英语词源

• taco 英文词源 taco (n.) tortilla filled with spiced meat, etc., 1949, from Mexican Spanish, "light lunch," literally "plug, wadding." 中文词源 taco ：墨西哥玉米粉卷 来自墨西哥西班牙语 taco,简易午餐，来自西班牙语 taco,塞子，榫子。后用于指常见午餐食 物玉米粉卷，比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： taco 词源， ta
• tackie 英文词源 sneaker (n.) 1590s, "one who sneaks," agent noun from sneak (v.). Meaning "rubber-soled shoe" is attested from 1895, American English; earlier sneak (1862), so called because the shoe was noiseless. See also plimsoll ; another early name for them was tackies (1902), from tacky (adj.1). The night-officer is generally accustomed to wear a species of India-rubber shoes or goloshes on her
• taciturn 英文词源 taciturn (adj.) "habitually silent," 1771, back-formation from taciturnity , or from French taciturne (15c.), from Latin taciturnus "not talkative, noiseless." 中文词源 taciturn ：不苟言笑的 来自 tacit,安静的，-urn,形容词后缀。引申词义不苟言笑的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： taciturn 词源， taciturn 含义。
• tacit 英文词源 tacit tacit: [17] Tacit was adapted from Latin tacitus , the past participle of tacēre ‘be silent’. Another derivative of this was Latin taciturnus , from which English gets taciturn [18]; and tacēre also lies behind English reticent . = reticent , taciturn tacit (adj.) c. 1600, "silent, unspoken," from French tacite and directly from Latin tacitus "that is passed over in silenc
• tachometer 英文词源 tachometer (n.) speed-measuring instrument, 1810, coined by inventor, Bryan Donkin, from tacho- "speed" + -meter . Related: Tachometry . 中文词源 tachometer ：转速表 tacho-,速度，-meter,仪器。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tachometer 词源， tachometer 含义。
• tachygraphy 英文词源 tachygraphy (n.) "shorthand, stenography," 1640s, from Latinized form of Greek takhygraphia , from takhys "swift" (see tachy- ) + -graphia (see -graphy ). Related: Tachygraphic ; tachygrapher "stenographer" (especially among the ancients; see Tironian ). 中文词源 tachygraphy ：速记法，缩写法 tacho-,速度，-graphy,写法，记录法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• tachogragh 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random frequent frequent: [16] Frequent comes from Latin frequēns , which meant ‘crowded’ as well as ‘regularly repeated’ (it is not known what the origins of frequēns were, although it may be related to Latin farcīre ‘stuff’, source of English farce ). The sense ‘crowded’ was carried over into English along with ‘
• tacho- 英文词源 tacho- word-forming element meaning "speed," from Latinized form of Greek takho- , comb. form of takhos "speed, swiftness, fleetness, velocity," related to takhys "swift," of unknown origin. 中文词源 tacho- ：速度 来自希腊语 takhos,速度。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tacho- 词源， tacho- 含义。
• tacet 英文词源 tacet musical instruction, 1724, from Latin tacet "is silent," third person singular present indicative of tacere (see tacit ). 中文词源 tacet ：休止符 音乐符号，来自拉丁语 tacet,安静的，来自 tacere,安静，词源同 tacit,taciturn. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tacet 词源， tacet 含义。
• tabular 英文词源 tabular (adj.) "table-shaped," 1650s, from French tabulaire or directly from Latin tabularis "of a slab or tablet, of boards or planks," from tabula "slab" (see table (n.)). Meaning "arranged in a list or columns; ascertained or computed by means of tables" is from 1710. 中文词源 tabular ：表格的 来自 table,桌子，表格。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• tabor 英文词源 tabor tabor: see tambourine tabor (n.) also tabour , "small drum resembling a tamborine," c. 1300, from Old French tabour , tabur "drum; din, noise, commotion" (11c.), probably from Persian tabir "drum," but evolution of sense and form are uncertain; compare tambourine . 中文词源 tabor ：塔波鼓 来自古法语 tabour,鼓，可能来自波斯语 tabir,鼓，词源同 tabla,tamb
• tableau 英文词源 tableau (n.) 1690s, "a picturesque or graphic description or picture," from French tableau "picture, painting" (12c.), from Old French table "slab, writing tablet" (see table (n.)) + diminutive suffix -eau , from Latin -ellus . Hence tableau-vivant (1817) "person or persons silent and motionless, enacting a well-known scene, incident, painting, etc.," 19c. parlor game, literally "livi
