英语词源

• teaser 英文词源 teaser (n.) "one who teases" (wool, flax, etc.), late 15c. (late 13c. as a surname), agent noun from tease (v.). From 1934 as "short sample, introductory advertisement." 中文词源 teaser ：难题，棘手的问题 来自 tease,逗弄。引申词义难题，棘手的问题。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： teaser 词源， teaser 含义。
• teamster 英文词源 teamster (n.) "person who drives a team of horses" (especially in hauling freight), 1776, from team (n.) + -ster . Transferred to motor truck drivers by 1907. 中文词源 teamster ：卡车司机 team,团队，-ster,人。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： teamster 词源， teamster 含义。
• tealight 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random ode ode: see prosody 中文词源 tealight ：茶烛 tea,茶，茶壶，light,灯。一种放置于类似茶壶容器中燃烧的蜡烛。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tealight 词源， tealight 含义。
• teak 英文词源 teak (n.) type of large East Indian tree yielding dark, heavy wood, 1690s, from Portuguese teca , from Malayam tekka , corresponding to Tamil tekku , Telugu teku , Kanarese tegu "the teak tree." The Hindi name is sagwan , sagun . 中文词源 teak ：柚木 来自葡萄牙语 teca,来自印度泰米尔语 tekku,柚木。 teakettle 烧水壶 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• tayberry 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random stoke stoke: [17] Stoke is a back-formation from stoker [17], which was borrowed from Dutch stoker . This in turn was derived from the verb stoken ‘put fuel into a furnace’, a descendant of Middle Dutch stoken ‘push, poke’. And stoken came from a prehistoric Germanic base * stok -, a variant of * stik -, * stek - ‘pier
• taxonomy 英文词源 taxonomy (n.) "science of classification," 1819, from French taxonomie (1813), coined irregularly from Greek taxis "arrangement" (see tactics ) + -nomia "method," from -nomos "managing," from nemein "manage" (see numismatic ). Related: Taxonomic ; taxonomist . 中文词源 taxonomy ：分类学 来自希腊语 taxis,安排，排列，分类，-nomy,学说。 该词的英语词源请访问
• taxonomist 英文词源 camellia camellia: [18] The camellia, a shrub of oriental origin, was named in the mid-18th century by the Swedish taxonomist Linnaeus after the Moravian Jesuit missionary and botanist Joseph Kamel (in modern Latin, Camellus) (1661– 1706), who described the flora on the Philippine island of Luzon. The spelling of its name, with a double l , encourages a short ‘e’ pronunciation,
• taxiway 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random charnel charnel: see carnal 中文词源 taxiway ：飞机滑行道 来自 taxi,飞机滑行，way,道路。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： taxiway 词源， taxiway 含义。
• taxis 英文词源 taxis (n.) "operation whereby displaced parts are put back in their natural situation," 1758, medical Latin, from Greek taxis "arrangement, an arranging, the order or disposition of an army, battle array; order, regularity," verbal noun of tassein "arrange," from PIE root *tag- "to set aright, set in order" (see tangent ). 中文词源 taxis ：安排，排列，分类 来自希腊语
• taxing 英文词源 assess (v.) early 15c., "to fix the amount (of a tax, fine, etc.)," from Anglo-French assesser , from Medieval Latin assessare "fix a tax upon," originally frequentative of Latin assessus "a sitting by," past participle of assidere "to sit beside" (and thus to assist in the office of a judge), from ad- "to" (see ad- ) + sedere "to sit" (see sedentary ). One of the judge's assistant's
• taxidermy 英文词源 taxidermy (n.) 1820, from comb. form of Greek taxis "arrangement, an arranging, the order or disposition of an army, battle array; order, regularity" (see tactics ) + derma "skin" (see derma ). Related: Taxidermist (1827). 中文词源 taxidermy ：动物标本剥制术 来自希腊语 taxis,安排，排列，分类，-derm,皮肤，词源同 dermatology. 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• taxidermist 英文词源 taxidermy (n.) 1820, from comb. form of Greek taxis "arrangement, an arranging, the order or disposition of an army, battle array; order, regularity" (see tactics ) + derma "skin" (see derma ). Related: Taxidermist (1827). 中文词源 taxidermist ：动物标本剥制师 来自 taxidermy,动物标本剥制，-ist,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： taxidermi
