英语词源

• derailleur 英文词源 derailleur (n.) type of bicycle gear mechanism, 1930, from French dérailleur (1927), from dérailler "to go off the rails" (see derail ). 中文词源 derailleur ：变速器 来自derail, 脱轨。用于指自行车换挡装置。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： derailleur 词源， derailleur 含义。
• derail 英文词源 derail (v.) 1850, in both transitive and intransitive senses, from French dérailler "to go off the rails," from de- (see de- ) + railler (see rail (n.1)). In general use first in U.S. Related: Derailed ; derailing . 中文词源 derail ：脱轨 de-, 向下，脱离。rail, 轨道。即脱轨。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： derail 词源， derail 含义。
• deracinate 英文词源 deracinate (n.) 1590s, "to pluck up by the roots," from French déraciner , from Old French desraciner "uproot, dig out, pull up by the roots," from des- (see dis- ) + racine "root," from Late Latin radicina , diminutive of Latin radix (see radish ). Related: Deracinated . 中文词源 deracinate ：使背井离乡 de-, 损毁，压去。-rac, 根，来自radicina, 词源同root. 即损
• deputy 英文词源 deputy deputy: [16] A deputy is literally ‘someone who has been deputed to act on someone else’s behalf’. It represents a reformulation of the Middle English noun depute . This was borrowed from the past participle of Old French deputer (source of the English verb depute [15] and hence of deputation [16]), which in turn came from late Latin dēputāre ‘assign, allot’. In cla
• depute 英文词源 depute (v.) mid-14c., "to appoint, assign," from Middle French deputer , from Late Latin deputare "destine, allot" (see deputy ). Related: Deputed ; deputing . 中文词源 depute ：授权，代理 de-, 向下，强调。-put, 思考，词源时同compute, impute. 即经过仔细思考的授权。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： depute 词源， depute 含义。
• depth 英文词源 depth depth: [14] Depth is not as old as it looks. Similar nouns, such as length and strength , existed in Old English, but depth , like breadth , is a much later creation. In Old English the nouns denoting ‘quality of being deep’ were dīepe and dēopnes ‘deepness’. = deep depth (n.) late 14c., apparently formed in Middle English on model of length , breadth ; from Old Englis
• deprive 英文词源 deprive deprive: see private deprive (v.) mid-14c., from Old French depriver , from Medieval Latin deprivare , from Latin de- "entirely" (see de- ) + privare "release from" (see private ). Replaced Old English bedælan . Related: Deprived ; depriving . 中文词源 deprive ：剥夺 de-, 夺去，损毁。-priv, 自己的，私人的，词源同private, property. 该词的英语词源请
• depressant 英文词源 depressant (n.) "sedative," 1876 as a noun, 1887 as an adjective; see depress + -ant . 中文词源 depressant ：抑制剂 来自depress, 向下压，抑制。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： depressant 词源， depressant 含义。
• depress 英文词源 depress depress: see press depress (v.) early 14c., "put down by force," from Old French depresser , from Late Latin depressare , frequentative of Latin deprimere "press down," from de- "down" (see de- ) + premere "to press" (see press (v.1)). Meaning "push down physically" is from early 15c.; that of "deject, make gloomy" is from 1620s; economic sense of "lower in value" is from 1878
• depredation 英文词源 depredation depredation: see prey depredation (n.) late 15c., from Middle French déprédation , from Late Latin depraedationem (nominative depraedatio ) "a plundering," from past participle stem of Latin depraedari "to pillage," from de- "thoroughly" (see de- ) + praedari "to plunder," literally "to make prey of," from praeda "prey" (see prey (n.)). 中文词源 depredation ：掠夺
• depreciate 英文词源 depreciate depreciate: see price depreciate (v.) mid-15c., from Latin depretiatus , past participle of depretiare "to lower the price of, undervalue," from de- "down" (see de- ) + pretium "price" (see price (n.)). Related: Depreciated ; depreciating ; depreciatory . 中文词源 depreciate ：贬值 de-, 向下。-prec, 价格，价值，词源同price. 即贬值。 该词的英语词源
• deprecate 英文词源 deprecate deprecate: see pray deprecate (v.) 1620s, "to pray against or for deliverance from," from Latin deprecatus , past participle of deprecari "to pray (something) away" (see deprecation ). Meaning "to express disapproval" is from 1640s. Related: Deprecated , deprecating . 中文词源 deprecate ：强烈反对 de-, 向下，强调。-prec, 祈祷，词源同precatory, imprecate,
• deprave 英文词源 deprave (v.) late 14c., "corrupt, lead astray, pervert," from Old French depraver (14c.) or directly from Latin depravare "distort, disfigure;" figuratively "to pervert, seduce, corrupt," from de- "completely" (see de- ) + pravus "crooked." Related: Depraved ; depraving . 中文词源 deprave ：堕落 de-, 向下，离开。-prav, 弯的，扭曲的，词源可能同crook,curve, 字母
• depot 英文词源 depot depot: [18] A depot is literally a ‘place where something is deposited’, a ‘depository’. The word comes, via French dépôt , from Latin dēpositum (source of English deposit [17]), the past participle of dēpōnere ‘put down’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dē - ‘down’ and pōnere ‘put, place’ (source of English position ), and also produce
• deposition 英文词源 deposition (n.) late 14c., "dethronement, putting down from dignity or authority," from Old French deposicion (12c.), from Latin depositionem (nominative depositio ), noun of action from past participle stem of deponere (see deposit (v.)). Meaning "statements made in court under oath" is from early 15c. Meaning "action of depositing" is from 1590s. Properly, deposition belongs to depo
• deposit 英文词源 deposit (v.) 1620s, from Latin depositus , past participle of deponere "lay aside, put down, deposit," also used of births and bets, from de- "away" (see de- ) + ponere "to put, place" (past participle positus ; see position (n.)). Related: Deposited ; depositing . deposit (n.) 1620s, from Latin depositum , from deponere (see deposit (v.)). Geological sense is from 1781; monetary sens
• depose 英文词源 depose (v.) c. 1300, from Old French deposer (12c.), from de- "down" (see de- ) + poser "put, place" (see pose (v.1)). Related: Deposed ; deposing . 中文词源 depose ：罢免 de-, 向下，离开。pose, 放置。即下放，罢免。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： depose 词源， depose 含义。 depose ：免职 词根词缀： de-下降 + -pos-放置 +
• deportment 英文词源 deportment (n.) c. 1600, from Middle French déportement , from déporter "to behave," from Old French deporter (see deport (v.1)). 中文词源 deportment ：举止，风度 de-, 向下，强调。-port, 携带，承担，词源同comport, porter. 引申词义举止，风度。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： deportment 词源， deportment 含义。 deportment
• deport 英文词源 deport deport: see port deport (v.1) late 15c., "to behave," from Old French deporter "behave, deport (oneself)" (12c.), also with a wide range of meanings in Old French, such as "be patient; take one's (sexual) pleasure with; amuse, entertain; remain, delay, tarry; cheer, console, treat kindly; put aside, cast off, send away," from de- "from, off" (see de- ) + porter "to carry," from
• depopulate 英文词源 depopulate (v.) 1540s; see de- + populate . Perhaps from Latin depopulatus , past participle of depopulari "to lay waste, ravage." Related: Depopulated ; depopulating . Earlier in same sense was dispeplen (early 15c.). 中文词源 depopulate ：使人口减少 de-, 不，非，使相反。populate, 人口聚居。即使人口减少。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• deploy 英文词源 deploy deploy: see display deploy (v.) 1786 as a military word, from French déployer "unroll, unfold," from Old French desploiier "unfold," from Latin displicare "unfold, scatter," from dis- (see dis- ) + plicare "to fold" see ply (v.1)). "In its AFr. form regularly adopted in ME as desplay " [OED]. Related: Deployed ; deploying . 中文词源 deploy ：部署 de-, 不，非，使相反
• deplore 英文词源 deplore deplore: see explore deplore (v.) 1550s, "to give up as hopeless," from French déplorer (13c.), from Latin deplorare "deplore, bewail, lament, give up for lost," from de- "entirely" (see de- ) + plorare "weep, cry out," which is of unknown origin. Meaning "to regret deeply" is from 1560s. Related: Deplored ; deploring . 中文词源 deplore ：严厉谴责 de-, 向下，强调。
