英语词源

• creativity 英文词源 creativity (n.) 1859, from creative + -ity . An earlier word was creativeness (1800). 中文词源 creativity ：创造性，创造力；创作能力   词根词缀： -cre-创造 + -ative形容词词尾(e略) + -ity名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： creativity 词源， creativity 含义。
• cosmography 英文词源 cosmography (n.) "description of the universe," mid-15c., from cosmo- + -graphy . Related: Cosmographic . 中文词源 cosmography ：宇宙志；宇宙结构学  词根词缀： -cosm-宇宙 + -o- + -graph-写,画 + -y名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cosmography 词源， cosmography 含义。
• cosmographer 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random poise poise: see ponder 中文词源 cosmographer ：宇宙志学者，宇宙(结构)学家  词根词缀： -cosm-宇宙 + -o- + -graph-写,画 + -er名词词尾,人 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cosmographer 词源， cosmographer 含义。
• contradictory 英文词源 contradictory (adj.) 1530s, "mutually opposed, at variance," from Late Latin contradictorius "containing a contradiction or objection," from contradictus , past participle of contradicere (see contradiction ). Meaning "fond of contradicting" is from 1891. Used earlier as a noun (late 14c.). 中文词源 contradictory ：矛盾的，对立的；抵触的 词根词缀： contra-相反 +
• connective 英文词源 connective (adj.) 1650s, from connect + -ive (if from Latin, it likely would have been *connexive ). Connective tissue is from 1839. 中文词源 connective ：起连接作用的；连接的，联结的 词根词缀： con-加强意义 + -nect-连接 + -ive形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： connective 词源， connective 含义。
• connate 英文词源 connate (adj.) 1640s, from Late Latin connatus "born together, twins," past participle of connasci "to be born together," from com- "together" (see com- ) + nasci "to be born" (Old Latin gnasci ; see genus ). Related: Connation . 中文词源 connate ：合生的，合体的；蒂的；同源(族)的，同性质的 词根词缀： con-共同 + -nat-生 + -e 该词的英语词源请访问
• conjuncture 英文词源 conjuncture (n.) c. 1600, from French conjoncture (16c.), from Modern Latin *conjunctura , from Latin coniunctus (see conjunct ). 中文词源 conjuncture ：(事件的)结合，同时发生；局面，事态，情况   词根词缀： con-共同,一起 + -junct-连接 + -ure名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： conjuncture 词源， conjuncture 含义。
• conjunctive 英文词源 conjunctive (adj.) late 15c., from Latin coniunctivus "serving to connect," from coniunctus , past participle of coniungere (see conjoin ). Grammatical sense is from 1660s. 中文词源 conjunctive ：连接(着)的，互相配合的，联合的 词根词缀： con-共同,一起 + -junct-连接 + -ive形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： conjunctive 词源
• congregational 英文词源 congregational (adj.) 1630s, in reference to Congregationalism , a Protestant movement in which church congregations were to be self-governing (the term most used in New England, in Britain they were called Independent ); from congregation + -al (1). Related: Congregationalist . 中文词源 congregational ：(教堂)会众的，公理教会的；集合的   词根词缀： con-共同
• conflation 英文词源 conflation (n.) 1620s, from Late Latin conflationem (nominative conflatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of conflare (see conflate ). 中文词源 conflation ：熔合，合成；(两种不同版本、异文的)合刊本  词根词缀： con-共同 + -flat-吹 + -ion名词词尾 → 吹到一起,熔到一起 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： conflati
• confinement 英文词源 confinement (n.) 1590s, from French confinement (16c.; the Old French word was confinacion ), from confiner (see confine ). As a euphemism for "childbed" it dates from 1774 (the Middle English expression was Our Lady's bands ). 中文词源 confinement ：限定，限制；监禁，禁闭 词根词缀： con-加强意义 + -fin-界限 + -e + -ment名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访
• confederative 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random canticle canticle: see chant 中文词源 confederative ：同盟的，联邦的，联合的  词根词缀： con-加强意义 + -feder-联盟,联合 + -ative形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： confederative 词源， confederative 含义。
• confederation 英文词源 confederation (n.) early 15c., "act of confederating," from Middle French confédération , from Old French confederacion (14c.), from Late Latin confoederationem (nominative confoederatio ), noun of action from confoederare (see confederate ). Meaning "states or persons united by a league" is from 1620s. 中文词源 confederation ：结盟；同盟，联邦   词根词缀： con-加
