英语词源

• disbelieve 英文词源 disbelieve (v.) 1640s; see dis- + believe . Related: Disbelieved ; disbelieving ; disbeliever . 中文词源 disbelieve ：不信 dis-, 不，非，使相反。believe, 相信。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： disbelieve 词源， disbelieve 含义。
• disbar 英文词源 disbar (v.) "deprive of the privileges of a barrister," 1630s; see dis- "opposite of" + bar in the legal sense. Related: Disbarred ; disbarring ; disbarment . 中文词源 disbar ：取消律师资格 dis-, 不，非，使相反。bar, 律师，词源同barrister. 即取消律师资格。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： disbar 词源， disbar 含义。
• disband 英文词源 disband (v.) 1590s, from Middle French desbander (Modern French débander ), in military sense, from des- (see dis- ) + band (v.). Related: Disbanded ; disbanding . 中文词源 disband ：解体 dis-, 不，非，使相反。band, 绑定。即解开，解体。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： disband 词源， disband 含义。
• disavow 英文词源 disavow (v.) late 14c., from Old French desavouer (13c.), from des- "opposite of" (see dis- ) + avouer (see avow ). Related: Disavowed ; disavowing . 中文词源 disavow ：否认 dis-, 不，非，使相反。avow, 承认。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： disavow 词源， disavow 含义。
• disassemble 英文词源 disassemble (v.) 1610s, "to disperse;" see dis- + assemble . Meaning "to take apart" is from 1922. Related: Disassembled ; disassembling ; disassembly . 中文词源 disassemble ：拆开 dis-, 不，非，使相反。assemble, 组装。即拆装，拆开。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： disassemble 词源， disassemble 含义。 disassemble ：拆卸，拆除，
• disarray 英文词源 disarray (v.) late 14c.; see dis- "lack of" + array . Perhaps formed on the analogy of Old French desareer . disarray (n.) early 15c., "disorder, confusion;" see disarray (v.). 中文词源 disarray ：使紊乱 dis-, 不，非，使相反。array, 安排，布置。引申义使紊乱。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： disarray 词源， disarray 含义。
• disarrange 英文词源 dishevelled dishevelled: [15] Semantically, dishevelled ‘with untidy hair’ and unkempt ‘with uncombed hair’ are closely parallel formations. Dishevelled originated as an adaptation of deschevele , the past participle of Old French descheveler ‘disarrange the hair’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dis - ‘apart’ and chevel ‘hair’, a descendant of Lati
• disarming 英文词源 disarm (v.) late 14c., from Old French desarmer (11c.), from des- (see dis- ) + armer "to arm" (see arm (v.)). The figurative sense is slightly earlier in English than the literal. Related: Disarmed ; disarming . 中文词源 disarming ：使消气的 来自disarm, 解除武装。引申义消气。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： disarming 词源， disarming 含义
• disarm 英文词源 disarm (v.) late 14c., from Old French desarmer (11c.), from des- (see dis- ) + armer "to arm" (see arm (v.)). The figurative sense is slightly earlier in English than the literal. Related: Disarmed ; disarming . 中文词源 disarm ：裁军 dis-, 不，非，使相反。arm, 武装，军备竞赛。即解除武装，裁军。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： di
• disapprove 英文词源 disapprove (v.) late 15c., "disprove;" as the reverse of approve it is first attested 1640s. See dis- + approve . Related: Disapproved ; disapproving . 中文词源 disapprove ：不批准 dis-, 不，非，使相反。approve, 批准，同意。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： disapprove 词源， disapprove 含义。 disapprove ：不赞成，不许可，不同意
• disapprobation 英文词源 disapprobation (n.) 1640s; see dis- + approbation . 中文词源 disapprobation ：反对 dis-, 不，非，使相反。approbation, 批准，同意。即不同意，反对。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： disapprobation 词源， disapprobation 含义。
• disappoint 英文词源 disappoint disappoint: [15] Disappoint (a borrowing from French désappointer ) originally meant ‘remove from a post or office, sack’ – that is, literally, ‘deprive of an appointment’; ‘A monarch … hath power … to appoint or to disappoint the greatest officers’, Thomas Bowes, De La Primaudraye’s French academie 1586. This semantic line has now died out, but paralle
