英语词源

• chortle 英文词源 chortle (v.) coined 1872 by Lewis Carroll in "Through the Looking Glass," perhaps from chuckle and snort . Related: Chortled ; chortling . As a noun, from 1903. 中文词源 chortle ：咯咯笑 来自chuckle和snort的合成词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chortle 词源， chortle 含义。 chortle ：咯咯地欢笑 这是英国作家卡罗尔( Lewis Ca
• chorizo 英文词源 chorizo (n.) "spiced pork sausage," 1846, from Spanish chorizo . 中文词源 chorizo ：辣味香肠 来自西班牙语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chorizo 词源， chorizo 含义。
• choreography 英文词源 choreography choreography: [18] Choreography ‘arrangement of dances’ comes from French choréographie , which was based on Greek khoreíā ‘dance’, a derivative of khorós . (Source of English chorus , choir , and possibly also carol , this originally encompassed dancing as well as singing.) Khoreíā passed into Latin as chorea , applied in English to various muscular disorde
• chorea 英文词源 chorea (n.) 1806, from Modern Latin chorea Sancti Viti "St. Vitus dance" (originally a mass hysteria in 15c. Europe characterized by uncontrolled dancing); from Latin chorea "a dance," from Greek khoreia "dance" (see chorus ). Extension to the nerve disorder is from 1620s. 中文词源 chorea ：舞蹈症 词源同chorus, 唱诗，舞蹈。指一种由狂舞引起的手，脚或其它身
• chore 英文词源 chore (n.) 1751, American English, variant of char , from Middle English cherre "odd job," from Old English cerr , cierr "turn, change, time, occasion, affair business." Chore , a corruption of char , is an English word, still used in many parts of England, as a char-man , a char-woman ; but in America, it is perhaps confined to New England . It signifies small domestic jobs of work,
• chord 英文词源 chord chord: see cord chord (n.1) "related notes in music," 1590s, ultimately a shortening of accord (or borrowed from a similar development in French) and influenced by Latin chorda "catgut, a string" of a musical instrument (see cord (n.)). Spelling with an -h- first recorded c. 1600, from confusion with chord (n.2). Originally two notes; of three or more from 18c. chord (n.2) "stru
• choral 英文词源 choral (adj.) 1580s, from Middle French choral or directly from Medieval Latin choralis "belonging to a chorus or choir," from Latin chorus (see chorus ). 中文词源 choral ：唱诗班的 词源同choir, chorus. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： choral 词源， choral 含义。
• chop suey 英文词源 chop suey (n.) 1885, American English, from Chinese (Cantonese dialect) tsap sui "odds and ends, mixed bits." 中文词源 chop suey ：杂碎 来自广东话杂碎，或炒杂碎。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chop suey 词源， chop suey 含义。
• chopstick 英文词源 chopstick chopstick: [17] A chopstick is literally a ‘quick stick’. The element chop occurs more recognizably in chop-chop ‘quickly’; it is a Pidgin English modification of Cantonese Chinese gap ‘urgent’. ‘Quick stick’ is a rather free translation of the Chinese term for ‘chopsticks’, Cantonese kuàizi , literally ‘fast ones, nimble ones’. = chop-chop chopstick
• chopper 英文词源 chopper (n.) 1550s, "one who chops," agent noun from chop (v.1). Meaning "meat cleaver" is by 1818. Meaning "helicopter" is from 1951, Korean War military slang (compare egg-beater ); as a type of stripped-down motorcycle (originally prefered by Hells Angels) from 1965. 中文词源 chopper ：大砍刀 来自chop, 砍，剁。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ch
• chop-chop 英文词源 chop-chop (adv.) "quickly," Pidgin English, from Chinese k'wa-k'wa (see chopstick ). CHOP. A Chinese word signifying quality; first introduced by mariners in the Chinese trade, but which has now become common in all our seaports. [Bartlett, "Dictionary of Americanisms," 1848] 中文词源 chop-chop ：快快 来自汉语快快。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• chop 英文词源 chop chop: There are three distinct words chop in English. The oldest [14] originally meant ