英语词源

• coddle 英文词源 coddle (v.) c. 1600, "boil gently," probably from caudle "warm drink for invalids" (c. 1300), from Anglo-French caudel (c. 1300), ultimately from Latin calidium "warm drink, warm wine and water," neuter of calidus "hot," from calere "be warm" (see calorie ). Verb meaning "treat tenderly" first recorded 1815 (in Jane Austen's "Emma"). Related: Coddled ; coddling . 中文词源 coddle ：
• coda 英文词源 coda coda: see queue coda (n.) "concluding passage in a musical composition," 1753, from Latin cauda "tail of an animal." 中文词源 coda ：结尾乐章 来自拉丁词cauda, 动物尾巴。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： coda 词源， coda 含义。
• cod 英文词源 cod cod: [13] Like most fish-names, the origins of cod are obscure. It has been suggested, not all that convincingly, that it comes from another word cod [OE], now obsolete, which meant broadly ‘pouch’ – the idea being that the fish supposedly has a ‘baglike’ appearance. Among the specific applications of this other cod , which was of Germanic origin, were ‘seedcase’ (wh
• cocoyam 英文词源 cocoyam "(In West Africa) either of two plants of the arum family with edible corms, i.e. taro (also old cocoyam) and tannia (also new cocoyam)", Early 20th century: probably from coco (sense 2) + yam . 中文词源 cocoyam ：芋头 来自coconut和yam的合成词，因生长于椰子林且与山药相似而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cocoyam 词源
• cocooning 英文词源 cocoon (v.) 1986, "to stay inside and be inactive," from coccoon (n.). A lady with an enchanting name, Faith Popcorn, has identified a menacing new American behavior that she gives the sweet name of 'cocooning.' It threatens the nation's pursuit of happiness, sometimes called the economy. [George Will, April 1987] Related: Cocooned ; cocooning . 中文词源 cocooning ：宅男式生活
• cocoon 英文词源 cocoon (n.) 1690s, from Middle French coucon (16c., Modern French cocon ), from coque "clam shell, egg shell, nut shell" (7c.), from Old French coque "shell," from Latin coccum "berry," from Greek kokkos "berry, seed" (see cocco- ). The sense of "one's interior comfort place" is from 1986. Also see -oon . cocoon (v.) 1986, "to stay inside and be inactive," from coccoon (n.). A lady wi
• coconut shy 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random fluid fluid: see flux 中文词源 coconut shy ：打椰子游戏 coconut, 椰子。shy, 击打，该词义不常用。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： coconut shy 词源， coconut shy 含义。
• cocoa 英文词源 cocoa cocoa: [18] Like chocolate , cocoa came to English from the Nahuatl language of the Aztec people. Their cacahuatl meant ‘beans of the cocoa tree’. Its first element was borrowed into Spanish as cacao . This was adopted by English in the 16th century, and remained the standard form until the 18th century, when it was modified to cocoa . Originally it was pronounced with three
• cock-teaser 英文词源 cock (n.1) "male chicken," Old English cocc "male bird," Old French coc (12c., Modern French coq ), Old Norse kokkr , all of echoic origin. Old English cocc was a nickname for "one who strutted like a cock," thus a common term in the Middle Ages for a pert boy, used of scullions, apprentices, servants, etc. A common personal name till c. 1500, it was affixed to Christian names as a pe
• cocktail 英文词源 cocktail cocktail: [19] The origins of the word cocktail are mysterious. It first appeared (in America) in the first decade of the 19th century, roughly contemporary with cocktail meaning ‘horse with a cocked tail’ – that is, one cut short and so made to stick up like a cock’s tail – but whether the two words are connected, and if so, how the drink came to be named after suc
• cockroach 英文词源 cockroach cockroach: [17] Cockroach is a product of folk etymology, the process by which a ‘foreign’ – sounding is adapted by speakers of a language so as to seem more familiar. In this case the foreign word was Spanish cucaracha . This was evidently too much for 17th-century English tongues, so the first element was transformed into cock and the second to roach (presumably afte
