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• coterminous 英文词源 coterminous (adj.) 1630s, malformed in English from co- + terminous (see terminal ). Latin purists prefer conterminous . 中文词源 coterminous ：毗连的 co-, 强调。-term, 终点，界限，词源同terminus. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： coterminous 词源， coterminous 含义。
• coterie 英文词源 coterie coterie: [18] In Old French, coterie was a term for an association of peasant tenants under the feudal system. It was probably derived from an unrecorded * cote ‘hut’. This would have been borrowed from Middle Low German kote , a relative of English cote and cot . In French the word gradually broadened out in meaning to ‘group of people sharing a common interest’, the
• cot 英文词源 cot (n.1) "small bed," 1630s, from Hindi khat "couch, hammock," from Sanskrit khatva , probably from a Dravidian source (compare Tamil kattil "bedstead"). cot (n.2) "hut, cottage;" see cote . 中文词源 cot ：幼儿床，村舍 1.幼儿床，来自南印度语。 2.村舍，见cottage. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cot 词源， cot 含义。
• cosy 英文词源 cosy (adj.) chiefly British form of cozy . 中文词源 cosy ：舒服的 词源不详。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cosy 词源， cosy 含义。
• costumier 英文词源 costumier "A person or company that makes or supplies theatrical or fancy-dress costumes", Mid 19th century: French, from costumer 'dress in a costume' (see costume ). 中文词源 costumier ：戏装制作人 来自costume, 戏服，古装。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： costumier 词源， costumier 含义。
• costume 英文词源 costume costume: [18] Ultimately, costume and custom are the same word. Both come from Latin consuētūdō ‘custom’. But whereas custom was an early borrowing, from Old French, costume took a lengthier and more circuitous route via Italian costume ‘custom, fashion, dress’ and French costume . In the early 18th century the word referred to the custom or fashion of a particular
• costermonger 英文词源 costermonger (n.) 1510s, "itinerant apple-seller" from coster (see costard ) + monger . Sense extended from "apple-seller" to any salesman who plied his wares from a street-cart. Contemptuous use is from Shakespeare ("2 Henry IV"), but reason is unclear. 中文词源 costermonger ：水果蔬菜小贩 coster, 来自costard, 大苹果。-monger, 贩子，词源同warmonger. 该词的英语
• costard 英文词源 costard (n.) late 13c., coster , perhaps from Anglo-French or Old French coste "rib" (from Latin costa "a rib;" see coast (n.)). A kind of large apple with prominent "ribs," i.e. one having a shape more like a green pepper than a plain, round apple. Also applied derisively to "the head." Common 14c.-17c. but limited to fruit-growers afterward. 中文词源 costard ：大苹果 来自拉
• costal 英文词源 costal (adj.) "pertaining to the ribs," 1630s, from French costal (16c.), from Medieval Latin costalis , from costa "a rib" (see coast (n.)). 中文词源 costal ：肋骨的 来自拉丁词costa, 肋骨，边，词源同coast, accost. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： costal 词源， costal 含义。
• cost 英文词源 cost cost: [13] In Latin, something that cost a particular price literally ‘stood at or with’ that price. The Latin verb constāre was formed from the prefix com - ‘with’ and stāre ‘stand’ (a relative of English stand ). In Vulgar Latin this became * costāre , which passed into English via Old French coster (the derived noun arrived first, the verb a couple of decades la
• cosset 英文词源 cosset cosset: [17] Cosset may originally have meant ‘someone who lives in a cottage’. Old English had a word cotsǣta ‘cottager’, which was formed from cot ‘cottage’ and * sǣt -, an element related to the verb sit . This disappeared from the language after the Old English period, but not before it was adopted into Anglo-Norman as cozet or coscet (forms which appear in Do
• cosmopolitan 英文词源 cosmopolitan (adj.) 1844, from cosmopolite "citizen of the world" (q.v.) on model of metropolitan . The U.S. women's magazine of the same name was first published in 1886. Cosmopolitanism first recorded 1828. 中文词源 cosmopolitan ：世界性的 cosm, 宇宙。-polit, 城市，词源同police,metropolitan. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cosmopolitan 词源，
