英语词源

• dignitary 英文词源 dignitary (n.) 1670s; see dignity + -ary . Related: Dignitaries (plural). 中文词源 dignitary ：达官贵人 来自dignity, 高贵。引申义达官贵人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dignitary 词源， dignitary 含义。
• dignify 英文词源 dignify (v.) mid-15c., from Middle French dignifier , from Medieval Latin dignificare "make worthy," from Latin dignus (see dignity ) + -ficare , from facere "to make, do" (see factitious ). Related: Dignification ; dignified ; dignifying . 中文词源 dignify ：使尊贵 来自dignity, 高贵。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dignify 词源， dignify 含义。
• diglossia 英文词源 diglossia "A situation in which two languages (or two varieties of the same language) are used under different conditions within a community, often by the same speakers. The term is usually applied to languages with distinct ‘high’ and ‘low’ (colloquial) varieties, such as Arabic", 1950s: from Greek diglōssos 'bilingual', on the pattern of French diglossie . 中文词源 digl
• digitize 英文词源 digital (adj.) 1650s, "pertaining to fingers," from Latin digitalis , from digitus (see digit ). Meaning "using numerical digits" is from 1938, especially of computers after c. 1945; in reference to recording or broadcasting, from 1960. Related: Digitize . 中文词源 digitize ：数字化 来自digit, 数字。用于电脑名词数字化，电脑化。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• digitalis 英文词源 digitalis (n.) 1660s, Modern Latin translation of German fingerhut , the German name of "foxglove," literally "thimble." Named by Fuchs (1542), and so called for its shape. The medicine (originally extracted from the plant) is so called from 1799. 中文词源 digitalis ：洋地黄 来自digit, 因花朵形如手指而得名。俗名叫做foxglove. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• digerati 英文词源 digerati "People with expertise or professional involvement in information technology", 1990s: blend of digital and literati. 中文词源 digerati ：电脑高手 来自digital和literati的合成词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： digerati 词源， digerati 含义。
• dig 英文词源 dig dig: [13] The origins of dig are not altogether clear. It does not appear to have existed in Old English, although it has been speculated that there was an Old English verb * dīcigian , never recorded, derived from dīc ‘ditch’ (the standard Old English verbs for ‘dig’ were delfan and grafan , whence modern English delve and grave ). Another theory is that it was borrowed
• diffuse 英文词源 diffuse (v.) 1520s (transitive), 1650s (intransitive), from Latin diffusus , past participle of diffundere "to pour out or away" (see diffusion ). Related: Diffused ; diffusing . diffuse (adj.) early 15c., from Latin diffusus (see diffuse (v.)). 中文词源 diffuse ：漫射 dis-, 分开，散开。-fus, 流，涌，词源同fusion, confuse. 即光线向不同方向流出，漫射开。
• diffract 英文词源 diffract (v.) 1803, perhaps a back-formation from diffraction . Related: Diffracted ; diffracting . 中文词源 diffract ：衍射 dis-, 分开，散开。-fract, 破碎，词源同break, fraction. 即光线散开，衍射。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： diffract 词源， diffract 含义。
• diffident 英文词源 diffident (adj.) mid-15c., from Latin diffidentem (nominative diffidens ), present participle of diffidere (see diffidence ). Related: Diffidently . 中文词源 diffident ：缺乏自信的 dis-, 不，非。-fid, 相信，词源同faith, confident. 即不相信自己的，缺乏自信的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： diffident 词源， diffident 含义。
• difficult 英文词源 difficult difficult: [14] Difficult means literally ‘not easy’. It is a back-formation from difficulty [14], which was borrowed from Latin difficultās . This was a derivative of the adjective difficilis (source of French difficile ), which was a compound formed from the prefix dis - ‘not’ and facilis ‘easy’ (whence English facile [15]). = facile difficult (adj.) c. 1400,
