英语词源

• chemical 英文词源 chemical chemical: [16] Essentially chemical , and the related chemistry and chemist , come from alchemy with the initial al - dropped. Alchemy itself is of Arabic origin; al represents the Arabic definite article ‘the’, while the second element was borrowed from Greek khēmíā ‘alchemy’. Loss of al - seems to have taken place originally in French, so the immediate source of
• challenger 英文词源 challenger (n.) late 13c., "a claimant;" mid-14c., "one who makes false charges;" mid-15c., "one who disputes something, objector," from Anglo-French chalengeour (Old French chalongeor "slanderer, petitioner, plaintiff"), agent noun from challenge (v.). Specific sense of "one who calls out another in a contest" is from 1510s. 中文词源 challenger ：挑战者 词根词缀： challe
• certainty 英文词源 certainty (n.) c. 1300, certeynte , "surety, pledge," from Anglo-French certeinté (late 13c.), Old French certainete "certainty," from Latin or Vulgar Latin *certanitatem (source of Old Spanish certanedad ); see certain . Meaning "that which is certain" is attested from early 14c.; meaning "quality of being certain" is from mid-14c. 中文词源 certainty ：(抽象)必然，确定；
• certainly 英文词源 certainly (adv.) c. 1300, in all main modern senses, from certain + -ly (2). 中文词源 certainly ：一定，必定；(常用于答语中)当然，行 词根词缀： -cert-确信 + -ain 形容词词尾 + -ly 副词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： certainly 词源， certainly 含义。
• centrosphere 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random ground ground: [OE] Ground is part of a widespread family of Germanic words, which include also German, Swedish, and Danish grund and Dutch grond . A common meaning element of all these is ‘bottom’, particularly of the sea (preserved in English ‘run aground ’), and it seems that their prehistoric Germanic ancestor * grun
• centrifugation 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random symposium symposium: [18] A symposium is etymologically a ‘get-together for a drink’. The word comes via Latin symposium from Greek sumpósion , a derivative of sumpótēs ‘drinking companion’. This was a compound noun formed from the prefix sun - ‘together’ and the base * pot - ‘drink’ (source of English poison
• centrifugal 英文词源 centrifugal (adj.) 1690s, with adjectival suffix -al (1) + Modern Latin centrifugus , 1687, coined by Sir Isaac Newton (who wrote in Latin) in "Principia" (which is written in Latin), from Latin centri- alternative comb. form of centrum "center" (see center (n.)) + fugere "to flee" (see fugitive (adj.)). Centrifugal force is Newton's vis centrifuga . 中文词源 centrifugal ：离心的
• centricity 英文词源 androcentricity (n.) 1907; see androcentric + -ity . eccentricity (n.) 1540s, of planetary orbits; 1650s, of persons (an instance of eccentricity); 1794, of persons (a quality of eccentricity); from eccentric (adj.) + -ity or from Modern Latin eccentricitatem , from eccentricus . Related: Eccentricities . 中文词源 centricity ：中心，中央 词根词缀： -centr- 中心 + -ic形
• centralize 英文词源 centralize (v.) 1795, "to bring to a center;" 1800, "come to a center," from central + -ize , on model of French centraliser (1790). A word from the French Revolution. Related: Centralized ; centralizing . Government should have a central point throughout its whole periphery. The state of the monthly expences amounted to four hundred millions; but within these seven months, it is redu
• centralization 英文词源 centralization (n.) 1801, especially of administrative power, originally with reference to Napoleonic France and on model of French centralisation . See centralize + -ation . 中文词源 centralization ：集中，集中化；中央集权 词根词缀： -centr-中心 + -al 形容词词尾 + -ization 复合名词后缀 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： centraliza
