英语词源

• cleric 英文词源 cleric (n.) 1620s (also in early use as an adjective), from Church Latin clericus "clergyman, priest," noun use of adjective meaning "priestly, belonging to the clerus ;" from Ecclesiastical Greek klerikos "pertaining to an inheritance," but in Greek Christian jargon by 2c., "of the clergy, belonging to the clergy," as opposed to the laity; from kleros "a lot, allotment; piece of land
• clement 英文词源 clement (adj.) mid-15c., "mild," of persons (attested from early 13c. as a surname), from Old French clement , from Latin clementem (nominative clemens ) "mild, placid, gentle" (see clemency ). Of weather, 1620s. Taken as a name by several early popes and popular in England as a masculine given name from mid-12c., also in fem. form Clemence . 中文词源 clement ：仁慈的 来自PI
• cleave 英文词源 cleave cleave: [OE] There are two distinct verbs cleave in English, both of Germanic origin. Cleave ‘cut’ comes from Germanic * kleuban , which goes back to an Indo-European base * gleubh - (this also produced Greek glúphein ‘carve’, source of English hieroglyphics ). Cleave ‘adhere’ can be traced back ultimately to an Indo-European base * gloi -, * glei -, * gli - ‘sti
• clearance 英文词源 clearance (n.) 1560s, "action of clearing," from clear (v.) + -ance . Meaning "a clear space" is from 1788. Meaning "approval, permission" (especially to land or take off an aircraft) is from 1944, American English; national security sense recorded from 1948. Clearance sale attested by 1843. 中文词源 clearance ：许可，兑现 来自clear,清楚的，解决了的。 该词的英语
• cleanse 英文词源 cleanse (v.) Old English clænsian "to cleanse, purge, purify, chasten, justify," from West Germanic *klainson , from *klainoz (see clean (adj.)). Despite its modern spelling (16c.), it retains its Middle English pronunciation. Related: Cleansed ; cleansing . 中文词源 cleanse ：清洗 来自clean,干净。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cleanse 词源， c
• clay 英文词源 clay clay: [OE] Clay is named from its consistency – its stickiness, its squidginess, its capacity for being smeared. Its ultimate source is the Indo- European base * gloi -, * glei -, * gli -, from which English also gets glue and gluten . From it was descended the Germanic base * klai -, on which was formed West Germanic * klaijō -. This passed into Old English as clæg – hence
• claw 英文词源 claw (n.) Old English clawu , earlier clea , "claw, talon, iron hook," from Proto-Germanic *klawo (cognates: Old Frisian klawe "claw, hoe," Middle Dutch klouwe , Dutch klauw , Old High German klawa , German Klaue "claw"). Claw-foot in reference to furniture is from 1823; claw-and-ball attested from 1893. Claw-hammer attested from 1769. claw (v.) Old English clawian "to scratch, claw,"
• classy 英文词源 classy (adj.) "pertaining to or characteristic of a (high) class," 1891, from class (n.) + -y (2). Related: Classily ; classiness . 中文词源 classy ：豪华的 来自class,阶级，特指最高阶级。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： classy 词源， classy 含义。
• clasp 英文词源 clasp (n.) c. 1300, claspe , "metal catch or hook used to hold things together," perhaps a metathesis of clapse , and thus from or related to Old English clyppan "clasp" (see clip (v.2)). clasp (v.) late 14c., from clasp (n.). Related: Clasped ; clasping . 中文词源 clasp ：抓紧 词源同clam,clamp,clip. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： clasp 词源， clas
• claret 英文词源 claret claret: [14] Claret was originally a ‘lightcoloured wine’ – pale red (virtually what we would now call rosé), but also apparently yellowish. The word comes ultimately from Latin clārus ‘clear’; from this was derived the verb clārāre , whose past participle was used in the phrase vīnum clārātum ‘clarified wine’. This passed into Old French as vin claret . Mo
• clapperboard 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random usurp usurp: [14] Etymologically, to usurp something is probably to ‘seize it for one’s own use’. The word comes via Old French usurper from Latin ūsūrpāre , which may have been formed from the noun ūsus ‘use’ (source of English use ) and rapere ‘seize’ (source of English rape , rapture , ravish , etc). = rape