• confabulator 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random garotte garotte: [17] Garotte is widely used simply for ‘strangle’, but its strict application is to a former Spanish method of capital punishment by strangulation or breaking the neck, in which a metal collar was screwed increasingly tight. It got its name from Spanish garrote , which originally meant ‘cudgel’: in earli
• confabulate 英文词源 confabulate (v.) 1610s, from confabulatus , past participle of Latin confabulari "to converse together," from com- "together" (see com- ) + fabulari "to talk, chat," from fabula "a tale" (see fable ). Psychiatric sense is from 1924. 中文词源 confabulate ：交谈  词根词缀： con-共同 + -fab-说 + -ule名词词尾(e略) + -ate动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• concurrence 英文词源 concurrence (n.) early 15c., from Old French concurrence (14c.) or directly from Medieval Latin concurrentia "a running together," from concurrens , present participle of concurrere (see concur ). 中文词源 concurrence ：同意，一致；同时发生或出现  词根词缀： con-共同 + -curr-流,跑 + -ence名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： co
• comprehensibility 英文词源 incomprehensibility (n.) 1640s, from French incompréhensibilité (16c.); see incomprehensible . 中文词源 comprehensibility ：理解力   词根词缀： com-共同 + -prehens-抓住 + -ibility名词词尾,...性 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： comprehensibility 词源， comprehensibility 含义。
• compiler 英文词源 compiler (n.) early 14c., from Anglo-French compilour , Old French compileur "author, chronicler," from Latin compilatorem , agent noun from compilare (see compile ). Another form of the word current in early Modern English was compilator , directly from the Latin. 中文词源 compiler ：编辑，汇编者  词根词缀： com-共同 + pil堆积 + -er…者 该词的英语词源请访
• commuter 英文词源 commuter (n.) 1865, American English, "holder of a commutation ticket," agent noun from commute (v.). 中文词源 commuter ：乘车上下班的人，乘车上班族    词根词缀： com-共同 + -mut-往来,互换 + -er名词词尾,人 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： commuter 词源， commuter 含义。
• commutator 英文词源 commutator (n.) 1839, agent noun in Latin form from Latin commutare (see commute (v.)). 中文词源 commutator ：换向器，转接器 词根词缀： com-共同 + -mut-往来,互换 + -ator名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： commutator 词源， commutator 含义。
• commutable 英文词源 incommutable "Not capable of being changed or exchanged", Late Middle English: from Latin incommutabilis , from in- 'not' + commutabilis (see commutable ). 中文词源 commutable ：可换的；可变换的 词根词缀： com-共同 + -mut-往来,互换 + -able形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： commutable 词源， commutable 含义。
• commutability 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random witch witch: [OE] The close Germanic relatives of witch have died out, but it seems that it may be related to German weihen ‘consecrate’ and even, distantly, to English victim (etymologically ‘someone killed in a religious ritual’), so the word’s underlying signification is of a ‘priestess’. Wicked was derived from
• communal 英文词源 communal (adj.) 1811 in reference to communes; 1843 in reference to communities, from French communal (Old French comunal , 12c.), from Late Latin communalis , from communa (see commune (n.)). 中文词源 communal ：社会的，公有的；公用的，公共的 词根词缀： com-共同 + -mun-公共 + -al形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： commun
• commix 英文词源 commix "Mix; mingle", Late Middle English (as the past participle commixt ): from Latin commixtus , from com- 'together with' + mixtus 'mixed'. 中文词源 commix ：混合 词根词缀： com-共同 + -mix-混合 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： commix 词源， commix 含义。
• commercialize 英文词源 commercialize (v.) 1830, from commercial (adj.) + -ize . Related: Commercialized ; commercializing . 中文词源 commercialize ：使商业化，使商品 词根词缀： com-共同 + -merc-商 + -ial形容词词尾 + -ize动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： commercialize 词源， commercialize 含义。
• commercialist 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random apocalypse apocalypse: [13] A ‘catastrophic event, such as the end of the world’ is a relatively recent, 20thcentury development in the meaning of apocalypse . Originally it was an alternative name for the book of the Bible known as the ‘Revelation of St. John the divine’, which describes a vision of the future granted t
