英语词源

• critical 英文词源 critical (adj.) 1580s, "censorious," from critic + -al (1). Meaning "pertaining to criticism" is from 1741; medical sense is from c. 1600; meaning "of the nature of a crisis" is from 1640s; that of "crucial" is from 1841, from the "decisive" sense in Latin criticus . Related: Criticality (1756; in the nuclear sense, 1950); critically (1650s, "accurately;" 1815, "in a critical situatio
• criterion 英文词源 criterion (n.) 1660s, from Latinized form of Greek kriterion "means for judging, standard," from krites "judge," from PIE root *krei- (see crisis ). Used in English as a Greek word from 1610s. 中文词源 criterion ：标准 来自PIE*krei, 区分，筛选，判断，词源同crime, crisis. 即区分的关键，标准。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： criterio
• criss-cross 英文词源 criss-cross "A pattern of intersecting straight lines or paths", Early 17th century (denoting a figure of a cross preceding the alphabet in a hornbook): from Christ-cross (in the same sense in late Middle English), from Christ's cross . The form was later treated as a reduplication of cross. 中文词源 criss-cross ：纵横交错 来自Christ’s cross. 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• crisp 英文词源 crisp crisp: [OE] Historically, crisp means ‘curly’. It was borrowed into Old English from Latin crispus ‘curled’ (which was also the source of French crêpe , acquired by English as crape in the 17th century and then reborrowed in the original French form in the 19th century). The reason for the emergence of the word’s modern sense ‘brittle’, which happened in the early
• cripple 英文词源 cripple cripple: [OE] The etymological sense of cripple appears to be ‘someone who creeps along’, for it probably goes back ultimately to the same Indo- European base, * greub -, as creep . The word is widespread in the Germanic languages: German has kruppel , Dutch kreupel , and Norwegian krypel . = creep cripple (n.) Old English crypel , related to cryppan "to crook, bend," from
• cripes 英文词源 cripes "Used as a euphemism for Christ", Early 20th century: alteration of Christ.MoreThis old-fashioned exclamation, associated with Billy Bunter and the current mayor of London, Boris Johnson, is a euphemistic corruption of ‘Christ’. 中文词源 cripes ：天啦 来自Christ的委婉语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cripes 词源， cripes 含义。
• crinoline 英文词源 crinoline crinoline: [19] The reason crinolines are called crinolines is that they were originally made from a stiff fabric woven from horsehair and linen thread. Italian crino ‘horsehair’ (from Latin crīnus ‘hair’, a possible relative of English crest ) and lino ‘flax’ (from Latin līnum , source of English linen ) were combined to produce crinolino , which passed into E
• crinkle 英文词源 crinkle (v.) late 14c., from frequentative of Old English crincan , variant of cringan "to bend, yield" (see cringe ). Related: Crinkled ; crinkling . As a noun from 1590s. 中文词源 crinkle ：使起皱 词源同crimp, crisp. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： crinkle 词源， crinkle 含义。
• cringe 英文词源 cringe cringe: [13] Like crank , cringe appears to come ultimately from a prehistoric Germanic base * krank - whose original meaning was ‘bend’ or ‘curl up’. This produced an Old English verb crincan ‘fall in battle, yield’ (the association of ‘curling up’ and ‘dying’ is obvious), probable ancestor of modern English crinkle [14]. Crincan does not itself seem to be
• crimson 英文词源 crimson crimson: [14] The colour term crimson comes ultimately from the name of a small scale insect, the kermes, from whose dried bodies a red dyestuff is obtained. Kermes comes from Arabic qirmaz , which in turn was derived from Sanskrit krmi-ja ‘(dye) produced by a worm’, a compound formed from krmi - ‘worm’ and ja - ‘produced, born’. From qirmaz was derived Arabic qirm
• Crimplene 英文词源 Crimplene "A synthetic crease-resistant fibre and fabric", 1950s: perhaps from the name of the Crimple valley in Yorkshire, site of the ICI laboratory where the fabric was developed, + -ene. 中文词源 Crimplene ：克里普纶（不易起皱的合成纤维织物） 商标名，来自Crimple Valley, 生产这种织物的公司所在地。-ene, 化学名词后缀。 该词的英语词源