• clapper 英文词源 clapper (n.) late 13c., agent noun from clap (v.). Meaning "tongue of a bell" is from late 14c. Old English had clipur . Meaning "hinged board snapped in front of a camera at the start of filming to synchronize picture and sound" is from 1940. 中文词源 clapper ：钟舌 来自clap,叮当作响。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： clapper 词源， clapper 含义
• clap 英文词源 clap (v.) Old English clæppan "to throb, beat," common Germanic, echoic (cognate with Old Frisian klapa "to beat," Old Norse klappa , Old High German klaphon , German klappen , Old Saxon klapunga ). Meaning "to strike or knock" is from c. 1300. Meaning "to make a sharp noise" is late 14c. Of hands, to beat them together to get attention or express joy, from late 14c. To clap (someone
• civil servant 英文词源 civil service (n.) c. 1785, originally in reference to non-military staff of the East India Company. Civil servant is from 1800. 中文词源 civil servant ：公务员 字面意思即人民的仆人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： civil servant 词源， civil servant 含义。
• cityscape 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random carburettor carburettor: [19] Carburettor is a derivative of carburet , an obsolete term for what is now known as carbide ‘a carbon compound’. It was originally used for a device for adding carbon to a gas for enhancing its power of illumination; the current application to a device for producing air/fuel vapour in an engine
• cipher 英文词源 cipher cipher: [14] The central meaning of cipher is ‘zero’ (a word to which it is related); its use since the 16th century in connection with encrypted communications derives from the fact that in their earliest forms such codes usually consisted of numbers representing letters, and cipher had by then broadened in use from ‘nought’ to ‘any numeral’. It entered English thr
• cinephile 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random gantry gantry: see gallon 中文词源 cinephile ：影迷 cine,电影，-phile,爱，词源同philosopher. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cinephile 词源， cinephile 含义。
• cinema 英文词源 cinema cinema: [20] The cinema is so named because it shows moving pictures. The Greek verb for ‘move’ was kīnein (source of English kinetic and, via the related Latin cīre , a range of - cite words, including excite , incite , and recite ). Its noun derivative was kínēma ‘movement’, from which in 1896 Auguste and Louis Jean Lumière coined the French term cinématographe
• cine 英文词源 cine abbreviation of cinema used in compounds or as a stand-alone, 1928, perhaps partly from French ciné (1917). 中文词源 cine ：电影的 来自cinema 的缩写词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cine 词源， cine 含义。
• cigarillo 英文词源 cigarillo (n.) 1829, from Spanish cigarillo , diminutive of cigarro (see cigar ). 中文词源 cigarillo ：小雪茄 来自cigar,雪茄，-illo,小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cigarillo 词源， cigarillo 含义。
• cigarette 英文词源 cigarette (n.) 1835, American English, from French cigarette (by 1824), diminutive of cigare "cigar" (18c.), from Spanish cigarro (see cigar ). Spanish form cigarito , cigarita also was popular in English mid-19c. Cigarette heart "heart disease caused by smoking" is attested from 1884. Cigarette lighter attested from 1884. 中文词源 cigarette ：香烟 来自cigar,雪茄，-ette,小词
• chapman 英文词源 chapman (n.) "peddler, itinerant tradesman," Middle English form of Old English ceapman "tradesman," from West Germanic compound *kaupman- (cognates: Old High German choufman , German Kauffman , Middle Dutch and Dutch koopman ), formed with equivalents of man (n.) + West Germanic *kaup- (cognates: Old Saxon cop , Old Frisian kap "trade, purchase," Middle Dutch coop , Dutch koop "trade
• carbonate 英文词源 carbonate (n.) 1794, from French carbonate "salt of carbonic acid" (Lavoisier), from Modern Latin carbonatem "a carbonated (substance)," from Latin carbo (see carbon ). carbonate (v.) 1805, "to form into a carbonate," from carbonate (n.) by influence of French carbonater "transform into a carbonate." Meaning "to impregnate with carbonic acid gas (i.e. carbon dioxide )" is from 1850s.