• commensurable 英文词源 commensurable (adj.) 1550s, from Late Latin commensurabilis "having a common measure," from com- "together with" (see com- ) + Latin mensurabilis "that can be measured," from mensurare "to measure," from mensura "measure" (see measure (v.)). 中文词源 commensurable ：可以同单位度量的，能较量的；有公度的；有等数(等量)的；能通约的 词根词缀： com-共同
• commemorative 英文词源 commemorative (adj.) 1610s, from commemorate + -ive . As a noun meaning "means of commemoration" it is recorded from 1630s; as short for commemorative postage stamp from 1916. 中文词源 commemorative ：(用作)纪念的；纪念性的 词根词缀： com-共同 + -memor-记忆 + -ative形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： commemorative 词源， co
• commemoration 英文词源 commemoration (n.) late 14c., "a calling to mind," also "service or church festival commemorating something," from Old French comemoration , from Latin commemorationem (nominative commemoratio ) "reminding, mention," noun of action from past participle stem of commemorare "to call to mind," from com- , intensive prefix (see com- ), + memorare "to remind," from memor "mindful of" (see
• colloquialism 英文词源 colloquialism (n.) 1810, "a colloquial word or phrase," from colloquial + -ism . 中文词源 colloquialism ：俗话，白话，口语 词根词缀： col-共同 + -loqu-说 + -ial形容词词尾 + -ism名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： colloquialism 词源， colloquialism 含义。
• collocutor 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random blighty blighty: [20] Blighty is a legacy of British rule in India. Originally a term used by British soldiers serving in India for ‘home, Britain’, it is an anglicization of Hindi bilāyatī , which meant ‘foreign’, and particularly ‘European’. This was actually a borrowing from Arabic wilāyat ‘district, country’
• collocation 英文词源 collocation (n.) mid-15c., from Latin collocationem (nominative collocatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of collocare (see collocate ). Linguistics sense is attested from 1940. 中文词源 collocation ：并列，并置 词根词缀： col-共同,一起 + -loc-地方,位置 + -ation名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： collocation 词源，
• collectivist 英文词源 collectivism (n.) 1880, in socialist theory, from collective + -ism . Related: Collectivist (1882 as both noun and adjective); collectivization (1890). 中文词源 collectivist ：集体主义者  词根词缀： col-共同 + -lect-采集 + -ive形容词词尾(e略) + -ist名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： collectivist 词源， collectivist 含义。
• collator 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random confide confide: [15] To confide in somebody is literally to ‘put one’s trust or faith’ in them. The word comes from the Latin compound verb confidere , which was formed from the intensive prefix com - and fidere ‘trust’. This was a derivative of fides ‘trust’ (whence English faith ). Confidant [16] and confidence
• coinage 英文词源 coinage (n.) late 14c., "currency, money," from Old French coignage , from coignier "to coin" (see coin (n.)). Meaning "act or process of coining money" is from early 15c.; sense "deliberate formation of a new word" is from 1690s, from a general sense of "something invented" (c. 1600). 中文词源 coinage ：造币，铸币；货币  词根词缀： coin硬币 + -age名词词尾 该词
• cohesible 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random champagne champagne: [17] Champagne comes (as does campaign ) from late Latin campānia , a derivative of Latin campus ‘open field’ (source of English camp ). This passed into Old French as champagne ‘open country’, a word borrowed into English in the 14th century as champaign (now archaic). It came to be applied specifi
• cohabitation 英文词源 cohabitation (n.) mid-15c., "action or state of living together (especially as husband and wife)," from Middle French cohabitation (Old French cohabitacion "cohabitation, sexual intercourse"), from Late Latin cohabitationem (nominative cohabitatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of cohabitare "to dwell together," from co- "with, together" (see co- ) + habitare "to live, dw
• cohabitant 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random rice rice: [13] The word rice is presumably, like the plant it names, of oriental origin; its ancestor may well be represented in Sanskrit vrīhi -. It first appeared in Europe as Greek órūza . This passed into Latin as oryza , and eventually spread throughout the languages of Europe: French riz , Italian riso , Spanish arroz
• cognoscible 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random vacant vacant: [13] Latin vacāre meant ‘be empty’. Its present participle vacāns has provided English with vacant , while its past participle lies behind English vacate [17] and vacation [14]. It also formed the basis of an adjective vacuus ‘empty’, from which English gets vacuous [17] and vacuum [16] (the term vacuum
• cognizant 英文词源 cognizant (adj.) 1820, back-formation from cognizance . 中文词源 cognizant ：认识的，知道的 词根词缀： co-共同 + -gn-知道 + -ize动词词尾(e略) + -ant形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cognizant 词源， cognizant 含义。
• cognizance 英文词源 cognizance cognizance: [14] Latin gnōscere meant ‘know’ (it is related to know and notion ). From it was derived the compound verb cognōscere ‘get to know, recognize, acknowledge’. Its present participial stem cognōscent - formed the basis of a Vulgar Latin noun * connōscentia , which passed into Old French as connoissance . English borrowed this as conisance , restoring t
• clarion 英文词源 clarion clarion: see clear clarion (n.) "small, high-pitched type of trumpet," early 14c., from Old French clarion "(high-pitched) trumpet, bugle" and directly from Medieval Latin clarionem (nominative clario ) "a trumpet," from Latin clarus "clear" (see clear (adj.)). Clarion call is attested from 1838. 中文词源 clarion ：中世纪的一种号角；号角声，清脆嘹亮的音响
• clamant 英文词源 clamant "Urgently demanding attention", Mid 17th century: from Latin clamant- 'crying out', from the verb clamare . 中文词源 clamant ：吵闹的，喧嚣的，急迫的    词根词缀： -clam-叫喊 + -ant形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： clamant 词源， clamant 含义。
• circumlunar 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 circumlunar ：绕月球运动的，月球周围
• circumfuse 英文词源 circumfuse "Pour (a liquid) so as to cause it to surround something", Late 16th century: from Latin circumfus- 'poured around', from the verb circumfundere , from circum 'around' + fundere 'pour'. 中文词源 circumfuse ：从四面浇灌，围绕，充溢  词根词缀： circum-周围 + -fus-熔,注 + -e 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： circumfuse 词源， c
• circulator 英文词源 circulator (n.) "one who puts (something) in circulation," 1755, agent noun in Latin form from circulate (v.). Classical Latin circulator meant "peddler, hawker," a sense attested occasionally in English 17c. and after. 中文词源 circulator ：(谣言等的)传播者；循环器；循环(传能)电路；循环小数  词根词缀： -circ-圆 + -ule名词词尾(e略) + -ator名词词
• circuity 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random infect infect: [14] Latin inficere originally meant ‘put in’ – it was a compound verb formed from the prefix in - and facere ‘put, do’ (source of English fact , fashion , etc). Its earliest specialized extension was ‘dip in’, which was applied specifically to the dipping of cloth into dye. From this it moved on to ‘
• circlet 英文词源 circlet (n.) late 15c., from Middle French cerclet , diminutive of cercle (see circle (n.)). 中文词源 circlet ：小环，小圈；环形饰物    词根词缀：-circ-圆,环 + -let名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： circlet 词源， circlet 含义。
• chronometry 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random under under: [OE] Under originated as a comparative form. It has been traced back to a prehistoric Indo-European * ndhero -, which meant ‘lower’, and is also the ultimate source of English inferior [15]. This passed into Germanic as * unther -, which has evolved into German unter , Dutch onder , and Swedish, Danish, and Engl
• chronicity 英文词源 synchronicity (n.) 1953; from synchronic + -ity . Originally in Jung. Synchroneity is from 1889, but equally malformed, and see synchronism . 中文词源 chronicity ：慢性，长期性  词根词缀： -chron-时间 + -ic形容词词尾 + -ity名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chronicity 词源， chronicity 含义。
• centimetre 英文词源 duodenum duodenum: [14] The term duodenum , for the first part of the small intestine, originated as a measure of length. It comes from the medieval Latin phrase intestinum duodēnum digitōrum ‘intestine of twelve digits’ – that is, twelve finger-breadths long, or just over 20 centimetres. Latin duodēnī meant literally ‘twelve each’; it was a derivative of duodecim ‘twe
• censorship 英文词源 censorship (n.) 1590s, "office of a censor," from censor (n.) + -ship . Meaning "action of censoring" is from 1824. 中文词源 censorship ：审查，检查(制度)  词根词缀： cens评估 + -or名词词尾 + -ship名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： censorship 词源， censorship 含义。
