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• cracking 英文词源 cracking (adj.) "excellent," colloquial from 1830s, from present participle of crack (v.). 中文词源 cracking ：极好的，顶呱呱的 来自crack的俚语词义。参照口语fucking good, 极好的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cracking 词源， cracking 含义。
• crackers 英文词源 cottage (n.) late 13c., from Old French cote "hut, cottage" + Anglo-French suffix -age (probably denoting "the entire property attached to a cote"). Old French cot is probably from Old Norse kot "hut," cognate of Old English cot, cote "cottage, hut," from Proto-Germanic *kutan (cognates: Middle Dutch cot , Dutch kot ). Meaning "small country residence" (without suggestion of poverty o
• cracker 英文词源 cracker (n.1) mid-15c., "hard wafer," but the specific application to a thin, crisp biscuit is 1739; agent noun from crack (v.). Cracker-barrel (adj.) "emblematic of down-home ways and views" is from 1877. cracker (n.2) Southern U.S. derogatory term for "poor, white trash" (1766), probably an agent noun from crack (v.) in the sense "to boast" (as in not what it's cracked up to be ). C
• crackbrained 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random rennet rennet: [15] Rennet probably goes back to an unrecorded Old English * rynet . This appears to have been derived from the verb run , which was used dialectally into the 20th century for ‘curdle’. The underlying notion is of the solid parts of milk ‘running’ together and coagulating. = run 中文词源 crackbrained ：
• crack 英文词源 crack crack: [OE] Old English had the verb cracian ‘make a sudden sharp noise’, but English did not acquire the noun crack until the 14th century. Both are of Germanic origin (modern German has the related krachen , for instance, and Dutch has kraken ), and the verb’s hypothetical ancestor can be reconstructed as * krakojan . The notion of ‘sudden sharp noise’ is semanticall
• crabwise 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random tonsure tonsure: see tome 中文词源 crabwise ：横向移动 crab, 螃蟹。-wise, 朝向，见clockwise. 即像螃蟹一样横着走，参照汉语“尝将冷眼观螃蟹，看你横行到几时”。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： crabwise 词源， crabwise 含义。
• crabgrass 英文词源 crabgrass (n.) c. 1600, from crab (n.1) + grass . Originally a marine grass of salt marshes; modern meaning is from 1743. Perhaps partly for its crooked form. 中文词源 crabgrass ：马唐草 词源不详。可能是来自crab, 引申义差。比较horseradish, bullfrog. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： crabgrass 词源， crabgrass 含义。
• crab apple 英文词源 crab apple "A small sour apple", Late Middle English: crab perhaps an alteration (influenced by crab 1 or crabbed) of Scots and northern English scrab , in the same sense, probably of Scandinavian origin. 中文词源 crab apple ：酸苹果 词源不详。可能是来自crab, 引申义差。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： crab apple 词源， crab apple 含义。
• crab 英文词源 crab crab: Crab the crustacean [OE] and crab the apple [14] may be two distinct words. The word for the sea creature has several continental relatives (such as German krebs and Dutch krabbe ) which show it to have been of Germanic origin, and some of them, such as Old Norse krafla ‘scratch’ and Old High German krapho ‘hook’, suggest that the crab may have received its name on
• coypu 英文词源 coypu "A large semiaquatic beaver-like rodent, native to South America. It is kept in captivity for its fur and has become naturalized in many other areas", Late 18th century: from Araucanian. 中文词源 coypu ：河狸鼠 来自南美土著语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： coypu 词源， coypu 含义。
• coyote 英文词源 coyote (n.) 1759, American English, from Mexican Spanish coyote , from Nahuatl (Aztecan) coyotl . 中文词源 coyote ：草原狼 来自南美土著语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： coyote 词源， coyote 含义。
• coy 英文词源 coy coy: [14] Essentially, coy is the same word as quiet , and ‘quiet’ is what it meant when it first came into English (it soon developed to ‘shyly reserved’, and the sense ‘quiet’ died out in the 17th century). Its ultimate source was Latin quiētus , but whereas in the case of quiet this passed directly through Old French, coy came via the more circuitous route of Vulga