• cyclist 英文词源 cyclist (n.) "bicyclist," 1882; see bicycle + -ist . Saxonists preferred wheelman . 中文词源 cyclist ：骑自行车的人 词根词缀： -cycl-圆 + -ist…人 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cyclist 词源， cyclist 含义。
• customary 英文词源 customary (adj.) 1520s, from Medieval Latin custumarius , from Latin consuetudinarius , from consuetitudinem (see custom (n.)). Related: Customarily . 中文词源 customary ：习惯的，惯例的 词根词缀： custom习惯 + -ary形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： customary 词源， customary 含义。
• curiosity 英文词源 curiosity (n.) late 14c., "careful attention to detail," also "desire to know or learn" (originally usually in a bad sense), from Old French curiosete "curiosity, avidity, choosiness" (Modern French curiosité ), from Latin curiositatem (nominative curiositas ) "desire of knowledge, inquisitiveness," from curiosus (see curious ). Neutral or good sense is from early 17c. Meaning "an ob
• curio 英文词源 curio curio: see cure curio (n.) "piece of bric-a-brac from the Far East," 1851, shortened form of curiosity (n.). 中文词源 curio ：古董 来源于curiosity的缩写。 词根词缀： -cur-关心 + io → 古董珍贵,被人关心 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： curio 词源， curio 含义。
• cure 英文词源 cure cure: [13] The Latin noun cūra ‘care’ has fathered a wide range of English words. On their introduction to English, via Old French, both the noun and the verb cure denoted ‘looking after’, but it was not long before the specific sense ‘medical care’ led to ‘successful medical care’ – that is, ‘healing’ (the Latin verb cūrāre could mean ‘cure’ too, but
• curable 英文词源 curable (adj.) late 14c., from cure (v.) + -able ; or from Old French curable (13c.) and directly from Late Latin curabilis , from Latin curare . 中文词源 curable ：可治愈的 词根词缀： -cur-关心 + -able 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： curable 词源， curable 含义。 curable ：可治愈的 来自cure.
• Cupid 英文词源 Cupid Roman god of passionate love, late 14c., from Latin Cupido , personification of cupido "desire, love," from cupere "to desire" (see cupidity ). Identified with Greek Eros . Cupid's bow as a shape, especially of lips, is from 1858. 中文词源 Cupid ：爱神丘比特 来源于拉丁语动词cupio, cupere, cupivi, cupitus渴望。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• cupboard 英文词源 cupboard cupboard: [14] A cupboard was originally exactly that: a ‘board’, or table, on which cups (and other pieces of crockery or plate) were placed for display. Essentially, it was what we would now call a sideboard . The modern sense, ‘recess with doors and shelves’, did not develop until the 16th century. (An earlier, and now largely superseded, term for ‘cupboard’ wa
• culture 英文词源 culture (n.) mid-15c., "the tilling of land," from Middle French culture and directly from Latin cultura "a cultivating, agriculture," figuratively "care, culture, an honoring," from past participle stem of colere "tend, guard, cultivate, till" (see colony ). The figurative sense of "cultivation through education" is first attested c. 1500. Meaning "the intellectual side of civilizati
• cultural 英文词源 cultural (adj.) 1868, in reference to the raising of plants or animals, from Latin cultura "tillage" (see culture ) + -al (1). In reference to the cultivation of the mind, from 1875; hence, "relating to civilization or a civilization." A fertile starter-word among anthropologists and sociologists, for example cultural diffusion , in use by 1912; cultural diversity by 1935; cultural im
• cultivate 英文词源 cultivate (v.) early 17c., from Medieval Latin cultivatus , past participle of cultivare "to cultivate," from Late Latin cultivus "tilled," from Latin cultus (see cult ). Figurative sense of "improve by training or education" is from 1680s. Related: Cultivable ; cultivated ; cultivating . 中文词源 cultivate ：耕作，养殖，种植，(喻)培养，建立(友谊) 词根词缀：