• centralise 英文词源 centralize (v.) 1795, "to bring to a center;" 1800, "come to a center," from central + -ize , on model of French centraliser (1790). A word from the French Revolution. Related: Centralized ; centralizing . Government should have a central point throughout its whole periphery. The state of the monthly expences amounted to four hundred millions; but within these seven months, it is redu
• central 英文词源 central (adj.) 1640s, from French central or directly from Latin centralis "pertaining to a center," from centrum (see center (n.)). Centrally is attested perhaps as early as early 15c., which might imply a usage of central earlier than the attested date. Slightly older is centric (1580s). As a U.S. colloquial noun for "central telephone exchange," first recorded 1889 (hence, "Hello,
• Celt 英文词源 celt (n.) "stone chisel," 1715, from a Latin ghost word (apparently a misprint of certe ) in Job xix:24 in Vulgate: "stylo ferreo, et plumbi lamina, vel celte sculpantur in silice ;" translated, probably correctly, in KJV as, "That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever ." But assumed by others to be a genuine carving tool, partly because it was in the Bible,
• celerity 英文词源 celerity celerity: see accelerate celerity (n.) late 15c., from Old French celeritee (14c., Modern French célérité ), from Latin celeritatem (nominative celeritas ) "swiftness," from celer "swift," from possible PIE root *kel- "to drive, set in swift motion" (cognates: Sanskrit carati "goes," Greek keles "fast horse or ship," keleuthos "journey, road," Lithuanian sulys "a gallop,"
• cautious 英文词源 cautious (adj.) 1640s, from caution + -ous . The Latin word for this was cautus "careful, heedful." Related: Cautiously ; cautiousness . 中文词源 cautious ：谨慎的，小心的 来源于拉丁语动词caveo, cavere, cavi, cautus(提防,小心)。 词根词缀： caut小心 + -i- + -ous形容词后缀 同源词：caution, precaution 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• Casablanca 英文词源 Casablanca city in Morocco, Spanish, literally "white house" (see casino , blank (adj.)). 中文词源 Casablanca ：(地名)卡萨布兰卡 卡萨布兰卡是摩洛哥第一大城市,美国电影"卡萨布兰卡"让这座白色之城闻名世界,由于"卡萨布兰卡"这个名字实在响亮,知道城市原名"达尔贝达"(DarelBeida)的人反倒不多了。来源于拉丁语casa,
• carrier 英文词源 carrier (n.) late 14c., agent noun from carry (v.). Meaning "person or animal that carries and disseminates infection without suffering obvious disease" is from 1899; genetic sense is 1933. As a short form of aircraft carrier it dates from 1917. Carrier pigeon is from 1640s. 中文词源 carrier ：搬运人，载体，载物架；运输工具；带菌者 词根词缀： -carr-车,负载
• carnal 英文词源 carnal carnal: [15] Carnal means literally ‘of the flesh’; it comes from late Latin carnālis , a derivative of Latin carō ‘flesh, meat’. Other English words from the same source are carnivorous ‘meateating’ [17]; carnage [16], which came via French carnage and Italian carnaggio from medieval Latin carnāticum ‘slaughter of animals’; carnation [16], which originally m
• caring 英文词源 caring (n.) 1550s, verbal noun from care (v.). caring (adj.) "compassionate," 1966, present participle adjective from care (v.). Related: Caringly ; caringness . 中文词源 caring ：关心他人的 词根词缀： care小心 + -ing形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： caring 词源， caring 含义。
• careful 英文词源 careful (adj.) Old English cearful "mournful, sad," also "full of care or woe; anxious; full of concern" (for someone or something), thus "applying attention, painstaking, circumspect;" from care (n.) + -ful . 中文词源 careful ：小心的，仔细的；细致的，精细的 词根词缀： care小心 + -ful形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： car
• carefree 英文词源 secure secure: [16] Something that is secure is etymologically ‘carefree’. The word was borrowed from Latin sēcūrus , a compound adjective formed from the prefix sē - ‘without’ and cūra ‘care’ (source of English curate , cure , etc). The metaphorical extension from ‘free from care’ to ‘free from danger, safe’ took place in post-Augustan Latin. Sure is in effect
