英语词源

• cleavage 英文词源 cleavage (n.) 1816, in geology, "action of splitting (rocks or gems) along natural fissures," from cleave (v.1) + -age . General meaning "action or state of cleaving or being cleft" is from 1867. The sense of "cleft between a woman's breasts in low-cut clothing" is first recorded 1946, defined in a "Time" magazine article [Aug. 5] as the "Johnston Office trade term for the shadowed de
• cleat 英文词源 cleat (n.) c. 1300, clete "wedge," from Old English *cleat "a lump," from West Germanic *klaut "firm lump" (cognates: Middle Low German klot , klute , Middle Dutch cloot , Dutch kloot , Old High German kloz , German kloß "clod, dumpling"). In Middle English, a wedge of wood bolted to a spar, etc., to keep it from slipping (late 14c.). Meaning "thin metal plate for shoes, etc." is c.
• clearway 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random derive derive: [14] Like rival , derive comes ultimately from Latin rīvus ‘stream’. This was used as the basis of a verb dērīvāre , formed with the prefix dē - ‘away’, which originally designated literally the ‘drawing off of water from a source’. This sense was subsequently generalized to ‘divert’, and exte
• claymore 英文词源 claymore claymore: see gladiator claymore (n.) 1749, "two-edged broadsword of ancient Scottish Highlanders," from Gaelic claidheamh mor "great sword," from claidheb "sword" (compare Welsh cleddyf ), possibly from PIE root *kel- (1) "to strike" (see holt ) + mor "great" (compare Welsh mawr ; see more ). An antiquarian word made familiar again by Scott's novels; modern military applicat
• clavicle 英文词源 clavicle (n.) "collarbone," 1610s, from Middle French clavicule "collarbone" (16c.), also "small key," from Medieval Latin clavicula "collarbone" (used c.980 in a translation of Avicenna), special use of classical Latin clavicula , literally "small key, bolt," diminutive of clavis "key" (see slot (n.2)); in the anatomical sense a loan-translation of Greek kleis "key, collarbone." So c
• clavichord 英文词源 clavichord (n.) mid-15c., from Medieval Latin clavicordium (15c.), from Latin clavis "a key" (see slot (n.2)) + chorda "a string" (see cord ). 中文词源 clavichord ：击弦键琴 clav-,键，钥匙，词源同close,clavicle.-chord,弦。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： clavichord 词源， clavichord 含义。
• clave 英文词源 conclave conclave: see clavier autoclave (n.) 1880, from French, literally "self-locking," from auto- "self" (see auto- ) + Latin clavis "key" (see slot (n.2)). claves (n.) pair of hardwood sticks used in making music, 1928, from American Spanish claves (plural), from Spanish clave "keystone," from Latin clavis "key" (see slot (n.2)). conclave (n.) late 14c., "a place where cardinals
• claustrophobia 英文词源 claustrophobia claustrophobia: see cloister claustrophobia (n.) "morbid fear of being shut up in a confined space," coined 1879 (in article by Italian-born, French-naturalized Swiss-English physician Dr. Benjamin Ball (1834-1892)) from Latin claustrum "a bolt, a means of closing; a place shut in, confined place, frontier fortress" (in Medieval Latin "cloister"), past participle of cla
• clause 英文词源 clause clause: [13] The etymological notion underlying clause is of ‘closing’ or ‘termination’. The word derives ultimately from Latin claudere (source of English close ) and was originally applied either as a rhetorical term to the conclusion of a sentence, or as a legal term to the termination of a legal argument. Gradually, in both cases, the element of finality fell away,
• clatter 英文词源 clatter (v.) late Old English clatrung "clattering, noise," verbal noun implying an Old English *clatrian , of imitative origin. Compare Middle Dutch klateren , East Frisian klatern , dialectal German klattern . The noun is attested from mid-14c. 中文词源 clatter ：撞击声 拟声词。-er,表反复。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： clatter 词源， clat
• clarinet 英文词源 clarinet (n.) 1768, from French clarinette (18c.), diminutive of clarine "little bell" (16c.), noun use of fem. of adjective clarin (which also was used as a noun, "trumpet, clarion"), from clair , cler (see clear (adj.)). Alternative form clarionet is attested from 1784. The instrument, a modification of the medieval shawm, said to have been invented c. 1700 by J.C. Denner of Nurembe
• claque 英文词源 claque (n.) 1860, from French claque "band of claqueurs ," agent noun from claquer "to clap" (16c.), echoic (compare clap (v.)). Modern sense of "band of political followers" is transferred from that of "organized applause at theater." Claqueur "audience memeber who gives pre-arranged responses in a theater performance" is in English from 1837. This method of aiding the success of pub