• catching 英文词源 catching (adj.) 1580s, of diseases, present participle adjective from catch (v.). From 1650s as "captivating." Related: Catchingly . 中文词源 catching ：传染性的；有感染力的，吸引人的 词根词缀： catch(-cap-)拿,取 + -ing 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： catching 词源， catching 含义。
• carnosity 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random fetter fetter: [OE] Etymologically, fetters are shackles for restraining the ‘feet’. The word comes from prehistoric Germanic * feterō , which derived ultimately from the same Indo-European base, * ped -, as produced English foot . The parallel Latin formation, incidentally, was pedica ‘fetter’, from which English gets
• carnose 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random magnet magnet: [15] Greek Mágnēs líthos meant ‘stone from Magnesia’ – Magnesia being a region of Thessaly, Greece where much metal was obtained. It had two specific applications: to ore with magnetic properties, and to stone with a metallic sheen. And it was the first of these that has come down to English via Latin mag
• carnify 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random appraise appraise: [15] Originally, appraise meant simply ‘fix the price of’. It came from the Old French verb aprisier ‘value’, which is ultimately a parallel formation with appreciate ; it is not clear whether it came directly from late Latin appretiāre , or whether it was a newly formed compound in Old French, based
• carnality 英文词源 carnality (n.) early 15c., "sensuality," from Late Latin carnalitas , from Latin carnalis (see carnal ). Meaning "state of being flesh, fleshliness" is from mid-15c. 中文词源 carnality ：淫欲，淫荡，好色，性行为  词根词缀： -carn-肉 + -al形容词词尾 + -ity名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： carnality 词源， carnality 含义。
• cardiometer 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random aloud aloud: [14] Aloud was formed in Middle English from the adjective loud and the prefix a -, as in abroad ; it does not appear to have had a direct Old English antecedent * on loud . Its opposite, alow ‘quietly’, did not survive the 15th century. = loud 中文词源 cardiometer ：心能测量器，心力计   词根词缀
• cardiograph 英文词源 cardiograph (n.) 1867, from cardio- + -graph "something written." Although the work does not treat of the recent means of diagnosis--the thermometer, laryngoscope, cardiograph, etc.,--still it is complete as far as it goes. [book review in "Medical Investigator," May 1867, p.94] 中文词源 cardiograph ：心电图仪，心电描记器 词根词缀： -card-心(脏) + -io- + -graph-写
• cardiogram 英文词源 cardiogram (n.) 1876, from cardio- + -gram . 中文词源 cardiogram ：心电图，心动电流图  词根词缀： -card-心(脏) + -io- + -gram-写,画 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cardiogram 词源， cardiogram 含义。
• carbonite 英文词源 stalactite (n.) "hanging formation of carbonite of lime from the roof of a cave," 1670s, Englished from Modern Latin stalactites (used 1654 by Olaus Wormius), from Greek stalaktos "dripping, oozing out in drops," from stalassein "to trickle," from PIE root *stag- "to seep, drip, drop" (cognates: German stallen , Lithuanian telziu "to urinate") + noun suffix -ite (1). Related: Stalacti
• candescent 英文词源 candescent (adj.) 1824, from Latin candescentem (nominative candescens ), present participle of candescere "to become white, begin to gleam," inchoative of candere "to shine, to glow" (see candle ). 中文词源 candescent ：白热的，炽热的   词根词缀： -cand-白,光亮 + -escent形容词词尾,状态 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： candescent 词源
• candescence 英文词源 incandescence (n.) 1650s, figurative, "state of being 'inflamed,'" from incandescent + -ence . Literal use from 1794. 中文词源 candescence ：白热  词根词缀： -cand-白,光亮 + -escence名词词尾,性状 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： candescence 词源， candescence 含义。
• campestral 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random rupture rupture: see corrupt 中文词源 campestral ：田野的，乡间的 词根词缀： -camp-田野,场所 + estr + -al形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： campestral 词源， campestral 含义。