• carbonize 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random value value: [14] To have value is etymologically to be ‘strong’ or ‘effective’, and hence to have ‘worth’. The word was borrowed from Old French value , a noun use of the feminine past participle of valoir ‘be worth’. This was descended from Latin valēre ‘be strong, be of value’, which also produced English
• carbonise 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random repress repress: see press 中文词源 carbonise ：碳化；使与碳化合；使成碳 词根词缀： -carb-碳 + -on名词词尾,物质 + -ise动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： carbonise 词源， carbonise 含义。
• carbonic 英文词源 carbon dioxide (n.) 1869, so called because it consists of one carbon and two oxygen atoms. The chemical was known since mid-18c. under the name fixed air ; later as carbonic acid gas (1791). "The term dioxide for an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen came into use in the middle of the 19th century." [Flood]. carbon monoxide (n.) 1869, so called because it consists of one carbon and
• carbide 英文词源 carbide (n.) compound formed by combination of carbon and another element, 1848, from carb- , comb. form of carbon + chemical suffix -ide . The earlier word was carburet . 中文词源 carbide ：碳化物；碳化钙；电石；硬质合金 词根词缀： -carb-碳 + -ide名词词尾,化合物类 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： carbide 词源， carbide 含义。
• captor 英文词源 captor (n.) 1680s, from Latin captor "a catcher," agent noun from captus , past participle of capere "to take" (see capable ). Earlier it meant "censor" (1640s). Fem. form captress recorded from 1867. 中文词源 captor ：捕捉者，掠夺者 词根词缀： -capt-抓 + -or人 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： captor 词源， captor 含义。
• captivity 英文词源 captivity (n.) late 14c., Old French *captivite or directly from Latin captivitatem (nominative captivitas ), from captivus (see captive (n.)). An Old English cognate word for it was gehæftnes (see haft ). 中文词源 captivity ：囚禁 词根词缀： -capt-抓 + -ivity性状 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： captivity 词源， captivity 含义。
• captivating 英文词源 captivate (v.) 1520s, "to enthrall with charm," from Late Latin captivatus , past participle of captivare "to take, capture," from captivus (see captive ). Literal sense (1550s) is rare or obsolete in English, which uses capture (q.v.). Latin captare "to take, hold" also had a transferred sense of "to entice, entrap, allure." Related: Captivated ; captivating ; captivatingly . catchin
• capitalize 英文词源 capitalize (v.) "write or print in capital letters," 1764, from capital (n.1) + -ize . Meaning "to convert (assets) to capital" is recorded from 1868. Related: Capitalized ; capitalizing . 中文词源 capitalize ：将…大写；提供资金；利用 词根词缀： -capit- 头 + -al 名词词尾 + -ize 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： capitalize 词源， capi
• capitalist 英文词源 capitalist (n.) 1791, "man of money," from French capitaliste , a coinage of the Revolution and a term of reproach; see capital (n.1) + -ist . Related: Capitalistic . 中文词源 capitalist ：资本家 词根词缀： -capit- 头 + -al 名词词尾 + -ist从事某一工作的人 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： capitalist 词源， capitalist 含义。
• capacity 英文词源 capacity (n.) early 15c., from Middle French capacité "ability to hold" (15c.), from Latin capacitatem (nominative capacitas ) "breadth, capacity, capability of holding much," noun of state from capax (genitive capacis ) "able to hold much," from capere "to take" (see capable ). Meaning "largest audience a place can hold" is 1908. 中文词源 capacity ：容量，容积；能量，能
• capacious 英文词源 capacious (adj.) 1610s, "able to contain," from Latin capax (genitive capacis ) "able to take in," from capere "to take" (see capable ) + -ous . Meaning "able to hold much" is from 1630s. Related: Capaciously ; capaciousness . 中文词源 capacious ：宽阔的；容积大的 词根词缀： -cap-拿,取 + -acious有…倾向的 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• capability 英文词源 capability (n.) 1580s, from capable + -ity . Capabilities "undeveloped faculty or property" is attested from 1778. 中文词源 capability ：能力，才能 词根词缀： -cap-拿,取 + -ability名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： capability 词源， capability 含义。