• disappear 英文词源 disappear (v.) early 15c., disaperen , from dis- "do the opposite of" + appear . Earlier was disparish (early 15c.), from French disparaiss- , stem of disparaître . Transitive sense. "cause to disappear," is from 1897 in chemistry; by 1948 of inconvenient persons. Related: Disappeared ; disappearing ; disappears . Slang disappearing act is originally of magic shows; in figurative sen
• disambiguate 英文词源 disambiguate (v.) 1963, back-formation from disambiguation . Related: Disambiguated ; disambiguating . 中文词源 disambiguate ：使消除歧义 dis-, 不，非，使相反。ambiguity, 歧义。即不再有歧义，消除歧义。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： disambiguate 词源， disambiguate 含义。
• disagree 英文词源 disagree (v.) late 15c., "refuse to assent," from Old French desagreer (12c.), from des- (see dis- ) + agreer (see agree ). Related: Disagreed ; disagreeing . 中文词源 disagree ：不同意 dis-, 不，非，使相反。agree,同意。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： disagree 词源， disagree 含义。 disagree ：不一致，争执，不同意 词根词缀：
• disaffiliated 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random orchard orchard: [OE] Etymologically, an orchard is probably simply a ‘plant-yard’. It appears to have been coined in the prehistoric Germanic period from * worti -, the ancestor of the now archaic English noun wort ‘plant, vegetable, herb’ (which is distantly related to root ), and * gardaz , * gardon , forerunner of En
• disaffected 英文词源 disaffected (adj.) "estranged, hostile," usually in reference to authority, 1630s, past participle adjective from disaffect . Related: Disaffectedly ; disaffectedness . 中文词源 disaffected ：不满的 dis-, 不，非，使相反。affect, 感情，情感。即不好的感情，不满的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： disaffected 词源， disaffected 含
• disadvantage 英文词源 disadvantage (n.) late 14c., disavauntage , from Old French desavantage (13c.), from des- (see dis- ) + avantage (see advantage ). disadvantage (v.) 1530s, from disadvantage (n.). Related: Disadvantaged ; disadvantaging . 中文词源 disadvantage ：不利因素 dis-, 不，非，使相反。advantage,有利的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： disadvantage 词源
• disabuse 英文词源 disabuse (v.) 1610s, from dis- + abuse (v.). Related: Disabused ; disabusing . 中文词源 disabuse ：使省悟 dis-, 不，非，使相反。abuse, 错误的使用，滥用。引申义醒悟。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： disabuse 词源， disabuse 含义。
• disable 英文词源 disable (v.) mid-15c., from dis- "do the opposite of" + ablen (v.) "to make fit" (see able ). Related: Disabled ; disabling . Earlier in the same sense was unable (v.) "make unfit, render unsuitable" (c. 1400). 中文词源 disable ：使伤残 dis-, 不，非，使相反。-able, 有能力的，健康的。引申义使伤残的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• dis 英文词源 dis (v.) also diss , slang, by 1980, shortening of disrespect or dismiss , originally in U.S. Black English, popularized by hip hop. Related: Dissed ; dissing . Earlier it was short for disconnected in the telephone sense and used figuratively in slang to mean "weak in the head" (1925). Dis Roman underworld god, from Latin Dis , contracted from dives "rich," which is related to divus
• dirt 英文词源 dirt dirt: [13] Dirt was originally drit , and meant ‘excrement’ (it was borrowed from Old Norse drit , which goes back to a prehistoric Germanic base * drit - that also produced Dutch dreet ‘excrement’). The toned-down sense ‘soiling substance’ is of equal antiquity with ‘excrement’ in English, and the modern English form dirt first appeared in the 15th century, by a