• cryptogram 英文词源 cryptogram (n.) 1880, from crypto- + gram "word, letter." A modern word coined in English; though the elements are Greek, the ancient Greeks would find it barbarous. 中文词源 cryptogram ：密码，暗号  词根词缀： -crypt-隐藏,秘密 + -o- + -gram-写,画 → 隐藏的记号 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cryptogram 词源， cryptogram 含义。
• cry 英文词源 cry cry: [13] Cry comes via Old French crier from Latin quirītāre , which, according to the Roman etymologist Marcus Terentius Varo, meant originally ‘call for the help of the Quirites’. This was a term for those who held the rank of Roman citizen; it is of uncertain origin, variously explained as coming from an Italic word for ‘lance’ and as denoting those who lived in the
• crush 英文词源 crush crush: [14] The emergence of crush is something of a mystery. English borrowed it from Old French croissir , but it is not clear where Old French got it from. Some consider it to be of Romance origin, postulating a hypothetical Vulgar Latin * cruscīre to account for it, but others suggest that Old French may have borrowed it from Germanic, pointing to the similarity of Middle L
• cruiser 英文词源 cruiser (n.) 1670s, agent noun from cruise (v.), or, probably, borrowed from similar words in neighboring languages (such as Dutch kruiser , French croiseur ), originally a warship built to cruise and protect commerce or chase hostile ships (but in 18c. often applied to privateers). Like the frigate of olden days the cruiser relies primarily on her speed; and is employed to protect th
• criticize 英文词源 criticize (v.) 1640s, "to pass judgment on something" (usually unfavorable), from critic + -ize . Meaning "to discuss critically" is from 1660s; that of "to censure" is from 1704. Related: Criticized ; criticizing . 中文词源 criticize ：批评，评论 词根词缀： -crit-判断,决定 + -ic名词词尾 + -ize动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： c
• criticise 英文词源 criticise (v.) chiefly British English spelling of criticize ; for suffix, see -ize . Related: Criticised ; criticising . 中文词源 criticise ：批评 词根词缀： -crit-判断,决定 + -ic名词词尾,…人,…家 + -ise动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： criticise 词源， criticise 含义。
• critic 英文词源 critic critic: [16] Critic and crisis both come ultimately from the Greek verb krínein ‘decide’ (a relative of Latin cernere ‘decide’, which produced English certain , crime , decree , discern , discrete , discriminate , excrement , riddle ‘sieve’, secret , and secretary ). The Greek derived noun krísis ‘judgment’ was used by the physicians Hippocrates and Galen for
• creed 英文词源 creed creed: [OE] Creed was the first of a wide range of English words borrowed from Latin crēdere ‘believe’. Others include credible [14] (from Latin crēdibilis ), credence [14] (from Old French credence ), credential [16] (from medieval Latin crēdentiālis ), credit [16] (from French crédit ), and credulous [16] (from Latin crēdulus ). Also ultimately from the same source a
• creditor 英文词源 creditor (n.) mid-15c., from Anglo-French creditour , Old French creditour (early 14c.), from Latin creditor "truster, lender," from creditus , past participle of credere (see credo ). 中文词源 creditor ：债权人 词根词缀： -cred-相信,信任 + -it名词词尾 + -or人 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： creditor 词源， creditor 含义。
• creditable 英文词源 creditable (adj.) 1520s, from credit (v.) + -able . Related: Creditably ; creditability . 中文词源 creditable ：可信的 词根词缀： -cred-相信,信任 + -it名词词尾 + -able形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： creditable 词源， creditable 含义。
• credibility 英文词源 credibility (n.) 1590s, from Medieval Latin credibilitas , from Latin credibilis (see credible ). Credibility gap is 1966, American English, in reference to official statements about the Vietnam War. 中文词源 credibility ：可靠性；可信性 词根词缀： -cred-相信,信任 + ibil(= -ible) + -ity名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： credibility