• calculator 英文词源 calculator (n.) late 14c., "mathematician, one who calculates," from Latin calculator , from calculatus , past participle of calculare "to reckon, compute," from calculus (see calculus ). Of mechanical adding machine contraptions, from 1784. Of electronic ones, from 1946. Electronic calculator uses 18,000 tubes to solve complex problems ["Scientific American" headline, June 1946] 中文
• calculation 英文词源 calculation (n.) late 14c., from Late Latin calculationem (nominative calculatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of calculare "to reckon, compute," from Latin calculus "reckoning, account," originally "pebble used in counting," diminutive of calx (genitive calcis ) "limestone" (see chalk (n.)). 中文词源 calculation ：计算(结果)；估计，推测 词根词缀： -c
• calcification 英文词源 calcify (v.) 1785 (implied in calcified ), from French calcifier , from stem of Latin calcem "lime" (see chalk (n.)) + -fy . Related: Calcifying ; calcification . 中文词源 calcification ：钙化，钙化作用 词根词缀： -calc-钙 + -i- + -fic-做,作 + -ation名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： calcification 词源， calcification 含义。
• calciferous 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random churn churn: [OE] It has been speculated that the term churn is based on the granular appearance cream takes on as it is stirred or agitated. The Old English noun cyrin comes from a prehistoric Germanic * kernjōn , which may be related to English corn and kernel and Latin grānum ‘grain’. The derived verb churn is a compara
• calcic 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random instant instant: [15] Latin instāre meant ‘be present’ (it was a compound verb formed from the prefix in - ‘upon’ and stāre ‘stand’). Its present participle instāns was used adjectivally for ‘present’, and hence by extension for ‘urgent’. The latter was actually the meaning originally taken up by English,
• calcareous 英文词源 calcareous (adj.) also calcarious , 1670s, from Latin calcarius "of lime," from calx (genitive calcis ) "lime, limestone" (see chalk (n.)). 中文词源 calcareous ：含碳酸钙的，钙质的 词根词缀： calcar(-calc-)石灰,钙 + -eous形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： calcareous 词源， calcareous 含义。
• Cut the Gordian knot 英文词源 Gordian knot (n.) 1560s, tied by Gordius (Greek Gordios ), first king of Phrygia in Asia Minor and father of Midas, who predicted the one to loosen it would rule Asia. Instead, Alexander the Great cut the Gordian knot with his sword; hence the extended sense (1570s in English) "solve a difficult problem in a quick, dramatic way." 中文词源 Cut the Gordian knot （快刀斩乱麻）：
• clock 英文词源 clock clock: [14] The clock appears to have been so named because it told the hours by the chiming of a ‘bell’, medieval Latin clocca . The Latin word, which emerged in the 7th century and may have been of Irish origin, probably reached English via Middle Dutch klocke . Besides being applied to time-pieces, it has also lent its name to two garments on account of their supposedly b
• coffe 英文词源 coffee coffee: [16] The word coffee first reached us in a form which we would now recognize in the 17th century, probably via Italian caffè . It is ultimately, however, of Middle Eastern origin, and the earliest spellings recorded in English reflect this: chaoua , cauwa , kahue , cahve , etc are modelled closely on Turkish kahveh and its source, Arabic qahwah . Where the Arabic word
• coal 英文词源 coal coal: [OE] In Old English, col meant ‘glowing ember’. It came from a prehistoric Germanic * kolam (source also of German kohle and Dutch kool ), which may be related to Irish Gaelic gual ‘coal’. By the 12th century at the latest it was also being used for ‘charcoal’ (the word charcoal is based on it), but it was not until the mid 13th century that the modern applicati