• dirndl 英文词源 dirndl (n.) 1937, from German dialectal diminutive of dirne "girl" (in dirndlkleid "peasant dress"), from a diminutive of Middle High German dierne "maid," from Old High German thiorna , which is related to Old English þegn (see thane ). 中文词源 dirndl ：阿尔卑斯村姑式连衣裙 来自德语方言dirne, 女孩，女仆。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• dirk 英文词源 dirk (n.) c. 1600, perhaps from Dirk , the proper name, which was used in Scandinavian for "a picklock." But the earliest spellings were dork , durk (Johnson, 1755, seems to be responsible for the modern spelling), and the earliest association is with Highlanders, however there seems to be no such word in Gaelic, where the proper name is biodag . Another candidate is German dolch "dag
• dirigible 英文词源 dirigible (n.) "airship," 1885, from French dirigeable , literally "capable of being directed or guided," from Latin dirigere (see direct (v.)). The word existed as an adjective in English from 1580s, with the literal sense. 中文词源 dirigible ：可操纵的 来自direct，管理，引导。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dirigible 词源， dirigible 含义
• dirge 英文词源 dirge dirge: [16] Dirge is an anglicization of Latin dīrige , the imperative singular of dīrigere ‘guide’ (source of English direct ). It is the first word in the Latin version of Psalm 5, verse 8: Dirige , Domīne , Deus meus , in conspectu tuo viam meam ‘Direct, O Lord, my God, my way in thy sight’ (the Authorized Version expands this to ‘Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteou
• directory 英文词源 directory (n.) 1540s, "guide, book of rules," from Medieval Latin directorium , noun use of neuter of Latin directorius , from directus (see direct (v.)). Meaning "alphabetical listing of inhabitants of a region" is from 1732; listing of telephone numbers is from 1908. As an adjective, from mid-15c. 中文词源 directory ：电话号码薄 来自direct, 引导，管理。引申义电话
• director 英文词源 director (n.) late 15c., "a guide," from Anglo-French directour , French directeur , agent noun from Latin dirigere (see direct (v.)). Corporate sense is from 1630s; theatrical sense from 1911. 中文词源 director ：董事 来自direct, 引导，管理。即管理者，董事成员。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： director 词源， director 含义。 direc
• direction 英文词源 direction (n.) c. 1400, "orderly arrangement;" c. 1500 as "action of directing," from Latin directionem (nominative directio ), noun of action from past participle stem of dirigere (see direct (v.)). Meaning "course pursued by a moving object" is from 1660s. Related: Directional . 中文词源 direction ：方向 来自direct, 管理，引导。引申义方向，正确指引。后词义
• direct 英文词源 direct direct: [14] English acquired direct from dīrectus , the past participle of Latin dīrigere ‘arrange in distinct lines’, hence ‘straighten, guide’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dis - ‘apart’ and regere ‘guide, rule’ (source of English regent , region , etc). The first recorded use of the verb in English was ‘write something and send it to a
• dire 英文词源 dire dire: see dinosaur dire (adj.) 1560s, from Latin dirus "fearful, awful, boding ill," which is of unknown origin; perhaps from Oscan and Umbrian and perhaps cognate with Greek deinos , from PIE root *dwei- . 中文词源 dire ：危急的 来自拉丁语dirus, 恐惧的，预兆不祥的，词源同dinosaur. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dire 词源， dir
• diptych 英文词源 diptych (n.) 1620s, from Latin diptycha (plural), from late Greek diptykha , neuter plural of diptykhos "double-folded, doubled," from dis- "two" + ptykhe "fold." 中文词源 diptych ：对折画 di-, 二。-ptych，折，词源同triptych. 用于指一种宗教对折画。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： diptych 词源， diptych 含义。
• dipsomaniac 英文词源 dipsomaniac (n.) "drunkard," 1858, from dipsomania ; slang shortening dipso is from 1880. 中文词源 dipsomaniac ：嗜酒狂 来自希腊语dipsa, 渴，词源不详，可能来自dip, 浸，喝水。-mania, 发狂。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dipsomaniac 词源， dipsomaniac 含义。