• campaigner 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random effrontery effrontery: [18] The notion of ‘audacity’ or ‘impudence’ is often expressed in terms of ‘exposing or pushing forward the face’: a ‘barefaced lie’ or ‘putting on a bold front’, for instance. And effrontery is no exception. It comes ultimately from late Latin effrōns ‘barefaced, shameless’, a co
• calory 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random pellet pellet: [14] Etymologically, a pellet is a ‘little ball’. It comes via Old French pelote (a relative of Spanish pelota ‘ball’, from which the name of the Basque ball-game pelota [19] comes) from Vulgar Latin * pilotta , a diminutive form of Latin pila ‘ball’ (source of English pill [15] and piles ‘haemorrhoi
• calorimetry 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random excerpt excerpt: see scarce 中文词源 calorimetry ：量热法；测热学  词根词缀： -calor-热 + -i- + -metr-测量;仪表 + -y名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： calorimetry 词源， calorimetry 含义。
• calorimeter 英文词源 calorimeter (n.) 1794, from calorie + -meter . A hybrid word. 中文词源 calorimeter ：热量计  词根词缀： -calor-热 + -i- + -meter-测量;仪表 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： calorimeter 词源， calorimeter 含义。
• calorify 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random snack snack: [15] Snack originally meant ‘bite’ (‘The … Tuscan hound … with his wide chafts [jaws] at him makes a snack’, Gavin Douglas, Æneid 1513). It was not used for a ‘quick meal’ (as in ‘have a bite to eat’) until the 18th century. It was borrowed from Middle Dutch snac or snack ‘bite’, which was c
• calorification 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random illustrate illustrate: [16] Illustrate is closely related etymologically to illuminate . It goes back to Latin illustrāre , a compound verb formed from the prefix in - and lustrāre ‘make bright’, which came from the same base as produced Latin lūmen (source of illuminate ) and lūx ‘light’, and indeed English light .
• calorifacient 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random cartridge cartridge: see chart 中文词源 calorifacient ：发热的 词根词缀： -calor-热 + -i- + -fac-做,作 + -i- + -ent形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： calorifacient 词源， calorifacient 含义。
• caloricity 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random grange grange: [13] Originally, a grange was ‘somewhere for storing grain’, a ‘barn’. The word comes via Old French grange from medieval Latin grānica , a noun use of an unrecorded adjective * grānicus ‘of grain’, which was derived from grānum ‘grain, seed’ (source of English grain ). Of its present-day meanin
• caloric 英文词源 caloric (n.) hypothetical fluid in a now-discarded model of heat exchange, 1792, from French calorique , coined in this sense by Lavoisier, from Latin calorem "heat" (nominative calor ; see calorie ). The adjective is recorded from 1865. 中文词源 caloric ：热量 来源于拉丁语calor(热)在古法语中派生的calorique。 词根词缀： -calor-热 + -ic名词词尾 该词的英
• calorescence 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random solitary solitary: see sole 中文词源 calorescence ：热光 词根词缀： -calor-热 + -escence名词词尾,性状 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： calorescence 词源， calorescence 含义。
• calescence 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random pitchfork pitchfork: see pike 中文词源 calescence ：渐增温  词根词缀： -cale-热(e略) + -escence名词词尾,性状 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： calescence 词源， calescence 含义。
• calefy 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random willy-nilly willy-nilly: [17] Willy-nilly originated in the expression will I , nill I , literally ‘whether I wish it or do not wish it’ ( nill ‘be unwilling’, long defunct as an independent verb, was formed from will and the negative prefix ne -) 中文词源 calefy ：(使)变暖 v. (使)变暖 词根词缀： -cale-热
• calefaction 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random perfunctory perfunctory: see function 中文词源 calefaction ：加热，发暖，温暖，发暖作用 词根词缀： -cale-热 + -fact-做,作 + -ion名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： calefaction 词源， calefaction 含义。
• calefacient 英文词源 calefacient "A drug or other substance that gives a sensation of warmth", Mid 17th century: from Latin calefacient- 'making warm', from the verb calefacere , from calere 'be warm' + facere 'make'. 中文词源 calefacient ：增温的，变暖的 词根词缀： -cale-热- + -fac-做,作 + -i- + -ent形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： calefacient 词源