• closet 英文词源 closet (n.) late 14c., from Old French closet "small enclosure, private room," diminutive of clos "enclosure," from Latin clausum "closed space, enclosure, confinement," from neuter past participle of claudere "to shut" (see close (v.)). In Matt. vi:6 it renders Latin cubiculum "bedchamber, bedroom," Greek tamieion "chamber, inner chamber, secret room;" thus originally in English "a p
• catchword 英文词源 catchword (n.) 1730, "the first word of the following page inserted at the lower right-hand corner of each page of a book," from catch (v.) + word (n.); extended to "word caught up and repeated" (especially in the political sense) by 1795. The literal sense is extinct; the figurative sense thrives. 中文词源 catchword ：口号，导字，接头词 旧时英文书籍中前页右下角
• cellophane 英文词源 cellophane (n.) 1912, trademark name for a flexible, transparent product made from regenerated cellulose, coined by the inventor, Swiss chemist Jacques E. Brandenberger (1872-1954), probably from cellulose + connective o + -phane . 中文词源 Cellophane ：赛璐玢（用于包装的玻璃纸） 商标名。cello, 来自cellulose的缩写。-phane, 透明，显现，词源同phantas
• checkmark 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random empty empty: [OE] The original meaning of Old English ǣmtig appears to have been ‘unoccupied, at leisure’, and it was only secondarily that it developed the physical connotations of ‘not full’ which have come down to us in empty . (It also meant ‘unmarried’.) It was a derivative of the noun ǣmetta ‘rest, leisure’
• claptrap 英文词源 claptrap (n.) c. 1730, "trick to 'catch' applause," a stage term; from clap (v.) + trap (n.). Extended sense of "cheap, showy language" is from 1819; hence "nonsense, rubbish." 中文词源 claptrap ：哗众取宠的空话，哗众取宠的花招 该词系由clap（鼓掌，喝彩）和trap（诡计，圈套）复合而成，原为戏剧用语．可按字面释义为a trap to get／c
• coco 英文词源 coco (n.) "palm tree," mid-16c., from Spanish and Portuguese coco "grinning face," on resemblance of the three holes at the base of the shell to a human face. The earlier word for it was the Latinized form cocus , which sometimes was anglicized as cocos . 中文词源 coco ：椰子 椰子是一种热带常绿乔术，原产马来西亚或印度某地区，因椰果易漂浮，在史前
• campany 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random furze furze: see gorse 中文词源 campany ：公司 现指“伙伴”的companion和现指“公司”或“伙伴”的company这两个词从最严格的字面意义来讲原来都指坐在一趁分享面包的人。它们都来源于拉丁语companio，而该拉丁词则由com-‘with，together’和panis‘bread’两部分
• cuckold 英文词源 cuckold cuckold: [13] Cuckold is a derivative of cuckoo , the cuckoo’s invasion of other birds’ nests perhaps being viewed as analogous to the stealing of a wife’s affections by another man. It is not an original English coinage, but was borrowed from an unrecorded Anglo-Norman * cucuald , a variant of Old French cucuault , which in turn was formed from cucu ‘cuckoo’ and the
• cybersquatting 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random frock frock: [14] Frock is a Germanic word, although English acquired it via Old French froc . It originally meant ‘long coat or tunic’ – a sense reflected in the related Old High German hroc ‘mantle, coat’, and preserved in English frock coat and unfrock ‘dismiss from the office of clergyman’ ( frock once having d
• cutlery 英文词源 cutlery (n.) mid-14c., cutellerie , "art or trade of knife-making," from Old French coutelerie "cutlery, knife-making" (13c., Modern French coutellerie ) "cutting utensils," also "knife-making," from coutel "knife," from Latin cultellus (see cutlass ). Meaning "knives and forks collectively" is from 1836. 中文词源 cutlery ：餐具 来自拉丁词culter, 刀，来自PIE*skel, 砍，
• chron- 英文词源 chrono- before vowels chron- , word-forming element meaning "time," from Latinized form of Greek khrono- , comb. form of khronos "time, a defined time, a lifetime, a season, a while," which is of uncertain origin. 中文词源 chron- （时间）：希腊神话中的第二代神王克洛诺斯 希腊神话中，乌拉诺斯的儿子克洛诺斯（Cronus）推翻父亲成为第二代神王