• deplete 英文词源 deplete deplete: see full deplete (v.) 1807, back-formation from depletion . Related: Depleted ; depleting . 中文词源 deplete ：耗尽 de-, 不，非，使相反。-ple, 满的，词源同full, complete. 即把满的倒空，耗尽。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： deplete 词源， deplete 含义。
• deplane 英文词源 deplane (v.) 1923; see de- + plane (n.2). 中文词源 deplane ：下飞机 de-, 向下，离开。plane, 飞机。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： deplane 词源， deplane 含义。
• depilatory 英文词源 depilatory depilatory: see pile depilatory (adj.) c. 1600, from French dépilatorie (adj.), from Latin depilatus "having one's hair plucked," from de- "completely" (see de- ) + pilatus , past participle of pilare "deprive of hair," from pilus "hair" (see pile (n.3)). Earlier in same sense was Depilative . As a noun from c. 1600, from French dépilatorie (n.). 中文词源 depilatory ：
• depict 英文词源 depict depict: see picture depict (v.) early 15c., from Latin depictus , past participle of depingere "to portray, paint, sketch; describe, imagine," from de- "down" (see de- ) + pingere "to paint" (see paint (v.)). Related: Depicted ; depicting . 中文词源 depict ：描绘 de-, 向下。-pict, 画，词源同paint, picture. 即画，描绘。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• depersonalize 英文词源 depersonalization (n.) 1907; see de- + personalization . Related: Depersonalize ; depersonalized . 中文词源 depersonalize ：使不含个人感情 de-, 不，非，使相反。personalize, 感情化。即使不含个人感情。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： depersonalize 词源， depersonalize 含义。
• dependence 英文词源 dependence (n.) early 15c., from Middle French dépendance , from dependre (see depend ). Originally also dependance (the earlier form), depending whether the writer had French or Latin foremost in mind; the Latin form gradually predominated and after c. 1800 dependance is rare. As an adjective from c. 1600. 中文词源 dependence ：依赖，依靠 来自depend,依赖，依靠。 该词
• depend 英文词源 depend depend: [15] To depend on something is literally to ‘hang down’ from it. The word comes, via Old French dependre , from Latin dēpendēre , a compound verb formed from the prefix dē - ‘down’ and pendēre ‘hang’ (source of English pendant , pendulum , penthouse , and a host of derivatives from appendix to suspend ). Its original literal sense survives in English, ju
• department 英文词源 department department: [15] English has borrowed department from French département on two completely separate occasions. Originally, in late Middle English, it was used for ‘departure’, but this died out in the mid-17th century. Then in the 18th century it was re-acquired in the different sense ‘distinct division’; Dr Johnson, in his Dictionary 1755, dismisses it as a French
• depart 英文词源 depart depart: [13] Depart originally meant ‘divide’. This was the sense of its ultimate Latin ancestor dispertīre , literally ‘separate up into constituent parts’, a compound verb formed from the prefix dis -, denoting separation, and partīre ‘divide, distribute’, a derivative of the noun pars ‘part’. It passed into English via Vulgar Latin * dēpartīre and Old Fre
• deodorant 英文词源 deodorant (n.) 1848, originally of substances to quell the odor of manure, formed in English as if from de- + Latin odorem "smell" (see odor (n.)). In reference to a substance to be used on the human body, from 1860. An earlier version, a perfumed powder, was called empasm (1650s), from Greek *empasma "to sprinkle on." 中文词源 deodorant ：除臭剂 de-, 向下，除去。odor, 气
• deny 英文词源 deny deny: see renegade deny (v.) early 14c., from Old French denoiir "deny, repudiate, withhold," from Latin denegare "to deny, reject, refuse" (source of Italian dinegarre , Spanish denegar ), from de- "away" (see de- ) + negare "refuse, say 'no,' " from Old Latin nec "not," from Italic base *nek- "not," from PIE root *ne- "no, not" (see un- ). Related: Denied ; denying . 中文词源
• Denver boot 英文词源 Denver city in Colorado, U.S., founded 1858 as Auraria ("golden"), renamed 1859 for Gen. James W. Denver (1817-1892), governor of the territory. The family name is from the place of that name in Norfolk, literally "ford or passage used by the Danes," from Old English Dena (genitive plural) + fær . The Denver boot or shoe as the name for a wheel clamp for illegally parked vehicles, su
• denunciation 英文词源 denunciation (n.) early 15c., "act of declaring or stating something," from Latin denuntiationem (nominative denuntiatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of denuntiare (see denounce ). Meaning "a charge" is mid-15c. 中文词源 denunciation ：严厉谴责 来自denounce, 谴责。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： denunciation 词源， denunciation 含
• denude 英文词源 denude (v.) early 15c. (implied in denuded ), from Middle French dénuder , from Latin denudare "to lay bare, strip; uncover, expose," from de- "away" (see de- ) + nudare "to strip," from nudus "naked, bare" (see naked ). Related: Denuding . 中文词源 denude ：使裸露 de-, 向下，离开。nude, 裸体的。即使裸体，裸露。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• dentures 英文词源 denture (n.) 1874, from French denture "set of teeth," from Latin dens (genitive dentis , "tooth;" see tooth ) + -ure (see -ure ). In Middle English, the word meant "an indenture; a zigzag course" (c. 1400). Related: Dentures . 中文词源 dentures ：假牙 来自词根dent, 牙齿。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dentures 词源， dentures 含义。
• dentist 英文词源 dentist dentist: [18] Dentist was borrowed from French dentiste , and at first was ridiculed as a highfalutin foreign term: ‘ Dentist figures it now in our newspapers, and may do well enough for a French puffer; but we fancy Rutter is content with being called a tooth-drawer ’, Edinburgh Chronicle 15 September 1759. It was a derivative of French dent ‘tooth’, which goes back v
• dentin 英文词源 dentin (n.) also dentine , the hard substance in teeth, 1836, from comb. form of Latin dens (genitive dentis ) "tooth" (see tooth ) + chemical suffix -in (2). 中文词源 dentin ：牙质 来自词根dent, 牙齿。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dentin 词源， dentin 含义。
• dental 英文词源 dental (adj.) 1590s, from Middle French dental "of teeth" or Medieval Latin dentalis , from Latin dens (genitive dentis ) "tooth," from PIE root *dent- (see tooth ). 中文词源 dental ：牙齿的 来自PIE*dent, 牙齿，来自PIE*ed的现在分词，词源同edible, tooth. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dental 词源， dental 含义。 dental ：牙齿的，
• dent 英文词源 dent dent: see dint dent (n.) early 14c., "a strike or blow," dialectal variant of Middle English dint (q.v.); sense of "indentation" first recorded 1560s, apparently influenced by indent . dent (v.) late 14c., from dent (n.). Related: Dented ; denting . 中文词源 dent ：凹痕 来自dint的拼写变体，敲打，拟声词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• dense 英文词源 dense (adj.) early 15c., from Middle French dense and directly from Latin densus "thick, crowded; cloudy," perhaps from PIE root *dens- "dense, thick" (cognates: Greek dasus "hairy, shaggy"). Sense of "stupid" is first recorded 1822. 中文词源 dense ：密集的 来自PIE*dens, 厚的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dense 词源， dense 含义。 dense ：稠
• denounce 英文词源 denounce denounce: see pronounce denounce (v.) early 14c., "announce," from Old French denoncier (12c., Modern French dénoncer ), from Latin denuntiare "to announce, proclaim; denounce, menace; command, order," from de- "down" + nuntiare "proclaim, announce," from nuntius "messenger" (see nuncio ). Negative sense in English via meaning "to declare or proclaim" something as cursed, ex
• denouement 英文词源 denouement denouement: [18] A denouement is literally an ‘untying of a knot’. It was borrowed from French (its first recorded use in English is by Lord Chesterfield in one of his famous letters to his son (1752)), where it was a derivative of dénouer ‘undo’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dé - ‘un-’ and nouer ‘tie’, which came ultimately from Latin nō
• denote 英文词源 denote (v.) 1590s, from Middle French dénoter (14c.), from Latin denotare "denote, mark out," from de- "completely" (see de- ) + notare "to mark" (see note (v.)). Related: Denoted ; denoting . 中文词源 denote ：预示 de-, 向下，强调。note, 记号。即做上记号，预示。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： denote 词源， denote 含义。 denote ：