• cosmonaut 英文词源 cosmonaut (n.) 1959, Englishing of Russian kosmonavt , ultimately from Greek kosmos (see cosmos ) + nautes "sailor" (see naval ). 中文词源 cosmonaut ：宇航员 cosm, 宇宙。-naut, 航行，词源同navigate. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cosmonaut 词源， cosmonaut 含义。 cosmonaut ：俄国宇航员 来源于俄语kosmonavt. 词根词缀： -cosm
• cosmic 英文词源 cosmic (adj.) 1640s, from cosmo- + -ic . Originally "of this world" (which was the sense of Greek kosmikos ); meaning "of the universe" is from 1846. Cosmical is attested from 1580s. 中文词源 cosmic ：宇宙的 来自cosmos, 宇宙。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cosmic 词源， cosmic 含义。 cosmic ：宇宙的；有秩序的，和谐的；广大无边
• cosmetic 英文词源 cosmetic (n.) c. 1600, "art of beautifying," from Latinized form of Greek kosmetike (tekhne) "the art of dress and ornament," from fem. of kosmetikos (see cosmetic (adj.)). Meaning "a preparation for beautifying" attested from 1640s (now often cosmetics ). cosmetic (adj.) 1640s, from French cosmétique (16c.), from Greek kosmetikos "skilled in adornment or arrangement," from kosmein "
• cos lettuce 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random dowry dowry: [14] English acquired dowry via Anglo- Norman dowarie from Old French douaire (source of the originally synonymous but now little-used dower [14]). This in turn came from medieval Latin dōtārium , a derivative of Latin dōs ‘dowry’, which was related to dāre ‘give’ (source of English date , donate , etc).
• cosine 英文词源 cosine (n.) 1630s, from co. sinus , abbreviation of Medieval Latin complementi sinus (see complement + sine ). 中文词源 cosine ：余弦 来自短语complementary sine, 补足正弦。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cosine 词源， cosine 含义。
• cosh 英文词源 cosh (n.) "stout stick," 1869, of unknown origin. 中文词源 cosh ：金属短棍 词源不详。可能来自PIE*geu, 块，圆块，词源同cob, cod, cudgel. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cosh 词源， cosh 含义。
• corvette 英文词源 corvette (n.) 1630s, also corvet , from French corvette "small, fast frigate" (15c.), perhaps from Middle Dutch korver "pursuit ship," or Middle Low German korf meaning both a kind of boat and a basket, or from Latin corbita (navis) "slow-sailing ship of burden, grain ship" from corbis "basket" (Gamillscheg is against this). The U.S. sports car was so named September 1952, after the w
• coruscate 英文词源 coruscate (v.) 1705, from Latin coruscatus , past participle of coruscare "to vibrate, glitter," perhaps from PIE *(s)ker- (2) "leap, jump about" (compare scherzo ). Related: Coruscated ; coruscating . 中文词源 coruscate ：闪烁，闪耀 来自PIE*sker, 跳，闪烁，词源同scherzo, 恢谐曲。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： coruscate 词源， corusc
• corundum 英文词源 corundum (n.) "very hard mineral," 1728, from Anglo-Indian, from Tamil kurundam "ruby sapphire" (Sanskrit kuruvinda ), which is of unknown origin. 中文词源 corundum ：刚石，金刚砂 来自南印度语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： corundum 词源， corundum 含义。
• cortisone 英文词源 cortisone (n.) 1949, coined by its discoverer, Dr. Edward C. Kendall, shortening of chemical name, 17-hydroxy-11 dehydrocorticosterone, ultimately from Latin corticis (genitive of cortex ; see cortex ). So called because it was obtained from the "cortex" of adrenal glands; originally called Compound E (1936). 中文词源 cortisone ：可的松 cortis, 皮层，见cortex. -one, 化学名
• cortex 英文词源 cortex cortex: see cork cortex (n.) 1650s, "outer shell, husk," from Latin cortex "bark of a tree" (see corium ). Specifically of the brain, first recorded 1741. 中文词源 cortex ：大脑皮质 来自PIE*sker, 切，词源同carnal, shear. 原指树皮，后词义引申为大脑皮质。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cortex 词源， cortex 含义。