• Clapham omnibus 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random limit limit: [14] Latin līmes originally denoted a ‘path between fields’, but it became extended metaphorically to any ‘boundary’ or ‘limit’, and that was the sense in which English acquired it (in its stem form līmit -). = lintel 中文词源 Clapham omnibus ：普通人 最早用于法律术语，指普通大众。
• clank 英文词源 clank (v.) 1610s, perhaps echoic, perhaps a blend of clang (v.) and clink (v.), perhaps from a Low German source (compare Middle Dutch clank , Dutch klank , Old High German klanc , Middle Low German klank , German Klang ). clank (n.) 1650s, from clank (v.). Reduplicated form clankety-clank attested from 1895. 中文词源 clank ：叮当声 来自clang,叮当作响。-k,强调音。 该
• clanger 英文词源 laugh laugh: [OE] The word laugh is ultimately onomatopoeic, imitative of the sound of laughter. It goes back to Indo-European * klak -, * klōk -, which also produced Greek klóssein , a verb denoting the clucking of hens, and Latin clangere ‘sound’ (source of English clangor [16]). Its Germanic descendants were * khlakh -, * khlōkh -, from which come German and Dutch lachen , S
• clang 英文词源 clang (v.) 1570s, echoic (originally of trumpets and birds), akin to or from Latin clangere "resound, ring," and Greek klange "sharp sound," from PIE *klang- , nasalized form of root *kleg- "to cry, sound." Related: Clanged ; clanging . clang (n.) 1590s, from clang (v.). 中文词源 clang ：叮当作响 拟声词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： clang 词源，
• clandestine 英文词源 clandestine clandestine: see conceal clandestine (adj.) 1560s, from Latin clandestinus "secret, hidden," from clam "secretly," from adverbial derivative of base of celare "to hide" (see cell ), perhaps on model of intestinus "internal." Related: Clandestinely . As a noun form, there is awkward clandestinity ( clandestineness apparently being a dictionary word). 中文词源 clandestin
• clan 英文词源 clan clan: [14] The immediate source of clan is naturally enough Gaelic, but ultimately it comes, somewhat unexpectedly, from Latin, for etymologically it is the same word as plant . Scots Gaelic clann originally meant ‘offspring’ (hence the modern meaning ‘family group’), and it came from Old Irish cland , a direct borrowing from Latin planta (the Celtic languages of the Brit
• clamp 英文词源 clamp clamp: see climb clamp (n.) device for fastening, c. 1300, probably from clamb , perhaps originally past tense of climb (v.), or from Middle Dutch clampe (Dutch klamp ), from West Germanic *klamp- "clamp, cleat;" cognate with Middle Low German klampe "clasp, hook," Old High German klampfer "clip, clamp;" also probably related to Middle Dutch klamme "a clamp, hook, grapple," Dani
• clammy 英文词源 clammy clammy: [14] Etymologically, clammy means ‘sticky as if smeared with clay’. It comes from the now obsolete verb clam ‘smear, stick’. This goes back to Old English clǣman , a word of ancient ancestry: its prehistoric Germanic source was * klaimjan , a verb derived from * klaimaz ‘clay’; this was formed from the base * klai -, which is also the ultimate source of Eng
• clamber 英文词源 clamber (v.) "to climb with difficulty using hands and feet," late 14c., possibly frequentative of Middle English climben "to climb" (preterit clamb ), or akin to Old Norse klembra "to hook (oneself) on." Related: Clambered ; clambering . 中文词源 clamber ：吃力的攀爬 来自climb,爬，-er,表反复。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： clamber 词源，
• clambake 英文词源 clambake (n.) 1835, American English, from clam (n.) + bake (n.). By 1937 in jazz slang transferred to "an enjoyable time generally," especially "jam session." 中文词源 clambake ：野餐会 来自clam 和bake 的组合词，尤指野外烧烤。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： clambake 词源， clambake 含义。
• clairvoyance 英文词源 clairvoyance (n.) "paranormal gift of seeing things out of sight," 1837, from special use of French clairvoyance (Old French clerveans , 13c.) "quickness of understanding, sagacity, penetration," from clairvoyant (see clairvoyant ). A secondary sense in French is the main sense in English. 中文词源 clairvoyance ：洞察力 clair-,清晰，词源同clear.-voy,看，词源同video,
• cladding 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random bantam bantam: [18] When these diminutive chickens were first imported into Europe in the middle of the 18th century, it was thought that they had originated in a village called Bantam in Java, now in Indonesia, and they were named accordingly. This version of their history has never been firmly established, but the name stuck.