• creator 英文词源 creator (n.) c. 1300, "Supreme Being," from Anglo-French creatour , Old French creator (12c., academic and liturgical, alongside popular creere , Modern French créateur ), from Latin creator "creator, author, founder," from creatus (see create ). Translated in Old English as scieppend (from verb scieppan ; see shape (v.)). Not generally capitalized until KJV. General meaning "one who
• creative 英文词源 creative (adj.) 1670s, "having the quality of creating," from create + -ive . Of literature, "imaginative," from 1816, first attested in Wordsworth. Creative writing is attested from 1907. Related: Creatively . 中文词源 creative ：创造性的，有创造力的 词根词缀： -cre-创造 + -ative形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： creative 词源
• creation 英文词源 creation (n.) late 14c., "action of creating, a created thing," from Old French creacion (14c., Modern French création ) "creation, coming into being," from Latin creationem (nominative creatio ) "a creating, a producing," in classical use "an electing, appointment, choice," noun of action from past participle stem of creare (see create ). Meaning "that which God has created, the wor
• cowardly 英文词源 cowardly (adj.) 1550s, from coward + -ly (1). The adverb (late 14c.) is much older than the adjective: Yit had I levir do what I may Than here to dye thus cowerdelye ["Le Morte d'Arthur," c. 1450] An Old English word for "cowardly" was earg , which also meant "slothful." Related: Cowardliness . 中文词源 cowardly ：胆怯的，怯懦的 来源于拉丁语cauda(尾巴)和古法语c
• courtroom 英文词源 courtroom (n.) 1670s, from court (n.) + room (n.). 中文词源 courtroom ：法庭 词根词缀： court法庭 + room房间 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： courtroom 词源， courtroom 含义。
• courageous 英文词源 courageous (adj.) late 13c., from Anglo-French corageous , Old French corageus (12c., Modern French courageux ), from corage (see courage ). Related: Courageously ; courageousness . 中文词源 courageous ：勇敢的， 词根词缀： -cour-心(脏) + -age名词词尾 + -ous形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： courageous 词源， courageous 含义。
• countryside 英文词源 countryside (n.) mid-15c., literally "one side of a country" (a valley, a mountain range, etc.), from country + side (n.); hence, "any tract of land having a natural unity" (1727). 中文词源 countryside ：农村，乡下 词源解释见country词条 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： countryside 词源， countryside 含义。
• countless 英文词源 countless (adj.) "numberless, uncountable," 1580s, from count (v.) + -less . 中文词源 countless ：无数的，数不尽的 词根词缀： -count-计算 + -less否定 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： countless 词源， countless 含义。
• countervail 英文词源 countervail (v.) late 14c., "to be worth as much as," also "to prevail against," from Anglo-French countrevaloir , Old French contrevaloir "to be effective against, be comparable to," from Latin phrase contra valere "to be worth against" (see contra- and valiant ). Related: Countervailing . 中文词源 countervail ：补偿，抵销 词根词缀： counter-相反,相对 + vail(-val-)强
• counteragent 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random steep steep: English has two words steep . The adjective, ‘precipitous’ [OE], originally meant ‘very high’. It came from the prehistoric Germanic base * staup -, * stūp -, which also produced English steeple [OE] (etymologically a ‘high’ tower) and stoop [OE]. The verb steep ‘soak’ [14] probably came via an unre
• countdown 英文词源 countdown (n.) 1953, American English, in early use especially of launches of rockets or missiles, from count (v.) + down . 中文词源 countdown ：倒计数，逆序计数 倒计数技术首次出现于美籍德裔导演Fritz Lang(1890~1976)的科幻电影the lady in the moon中,影片中发射一枚巨型火箭时为了增加悬念采用了倒计数。 该词的英语词源请访问
• counselor 英文词源 counselor (n.) see counsellor . 中文词源 counselor ：顾问 词根词缀： counsel忠告 + -or名词词尾,人 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： counselor 词源， counselor 含义。