• tawny 英文词源 tawny tawny: see tan tawny (adj.) "tan-colored," late 14c., from Anglo-French tauné "of or like the brownish-yellow of tanned leather," from Old French tanét "dark brown, tan" (12c., Modern French tanné ), past participle of taner "to tan hides," from Medieval Latin tannare (see tan (v.)).Related: Tawniness . 中文词源 tawny ：茶色的，黄褐色的 来自古法语 taune,皮革
• tavern 英文词源 tavern tavern: [13] Tavern comes via Old French taverne from Latin taberna ‘hut, inn’, a word possibly of Etruscan origin. Derived from taberna , in the sense ‘hut’, was the diminutive form tabernāculum ‘tent’, which was borrowed into English as tabernacle [13]. Its original application was to the tent which according to the Bible covered the Ark of the Covenant. = tabern
• tautology 英文词源 tautology (n.) 1570s, from Late Latin tautologia "representation of the same thing in other words," from Greek tautologia , from tautologos "repeating what has been said," from tauto "the same" (contraction of to auto , with to "the" + auto , see auto- ) + -logos "saying," related to legein "to say" (see lecture (n.)). Related: Tautological . 中文词源 tautology ：同义反复，赘
• tauten 英文词源 tauten (v.) "to make taut," 1814, from taut + -en (1). Intransitive meaning "become taut" is from 1849. Related: Tautened ; tautening . 中文词源 tauten ：使拉紧 来自 taut,拉紧，-en,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tauten 词源， tauten 含义。
• taut 英文词源 taut (adj.) mid-13c., tohte "stretched or pulled tight," possibly from tog- , past participle stem of Old English teon "to pull, drag," from Proto-Germanic *tugn , from PIE *deuk- "to lead" (see duke (n.)), which would connect it to tow (v.) and tie . Related: Tautness . 中文词源 taut ：拉紧的 来自中古英语 tought,拉紧的，可能来自 tough 变体。 该词的英语词源
• taurine 英文词源 taurine (n.) also taurin , chemical substance (aminoethyl-sulphonic acid), 1845, from Latin taurus "bull" (see Taurus ) + chemical suffix -ine (2); obtained by German professor Leopold Gmelin in 1826 and so called because it was first found in ox bile. taurine (adj.) 1610s, from Latin taurus (see Taurus ) + -ine (1). In reference to a period in history, it means the time when the sun
• taupe 英文词源 taupe (n.) "dark brownish-gray color" (the color of moleskin), 1906, from French taupe , the color, originally "a mole," Old French, from Latin talpa "a mole." The story below lacks evidence appears to be a fanciful attempt to divert the origin of the color name to something more appealing: Before the season advances very far you will find that taupe, pronounced "tope," will be the mo
• taunt 英文词源 taunt taunt: [16] The etymological notion underlying taunt is of giving someone tit for tat, of returning as much in reply as has been given. It comes from the French phrase tant pour tant ‘so much for so much’. This was borrowed into English in the early 16th century as taunt pour taunt or (partially anglicized) taunt for taunt , which was used for a ‘sarcastic rejoinder’. Th
• tau 英文词源 tau nineteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, from Hebrew taw , last letter of the Hebrew alphabet, literally "sign, mark." 中文词源 tau ：希腊字母表的第十九个字母 来自希腊字母 tau,来自希伯来字母 taw,标记，记号，字母 t 的原型。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tau 词源， tau 含义。
• tatty 英文词源 tatty (adj.) 1510s, "tangled or matted" (of hair), Scottish, probably related to Old English tættec "a rag" (see tatter (n.)). Sense of "tattered, ragged, shabby" first recorded 1933. 中文词源 tatty ：破烂的 来自 tatter,破衣烂衫。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tatty 词源， tatty 含义。
• tattooist 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random beneath beneath: [OE] Beneath is a compound adverb and preposition, formed in Old English from bi ‘by’ and nithan or neothan ‘below’. This came originally from Germanic * nith - (also the source of nether [OE]), a derivative of the base * ni - ‘down’. = nether 中文词源 tattooist ：文身师 来自 tattoo,文身，