• crimp 英文词源 crimp crimp: see cram crimp (v.) 1630s; Old English had gecrympan "to crimp, curl," but the modern word probably is from Middle Dutch or Low German crimpen / krimpen "to shrink, crimp." Related: Crimped ; crimping . crimp (n.) 1863, from crimp (v.). Originally "natural curl in wool fiber." To put a crimp in (something) is 1896, U.S. slang. 中文词源 crimp ：使卷曲，起皱 词源
• criminalize 英文词源 decriminalize (v.) 1963, "to reform a criminal," back-formation from decriminalization . Meaning "to make legal something that formerly had been illegal" was in use by 1970 (there are isolated instances back to 1867). Related: Decriminalized ; decriminalizing . 中文词源 criminalize ：使非法化 来自crime, 犯罪，非法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• criminal 英文词源 criminal (adj.) early 15c., from Middle French criminel (11c.), from Latin criminalis "pertaining to crime," from crimen (genitive criminis ); see crime . Preserves the Latin -n- . Criminal law (or criminal justice ) distinguished from civil in English at least since late 15c. criminal (n.) 1620s, from criminal (adj.). 中文词源 criminal ：罪犯 来自crime, 犯罪。 该词的英语
• crime 英文词源 crime crime: [14] Crime is one of a wide range of English words (including certain , crisis , critic , decree , discern , discrete , discriminate , excrement , riddle ‘sieve’, secret , and secretary ) which come ultimately from or are related to the Greek verb krínein ‘decide’. This was a relative of Latin cernere ‘decide’, from whose root evolved the noun crīmen ‘judg
• crieky 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random locust locust: see lobster 中文词源 crieky ：天啦 来自Christ的委婉语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： crieky 词源， crieky 含义。
• cri de coeur 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random violin violin: [16] Violin has been traced back to Vulgar Latin * vītula ‘stringed instrument’, which was based ultimately on the name of Vītula , a Roman goddess of joy and victory (and has also, via a prehistoric Germanic borrowing, given English fiddle ). The Vulgar Latin term passed via Provençal viola and Old French
• cricket 英文词源 cricket cricket: English has two completely unrelated words cricket . The name of the small grasshopper-like insect [14] comes from Old French criquet , a derivative of the verb criquer ‘click, creak’, which no doubt originated as an imitation of the sound itself. The origins of the name of the game cricket [16] have never been satisfactorily explained. One explanation often advan
• crick 英文词源 crick (n.) early 15c., of uncertain origin; OED says "probably onomatopœic." 中文词源 crick ：痛性痉挛 词源不确定，可能来自cramp, 抽筋。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： crick 词源， crick 含义。
• cribbage 英文词源 cribbage (n.) the card game, 1620s, probably from crib "set of cards thrown from each player's hand," which is of uncertain origin, though this word is later than the game name. 中文词源 cribbage ：克里巴奇牌戏 词源不详。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cribbage 词源， cribbage 含义。
• crib 英文词源 crib crib: [OE] Crib is a Germanic word, with relatives today in German ( krippe ) and Dutch ( kribbe ). In Old English it meant ‘manger’, and not until the 17th century did it develop its familiar presentday sense ‘child’s bed’. An intermediate stage, now lost, was ‘basket’, which appears to have given rise to its 18th-century use as a thieves’ slang term for ‘pilfe
• crew 英文词源 crew crew: [15] The idea originally underlying crew is ‘augmentation’. It comes from Old French creue , which was derived from the verb creistre ‘grow, increase, augment’, a descendant of Latin crēscere ‘grow’. At first in English it denoted a squad of military reinforcements. Soon its meaning had spread to any band of soldiers, and by the end of the 16th century the word