• cockpit 英文词源 cockpit (n.) 1580s, "a pit for fighting cocks," from cock (n.1) + pit (n.1). Used in nautical sense (1706) for midshipmen's compartment below decks; transferred to airplanes (1914) and to cars (1930s). 中文词源 cockpit ：驾驶舱 来自cock和pit的组合词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cockpit 词源， cockpit 含义。
• cockney 英文词源 cockney cockney: [14] Etymologically, a cockney is a ‘cock’s egg’ (it comes from cokene , the old genitive plural of cock , and ey , the Middle English word for ‘egg’). This was a medieval term for a small or misshapen egg, the ‘runt’ of the clutch, supposedly laid by a cock, and it came to be applied (probably egged on by Middle English cocker ‘pamper’) to a ‘pamp
• cockle 英文词源 cockle cockle: [14] The cockle is related etymologically to another mollusc, the conch : they both began life in Greek kónkhē – which meant ‘mussel’ as well as ‘conch’. From this was formed the diminutive konkhúlion ‘small variety of conch’ – hence ‘cockle’. The Greek word subsequently became reduced to kokhúlion , whose plural passed into medieval Latin as * c
• cocker spaniel 英文词源 cock cock: [OE] The word cock is probably ultimately of onomatopoeic origin, imitative of the male fowl’s call (like the lengthier English cock-adoodle- doo [16], French coquerico , and German kikeriki ). Beyond that it is difficult to go with any certainty; it reflects similar words in other languages, such as medieval Latin coccus and Old Norse kokkr , but which if any the English
• cockcrow 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random braille braille: [19] Braille, the system of printing in raised dots for the blind, was named after its inventor, the French teacher Louis Braille (1809–52), himself blind from the age of three. He perfected his set of letter and number signs in 1834, but the term did not appear in English until the early 1850s. 中文词源 c
• cockchafer 英文词源 cockchafer cockchafer: [18] Etymologically, cockchafer (a medium-sized beetle) is probably a ‘large gnawer’. The second part of the word, which goes back to Old English times ( ceafor ), can be traced to a prehistoric base * kab - ‘gnaw’, source also of English jowl . The first element, cock , may be an allusion to the species’ greater size in relation to other chafers . = j
• cockatoo 英文词源 cockatoo cockatoo: [17] Cockatoo was originally a Malay word, although it has changed somewhat under the influence of English cock . It comes via Dutch kaketoe from Malay kakatua , a compound formed from kakak ‘elder brother or sister’ and tua ‘old’. A related word is cockatiel ‘small Australian parrot’ [19]; it comes ultimately from Portuguese cacatilha , formed from Mala
• cockatiel 英文词源 cockatiel "A slender long-crested Australian parrot related to the cockatoos, with a mainly grey body, white shoulders, and a yellow and orange face", Late 19th century: from Dutch kaketielje , probably a diminutive of kaketoe 'cockatoo'. 中文词源 cockatiel ：鸡尾鹦鹉 来自马来语，拟声词，模仿这种鸟的声音，拼写受cock影响俗化。 该词的英语词源请访
• cockamamie 英文词源 cockamamie (adj.) American English slang word attested by 1946, popularized c. 1960, but said to be New York City children's slang from mid-1920s; perhaps an alteration of decalcomania (see decal ). 中文词源 cockamamie ：荒诞可笑的 拼写改编自法语decalcomanie, 来自词根calc, 踩，踏，词源同inculcate,decal. 原指一种陶瓷或玻璃工艺的贴花纸法，即把
• cockade 英文词源 cockade (n.) 1709, earlier cockard (1650s), from French cocarde (16c.), fem. of cocard (Old French cocart ) "foolishly proud, cocky," as a noun, "idiot, fool;" an allusive extension from coq (see cock (n.1)). 中文词源 cockade ：帽章（显示军衔，政党身份等） 来自cock, 公鸡。字面意思即像公鸡一样趾高气扬的，傲慢的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• cock 英文词源 cock cock: [OE] The word cock is probably ultimately of onomatopoeic origin, imitative of the male fowl’s call (like the lengthier English cock-adoodle- doo [16], French coquerico , and German kikeriki ). Beyond that it is difficult to go with any certainty; it reflects similar words in other languages, such as medieval Latin coccus and Old Norse kokkr , but which if any the English