• tablature 英文词源 tablature (n.) type of musical notation for lute or stringed instrument, 1570s, from French tablature (1550s), from Italian tavolatura (also Medieval Latin tabulatura ), from Late Latin tabulare , from Latin tabula "table, list, schedule" (see table (n.)). "It differed from the more general staff-notation in that it aimed to express not so much the pitch of the notes intended as the m
• tabla 英文词源 tabla (n.) pair of drums used in northern Indian music, 1865, from Hindi, from Arabic tabl "a drum played with the hand." 中文词源 tabla ：双鼓，小手鼓 来自印度语 tabl,小手鼓，双鼓，词源同 tambor,tambourine. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tabla 词源， tabla 含义。
• tabes 英文词源 tabes (n.) "emaciation," 1650s, medical Latin, from Latin tabes "a melting, wasting away, putrefaction," from tabere "to melt, waste away, be consumed," from PIE *ta- "to melt, dissolve" (see thaw (v.)). 中文词源 tabes ：消瘦 来自拉丁语 tabes,融化，来自拉丁语 tabere,融化，来自 PIE*ta,融化，词源同 thaw.引申词义 消耗，消瘦。 该词的英语词源请
• tabernacle 英文词源 tabernacle tabernacle: see tavern tabernacle (n.) mid-13c., "portable sanctuary carried by the Israelites in the wilderness," from Old French tabernacle "the Jewish Tabernacle; tent, canopy; tomb, monument" (12c.), from Latin tabernaculum "tent," especially "a tent of an augur" (for taking observations), diminutive of taberna "hut, cabin, booth" (see tavern ). Use of the word in Engli
• tabby 英文词源 tabby tabby: [17] By a bizarre series of etymological twists and turns, the tabby cat commemorates a textile manufacturing suburb of Baghdad. This was al-‘Attābīya , named after Prince Attāb, who lived there. The cloth made there was known as ‘attābī , and the term passed via Old French atabis and modern French tabis into English as tabby . This originally denoted a sort of r
• Tabasco 英文词源 Tabasco proprietary name of a type of hot sauce, 1876, (the sauce so called from 1650s, originally Tavasco ), named for the state in Mexico, perhaps because the pepper sauce was first encountered there by U.S. and European travelers. The trademark (by Edward Avery McIlhenny) claims use from c. 1870. The place name is from an unidentified Mexican Indian language and of unknown etymolog
• tabard 英文词源 tabard (n.) c. 1300 (late 13c. as a surname), from Old French tabart "simple sleeveless overtunic," also "heavy overmantel" (12c.), of unknown origin; Diez suggests Latin tapete "figured cloth." Compare Medieval Latin tabardum , early Spanish tabardo , Italian tabarro . Originally a coarse, sleeveless upper garment worn by peasants and others who worked out-of-doors; later a knight's
• ta 英文词源 ta 1772, "natural infantile sound of gratitude" [Weekley]. 中文词源 ta ：谢谢 来自婴儿表达谢谢用语。比较 ta-ta. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ta 词源， ta 含义。
• the lion's share 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random bout bout: see bow 中文词源 the lions share ：最大的份额 the lion's share 直译是“狮子的那一份”，但为何分给“狮子的那一份”是最大的，而不是大象或其他的动物呢？这是来自《伊索寓言》的成语。 话说狮子、狐狸、胡狼和狼四人一同去打猎。找啊，找啊，
• the Real Mccoy 英文词源 McCoy as in the real McCoy , 1881, said to be from Scottish the real Mackay (1883), of uncertain origin, though there are many candidates, including whiskey distilled by A. and M. Mackay of Glasgow (the phrase the real McCoy became popular during Prohibition to describe liquor); Charles S. "Kid" McCoy (1872-1940), former welterweight boxing champ; and a claimant for chief of the north
• thespian 英文词源 thespian (adj.) 1670s, "of or pertaining to tragedy or dramatic acting," from Greek Thespis , semi-legendary 6c. B.C.E. poet of Icaria in Attica, often called the Father of Greek Tragedy. The literal meaning of the name is "inspired by the gods." thespian (n.) "an actor," 1827, from thespian (adj.). Short form thesp is attested from 1962. 中文词源 thespian （悲剧演员、演员）