• crevice 英文词源 crevice crevice: [14] Rather like crack , the word crevice began with the notion of the sharp noise of breaking and gradually developed to denote the fissure caused by such a break. It comes ultimately from the Latin verb crepāre ‘creak, rattle, crack’ (source of English crepitation [17] and decrepit , and probably also of craven ), which passed into Old French as crever ‘burst
• crevasse 英文词源 crevasse (n.) 1823, of glaciers; 1814, of riverbanks (in that case from Louisiana French), from French crevasse , from Old French crevace "crevice" (see crevice ). Essentially the same word as crevice , but re-adopted in senses for which the meaning that had taken hold in crevice was felt to be too small. 中文词源 crevasse ：裂缝 来自crevice的拼写异体。 该词的英语词
• cretin 英文词源 cretin cretin: [18] In the Swiss-French dialect of the high Alps the term creitin or crestin (their version of christian ) was applied to people suffering from mental handicap and stunted growth – the notion being to emphasize that despite their abnormalities, such people were nevertheless as much human beings as any other ‘Christian’. The word was adopted (via French crétin )
• Cretaceous 英文词源 cretaceous (adj.) 1670s, "chalky," from Latin cretaceus "chalk-like," from creta "chalk." As a geological period (with a capital C- ), it was first used 1832. The extensive chalk beds of southeastern England were laid down during the Cretaceous. 中文词源 Cretaceous ：白垩纪的 词源同crayon, 石灰，粉笔。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Cretaceous
• crestfallen 英文词源 crestfallen (adj.) 1580s, past participle adjective, but the verb crestfall is recorded only from 1610s, in reference to diseased horses, and is rare. It's possible that the image behind this use of the word is not cocks, as often is asserted, but horses. 中文词源 crestfallen ：垂头丧气的 来自crest和fallen的组合词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• crest 英文词源 crest crest: [14] The original etymological meaning of crest appears to have been ‘tuft of hair’. It comes via Old French creste from Latin crista ‘tuft, plume’, which may be related to Latin crīnis ‘hair’ (source of the English biological term crinite ‘hairy’ [16]). If so, crest belongs to the same word family as crinoline . The notion of crest as a ‘surmounting ri
• cress 英文词源 cress (n.) Old English cresse , originally cærse , from Proto-Germanic *krasjon- (cognates: Middle Low German kerse , karse ; Middle Dutch kersse ; Old High German kresso , German Kresse ), from PIE root *gras- "to devour" (see gastric ). It underwent a metathesis similar to that of grass . French cresson , Italian crescione are Germanic loan-words. 中文词源 cress ：水芹 来自
• crescent 英文词源 crescent crescent: [14] Crescent is one of a wide range of words (including create , crescendo , concrete , crew , accretion , croissant , increase , and recruit ) bequeathed to English by the Latin verb crēscere ‘grow’. In the case of crescent , it came in the form of the present participial stem crēscent -, which passed into English via Old French creissant and Anglo-Norman cr
• crescendo 英文词源 crescendo (n.) 1776 as a musical term, from Italian crescendo "increasing," from Latin crescendo , ablative of gerund of crescere "to increase" (see crescent ). Figurative use is from 1785. As a verb, from 1900. 中文词源 crescendo ：渐强 来自PIE*ker , 创造，生长，词源同create。-esce, 表起始。用做音乐术语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• crepuscular 英文词源 crepuscular (adj.) figurative use from 1660s; literal use from 1755, from Latin crepusculum "twilight, dusk," from creper "dusky," which is of unknown origin. Especially of evening twilight. 中文词源 crepuscular ：黄昏的 来自拉丁词creper, 微光，黄昏，词源不详。可能来自拟声词，模仿柴火燃烧发出的嘎吱的声音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• crepe 英文词源 crepe (n.) 1797, from French crêpe , from Old French crespe (14c.), from Latin crispa , fem. of crispus "curled, wrinkled" (see crisp (adj.)). Meaning "small, thin pancake" is from 1877. Crepe paper is first attested 1895. 中文词源 crepe ：绉纱 来自crisp, 脆的，卷的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： crepe 词源， crepe 含义。