• tattoo 英文词源 tattoo tattoo: English has two words tattoo . The older, ‘military display’ [17], was borrowed from a Dutch word, taptoe , that means literally ‘tap to’, that is, ‘shut the tap’ – a signal to shut off the taps of the beer barrels at closing time in the taverns. By the time it reached English it was being used for a ‘drum beat signalling the time for soldiers to return
• tattletale 英文词源 tattletale (n.) 1880, from tattle + tale . Probably patterned on telltale (1540s). A 16c. word for "tattle-tale" was pickthank . 中文词源 tattletale ：向大人告另一个孩子状的小孩，小告密者 tattle,告密，tale,故事，叙述。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tattletale 词源， tattletale 含义。
• tattered 英文词源 tattered (adj.) mid-14c., tatrid , "clad in slashed garments," from tatter (n.) or its Scandinavian source. 中文词源 tattered ：破烂的 来自 tatter,破衣烂衫。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tattered 词源， tattered 含义。
• tatter 英文词源 tatter (n.) c. 1400, tatrys (plural) "slashed garments," from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse töturr "rags, tatters, tattered garment," cognate with Old English tættec , tætteca "rag, tatter." Related: Tatters . 中文词源 tatter ：破衣烂衫 来自古诺斯语 toturr,破布，破衣服。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tatter 词源， tatter 含
• tat 英文词源 tat (v.) 1882, "to do tatting," back-formation from tatting . 中文词源 tat ：劣质货 可能回构自 tatty,劣质的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tat 词源， tat 含义。
• taster 英文词源 poetaster (n.) 1590s, from Middle French poetastre (1550s), from Latin poeta (see poet ) + -aster , diminutive (pejorative) suffix. Old Norse had skaldfifl "poetaster." 中文词源 taster ：试味员，品酒师 来自 taste,品尝，品味，-er,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： taster 词源， taster 含义。
• tasteless 英文词源 tasteless (adj.) 1590s, "unable to taste;" c. 1600, "uninteresting, insipid" (figurative); 1610s, "having no taste;" 1670s, "tactless;" from taste (n.) + -less . Related: Tastelessly ; tastelessness . 中文词源 tasteless ：没味道的，低俗的 来自 taste,味道，滋味，-less,无，没有。引申词义低俗的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tas
• tassel 英文词源 tassel (n.) c. 1300, "mantle fastener," from Old French tassel "tassel, fringe, hem; a fastening, clasp" (12c., Modern French tasseau ), from Vulgar Latin *tassellus , said to be from Latin taxillus "small die or cube," a diminutive of talus "knucklebone (used as a die in gaming), ankle" (see talus (n.1)). But OED finds this doubtful and calls attention to the variant form tossel and
• taser 英文词源 Taser (n.) 1972, formed (probably on model of laser , etc.) from the initials of Tom Swift's electric rifle , a fictitious weapon. A word that threatens to escape the cage of its copyright, despite the strenuous efforts of the owners, who are within their rights to fight to hold it. They also insist, via their attorneys, that it be written all in capitals. Tom Swift was the hero of a
• tarty 英文词源 antarctic (adj.) late 14c., antartyk "opposite to the north pole" (adj.), also (with capital A ) "region around the South pole" (n.), from Old French antartique , from Medieval Latin antarcticus , from Greek antarktikos "opposite the north," from anti- "opposite" (see anti- ) + arktikos "arctic" (see arctic ). The first -c- sound ceased to be pronounced in Medieval Latin and was dropp
• Tartarus 英文词源 Tartarus (n.) in Homer and older Greek mythology, the sunless abyss below Hades, from Greek Tartaros , of uncertain origin; "prob. a word of imitative origin, suggestive of something frightful" [Klein]. Later in Greek almost synonymous with Hades . 中文词源 Tartarus ：地狱 来自拉丁语 Tartarus,古希腊神话中的地狱，阴间，来自希腊语 Tartaros,地狱。 该词的
• tartar 英文词源 tartar (n.) "bitartrate of potash" (a deposit left during fermentation), late 14c., from Old French tartre , from Medieval Latin tartarum , from late Greek tartaron "tartar encrusting the sides of wine casks," perhaps of Semitic origin, but if so the exact source has not been identified. The purified substance is cream of tartar . Used generally in 17c. of encrustations from liquid co