• cortege 英文词源 cortege cortege: see court cortege (n.) 1640s, "train of attendants," from French cortège (16c.), from Italian corteggio "retinue," from corte "court," from Latin cohortem (see court (n.)). 中文词源 cortege ：送葬车队 来自court, 庭院，庭院随从。后词义处延扩大。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cortege 词源， cortege 含义。
• corset 英文词源 corset corset: see corpse corset (n.) c. 1300, "kind of laced bodice," from Old French corset (13c.) "bodice, tunic," diminutive of cors "body" (see corps ). Meaning "stiff supporting and constricting undergarment" is from 1795. 中文词源 corset ：紧身胸衣 cors, 同corp, 身体。-et, 小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： corset 词源， corse
• corsage 英文词源 corsage corsage: see corpse corsage (n.) late 15c., "size of the body," from Old French cors "body" (see corpse ); the meaning "body of a woman's dress, bodice" is from 1818 in fashion plates translated from French; 1843 in a clearly English context. Sense of "a bouquet worn on the bodice" is 1911, American English, apparently from French bouquet de corsage "bouquet of the bodice." 中文
• corrupt 英文词源 corrupt corrupt: [14] The Latin verb rumpere meant ‘break’ (it is etymologically related to English bereave and rob ). It (or rather its past participial stem rup -) was the source of English rupture [15], and it entered into partnership with the intensive prefix com - to produce corrumpere ‘destroy completely’. This was the ancestor (either directly or via Old French) of Engl
• corrugated 英文词源 corrugated (adj.) 1620s, "wrinkled" (of skin, etc.), past participle adjective from corrugate . Meaning "bent into curves or folds" (of iron, cardboard, etc., for elasticity and strength) is from 1853. 中文词源 corrugated ：起皱的，起波纹的 cor-, 强调。-rug, 皱，波纹。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： corrugated 词源， corrugated 含义。
• corrosive 英文词源 corrosive (adj.) late 14c., from Old French corrosif (13c.), from corroder (see corrode ). 中文词源 corrosive ：腐蚀性的 来自corrode, 腐蚀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： corrosive 词源， corrosive 含义。
• corrode 英文词源 corrode corrode: see rostrum corrode (v.) c. 1400, from Old French corroder (14c.) or directly from Latin corrodere "to gnaw to bits, wear away," from com- , intensive prefix (see com- ), + rodere "to gnaw" (see rodent ). Related: Corroded ; corroding . 中文词源 corrode ：腐蚀 cor-, 强调。-rod, 咬，词源同rat, rodent. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• corroborate 英文词源 corroborate corroborate: see robust corroborate (v.) 1530s, "to give (legal) confirmation to," from Latin corroboratus , past participle of corroborare "to strengthen, invigorate," from com- "together" or "thoroughly" (see com- ) + roborare "to make strong," from robur, robus "strength," (see robust ). Meaning "to strengthen by evidence, to confirm" is from 1706. Sometimes in early us
• corrie 英文词源 corrie "A cirque, especially one in the mountains of Scotland", Mid 16th century: from Scottish Gaelic and Irish coire 'cauldron, hollow'. 中文词源 corrie ：山侧圆形凹地 来自苏格兰方言，词源可能同corner, 角落。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： corrie 词源， corrie 含义。
• corridor 英文词源 corridor corridor: see current corridor (n.) 1590s, from French corridor (16c.), from Italian corridore "a gallery," literally "a runner," from correre "to run," from Latin currere (see current (adj.)). Originally of fortifications, meaning "long hallway" is first recorded 1814. 中文词源 corridor ：走廊 来自词根cur, 跑，词源同course, current. 该词的英语词源请访问
• correspondent 英文词源 correspondent (adj.) early 15c., "having an analogous relationship" (to), a sense taken up since 19c. by corresponding ; from Medieval Latin correspondentem , present participle of correspondere (see correspond ). correspondent (n.) "one who communicates with another by letters," 1620s, from correspondent (adj.). The newspaper sense is from 1711. THE life of a newspaper correspondent,