• teetotal 英文词源 teetotal teetotal: [19] The adverb teetotally is first recorded in America in 1832 (James Hall, in his Legends of West Philadelphia , recorded a Kentucky backwoodsman as saying ‘These Mingoes … ought to be essentially, and particularly, and tee-totally obflisticated off of the face of the whole yearth’); the tee represents the initial t of total , as if repeating it to give extr
• toga 英文词源 toga toga: see protect toga (n.) c. 1600, from Latin toga "cloak or mantle," from PIE *tog-a- "covering," from root *(s)teg- "to cover" (see stegosaurus ). The outer garment of a Roman citizen in time of peace. The toga as the Roman national dress was allowed to be worn by free citizens only. A stranger not in full possession of the rights of a Roman citizen could not venture to appea
• the Tropic of Capricorn 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random great great: [OE] The main adjective for ‘large’ in the Anglo-Saxon period was the now virtually obsolete mickle . Great at that time was for the most part restricted in meaning to ‘stout, thick’. In the Middle English period great broadened out in meaning, gradually taking over from mickle , but in modern English has it
• the Tropic of Cancer 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random broom broom: [OE] Broom was originally the name of the yellow-flowered bush; its application to the long-handled brush did not come about until the 15th century (the underlying notion is of a brush made from broom twigs tied to a handle). The plant-name occurs throughout the Germanic languages, but it is applied to quite a wide
• terbium 英文词源 terbium (n.) 1843, from Latinized form of Ytterby , Swedish town near the place where mineral containing the element was found (see Ytterbium ) + -ium . 中文词源 terbium ：铽 1794年在瑞典小镇伊特比的黑石中发现了化学元素“钇”，决定用 Ytterby（瑞典小镇伊特比）命名该元素：yttrium。1842 年在该镇的黑石中发现了化学元素“铒”，
• trek 英文词源 trek trek: see track trek 1849 (n.) "a stage of a journey by ox wagon;" 1850 (v.), "to travel or migrate by ox wagon," from Afrikaans trek , from Dutch trekken "to march, journey," originally "to draw, pull," from Middle Dutch trecken (cognate with Middle Low German trecken , Old High German trechan "to draw"). Especially in reference to the Groot Trek (1835 and after) of more than 10
• thegn 英文词源 thegn (n.) "military tenant of an Anglo-Saxon king," 1848, a modern revival of an Old English form; see thane . 中文词源 thegn ：大乡绅 盎格鲁萨克森时代英国的社会基层之一，处于贵族之下自由民之上，原指国王或贵族的家臣，本意是孩童，与希腊词根tecno-表示孩童同源。tecnology [tek'nɔlədʒi]n.儿童学，注意区分technolo
• Tai Chi 英文词源 tai chi (n.) 1736, the "supreme ultimate" in Taoism and Neo-Confucianism, from Chinese tai "extreme" + ji "limit." As the name of a form of martial arts training (said to have been developed by a priest in the Sung dynasty, 960-1279) it is first attested 1962, in full, tai chi ch'uan , with Chinese quan "fist." 中文词源 Tai Chi ：太极 来自汉语，按照中文译过来就是“
• troll 英文词源 troll (v.) late 14c., "to go about, stroll," later (early 15c.) "roll from side to side, trundle," probably from Old French troller , a hunting term, "wander, to go in quest of game without purpose" (Modern French trôler ), from a Germanic source (compare Old High German trollen "to walk with short steps"), from Proto-Germanic *truzlanan . Sense of "sing in a full, rolling voice" (fi
• Trojan horse 英文词源 Trojan (adj.) Old English Troian "of or pertaining to ancient Troy," from Latin Trojanus , from Troia , Troja "Troy," from the Greek name for the city, said to be from Tros , name of a king of Phrygia, the mythical founder of Troy. Trojan horse was figurative of ambush-from-within in Roman times ( equus Troianus ); attested in English from 1570s; the computer virus sense is attested b
• Trojan 英文词源 Trojan (adj.) Old English Troian "of or pertaining to ancient Troy," from Latin Trojanus , from Troia , Troja "Troy," from the Greek name for the city, said to be from Tros , name of a king of Phrygia, the mythical founder of Troy. Trojan horse was figurative of ambush-from-within in Roman times ( equus Troianus ); attested in English from 1570s; the computer virus sense is attested b
• trailer 英文词源 trailer (n.) 1580s, "hound or huntsman that follows a trail," agent noun from trail (v.). From 1610s as "Something that trails." From 1890 as "vehicle pulled by another;" originally a small carriage drawn along by a bicycle. Meaning "preview of a coming movie" first attested 1928. Trailer park "mobile home community" recorded by 1936. Trailer trash in use by 1986. 中文词源 trailer
• tesseract 英文词源 tesseract (n.) "four-dimensional 'cube,'" 1888, from tessera + Greek aktis "ray" (see actino- ). 中文词源 tesseract ：超正方体，宇宙魔方 杜撰词，来自tessera,四维空间立方体，小方块，词源同four,trapezium.希腊语aktis,射线，词源同actinium.用于指美国科幻漫威漫画中拥有无限能量的宇宙魔方，参照电影《复仇者联盟》。
• Transylvania 英文词源 Transylvania literally "beyond the forest," from Medieval Latin, from trans "beyond" (see trans- ) + sylva (see sylvan ). So called in reference to the wooded mountains that surround it. 中文词源 Transylvania ：特拉西瓦尼亚 trans-,穿过，sylvan,森林。罗马地亚地名，吸血鬼德古拉伯爵故乡，字面意思即山林那边的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• teriyaki 英文词源 teriyaki 1962, from Japanese, from teri "gloss, luster" + yaki "roast." 中文词源 teriyaki ：照烧，红烧(沾糖色烤的鱼或肉) 可能来自日式汉语teriyaki,来自teri,照，yaki,烧。一种日本烹调方法，将肉或鱼加甜味酱汁烧烤，其原义为加大量白糖使菜看起来有光泽。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： teriyaki 词源，
• Tartar 英文词源 tartar (n.) "bitartrate of potash" (a deposit left during fermentation), late 14c., from Old French tartre , from Medieval Latin tartarum , from late Greek tartaron "tartar encrusting the sides of wine casks," perhaps of Semitic origin, but if so the exact source has not been identified. The purified substance is cream of tartar . Used generally in 17c. of encrustations from liquid co
• taipan 英文词源 taipan (1) "A foreigner who is head of a business in China", Mid 19th century: from Chinese ( Cantonese dialect) daaihbāan . taipan (2) "A large brown highly venomous Australian snake", 1930s: from Wik Munkan (an extinct Aboriginal language of North Queensland) dhayban . 中文词源 taipan ：大班 旧时对中国洋行老板的称呼，来自广东话大班。参照百度百科。
• Typhon 英文词源 Typhon giant in Greek mythology; see typhoon . 中文词源 Typhon ：单挑奥林巴斯诸神的巨怪提丰 宙斯率领奥林巴斯诸神战胜提坦诸神后，对参与谋反的提坦诸神进行了严厉了惩罚。大部分提坦神被关押在无底深渊中，擎天神阿特拉斯被罚在西天擎天。对提坦神的严厉惩罚引发了老祖宗大地女神盖亚的不满。
• tardigrade 英文词源 tardigrade (adj.) 1620s, "slow-going, slow-moving," from French tardigrade (17c.), from Latin tardigradus "slow-paced," from tardus "slow" (see tardy ) + gradi "to walk, go, step" (see grade (n.)). 中文词源 tardigrade ：缓步类的，行动缓慢的；缓步类动物 词根tard- / tardi- 表示“迟缓的”，如retard（妨碍、延迟）和tardy（迟缓的）；词根grad-表
• tourbillion 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random ankle ankle: [14] Ankle comes from a probable Old Norse word * ankula . It has several relatives in other Germanic languages (German and Dutch enkel , for instance, and Swedish and Danish ankel ) and can be traced back to an Indo- European base * angg - ‘bent’ (ultimate source also of anchor and angle ). Before the Old Norse
• the Furies 英文词源 Erinys (n.) (plural Erinyes ), one of the three avenging spirits ( Alecto , Tisiphone , Megaera ) in Greek religion, identified with the Furies, of unknown origin, perhaps "the angry spirit" (compare Arcadian erinein "to be angry," Greek orinein "to raise, stir, excite," eris "strife, discord"). Related: Erinnic ; Erinnical (1610s). euphemism (n.) 1650s, from Greek euphemismos "use of
• the Fates 英文词源 fairy fairy: [14] Fairy is an Old French coinage. It comes from Old French faerie , which meant ‘enchantment, magic’ and was derived from fae ‘fairy’ (source of English fay [14]). This in turn came from the Latin plural fāta , used in personifying the Fates, three goddesses who in ancient mythology governed human destiny. The original notion of the French noun survives in the
• the salt of the earth 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random clamour clamour: see claim 中文词源 the salt of the earth ：社会中坚；民族精华；优秀份子 盐在古代是很贵重的，并被认为是“尊贵”的象征——古罗马士兵就曾经用盐来发工资、发津贴，所以才有了单词salary；在伊丽莎白时代，王公贵族们的餐桌上都摆着一个
• the writing on the wall 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random merchant merchant: [13] Latin merx denoted ‘goods for sale’. From it was derived the verb mercārī ‘trade’ (whose past participle was the source of English market ). Mercārī was adapted in Vulgar Latin to mercātāre , whose present participle mercātāns produced the Old French noun marcheant ‘trader’, source of