• clad 英文词源 clad (adj.) "clothed," c. 1300, mid-13c., from clad , alternative past tense and past participle of clothe . Old English had geclæþd , past participle of clæþan . 中文词源 clad ：穿...衣服的 来自clothe 的过去分词，词源同clothes. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： clad 词源， clad 含义。
• clack 英文词源 clack (v.) mid-13c., not in Old English, from Old Norse klaka "to chatter," of echoic origin; compare Dutch klakken "to clack, crack," Old High German kleken , French claquer "to clap, crack (see claque ). Related: Clacked ; clacking . clack (n.) mid-15c., from clack (v.). 中文词源 clack ：啪嗒声 拟声词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： clack 词源，
• civvies 英文词源 civvy (n.) 1889, civvies , short for civilian clothes (see civilian (adj.)); in reference to civilian clothes of military men. 中文词源 civvies ：军人穿的便服 来自短语civilian clothes 的缩写。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： civvies 词源， civvies 含义。
• civet 英文词源 civet (n.) 1530s, from Middle French civette (15c.), ultimately (with Italian zibetto , Medieval Latin zibethum , Medieval Greek zapetion ) via lost intermediate forms from Arabic zabad "civet," said to be related to zabad "foam, froth," zubd "cream." 中文词源 civet ：灵猫 来自阿拉伯语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： civet 词源， civet 含义。
• citrus 英文词源 citrus citrus: [19] Latin citrus signified the ‘citron’, a tree ( Citrus medica ) of Asian origin with a lemon-like fruit which was the earliest of the citrus fruits to become known in the West. Like the fruit itself, the name is presumably of Eastern origin – perhaps from a non-Indo- European language from around the eastern end of the Himalayas. Citron is a French derivative o
• citronella 英文词源 citronella (n.) 1858 in reference to a type of fragrant grass, and especially to the oil it yields, from French citronelle "lemon liquor," from citron (see citrus ). Originally an Asiatic grass used in perfumes, later applied to a substance found in lemon oil, etc. 中文词源 citronella ：香茅 citron,香橼，-ella,小词后缀。因散发香橼香味而得名。 该词的英语词
• citron 英文词源 citron (n.) late 14c., also citrine (early 15c.), from Old French citron "citron, lemon" (14c.), possibly from Old Provençal citron , from Latin citrus and influenced by lemon ; or else from augmentative of Latin *citrum , related to citrus "citron tree," citreum (malum) "citron" (see citrus ). 中文词源 citron ：香橼 词源同citrus. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• citric 英文词源 citric (adj.) 1800, from Modern Latin citricum (in acidum citricum "citric acid," discovered by Scheele in 1784; see citrus + -ic . The classical adjective was citreus . 中文词源 citric ：柠檬的 词源同citrus. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： citric 词源， citric 含义。
• citadel 英文词源 citadel citadel: see city citadel (n.) 1580s, "fortress commanding a city," from Middle French citadelle (15c.), from Italian cittadella , diminutive of Old Italian cittade "city" (Modern Italian citta ), from Latin civitatem (nominative civitas ; also source of Portuguese citadella , Spanish ciuadela ; see city ). 中文词源 citadel ：城堡 词源同city,城市，城堡。 该词的
• cistern 英文词源 cistern cistern: see chest cistern (n.) mid-13c., from Old French cisterne "cistern; dungeon, underground prison" (12c., Modern French citerne ), from Latin cisterna "underground reservoir for water," from cista "chest, box," from Greek kiste "box, chest" (see chest ). 中文词源 cistern ：贮水箱 来自拉丁语cista,箱子，盒子，词源同chest. 该词的英语词源请访问