• tartan 英文词源 tartan (n.) "kind of woolen fabric," mid-15c., perhaps from Middle French tiretaine "strong, coarse fabric" (mid-13c.), from Old French tiret "kind of cloth," from tire "silk cloth," from Medieval Latin tyrius "cloth from Tyre" (see Tyrian ). If this is the source, spelling likely influenced in Middle English by tartaryn "rich silk cloth" (mid-14c.), from Old French tartarin "Tartar c
• tart 英文词源 tart (adj.) "having a sharp taste," 1520s, also attested once, obscurely, from late 14c., perhaps from Old English teart "painful, sharp, severe, rough" (in reference to punishment, pain, suffering), from Germanic *ter-t- , from PIE *der- (2) "to split, flay, peel" (see tear (v.1)), but the gap in the record is unexplained. Figurative use, with reference to words, speech, etc., is att
• tarsus 英文词源 tarsus (n.) the ankle bones collectively, 1670s, Modern Latin, from Greek tarsos "ankle, sole of the foot, rim of the eyelid," originally "flat surface, especially for drying," from PIE root *ters- "to dry" (cognates: Greek teresesthai "to be or become dry," tersainein "to make dry;" Latin terra "land, ground, soil," torrere "dry up, parch;" see terrain ). The connecting notion is the
• tarry 英文词源 tarry (v.) early 14c., "to delay, retard" (transitive), of uncertain origin. Some suggest a connection to Latin tardare "to delay," or Old English tergan , tirgan "to vex, irritate, exasperate, provoke," which yielded a Middle English verb identical in form to this one. Intransitive meaning "to linger" is attested from late 14c. Related: Tarried ; tarrying ; tarrysome . tarry (adj.) 1
• tarpaulin 英文词源 tarpaulin (n.) c. 1600, evidently a hybrid from tar (n.1) + palling , from pall "heavy cloth covering" (see pall (n.)); probably so called because the canvas sometimes is coated in tar to make it waterproof. Originally tarpawlin , tarpawling , etc., the spelling settled down early 18c. 中文词源 tarpaulin ：柏油帆布，油布 改写自 tar,柏油，pall,帆布，-ing,集合名词
• tarot 英文词源 tarot (n.) 1590s, from French tarot (16c.), from Old Italian tarocchi (plural), of unknown origin, perhaps from Arabic taraha "he rejected, put aside." The deck first was used in Italy 14c., as playing cards as well as for fortune-telling. The tarots , strictly speaking, are the 22 figured cards added to the 56-card suits pack. 中文词源 tarot ：塔罗牌 来自法语 tarot,塔罗牌
• tarnish 英文词源 tarnish (v.) mid-15c. (transitive), from present participle stem of Middle French ternir "dull the luster or brightness of, make dim" (15c.), probably from Old French terne (adj.) "dull, dark," which according to Diez is from a Germanic source cognate with Old High German tarnjan "to conceal, hide," Old English dyrnan "to hide, darken," from Proto-Germanic *darnjaz (see dern ), but th
• tarnation 英文词源 tarnation (n.) 1784, American English alteration of darnation (itself a euphemism for damnation ), influenced by tarnal (1790), a mild profanity, clipped from phrase by the Eternal (God) (see eternal ). 中文词源 tarnation ：该死 改写自 darnation,来自 damnation 的委婉语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tarnation 词源， tarnation 含义。
• tarn 英文词源 tarn (n.) late 14c., mid-13c. in Anglo-Latin, from Old Norse tjörn "small mountain lake without visible tributaries," from Proto-Germanic *terno , perhaps originally "water hole" [Barnhart]. A dialectal word popularized by the Lake poets. 中文词源 tarn ：山中小湖 来自古诺斯语 tjorn,山中小湖，来自 Proto-Germanic*terno,水坑，水洞。多见于山水诗。 该词的
• tare 英文词源 tare (n.1) "kind of fodder plant, vetch," c. 1300, perhaps cognate with or from Middle Dutch tarwe "wheat," from a Germanic source perhaps related to Breton draok , Welsh drewg "darnel," Sanskrit durva "a kind of millet grass," Greek darata, daratos "bread," Lithuanian dirva "a wheat-field." Used in 2nd Wyclif version (1388) of Matt. xxiii:25 to render Greek zizania as a weed among co