• correspond 英文词源 correspond (v.) 1520s, "to be in agreement, to be in harmony with," from Middle French correspondre (14c.) or directly from Medieval Latin correspondere , from cor- (see com- ) "together, with each other" + respondere "to answer" (see respond ). Originally in Medieval Latin of two things in mutual action, but by later Medieval Latin it could be used of one thing only. In English, sens
• correlate 英文词源 correlate (n.) 1640s, perhaps a back-formation from correlation . correlate (v.) 1742, back-formation from correlation , or else a verbal use of the noun. Related: Correlated ; correlating ; correlative . 中文词源 correlate ：相关 cor-, 强调。relate, 相关。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： correlate 词源， correlate 含义。 correlate ：相关，关
• correct 英文词源 correct correct: [14] Correct is etymologically related to rectitude and rightness . It comes from the past participle of Latin corrigere ‘make straight, put right’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com - and regere ‘lead straight, rule’. This regere (source of English regent , régime , regiment , and region ) goes back to an Indo-European base * reg - ‘move
• corral 英文词源 corral corral: [16] English acquired corral from Spanish corral , but its previous history is disputed. Some etymologists consider that it is of southern African origin, from the language of the Hottentot people, but others derive it from Vulgar Latin * currale ‘enclosure for vehicles’, which would have been based on Latin currus ‘two-wheeled wagon’ (source of English car and
• corpuscle 英文词源 corpuscle (n.) 1650s, "any small particle," from Latin corpusculum "a puny body; an atom, particle," diminutive of corpus "body" (see corporeal ); for ending see -cule . First applied to blood cells 1845. Related: Corpuscular . 中文词源 corpuscle ：红血球 来自词根corp，身体，见corporeal. -cle, 小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： corp
• corpus 英文词源 corpus (n.) (plural corpora ), late 14c., from Latin corpus , literally "body" (see corporeal ). The sense of "body of a person" (mid-15c. in English) and "collection of facts or things" (1727 in English) both were present in Latin. Corpus Christi (late 14c.), feast of the Blessed Sacrament, is the Thursday after Trinity Sunday. Also used in various medical phrases, such as corpus cal
• corpulent 英文词源 corpulent (adj.) late 14c., from Old French corpulent "stout, fat," from Latin corpulentus "fleshy, fat," from corpus "body" (see corporeal ) + -ulentus "full of." Leigh Hunt was sent to prison for two years for calling the Prince Regent corpulent in print in 1812. 中文词源 corpulent ：发福的 来自词根corp，身体，见corporeal. 此处用于比喻义，长身体的，长粗
• corpse 英文词源 corpse corpse: [14] Latin corpus ‘body’ has two direct descendants in English: corpse , which came via Old French cors , and corps [18], which came via modern French corps . The former first entered English in the 13th century as cors , and during the 14th century it had its original Latin p reinserted. At first it meant simply ‘body’, but by the end of the 14th century the cu
• corps 英文词源 corps (n.) late 13c., cors "body," from Old French cors "body, person, corpse, life" (9c.), from Latin corpus "body" (see corporeal ). Sense in English evolved from "dead body" (13c.) to "live body" (14c.) to "body of citizens" (15c.) to "band of knights" (mid-15c.). The modern military sense (1704) is from French corps d'armée (16c.), picked up in English during Marlborough's campai
• corporate 英文词源 corporate (adj.) early 15c., "united in one body," from Latin corporatus , past participle of corporare "form into a body," from corpus (genitive corporis ) "body" (see corporeal ). 中文词源 corporate ：公司的 来自词根corp，身体，见corporeal. 即成为一体的，成立法人实体的公司。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： corporate 词源，
• corporal 英文词源 corporal corporal: [14] Corporal comes via Old French corporal from Latin corporālis ‘bodily’, an adjective derived from corpus ‘body’. The noun corporal ‘non-commissioned officer’ [16] was probably originally a completely different word. It was borrowed from French corporal , which appears to have been an alteration of caporal ; this in turn came from Italian caporale ,