• dippy 英文词源 dippy (adj.) "mad, insane, crazy," 1903, perhaps from dip + -y (2), but the exact signification is unclear. Another theory connects it with dipsomania . 中文词源 dippy ：脑子有问题的 词源不详，可能来自dip, 浸，引申词义逃避，并词义进一步恶化。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dippy 词源， dippy 含义。
• dipper 英文词源 dipper (n.) late 14c., as a type of diving bird, agent noun from dip (v.). As a ladle or long-handled utensil for drawing liquid, from 1783, chiefly American English. As the popular U.S. name for the asterism known in Britain as The Plough or Charles' Wain , attested by 1833. 中文词源 dipper ：河乌 来自dip, 浸，潜，用来指河乌，一种潜水乌。 该词的英语词源请
• dipole 英文词源 rabbit (n.) late 14c., "young of the coney," from Walloon robète or a similar French dialect word, diminutive of Flemish or Middle Dutch robbe "rabbit," of unknown origin. "A Germanic noun with a French suffix" [Liberman]. The adult was a coney (q.v.) until 18c. Zoologically speaking, there are no native rabbits in the United States; they are all hares. But the early colonists, for s
• diplomatist 英文词源 diplomacy (n.) 1796, from French diplomatie , formed from diplomate "diplomat" (on model of aristocratie from aristocrate ), from Latin adjective diplomaticos , from diploma (genitive diplomatis ) "official document conferring a privilege" (see diploma ; for sense evolution, see diplomatic ). It is obvious to any one who has been in charge of the interests of his country abroad that t
• diplomacy 英文词源 diplomacy (n.) 1796, from French diplomatie , formed from diplomate "diplomat" (on model of aristocratie from aristocrate ), from Latin adjective diplomaticos , from diploma (genitive diplomatis ) "official document conferring a privilege" (see diploma ; for sense evolution, see diplomatic ). It is obvious to any one who has been in charge of the interests of his country abroad that t
• diploid 英文词源 diploid (adj.) 1908, from Greek diploos "double, twofold," (from di- "two" + root *pel- "to fold;" see ply (v.)) + eidos "form" (see -oid ). 中文词源 diploid ：二倍体的 di-, 二。-pl, 折叠，词源fold. -oid, 类，相似。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： diploid 词源， diploid 含义。 diploid ：双的，重的，两倍的 词根词缀： -dip
• diplodocus 英文词源 diplodocus (n.) 1884, coined in Modern Latin in 1878 by U.S. paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh (1831-1899) from Greek diploos "double" (see diploid ) + dokos "a beam." So called for the peculiar structure of the tail bones. 中文词源 diplodocus ：梁龙 diplo-, 两倍的，词源同diploid. -doc, 柱子，房屋主梁，来自PIE*dek, 承载，得体，词源同decent. 因这种恐
• diphthong 英文词源 diphthong (n.) late 15c., from Middle French diphthongue , from Late Latin diphthongus , from Greek diphthongos "having two sounds," from di- "double" (see di- (1)) + phthongos "sound, voice," related to phthengesthai "utter, speak loudly." 中文词源 diphthong ：二合元音 来自希腊语diphthongos, di-, 二，-phthongos, 声音，词源不详，可能同phone. 用来指二合元
• diphtheria 英文词源 diphtheria diphtheria: [19] The disease diphtheria is characterized by the formation of a false membrane in the throat which obstructs breathing, and when the French physician Pierre Bretonneau described it in the 1820s, he coined a name for it based on Greek diphthéra , which means ‘piece of leather’. Using the suffix - itis , denoting inflammation, he formed the modern Latin te
• dip 英文词源 dip dip: [OE] Like deep , dip comes ultimately from a Germanic base * d(e)up - ‘deep, hollow’. The derived verb, * dupjan , produced Old English dyppan , ancestor of modern English dip . It originally meant quite specifically ‘immerse’ in Old English, sometimes with reference to baptism; the sense ‘incline downwards’ is a 17th-century development. = deep , dimple dip (v.)