• tardy 英文词源 tardy tardy: see bustard tardy (adj.) 1520s, "slow," from Old French tardif "slow, late" (12c.), also the name of the snail character in the Roman de Renart , from Vulgar Latin *tardivus , from Latin tardus "slow, sluggish; late; dull, stupid," of unknown origin. Meaning "late" in English is from 1660s. This word, not much used in English prose, is constantly employed in the U.S. and
• taramasalata 英文词源 taramasalata "A pinkish paste or dip made from the roe of certain fish, mixed with olive oil and seasoning", From modern Greek taramas 'roe' (from Turkish tarama , denoting a preparation of soft roe or red caviar) + salata 'salad'. 中文词源 taramasalata ：希腊鱼子酱 来自希腊语 taramosalata,鱼子酱，来自 salata,色拉，酱，词源同 salad,土耳其语 taramas,鱼子
• taproot 英文词源 taproot (n.) c. 1600, from tap (n.) + root (n.). 中文词源 taproot ：直根，主根 tap,塞子，root,根。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： taproot 词源， taproot 含义。
• tapir 英文词源 tapir (n.) 1774, perhaps via French tapir (16c.), ultimately from Tupi (Brazil) tapira. 中文词源 tapir ：貘 生活在中南美洲和东南亚的长鼻猪状动物，来自巴西某土著语 tapira,貘。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tapir 词源， tapir 含义。
• tapioca 英文词源 tapioca (n.) 1640s, tipiaca , from Portuguese or Spanish tapioca , from Tupi (Brazil) tipioca "juice of a pressed cassava," from tipi "residue, dregs" + og , ok "to squeeze out" (from roots of the cassava plant). 中文词源 tapioca ：木薯淀粉 来自西班牙语 tapioca,来自巴西某土著语 tipioca,木薯淀粉。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tapioc
• tapeworm 英文词源 tapeworm (n.) 1705, from tape (n.) + worm (n.); so called for its ribbon-like shape. 中文词源 tapeworm ：绦虫 tape,带子，worm,虫。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tapeworm 词源， tapeworm 含义。
• tapestry 英文词源 tapestry tapestry: [15] The ultimate source of tapestry is Greek tápēs ‘tapestry, woven carpet’. Its diminutive from tapētion was borrowed via late Latin tapētium into Old French as tapis ‘carpet’. From this was derived the verb tapisser ‘cover with a carpet’, and this in turn formed the basis of a noun tapisserie ‘carpets, woven material’. English took it over and
• tantric 英文词源 tantric (adj.) 1905, from tantra + -ic ; used loosely in the West to denote erotic spiritualism. 中文词源 tantric ：密宗的 来自 tantra,密教经文，密教经书。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tantric 词源， tantric 含义。
• tantra 英文词源 tantra (n.) type of Hindu religious book, 1799, from Sanskrit tantram , literally "loom, warp," hence, figuratively, "groundwork, system, doctrine," from tan "to stretch, extend," from PIE root *ten- "to stretch, extend" (see tenet ). 中文词源 tantra ：坦陀罗，密教经书，印度教经书 来自梵语 tantram,编织，织布，引申词义体系，学说，教义，来自 P
• tantamount 英文词源 tantamount tantamount: [17] Tantamount means etymologically ‘amounting to as much’. It comes from an earlier verb tantamount ‘amount to as much as, be equal to’, which was a lexicalization of the Anglo-Norman expression tant amunter ‘amount to as much’. This was made up of tant ‘as much’, which came via Old French from Latin tantus , and amunter , ancestor of English a
• Tantalus 英文词源 Tantalus Greek Tantalos , king of Phrygia, perhaps literally "the Bearer" or "the Sufferer," by dissimilation from *tal-talos , a reduplication of PIE root *tele- "to bear, carry, support" (see extol ), in reference to his long endurance, but Watkins finds this "unlikely." Compare tantalize . 中文词源 Tantalus ：坦塔罗斯 古希腊神话中的人物，传说中为古希腊城邦
• tantalum 英文词源 tantalum (n.) metallic element, 1809, Modern Latin, named 1802 by its discoverer, Swedish chemist Anders Ekberg (1767-1813), for Tantalus , according to Ekberg partly because of its inability to absorb acid recalled Tantalus' punishment in the afterlife (see tantalize ). Sometimes it is said to be so called from the difficulty scientists faced in obtaining a pure specimen. 中文词源