• coxswain 英文词源 coxswain coxswain: [15] A coxswain was originally a servant, or swain , whose job was to steer a ship’s boat, or cock ( cock comes from Old French coque , which was probably a descendant via late Latin caudica ‘canoe’ of Latin caudex ‘tree trunk’, and swain is a borrowing from Old Norse sveinn ‘boy, servant’). The abbreviation cox seems to have developed in the 19th cent
• cox 英文词源 Cox surname, from early 16c., earlier Cocks (c. 1300), in many cases from cock (n.1), which apparently was used as a personal name in Old English, also as a familiar term for a boy, later used of apprentices, servants, etc. Perhaps in some cases for the sign of an inn. In some cases perhaps from cook (n.), or Welsh coch "red." 中文词源 cox ：舵手 词源同conch, 海螺。引申义
• cowslip 英文词源 cowslip cowslip: [OE] Old English cūslyppe literally meant ‘cow dung’ (a variant cūsloppe , which survived dialectally into the 20th century as cowslop , suggests that its second element is related to slop and sloppy ). The name presumably came from the plant’s growing in pastures where cows commonly graze, and perhaps even from some perceived symbiosis with cow-pats. cowslip
• cowrie 英文词源 cowrie (n.) small shell, used as money in parts of Asia, 1660s, from Hindi and Urdu kauri , from Mahrati kavadi , from Sanskrit kaparda , perhaps related to Tamil kotu "shell." 中文词源 cowrie ：作为货币用贝壳 来自印度语，贝壳。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cowrie 词源， cowrie 含义。
• cowpea 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random dig dig: [13] The origins of dig are not altogether clear. It does not appear to have existed in Old English, although it has been speculated that there was an Old English verb * dīcigian , never recorded, derived from dīc ‘ditch’ (the standard Old English verbs for ‘dig’ were delfan and grafan , whence modern English
• cowlick 英文词源 cowlick (n.) 1590s, from cow (n.) + lick (n.). Because it looks like a cow licked your head. 中文词源 cowlick ：翘起的一绺头发 来自cow和lick的组合词。因形似被牛啃过的草而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cowlick 词源， cowlick 含义。
• cowl 英文词源 cowl (n.) Old English cule , from earlier cugele , from Late Latin cuculla "monk's cowl," variant of Latin cucullus "hood, cowl," which is of uncertain origin. Cowling is 1917 in the aircraft sense. 中文词源 cowl ：大兜帽 来自拉丁词cucullus, 帽子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cowl 词源， cowl 含义。
• cowhide 英文词源 nubuck "Cowhide leather that has been rubbed on the outer side of the hide to give it a feel like that of suede", Early 20th century: origin obscure, perhaps a respelling of new + buck 1 . 中文词源 cowhide ：牛皮革 cow, 牛，母牛。hide，兽皮。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cowhide 词源， cowhide 含义。
• cower 英文词源 cower (v.) c. 1300, probably from Middle Low German *kuren "lie in wait" (Modern German kauern ), or similar Scandinavian words meaning "to squat" and "to doze" (such as Old Norse kura , Danish, Norwegian kure , Swedish kura ). Thus unrelated to coward . Related: Cowered ; cowering . 中文词源 cower ：因恐惧而蜷缩，畏缩 来自低地德语kuren, 躺下，特指因恐惧躺倒
• cowchip 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random integrity integrity: see entire 中文词源 cowchip ：硬牛粪团 来自cow和chip的组合词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cowchip 词源， cowchip 含义。
• cowboy 英文词源 cowboy (n.) 1725, "boy who tends to cows," from cow (n.) + boy . Sense in Western U.S. is from 1849; in figurative use by 1942 for "brash and reckless young man" (as an adjective meaning "reckless," from 1920s). Cowhand is first attested 1852 in American English (see hand (n.)). Cowpoke (said to be 1881, not in popular use until 1940s) was said to be originally restricted to the cowbo
• coward 英文词源 coward coward: [13] Etymologically, a coward seems to be ‘someone who runs away with his tail between his legs’. It comes from Old French cuard , which was based on * cōda , the Vulgar Latin descendant of Latin cauda ‘tail’. (The apparently similar cower [13] is no relation, coming from Middle Low German * kūren ‘lie in wait’.) coward (n.) mid-13c., from Old French coart