• creosote 英文词源 creosote creosote: [19] The term creosote was coined as German kreosot in the early 1830s. Of creosote’s various properties, the one perhaps most valued in the early days after its discovery was that of being antiseptic. Hence the name kreosot , which was intended to mean ‘flesh-preserver’. The first element, kreo -, is a derivative of Greek kréas ‘flesh’; this also produce
• Creole 英文词源 creole creole: see creature creole (n.) c. 1600, from French créole (17c.), from Spanish criollo "person native to a locality," from Portuguese crioulo , diminutive of cria "person (especially a servant) raised in one's house," from criar "to raise or bring up," from Latin creare "to produce, create" (see create ). The exact sense varies with local use. Originally with no connotation
• crenellated 英文词源 crenelate (v.) early 14c., from French créneler , from crénelé (12c.); see crenel . Sometimes also crenellate ; the double -l- seems to be from a presumed Latin *crenella as a diminutive of crena . Related: Crenelated (1823), also crenellated ; crenellation (1849). Earlier formes of the past participle adjective included carneled . 中文词源 crenellated ：有雉堞的 来自cre
• crenel 英文词源 crenel (n.) "open space on an embattlement," early 14c., from Old French crenel (12c.), apparently a diminutive of cren "notch" (see cranny ). 中文词源 crenel ：城墙的垛口，枪眼，炮口 词源同cranny, 裂缝，裂隙。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： crenel 词源， crenel 含义。
• creme fraiche 英文词源 crème fraiche "A type of thick cream made from double cream with the addition of buttermilk, sour cream, or yogurt", From French crème fraîche , literally 'fresh cream'. 中文词源 creme fraiche ：鲜浓奶油 来自法语，字面意思即fresh cream. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： creme fraiche 词源， creme fraiche 含义。
• creme de menthe 英文词源 crème de menthe "A peppermint-flavoured liqueur", French, literally 'cream of mint'. 中文词源 creme de menthe ：薄荷烈性甜酒 来自法语，字面意思即 the cream mead. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： creme de menthe 词源， creme de menthe 含义。
• creme brulee 英文词源 crème brûlée "A dessert of custard topped with caramelized sugar", French, literally 'burnt cream'. 中文词源 creme brulee ：焦糖奶油 来自法语。字面意思即burned cream. creme de la creme 精华 来自法语，字面意思即为the cream of the cream. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： creme brulee 词源， creme brulee 含义。
• cremate 英文词源 cremate cremate: see hearth cremate (v.) 1874, a back-formation from cremation . Related: Cremated ; cremating . 中文词源 cremate ：焚烧 来自PIE*ker, 火，燃烧，词源同carbon, hearth. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cremate 词源， cremate 含义。
• creep 英文词源 creep creep: [OE] Creep is an ancient verb, which has been traced back to Indo–European * greub -. This was the source also of Dutch kriupen and Swedish krypa ‘creep’, and of Lithuanian grubineti ‘stumble’, and links have been suggested with English cripple . The related Indo-European * greug - produced German kriechen ‘creep’. = cripple creep (v.) Old English creopan "t
• creel 英文词源 creel (n.) early 14c., originally Scottish, of unknown origin. Perhaps related to Middle French crille "latticework." 中文词源 creel ：鱼篓 来自PIE*sker, 弯，转，编织，词源同cradle. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： creel 词源， creel 含义。
• creek 英文词源 creek creek: [13] Now firmly associated with watercourse, the original connotations of creek seem to have been of ‘narrow and secluded bendiness’. It appears to have been borrowed from Old Norse kriki ‘nook’, which some have speculated may be related to Old Norse krōkr ‘hook’ (source of English crook ). Creek remains strictly a word for narrow waterways, a reminder of its
• credulous 英文词源 credulous (adj.) 1570s, from Latin credulus "that easily believes, trustful," from credere "to believe" (see credo ). Related: Credulously ; credulousness . 中文词源 credulous ：轻信的 来自词根cred, 相信，信任。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： credulous 词源， credulous 含义。 credulous ：轻信(他人)的 词根词缀： -cred-相信,信任