• cytoplasm 英文词源 cytoplasm (n.) 1874, from cyto- + -plasm . 中文词源 cytoplasm ：细胞质 cyto, 细胞。-plasm, 形成，词源同plastic. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cytoplasm 词源， cytoplasm 含义。
• cytomegalovirus 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random hall hall: [OE] Etymologically, a hall is a ‘roofed or covered place’. Its ultimate ancestor was prehistoric West and North Germanic * khallō , a derivative of * khal -, * khel - ‘cover, hide’ (a slightly different derivative produced English hell , and cell , clandestine , conceal , hull ‘pod’, and possibly colour
• cytology 英文词源 cytology (n.) 1857, from cyto- + -logy . Related: Cytologist (1884). 中文词源 cytology ：细胞学 cyto, 细胞，来自PIE*skeu, 遮盖，隐藏，词源同hide, house. 比较cell, 小室，细胞。-logy, 学说。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cytology 词源， cytology 含义。
• cystitis 英文词源 cystitis (n.) c. 1780, from cyst + -itis "inflammation." 中文词源 cystitis ：膀胱炎 cyst,胆囊，膀胱。-itis, 疾病后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cystitis 词源， cystitis 含义。
• cystic fibrosis 英文词源 cystic (adj.) 1630s, "pertaining to the gall bladder," from French cystique (16c.), from Modern Latin cysticus , from Greek kystis "bladder, pouch." Meaning "pertaining to a cyst" is from 1713. Cystic fibrosis coined in 1938. 中文词源 cystic fibrosis ：纤维囊肿 cystic, 胆囊的。fibrosis, 纤维症。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cystic fibrosis 词源
• cyst 英文词源 cyst (n.) 1713, from Modern Latin cystis (in English as a Latin word from 1540s), from Greek kystis "bladder, pouch." 中文词源 cyst ：囊 来自希腊文kystic, 口袋，胆囊。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cyst 词源， cyst 含义。
• Cyrillic 英文词源 Cyrillic 1842, in reference to the Slavic alphabet, from St. Cyril , 9c. apostle of the Slavs, who supposedly invented it. The alphabet replaced earlier Glagolitic . The name Cyril is Late Latin Cyrillus , from Greek Kyrillos , literally "lordly, masterful," related to kyrios "lord, master" (see church ). 中文词源 Cyrillic ：西里尔字母 由9世纪斯拉夫圣人Saint Cyril创立
• cypress 英文词源 cypress (n.) type of evergreen tree (sacred to Pluto), late 12c., from Old French cipres (12c., Modern French cyprès ), from Late Latin cypressus , from Latin cupressus , from Greek kyparissos , probably from an unknown pre-Greek Mediterranean language. Perhaps related to Hebrew gopher , name of the tree whose wood was used to make the ark (Gen. vi:14). 中文词源 cypress ：柏树
• cynosure 英文词源 cynosure (n.) 1590s, from Middle French cynosure (16c.), from Latin Cynosura , literally "dog's tail," the constellation (now Ursa Minor ) containing the North Star, the focus of navigation, from Greek kynosoura , literally "dog's tail," from kyon (genitive kynos ; see canine ) + oura "tail" (see arse ). 中文词源 cynosure ：北极星，引人注目的人 cynos, 狗，词源同can
• cymbal 英文词源 cymbal cymbal: [14] The notion underlying cymbal is of a ‘hollow vessel’. Greek kúmbē meant ‘cup, bowl’. From it was derived kúmbalon , which passed via Latin cymbalum into Old French as cimbal ‘metal plate struck to make a noise’. This did not survive much beyond the 10th century (although it may have given rise before its demise to chime ), but the word was reborrowed
• cylinder 英文词源 cylinder (n.) 1560s, from Middle French cylindre (14c.), from Latin cylindrus "roller, cylinder," from Greek kylindros "a cylinder, roller, roll," from kylindein "to roll," which is of unknown origin. 中文词源 cylinder ：圆柱体 词源同cycle, 圈，转动。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cylinder 词源， cylinder 含义。 cylinder ：圆筒，圆柱体
• cygnet 英文词源 cygnet cygnet: [15] A cygnet is literally a ‘small swan’. The late Old French term for ‘swan’ was cigne , and this was modified with the diminutive suffix - et , probably in Anglo-Norman, to produce * cignet , the source of the English word. Cigne , precursor of modern French cygne , strikes a familiar chord, but in fact its Latin source, cygnus , is a comparatively late devel