• cow 英文词源 cow cow: English has two completely distinct words cow . The commoner, ‘female of cattle’ [OE], is a word of very ancient ancestry. It goes back via West and North Germanic * kōuz to a hypothetical Indo-European * gwōus , which was also the source of Latin bōs (from which English gets bovine , beef , and bugle , not to mention Bovril ). In modern English its plural is cows , bu
• covetous 英文词源 covetous (adj.) mid-13c., from Old French coveitos (12c., Modern French convoiteux ) "desirous, covetous," from Vulgar Latin *cupiditosus , from Latin cupiditas (see covet ). Related: Covetously ; covetousness . 中文词源 covetous ：贪求的 来自cover, 贪求。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： covetous 词源， covetous 含义。
• covet 英文词源 covet covet: [13] Covetousness and cupidity are very closely related, etymologically as well as semantically. Covet comes via Old French coveitier from Vulgar Latin * cupiditāre , a verb derived from the Latin noun cupiditās (from which English gets cupidity ). Its ultimate source is the Latin verb cupere ‘desire’. = cupidity covet (v.) mid-13c., from Old French coveitier "covet
• covert 英文词源 covert (adj.) c. 1300, from Old French covert "hidden, obscure, underhanded," literally "covered," past participle of covrir "to cover" (see cover ). Related: Covertly . 中文词源 covert ：暗中的 来自cover, 覆盖。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： covert 词源， covert 含义。
• coverage 英文词源 coverage (n.) mid-15c., "charge for a booth at a fair," from cover + -age . Reintroduced 1912, American English, in insurance. 中文词源 coverage ：新闻报道 来自cover, 覆盖。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： coverage 词源， coverage 含义。 coverage ：(电台或电视台的)覆盖范围；新闻报道 词根词缀： cover盖 + -age名词词尾
• cover 英文词源 cover cover: [13] Cover comes ultimately from Latin cooperīre , a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com - ‘completely’ and operīre ‘cover’ (a relative of aperīre ‘open’, from which English gets aperient ). It passed into English via Old French cuvrir or covrir . Derivatives include coverlet [13] (in which the final element represents not the diminutive suff
• covenant 英文词源 covenant covenant: [13] The notion of ‘agreement’ in covenant comes originally from a literal ‘coming together’. It was borrowed from Old French covenant , a noun use of the present participle of the verb covenir ‘agree’, which was descended from Latin convenire ‘come together’ (source also of English convene , convenient , convention , convent , and coven ). (Modern F
• coven 英文词源 coven coven: see convent coven (n.) "a gathering of witches," 1660s, earlier (c. 1500) a variant of covent , cuvent early forms of convent . Association with witches arose in Scotland, but not popularized until Sir Walter Scott used it in this sense in "Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft" (1830). Efter that tym ther vold meit bot somtymes a Coven, somtymes mor, somtymes les; bot a G
• cove 英文词源 cove cove: [OE] Old English cofa meant ‘small room’, as used for sleeping in or as a storeroom. It was descended from Germanic * kubon , which was probably also the ultimate ancestor of cubbyhole [19] (the superficially similar cubicle is not related). In the late Old English period this seems to have developed in northern and Scottish dialects to ‘small hollow place in coastal
• covalent 英文词源 covalent (adj.) 1929, from covalence (1919), from co- + valence . 中文词源 covalent ：等价的 co-, 强调。-val, 力量，价值，词源同value, valiant. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： covalent 词源， covalent 含义。
• couturier 英文词源 couturier (n.) 1899, "male dressmaker or fashion designer," from French couture "sewing, dressmaking" (see couture ). Couturière "dressmaker" is from 1818. 中文词源 couturier ：时装设计师 来自couture, 时装。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： couturier 词源， couturier 含义。
• couture 英文词源 couture (n.) 1908, from French couture , literally "dressmaking, sewing," from Old French costure (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *consutura , from past participle of Latin consuere "to sew together," from con- "together" (see com- ) + suere "to sew" (see sew ). Used as a collective term for "women's fashion designers." 中文词源 couture ：时装 来自拉丁词consuere, 缝制，来自
• cousin 英文词源 cousin cousin: [13] The word cousin is etymologically related to sister . It comes via Old French cosin from Latin consobrīnus , which meant literally ‘child of one’s mother’s sister’ – that is, ‘cousin on one’s mother’s side’ ( consobrīnus was a compound noun formed from the prefix com - ‘together’ and sobrīnus ‘maternal cousin’, a derivative of soror ‘
• couscous 英文词源 couscous (n.) c. 1600, from French couscous (16c.), ultimately from Arabic kuskus , from kaskasa "to pound, he pounded." 中文词源 couscous ：蒸粗麦粉食物 来自阿拉伯语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： couscous 词源， couscous 含义。
• courtship 英文词源 courtship (n.) 1570s, "behavior of a courtier," from court (n.) + -ship . Meaning "paying court to a woman with intention of marriage" is from 1590s. 中文词源 courtship ：求偶，招商 来自court, 宫廷。原指侍臣对君主的态度，后词义外延不断扩大。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： courtship 词源， courtship 含义。
• courtier 英文词源 courtier (n.) early 13c., from Anglo-French *corteour , from Old French cortoiier "to be at court, live at court" (see court (n.)). 中文词源 courtier ：侍臣 来自court, 宫廷。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： courtier 词源， courtier 含义。
• courtesy 英文词源 courtesy early 13c., curteisie , from Old French curteisie (Modern French courtoisie ), from curteis "courteous" (see courteous ). A specialized sense of curteisie is the source of English curtsy . 中文词源 courtesy ：礼貌，谦恭 来自court, 宫廷，宫廷礼仪。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： courtesy 词源， courtesy 含义。 courtesy ：谦恭有
• courtesan 英文词源 courtesan (n.) early 15c., from Middle French courtisane , from Italian cortigiana "prostitute," literally "woman of the court," fem. of cortigiano "one attached to a court," from corte "court," from Latin cortem (see court (n.)). 中文词源 courtesan ：高级妓女 来自court, 宫廷。原指宫廷艺伎。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： courtesan 词源，
• courteous 英文词源 courteous (adj.) mid-14c., earlier curteis (c. 1300), from Old French curteis (Modern French courtois ) "having courtly bearing or manners," from curt "court" (see court (n.)) + -eis , from Latin -ensis . Rare before c. 1500. In feudal society, also denoting a man of good education (hence the name Curtis ). Medieval courts were associated with good behavior and also beauty; compare Ge
• court card 英文词源 court card "A playing card that is a king, queen, or jack of a suit", Mid 17th century: alteration of 16th-century coat card , so named because of the decorative dress of the figures depicted. 中文词源 court card ：花牌 court, 宫廷，即Jack, Queen, King. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： court card 词源， court card 含义。
• court 英文词源 court court: [12] Latin cohors designated an ‘enclosed yard’ (it was formed from the prefix com - ‘with’ and an element hort - which also appears in English horticulture ). By extension it came to stand for those assembled in such a yard – a crowd of attendants or company of soldiers; hence the meaning of cohort familiar today. But both in its original sense and as ‘retinu
• coursing 英文词源 course (v.) 16c., from course (n.). Related: Coursed ; coursing . discourse (v.) 1540s, from discourse (n.). Related: Discoursed ; discoursing . theology (n.) mid-14c., "the science of religion, study of God and his relationship to humanity," from Old French theologie "philosophical study of Christian doctrine; Scripture" (14c.), from Latin theologia , from Greek theologia "an account
• course 英文词源 course course: [13] Etymologically, course denotes ‘running’. It comes via Old French cours from Latin cursus , a derivative of the verb currere ‘run’ (from which English gets current and a wide range of other words, from courier to occur ). Its earliest meaning in English was ‘onward movement in a particular direction’, but over the centuries it has developed a network of
• courier 英文词源 courier courier: see current courier (n.) mid-14c., from Anglo-French courrier , from Old French coreor , ultimately an agent noun from Latin currere "to run" (see current (adj.)). 中文词源 courier ：快递 来自词根cur, 跑，词源同course, current. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： courier 词源， courier 含义。 courier ：信使，急件递送人
• courage 英文词源 courage courage: [13] Modern English uses heart as a metaphor for ‘innermost feelings or passions’, but this is nothing new. Vulgar Latin took the Latin word cor ‘heart’ and derived from it * corāticum , a noun with just this sense. Borrowed into English via Old French corage , it was used from earliest times for a wide range of such passions, including ‘anger’ or ‘lust’
• coupon 英文词源 coupon (n.) 1822, "certificate of interest due on a bond" (which could be cut from the bond and presented for payment), from French coupon , literally "piece cut off," from couper "to cut," from coup "a blow" (see coup ). Meaning widened to "discount ticket" 1860s by British travel agent Thomas Cook. The specific advertising sense is from 1906. COUPON. A financial term, which, togethe
• couplet 英文词源 couplet (n.) 1570s, in poetry, from French couplet (mid-14c.), a diminutive of couple (see couple (n.)). In music, from 1876. 中文词源 couplet ：对联 来自couple, 匹配，配对。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： couplet 词源， couplet 含义。
• couple 英文词源 couple couple: [13] The notion underlying couple is of ‘joining’. The noun came into English via Old French from Latin cōpula ‘tie, connection’. This was a compound noun formed from the prefix com - ‘together’ and the verb apere ‘fasten’ (source of English apt , adapt , adept , and inept ). Derived from it was the verb cōpulāre , source of English copulate [17]. = a
• coupe 英文词源 coupé coupé: [19] Coupé is the past participle of the French verb couper ‘cut’, and it was originally applied in the early 19th century to a type of four-wheeled covered carriage (in full a carrosse coupé ‘cut-off carriage’). The notion behind the term is a truncated version of an earlier type of coach, known as a berlin, achieved by removing the rear seat. The first recor
• coup d'etat 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random coy coy: [14] Essentially, coy is the same word as quiet , and ‘quiet’ is what it meant when it first came into English (it soon developed to ‘shyly reserved’, and the sense ‘quiet’ died out in the 17th century). Its ultimate source was Latin quiētus , but whereas in the case of quiet this passed directly through Ol
• coup de grace 英文词源 coup de grace (n.) 1690s, from French coup de grâce , literally "stroke of grace;" the merciful death-blow that ends another's suffering (see coup ). 中文词源 coup de grace ：致命的一击 coup, 击，打，词源同coup. grace, 优雅。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： coup de grace 词源， coup de grace 含义。
• coup 英文词源 coup (n.) c. 1400, from Old French coup , colp "a blow, strike" (12c.), from Medieval Latin colpus , from Vulgar Latin colapus , from Latin colaphus "a cuff, box on the ear," from Greek kolaphos "a blow, slap." Meaning "a sudden decisive act" is 1852, short for coup d'etat . In Modern French the word is a workhorse, describing everything from a pat on the back to a whipping, and is us
• county 英文词源 county county: see count county (n.) c. 1300, from Anglo-French counte , from Late Latin comitatus "jurisdiction of a count," from Latin comes (see count (n.)); replaced Old English scir "shire." 中文词源 county ：郡，县 来自count, 伯爵，即伯爵管辖的土地。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： county 词源， county 含义。 county ：(英)郡，
• country 英文词源 country country: [13] Etymologically, the meaning of country is virtually ‘surroundings’. It originated in medieval Latin contrātus ‘lying on the opposite side’, an adjective formed from the proposition contrā ‘against, opposite’. This was used in the phrase terra contrāta ‘land opposite or before one, spread out around one’, and soon broke free to act as a noun in
• countess 英文词源 countess (n.) mid-12c., adopted in Anglo-French for "the wife of an earl," from Medieval Latin cometissa , fem. of Latin comes "count" (see count (n.)). 中文词源 countess ：女伯爵 count, 伯爵。-ess, 表女性。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： countess 词源， countess 含义。
• countervailing 英文词源 countervail (v.) late 14c., "to be worth as much as," also "to prevail against," from Anglo-French countrevaloir , Old French contrevaloir "to be effective against, be comparable to," from Latin phrase contra valere "to be worth against" (see contra- and valiant ). Related: Countervailing . 中文词源 countervailing ：抵消的 counter-, 相反。-vail, 力量，词源同value, val
• counter-terrorism 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random shemozzle shemozzle: [19] Shemozzle is one of a number of Yiddish words beginning with sh to have found their way into English. Most are relatively recent introductions, via American English – schlemiel ‘fool, blunderer’ [19] (possibly from a Biblical character Shelumiel who came to a sticky end), schlep ‘carry, lug’ [
• countertenor 英文词源 countertenor "The highest male adult singing voice (sometimes distinguished from the male alto voice by its strong, pure tone)", Late Middle English: from French contre-teneur , from obsolete Italian contratenore , based on Latin tenor (see tenor 1 ). 中文词源 countertenor ：高男高音 counter-, 相对。tenor, 男高音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• counter-revolution 英文词源 Cheka early Soviet secret police, 1921, from Russian initials of Chrezvychainaya Komissiya "Extraordinary Commission (for Combating Counter-Revolution);" set up 1917, superseded 1922 by G.P.U. Contra (n.) 1981, "anti-Sandinista Nicaraguan," short for Spanish contrarrevolucionario "counter-revolutionary." counterrevolution (n.) also counter-revolution , 1791, from counter- + revolution
• counterpart 英文词源 counterpart (n.) mid-15c., originally countre part "duplicate of a legal document," from Middle French contrepartie , from contre "facing, opposite" (see contra- ) + partie "copy of a person or thing," originally fem. past participle of partir "to divide" (see party (n.)). 中文词源 counterpart ：对应的人或事 counter-, 相对。part, 部分。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• counterpane 英文词源 counterpane counterpane: see quilt counterpane (n.) "outer covering of a bed," c. 1600, alteration of earlier counterpoynte (mid-15c.; see counterpoint ) on model of Middle French pan , Latin pannus "cloth" (see pane ). 中文词源 counterpane ：床单 counter-, 相对。pane, 纺织品，布。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： counterpane 词源， counterpane
• countermand 英文词源 countermand (v.) early 15c., from Old French contremander "reverse an order or command" (13c.), from contre- "against" (see contra- ) + mander , from Latin mandare "to order" (see mandate (n.)). Related: Countermanded ; countermanding . 中文词源 countermand ：抵消 counter-, 相反。-mand, 命令，见mandate. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： countermand 词
• counter-insurgency 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random turret turret: see tower 中文词源 counter-insurgency ：反暴乱 counter-, 相反。insurgency, 起义，暴乱。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： counter-insurgency 词源， counter-insurgency 含义。
• counterfoil 英文词源 check check: There are two distinct words check in English, although by very involved pathways they are related. Check ‘verify’ [14] is originally a chess term meaning ‘threaten the king’. It comes from Old French eschequier , a derivative of the noun eschec (source also of English chess ), which goes back via Vulgar Latin * scaccus and Arabic shāh to Persian shāh ‘king’