• credo 英文词源 credo (n.) late 12c., from Latin, literally "I believe," first word of the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds, first person singular present indicative of credere "to believe," from PIE compound *kerd-dhe- "to believe," literally "to put one's heart" (cognates: Old Irish cretim , Irish creidim , Welsh credu "I believe," Sanskrit śrad-dhā- "faith"), from PIE root *kerd- (1) "heart" (see hea
• credit 英文词源 credit (n.) 1520s, from Middle French crédit (15c.) "belief, trust," from Italian credito , from Latin creditum "a loan, thing entrusted to another," from past participle of credere "to trust, entrust, believe" (see credo ). The commercial sense was the original one in English ( creditor is mid-15c.). Meaning "honor, acknowledgment of merit," is from c. 1600. Academic sense of "point
• credentials 英文词源 credentials (n.) "letters entitling the bearer to certain credit or confidence," 1670s, from Medieval Latin credentialis , from credentia (see credence ). Probably immediately as a shortening of letters credential (1520s, with French word order); earlier was letter of credence (mid-14c.). 中文词源 credentials ：资质 来自词根cred, 相信，信任。 该词的英语词源请访
• credible 英文词源 credible (adj.) "believable," late 14c., from Latin credibilis "worthy to be believed," from credere (see credo ). Related: Credibly . 中文词源 credible ：可信的 来自词根cred, 相信，信任。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： credible 词源， credible 含义。 credible ：可信的，可靠地 词根词缀： -cred-相信,信任 + -ible形容词词
• creche 英文词源 creche (n.) "Christmas manger scene," 1792, from French crèche , from Old French cresche (13c.) "crib, manger, stall," ultimately from Frankish or some other Germanic source; compare Old High German kripja , Old English cribb (see crib ). Also "a public nursery for infants where they are cared for while their mothers are at work" (1854). 中文词源 creche ：日托托儿所，圣诞马
• creature 英文词源 creature creature: [13] Creature and creator , both 13thcentury borrowings from Old French, predate the introduction of the verb create into English by about a hundred years. This was a verbal use of an earlier adjective create , borrowed directly from Latin creātus , the past participle of creāre ‘produce’ (which in turn may have been a causative derivative of the verb crēscer
• creationism 英文词源 creationism (n.) 1847, originally a Christian theological position that God immediately created a soul for each person born; from creation + -ism . As a name for the religious reaction to Darwin, opposed to evolution , it is attested from 1880. James Ussher (1581-1656), Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of All Ireland, and Vice-Chancellor of Trinity College in Dublin was highly regarded i
• create 英文词源 create (v.) late 14c., from Latin creatus , past participle of creare "to make, bring forth, produce, beget," related to crescere "arise, grow" (see crescent ). Related: Created ; creating . 中文词源 create ：创造 来自PIE*ker, 创造，生长，词源同crescent. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： create 词源， create 含义。 create ：创造，创作，
• crease 英文词源 crease crease: [15] Crease and crest are ultimately the same word. The ridges produced by creasing cloth were regarded as similar to ridges or crests, and so the word crease (often creast in late Middle English) came to be applied to them. The loss of the final - t may have been due to the mistaken analysis of creast or crest as the past form of a verb. = crest crease (n.) 1660s, alte
• creamery 英文词源 creamery (n.) 1808, from French crémerie , from crème (see cream (n.)). 中文词源 creamery ：乳品厂 来自cream, 奶油。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： creamery 词源， creamery 含义。
• cream 英文词源 cream cream: [14] Cream seems to have come from two distinct late Latin sources: crānum ‘cream’, which may be of Gaulish origin, and chrisma ‘ointment’ (from which English gets chrism [OE]). These two were probably blended together to produce Old French cresme or craime , immediate source of the English word. (Modern French crème was borrowed into English in the 19th century