• Tannoy 英文词源 tannoy "A type of public address system", 1920s: contraction of tantalum alloy , which is used as a rectifier in the system. 中文词源 Tannoy ：天朗扩音系统 商标名，缩写自 tantalum alloy,钽合金，制作该扩音器的原材料。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Tannoy 词源， Tannoy 含义。
• tannin 英文词源 tannin tannin: see tan tannin (n.) "tannic acid, vegetable substance capable of converting animal hide to leather," 1802, from French tannin (1798), from tan "crushed oak bark containing tannin" (see tan (v.)). Tannic acid first recorded 1836, from French acide tannique , inroduced 1834 by French chemist Théophile-Jules Pelouze (1807-1867). 中文词源 tannin ：单宁，单宁酸，鞣
• tannery 英文词源 tannery (n.) c. 1400, "process of tanning," from Old French tannerie (13c.) or a native formation from tan (v.) + -ery . Meaning "place where tanning is done" is from 1736, perhaps from tanner (n.1) + -y (2). 中文词源 tannery ：制革厂 来自 tan,制革，-ery,表地点。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tannery 词源， tannery 含义。
• tanner 英文词源 tanner (n.2) "sixpence," slang word first recorded 1811, of unknown origin. J.C. Hotten, lexicographer of Victorian slang, thinks it may be from tanner and skin , rhyming slang for "thin," presumably in reference to the smallness of the coin. Not to be confused with tenner , slang for "ten-pound note," which dates from 1861. tanner (n.1) "one who tans leather," Old English tannere , a
• tankini 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random permanent permanent: see remain 中文词源 tankini ：坦基尼 来自 tank 和 bikini 的合成词，用于指一种包括无袖短上衣和比基尼下裤的两件套泳装。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tankini 词源， tankini 含义。
• tankard 英文词源 tankard (n.) late 14c., "large tub-like vessel," corresponding to Middle Dutch tanckaert , meaning the same thing, but both of unknown origin. A guess hazarded in OED is that it is a transposition of *kantard , from Latin cantharus . Klein suggests French tant quart "as much as a quarter." "The notion that the word is from tank 1 + -ard is wholly untenable" [Century Dictionary]. Meani
• tango 英文词源 tango (n.) syncopated ballroom dance, 1913 (the year it became a rage in Britain and America), from Argentine Spanish tango , originally the name of an African-American drum dance, probably from a Niger-Congo language (compare Ibibio tamgu "to dance"). Phrase it takes two to tango was a song title from 1952. As a verb from 1913. Related: Tangoed . It is hardly a year ago since the Tan
• tangerine 英文词源 tangerine tangerine: [18] The tangerine was originally exported to Britain, in the 1840s, from the Moroccan port of Tangier, and so it was called the Tangerine orange ( Tangerine started life as an adjective meaning ‘of Tangier’: ‘an old Tangerine captain with a wooden leg’, Joseph Addison, Tatler 1710). This was soon shortened to tangerine . It was first used as a colour term
• tang 英文词源 tang (n.) mid-14c., "serpent's tongue" (thought to be a stinging organ), later "sharp extension of a metal blade" (1680s), from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse tangi "spit of land; pointed end by which a blade is driven into a handle," from Proto-Germanic *tang- , from PIE *denk- "to bite" (see tongs ). Influenced in some senses by tongue (n.). Figurative sense of "a sharp tas
• tandoori 英文词源 tandoori (adj.) in reference to a type of Indian cooking, 1958, from adjectival form of Urdu or Punjabi tandur "cooking stove," from Turkish tandur , from Turkish pronunciation of Arabic and Persian tannur "oven, portable furnace," of Semitic origin. As a noun by 1969. 中文词源 tandoori ：唐杜里烹饪法 词源同 tandoor,唐杜里。用于指印度的一种烹饪方法，将肉
• tampon 英文词源 tampon (n.) "plug of cotton to stanch a flow of blood (especially from the vagina)," 1848, from French tampon , from Middle French tampon "plug" (see tampion ). Tampax , proprietary name registered in U.S. 1932, is based on tampon . 中文词源 tampon ：月经棉条，月经栓 来自中古法语 tampon,塞子，栓子，词源同 tap,水龙头。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请