• differentiate 英文词源 differentiate (v.) 1816, from Medieval Latin differentiatus , past participle of differentiare , from Latin differentia (see difference ). Originally a mathematical term; transitive and non-technical sense of "discriminate between" is from 1876. Earlier, difference had been used as a verb in this sense. Related: Differentiated ; differentiating ; differentiation . 中文词源 differe
• different 英文词源 different different: [14] English acquired different via Old French different from different -, the present participial stem of Latin differre , a compound verb formed from the prefix dis - ‘apart’ and ferre ‘carry’ (related to English bear ). Latin differre had two distinct strands of meaning that sprang from the original literal ‘carry apart, scatter, disperse, separate’
• differ 英文词源 differ (v.) late 14c., from Old French differer (14c.) and directly from Latin differre "to set apart, differ," from dis- "away from" (see dis- ) + ferre "carry" (see infer ). Two senses that were present in Latin have gone separate ways in English since c. 1500 with defer (transitive) and differ (intransitive). Related: Differed ; differing . 中文词源 differ ：不同 dis-, 分开，
• dietitian 英文词源 dietitian (n.) see dietician . 中文词源 dietitian ：营养学家 来自diet, 饮食。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dietitian 词源， dietitian 含义。
• diet 英文词源 diet diet: [13] Diet comes, via Old French diete and Latin diaeta , from Greek díaita ‘mode of life’. This was used by medical writers, such as Hippocrates, in the specific sense ‘prescribed mode of life’, and hence ‘prescribed regimen of food’. It has been speculated that Latin diaeta , presumably in the yet further restricted sense ‘day’s allowance of food’, came
• die-hard 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 die-hard ：顽固的，铁杆的 原为战斗口号，死战到底，来自1811年英国57步兵团际军中校William Indlis在受
• die-cast 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random lightning lightning: [14] Etymologically, lightning is simply something that illuminates, or ‘lightens’, the sky. The word is a contraction of an earlier lightening , a derivative of lighten ‘make light’. The Old English word for ‘lightning’ was lēget , which is related to light . In Middle English it became leit ,
• die 英文词源 die die: English has two distinct words die . The noun, ‘cube marked with numbers’, is now more familiar in its plural form (see DICE). The verb, ‘stop living’ [12], was probably borrowed from Old Norse deyja ‘die’. This, like English dead and death , goes back ultimately to an Indo- European base * dheu -, which some have linked with Greek thánatos ‘dead’. It may see
• didi 英文词源 didi "An older sister or older female cousin (often as a proper name or form of address)", From Hindi dīdī . 中文词源 didi ：姐姐 来自印度语，姐姐。部分由于现印度西孟加邦女部长Mamata Banerjee促进了该词的流行。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： didi 词源， didi 含义。
• didgeridoo 英文词源 didgeridoo (n.) 1924, Australian, of imitative origin. 中文词源 didgeridoo ：澳大利亚土著低音木管乐器 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： didgeridoo 词源， didgeridoo 含义。
• diddy 英文词源 diddy (1) "A fool", Late 18th century: alteration of titty.MoreThe informal word diddy meaning ‘small’ is probably a child's corruption of little . diddy (2) "Little", Probably a child's corruption of little.MoreThe informal word diddy meaning ‘small’ is probably a child's corruption of little . 中文词源 diddy ：袖珍的 来自儿语little发音。 该词的英语词源请
• diddums 英文词源 diddums "Used to express commiseration to a child or, ironically, to an adult", Late 19th century: from did 'em , i.e. 'did they?' (tease you, do that to you, etc.). 中文词源 diddums ：小可怜，小乖乖 口语，缩写自did them do something do you? 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： diddums 词源， diddums 含义。
• diddly 英文词源 diddly-squat "Anything", 1960s: probably from US slang doodle 'excrement' + squat in the sense 'defecate'. 中文词源 diddly ：根本不，一点也不 俚语，缩写自diddly-squat，diddle, 粪便，squat, 蹲下。即屎一样的，一点没用的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： diddly 词源， diddly 含义。