• dioxin 英文词源 dioxin (n.) 1919, from dioxy- + chemical suffix -in (2). All the compounds in the group are characterized by two oxygen atoms. 中文词源 dioxin ：二恶英 di-, 二。-ox,氧，词源同oxygen, oxide.用来指化学名词二恶英。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dioxin 词源， dioxin 含义。
• dioxide 英文词源 carbon dioxide (n.) 1869, so called because it consists of one carbon and two oxygen atoms. The chemical was known since mid-18c. under the name fixed air ; later as carbonic acid gas (1791). "The term dioxide for an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen came into use in the middle of the 19th century." [Flood]. 中文词源 dioxide ：二氧化物 di-, 二。oxide, 氧化物。 该词的
• diorama 英文词源 diorama (n.) 1823 as a type of picture-viewing device, from French diorama (1822), from Greek di- "through" (see dia- ) + orama "that which is seen, a sight" (see panorama ). Meaning "small-scale replica of a scene, etc." is from 1902. 中文词源 diorama ：透景画 dia-, 穿过，透过。-orama, 看，视野，衍生自panorama.用来指透景画。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• dioptrics 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random vestment vestment: see vest 中文词源 dioptrics ：折射光学 来自diopter, 屈光度。-ics, 学说。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dioptrics 词源， dioptrics 含义。
• diopter 英文词源 dioptre "A unit of refractive power, which is equal to the reciprocal of the focal length (in metres) of a given lens", Late 16th century (originally as diopter , denoting an alidade): from French, from Latin dioptra , from Greek, from di- 'through' + optos 'visible'. The term was used in the early 17th century to denote an ancient form of theodolite; the current sense dates from the
• Dionysian 英文词源 Dionysian (adj.) of or pertaining to Dionysos , Greek god of wine and revelry, identified with Roman Bacchus. His name is of unknown origin. Or in reference to historical men named Dionysius such as the tyrants of Syracuse and especially Dionysius Exiguus (see A.D. ), such as Dionysian period of 532 Julian years, when the moon phases recur on the same days of the week. 中文词源 di
• diode 英文词源 diode (n.) 1886, from Greek di- "twice" + hodos "way" (see cede ). 中文词源 diode ：二极管 di-, 二。-ode, 极，词源同anode, cathode. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： diode 词源， diode 含义。
• diocese 英文词源 diocese diocese: [14] Etymologically, diocese means ‘administration’, and only gradually did the word become more concrete and specific, via ‘area administered, province’ to ‘ecclesiastical province’. It comes ultimately from Greek dioíkēsis , a derivative of dioikein ‘keep house’, hence ‘administer’; this was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix dia
• dint 英文词源 dint dint: [OE] Dint originally signified a ‘blow’ or ‘hit’, particularly one inflicted by a sword or similar weapon. Its meaning broadened out in the 14th century to ‘force of attack or impact’, and this is the source of the modern English phrase by dint of , which to begin with denoted ‘by force of’. In the 13th century a variant form dent arose, which by the 16th ce
• dinosaur 英文词源 dinosaur dinosaur: [19] Dinosaur means literally ‘terrible lizard’ (something of a misnomer, since dinosaurs are not particularly closely related to modern lizards). The word was coined around 1840 from Greek deinós ‘terrible’ (which goes back to the same Indo-European base, * dwei -, as produced English dire [16]) and sauros ‘lizard’ (which occurs in its Latin form sauru
• dinner 英文词源 dinner dinner: [13] The etymological meaning of dinner is ‘breakfast’. The word comes ultimately from an unrecorded Vulgar Latin verb * disjūnāre , a compound formed from the prefix dis - ‘un-’ and jējūnus ‘fasting, hungry’ (source of English jejune [17]): hence, ‘break one’s fast’. Old French adopted it in two phases: as desiuner , which became modern French dé
• dinky 英文词源 dinky (adj.) 1788 "neat, trim, dainty, small," from Scottish dialectal dink "finely dressed, trim" (c. 1500), which is of unknown origin. Modern sense is 1850s. 中文词源 dinky ：小巧而精致的 词源不详，可能来自拟声词，清脆的声音。引申义精致的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dinky 词源， dinky 含义。