• denominator 英文词源 denominator (n.) 1540s, in mathematics, from Medieval Latin denominator , agent noun from past participle stem of denominare (see denomination ). 中文词源 denominator ：分母 de-, 向下，强调。-nom, 命名，词源同name. 即命名，同名，用于数学术语分母。参照numerator. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： denominator 词源， denominator
• denomination 英文词源 denomination (n.) late 14c., "a naming, act of giving a name to," from Old French denominacion "nominating, naming," from Latin denominationem (nominative denominatio ) "a calling by anything other than the proper name, metonymy," from denominare "to name," from de- "completely" (see de- ) + nominare "to name" (see nominate ). Meaning "a class" is from mid-15c. Monetary sense is 1650s
• denominate 英文词源 denominate (v.) 1550s, from Latin denominatus , past participle of denominare "to name" (see denomination ). Related: Denominated ; denominating . 中文词源 denominate ：命名 de-, 向下，强调。-nom, 命名，词源同name. 即命名，取名字。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： denominate 词源， denominate 含义。 denominate ：为...命名，把
• denizen 英文词源 denizen denizen: [15] Etymologically, denizen means ‘someone who is inside’, and it is related to French dans ‘in’. It comes from Anglo-Norman deinzein , a derivative of Old French deinz ‘inside’. This had grown out of the Latin phrase dē intus , literally ‘from inside’. Hence denizen ’s original meaning of someone who lives ‘in’ a country, as opposed to a forei
• denim 英文词源 denim denim: [17] The name of the fabric from which jeans are made had its origins in a sort of serge produced in the southern French town of Nîmes. The French naturally enough called it serge de Nîmes , but the original meaning of this soon became lost when English borrowed it as serge de Nim , and the last two words came to be run together as denim . denim (n.) 1690s, from French
• denigrate 英文词源 denigrate denigrate: [16] To denigrate people is literally to ‘blacken’ them. The word comes from Latin dēnigrāre ‘blacken’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix dē - and niger ‘black’. This adjective, which is of unknown origin, also produced French noir ‘black’ and Italian nero ‘black’, and is the source (via Spanish negro ) of English negro [16] a
• denier 英文词源 denier (n.) French coin, early 15c., from Old French dener , a small coin of slight value, roughly equivalent to the English penny, in use in France from the time of Charlemagne to early modern times, from Latin denarium , from denarius , name of a Roman coin (source also of Spanish dinero ; see denarius ). 中文词源 denier ：旦，旦尼尔（测量尼龙线，丝线等的纤度单
• dengue 英文词源 dengue (n.) 1828, from West Indian Spanish dengue , from an African source, perhaps Swahili dinga "seizure, cramp," form influenced by Spanish dengue "prudery" (perhaps because sufferers walk stiffly and erect due to painful joints). The disease is African, introduced to the West Indies 1827. 中文词源 dengue ：登革热 来自非洲土著语，一种由蚊子传染的疾病，秋季
• dendrite 英文词源 dendrite (n.) mid-18c., from Greek dendrites "of or pertaining to a tree," from dendron "tree" (see dendro- ). The mineral so called for its markings. 中文词源 dendrite ：树突（神经元末端的树枝状突起） 词源同tree. 前面den-为dr的韵律重复。用于神经学名词树突。拼写比较gangrene. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： dendrite 词
• denationalize 英文词源 denationalize (v.) 1807, "to deprive of nationality," from French dénationaliser (said in contemporary English publications to have been coined by Napoleon Buonaparte; denapoleonize was coined shortly thereafter); see de- + nationalize . Meaning "to transfer from national to private ownership" recorded from 1921. Related: Denationalized ; denationalization . 中文词源 denationaliz
• den 英文词源 den den: [OE] Related forms such as German tenne ‘threshing floor’ and possibly Greek thenar ‘palm of the hand’ suggest that the underlying meaning of den may be ‘flat area’. Old English denn denoted ‘wild animal’s lair’, perhaps with reference to animals’ flattening an area of vegetation to form a sleeping place. Dean [OE], a word for ‘valley’ now surviving on