• TOEFL 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random step step: [OE] Step , together with its relatives German stapfen and Dutch steppen , comes from a prehistoric West Germanic base * stap - ‘tread’ (a nasalized version of which produced English stamp ). (Russian step , source of English steppe [17], is not related.) The prefix step - [OE], as in stepdaughter , stepfather , e
• table tennis 英文词源 ping-pong (n.) 1900, as Ping-Pong , trademark for table tennis equipment (Parker Brothers). Both words are imitative of the sound of the ball hitting a hard surface; from ping + pong (attested from 1823). It had a "phenomenal vogue" in U.S. c. 1900-1905. table (n.) late 12c., "board, slab, plate," from Old French table "board, square panel, plank; writing table; picture; food, fare" (
• tug-of-love 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random trespass trespass: [13] To trespass is etymologically to ‘pass across’ something. The word was acquired from Old French trespasser , a descendant of medieval Latin trānspassāre . This was a compound verb formed from the Latin prefix trāns - ‘across’ and Vulgar Latin * passāre ‘pass’. = pass 中文词源 tug-of-lo
• teetotaler 英文词源 teetotaler (n.) also teetotaller , 1834, agent noun from teetotal . Related: Teetotalism . 中文词源 teetotaler ：滴酒不沾的人；绝对戒酒者 该词历史可以追述到19世纪欧美的一场戒酒运动(the temperance of movement)。1784年，美国最负盛名医生本杰明.拉什(Benjamin Rush)出版了《关于烈性酒对人的身心健康的影响的调查》。他在
• Thanatos 英文词源 thanatos (n.) "death instinct," 1935, in Freudian psychology, from Greek thanatos "death" (see thanato- ). 中文词源 Thanatos ：希腊神话中的死神萨那托斯 在希腊神话中，掌管死亡的是死神萨那托斯（ Thanatos ），对应于罗马神话中的 Mors（摩耳斯，又译为墨尔斯）。萨那托斯是黑夜女神尼克斯（Nyx）的儿子，睡神许普诺斯
• The Tragedy of Hamlet 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random figure figure: [13] Figure comes via Old French from Latin figūra ‘form, shape, figure’, a derivative of the same base (* fig -) as produced fingere ‘make, shape’ (whence English effigy , faint , feign , and fiction ). Many of the technical Latin uses of the word, including ‘geometric figure’, are direct translation
• Ten Commandments 英文词源 ark ark: [OE] The notion underlying ark seems to be that of ‘enclosing or defending a space’. Its ultimate Latin source, arca ‘large box or chest’, was related to arx ‘citadel’ and to arcēre ‘close up’ (from which English gets arcane ). Arca was borrowed into prehistoric Germanic, and came into English as ærc . In addition to meaning ‘chest’ (a sense which had la
• transistor 英文词源 transistor (n.) small electronic device, 1948, from transfer + resistor , so called because it transfers an electrical current across a resistor. Said to have been coined by U.S. electrical engineer John Robinson Pierce (1910-2002) of Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, N.J., where the device was invented in 1947. It took over many functions of the vacuum tube. Transistor radio
• thatch 英文词源 thatch thatch: [OE] To thatch a building is etymologically to ‘cover’ it; the notion of ‘straw’ is a secondary development. The word goes back ultimately to the Indo-European base * tog -, * teg - ‘cover’ (source also of English detect , integument , protect , tile , and toga ). Its Germanic descendant was * thak - (source of German dach ‘roof’ and English deck ). From
• the Queen's English 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random mother mother: [OE] The ancestral Indo-European word for ‘mother’ was * māter -, which has descendants in virtually all the modern European languages. It was probably based on the syllable ma , suggested by the burbling of a suckling baby, which also lies behind English mama , mamma (and indeed mammal ). Amongst its immedia