• councilor 英文词源 councilor (n.) see councillor . 中文词源 councilor ：参赞；州，市，镇等的议员；评议员 词根词缀： council议事机构 + -or名词词尾,人 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： councilor 词源， councilor 含义。
• cosponsor 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random duffel duffel: [17] Duffel is actually a sort of heavy woollen material, and like so many names of fabrics, it comes from the place where it was originally made or exported from – in this case Duffel, a town in Belgium, near Antwerp. However, the term duffel coat (which dates back to the late 17th century) has in modern times
• cosmopolitanism 英文词源 cosmopolitan (adj.) 1844, from cosmopolite "citizen of the world" (q.v.) on model of metropolitan . The U.S. women's magazine of the same name was first published in 1886. Cosmopolitanism first recorded 1828. 中文词源 cosmopolitanism ：世界大同主义，四海一家 词根词缀： -cosmo-世界,宇宙 + -polit-城市 + -an名词词尾,人 + -ism名词词尾 该词的英语词源
• cosmopolis 英文词源 cosmopolis "A city inhabited by people from many different countries", Mid 19th century: from Greek kosmos 'world' + polis 'city'. 中文词源 cosmopolis ：国际化都市 词根词缀： -cosmo-宇宙 + -polis-城市 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cosmopolis 词源， cosmopolis 含义。
• cosmology 英文词源 cosmology (n.) 1650s, from Modern Latin cosmologia , from Greek kosmos (see cosmos ) + -logia "discourse" (see -logy ). Related: Cosmological ; cosmologist . They cannot scare me with their empty spaces Between stars--on stars where no human race is. I have it in me so much nearer home To scare myself with my own desert places. [Robert Frost, from "Desert Places," 1936] 中文词源 c
• cosmologist 英文词源 cosmology (n.) 1650s, from Modern Latin cosmologia , from Greek kosmos (see cosmos ) + -logia "discourse" (see -logy ). Related: Cosmological ; cosmologist . They cannot scare me with their empty spaces Between stars--on stars where no human race is. I have it in me so much nearer home To scare myself with my own desert places. [Robert Frost, from "Desert Places," 1936] 中文词源 c
• cosmetology 英文词源 cosmetology (n.) 1855, from French cosmétologie , from Latinized form of Greek kosmetos (see cosmetic ) + -ology . 中文词源 cosmetology ：整容术，美容术 词根词缀： -cosm-秩序 + -etic形容词词尾(ic略) + -o- + -logy…学科 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cosmetology 词源， cosmetology 含义。
• corruption 英文词源 corruption (n.) mid-14c., of material things, especially dead bodies, also of the soul, morals, etc., from Latin corruptionem (nominative corruptio ), noun of action from past participle stem of corrumpere (see corrupt ). Of public offices from early 15c.; of language from late 15c. 中文词源 corruption ：贪污，腐败；(文献等的)讹误 词根词缀： cor-共同,加强 + -
• corresponding 英文词源 corresponding (adj.) 1570s, past participle adjective from correspond . Not common until 19c., when it took on the adjectival function of correspondent . Related: Correspondingly (1836). 中文词源 corresponding ：符合的；相应的，对应的 词根词缀： cor-共同 + re-回,向后 + -spond-允诺,约定 + -ing形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• correspondence 英文词源 correspondence (n.) early 15c., "harmony, agreement," from Medieval Latin correspondentia , from correspondentem (nominative correspondens ), present participle of correspondere (see correspond ). Sense of "communication by letters" is first attested 1640s. 中文词源 correspondence ：对应，相当于；符合，一致；通信，信件 词根词缀： cor-共同 + re-回,向后
• correlation 英文词源 correlation (n.) 1560s, from Middle French corrélation , from cor- "together" (see com- ) + relation (see relation ). 中文词源 correlation ：相互关系，关联 词根词缀： cor-共同 + re-回 + -lat-携带,拿取 + -ion名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： correlation 词源， correlation 含义。