• dinkum 英文词源 dinkum (n.) 1888, "hard work," Australian slang, of unknown origin, perhaps connected to Lincolnshire dialect. Meaning "honest, genuine" is attested from 1894. 中文词源 dinkum ：真正的 词源不详，可能来自拟声词，模仿清脆的声音。引申义掷地有声的，真正的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dinkum 词源， dinkum 含义。
• dink 英文词源 dink (n.) derogatory for "Vietnamese," 1969, U.S. military slang, of uncertain origin. DINK acronym for double income, no kids , popular from 1987. 中文词源 dink ：吊球 拟声词，模仿清脆的声音，用来指吊球。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dink 词源， dink 含义。
• dingy 英文词源 dingy dingy: [18] Nobody is quite sure where dingy comes from, but the very occasional occurrence of ding or dinge as Middle English forms of dung suggests that it may originally have signified ‘dung-coloured’ (although if it came from such a source it might have been expected to rhyme with springy rather than stingy ). Dung [OE] itself appears to go back ultimately to an Indo-Eur
• dingo 英文词源 dingo (n.) 1789, Native Australian name, from Dharruk (language formerly spoken in the area of Sydney) /din-go/ "tame dog," though the English used it to describe wild Australian dogs. Bushmen continue to call the animal by the Dharruk term /warrigal/ "wild dog." 中文词源 dingo ：澳洲野犬 来自澳大利亚土著语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： di
• dinghy 英文词源 dinghy (n.) 1810, from Hindi dingi "small boat," perhaps from Sanskrit drona-m "wooden trough," related to dru-s "wood, tree" (see tree (n.)). The spelling with -h- is to indicate a hard -g- . 中文词源 dinghy ：小帆船 来自印度语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dinghy 词源， dinghy 含义。
• dingbat 英文词源 dingbat (n.) 1838, American English, some kind of alcoholic drink, of unknown origin. One of that class of words (such as dingus, doohickey, gadget, gizmo, thingumabob ) which are conjured up to supply names for items whose proper names are unknown or not recollected. Used at various periods for "money," "a professional tramp," "a muffin," "a typographical ornament," "male genitalia,"
• ding 英文词源 ding (v.) 1819, "to sound as metal when struck," possibly abstracted from ding-dong , of imitative origin. The meaning "to deal heavy blows" is c. 1300, probably from Old Norse dengja "to hammer," perhaps also imitative. Meaning "dent" is 1960s. Related: Dinged ; dinging . 中文词源 ding ：叮当声 拟声词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ding 词源，
• dinero 英文词源 dinero "Money", Spanish, 'coin, money'. 中文词源 dinero ：钱 来自西班牙语，钱。词源同dime, dinar. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dinero 词源， dinero 含义。
• dine 英文词源 dine dine: see dinner dine (v.) late 13c., from Old French disner (Modern French dîner ) "to dine, eat, have a meal," originally "take the first meal of the day," from stem of Gallo-Roman *desjunare "to break one's fast," from Vulgar Latin *disjejunare , from dis- "undo" (see dis- ) + Late Latin jejunare "to fast," from Latin iejunus "fasting, hungry" (see jejune ). 中文词源 dine
• din-dins 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random patrol patrol: [17] What is now a reasonably dignified term began life as a colloquialism meaning ‘paddle about in mud’. English acquired the word via German from French patrouiller , which originally denoted ‘tramp around through the mud of a military camp – when doing guard duty, for instance’. This was an alteration
• dinar 英文词源 dinar (n.) Middle Eastern unit of currency, 1630s, from Arabic dinar , from late Greek denarion , from Latin denarius (see denarius ). 中文词源 dinar ：第纳尔（中东和北非等国货币单位） 来自拉丁语denarius, 货币单位，词源同ten. 后进入阿拉伯语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dinar 词源， dinar 含义。