• thousand 英文词源 thousand thousand: [OE] Thousand is a compound noun of some antiquity, which seems to mean etymologically ‘several hundreds’. Its first element probably comes from a base denoting ‘increase’ or ‘multiplicity’, which also produced Latin tumēre ‘swell’ (source of English tumour ) and Sanskrit tuvi ‘much’; its second element is the same as the first element of Englis
• tyranny 英文词源 tyranny (n.) late 14c., "cruel or unjust use of power; the government of a tyrant," from Old French tyranie (13c.), from Late Latin tyrannia "tyranny," from Greek tyrannia "rule of a tyrant, absolute power," from tyrannos "master" (see tyrant ). 中文词源 tyranny ：暴君统治，暴政 来自 tyrant,暴君，-y,表行为。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： t
• typify 英文词源 typify (v.) 1630s, "to represent by a symbol," from Late Latin typus (see type (n.)) + -fy . Meaning "serve as a typical specimen of some class, etc." is attested from 1854. Related: Typified ; typifying . 中文词源 typify ：使成为典型 来自 type,类型，典型，-fy,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： typify 词源， typify 含义。 typify ：使成
• typecast 英文词源 typecast (v.) also type-cast , with reference to actors, 1937 (implied in typecasting ), from type (n.) in the "general character" sense (perhaps a deliberate pun on the verbal phrase in the printing sense "to found types in molds," attested from 1847). See type (n.) + cast (v.). 中文词源 typecast ：使演员定型，使重复演同一类型 type,类型，cast,演员分配。 该词
• two 英文词源 two two: [OE] Two is an ancient word, traceable right back to Indo-European * duwo . Amongst its other descendants were Greek dúo , Latin duo (source of English deuce , double , dual , duet , duo , etc), Russian dva , and Welsh dau . In the Germanic languages, aside from English, it has evolved into German zwei , Dutch twee , Swedish två , and Danish to . Two represents the Old Engl
• twister 英文词源 twister (n.) late 15c., "one who spins thread," agent noun from twist (v.). Meaning "tornado" is attested from 1881, American English. 中文词源 twister ：旋风，龙卷风 来自 twist,旋转，缠绕，-er,表物。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： twister 词源， twister 含义。 twister ：旋风，龙卷风 来自 twist,旋转，缠绕，
• twist 英文词源 twist twist: [OE] Twist appears to come ultimately from prehistoric Germanic base * twi - ‘double’, which also underlies English twice , twig , twin , etc. In Old English it is found only in compound words, denoting such things as ‘rope’ (presumably originally made from ‘two’ strands) and ‘forked objects’. It does not appear as an independent word until the 14th centur
• twinkling 英文词源 brow (n.) early 14c., browes , brues "brow, forehead, eyebrow," earlier brouwes (c. 1300), bruwen (c. 1200), from Old English bru , probably originally "eyebrow," but extended to "eyelash," then "eyelid" by association of the hair of the eyebrow with the hair of the eyelid, the eyebrows then becoming Old English oferbrua "overbrows" (early Middle English uvere breyhes or briges aboue þ
• twinkle 英文词源 twinkle (v.) Old English twinclian "to twinkle, wink," frequentative of twincan "to wink, blink;" related to Middle High German zwinken , German zwinkern , and probably somehow imitative.Related: Twinkled ; twinkling . The noun is recorded from 1540s. Phrase in the twinkling of an eye "in a very brief time" is attested from c. 1300. 中文词源 twinkle ：闪烁，闪耀 来自 twink
• twink 英文词源 twink (n.) c. 1400, in phrase in a twynk of oon eye "suddenly, almost instantaneously," from twink (v.) "to wink," probably from Old English twincan (see twinkle (v.)). Meaning "a twinkle" is from 1830. Meaning "young sexually attractive person" is recorded from 1963, probably from Twinkie ; but compare 1920s-30s British homosexual slang twank in a similar sense. 中文词源 twink ：眨
• twin 英文词源 twin twin: [OE] Twin originally meant simply ‘double’, but the specific application to ‘two people born at the same birth’ had already evolved by the end of the Old English period. The word goes back via prehistoric Germanic * twisnaz to Indo- European * dwisno -, a derivative of the base * dwi - ‘double’ (other derivatives formed with the same - n suffix include English b