• demystify 英文词源 demystify (v.) 1963; see de- + mystify . Related: Demystified ; demystifying . 中文词源 demystify ：去神秘化 de-, 不，非，使相反。mystify, 神秘的。即使不再神秘。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： demystify 词源， demystify 含义。
• demure 英文词源 demure demure: [14] Etymologically, someone who is demure is quiet and settled, not agitated. The word comes from demore , the past participle of Old French demorer ‘stay’ (source of English demur ), and so semantically is a parallel formation to staid . One of its earliest recorded uses in English was actually to describe the sea as ‘calm’, and it was not until the late 17th
• demur 英文词源 demur demur: [13] Like its French cousin demeurer , demur originally meant ‘stay, linger’. It was not until the 17th century that the current sense, ‘raise objections’, developed, via earlier ‘delay’ and ‘hesitate in uncertainty’. The word comes via Old French demorer and Vulgar Latin * dēmorāre from Latin dēmorārī , a compound verb formed from the intensive prefi
• demotivate 英文词源 demotivate (v.) 1976; see de- + motivate . Related: Demotivated ; demotivating . 中文词源 demotivate ：使消极 de-, 向下。motivate, 鼓舞，刺激。即打击，使消极。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： demotivate 词源， demotivate 含义。
• demotic 英文词源 demotic (adj.) 1822, from Greek demotikos "of or for the common people, in common use," from demos "common people," originally "district," from PIE *da-mo- "division," from root *da- "to divide" (see tide ). In contrast to hieratic . Originally of the simpler of two forms of ancient Egyptian writing; broader sense is from 1831; used of Greek since 1927. 中文词源 demotic ：人民的
• demote 英文词源 demote (v.) 1881, American English coinage from de- + stem of promote . Said to have been Midwestern in origin. Regarding an antithesis to 'promote,' the word universally in use in Cambridge, in Harvard College, is drop . The same word is in use in the leading schools here (Boston). I hope I may be counted every time against such barbarisms as 'demote' and 'retromote.' [Edward Everett
• demoralize 英文词源 demoralize (v.) c. 1793, "to corrupt the morals of," from French démoraliser , from de- "remove" (see de- ) + moral (adj.) (see moral ). Said to be a coinage of the French Revolution. Sense of "lower the morale of" (especially of armies) is first recorded 1848. Related: Demoralized ; demoralizing . 中文词源 demoralize ：使士气低落 de-, 不，非，使相反。moral, 道义，
• demonstration 英文词源 demonstration (n.) late 14c., "proof that something is true," from Old French demonstration or directly from Latin demonstrationem (nominative demonstratio ), noun of action from past participle stem of demonstrare "to point out, indicate, demonstrate," figuratively, "to prove, establish," from de- "entirely" (see de- ) + monstrare "to point out, show," from monstrum "divine omen, won
• demonstrate 英文词源 demonstrate demonstrate: see monster demonstrate (v.) 1550s, "to point out," from Latin demonstratus , past participle of demonstrare (see demonstration ). Meaning "to point out by argument or deduction" is from 1570s. Related: Demonstrated ; demonstrating . 中文词源 demonstrate ：证实，展示 de-, 向下，强调。-monster, 展示，警告，词源同monitor, monster. 该词的
• demolish 英文词源 demolish demolish: [16] To demolish something is etymologically to ‘deconstruct’ it. The word comes from demoliss -, the stem of Old French demolir , which in turn came from Latin dēmōlīrī ‘throw down, demolish’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dē -, denoting reversal of a previous condition, and mōlīrī , which among other things meant ‘build, constru
• demography 英文词源 demography (n.) 1880, from Greek demos "people" (see demotic ) + -graphy . 中文词源 demography ：人口统计学 demo-, 人民。-graph, 写，记录。用来指人口统计学。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： demography 词源， demography 含义。 demography ：人口统计学 词根词缀： -demo-人民 + -graph-写,画 + -y → 记录人口