• creak 英文词源 creak (v.) early 14c., "utter a harsh cry," of imitative origin. Used of the sound made by a rusty gate hinge, etc., from 1580s. Related: Creaked ; creaking . As a noun, from c. 1600. 中文词源 creak ：嘎吱作响 拟声词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： creak 词源， creak 含义。
• crazy paving 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random tow tow: English has two words tow . The older, ‘pull’ [OE], came from a prehistoric Germanic * togōjan (source also of Norwegian toga ‘pull’). This was derived from the base * tog -, variants of which gave English team , tug , etc, and it goes back ultimately to the same Indo-European base as produced Latin dūcere ‘
• crazy 英文词源 crazy crazy: [16] Crazy originally meant literally ‘cracked’ (a sense preserved in the related crazed ). This soon came to be extended metaphorically to ‘frail, ill’ (as in Shakespeare’s ‘some better place, fitter for sickness and crazy age’, 1 Henry VI ), and thence to ‘mentally unbalanced’. It was derived from the verb craze [14], which was probably borrowed from a
• craze 英文词源 craze (v.) late 14c., crasen , craisen "to shatter, crush, break to pieces," probably Germanic and perhaps ultimately from a Scandinavian source (such as Old Norse *krasa "shatter"), but entering English via an Old French crasir (compare Modern French écraser ). Original sense preserved in crazy quilt pattern and in reference to cracking in pottery glazing (1815). Mental sense (by 16
• crayon 英文词源 crayon (n.) 1640s, from French crayon "pencil" (16c.), originally "chalk pencil," from craie "chalk," from Latin creta "chalk, pipe-clay," which is of unknown origin. Not now considered to mean "Cretan earth," as once was believed. 中文词源 crayon ：彩色粉笔 来自拉丁词creta, 粉笔，石灰，见Cretaceous, 白垩纪。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• crayfish 英文词源 crayfish crayfish: [14] The crayfish is related etymologically as well as biologically to the crab. The Old High German word for ‘crab’ was krebiz (source of modern German krebs ). This was borrowed into Old French as crevice (modern French has preserved the variant form écrevisse ), and transmitted to Middle English as crevis . Association of the final syllable with fish led by
• crawl 英文词源 crawl (v.) c. 1200, creulen , from a Scandinavian source, perhaps Old Norse krafla "to claw (one's way)," Danish kravle , from the same root as crab (n.1). If there was an Old English *craflian , it has not been recorded. Related: Crawled ; crawling . crawl (n.) 1818, from crawl (v.); in the swimming sense from 1903, the stroke developed by Frederick Cavill, well-known English swimmer
• crawfish 英文词源 crawfish (n.) 1620s, variant of crayfish . Not originally an American form. Also in 19c. American English as a verb, "to back out," in reference to the creature's movements. 中文词源 crawfish ：刺龙虾 来自crawfish的拼写变体。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： crawfish 词源， crawfish 含义。
• craw 英文词源 craw (n.) Old English *cræg "throat," from Proto-Germanic *krag- "throat" (cognates: Middle Dutch craghe "neck, throat," Old High German chrago , German Kragen "collar, neck"), of obscure origin. 中文词源 craw ：嗉囊 词源同crow, 鸟叫声，乌鸦叫。后指鸟发出叫声的器官。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： craw 词源， craw 含义。
• craven 英文词源 craven craven: [13] Craven originally meant simply ‘defeated’, and only gradually came to have the pejorative sense ‘cowardly’. It probably came from Old French cravante ‘defeated’, the past participle of the verb cravanter , which in turn came via Vulgar Latin * crepantāre from Latin crepāre ; this meant ‘creak, rattle, crack’ (hence the English technical term crepi
• crave 英文词源 crave crave: see craft crave (v.) Old English crafian "ask, implore, demand by right," from North Germanic *krabojan (cognates: Old Norse krefja "to demand," Danish kræve , Swedish kräva ); perhaps related to craft in its base sense of "power." Current sense "to long for" is c. 1400, probably through intermediate meaning "to ask very earnestly" (c. 1300). Related: Craved ; craving .