• cochlea 英文词源 cochlea (n.) "spiral cavity of the inner ear," 1680s, from Latin cochlea "snail shell," from Greek kokhlias "snail, screw," etc., from kokhlos "spiral shell," perhaps related to konkhos "mussel, conch." 中文词源 cochlea ：耳蜗 词源同conch, 贝壳，蛤蜊。因形似螺旋状蛤蜊纹而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cochlea 词源， cochle
• cochineal 英文词源 cochineal cochineal: [16] Cochineal ‘red dye’ comes via French cochenille from Old Spanish cochinilla , a term applied both to the dye and to the small insect related to the mealybugs, from whose dried body it is made. It is generally thought to be a derivative of Latin coccinus ‘scarlet’, which in turn came from Greek kokkinos , a derivative of kókos , the Greek term for the
• coccyx 英文词源 coccyx coccyx: [17] The Greek physician Galen considered that the small tapering bone at the base of the human spine resembled a cuckoo’s beak. He therefore named it kókkux , which was Greek for ‘cuckoo’. It reached English via the Latin form coccyx . coccyx (n.) 1610s, from Latin coccyx , from Greek kokkyx "cuckoo" (from kokku , like the bird's English name echoic of its cry),
• cocaine 英文词源 cocaine cocaine: [19] Cocaine is made from the dried leaves of the coca bush, a plant native to the Andes, and its name was formed (perhaps originally in French, as cocaïne ) from the plant’s name. That was a local name, Quechua koka , probably from the Aymara language of Bolivia and Peru, and it reached Europe in the 16th century by way of Spanish coca . cocaine (n.) 1874, from Mo
• Coca-Cola 英文词源 Coca-Cola invented 1886 in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., by druggist Dr. John S. Pemberton. So called because original ingredients were derived from coca leaves and cola nuts. It contained minute amounts of cocaine until 1909. Drink the brain tonic and intellectual soda fountain beverage Coca-Cola. [Atlanta "Evening Journal," June 30, 1887] Coca-colanization , also Coca-colonization coined
• coca 英文词源 coca (n.) South American plant, 1570s, from Spanish coca , from Quechua cuca , which is perhaps ultimately from Aymara, a native language of Bolivia. 中文词源 coca ：古柯 来自南美土著语，为当地一种重要的经济作物，其叶子含有cocaine, 为Coca-Cola重要配料。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： coca 词源， coca 含义。
• cobweb 英文词源 cobweb cobweb: [14] A cobweb was originally literally a web woven by a cop , a Middle English word for ‘spider’. It was short for attercop ‘spider’, a compound of Old English origin which had largely died out by the 17th century. This seems to have meant literally ‘poison head’, from Old English ātōr ‘poison’ and coppe ‘head, top’ (a possible relative of English
• cobra 英文词源 cobra cobra: [19] Cobra is a shortening of Portuguese cobra de capella , which came into English in India in the 17th century. This meant literally ‘snake with a hood’: cobra from Latin colubra ‘snake’ and capella (referring of course to the ‘hood’ it makes when agitated, by spreading out the skin at the side of its head) from Vulgar Latin * cappellus ‘little cape’, fr
• cobblestones 英文词源 barricade barricade: [17] 12 May 1588 was known as la journée des barricades ‘the day of the barricades’, because in the course of disturbances in Paris during the Huguenot wars, large barrels (French barriques ) filled with earth, cobblestones, etc were hauled into the street on that day to form barricades – and the term has stuck ever since. Barrique itself was borrowed from
• cobbles 英文词源 cobblestone (n.) late 14c., kobilstane ; see cobble (n.) + stone (n.). 中文词源 cobbles ：小石头 来自cob, 圆石头。-le, 小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cobbles 词源， cobbles 含义。