• democrat 英文词源 democrat (n.) 1790, "adherent of democracy," with reference to France, from French démocrate (18c., opposed to aristocrate ), back-formation from démocratie (see democracy ); revived in U.S. as a political party affiliation 1798, with a capital D . As a shortening of this, Demo (1793) is older than Dem (c. 1840). 中文词源 democrat ：民主主义者 demo-, 人民。-crat, 管理者
• democracy 英文词源 democracy democracy: [16] Democracy means literally ‘government by the populace at large’. It comes via Old French democratie and medieval Latin dēmocratia from Greek dēmokratíā , a compound formed from demos ‘people’ and - kratíā ‘rule’, a derivative of the noun krátos ‘power, authority’, which has contributed a number of terms for types of government to Englis
• demobilize 英文词源 demobilize (v.) 1882; see de- (privative) + mobilize . Related: Demobilized ; demobilizing . 中文词源 demobilize ：退伍 de-, 不，非，使相反。mobilize, 动员，征召入伍。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： demobilize 词源， demobilize 含义。 demobilize ：使复原，遣散 词根词缀： de-相反 + -mob-移动 + -ile名词或形容词词尾
• demiurge 英文词源 demiurge (n.) 1670s, from Latinized form of Greek demiourgos , literally "public or skilled worker" (from demos "common people;" see demotic + ergos "work;" see organ ). The title of a magistrate in some Peloponnesian city-states and the Achæan League; taken in Platonic philosophy as a name for the maker of the world. In the Gnostic system, "conceived as a being subordinate to the Su
• demist 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random coniferous coniferous: see cone 中文词源 demist ：除雾 de-, 不，非，使相反。mist, 雾。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： demist 词源， demist 含义。
• demise 英文词源 demise demise: see dismiss demise (n.) mid-15c., from Middle French demise , fem. past participle of démettre "dismiss, put away," from des- "away" (from Latin dis- ) + Middle French mettre "put," from Latin mittere "let go, send" (see mission ). Originally "transfer of estate by will," meaning extended 1754 to "death" because that's when this happens. 中文词源 demise ：死亡 d
• demi-monde 英文词源 demi-monde (n.) 1855, also demimonde , from French demi-monde "so-so society," literally "half-world," from demi- "half" + monde , from Latin mundus "world" (see mundane ). Popularized by use as title of a comedy by Alexandre Dumas fils (1824-1895). Dumas' Demi-Monde "is the link between good and bad society ... the world of compromised women, a social limbo, the inmates of which ...
• demilitarize 英文词源 demilitarize (v.) 1883, in reference to the Austrian military frontier in the Balkans; see de- + military + -ize . Demilitarized zone attested by 1921 (the Versailles Treaty uses neutralized zone ). 中文词源 demilitarize ：去军事化 de-, 不，非，使相反。militarize, 军事化。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： demilitarize 词源， demilitarize 含
• demijohn 英文词源 demijohn demijohn: [18] Demijohn ‘large globular bottle’ has no connection with half of the common male forename. It arose through a process known as folk etymology, by which an unfamiliar or slightly outlandish foreign word is deconstructed and then reassembled using similar-sounding elements in the host language. In this case the source was French dame-jeanne , literally ‘Lady
• demigod 英文词源 demigod (n.) 1520s, from demi- + god , rendering Latin semideus . The child of sexual intercourse between a deity and a mortal, a man raised to divine rank, or a minor god. 中文词源 demigod ：半神半人 demi-, 半，来自dis-, 分开，mid-, 中间。god,神。即人神的后代。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： demigod 词源， demigod 含义。
• demesne 英文词源 demesne demesne: [14] Ultimately, demesne is the same word as domain . It comes via Old French demeine from Latin dominicus , an adjective meaning ‘of a lord’ (see DOMINION), and hence etymologically means ‘land belonging to a lord’. Under the feudal system it denoted land retained by the lord for his own use, rather than let out to tenants. The - s - was inserted into the wor