• crater 英文词源 crater crater: [17] Greek kratér meant ‘bowl’, or more specifically ‘mixing bowl’: it was a derivative of the base * kerā , which also produced the verb kerannúnai ‘mix’. ( Crater or krater is still used in English as a technical term for the bowl or jar used by the ancient Greeks for mixing wine and water in.) Borrowed into Latin as crātēr , it came to be used metaph
• crate 英文词源 crate crate: [17] Crate is usually connected with Latin crātis ‘hurdle’, making it a relative of grate , griddle , and grill(e) , and indeed an isolated example of crate in the early 16th century, which unequivocally means ‘hurdle’, certainly must come from that source. However, the main body of evidence for crate begins in the late 17th century, and its meaning, ‘large cas
• crass 英文词源 crass crass: see grease crass (adj.) 1540s, from Middle French crasse (16c.), from Latin crassus "solid, thick, fat; dense." The literal sense always has been rare in English; meaning "grossly stupid" is recorded from 1650s, from French. Middle English had cras (adj.) "slow, sluggish, tardy" (mid-15c.), also crassitude "thickness." Related: Crassly ; crassness . 中文词源 crass ：愚
• crash 英文词源 crash crash: [14] Crash suddenly appeared from nowhere in Middle English (meaning ‘break in pieces noisily’), with apparently no relatives in other Germanic languages. Its form suggests that it originated in imitation of the sound of noisy breaking, but it has been further suggested that it may be a blend of craze and dash . The financial or business sense of the noun, ‘sudden c
• crapshoot 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random experience experience: [14] Experience , experiment [14], and expert [14] all come from the same source, Latin experīrī . This was a compound verb formed from the prefix ex - ‘out’ and a prehistoric base * per - denoting ‘attempt, trial’ (found also in English empirical , peril , pirate , and repertory ), and meant ‘
• craps 英文词源 craps (n.) 1843, American English, unrelated to the term for excrement, instead it is from Louisiana French craps "the game of hazard," from an 18c. continental French corruption of English crabs , which was 18c. slang for "a throw of two or three" (the lowest throw), which perhaps is from crab (n.2), the sense in crab apple . The 1843 citation (in an anti-gambling publication, "An Ex
• crap 英文词源 crap (v.) "defecate," 1846, from one of a cluster of words generally applied to things cast off or discarded (such as "weeds growing among corn" (early 15c.), "residue from renderings" (late 15c.), underworld slang for "money" (18c.), and in Shropshire, "dregs of beer or ale"), all probably from Middle English crappe "grain that was trodden underfoot in a barn, chaff" (mid-15c.), from
• cranny 英文词源 cranny cranny: see crenellate cranny (n.) mid-15c., possibly from a diminutive of Middle French cran "notch, fissure" (14c.), from crener "to notch, split," from Medieval Latin crenare , possibly from Latin cernere "to separate, sift" (see crisis ). But OED casts doubt on this derivation. 中文词源 cranny ：裂缝 来自PIE*sker, 砍，劈，词源同shear, caries. 该词的英语词
• crank 英文词源 crank crank: [OE] There appears to be a link between the words crank , cringe , and crinkle . They share the meaning element ‘bending’ or ‘curling up’ (which later developed metaphorically into ‘becoming weak or sick’, as in the related German krank ‘ill’), and probably all came from a prehistoric Germanic base * krank -. In Old English the word crank appeared only in
• cranium 英文词源 cranium (n.) early 15c., craneum , from Medieval Latin cranium "skull," from Greek kranion "skull, upper part of the head," related to kara (poetic kras ) "head," from PIE root *ker- (1) "horn, head" (see horn (n.)). Strictly, the bones which enclose the brain. 中文词源 cranium ：颅骨 词源cerebrum, 大脑。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cranium 词源，
• crane 英文词源 crane crane: [OE] Crane is a widespread Indo- European bird-name: related forms such as Latin grūs , Greek géranos (source of English geranium , also known as crane’s-bill , from the long pointed ‘beak’ of its fruit), and Welsh garan point to a prehistoric Indo-European base * ger -, possibly imitative of the bird’s raucous call. The resemblance of a crane lowering its long