• tampion 英文词源 tampion (n.) early 15c., "plug, bung," from Middle French tampon (15c.), nasalized variant of Old French tapon "piece of cloth to stop a hole" (14c.), a suffixed form of Frankish *tappo "stopper, plug," related to Old High German zapfo and Old English tæppa "stopper" (see tap (n.1)). Meaning "wooden plug for the muzzle of a gun" (to keep out rain or seawater) is recorded from 1620s. 中
• tamping 英文词源 coin coin: [14] Latin cuneus meant ‘wedge’ (from it we get cuneiform ‘wedge-shaped script’). It passed into Old French as coing or coin , where it developed a variety of new meanings. Primary amongst these was ‘corner-stone’ or ‘corner’, a sense preserved in English mainly in the now archaic spelling quoin . But also, since the die for stamping out money was often wedg
• tamper-proof 英文词源 tamperproof (adj.) also tamper-proof , 1886, from tamper (v.) + proof . 中文词源 tamper-proof ：防改动的 tamper,改动，proof,防。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tamper-proof 词源， tamper-proof 含义。
• tamper 英文词源 tamper tamper: [16] Tamper began life as a variant of temper . It originally meant ‘mix clay together with water to make it suitable for use’. However, the notion of ‘mixing’ seems to lead on naturally to ‘interference’ ( meddle originally meant ‘mix’), and by the end of the 16th century we find that ‘tampering with clay’ had moved on to ‘tampering with anything’
• tamp 英文词源 tamp (v.) 1819, "to fill (a hole containing an explosive) with dirt or clay before blasting," a workmen's word, perhaps a back-formation from tampion , that word being mistaken as a present participle ( *tamping ). 中文词源 tamp ：捣实，压紧 回构自 tampion,塞子，炮栓，引申词义捣实，压紧，鼓捣。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tamp
• Tamil 英文词源 Tamil Dravidian people and language of southern India, 1734, from Pali Damila , from Sanskrit Dramila , variant of Dravida (see Dravidian ). 中文词源 Tamil ：泰米尔邦 印度南部邦， 来自当地语言 Damila, 来自梵语 Dramila, 来自 Dravida 拼写变体， 词源同 Dravidian. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Tamil 词源， Tamil 含义。
• tambourine 英文词源 tambourine tambourine: [16] Tambourine is one of a small family of English words that go back ultimately to Persian tabīr ‘drum’. This found its way via Provençal tabor and Old French tabour into English as tabor ‘small drum’ [13]. The Persian word was adopted into Arabic, where it was swallowed up by the similar-sounding tambūr ‘lute’ – so that tambūr now meant ‘d
• tambour 英文词源 tambourine tambourine: [16] Tambourine is one of a small family of English words that go back ultimately to Persian tabīr ‘drum’. This found its way via Provençal tabor and Old French tabour into English as tabor ‘small drum’ [13]. The Persian word was adopted into Arabic, where it was swallowed up by the similar-sounding tambūr ‘lute’ – so that tambūr now meant ‘d
• tamarind 英文词源 tamarind (n.) c. 1400, "fruit of the tamarind tree, used medicinally," ultimately from Arabic tamr hindi , literally "date of India," from hind "India." First element cognate with Hebrew tamar "palm tree, date palm." Of the tree itself, from 1610s. 中文词源 tamarind ：罗望子树，酸豆树 来自阿拉伯语 tamr hindi,印度枣，来自 hind,印度，词源同 India,tamr,枣，
• talon 英文词源 talon talon: [14] Latin tālus meant ‘ankle’ (it was probably a borrowing from Celtic – Irish has sal ‘talon’). From it was derived Vulgar Latin * tālō ‘heel, spur’, which passed into English via Old French talon . In English its meaning evolved via ‘heel of an animal’ and ‘bird of prey’s claw’ to ‘claw’ in general. talon (n.) c. 1400, talounz "claws of a
• tallow 英文词源 tallow (n.) hard animal fat, used to make soap, candles, etc., mid-14c., talwgh , from a source (perhaps an unrecorded Old English word) cognate with Middle Low German talg "tallow," Middle Dutch talch , from Proto-Germanic *talga- , meaning perhaps originally "firm, compact material" (compare Gothic tulgus "firm, solid"). OED says related Scandinavian words probably are from continen