• cyclotron 英文词源 cyclotron (n.) 1935, from cyclo- + ending from electron . 中文词源 cyclotron ：回旋加速器 cyclo, 圈。-tron, 电子名称后缀，来自electron. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cyclotron 词源， cyclotron 含义。
• Cyclops 英文词源 cyclops (n.) (plural cyclopes ), 1510s, from Latin, from Greek kyklops , literally "round-eyed," from stem of kyklos (see cycle (n.)) + -ops (see eye (n.)). One of a race of one-eyed giants who forged thunderbolts for Zeus, built the walls of Mycenae, etc. 中文词源 Cyclops ：古希腊神话中的独眼巨人 cyclo-, 圈。-op, 眼睛，见optical. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• cyclone 英文词源 cyclone (n.) 1848, coined by British East India Company official Henry Piddington to describe the devastating storm of December 1789 in Coringa, India; irregularly formed from Greek kyklon "moving in a circle, whirling around," present participle of kykloun "move in a circle, whirl," from kyklos "circle" (see cycle (n.)). Applied to tornados from 1856. 中文词源 cyclone ：旋风 来
• cycle 英文词源 cycle cycle: [14] Cycle is one of a wide range of English words (including pole , colony , and cult ) which go back ultimately to the Indo-European base * qwel -, * qwol -, which signified ‘move around’. Its reduplicated form, * qweqwlo -, produced English wheel , Sanskrit cakrá - ‘wheel, circle’ (ultimate source of the polo term chukker [19]), and Greek kúklos ‘circle’.
• cyclamen 英文词源 cyclamen (n.) 1550s, from Medieval Latin cyclamen , from Latin cyclaminos , from Greek kyklaminos , from kyklos "circle" (see cycle (n.)). So called in reference to the bulbous shape of the root. 中文词源 cyclamen ：仙客来 来自cycle, 圈。因这种植物的圆形球茎而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cyclamen 词源， cyclamen 含义。
• cyborg 英文词源 cyborg (n.) 1960, a blend of the first elements of cybernetic and organism . 中文词源 cyborg ：半人半机器的生物 来自cybernetic和organism的合成词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cyborg 词源， cyborg 含义。
• cyberpunk 英文词源 cyber as an element in word formation, ultimately from cybernetics (q.v.). It enjoyed explosive use with the rise of the Internet early 1990s. One researcher (Nagel) counted 104 words formed from it by 1994. Cyberpunk (by 1986) and cyberspace were among the earliest. Cyber is such a perfect prefix. Because nobody has any idea what it means, it can be grafted onto any old word to make
• cybernetics 英文词源 cybernetics cybernetics: [20] Cybernetics was first coined in French, as cybernétique , in the 1830s. But then it was used literally for the ‘art of governing’ (it is a derivative of Greek kubernétēs ‘steersman, governor’, from kubernan ‘steer’, source of English govern ). The English term, ‘theory of control and communication processes’, is a new formation, introdu
• cybernaut 英文词源 cybernaut "An expert or habitual user of the Internet", 1960s (in the senses 'robot' and 'cyborg'): from cyber-, on the pattern of astronaut . 中文词源 cybernaut ：网民 cyber，网络。naut, 航行，见nautical.. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cybernaut 词源， cybernaut 含义。
• cybercafe 英文词源 cybercafe (n.) 1994, from cyber + cafe . 中文词源 cybercafe ：网吧 来自caber和cafe的组合词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cybercafe 词源， cybercafe 含义。
• cyber 英文词源 cyber as an element in word formation, ultimately from cybernetics (q.v.). It enjoyed explosive use with the rise of the Internet early 1990s. One researcher (Nagel) counted 104 words formed from it by 1994. Cyberpunk (by 1986) and cyberspace were among the earliest. Cyber is such a perfect prefix. Because nobody has any idea what it means, it can be grafted onto any old word to make
• cyanogen 英文词源 cyanogen "A colourless flammable highly poisonous gas made by oxidizing hydrogen cyanide", Early 19th century: from French cyanogène , from Greek kuanos 'dark blue mineral' + -gène (see -gen ), so named because it is a constituent of Prussian blue. 中文词源 cyanogen ：氰 cyan, 青色。-gen, 产生，见generate. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cyanogen 词
