varnish varnish: [14] Varnish may come ultimately from Berenice (Greek Bereníkē ), the name of a city in Cyrenaica, Libya, which was credited with the first use of varnishes. Bereníkē became a generic term in medieval Greek, and is thought to lie behind medieval Latin veronix ‘resin used in varnishes’, which passed into
  • drink 英文词源 drink drink: [OE] Drink comes ultimately from a prehistoric Germanic verb * drengkan , which is widely represented in other modern Germanic languages: German trinken , for instance, Dutch drinken , Swedish dricka , and Danish drikke . Variants of it also produced English drench and drown . Its pre-Germanic history is not clear, however: some have suggested that the original underlying
  • drily 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random oboe oboe: [18] The oboe gets its name from its high pitch. Its ultimate ancestor was French hautbois , a compound of haut ‘high’ and bois ‘wood’ (the oboe is a woodwind instrument). English acquired this in the 16th century as hautboy , but from the 18th century it was gradually ousted by the Italian version of the word
  • drill 英文词源 drill drill: English has no fewer than four separate words drill , all of them comparatively recent acquisitions. Drill ‘make a hole’ [16] was borrowed from Middle Dutch drillen , but beyond that is history is obscure. The word’s military application, to ‘repetitive training’, dates from earliest times, and also existed in the Dutch verb in the 16th century; it seems to have
  • drift 英文词源 drift drift: [13] Drift comes ultimately from the same Germanic base as produced drive , and etymologically means ‘driving or being driven’, but as far as we can tell it did not exist in Old English, and the word as we now have it is a borrowing from other Germanic languages. Its first recorded use is in the sense ‘snowdrift’, which points to Old Norse drift as the source, but
  • dribble 英文词源 dribble (v.) 1580s, frequentative of obsolete verb drib (1520s), variant of drip (v.). Sports sense first used of soccer (1863), basketball sense is by 1892 (implied in dribbling ). Related: Dribbled ; dribbling . As a noun from 1670s. 中文词源 dribble :流口水 词源同drip, 滴。-le,表反复。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: dribble 词源, dribbl
  • drey 英文词源 drey "The nest of a squirrel, typically in the form of a mass of twigs in a tree", Early 17th century: of unknown origin. 中文词源 drey :松鼠窝 词源不详,可能来自dray, 拉,因松鼠喜欢往窝里收藏榛果。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: drey 词源, drey 含义。
  • dress rehearsal 英文词源 dress (n.) c. 1600, originally any clothing, especially that appropriate to rank or to some ceremony; sense of "woman's garment" is first recorded 1630s, with overtones of "made not merely to clothe but to adorn." Dress rehearsal first recorded 1828. 中文词源 dress rehearsal :彩排 即盛装预演,彩排。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: dress rehearsa
  • dressing-down 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random collie collie: see coal 中文词源 dressing-down :训斥 来自dress的古义,处罚,严厉惩罚。在军纪里面也指降衔。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: dressing-down 词源, dressing-down 含义。
  • dressing 英文词源 dressing (n.) mid-14c., verbal noun from dress (v.). Sense in cookery is from c. 1500. Meaning "bandage" is first recorded 1713. Dressing gown attested from 1777; dressing room from 1670s. 中文词源 dressing :穿戴,调味料 来自dress, 装饰,服装,引申词义调味料。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: dressing 词源, dressing 含义。
  • dresser 英文词源 dresser (n.) c. 1300, "person who prepares or furnishes," agent noun from dress (v.). Meaning "table, sideboard," is late 14c., from Old French dresseur , dreçoir "table to prepare food," from dresser "prepare, dress." Meaning "chest, dressing bureau" is from 1895. 中文词源 dresser :服装师 来自dress, 装饰,服装。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版:
  • dress circle 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random amiable amiable: [14] Amiable and amicable are the two English descendants of that most familiar of Latin verbs, amo , amas , amat … ‘love’. It had two rather similar adjectives derived from it: amābilis ‘lovable’ and, via amīcus ‘friend’, amīcābilis ‘friendly’ (source of English amicable [15]). Amīcābili
  • dressage 英文词源 dressage (n.) 1936, from French dressage , from dresser "to train, drill" (see dress (v.)). Middle English had dress (v.) in the sense of "to train or break in" a horse or other animal (c. 1400), but it died out. 中文词源 dressage :花样骑术 来自法语,词源同direct, 引导,管理。引申词义训马,花样骑术。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
  • dress 英文词源 dress dress: [14] Dress originally meant literally ‘put right, put straight’. It comes via Old French dresser from Vulgar Latin * dīrectiāre , a derivative of Latin dīrectus ‘straight’ (from which English gets direct ). Traces of this underlying sense survive in the word’s application to the correct aligning of columns of troops, but its main modern signification, ‘clot
  • drench 英文词源 drench drench: [OE] Originally, drench meant simply ‘cause to drink’. It comes ultimately from the prehistoric Germanic verb * drangkjan , which was a causative variant of * drengkan (source of English drink ) – that is to say, it denoted ‘causing someone to do the action of the verb drink ’. That particular sense now survives only as a technical usage in veterinary medicine
  • dreich 英文词源 dreich "(Especially of weather) dreary; bleak", Middle English (in the sense 'patient, long-suffering'): of Germanic origin, corresponding to Old Norse drjúgr 'enduring, lasting'. 中文词源 dreich :沉闷阴郁的 来自苏格兰英语。词源同endure, 忍受,忍耐,形容天气的沉闷阴郁。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: dreich 词源, dreic
  • dregs 英文词源 dregs (n.) c. 1300 (implied in surname Dryngedregges ), from Old Norse dregg "sediment," from Proto-Germanic *drag- (cognates: Old High German trestir , German Trester "grapeskins, husks"), from PIE *dher- (1) "to make muddy." Replaced Old English cognate dræst , dærst "dregs, lees." Figurative use is from 1530s. 中文词源 dregs :残渣 来自PIE*dher, 使泥泞,淤积,词源
  • dredge 英文词源 dredge dredge: English has two distinct words dredge , neither with a particularly well-documented past. Dredge ‘clear mud, silt, etc from waterway’ [16] may be related in some way to the 15thcentury Scottish term dreg-boat , and similarities have been pointed out with Middle Dutch dregghe ‘drag-net’, although if the two are connected, it is not clear who borrowed from whom. I
  • dreck 英文词源 dreck (n.) "filth, trash," 1922, from Yiddish drek (German dreck ), from Middle High German drec , from Proto-Germanic *threkka (cognates: Old English þreax "rubbish," Old Frisian threkk ), perhaps connected to Greek skatos "dung," Latin stercus "excrement," from PIE root *(s)ker- "to cut" (see shear (v.)). 中文词源 dreck :劣质货 来自希伯来依地语。 该词的英语词源
  • dreary 英文词源 dreary dreary: [OE] In Old English, dreary (or drēorig , as it then was) meant ‘dripping with blood, gory’, but its etymological connections are with ‘dripping, falling’ rather than with ‘blood’. It goes back to a West Germanic base * dreuz -, * drauz - which also produced Old English drēosna ‘drop, fall’, probably the ultimate source of drizzle [16] and drowsy . The
  • dreamboat 英文词源 dreamboat (n.) "romantically desirable person," 1947, from dream (n.) + boat (n.). "When My Dream Boat Comes Home" was the title of a 1936 song credited to Guy Lombardo. 中文词源 dreamboat :迷人的男子 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版: dreamboat 词源, dreamboat 含义。