• tallboy 英文词源 tallboy (n.) also tall-boy , "high-stemmed glass or goblet," 1670s, from tall + boy , though the exact signification is unclear. In reference to a high chest of drawers it is recorded from 1769, here perhaps a partial loan-translation of French haut bois , literally "high wood." 中文词源 tallboy ：高衣柜 tall,高的，boy,男孩。可能为比喻用法，或来自法语 haut b
• talisman 英文词源 talisman talisman: [17] Talisman , one of the very few English nouns ending in - man which does not turn into - men in the plural ( dragoman is another), denotes etymologically an ‘object consecrated by the completion of a religious ritual’. It comes via French talisman from medieval Greek télesmon , an alteration of late Greek télesma ‘consecrated object’. This in turn was
• talesman 英文词源 talesman (n.) "reserve member of a jury," 1670s, from tales "writ ordering bystanders to serve" in place of jurors not in attendance (late 15c.), via Anglo-French (mid-13c.), from Latin tales (in tales de circumstantibus "such persons from those standing about," a clause featured in such a writ), noun use of plural of talis "such, of such kind" (see that ). 中文词源 talesman ：修补
• taint 英文词源 taint taint: see tinge taint (v.) 1570s, "to corrupt, contaminate," also "to touch, tinge, imbue slightly" (1590s), from Middle English teynten "to convict, prove guilty" (late 14c.), partly from Old French ataint , past participle of ataindre "to touch upon, seize" (see attainder ). Also from Anglo-French teinter "to color, dye" (early 15c.), from Old French teint (12c.), past partic
• tagliatelle 英文词源 tagliatelle (n.) 1876, from Italian tagliatelle , plural noun from tagliare "to cut" (see entail ). 中文词源 tagliatelle ：意大利长面条 来自意大利语 tagliare,砍，切，来自拉丁语 taliare,分开，剪开，来自 talea,砍，小枝，嫩枝， 词源同 tailor,entail.-elle,小词后缀。用于指一种意大利长面条。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• taffy 英文词源 taffy (n.) coarse candy made from sugar or molasses boiled down and cooled, 1817, related to toffee , but of uncertain origin; perhaps associated with tafia (1763), a rum-like alcoholic liquor distilled from molasses, presumably of West Indian or Malay origin (perhaps a Creole shortening of ratafia ). On this theory, the candy would have been made from the syrup skimmed off the liquor
• taffeta 英文词源 taffeta (n.) mid-14c., "fine, smooth, lustrous silk cloth," also taffata , from Old French taffetas (early 14c.), from Italian taffeta or Medieval Latin taffata , ultimately from Persian taftah "silk or linen cloth," noun use of past participle of taftan "to twist, spin, weave, interlace," from Iranian *tap- . Applied to different fabrics in different eras (and see tapestry ). 中文词
• tadpole 英文词源 tadpole tadpole: [15] A tadpole is etymologically a ‘toad-head’. The word was coined from Middle English tadde ‘toad’ and pol ‘head’ (ancestor of modern English poll ‘voting’, historically a counting of ‘heads’). Tadpoles, with their moonlike faces appearing to take up about half of their small globular bodies, seem rather like animated heads. = poll , toad tadpole
• tad 英文词源 tad (n.) 1877, "young or small child," probably a shortened form of tadpole , which is said to be the source of Tad as the nickname of U.S. President Lincoln's son Thomas (1853–1871). The extended meaning "small amount" is first recorded 1915. 中文词源 tad ：少量 缩写自 tadpole,蝌蚪。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tad 词源，
• tactless 英文词源 tactless (adj.) "characterized by want of tact," 1830, from tact + -less . Related: Tactlessly ; tactlessness . 中文词源 tactless ：没策略的，得罪人的 来自 tact,老练，得体，-less,无，没有。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tactless 词源， tactless 含义。
• tactile 英文词源 tactile (adj.) 1610s, "perceptible to touch," from French tactile (16c.) and directly from Latin tactilis "tangible, that may be touched," from tactus , past participle of tangere "to touch" (see tangent (adj.)). Meaning "of or pertaining to the sense of touch" is attested from 1650s. Related: Tactility . 中文词源 tactile ：有触觉的，能感知的 来自拉丁语 tactus,触摸，