• correctly 英文词源 Luddite Luddite: [19] The original Luddites, in the 1810s, were members of organized bands of working men who were opposed to the new factory methods of production (foreseeing – quite correctly – that the traditional ways which gave them employment would be destroyed by the new ones) and went around the country, mainly in the Midlands and Northern England, breaking up manufacturin
• correction 英文词源 correction (n.) mid-14c., "action of correcting," from Old French correccion (13c.) "correction, amendment; punishment, rebuke," from Latin correctionem (nominative correctio ), noun of action from past participle stem of corrigere (see correct (v.)). Meaning "chastisement" is from late 14c. Meaning "an instance of correction" is from 1520s. House of correction was in a royal statute
• corporative 英文词源 corporative (adj.) 1833, from Late Latin corporativus "pertaining to the forming of a body," from past participle stem of corporare (see corporate ). 中文词源 corporative ：社团的，法人的；社团管的，组成社团的 词根词缀： -corpor-体→团体 + -ative形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： corporative 词源， corporative 含义
• corporation 英文词源 corporation (n.) mid-15c., "persons united in a body for some purpose," from such use in Anglo-Latin, from Late Latin corporationem (nominative corporatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin corporare "to embody" (see corporate ). Meaning "legally authorized entity" (including municipal governments and modern business companies) is from 1610s. 中文词源 corporation
• corniform 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random sail sail: [OE] Sail has numerous relatives in the other Germanic languages, among them German and Swedish segel , Dutch zeil , and Danish sejl . These all come from a prehistoric Germanic * seglam , which some have traced back to an Indo-European * seklom . This was presumably formed from the same Indo-European base (* sek - ‘
• cornification 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random fortune fortune: [13] Latin fors meant ‘chance’ (it came ultimately from Indo-European * bhrtis , a derivative of the same base as produced English bear ‘carry’, and hence signified etymologically ‘that which fate brings along’). Formed from fors was fortuna , which was used both for the personification of ‘chance’
• corneous 英文词源 corneous "Horn-like; horny", Mid 17th century: from Latin corneus (from cornu 'horn') + -ous. 中文词源 corneous ：角状的，似角的，角质的 词根词缀： -corn-角 + -eous形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： corneous 词源， corneous 含义。
• coreless 英文词源 scoreless (adj.) in games, 1880, from score (n.) + -less . 中文词源 coreless ：无果心的，无核心的，无芯的 词根词缀： core(= -cord- )心 + -less否定 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： coreless 词源， coreless 含义。
• cordiform 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random dominion dominion: [15] Dominion , in common with demesne , domain , dominant , dominate , domineer , dominie , domino , and don , and indeed danger and dungeon , comes ultimately from Latin dominus ‘lord, master’. This was a derivative of Latin domus ‘house’ (source of English dome ) and, like the parallel Greek formati
• cordiality 英文词源 cordial (adj.) late 14c., "of the heart," from Middle French cordial , from Medieval Latin cordialis "of or for the heart," from Latin cor (genitive cordis ) "heart," from PIE root *kerd- (1) "heart" (see heart (n.)). Meaning "heartfelt, from the heart" is mid-15c. The noun is late 14c., originally "medicine, food, or drink that stimulates the heart." Related: Cordiality . 中文词源
• cordate 英文词源 cordate "Heart-shaped", Mid 17th century (in the sense 'wise, prudent'): from Latin cordatus 'wise' (in modern Latin 'heart-shaped'), from cor , cord- 'heart'. 中文词源 cordate ：心脏形的 词根词缀： -cord-心 + -ate形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cordate 词源， cordate 含义。