• cis 英文词源 cis "Denoting or relating to a molecular structure in which two particular atoms or groups lie on the same side of a given plane in the molecule, in particular denoting an isomer in which substituents at opposite ends of a carbon-carbon double bond are on the same side of the bond", Independent usage of cis-. 中文词源 cis ：这边 拉丁语介词。来自PIE*ki,这里，这边，词
• cirrus 英文词源 cirrus (n.) 1708, "curl-like fringe or tuft," from Latin cirrus "a lock of hair, tendril, curl, ringlet of hair; the fringe of a garment." In meteorology, cirrus clouds attested from 1803. So called from fancied resemblance of shape. 中文词源 cirrus ：卷积云 来自PIE*sker,转，弯，词源同ring,curly.因其卷形形状而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• cirrhosis 英文词源 cirrhosis (n.) 1827, coined in Modern Latin by French physician René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec (1781-1826) with -osis and Greek kirrhos "tawny," which is of unknown origin. So called for the orange-yellow appearance of the diseased liver. Related: Cirrhotic . 中文词源 cirrhosis ：肝硬化 来自希腊语kirrhos,黄褐色的，-osis,疾病后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问
• cirque 英文词源 cirque (n.) c. 1600, "a circus," from French cirque (14c.), from Latin circus (see circus ). Compare Italian and Spanish circo . 中文词源 cirque ：盆形谷地 来自PIE*sker,转，围，圈，词源同ring,circle.指盆形的谷地。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cirque 词源， cirque 含义。
• circumspect 英文词源 circumspect (adj.) early 15c., from Latin circumspectus "deliberate, guarded, well-considered," past participle of circumspicere "look around, take heed," from circum- "around" (see circum- ) + specere "to look" (see scope (n.1)). Related: Circumspectly ; circumspectness . 中文词源 circumspect ：小心谨慎的 circum-,圈，周围，-spect,看，见respect,spectator. 该词的英语
• circumscribe 英文词源 circumscribe (v.) late 14c., from Latin circumscribere "to make a circle around, encircle, draw a line around; limit, restrain, confine, set the boundaries of," from circum- "around" (see circum- ) + scribere "write" (see script (n.)). Related: Circumscribed ; circumscribing . 中文词源 circumscribe ：限制 circum-,圈，周围，-scribe,写，划，见describe,script. 该词的英
• circumflex 英文词源 circumflex (n.) 1570s, from Latin (accentus) circumflexus , "bent around," past participle of circumflectere "to bend around," of a charioteer, "turn around" (from circum "around;" see circum- , + flectere "to bend;" see flexible ); used as a loan-translation of Greek (prosodia) perispomenos (Dionysius of Halicarnassus), literally "drawn-around," with reference to shape. 中文词源
• circumcise 英文词源 circumcise (v.) mid-13c., "to cut off the foreskin," from Old French circoncisier "circumcise" (12c., Modern French circoncire ), from Latin circumcisus , past participle of circumcidere "to cut round, to cut trim, to cut off" (see circumcision ). Related: Circumcised ; circumcising . 中文词源 circumcise ：包皮环切 circum-,圈，周围，-cise,切，见concise,excise. 该词的
• circadian 英文词源 circadian (adj.) coined 1959 from Latin circa "about" (see circa ) + diem , accusative singular of dies "day" (see diurnal ). The original use is in circadian rhythm . 中文词源 circadian ：生理节奏的 circ-,圈，词源同circle.-dian,天，见diurnal. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： circadian 词源， circadian 含义。
• circa 英文词源 circa (prep.) 1856, from Latin circa "around, round about, near; in the region of; about the time of," alternative form of circum "round about" (see circum- ). 中文词源 circa ：大约 来自拉丁语circa,大约，词源同circle. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： circa 词源， circa 含义。
• cinnamon 英文词源 cinnamon (n.) late 14c., from Old French cinnamone (13c.), from Latin cinnamum , cinnamomum "cinnamon" (also used as a term of endearment), from Greek kinnamomon , from a Phoenician word akin to Hebrew qinnamon . Stripped from the bark of a tree in the avocado family. Ceylon cinnamon, the true cinnamon, is used in Britain, but American cinnamon is almost always from the related cassia