• diddle 英文词源 diddle diddle: [19] The current meaning of diddle , ‘to cheat or swindle’, was probably inspired by Jeremy Diddler, a character who was constantly borrowing money and neglecting to repay it in James Kenney’s play Raising the Wind (1803) (the expression raise the wind means ‘to procure the necessary money’). Diddler immediately caught on as a colloquialism for a ‘swindler’
• didactic 英文词源 didactic didactic: see doctor didactic (adj.) 1650s, from French didactique , from Greek didaktikos "apt at teaching," from didaktos "taught," past participle of didaskein "teach," from PIE root *dens- "wisdom, to teach, learn." Related: Didactically ; didacticism . 中文词源 didactic ：道德说教的 来自希腊语didaktos,教导，教学艺术。后词义贬义化。 该词的英
• dictum 英文词源 dictum (n.) 1660s, from Latin dictum "thing said (a saying, bon-mot, prophecy, etc.), an order, command," neuter of dictus , past participle of dicere "say" (see diction ). In legal use, a judge's expression of opinion which is not the formal resolution of a case. 中文词源 dictum ：格言 来自词根dict, 说话，命令，词源同dictionary. 引申义格言。 该词的英语词
• dictionary 英文词源 dictionary dictionary: [16] The term dictionary was coined in medieval Latin, probably in the 13th century, on the basis of the Latin adjective dictionārius ‘of words’, a derivative of Latin dictiō ‘saying’, or, in medieval Latin, ‘word’. English picked it up comparatively late; the first known reference to it is in The pilgrimage of perfection 1526: ‘and so Peter Berc
• diction 英文词源 diction (n.) 1540s, "a word;" 1580s, "expression of ideas in words," from Late Latin dictionem (nominative dictio ) "a saying, expression, word," noun of action from dic- , past participle stem of Latin dicere "speak, tell, say" (source of French dire "to say"), related to dicare "proclaim, dedicate," from PIE root *deik- "to point out" (cognates: Sanskrit dic- "point out, show," Gree
• dictate 英文词源 dictate (v.) 1590s, "to practice dictation, say aloud for another to write down," from Latin dictatus , past participle of dictare "say often, prescribe," frequentative of dicere "tell, say" (see diction ). Sense of "to command" is 1620s. Related: Dictated ; dictates ; dictating . dictate (n.) 1590s, from Latin dictatum "something dictated," noun use of neuter past participle of dicta
• dicotyledon 英文词源 dicotyledon "A flowering plant with an embryo that bears two cotyledons (seed leaves). Dicotyledons constitute the larger of the two great divisions of flowering plants, and typically have broad stalked leaves with net-like veins (e.g. daisies, hawthorns, oaks)", Early 18th century: from modern Latin dicotyledones (plural), from di- 'two' + cotyledon (see cotyledon ). 中文词源 dic
• dicky 英文词源 dicky (n.) "detached shirt front," 1811; "a small bird," 1851; diminutive of dick , but the applications are obscure in both cases. 中文词源 dicky ：虚弱的 来自人名Rick的俚语名，用来指可怜人，值得同情的人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dicky 词源， dicky 含义。
• dickhead 英文词源 dickhead (n.) "stupid, contemptible person," by 1969, from dick in the "penis" sense + head . 中文词源 dickhead ：笨蛋 即龟头的委婉语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dickhead 词源， dickhead 含义。
• dicker 英文词源 dicker (v.) "haggle, bargain in a petty way," 1802, American English, perhaps from dicker (n.) "a unit or package of tens," especially hides (attested from late 13c.), perhaps from Latin decuria "parcel of ten" (supposedly a unit of barter on the Roman frontier; compare German Decher "set of ten things"), from decem "ten" (see ten ) on model of centuria from centum . 中文词源 dick
• dickens 英文词源 dickens exclamation, 1590s, apparently a substitute for devil ; probably altered from Dickon , nickname for Richard and source of the surnames Dickens and Dickenson , but exact derivation and meaning are unknown. 中文词源 dickens ：究竟，到底 来自devil的委婉语或来自dick. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dickens 词源， dickens 含义。