• cobble 英文词源 cobble cobble: Cobble as in cobblestone [15] and cobble ‘mend’ [15] are two distinct words. The former was derived from cob ‘rounded lump’, with the diminutive suffix - le . The earliest evidence of it is in the compound cobblestone , and it is not recorded on its own until about 1600. The verb cobble is a back-formation from cobbler ‘shoemaker’ [14], of unknown origin. Th
• cobber 英文词源 cobber "A companion or friend (often used as a form of address between men)", Late 19th century: perhaps related to English dialect cob 'take a liking to'. 中文词源 cobber ：伙计 俚语词，词源不详。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cobber 词源， cobber 含义。
• cobalt 英文词源 cobalt cobalt: [17] German kobold means ‘goblin’: and in former times it was believed by German silver miners that impurities in the ore they were extracting, which lessened the value of the silver and even made them ill, were put there by these mischievous creatures. In fact these impurities were a silver-white metallic element, which was named kobalt after a Middle High German v
• cob 英文词源 cob cob: [15] Cob has a bizarre range of meanings – ‘nut’, ‘horse’, ‘male swan’, ‘loaf’, ‘ear of maize’ – but a distillation of them points back to an original ‘head, or something similarly rounded’ (cobnuts and cobloaves, for example, are spherical, and the male swan is the ‘chief’ or ‘leader’). It is therefore tempting to see a connection with the
• coax 英文词源 coax coax: [16] In the 16th and 17th century a cokes was a ‘simpleton, someone easily duped’ (it is not known where the word came from, although it might perhaps be related to cockney ). To cokes someone was thus to ‘make a cokes of them, fool them’. This spelling survived until the 18th century, when it was supplanted by coax . The word’s meaning, meanwhile, had passed via ‘
• coating 英文词源 coating (n.) "layer over a surface," 1768, verbal noun from coat (v.). 中文词源 coating ：覆盖层 来自coat, 遮盖。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： coating 词源， coating 含义。
• coati 英文词源 coati (n.) Brazilian raccoon, 1670s, from Tupi (Brazil), from cua "belt, cincture" + tim "nose." 中文词源 coati ：南美浣熊 来自南美土著语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： coati 词源， coati 含义。
• cigar 英文词源 cigar cigar: [18] Cigar comes from Spanish cigarro , whose origin is disputed. One story, perhaps more picturesque than accurate, is that it is an adaptation of cigarra , the Spanish word for ‘cicada’; supposedly this insect, with its stout body round which are wrapped large transparent leaflike wings, was held to resemble a cigar. Others have preferred to see as the source sicar
• cider 英文词源 cider cider: [14] Despite its seeming roots in the appleproducing English countryside, cider is a very ancient word, which has come a long way to reach us. Hebrew shēkhār meant ‘any strong drink in general’. It crops up in several places in the Bible, and was adopted by Greek and Latin translators as, respectively, sīkéra and sīcera . The Latin form was borrowed into Old Fren
• cicada 英文词源 cicada (n.) late 14c., from Latin cicada "cicada, tree cricket," not a native Latin word; perhaps a loan-word from a lost Mediterranean language. 中文词源 cicada ：蝉 来自拉丁词cicada, 蝉。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cicada 词源， cicada 含义。
• ciao 英文词源 ciao parting salutation, 1929, dialectal variant of Italian schiavo "(your obedient) servant," literally "slave," from Medieval Latin sclavus "slave" (see slave (n.)). 中文词源 ciao ：再见 来自拉丁词sclavus, 奴隶，词源同slave. 字面意思即愿再为您效劳。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ciao 词源， ciao 含义。