• counterfeit 英文词源 counterfeit (v.) late 13c., from Old French contrefait "imitated" (Modern French contrefait ), past participle of contrefaire "imitate," from contre- "against" (see contra- ) + faire "to make, to do" (from Latin facere ; see factitious ). Medieval Latin contrafactio meant "setting in opposition or contrast." Related: Counterfeited ; counterfeiting . The noun and adjective are from lat
• counter-espionage 英文词源 SMERSH (n.) Soviet Army counter-espionage organization begun during World War II, 1953, from Russian abbreviation of smert' shpionam "death to spies." Introduced in English by "James Bond" author Ian Fleming. 中文词源 counter-espionage ：反间谍活动 counter-, 相反。espionage,间谍。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： counter-espionage 词源， counte
• counterculture 英文词源 counterculture (n.) also counter-culture , counter culture , 1968, from counter- + culture (q.v.). Popularized by, and perhaps coined in, the book "The Making of a Counter Culture" by Theodore Roszak. As an adjective by 1972. 中文词源 counterculture ：反主流文化的 counter-, 相反。culture，文化。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： counterculture 词源
• counterclockwise 英文词源 counterclockwise (adj., adv.) 1870, also counter-clockwise ; from counter- + clockwise . 中文词源 counterclockwise ：逆时针 counter-, 相反。clockwise,顺时针。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： counterclockwise 词源， counterclockwise 含义。
• counterclaim 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random typhoon typhoon: [16] A typhoon is etymologically a ‘great wind’. The word was adapted from Cantonese Chinese daai feng ‘great wind’, its form no doubt influenced by Greek Tūphón , father of the winds in Greek mythology (his name was derived from the verb túphein ‘smoke’, which also produced túphos ‘smoke’, h
• counterblast 英文词源 cavalcade cavalcade: [16] Originally, a cavalcade was simply a ride on horseback, often for the purpose of attack: in James I’s Counterblast to tobacco 1604, for example, we find ‘to make some sudden cavalcade upon your enemies’. By the 17th century this had developed to ‘procession on horseback’, and it was not long after that that the present-day, more general ‘processio
• counterbalance 英文词源 counterbalance (v.) 1570s, from counter- + balance (v.), in reference to scales. Figurative use dates from 1630s. As a noun, from c. 1600. 中文词源 counterbalance ：制约，反平衡 counter-, 相反。balance, 平衡。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： counterbalance 词源， counterbalance 含义。
• counter-attack 英文词源 counterattack (n.) also counter-attack , 1882, from counter- + attack (n.); as two words from early 19c. The verb is recorded from 1916. 中文词源 counter-attack ：反攻 counter-, 相反。attack, 攻击。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： counter-attack 词源， counter-attack 含义。
• counteract 英文词源 counteract (v.) 1670s, from counter- + act (v.). Related: Counteracted ; counteracting . 中文词源 counteract ：抵制 counter-, 同contra-，相对，相反。-act, 行为。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： counteract 词源， counteract 含义。 counteract ：中和；抵消 词根词缀： counter-相反,相对 + -act-做,行动
• counter 英文词源 counter counter: see count counter (n.) mid-14c., "table where a money lender does business," from Old French contouer , comptoir (14c.) "counting room, table of a bank," from Medieval Latin computatorium "place of accounts," from Latin computatus , past participle of computare (see compute ). Generalized 19c. from banks to shops, then extended to display cases for goods. Phrase under
• countenance 英文词源 countenance countenance: [13] A person’s countenance has nothing to do with computation. Etymologically, it is how they ‘contain’ themselves, or conduct themselves, and the word itself is a parallel construction with continence . It was borrowed from Old French contenance (a derivative of the verb contenir ‘contain’), which meant ‘behaviour’, ‘demeanour’, or ‘calmn