• coronet 英文词源 coronet (n.) "a small crown," late 15c., from Old French coronete , diminutive of corone "a crown," from Latin corona "crown" (see crown (n.)). 中文词源 coronet ：冠冕 来自crown, 王冠。-et, 小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： coronet 词源， coronet 含义。
• coronation 英文词源 coronation (n.) late 14c., from Late Latin coronationem (nominative coronatio ) "a crowning," from past participle stem of Latin coronare "to crown," from corona "crown" (see crown (n.)). 中文词源 coronation ：加冕典礼 来自crown, 王冠，词源同corolla, 花冠。即带上王冠举行加冕典礼。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： coronation 词源，
• coronary 英文词源 coronary coronary: [17] Coronary comes from Latin coronārius , an adjectival derivative of corōna ‘garland, crown’. It was applied in the later 17th century to any anatomical structure, such as an artery, nerve, or ligament, that encircles another like a crown. A leading example of such a conformation is the heart, with its encircling blood vessels, and gradually coronary came t
• corona 英文词源 corona (n.) 1650s, from Latin corona "crown, garland" (see crown (n.)). 中文词源 corona ：日华，月华 词源同corolla, 花冠。因形似花冠而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： corona 词源， corona 含义。
• corollary 英文词源 corollary corollary: [14] Latin corolla was a ‘little crown or garland’, typically made from flowers (the word was a diminutive form of corōna ‘crown’, source of English crown ). Hence a corollārium was ‘money paid for such a garland’, and by extension ‘gratuity’. Later it developed the meaning ‘deduction’, applied in geometry to a subsidiary proposition dependen
• corolla 英文词源 corolla (n.) 1670s, "crown," from Latin corolla , diminutive of corona "crown, garland" (see crown (n.)). Botanical use is from 1753. 中文词源 corolla ：花冠 来自PIE*sker, 转，编织，词源同cradle,crown. 指编好的花冠。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： corolla 词源， corolla 含义。
• corny 英文词源 corny (adj.) 1570s, "full of corn, pertaining to corn, from corn (n.1) + -y (2). Chaucer used it of ale (late 14c.), perhaps to mean "malty." American English slang "old-fashioned, sentimental" is from 1932 (first attested in "Melody Maker"), perhaps originally "something appealing to country folk" ( corn-fed in the same sense is attested from 1929). Related: Cornily ; corniness . 中文
• cornucopia 英文词源 cornucopia (n.) c. 1500, from Late Latin cornucopia , from Latin cornu copiae "horn of plenty," originally the horn of the goat Amalthea, who nurtured the infant Zeus. See horn (n.) and copious . 中文词源 cornucopia ：丰饶角 corn, 同horn, 角。copia, 大量，丰富，词源同copy. 来自希腊神话中宙斯为报答母山羊Amalthea的养育之恩，赐予这只山羊羊角
• Cornish 英文词源 Cornish (adj.) from first element of Cornwall + -ish . 中文词源 Cornish ：康沃尔语 来自Cornwall, 凯尔特部落名。来自corn, 同horn, 角，岬角，-wal, 外国人，词源同Welsh, walnut. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Cornish 词源， Cornish 含义。
• cornice 英文词源 cornice (n.) 1560s, from Middle French corniche (16c.) or directly from Italian cornice "ornamental molding along a wall," perhaps from Latin coronis "curved line, flourish in writing," from Greek koronis "curved object" (see crown ). Perhaps influenced by (or even from) Latin cornicem , accusative of cornix "crow" (compare corbel ). 中文词源 cornice ：檐口 词源可能同crown
• cornet 英文词源 cornet (n.) c. 1400, "A wind instrument made of wood and provided with six finger holes" [Middle English Dictionary], from Old French cornet (14c.) "a small horn," diminutive of corn "a horn," from Latin cornu "horn," from PIE *ker- (1) "horn; head, uppermost part of the body" (see horn (n.)). Modern use is short for cornet-à-pistons "cornet with pistons." The quality of the tone is