• ciabatta 英文词源 ciabatta (n.) type of Italian bread, c. 1990, from Italian ciabatta , literally "carpet slipper," so called for its shape; from the same source that produced French sabot , Spanish zapata (see sabotage (n.)). 中文词源 ciabatta ：拖鞋面包 来自意大利语，因形似拖鞋而得名。词源同sabotage, 原词义为木屐。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• chutzpah 英文词源 chutzpah (n.) also hutzpah , 1892, from Yiddish khutspe "impudence, gall." from Hebrew hutspah . The classic definition is that given by Leo Rosten: "that quality enshrined in a man who, having killed his mother and father, throws himself on the mercy of the court because he is an orphan." 中文词源 chutzpah ：无所顾忌 来自希伯来语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• chutney 英文词源 chutney (n.) 1813, from Hindi chatni . 中文词源 chutney ：番茄酱 来自印度语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chutney 词源， chutney 含义。
• chute 英文词源 chute (n.1) 1725, American English, "fall of water" (earlier shoot , 1610s), from French chute "fall," from Old French cheoite "a fall," fem. past participle of cheoir "to fall," from Latin cadere (see case (n.1)). Meaning "inclined tube, trough" is from 1804; that of "narrow passage for cattle, etc." first recorded 1881. In North America, absorbing some senses of similar-sounding sho
• churn 英文词源 churn churn: [OE] It has been speculated that the term churn is based on the granular appearance cream takes on as it is stirred or agitated. The Old English noun cyrin comes from a prehistoric Germanic * kernjōn , which may be related to English corn and kernel and Latin grānum ‘grain’. The derived verb churn is a comparatively late creation, not appearing until the 15th centur
• churl 英文词源 churl (n.) Old English ceorl "peasant, freeman, man without rank," from Proto-Germanic *kerlaz, *karlaz (cognates: Old Frisian zerl "man, fellow," Middle Low German kerle , Dutch kerel "freeman of low degree," German Kerl "man, husband," Old Norse karl "old man, man"). It had various meaning in early Middle English, including "man of the common people," "a country man," "husbandman,"
• church 英文词源 church church: [OE] Etymologically, a church is the ‘Lord’s house’. Its ultimate source is Greek kūrios ‘lord, master’ (perhaps most familiar nowadays from the words of the choral mass kyrie eleison ‘lord have mercy’). The adjective derived from this was kūriakós , whose use in the phrase ‘house of the lord’ led to its use as a noun, kūrikón . The medieval Greek
• chunter 英文词源 chunter "Talk or grumble monotonously", Late 17th century: probably imitative. 中文词源 chunter ：抱怨 拟声词，模仿抱怨，咕哝的声音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chunter 词源， chunter 含义。
• chunking 英文词源 chunk (v.) "to throw," 1835, American English, from chunk (n.) or by similar mutation from chuck (v.1). Related: Chunked ; chunking . 中文词源 chunking ：切块 来自chunk, 大块。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chunking 词源， chunking 含义。
• chunk 英文词源 chunk (n.) "thick block" of something, 1690s, probably a nasalized variant of chuck (n.1) "cut of meat;" meaning "large amount" is 1883, American English. chunk (v.) "to throw," 1835, American English, from chunk (n.) or by similar mutation from chuck (v.1). Related: Chunked ; chunking . 中文词源 chunk ：大块 来自chuck的鼻音拼写。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• chunder 英文词源 chunder (v.) "vomit," 1950, Australian slang, of unknown origin. 中文词源 chunder ：呕吐 来自拟声词，模仿呕吐的声音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chunder 词源， chunder 含义。
• chump 英文词源 chump (n.) 1703, "short, thick lump of wood," akin to Old Norse kumba "block of wood." Meaning "blockhead" is first attested 1883. Chump change attested by 1950. 中文词源 chump ：笨蛋 来自拟声词，模仿大块物件落地的声音，词义由大块外延至笨蛋。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chump 词源， chump 含义。
• chum 英文词源 chum (n.1) "friend," 1680s, originally university slang for "roommate," from alternative spelling of cham , short for chamber(mate) ; typical of the late-17c. fondness for clipped words. Among derived forms used 19c. were chumship ; chummery "shared bachelor quarters," chummage "system of quartering more than one to a room." chum (n.2) "fish bait," 1857, perhaps from Scottish chum "fo
• chukka 英文词源 chukka "Each of a number of periods (typically six, of 7 1/2 minutes each) into which play in a game of polo is divided", Late 19th century: from Hindi cakkar , from Sanskrit cakra 'circle or wheel'. 中文词源 chukka ：（马场比赛的）一局 来自梵语，圈。词源同chakra, cycle. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chukka 词源， chukka 含义。
• chug 英文词源 chug (n.) 1866, echoic of a working steam engine. As a verb, from 1884. Related: Chugged ; chugging . Drinking sense attested by 1940s ( chug-a-lug ), probably imitative of the sound of swallowing. 中文词源 chug ：突突声 拟声词，模仿引擎发动的声音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chug 词源， chug 含义。
• chuffing 英文词源 chuffing "Used for emphasis or as a mild expletive", 1980s: perhaps related to chuff 2 . 中文词源 chuffing ：不像话的 来自chuff, 粗人，易怒的人。用于委婉语，代替fucking. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chuffing 词源， chuffing 含义。
• chuff 英文词源 chuff "pleased, happy," c. 1860, British dialect, from obsolete chuff "swollen with fat" (1520s). A second British dialectal chuff has an opposite meaning, "displeased, gruff" (1832), from chuff "rude fellow," or, as Johnson has it, "a coarse, fat-headed, blunt clown" (mid-15c.), which is of unknown origin. Related: Chuffed . 中文词源 chuff ：乡下人，粗人 来自英语方言，
• chuckle 英文词源 chuckle (v.) 1590s, frequentative of Middle English chukken "make a clucking noise" (late 14c.), of echoic origin. It originally meant "noisy laughter." Related: Chuckled ; chuckling . chuckle (n.) 1754, from chuckle (v.). 中文词源 chuckle ：轻声的笑 拟声词。-le, 表反复。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chuckle 词源， chuckle 含义。
• chucker out 英文词源 bouncer (n.) mid-19c. in various senses, noun derivative of bounce (v.) in its original sense of "thump, hit." Earliest attested is "boaster, bully, braggart" (1833); also "large example of its kind" (1842); "enforcer of order in a bar or saloon" (1865, American English, originally colloquial). "The Bouncer" is merely the English "chucker out". When liberty verges on license and gaiet
• chuck 英文词源 chuck (v.1) "to throw," 1590s, variant of chock "give a blow under the chin" (1580s), possibly from French choquer "to shock, strike against," imitative (see shock (n.1)). Related: Chucked ; chucking . chuck (n.1) "piece of wood or meat," 1670s, probably a variant of chock (n.) "block." " Chock and chuck appear to have been originally variants of the same word, which are now somewhat
• chubby 英文词源 chubby (adj.) 1610s, literally "resembling a chub," from chub , the short, thick type of fish + -y (2). Perhaps influenced by Old Norse kumba "log," kumben "stumpy." ME chubbe ... was also used of a "lazy, spiritless fellow; a rustic, simpleton; dolt, fool" (1558), whilst Bailey has " Chub , a Jolt-head, a great-headed, full-cheeked Fellow," a description reminiscent of that of the ch
• chub 英文词源 chub (n.) type of river fish, mid-15c., chubbe , of unknown origin. In Europe, a kind of carp; in U.S., the black bass. 中文词源 chub ：白鲑 词源不详。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chub 词源， chub 含义。
• chrysanthemum 英文词源 chrysanthemum (n.) 1550s, from Latin chrysanthemum , from Greek khrysanthemon "marigold," literally "golden flower," from khrysos "gold" (see chrysalis ) + anthemon "a flower," from PIE *andh- "bloom" (see anther ). 中文词源 chrysanthemum ：菊花 chrys, 金色。-anthem, 花。-um, 中性名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chrysanthemum 词源，
• chrysalis 英文词源 chrysalis chrysalis: [17] Etymologically, a chrysalis is a ‘gold’-coloured pupa, for the word derives ultimately from Greek khrūsós ‘gold’. Many butterflies do have pupae that, at least to start with, have a metallic sheen of gold, so the Greeks applied to them the term khrūsallís , in which the final element seems to mean something like ‘sheath’. This passed into Engl
• chronometer 英文词源 chronometer (n.) 1735, from chrono- "time" + -meter . Related: Chronometric . 中文词源 chronometer ：天文钟 chrono, 时间。-meter, 测量仪器。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chronometer 词源， chronometer 含义。 chronometer ：精密计时器；航行表 词根词缀： -chron-时间 + -o- + -meter-测量,仪表
• chronology 英文词源 chronology (n.) 1590s, from Middle French chronologie or directly from Modern Latin chronologia ; see chrono- + -logy . Related: Chronologer (1570s). 中文词源 chronology ：年表，大事件 chrono, 时间。-logy, 学科，知识。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chronology 词源， chronology 含义。 chronology ：年代学；年表，(按时间排列的
• chronograph 英文词源 chronograph (n.) "precise time-measuring device," 1868, from chrono- "time" + -graph "instrument for recording; something written." Compare Greek khronographos "recording time and events" (adj.); "a chronicler" (n.). 中文词源 chronograph ：计时仪 chrono, 时间。-graph, 写，记录。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chronograph 词源， chronograph 含义
• chronicle 英文词源 chronicle chronicle: [14] English has a number of words derived from Greek khrónos ‘time’, among them chronology [16], chronometer ‘timepiece’ [18], and crony . And from its adjective kronikós ‘of time’ comes English chronic [15], by way of Latin chronicus , which in medieval times picked up the medical connotations which characterize the word today. Greek bíblia khroni
• chromosome 英文词源 chromosome (n.) 1889, from German Chromosom , coined 1888 by German anatomist Wilhelm von Waldeyer-Hartz (1836-1921), from Latinized form of Greek khroma "color" (see chroma ) + -some (3)). So called because the structures contain a substance that stains readily with basic dyes. 中文词源 chromosome ：染色体 chromo, 颜色。-some, 身体，见somatic, 躯体的。 该词的英语
• chrome 英文词源 chrome chrome: [19] Compounds formed from the element chromium are brilliantly coloured green, red, and yellow. Hence, when it was first described by the French chemist Vauquelin in 1797, he named it chrome , after Greek khrōma ‘colour’. This was soon latinized to chromium , and chrome was henceforth used for chromium pigments or chromium plating. The Greek adjective derived from
• chromatography 英文词源 chromatography (n.) 1731, from chromato- , Latinized comb. form of Greek khroma (genitive khromatos ) "color" (see chroma ), denoting "color" or "chromatin" + -graphy . Related: Chromatograph . 中文词源 chromatography ：层析，层谱法 chromato, 颜色，同chroma，色度。graph, 图表。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chromatography 词源， chroma
• chromatic 英文词源 chromatic (adj.) 1590s (of music), "progressing by half-tones;" 1831 as "pertaining to color," from Latin chromaticus , from Greek khromatikos "relating to color, suited for color," from khroma (genitive khromatos ) "color, complexion, character," but chiefly used metaphorically of embellishments in music, originally "skin, surface" (see chroma ). 中文词源 chromatic ：半音阶的
• chroma 英文词源 chroma (n.) "quality or intensity of color," 1889, from Latinized form of Greek khroma "surface of the body, skin, color of the skin," also used generically for "color" and, in plural, "ornaments, embellishments," related to khros "surface of the body, skin," khrozein "to touch the surface of the body, to tinge, to color;" the root is explained as being somehow from PIE *ghreu- "to ru
• Christmas 英文词源 Christmas (n.) late Old English Cristes mæsse , from Christ (and retaining the original vowel sound) + mass (n.2). Written as one word from mid-14c. As a verb from 1590s. Father Christmas first attested in a carol attributed to Richard Smart, Rector of Plymtree (Devon) from 1435-77. Christmas tree in modern sense first attested 1835 in American English, from German Weihnachtsbaum . C
• Christianity 英文词源 Christianity (n.) c. 1300, cristente , "Christians as a whole; state of being a Christian," from Old French crestienté "Christendom; spiritual authority; baptism" (Modern French chrétienté ), from Church Latin christianitatem (nominative christianitas ), noun of state from christianus (see Christian ). Gradually respelled to conform with Latin. Christendom is the older word for it.