• twilit 英文词源 twilit "Dimly illuminated by or as if by twilight", Mid 19th century: past participle of the literary verb twilight . 中文词源 twilit ：昏暗朦胧的 来自 twilight 的过去分词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： twilit 词源， twilit 含义。 twilit ：昏暗朦胧的 来自 twilight 的过去分词。
• twilight 英文词源 twilight twilight: [15] Twilight is etymologically ‘light between day and night’. The word was compounded from the prefix twi - ‘two’, apparently used here in the sense ‘between’ ( between itself comes from the same ultimate source as two ) and light . German has the parallel zwielicht . = two twilight (n.) "light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon at morning a
• twice 英文词源 twice twice: [12] Twice was formed from Old English twige ‘twice’ (itself based on twi -, the combining form of two ) and the genitive ending - s , which was used for creating adverbs, such as always , nowadays , once , thrice , etc. = two twice (adv.) late Old English twies , from Old English twiga , twigea "two times," from Proto-Germanic *twiyes (cognates: Old Frisian twia , Ol
• twi- 英文词源 twi- word-forming element meaning "two, twice, double, in two ways," from Old English twi- "two, in two ways, twice, double," from Proto-Germanic *twi- (cognates: Old Frisian twi- , Old Norse tvi- , Dutch twee- , Old High German zwi- , German zwei- ), from PIE *dwis (cognates: Sanskrit dvi- , Greek di- , Old Latin dvi- , Latin bi- , Lithuanian dvi- ), from *dwo "two" (see two ). Cogna
• twenty 英文词源 twenty twenty: [OE] Twenty is etymologically ‘two tens’. The second syllable, - ty , is related to ten , and twen - goes back to the same source as two , although its precise ancestry is not clear. = ten , two twenty (n.) Old English twentig "group of twenty," from twegen "two" (see two ) + -tig "group of ten" (see -ty (1)). Cognate with Old Saxon twentig , Old Frisian twintich ,
• twelve 英文词源 twelve twelve: [OE] Etymologically, twelve probably means ‘two over’ (just as eleven means ‘one over’). It appears to go back to a prehistoric Germanic compound formed from * twa - ‘two’ and * lif - (a relative of English leave ), which also produced German zwölf , Dutch twaalf , Swedish tolf , and Danish tolv . If so, its underlying meaning is ‘two left (over ten)’,
• Turkish 英文词源 Turkish (adj.) 1540s, from Turk (n.) + -ish . As a noun, "the Turkish language," from 1718. 中文词源 Turkish ：土耳其人，土耳其语 来自 Turk,土耳其。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Turkish 词源， Turkish 含义。
• turkey 英文词源 turkey turkey: [16] The term turkey was originally applied to the ‘guinea-fowl’, apparently because the bird was imported into Europe from Africa by the Portuguese through Turkish territory. When the American bird we now know as the turkey was introduced to the British in the mid 16th century, it seems to have reminded them of the guinea fowl, for they transferred the guinea fowl’
• Turk 英文词源 Turk (n.) c. 1300, from French Turc , from Medieval Latin Turcus , from Byzantine Greek Tourkos , Persian turk , a national name, of unknown origin. Said to mean "strength" in Turkish. Compare Chinese tu-kin , recorded from c. 177 B.C.E. as the name of a people living south of the Altai Mountains (identified by some with the Huns). In Persian, turk , in addition to the national name,
• tunnel vision 英文词源 tunnel (n.) early 15c., "funnel-shaped net for catching birds," from Middle French tonnelle "net," or tonel "cask," diminutive of Old French tonne "tun, cask for liquids," possibly from the same source as Old English tunne (see tun ). Sense of "tube, pipe" (1540s) developed in English and led to sense of "underground passage" (1660s). This sense subsequently has been borrowed into Fre
• tunnel 英文词源 tunnel tunnel: see ton tunnel (n.) early 15c., "funnel-shaped net for catching birds," from Middle French tonnelle "net," or tonel "cask," diminutive of Old French tonne "tun, cask for liquids," possibly from the same source as Old English tunne (see tun ). Sense of "tube, pipe" (1540s) developed in English and led to sense of "underground passage" (1660s). This sense subsequently has