• dichotomy 英文词源 dichotomy (n.) c. 1600, from Greek dichotomia "a cutting in half," from dicha "in two, asunder" (related to dis "twice") + temnein "to cut" (see tome ). 中文词源 dichotomy ：二分法，截然对立 dicho-, 二，来自di-的希腊语形式。-tomy, 砍，切，词源同atom, anatomy. 即切成两半的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dichotomy 词源，
• dicey 英文词源 dicey (adj.) "risky, uncertain" (as the roll of dice), 1940s, aviators' jargon, from dice (n.) + -y (2). Related: Diciness . 中文词源 dicey ：前途未卜的 来自dice, 骰子，即赌博的，前途末卜的。比较hazard, aleatory. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dicey 词源， dicey 含义。
• dice 英文词源 dice dice: [14] Dice originated, as every schoolboy knows, as the plural of die , which it has now virtually replaced in British English as the term for a ‘cube marked with numbers’. Die itself comes via Old French de from Latin datum , the past participle of the verb dare (and source also of English date ). The main meaning of dare was ‘give’, but it also had the secondary se
• dibs 英文词源 dibs (interj.) children's word to express a claim on something, 1915, originally U.S., apparently from earlier senses "a portion or share" and "money" (early 19c. colloquial), probably a contraction of dibstone "a knucklebone or jack in a children's game" (1690s), in which the first element is of unknown origin. 中文词源 dibs ：要求 儿童用语，词源不详。 该词的英语词
• diazepam 英文词源 Diazepam (n.) 1961, from (benzo)diazep(ine) + -am , apparently an arbitrary suffix. The element diazo- denotes two nitrogen atoms combined with one hydrocarbon radical. 中文词源 diazepam ：安定 来自化学药品名俗化。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： diazepam 词源， diazepam 含义。
• diatribe 英文词源 diatribe diatribe: [16] Diatribe ’s connotations of acrimoniousness and abusiveness are a relatively recent (19th-century) development. Originally in English it meant simply ‘learned discourse or disquisition’. It comes via Latin diatriba from Greek diatribé ‘that which passes, or literally wears away, the time’, and hence, in scholarly circles, ‘study’ or ‘discourse’
• diatonic 英文词源 diatonic (adj.) c. 1600, from French diatonique , from Latin diatonicus , from Greek diatonikos , from diatonos "extending; pertaining to the diatonic scale," from dia- (see dia- ) + teinein "to stretch" (see tenet ). 中文词源 diatonic ：全音阶的 dia-, 穿过，整个的。-ton, 拉伸，伸展，词源同tone, tend. 即有穿透力的声音，全音阶。 该词的英语词源
• diatomic 英文词源 diatom (n.) 1845, coined from Greek diatomos "cut in two," from diatemnein "to cut through," from dia- "through" (see dia- ) + temnein "to cut" (see tome ). So called because they typically appear to have been cut in half. Related: Diatomic . 中文词源 diatomic ：二原子的 di-, 二。atom, 原子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： diatomic 词源， diato
• diaspora 英文词源 diaspora diaspora: see sporadic diaspora (n.) 1876, from Greek diaspora "dispersion," from diaspeirein "to scatter about, disperse," from dia- "about, across" (see dia- ) + speirein "to scatter" (see sprout ). The Greek word was used in Septuagint in Deut. xxviii:25. A Hebrew word for it is galuth "exile." Related: Diasporic . 中文词源 diaspora ：大流散 dia-, 穿过，分开。
• diary 英文词源 diary diary: [16] Like its semantic cousin journal , a diary is literally a ‘daily’ record. It comes from Latin diarium , a derivative of diēs ‘day’. Originally in classical Latin the word meant ‘daily allowance of food or pay’, and only subsequently came to be applied to a ‘record of daily events’. From the 17th to the 19th century English also had an adjective diary
• diarrhea 英文词源 diarrhea (n.) late 14c., from Old French diarrie , from Late Latin diarrhoea , from Greek diarrhoia "diarrhea" (coined by Hippocrates), literally "a flowing through," from diarrhein "to flow through," from dia- "through" (see dia- ) + rhein "to flow" (see rheum ). Respelled 16c. from diarria on Latin model. 中文词源 diarrhea ：腹泻 dia-, 穿过，整个的。-rrh, 流，词源同