• cinchona 英文词源 cinchona "An evergreen South American tree or shrub with fragrant flowers, cultivated for its bark", Mid 18th century: modern Latin , named after the Countess of Chinchón (died 1641), who was treated with a similar drug in South America. 中文词源 cinchona （金鸡纳树）：将金鸡纳树皮引入欧洲的伯爵夫人 在1639年，西班牙驻秘鲁总督Chinchon伯爵夫人感染
• coalescence 英文词源 coalesce (v.) 1540s, from Latin coalescere "to unite, grow together, become one in growth," from com- "together" (see co- ) + alescere "to grow up" (see adolescent ). Related: Coalesced ; coalescing ; coalescence ; coalescent . accrete "Grow by accumulation or coalescence", Late 18th century: from Latin accret- 'grown', from the verb accrescere , from ad- 'to' + crescere 'grow'. 中文词
• coalescent 英文词源 coalesce (v.) 1540s, from Latin coalescere "to unite, grow together, become one in growth," from com- "together" (see co- ) + alescere "to grow up" (see adolescent ). Related: Coalesced ; coalescing ; coalescence ; coalescent . 中文词源 coalescent ：联合的，合并的 coalesce,联合，合并，-ent,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： coal
• Christmas cactus 英文词源 Christmas cactus "A South American cactus with flattened segmented stems and red, pink, or white flowers, grown as a houseplant", So named because it flowers at about the northern midwinter. 中文词源 Christmas cactus ：蟹爪兰 “蟹爪兰”是我们中国人根据该花为蟹爪状而命名，而英语则是根据其次在植物分类学上属于仙人掌科及其在西殴和美
• continental 英文词源 continental (adj.) 1818 as a purely geographical term, from continent + -al (1). In reference to the European mainland (as opposed to Great Britain), recorded from 1760. Continental breakfast (the kind eaten on the continent as opposed to the kind eaten in Britain) is attested by 1855. In reference to the British American colonies from 1774; the Continental Congress is attested from 1
• Chimera 英文词源 chimera (n.) fabulous monster, late 14c., from Old French chimere or directly from Medieval Latin chimera , from Latin Chimaera , from Greek khimaira , name of a mythical creature, slain by Bellerophon, with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail (supposedly personification of snow or winter); literally "year-old she-goat" (masc. khimaros ), from kheima "winter season" (se
• Capitol 英文词源 Capitol (n.) "building where U.S. Congress meets," 1793 (in writings of Thomas Jefferson), from Latin Capitolium , temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on the Capitoline Hill in ancient Rome. Used earlier of Virginia state houses (1699). Its use in American public architecture deliberately evokes Roman republican imagery. With reference to the Roman citadel, it is recorded in English fro
• contra- 英文词源 contra- word-forming element meaning "against, in opposition," from Latin adverb and preposition contra (see contra ). The Latin word was used as a prefix in Late Latin. In French, it became contre- and passed into English as counter- . The Old English equivalent was wiðer (surviving in withers and widdershins ), from wið "with, against." 中文词源 contra- ：对应，相对 来自
• car-pool 英文词源 car-pool (n.) also carpool , 1942, American English, from car + pool (n.2). As a verb from 1962. Related: Carpooled ; carpooling . 中文词源 car-pool ：合伙用车 在西方国家，很多家庭都拥有两部或更多的小汽车。不少人都是独自一人开车上下班。这就往往导致高峰时段严重的交通堵塞。为缓解这种状况，有关当局极力提倡在高
• crocodile tears 英文词源 crocodile tears "Tears or expressions of sorrow that are insincere", Mid 16th century: said to be so named from a belief that crocodiles wept while devouring or luring their prey. 中文词源 crocodile tears ：鳄鱼的眼泪，假慈悲 西方传说，鳄鱼非常阴险狡猾，当它诱捕到猎物时，一边贪婪地吞噬，一边假惺惺地流泪。喻指虚假的眼泪，伪装
• Cloris 英文词源 Cloris fem. proper name, from Chloris , Latin form of Greek Khloris , goddess of flowers (later identified with Roman Flora ), literally "greenness, freshness," poetic fem. of khloros "greenish-yellow, fresh," related to khloe "young green shoot" (see Chloe ). 中文词源 Cloris ：花神克罗丽丝/芙罗拉（Flora） 希腊神话中的花神叫做克罗丽丝（Cloris），在罗马
• Ceres 英文词源 Ceres Roman goddess of agriculture (identified with Greek Demeter ), also the name given to the first-found and largest asteroid (discovered 1801); see cereal . Her festival, Cerealia , was April 10. 中文词源 Ceres ：思女心切的谷神刻瑞斯/德墨忒尔 希腊神话中，德墨忒尔（Demeter）是神王宙斯的姐姐和第四个妻子，掌管农业、谷物和丰产，被