• christening 英文词源 Christening (n.) "act or ceremony of baptizing," c. 1300, verbal noun from christen (v.). Old English had cristnung . 中文词源 christening ：洗礼 来自christening ,施洗礼。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： christening 词源， christening 含义。
• christen 英文词源 christen (v.) c. 1200, from Old English cristnian "to baptize," literally "to make Christian," from cristen "Christian" (see Christian ). General meaning of "to name" is attested from mid-15c. Related: Christened ; christening . 中文词源 christen ：施洗礼 来自Christ, 使傅圣油，接受洗礼。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： christen 词源， chri
• chrism 英文词源 chrism chrism: see cream chrism (n.) "oil mingled with balm," Old English chrisma , from Church Latin chrisma , from Greek khrisma "an unguent, anointing, unction," from khriein "to anoint," from PIE root *ghrei- "to rub" (cognates: Lithuanian griejù "to skim the cream off"). Chrisom "baptismal robe," is a c. 1200 variant of this. Related: Chrismal ; chrismatory . 中文词源 chrism
• Chrissake 英文词源 Chrissake "For Christ’s sake (used as an exclamation of annoyance or exasperation)", 1920s: representing a pronunciation. 中文词源 Chrissake ：天啦，上帝 来自短语Christ’s sake. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Chrissake 词源， Chrissake 含义。
• Chrimbo 英文词源 Chrimbo "Christmas", 1920s: child's alteration. 中文词源 Chrimbo ：圣诞节 来自儿语对Christmas的读音俗化。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Chrimbo 词源， Chrimbo 含义。
• chow mien 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random hogmanay hogmanay: [17] Hogmanay is the Scottish term for ‘New Year’s Eve’, and so might reasonably be supposed to be of Gaelic origin, but in fact it is not. It appears to come from hoguinané , the Norman dialect version of Old French aguillanneuf , a greeting given when exchanging New Year’s gifts (and possibly a cont
• chowk 英文词源 chowk "(In South Asia) an open market area in a city at the junction of two roads", From Hindi cauk . 中文词源 chowk ：集市广场 来自梵语，四，词源同carrefour(家乐福超市), four. 原指十字路口的集市。参照电影《月光集市到中国》。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chowk 词源， chowk 含义。
• chowder 英文词源 chowder chowder: [18] Chowder , a North American seafood soup, probably takes its name from the pot in which it was originally cooked – French chaudière ‘stew pot’. This came from late Latin caldāria ‘pot’, a descendant of Latin calidārium ‘hot bath’ (which lies behind English cauldron ); this in turn was a derivative of the adjective calidus ‘warm’. = calorie , c
• chow 英文词源 chow (n.) "food," 1856, American English (originally in California), from Chinese pidgin English chow-chow (1795) "food," reduplication of Chinese cha or tsa "mixed." The dog breed of the same name is from 1886, of unknown origin, but some suggest a link to the Chinese tendency to see dogs as edible. 中文词源 chow ：吃的东西，卷毛狮子狗 来自汉语炒。狮子狗义词源
• choux pastry 英文词源 choux pastry "Very light pastry made with egg, typically used for eclairs and profiteroles", Late 19th century: from choux or chou , denoting a round cream-filled pastry (from French chou (plural choux ) 'cabbage, rosette', from Latin caulis ) + pastry. 中文词源 choux pastry ：泡芙酥面 来自法语。choux, 白菜，白菜卷，来自拉丁词caulis, 词源同cauliflower, kal
• chough 英文词源 artichoke (n.) 1530s, from articiocco , Northern Italian variant of Italian arcicioffo , from Old Spanish alcarchofa , from Arabic al-hursufa "artichoke." The Northern Italian variation probably is from influence of ciocco "stump." Folk etymology has twisted the word in English; the ending is probably influenced by choke , and early forms of the word in English include archecokk, hort
• chorus 英文词源 chorus chorus: see choir chorus (n.) 1560s, from Latin chorus "a dance in a circle, the persons singing and dancing, the chorus of a tragedy," from Greek khoros "band of dancers or singers, dance, dancing ground," perhaps from PIE *gher- "to grasp, enclose," if the original sense of the Greek word is "enclosed dancing floor." Extension from dance to voice is because Attic drama arose