• diaphragm 英文词源 diaphragm diaphragm: [17] The etymological notion underlying diaphragm is of a sort of ‘fence’ or ‘partition’ within the body. It comes via late Latin diaphragma from Greek diáphragma . This in turn was a derivative of diaphrássein ‘divide off, barricade’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix dia - and phrássein ‘fence in, enclose’. Originally in Greek d
• diaphanous 英文词源 diaphanous diaphanous: [17] Semantically, diaphanous is the ancestor of modern English see-through . It comes, via medieval Latin diaphanus , from Greek diaphanés , a compound adjective formed from dia - ‘through’ and the verb phaínein ‘show’. Originally in English it meant simply ‘transparent’, without its present-day connotations of delicacy: ‘Aristotle called light
• diamorphine 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random eradicate eradicate: [16] Semantically, eradicate is an analogous formation to uproot . It comes from the past participle of Latin ērādicāre ‘pull out by the roots’, a compound verb formed from the prefix ex - ‘out’ and rādix ‘root’ (source of English radical and radish and related to English root ). In the 16th
• diamond jubilee 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random coconut coconut: [17] Despite its tropical origins, the coconut has a European name. The base of the coconut’s shell, with its three small holes, apparently reminded early Spanish and Portuguese explorers of a human face, so they called it coco ; this was the Portuguese word for a grinning or grimacing face, as of a scarecrow.
• diamond in the rough 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random taxi taxi: [20] Taxi is short for taximeter cab , a term coined around 1890 for a cab fitted with a taximeter, a device for showing the fare to be paid. Taximeter [19] was borrowed from French taximètre , a compound noun formed from taxe ‘charge, tariff’ (a relative of English tax ) and mètre ‘meter’. = tax 中文词源
• diametrical 英文词源 diametrical "(Of opposites) complete; absolute", Mid 16th century (in sense 2): from Greek diametrikos (from diametros 'measuring across': see diameter) + -al. 中文词源 diametrical ：截然相反的 来自diameter, 直径，两边，比喻义截然相反的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： diametrical 词源， diametrical 含义。
• diameter 英文词源 diameter (n.) late 14c., from Old French diametre , from Latin diametrus , from Greek diametros (gramme) "diagonal of a circle," from dia- "across, through" (see dia- ) + metron "a measure" (see meter (n.2)). 中文词源 diameter ：直径 dia-, 穿过。-meter, 测量。用于数学名词直径。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： diameter 词源， diameter 含义
• diamantine 英文词源 diamantine "Made from or reminiscent of diamonds", Mid 16th century (in the sense 'hard as diamond'): from French diamantin , from diamant 'diamond'. 中文词源 diamantine ：像钻石的 来自法语，词源同diamond, 钻石，宝石。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： diamantine 词源， diamantine 含义。
• diamante 英文词源 diamante (adj.) 1904, from French diamanté , past participle of diamanter "to set with diamonds," from Old French diamant (see diamond ). 中文词源 diamante ：珠光的 来自法语，词源同diamond, 钻石，宝石。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： diamante 词源， diamante 含义。
• dialysis 英文词源 dialysis dialysis: [16] As in the case of its close relative analysis , the underlying etymological notion contained in dialysis is of undoing or loosening, so that the component parts are separated. The word comes ultimately from Greek diálusis , a derivative of dialúein ‘tear apart’; this was a compound verb formed from the prefix dia - ‘apart’ and lúein ‘loosen, free’
• dialogue 英文词源 dialogue (n.) early 13c., "literary work consisting of a conversation between two or more persons," from Old French dialoge , from Latin dialogus , from Greek dialogos "conversation, dialogue," related to dialogesthai "converse," from dia- "across" (see dia- ) + legein "speak" (see lecture (n.)). Sense broadened to "a conversation" c. 1400. Mistaken belief that it can only mean "conve