• demerit 英文词源 demerit demerit: [14] A demerit may be virtually the opposite of a merit, but the word was not formed, as might be supposed, by adding the prefix de -, denoting oppositeness or reversal, to merit . Its distant ancestor was Latin demeritum , from the verb demereri ‘deserve’, where the de - prefix meant not ‘opposite of’ but ‘completely’ (as it does too in, for example, denu
• demerger 英文词源 demersal "(Chiefly of fish) living close to the floor of the sea or a lake", Late 19th century: from Latin demersus (past participle of demergere 'submerge, sink', from de- 'down' + mergere 'plunge') + -al. 中文词源 demerger ：分拆 来自demerge, 将合并公司分拆。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： demerger 词源， demerger 含义。
• demerge 英文词源 demersal "(Chiefly of fish) living close to the floor of the sea or a lake", Late 19th century: from Latin demersus (past participle of demergere 'submerge, sink', from de- 'down' + mergere 'plunge') + -al. 中文词源 demerge ：将合并公司分拆 de-, 不，非，使相反。merger, 合并。即使已经合并的公司再次拆分。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• demerara sugar 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random medley medley: see mix 中文词源 demerara sugar ：德麻拉拉蔗糖 因产自西印度群岛Demerara而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： demerara sugar 词源， demerara sugar 含义。
• dementia 英文词源 dementia (n.) 1806, from Latin dementia "madness, insanity," literally "a being out of one's mind," from dement- , stem of demens "mad, raving" (see dement ) + abstract noun suffix -ia . It existed earlier in an anglicized form, demency (1520s), from French démence . Dementia praecox is a Modern Latin form recorded from 1899 in English, 1891 in German, from French démence précoce (
• demented 英文词源 demented (adj.) 1640s, from obsolete dement "drive mad." 中文词源 demented ：发狂的 de-, 向下，离开。-ment, 思想，词源同mind. 指思想偏离正轨的，发狂的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： demented 词源， demented 含义。
• demeanor 英文词源 demeanor (n.) late 15c., from obsolete Middle English demean "handle, manage, conduct," later "behave in a certain way" (early 14c.), from Old French demener (11c.) "to guide, conduct; to live, dwell," from de- "completely" (see de- ) + mener "to lead, direct," from Latin minare "to threaten," in Late Latin "to drive (a herd of animals);" see menace . Sense in English evolved from not
• demean 英文词源 demean (v.) "lower in dignity," c. 1600, perhaps from de- "down" + mean (adj.) and modeled on debase . Indistinguishable in some uses from obsolete demean (see demeanor ) which influenced it and may be its true source. Related: Demeaned ; demeaning . 中文词源 demean ：贬低，贬损 de-, 向下。mean,下贱的。即使下贱，贬损。比较debase. 该词的英语词源请访问
• demarcate 英文词源 demarcate (v.) 1816, back-formation from demarcation . Related: Demarcated ; demarcating . 中文词源 demarcate ：划界 de-, 向下，强调。mark, 标记，边界。即画下边界。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： demarcate 词源， demarcate 含义。
• demand 英文词源 demand demand: [13] Latin dēmandāre meant ‘entrust something to someone’. It was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix dē - and mandāre ‘entrust, commit’ (source of English mandate ). As it passed via Old French demander into English, its meaning developed to ‘give someone the responsibility of doing something’, and finally ‘order’. = mandate demand (v.)
• demagogue 英文词源 demagogue demagogue: [17] A demagogue is literally a ‘leader of the people’. The word represents Greek demagōgós , a compound formed from demos ‘common people’ and agōgós ‘leader’. (This was derived from ágein ‘drive, lead’, a verb related to Latin agere ‘do’, and hence to its host of English descendants, from act to prodigal .) In ancient Greece the term was
• delve 英文词源 delve (v.) Old English delfan "to dig" (class III strong verb; past tense dealf , past participle dolfen ), common West Germanic verb (cognates: Old Saxon delban , Dutch delven , Middle High German telben "to dig"), from PIE root *dhelbh- (cognates: Lithuanian delba "crowbar," Russian dolbit' , Czech dlabati , Polish dłubać "to chisel;" Russian dolotó , Czech dlato , Polish dłuto