• counsel 英文词源 counsel counsel: see consult counsel (n.) early 13c., from Old French counseil (10c.) "advice, counsel; deliberation, thought," from Latin consilium "plan, opinion" (see consultation ). As a synonym for "lawyer," first attested late 14c. counsel (v.) late 13c., from Old French conseiller "to advise, counsel," from Latin consiliari , from consilium "plan, opinion" (see counsel (n.)). R
• council 英文词源 council council: [12] Etymologically, a council is a body that has been ‘called together’ or ‘summoned’. Latin concilium meant ‘assembly, meeting’; it was formed from the prefix com - ‘together’ and calāre ‘call, summon’. It passed into English via Anglo-Norman cuncile . It has no direct etymological connection with counsel , but the two are so similar that their
• coulomb 英文词源 coulomb (n.) 1881, named for French chemist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736-1806), who devised a method of measuring electrical quantity. It is the quantity of electricity conveyed in 1 second by a current of 1 ampere. The name is a French form of Columbus . 中文词源 coulomb ：库，库仑（电量单位） 以其设计者18世纪法国化学家Charles Angustin Coulomb命名。该
• coulis 英文词源 coulis "A thin fruit or vegetable puree, used as a sauce", French, from couler 'to flow'. 中文词源 coulis ：稀果酱 词源同colander, 滤锅，漏勺。即压榨并过滤出来的果酱。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： coulis 词源， coulis 含义。
• could 英文词源 could could: [16] Could began life as cūthe , the past tense of Old English cunnan ‘can’. By Middle English times this had become couthe , and in the 14th century it developed to coude under the influence of the standard past tense ending (e)de . The l was introduced in the 16th century, to bring coude into line with would and should . = kith , uncouth could (v.) Old English cuð
• cough 英文词源 cough cough: [14] Although it is largely disguised by the modern English pronunciation, cough is of onomatopoeic origin. It came from a prehistoric Germanic base * kokh - (the kh pronounced not unlike the ch of loch ), which initiated the sound of coughing. This has no recorded Old English descendant (although one probably existed, * cohhian ), and first appears in the language as Mid
• cougar 英文词源 cougar (n.) 1774, from French couguar , Buffon's adaption (influenced by jaguar ) of a word the Portuguese picked up in Brazil as çuçuarana , perhaps from Tupi susuarana , from suasu "deer" + rana "false." Another proposed source is Guarani guaçu ara . Evidently the cedillas dropped off the word before Buffon got it. Slang sense of "older woman (35-plus) who seeks younger males as
• couch 英文词源 couch (v.) c. 1300, "to overlay with gold, inlay," from Old French couchier "to lay down, place; go to bed, put to bed," from Latin collocare "to lay, place, station, arrange," from com- "together" (see com- ) + locare "to place" (see locate ). Meaning "to put into words" is from 1520s. Related: Couched ; couching . Heraldic couchant ("lying down with the head up") is late 15c., from
• cotton 英文词源 cotton cotton: [14] As with knowledge of the plant, its name cotton came to Europe from the Middle East. It originated in Arabic qutn , which passed via Spanish into the other languages of Europe. English acquired it via Old French coton . The verbal idiom cotton (on) to ‘come to understand’ developed in the 20th century from an earlier ‘harmonize, agree’. This in turn has bee
• cottaging 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random sweat sweat: [OE] Sweat is part of a widespread family of ‘sweat’-words that goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Indo-European base * sweid -, * swoid -. Other members include Greek hidrós , Latin sūdor (source of English exude [16]), Welsh chwys , Latvian sviēdri , and Sanskrit svédas . Amongst its Germanic descenda
• cottage 英文词源 cottage cottage: [14] The Old English words for a small house or hut were cot and cote , both of which survive – just: cot as an archaic term for ‘cottage’ and cote in dovecote and sheepcote . ( Cot ‘child’s bed’ [17], incidentally, is of Hindi origin.) They both derive ultimately from a Germanic base * kut -. Then, probably in the 12th century, one or both of them seem to