• dialectic 英文词源 dialectic (n.) 1580s, earlier dialatik (late 14c.), from Old French dialectique (12c.), from Latin dialectica , from Greek dialektike (techne) "(art of) philosophical discussion or discourse," fem. of dialektikos "of conversation, discourse," from dialektos "discourse, conversation" (see dialect ). Originally synonymous with logic ; in modern philosophy refined by Kant, then by Hegel,
• dialect 英文词源 dialect dialect: [16] The notion underlying dialect and its relatives dialectic [14] and dialogue [13] is of ‘conversation’. They come ultimately from Greek dialégesthai ‘converse’, a compound verb formed from the prefix dia - ‘with each other’ and légein ‘speak’ (source of English lecture and a wide range of related words). This formed the basis of two derived nouns
• dial 英文词源 dial dial: [15] The original application of the word dial in English is ‘sundial’. The evidence for its prehistory is patchy, but it is generally presumed to have come from medieval Latin diālis ‘daily’, a derivative of Latin diēs ‘day’, the underlying notion being that it records the passage of a 24- hour period. dial (n.) early 15c., "sundial," earlier "dial of a compa
• diagram 英文词源 diagram (n.) 1610s, from French diagramme , from Latin diagramma , from Greek diagramma "geometric figure, that which is marked out by lines," from diagraphein "mark out by lines, delineate," from dia- "across, out" (see dia- ) + graphein "write, mark, draw" (see -graphy ). The verb is 1840, from the noun. 中文词源 diagram ：图表 dia-, 穿过，整个的。-gram, 写，记录，词
• diagonal 英文词源 diagonal diagonal: [16] Diagonal is commonly used simply as a synonym for oblique , but in strict mathematical terms it denotes a line joining two non-adjacent angles of a polygon. This reveals far more clearly its origins. It comes from diagōnālis , a Latin adjective derived from Greek diagónios . This was a compound formed from the prefix dia - ‘across’ and gōníā ‘angle’
• diagnose 英文词源 diagnose (v.) 1861, back-formation from diagnosis . Related: Diagnosed ; diagnosing . 中文词源 diagnose ：诊断 dia-, 穿过，整个的。-gn, 知道，词源同know, cognizance. 用于医学名词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： diagnose 词源， diagnose 含义。 diagnose ：诊断；分析 词根词缀： dia-分离,分开 + -gnos-知道 + -e
• diaeresis 英文词源 diaeresis diaeresis: see heresy 中文词源 diaeresis ：分音符 来自希腊语diairesis, 分开，dia-, 穿过，分开，hairein, 拿，抓住，词源同heresy. 语音分音符，例如 co?perate, 其两个元音OO音须单独发音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： diaeresis 词源， diaeresis 含义。
• diadem 英文词源 diadem diadem: [13] A diadem was originally something that was bound round someone’s head. The word comes, via Old French diademe and Latin diadēma , from Greek diádēma ; this was a derivative of diadein , a compound verb formed from the prefix dia - ‘across’ and dein ‘bind’. In Greek it was often applied specifically to the regal headband worn by Alexander the Great and
• diacritic 英文词源 diacritic (adj.) 1690s, of sounds, from Greek diakritikos "that separates or distinguishes," from diakrinein "to separate one from another," from dia- (see dia- ) + krinein "to separate, decide, judge" (see crisis ). As a noun, from 1866. Related: Diacritical . 中文词源 diacritic ：变音符 dia-, 穿过，分开。-crit, 分开，词源同crisis, critic. 表示变音的符号，如
• diabolical 英文词源 diabolical diabolical: see devil diabolical (adj.) c. 1500, "pertaining to the devil," from diabolic + -al (1). Meaning "befitting the devil" is from 1540s. Related: Diabolically . 中文词源 diabolical ：糟糕透顶的 来自拉丁语diabolus, 穿过，诽谤，攻击，词源同devil. 即魔鬼般的，糟糕透顶的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dia
• diabetes 英文词源 diabetes diabetes: [16] Diabetes means literally ‘passing through’; it was originally so named in Greek because one of the symptoms of the disease is excessive discharge of urine. Greek diabétēs was a derivative of diabaínein ‘pass through’, a compound verb formed from the prefix dia - ‘through’ and baínein ‘go’ (a relative of English basis and come ). English acqu