• corner 英文词源 corner corner: [13] The idea underlying corner is of a ‘projecting part’ or ‘point’. It came via Anglo- Norman corner from Vulgar Latin * cornārium , a derivative of Latin cornū ‘point’ (‘point’ was in fact a secondary sense, developed from an original ‘horn’ – and Latin cornū is related to English horn ). Other English descendants of cornū are corn ‘hard s
• cornelian 英文词源 cornelian (n.) "red variety of chalcedony," a variant of corneline (c. 1400), from Old French corneline (Modern French cornaline ), diminutive of corneola , probably from Vulgar Latin *cornea , from Latin cornus , name of a type of berry (see cornel ). 中文词源 cornelian ：红玉髓 词源同cherry , 樱桃，因这种宝石形如樱桃而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• cornel 英文词源 cornel (n.) a type of tree or shrub with an edible fruit, 1550s, from German cornel-baum , from Old High German cornul , from Medieval Latin cornolium , from French cornouille , from Vulgar Latin *cornuculum , from Latin cornum "cornel-cherry," perhaps related to Greek kerasos "cherry." Old English also had borrowed the Latin word, in corntreow . The plant was noted for its hard wood,
• corned beef 英文词源 corn corn: [OE] The underlying sense of corn is of grinding down into small particles. The word comes ultimately from the Indo-European base * ger -, which meant ‘wear away’. From it was derived * grnóm ‘worn-down particle’, which in Latin produced grānum (source of English grain ) and in prehistoric Germanic produced * kurnam , which developed into Old English corn . Alread
• cornea 英文词源 cornea (n.) late 14c., from Medieval Latin cornea tela "horny web or sheath," from Latin cornu (genitive cornus ) "horn," from PIE *ker- (1) "horn; head, uppermost part of the body" (see horn (n.)). So called for its consistency. Related: Corneal . 中文词源 cornea ：角膜 词源同horn, 角。用于眼科医学名词术语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• cormorant 英文词源 cormorant cormorant: [13] In early medieval times the cormorant was named ‘sea raven’ – that is, in Latin, corvus marīnus . This passed into Old French first as cormareng , which later became cormaran . English adopted it and added a final t . The word’s origins are still evident in Portuguese corvo marinho ‘cormorant’. = marine cormorant (n.) early 14c., from Old French
• corm 英文词源 corm (n.) 1570s, from French corme , from Latin cornum "cornel-cherry" (but applied to service-berries in French); see cornel . 中文词源 corm ：球茎 来自拉丁词cormus, 球茎。可能进一步来自PIE*sker, 弯，围，成块，词源同cram, crowd, corporal(?). 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： corm 词源， corm 含义。
• corkscrew 英文词源 corkscrew (n.) 1720, from cork (n.) + screw (n.). Given various figurative or extended senses from c. 1815; the verb is attested from 1837. 中文词源 corkscrew ：瓶塞钻 来自cork和screw的组合词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： corkscrew 词源， corkscrew 含义。
• corker 英文词源 corker (n.) 1837, slang, something that "settles" a debate, discussion, conflict, etc.; hence "something astonishing" (1880s). Probably an agent noun from cork (v.) on the notion is of putting a cork in a bottle as an act of finality. 中文词源 corker ：绝色佳丽 来自cork, 瓶塞，开瓶的美酒。比较dishy, 好菜，性感的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• corked 英文词源 cork (v.) 1570s, "to put a cork sole on a shoe," from cork (n.)). Meaning "to stop with a cork" is from 1640s. Related: Corked ; corking . Dom Perignon trademark name, 1954 (in use from 1936), from monk of that name (1638-1715), blind cellarmaster of the monastery of Hautvilliers near Epernay, France, who was said to have discovered the advantage of corked bottles in fermentation. Dom
• corkage 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random nomad nomad: [16] The Greek verb némein had a very wide range of senses. It originally meant ‘deal out, dispense’, a signification mirrored in the derived nemesis [16] (etymologically the ‘dealing out’ of what is due) and the possibly related number . It developed subsequently to ‘inhabit’ and to ‘control, manage’