• din 英文词源 din din: [OE] Din is an ancient word, traceable back via Old English dyne and Germanic * dunjaz to an Indo-European base * dhun -, signifying ‘loud noise’. This is also represented in Sanskrit dhúnis ‘roaring’ and Lithuanian dundéti ‘sound’. din (n.) Old English dyne (n.), dynian (v.), from Proto-Germanic *duniz (cognates: Old Norse dynr , Danish don , Middle Low German
• dim sum 英文词源 dim sum (n.) 1948, from Cantonese dim sam (Chinese dianxin ) "appetizer," said to mean literally "touch the heart." 中文词源 dim sum ：点心 来自汉语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dim sum 词源， dim sum 含义。
• dimple 英文词源 dimple dimple: [13] Dimple originally meant ‘pothole’, and was not applied to an ‘indentation in the flesh’ until the 14th century. There is no surviving record of the word in Old English, but it probably existed, as * dympel ; Old High German had the cognate tumphilo , ancestor of modern German tümpel ‘pool, puddle’. Both go back to a Germanic * dump -, which may be a na
• diminuendo 英文词源 diminuendo 1775, from Italian diminuendo "lessening, diminishing," present participle of diminuire , from Latin deminuere (see diminish ). 中文词源 diminuendo ：渐弱 来自diminish, 缩减。用于音乐术语减弱。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： diminuendo 词源， diminuendo 含义。
• diminish 英文词源 diminish diminish: [15] Diminish is a hybrid verb, the result of a marriage between the now obsolete diminue [14] and the virtually obsolete minish [14], both of which meant ‘make smaller’. Diminue came via Old French diminuer from Latin dīminuere ‘break into small pieces’; it was a compound verb formed from the prefix dē - ‘from’ and minuere ‘lessen’ (source of Engl
• dimension 英文词源 dimension dimension: see measure dimension (n.) late 14c., "measurement, size," from Latin dimensionem (nominative dimensio ) "a measuring," noun of action from past participle stem of dimetri "to measure out," from dis- (see dis- ) + metiri "to measure" (see measure ). Meaning "any component of a situation" is from 1929. Related: Dimensional ; dimensions . 中文词源 dimension ：尺
• dime 英文词源 dime dime: [14] Dime originally meant ‘tenth part’, and often specifically a ‘tax of one tenth, tithe’: ‘From all times it was ordained to pay dimes or tithes unto the Lord’, James Howell, Lexicon tetraglotton 1660. It came via Old French disme from Latin decima ‘tenth part’, a derivative of decem ‘ten’ (to which English ten is related). The application of the word
• dim 英文词源 dim (adj.) Old English dimm "dark, gloomy, obscure," from Proto-Germanic *dimbaz (cognates: Old Norse dimmr , Old Frisian dim , Old High German timber "dark, black, somber"). Not known outside Germanic. Slang sense of "stupid" is from 1892. Related: Dimly ; dimness . dim (v.) c. 1200, perhaps in Old English, from dim (adj.). Related: Dimmed ; dimming . 中文词源 dim ：昏暗的 来自
• dilute 英文词源 dilute dilute: see lavatory dilute (v.) 1550s, from Latin dilutus , past participle of diluere "dissolve, wash away, dilute," from dis- "apart" + -luere, comb. form of lavere "to wash" (see lave ). Related: Diluted ; diluting . As an adjective from c. 1600. 中文词源 dilute ：稀释 di-, 分开，散开，来自dis-变体。-lut, 流，注入，词源同lava, deluge. 即流散，稀
• dilly-dally 英文词源 dilly-dally (v.) 1741, probably a reduplication of dally . Related: Dilly-dallying . 中文词源 dilly-dally ：磨蹭 来自dally的韵律重复。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dilly-dally 词源， dilly-dally 含义。
• dill 英文词源 dill (n.) Old English dile "dill, anise," a Proto-Germanic word of unknown origin (cognates: Old Saxon dilli , Middle Dutch and Dutch dille , Swedish dill , German Dill ). 中文词源 dill ：莳萝 词源不详。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dill 词源， dill 含义。
• diligent 英文词源 diligent diligent: [14] The underlying meaning of diligent is ‘loving’. It comes via Old French diligent from the present participial stem of Latin dīligere ‘esteem highly, love’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dis - ‘apart’ and legere ‘choose’ (source of English elect , neglect , and select ), and so originally meant literally ‘single out’. It gr