• dhow 英文词源 dhow (n.) 1799, original language unknown, "single-masted native vessel used on Arabian Sea," later widely applied to all Arab vessels. Klein suggests a relation to Persian dav "running." 中文词源 dhow ：阿拉伯三解帆船 来自阿拉伯语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dhow 词源， dhow 含义。
• dhoti 英文词源 dhoti 1620s, from Hindi dhoti . 中文词源 dhoti ：印度男子的多蒂腰布 来自印度语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dhoti 词源， dhoti 含义。
• dharma 英文词源 dharma (n.) 1796, in secular sense, "caste custom, right behavior;" in Buddhism and Hinduism, "moral law," from Sanskrit, "law, right, justice," related to dharayati "holds," and cognate with Latin firmus , all from PIE root *dher- (2) "to hold firmly, support" (see firm (adj.)). 中文词源 dharma ：法，达摩（影响整个宇宙的真理或规则） 来自梵语，来自PIE*dhe
• dhal 英文词源 husting husting: [11] In the late Old English period, a husting was a sort of deliberative assembly or council summoned by the king. The word was borrowed from Old Norse hústhing , literally ‘house assembly’, which denoted a council consisting of members of the king’s immediate household, rather than a general assembly ( thing , which is the same word as modern English thing ,
• dextrose 英文词源 dextrose (n.) 1867, shortened from dextro-glucose , from dextro- "right" + -ose (2), chemical suffix indicating a sugar. So called because this form of glucose polarizes light to the right in spectroscopy. 中文词源 dextrose ：右旋糖 dextr-,右。-ose, 化学名词后缀，糖，词源同glucose. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dextrose 词源， dextrose
• dexterity 英文词源 dexterity (n.) 1520s, from Middle French dexterité (16c.), from Latin dexteritatem (nominative dexteritas ) "readiness, skillfulness, prosperity," from dexter "skillful," also "right (hand)" (source of Old French destre , Spanish diestro , etc.), from PIE root *deks- "on the right hand," hence "south" to one facing east (cognates: Sanskrit daksinah "on the right hand, southern, skill
• dew 英文词源 dew dew: [OE] Dew is an ancient word, which can be traced back to the Indo-European base * dheu -; this also produced Greek thein ‘run’ and Sanskrit dhāv ‘flow, wash’ (whence, via Hindi, English dhobi ‘Indian washerman’ [19]) and dhaūtís ‘brook’. Its Germanic descendant was * dauwaz , which produced (besides English dew ) German tau , Dutch dauw , and Swedish dagg .
• devout 英文词源 devout devout: [13] Essentially, devout and devote [16] are the same word; they come from an identical source, but reached English along different routes. That source is dēvōtus , the past participle of Latin dēvovēre , which was a compound formed from the intensive prefix dē - and vovēre ‘promise’ (source of English vote and vow ). This entered English originally via Old Fr
• devour 英文词源 devour (v.) early 14c., from Old French devorer (12c.) "devour, swallow up, engulf," from Latin devorare "swallow down, accept eagerly," from de- "down" (see de- ) + vorare "to swallow" (see voracity ). Related: Devoured ; devouring . 中文词源 devour ：狼吞虎咽 de-, 强调，整个的。-vour, 吃，词源同herbivore, voracity. 即整个吃下去，狼吞虎咽。 该词的英
• devotion 英文词源 devotion (n.) early 13c., from Old French devocion "devotion, piety," from Latin devotionem (nominative devotio ), noun of action from past participle stem of devovere "dedicate by a vow, sacrifice oneself, promise solemnly," from de- "down, away" (see de- ) + vovere "to vow," from votum "vow" (see vow (n.)). In ancient Latin, "act of consecrating by a vow," also "loyalty, fealty, all
• devote 英文词源 devote (v.) 1580s, from Latin devotus , past participle of devovere (see devotion ). Second and third meanings in Johnson's Dictionary (1755) are "to addict, to give up to ill" and "to curse, to execrate; to doom to destruction." Related: Devoted ; devoting . 中文词源 devote ：虔诚 de-, 强调，整个的。-vot, 说，发愿，词源同vow, vote,voice. 引申义发下宏愿的，