• tuneful 英文词源 tuneful (adj.) 1590s, from tune (n.) + -ful . Related: Tunefully . 中文词源 tuneful ：曲调优美的 tune,音调，曲调，-ful,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tuneful 词源， tuneful 含义。 tuneful ：曲调优美的 tune,音调，曲调，-ful,形容词后缀。
• tuna 英文词源 tuna (n.) 1881, from American Spanish (California) tuna , from Spanish atun , from Arabic tun , borrowed, probably in Spain, from Latin thunnus "tunny" (see tunny ). 中文词源 tuna ：金枪鱼 来自美式西班牙语 tuna,金枪鱼，来自西班牙语 atun,来自拉丁语 thunnus,来自希腊语 thunnos, 来自 thuno,冲，投掷飞镖，词源同 tunny. 该词的英语词源请访
• tumbler 英文词源 tumbler (n.) mid-14c., "acrobat," agent noun from tumble (v.). Compare Old English tumbere "tumbler, dancer." A fem. form was tumblester (early 15c.), tumbester (late 14c.) "female acrobatic dancer." Meaning "drinking glass" is recorded from 1660s, originally a glass with a rounded or pointed bottom which would cause it to "tumble;" thus it could not be set down until it was empty. As
• tumbledown 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random xylophone xylophone: [19] Etymologically, a xylophone makes ‘sounds’ from ‘wood’. The term was coined in the 1860s from Greek xúlon ‘wood’ (an allusion to the instrument’s tuned wooden bars) and the combining form - phone ‘sound’. 中文词源 tumbledown ：破败不堪的 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请
• tumble 英文词源 tumble tumble: [13] Tumble was borrowed from Middle Low German tummelen , which has other relatives in modern German tummeln ‘bustle, hurry’ and taumeln ‘reel, stagger’. All were formed from a base that also found its way into the Romance languages, producing French tomber ‘fall’ (source of English tumbrel [14], which in Old French denoted a ‘chute’ or ‘cart that cou
• tug of war 英文词源 tug (n.) mid-14c., in reference to some part of a harness;" c. 1500 as "act of pulling or dragging," from tug (v.). Meaning "small, powerful vessel for towing other vessels" is recorded from 1817. Phrase tug of war (1670s) was originally figurative, "the decisive contest, the real struggle," from the noun in the sense "supreme effort, strenuous contest of forces" (1650s). As an actual
• tug of love 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random more more: [OE] The Indo-European term for ‘more’ was * meis (it was formed from the same base as produced Latin magis ‘more’, source of Spanish mas ‘more’ and English master , and Latin magnus ‘large’, source of English magnitude ). Its Germanic descendant was * maiz , which evolved into modern German mehr ‘mo
• tug 英文词源 tug tug: [13] Tug goes back to a prehistoric Germanic base * teukh - ‘pull’ (source also of German ziehen ‘pull’ and English truck [14], whose original meaning was ‘pull up, gather up’). This in turn was descended from Indo-European * deuk - ‘pull’, from which English gets conduct , duke , reduce , etc. = conduct , duct , duke , educate , reduce , tie , tow tug (v.) c.
• tucker 英文词源 tucker (n.) "piece of lace worn around the neck," 1680s, agent noun from tuck (v.). In Middle English tukere was "one who dresses or finishes cloth," hence the surname. tucker (v.) "to tire, weary," 1833, New England slang, of uncertain origin, perhaps from tucked (past participle of tuck (v.)), which had, in reference to dogs, a slang sense of "exhausted, underfed." Especially with o
• tuck 英文词源 tuck tuck: see tug tuck (v.) late 14c., "to pull or gather up," earlier "to pluck, stretch" (implied in tucker "one who finishes clothes by stretching them on tenters, late 13c. as a surname), probably from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch tucken "pull up, draw up, tug" (cognate with Old English tucian "mistreat, torment," and related to Old English togian "to pull," German zucken ;
• tube 英文词源 tube tube: [17] The ultimate origins of tube are unclear. It comes, probably via French tube , from Latin tubus ‘tube’. This was closely related to tuba ‘war trumpet’, source of English tuba [19], but what their joint ancestor might be is not known. = tuba tube (n.) 1610s, from Middle French tube (15c.), from Latin tubus "tube, pipe," of unknown origin. The London subway was c