• cinnabar 英文词源 cinnabar (n.) mid-15c., "red or crystalline form of mercuric sulphide," also applied to other ores of mercury, originally with reference to its use as a pigment; from Old French cinabre (13c.), from Late Latin cinnabaris , from Greek kinnabari , of oriental origin (compare Persian zanjifrah in the same sense). Also used 14c.-17c. of red resinous juice of a certain Eastern tree, which
• Cinderella 英文词源 Cinderella (n.) pseudo-translation of French Cendrillon , from cendre "ashes" (see cinder ). Used figuratively for something unappreciated or something that ends at midnight. A widespread Eurasian folk tale, the oldest known version is Chinese (c.850 C.E.); the English version is based on Perrault's "Cendrillon" (1697), translated from French 1729 by Robert Sambler, but native version
• cinder 英文词源 cinder cinder: [OE] Despite the similarity of form and meaning, cinder has no etymological connection with French cendre (which comes from Latin cinis ‘ashes’, and is thus related to English incinerate and cineraria , a plant so named because of the grey down on its leaves). It is a Germanic word, related to German sinter ‘deposit formed by evaporation’ (itself borrowed into E
• cinch 英文词源 cinch (n.) 1859, American English, "saddle-girth," from Spanish cincha "girdle," from Latin cingulum "a girdle, a swordbelt," from cingere "to surround, encircle," from PIE root *kenk- (1) "to gird, encircle" (cognates: Sanskrit kankate "binds," kanci "girdle;" Lithuanian kinkau "to harness horses"). Replaced earlier surcingle . Sense of "an easy thing" is 1898, via notion of "a sure
• ciliary muscle 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random mob mob: [17] Mob is famous as one of the then new ‘slang’ abbreviations against which Joseph Addison and Jonathan Swift inveighed at the beginning of the 18th century (others included pozz for positively and rep for reputation ). Mob was short for mobile , which itself was a truncated form of mobile vulgus , a Latin phrase
• cilantro 英文词源 cilantro (n.) by 1907, from Spanish cilantro , variant of culantro , from Latin coriandrum "coriander" (see coriander ). 中文词源 cilantro ：香菜叶 来自coriander 拼写异体。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cilantro 词源， cilantro 含义。
• cupping 英文词源 cup (v.) late 14c., "to draw blood by cupping," from cup (n.). Meaning "to form a cup" is from 1830. Related: Cupped ; cupping . hiccups (n.) a bout of hiccupping, by 1723; see hiccup (n.). This often also was called hiccup or the hiccup . An earlier word for it (noun and verb) was yex , imitative, from Old English gesca , geosca . 中文词源 cupping ：拔火罐 来自cup,杯，拔罐
• cup 英文词源 cup cup: [OE] Cup is a member of a large Indo- European family of words denoting broadly ‘round container’ that go back ultimately to the bases * kaup - (source of English head ) and * keup -. This produced Greek kúpellon ‘drinking vessel’, English hive , and Latin cūpa ‘barrel’, source of English coop [13] (via Middle Dutch kūpe ) and cooper ‘barrel-maker’ [14] (fr
• cucumber 英文词源 cucumber cucumber: [14] English acquired this word as cucumer , by direct borrowing from Latin cucumer , which may originally have been a word of some pre-Italic Mediterranean language. The form spelled with a b did not appear until the 15th century. It seems to have been a blend of Middle English cucumer and Old French coucombre , which itself ultimately derived from Latin cucumer .