• devolve 英文词源 devolve (v.) early 15c., "to roll down," from Latin devolvere "to roll down," from de- (see de- ) + volvere "to roll" (see volvox ). Figurative sense of "to cause to pass down" is from 1520s. Related: Devolved ; devolving . Also in same sense was devolute (1530s), from Latin devolutus , past participle of devolvere . 中文词源 devolve ：转交 de-, 向下。-volv, 转，词源同e
• devoid 英文词源 devoid (adj.) c. 1400, shortening of devoided , past participle of obsolete verb devoiden "to remove, void, vacate" (c. 1300), from Old French desvuidier (12c., Modern French dévider ) "to empty out, flush game from, unwind, let loose (an arrow)," from des- "out, away" + voider "to empty," from voide "empty" (see void (adj.)). 中文词源 devoid ：缺乏 de-, 强调，完全的。v
• devoice 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random ton ton: [14] Ton originated as a variant of tun ‘barrel’ [OE]. At first it was used for a unit of capacity, equal to the space occupied by a tun of wine, but by the end of the 15th century we find it being applied to a unit of weight. Tun itself was acquired from medieval Latin tunna , which was probably of Gaulish origin.
• devise 英文词源 devise (v.) early 13c., "to form, fashion;" c. 1300, "to plan, contrive," from Old French deviser "dispose in portions, arrange, plan, contrive" (in modern French, "to chat, gossip"), from Vulgar Latin *divisare , frequentative of Latin dividere "to divide" (see divide ). Modern sense is from "to arrange a division" (especially via a will), a meaning present in the Old French word. Re
• devilment 英文词源 devilment (n.) 1771; see devil + -ment . 中文词源 devilment ：恶作剧 来自devil, 魔鬼。俚语，捣蛋鬼，恶做剧。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： devilment 词源， devilment 含义。
• deviled 英文词源 bedevil (v.) 1768, "to treat diabolically, abuse," from be- + verbal use of devil (q.v.). Meaning "to mischievously confuse" is from 1755; that of "to drive frantic" is from 1823. Related: Bedeviled (1570s, in a literal sense, "possessed"); bedeviling . 中文词源 deviled ：用辣味浓汤炖的 来自devil, 魔鬼。俚语，极辣的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• devilishly 英文词源 devilish (adj.) mid-15c.; see devil + -ish . Related: Devilishly ; devilishness . 中文词源 devilishly ：非常，极其的 来自devil, 魔鬼。词义演变比较damnedest, fucking good. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： devilishly 词源， devilishly 含义。
• device 英文词源 device device: [13] A device is something which has been devised – which, etymologically speaking, amounts to ‘something which has been divided’. For ultimately devise and divide come from the same source. The noun device comes in the first instance from Old French devis ‘division, contrivance’ and latterly (in the 15th century) from Old French devise ‘plan’, both of whi
• deviant 英文词源 deviant (adj.) c. 1400, from Late Latin deviantem (nominative devians ), present participle of deviare "turn aside," from Latin phrase de via , from de "off" (see de- ) + via "way" (see via ). The noun meaning "one that deviates" is from late 15c.; in the sexual sense, from 1952; also deviate (n.), recorded since 1912. 中文词源 deviant ：偏离的 de-, 向下，离开。-vi, 路，
• developed 英文词源 underdeveloped (adj.) 1892, in photography, from under + past participle of develop (v.). In reference to countries or regions, recorded from 1949. undeveloped (adj.) 1736, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of develop (v.). In reference to film, it is attested from 1939. 中文词源 developed ：发达的 来自develop,发展。-ed, 过去分词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问
• developing 英文词源 advice advice: [13] Like modern French avis , advice originally meant ‘opinion’, literally ‘what seems to one to be the case’. In Latin, ‘seem’ was usually expressed by the passive of the verb vidēre ‘see’; thus, vīsum est , ‘it seems’ (literally ‘it is seen’). With the addition of the dative first person pronoun, one could express the notion of opinion: mihi