• cyanide 英文词源 cyanide (n.) a salt of hydrocyanic acid, 1826, coined from cyan- , comb. form for carbon and nitrogen compounds, from Greek kyanos "dark blue" (see cyan ) + chemical ending -ide , on analogy of chloride . So called because it first had been obtained by heating the dye pigment powder known as Prussian blue (see Prussian ). 中文词源 cyanide ：氰化物 cyan, 缩写自cyanogen, 氰。
• cyan 英文词源 cyan (n.) 1889, short for cyan blue (1879), from Greek kyanos "dark blue, dark blue enamel, lapis lazuli," probably a non-Indo-European word, but perhaps akin to, or from, Hittite *kuwanna(n)- "copper blue." 中文词源 cyan ：青色 来自希腊词kyanos, 深蓝色，天蓝色。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cyan 词源， cyan 含义。
• cwtch 英文词源 cwtch "A cupboard or cubbyhole", Welsh, from cwts , related to couch 1 . 中文词源 cwtch ：紧紧拥抱 来自威尔士语，词源同couch. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cwtch 词源， cwtch 含义。
• cwm 英文词源 cwm (n.) 1853, from Welsh cwm "coomb" (see coomb ). 中文词源 cwm ：山侧凹地 来自威尔士语，来自PIE*kemb, 弯，转，词源同camp, cant.. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cwm 词源， cwm 含义。
• cuttlefish 英文词源 cuttlefish cuttlefish: [11] The cuttlefish probably gets its name from its resemblance to a bag when its internal shell is removed. Its earliest recorded designation is cudele (the compound cuttlefish does not appear until the 16th century), which is generally taken to be a derivative of the same base as produced cod ‘pouch’ (as in codpiece and peascod ). In the 16th century the v
• cutlet 英文词源 cutlet cutlet: see coast cutlet (n.) 1706, from French côtelette , from Old French costelette "little rib" (14c.), a double diminutive of coste "rib, side," from Latin costa (see coast (n.)); influenced by English cut . 中文词源 cutlet ：肉排 来自古法语costelette, 来自拉丁词costa, 肋骨，词源同coast, costa（肋骨的）。拼写受cut影响俗化。 该词的英语
• cutlass 英文词源 cutlass cutlass: [16] Appropriate as the name sounds, cutlass has no etymological connection with cut . It comes from Old French cutelas , a derivative (denoting large size) of coutel ‘knife’. This in turn goes back to Latin cultellus , a diminutive of culter ‘knife, ploughshare’ (source of English coulter [OE] and cutler [14], whence cutlery [14]). = coulter , cutlery cutlass
• cuticle 英文词源 cuticle cuticle: see hide cuticle (n.) 1610s, from Latin cuticula , diminutive of cutis "skin," from PIE *ku-ti- , from root *(s)keu- "to cover, conceal" (cognates: Lithuanian kiautas "husk," Old English hyd "skin, hide;" see hide (n.1)). Specialized sense of "skin at the base of the nail" is from 1907. Related: Cuticular . 中文词源 cuticle ：趾甲跟部的甲小皮 来自PIE*sk
• cutesy 英文词源 cutesy (adj.) "artificially or annoyingly cute," by 1968, from cute (adj.). 中文词源 cutesy ：矫揉造作的 来自cute, 可爱的。词义贬义化，装可爱的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cutesy 词源， cutesy 含义。
• cute 英文词源 cute (adj.) 1731, "clever," shortening of acute ; informal sense of "pretty" is 1834, American English student slang. Related: Cuteness . 中文词源 cute ：可爱的 缩写自acute, 尖锐的，敏锐的。词义由敏锐到聪明到可爱。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cute 词源， cute 含义。
• cutaway 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random compound compound: There are two distinct words compound in English. The one meaning ‘combine’ [14] comes ultimately from Latin compōnere ‘put together’. Old French took two verbs from this: the perfect stem compos produced composer (whence English compose ) while the infinitive became compondre , source of English comp
• cutaneous 英文词源 cutaneous cutaneous: see hide cutaneous (adj.) 1570s, from Medieval Latin cutaneus , from Latin cutis "the skin" (see cuticle ). 中文词源 cutaneous ：皮肤上的 来自cuticle, 皮肤，甲小皮。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cutaneous 词源， cutaneous 含义。