• diligence 英文词源 diligence (n.) mid-14c., from Old French diligence "attention, care; haste, speed," from Latin diligentia "attentiveness, carefulness," from diligentem (nominative diligens ) "attentive, assiduous, careful," originally present participle of diligere "single out, value highly, esteem, prize, love; aspire to, be content with, appreciate," originally "to pick out, select," from dis- "apa
• dilettante 英文词源 dilettante (n.) 1733, borrowing of Italian dilettante "lover of music or painting," from dilettare "to delight," from Latin delectare (see delight (n.)). Originally without negative connotation, "devoted amateur," the pejorative sense emerged late 18c. by contrast with professional . 中文词源 dilettante ：浅尝辄止者 来自意大利语deletto, 愉快，高兴，词源同delig
• dilemma 英文词源 dilemma dilemma: [16] Dilemma was originally a technical term in rhetoric, denoting a form of argument in which one’s opponent is faced with a choice of two unfavourable alternatives. It comes via Latin dilemma from Greek dilēmma , a compound formed from di - ‘two’ and lēmma ‘proposition, premise’. ( Lēmma itself, which English acquired in the 16th century, came ultimatel
• dildo 英文词源 dildo (n.) 1590s, perhaps a corruption of Italian deletto "delight," from Latin dilectio , noun of action from diligere "to esteem highly, to love" (see diligence ). Or (less likely) of English diddle . "Curse Eunuke dilldo, senceless counterfet" ["Choise of Valentines or the Merie Ballad of Nash his Dildo," T. Nashe, c. 1593] A classical Latin word for one was fascinum (see fascinate
• dilatory 英文词源 dilatory dilatory: see defer dilatory (adj.) late 15c., from Late Latin dilatorius , from dilator "procrastinator," from dilatus , serving as past participle of differe "delay" (see defer ). 中文词源 dilatory ：拖延的 di-, 分开，散开，来自dis-变体。-lat, 拿，携带，词源同relate, translate.即四散的，没方向的，引申词义拖延。 该词的英语词源
• dilate 英文词源 dilate dilate: [14] Latin lātus meant ‘wide’ (it probably came from an earlier * stlātos , represented in Church Slavonic stilati ‘spread out’, and has given English latitude ). It was used with the prefix dis - ‘apart’ to form the verb dīlātāre ‘expand, extend’, which English acquired via Old French dilater . The word has two English nominal derivatives: dilatati
• dilapidated 英文词源 dilapidated (adj.) "in ruins, broken down," 1806, past participle adjective from dilapidate . 中文词源 dilapidated ：破旧的 di-, 分开，散开，来自dis-变体。-lapis, 石头，词源同lapidary, lapis lazuli. 即石头散开，引申义破败的，破旧的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dilapidated 词源， dilapidated 含义。
• diktat 英文词源 diktat (n.) 1933, from German Diktat "dictate." 中文词源 diktat ：勒令 来自德语diktat, 命令，勒令，词源同dictate. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： diktat 词源， diktat 含义。
• digs 英文词源 digs (n.) "lodgings," slang attested from 1893, from dig . 中文词源 digs ：住处 来自dig的俚语义，简陋住所。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： digs 词源， digs 含义。
• digress 英文词源 digress digress: see gradual digress (v.) 1520s, from Latin digressus , past participle of digredi "to go aside, depart" (see digression ), or perhaps a back-formation from digression . Related: Digressed ; digressing . 中文词源 digress ：偏离 di-, 分开，散开，来自dis-变体。-gress, 走，词源同grade, ingress. 即走散，偏离。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• digraph 英文词源 digraph (n.) 1788, in linguistics, from Greek di- "twice" (see di- (1)) + -graph "something written," from Greek graphe "writing," from graphein "to write, express by written characters," earlier "to draw, represent by lines drawn" (see -graphy ). In mathematics, from 1955, a contraction of directed graph . 中文词源 digraph ：双字母 di-, 二。graph, 写，字母，图像。 该
• dignity 英文词源 dignity dignity: [13] Dignity comes via Old French dignete from Latin dignitās , a derivative of dignus ‘worthy’. Also from the same source was Latin dignāre (source of English deign and its derivative disdain ) and late Latin dignificāre (source of English dignify [15]). Dignus itself probably came from an earlier unrecorded * decnus ‘suitable, fitting’, a derivative of th