• cranberry 英文词源 cranberry (n.) 1640s, American English adaptation of Low German kraanbere , from kraan "crane" (see crane (n.)) + Middle Low German bere "berry" (see berry ). Perhaps so called from a resemblance between the plants' stamens and the beaks of cranes. Upon the Rocks and in the Moss, grew a Shrub whose fruit was very sweet, full of red juice like Currans, perhaps 'tis the same with the Ne
• crampon 英文词源 crampon (n.) "metal bar bent at the ends for fastening," c. 1300, from Old French crampoun , from Germanic (see cramp (n.1); also compare cramp (n.2)). 中文词源 crampon ：带钉铁鞋底 来自PIE*ger, 转，弯，围，词源同crank, crook. -on, 大词后缀。因这种鞋的铁钉如同小弯钩而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： crampon 词源，
• cramp 英文词源 cramp (n.1) "muscle contraction," late 14c., from Old French crampe , from a Frankish or other Germanic word (compare Old High German krapmhe "cramp, spasm," related to kramph "bent, crooked"), from a Proto-Germanic root forming many words for "bent, crooked," including, via French, crampon . Writer's cramp is first attested 1842 as the name of a physical affliction of the hand, in re
• crammer 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random undulate undulate: [17] Undulate goes back ultimately to Latin unda ‘wave’, source also of English inundate [17], redundant , and surround . This in turn was descended from the Indo-European base * ud -, which also produced Greek húdōr ‘water’ (source of the English prefix hydro -), and variants of which lie behind Eng
• cram 英文词源 cram cram: [OE] Prehistoric Germanic had a base * kram -, * krem - which denoted ‘compression’ or ‘bending’. Among its descendants were Old Norse kremja ‘squeeze, pinch’, German krumm ‘crooked’ (source of English crumhorn [17], a curved Renaissance musical instrument), and Old English crammian (ancestor of cram ), which meant ‘press something into something else, stu
• craic 英文词源 craic "Variant spelling of crack (sense 4 of the noun)", 1970s: Irish, from English crack. The English word apparently entered Irish English from Scots in the mid 20th century and subsequently assumed an Irish Gaelic form.Morecrack from Old English:In Old English crack meant ‘make a sudden sharp or explosive noise’. The drug known as crack, or crack cocaine, is a hard crystalline
• crag 英文词源 crag (n.) early 14c.; as a place-name element attested from c. 1200, probably from a Celtic source akin to Old Irish crec "rock," and carrac "cliff," Welsh craig "rock, stone," Manx creg , Breton krag . 中文词源 crag ：悬崖 来自爱尔兰方言。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： crag 词源， crag 含义。
• crafty 英文词源 crafty (adj.) mid-12c., crafti , from Old English cræftig "strong, powerful," later "skillful, ingenious," degenerating by c. 1200 to "cunning, sly" (but through 15c. also "skillfully done or made; intelligent, learned; artful, scientific") from craft (n.) + -y (2). Related: Craftily ; craftiness . 中文词源 crafty ：巧妙的 来自craft, 工艺。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• craft 英文词源 craft craft: [OE] The original notion contained in the word craft is that of ‘strength’ (that is the meaning of its relatives in other Germanic languages, such as German and Swedish kraft ). Old English croeft had that sense too (it had largely died out by the 16th century), but it had also developed some other meanings, which are not shared by its Germanic cognates: ‘skill’,
• cradle-snatcher 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random contain contain: [13] Contain comes ultimately from Latin tenēre ‘hold’, source of a wide range of English words from abstain to tenor . In the case of contain the immediate ancestor, via Old French contenir , is Latin continēre ‘hold together, enclose, contain’, a compound formed with the prefix com - ‘together’.
• cradle 英文词源 cradle (n.) "baby's bed," c. 1200, cradel , from Old English cradol "little bed, cot," from Proto-Germanic *kradulaz "basket" (cognates: Old High German kratto , krezzo "basket," German Krätze "basket carried on the back"). From late 14c. as "device for holding or hoisting." Cat's cradle is so called from 1768. Cradle-snatching "amorous pursuit of younger person" is from 1906. "It's
• crackle 英文词源 crackle (v.) mid-15c., crackelen , frequentative of cracken "to crack" (see crack (v.)). Related: Crackled ; crackling . The noun is recorded from 1833. 中文词源 crackle ：噼啪作响 crack, 破裂。-le, 表反复。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： crackle 词源， crackle 含义。