• cube 英文词源 cube cube: [16] Greek kúbos meant literally ‘six-sided solid figure’, a sense handed down to English via Latin cubus . Apart from more obvious metaphorical applications, such as ‘dice’, the Greek word was used for the internal cavity of the pelvis, a semantic feature which links it with its possible relative, English hip . The fine-art term cubism was introduced to English in
• crystallized 英文词源 crystallized (adj.) c. 1600, past participle adjective from crystallize . Of fruit, etc., from 1875. 中文词源 crystallized ：蜜饯的 来自crystal,结晶。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： crystallized 词源， crystallized 含义。
• crust 英文词源 crust crust: [14] Latin crusta meant ‘hard outer covering, shell’ (it is related to a number of words, including ultimately crystal , denoting a hard surface caused by freezing). Old French acquired it as crouste (the modern French form croûte formed the basis of croûton , borrowed into English in the early 19th century), and passed it on to Middle English as cruste . Crusta for
• crusade 英文词源 crusade crusade: see cross crusade (n.) 1706, respelling of croisade (1570s), from Middle French croisade (16c.), Spanish cruzada , both from Medieval Latin cruciata , past participle of cruciare "to mark with a cross," from Latin crux (genitive crucis ) "cross." Other Middle English forms were croiserie , creiserie . Figurative sense of "campaign against a public evil" is from 1786.
• corporeal 英文词源 corporeal (adj.) early 15c., with adjectival suffix -al (1) + Latin corporeus "of the nature of a body," from corpus "body" (living or dead), from PIE *kwrpes , from root *kwrep- "body, form, appearance," probably from a verbal root meaning "to appear" (cognates: Sanskrit krp- "form, body," Avestan kerefsh "form, body," Old English hrif "belly," Old High German href "womb, belly, abdo
• coat 英文词源 coat coat: [13] Coat seems originally to have signified a sort of short close-fitting cloth tunic with sleeves, worn by men. Over the centuries fashion has lengthened the garment, and its male exclusivity has disappeared (originally, as a woman’s garment a coat was a skirt, a sense preserved in petticoat ). The word is of Germanic origin (it has been traced back to Frankish * kotta
• coaster 英文词源 coaster (n.) 1570s, "one who sails along coasts," agent noun from coast (v.) in its original sense "to go around the sides or border" of something. Applied to vessels for such sailing from 1680s. Tabletop drink stand (c. 1887), originally "round tray for a decanter," so called from a resemblance to a sled, or because it "coasted" around the perimeter of the table to each guest in turn
• coast 英文词源 coast coast: [13] Latin costa meant ‘rib’ (hence the English medical term intercostal ‘between the ribs’), but also more generally ‘flank, side’. It was in this sense that it passed into Old French as coste , and subsequently into English. The modern meaning ‘seashore’ (which had already developed in Old French) arises from the shore being thought of as the ‘side’
• coarse 英文词源 coarse coarse: [14] For such an everyday word, the origins of coarse are surprisingly clouded. It first appears in the forms corse or course , and meaning ‘ordinary, everyday’, which has led to speculation that it is an application of the noun course , in the sense ‘the ordinary run of things, the usual practice’; however, not all etymologists accept this. The modern spelling
• coalesce 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 coalesce ：合并 co-,表强调，-al,生长，词源同adult,adolescence.即长到一块。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• coaching inn 英文词源 Stilton (n.) 1736, cheese made famous by a coaching inn at Stilton on the Great North Road from London, the owner being from Leicestershire, where the cheese was made. Since 1969 restricted to cheese made in Leicester, Derby, and Nottingham counties by members of the Stilton Cheese Makers Association. The place name is in Domesday Book as Stichiltone and probably means literally farms
• coaching 英文词源 coach (v.) 1610s, "to convey in a coach," from coach (n.). Meaning "to prepare (someone) for an exam" is from 1849. Related: Coached ; coaching . Philadelphia city in Pennsylvania, U.S., from Greek, taken by William Penn to mean "brotherly love," from philos "loving" (see -phile ) + adelphos "brother" (see Adelphia ). Also the name recalls that of the ancient city in Lydia, mentioned