• cork 英文词源 cork cork: [14] The earliest ascertainable ancestor of cork is Spanish alcorque ‘cork sole’, which passed into English via Dutch kork . The initial al -, of course, suggests that this was of Arabic origin ( al being the Arabic definite article), and it seems likely that it represents Arabic al-qūrq , which some have suggested came from Latin cortex ‘bark’, source of English c
• Corinthian 英文词源 Corinthian 1650s as an architectural order, from Corinth , the ancient Greek city-state. In classical times Corinth was notorious for its luxury and licentiousness among the Greek states (and for not scorning trade and profit); hence Corinthian , noun and adjective, in various slang or colloquial sense in English, especially "a swell, a man about town" (early to mid-19c. but especiall
• coriander 英文词源 coriander (n.) late 14c., from Old French coriandre (14c.), from Latin coriandrum , from Greek koriannon , often said by botanists to be related to koris "bedbug" from the bad smell of the unripe fruit, or perhaps a non-Indo-European word conformed to the Greek insect name. 中文词源 coriander ：香菜 词源不详，也拼作cilantro. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• corgi 英文词源 corgi corgi: see hound corgi (n.) 1926, from Welsh corgi , from cor "dwarf" + ci "dog" (see canine ). 中文词源 corgi ：柯吉犬 来自威尔士语。cor, 矮的，词源同shear. -ci, 狗，词源同canine. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： corgi 词源， corgi 含义。 corgi ：柯基犬，威尔士矮脚狗 威尔士柯基犬是有名的犬种，有卡迪根
• co-respondent 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random paten paten: see pan 中文词源 co-respondent ：共同被告 co-, 一起。respondent, 被告。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： co-respondent 词源， co-respondent 含义。
• coreferential 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random parsnip parsnip: [14] The Romans called the ‘parsnip’ (and the ‘carrot’) pastināca . This was a derivative of pastinum , a term for a sort of small two-pronged fork, inspired no doubt by the forked appearance of some examples of the vegetable. In Old French the word had become pasnaie , but when English took it over, it
• core 英文词源 core core: [14] The origins of core are a mystery, over which etymologists disagree. Several candidates have been put forward, including Old French cor ‘horn’, on the grounds that two of core ’s earliest applications were to the horny central part of apples and pears and to corns on the foot, and Latin cor ‘heart’, on the grounds that an apple’s core is its ‘heart’. co
• corduroy 英文词源 corduroy corduroy: [18] Popular etymology usually associates corduroy with a supposed French corde du roy ‘cord of the king’ or even couleur du roy ‘king’s colour’ (the original corduroy having according to this theory been purple), but in fact there is no concrete evidence to substantiate this. A more likely explanation is that the word’s first syllable represents cord in
• cordon bleu 英文词源 cordon bleu "Denoting or relating to the highest class or standard of quality in cookery", Mid 18th century (as a noun, often specifically denoting a first-class cook): French, literally 'blue ribbon'. The blue ribbon once signified the highest order of chivalry in the reign of the Bourbon kings. 中文词源 cordon bleu ：烹饪手艺高超的大师 cordon, 绳，绶带。bleu, 同b
• cordon 英文词源 cordon (n.) mid-15c., "cord or ribbon worn as an ornament," from Middle French cordon "ribbon," diminutive of Old French corde "cord" (see cord ). Sense of "a line of people or things guarding something" is 1758. Original sense preserved in cordon bleu (1727) "the highest distinction," literally "blue ribbon," for the sky-blue ribbon worn by the Knights-grand-cross of the Holy Ghost (
• cordless 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random drape drape: [15] The verb drape originally meant ‘weave wool into cloth’. It was borrowed from Old French draper , which was a derivative of drap ‘cloth’ (source of English drab ). This in turn came from late Latin drappus , which was ultimately of Celtic origin. Other offspring of drap which found their way into Englis