• cooperative 英文词源 cooperative (adj.) also co-operative , c. 1600, from Late Latin cooperat- , past participle stem of cooperari (see cooperation ) + -ive . Political economy sense is from 1808, from the pre-Marx communist movement. The noun meaning "a cooperative store" is from 1883; meaning "a cooperative society" is from 1921. 中文词源 cooperative ：合作的，协力的 词根词缀： co-共同
• cooperation 英文词源 cooperation (n.) late 15c., from Middle French coopération , or directly from Late Latin cooperationem (nominative cooperatio ) "a working together," noun of action from past participle stem of cooperari "to work together," from com- "with" (see com- ) + operari "to work" (see operation ). 中文词源 cooperation ：合作，协作 词根词缀： co-共同 + -oper-工作 + -ation名词
• convolve 英文词源 convolve "Roll or coil together; entwine", Late 16th century (in the sense 'enclose in folds'): from Latin convolvere 'roll together', from con- 'together' + volvere 'roll'. 中文词源 convolve ：卷，盘旋，缠绕 词根词缀： con-一起 + -volv-卷动 + -e → 卷到一起 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： convolve 词源， convolve 含义。
• conviction 英文词源 conviction (n.) mid-15c., "the proving of guilt," from Late Latin convictionem (nominative convictio ) "proof, refutation," noun of action from past participle stem of convincere (see convince ). Meaning "mental state of being convinced" is from 1690s; that of "firm belief, a belief held as proven" is from 1841. 中文词源 conviction ：深信，确信，定罪，宣告有罪  词根
• convertible 英文词源 convertible (adj.) late 14c., from Old French convertible (13c.), from Late Latin convertibilis "changeable," from Latin convertere (see convert (v.)). The noun is recorded from 1610s; meaning "automobile with a fold-down top" is from 1916. 中文词源 convertible ：可改变的，可转换的，可兑换的  词根词缀： con-加强意义 + -vert-转 + -ible形容词词尾 该词的
• conventional 英文词源 conventional (adj.) late 15c., "of the nature of an agreement," from Late Latin conventionalis "pertaining to convention or agreement," from Latin conventionem (see convention ). Meaning "of the nature of a convention" is from 1812, now rare; "established by social convention" is from 1761; that of "following tradition" is from 1831; that of "non-nuclear" is from 1955. Realted: Conven
• convenience 英文词源 convenience (n.) late 14c., "agreement, conformity," from Latin convenientia "meeting together, agreement, harmony," from conveniens , present participle of convenire (see convene ). Meaning "suitable, adapted to existing conditions" is from c. 1600; that of "personally not difficult" is from 1703. 中文词源 convenience ：方便，便利 词根词缀： con-共同 + -ven-来 + -i-
• controvert 英文词源 controvert (v.) c. 1600, probably a back-formation from controversy . Related: Controverted ; controverting ; controvertible . 中文词源 controvert ：反驳，否认，反证；辩论，讨论 词根词缀： contro-反对,相反 + -vert-转 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： controvert 词源， controvert 含义。
• controversial 英文词源 controversial (adj.) 1580s, from Late Latin controversialis "pertaining to controversy," from Latin controversia (see controversy ). 中文词源 controversial ：引起争论的，有争议的 词根词缀： contro-反对,相反 + -vers-转 + -ial形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： controversial 词源， controversial 含义。
• contribution 英文词源 contribution (n.) late 14c., from Old French contribution and directly from Latin contributionem (nominative contributio ), noun of action from past participle stem of contribuere "to bring together, add, contribute," from com- "together" (see com- ) + tribuere "to allot, pay" (see tribute ). 中文词源 contribution ：贡献，捐献(物) 词根词缀： con-加强意义 + -tribut-交
• contradiction 英文词源 contradiction (n.) late 14c., from Old French contradiction or directly from Latin contradictionem (nominative contradictio ) "a reply, objection, counterargument," noun of action from past participle stem of contradicere , in classical Latin contra dicere "to speak against," from contra "against" (see contra ) + dicere "to speak" (see diction ). 中文词源 contradiction ：反驳；矛