• coach 英文词源 coach coach: [16] Coach is one of the few English words borrowed from Hungarian. It comes (via French coche and German kutsche ) from Hungarian kocsi , an adjective meaning ‘of Kocs’ (Kocs is a village in north-east Hungary, between Budapest and Györ, where carriages, carts, etc were made). In Hungarian the original full form was kocsi szeker ‘cart from Kocs’. The modern sens
• clutch 英文词源 clutch clutch: Clutch ‘seize’ [14] and clutch of eggs [18] are separate words, although they may ultimately be related. The verb arose in Middle English as a variant of the now obsolete clitch , which came from Old English clyccan ‘bend, clench’. The modern sense of the noun, ‘device for engaging a motor vehicle’s gears’, which was introduced at the end of the 19th centu
• cluster 英文词源 cluster (n.) Old English clyster "cluster," probably from the same root as clot (n.). Of stars, from 1727. Cluster-bomb attested from 1967. cluster (v.) late 14c. (transitive), from cluster (n.). Intransitive sense from 1540s. Related: Clustered ; clustering . 中文词源 cluster ：丛，簇 词源同clod,clot.即大块形状。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• clumsy 英文词源 clumsy clumsy: [16] When clumsy first appeared on the scene around 1600, both it and the presumably related but now obsolete clumse were used not only for ‘awkward’ but also for ‘numb with cold’. This, and the fact that the word’s nearest apparent relatives are Scandinavian (such as Swedish dialect klumsig ‘numb, clumsy’), suggests that the notion originally contained in
• clump 英文词源 clump (n.) 1580s, "lump; cluster of trees," from Middle English clompe "a lump" (c. 1300), from Dutch klomp "lump, mass," or Middle Low German klumpe "clog, wooden shoe." Old English had clympre "lump, mass of metal." clump (v.2) "walk heavily," 1660s, imitative. Related: Clumped ; clumping . clump (v.1) "to heap or gather in clumps" (transitive), 1824, from clump (n.). Related: Clump
• club foot 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random piecemeal piecemeal: see meal 中文词源 club foot ：畸形足 来自club,木棍。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： club foot 词源， club foot 含义。
• club 英文词源 club club: [13] The original meaning of club is ‘thick heavy stick for hitting people’; it was borrowed from Old Norse klubba . The sense ‘association’ developed in the 17th century, apparently originally as a verb. To club together seems to have been based on the notion of ‘forming into a mass like the thickened end of a club’: ‘Two such worlds must club together and be
• clown 英文词源 clown clown: [16] Clown ’s antecedents are obscure. Its earliest recorded sense is ‘unsophisticated or boorish country fellow’, which has led to speculation that it may come ultimately from Latin colonus ‘colonist, farmer’ (residence in the country often being associated with backwardness or lack of sophistication, as in the case heathen and pagan ). Others, however, see a m
• cloud 英文词源 cloud cloud: [OE] In Old English the word for ‘cloud’ was weolcen (whence modern English welkin , a poetical term for ‘sky’), which is related to German wolke ‘cloud’. At that time Old English clūd , the ancestor of cloud , meant ‘mass of rock, hill’ (it is probably related to clod ). As applied to ‘clouds’, presumably from a supposed resemblance between cumulus c
• clothing 英文词源 clothing (n.) c. 1200, "action of dressing in clothes," verbal noun from clothe . From late 13c. as "clothes collectively;" 1590s as an adjective. 中文词源 clothing ：衣物 cloth,衣物，-ing,集合名词后缀，词源同bedding,cabling,flooring. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： clothing 词源， clothing 含义。
• clothes 英文词源 clothes (n.) Old English claðas "cloths, clothes," originally plural of clað "cloth" (see cloth ), which, in 19c., after the sense of "article of clothing" had mostly faded from it, acquired a new plural form, cloths , to distinguish it from this word. 中文词源 clothes ：衣服 来自cloth 复数形式。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： clothes 词源，
• clothe 英文词源 clothe (v.) Old English claðian , from claþ (see cloth ). Related: Clothed , clothing . Other Old English words for this were scrydan and gewædian . 中文词源 clothe ：穿衣 来自cloth,衣物。-e,动词后缀，比较bath,bathe. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： clothe 词源， clothe 含义。
• closure 英文词源 closure (n.) late 14c., "a barrier, a fence," from Old French closure "enclosure; that which encloses, fastening, hedge, wall, fence," also closture "barrier, division; enclosure, hedge, fence, wall" (12c., Modern French clôture ), from Late Latin clausura "lock, fortress, a closing" (source of Italian chiusura ), from past participle stem of Latin claudere "to close" (see close (v.)