• cordite 英文词源 cordite (n.) smokeless explosive, 1889, from cord + -ite (2); so called for its "curiously string-like appearance" in the words of a newspaper of the day. 中文词源 cordite ：无烟线状火药 来自cord, 绳，线。因其线性形状而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cordite 词源， cordite 含义。
• cord 英文词源 cord cord: [13] Cord ‘string’ and chord ‘straight line’ were originally the same word. They go back to Greek khordé ‘string’, which came into English via Latin chorda and Old French corde . In English it was originally written cord , a spelling which included the sense ‘string of a musical instrument’. But in the 16th century the spelling of this latter sense was remo
• corbel 英文词源 corbel (n.) mid-14c., from Old French corbel , diminutive of corb "raven," from Latin corvus (see raven ); so called from its beaked shape. 中文词源 corbel ：梁托 词源同crow, raven, 因形似乌鸦嘴而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： corbel 词源， corbel 含义。
• cor anglais 英文词源 cor anglais "An alto woodwind instrument of the oboe family, having a bulbous bell and sounding a fifth lower than the oboe", Late 19th century: French, literally 'English horn'. 中文词源 cor anglais ：英国管 来自法语，字面意思即English horn. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cor anglais 词源， cor anglais 含义。
• coral 英文词源 coral coral: [14] Coral may ultimately be of Semitic origin (Hebrew gōrāl ‘pebble’ has been compared), but the first record we have of it is as Greek korállion , which came to English via Latin corallum or corallium and Old French coral . Until the 17th century, the word was applied exclusively to the red coral ( Corallium nobile ); hence its use, since the early 16th century,
• coracle 英文词源 coracle (n.) "round boat of wicker, coated with skins," 1540s (the thing is described, but not named, in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle from 9c.), from Welsh corwgl , from corwg , cognate with Gaelic curachan , Middle Irish curach "boat," which probably is the source of Middle English currock "coracle" (mid-15c.). The name is perhaps from the hides that cover it (see corium ). 中文词源
• cor 英文词源 cor "Expressing surprise, excitement, admiration, or alarm", 1930s: alteration of God. 中文词源 cor ：天啦 来自god的委婉读音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cor 词源， cor 含义。
• coquette 英文词源 coquette (n.) 1660s, from French fem. of coquet (male) "flirt" (see coquet ). 中文词源 coquette ：卖弄风情的女人 来自cock, 公鸡。-ette, 小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： coquette 词源， coquette 含义。 coquette ：卖弄风情的女人 该词系法语借用词，原作coquet。在法语中coquet系由coq‘cock’（公鸡）和
• coquetry 英文词源 coquetry (n.) 1650s, from French coquetterie , from coqueter (v.), from coquet (see coquet ). Coquetry whets the appetite; flirtation depraves it .... [Donald Grant Mitchell (1822-1908)] 中文词源 coquetry ：媚态 来自cock, 公鸡。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： coquetry 词源， coquetry 含义。
• coq au vin 英文词源 coq au vin "A casserole of chicken pieces cooked in red wine", French, literally 'cock in wine'. 中文词源 coq au vin ：红酒焖鸡 来自法语，字面意思即cock(meat) with wine. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： coq au vin 词源， coq au vin 含义。
• copyright 英文词源 copyright (n.) "the right to make or sell copies," 1735, from copy + right (n.). As a verb, from 1806 (implied in past participle adjective copyrighted ). 中文词源 copyright ：版权 来自copy和right的合成词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： copyright 词源， copyright 含义。 copyright ：版权 词根词缀： copy拷贝 + right权利
• copy 英文词源 copy copy: [14] Copy has a very devious semantic history. It comes from Latin copia ‘abundance’ (source also of English copious ), and came into English via Old French copie . In addition to its central sense ‘abundance’, Latin copia could also mean ‘power, right’, and it appears that its use in such phrases as ‘give someone the right to transcribe’ led to its applicat