• clipper 英文词源 clipper (n.) late 14c., "sheepshearer;" early 15c., "a barber;" c. 1300 as a surname; agent noun from Middle English clippen "shorten" (see clip (v.1)). The type of fast sailing ship so called from 1823 (in Cooper's "The Pilot"), probably from clip (v.1) in sense of "to move or run rapidly," hence early 19c. sense "person or animal who looks capable of fast running." Perhaps originall
• clip joint 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random convolvulus convolvulus: see volume 中文词源 clip joint ：宰客夜总会 clip,剪羊毛，宰客，joint,俚语夜总会，娱乐场所。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： clip joint 词源， clip joint 含义。
• clip 英文词源 clip (v.1) "to cut or sever with a sharp instrument," c. 1200, from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse klippa , Swedish klippa , Danish klippe "clip, shear, cut") probably echoic. Related: Clipped ; clipping . Meaning "to pronounce short" is from 1520s. The verb has a long association with shady activities, originally especially in reference to cutting or shaving metal from coin
• clinic 英文词源 clinic clinic: [17] Etymologically, a clinic is a place with ‘beds’. It comes ultimately from Greek klínē ‘bed’, which goes back to the Indo-European base * kli - ‘lean, slope’ (source also of English lean ) and hence was originally ‘something on which one reclines’. The adjective derived from this, klīnkós , reached English via Latin clīnicus , having become spec
• cling 英文词源 cling cling: [OE] The basic underlying sense of cling seems to be ‘stick, adhere’, but surviving records of the word in Old English reveal it only in the more specialized senses ‘congeal’ or ‘shrivel’ (the notion being that loss of moisture causes something to contract upon itself or adhere more closely to a surface). It is not really until the late 13th century that the m
• climb 英文词源 climb climb: [OE] The original notion contained in climb seems not to have been so much ‘ascent’ as ‘holding on’. Old English climban came from a prehistoric West Germanic * klimban , a nasalized variant of the base which produced English cleave ‘adhere’. To begin with this must have meant strictly ‘go up by clinging on with the hands and feet’ – to ‘swarm up’, i
• cliff 英文词源 cliff cliff: [OE] Cliff comes from a prehistoric Germanic * kliban , of unknown origin (German klippe ‘crag’ is a collateral relative). The compound cliffhanger seems to have originated in the USA in the 1930s; it comes from the serial movies then popular, in which at the end of each episode the hero or heroine was left in some perilous situation, such as hanging off the edge of a
• client state 英文词源 client client: [14] The original status of a client was rather lowly: he was someone who was at another’s beck and call, and dependent on them. The word comes from Latin cliēns , an alteration of an earlier cluēns , the present participle of the verb cluēre ‘listen, follow, obey’; hence someone who was cliēns was always listening out for another’s orders, unable to take in
• click 英文词源 click (v.) 1580s, of imitative origin (compare Dutch and East Frisian klikken "to click; Old French clique "tick of a clock"). The figurative sense, in reference usually to persons, "hit it off at once, become friendly upon meeting" is from 1915, perhaps based on the sound of a key in a lock. Related: Clicked ; clicking . click (n.) 1610s, from click (v.). Click-beetle attested from 1
• clever 英文词源 clever clever: [13] Clever is rather a mystery word. There is one isolated instance of what appears to be the word in an early 13th-century bestiary, where it means ‘dextrous’, and the connotations of ‘clutching something’ have led to speculation that it may be connected with claw . It does not appear on the scene again until the late 16th century, when its associations with ‘
• clerk 英文词源 clerk clerk: [11] Clerk and its relatives cleric and clergy owe their existence ultimately to a Biblical reference, in Deuteronomy xviii 2, to the Levites, members of an Israelite tribe whose men were assistants to the Temple priests: ‘Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the Lord is their inheritance’. Greek for ‘inheritance’ is klēros , and so it c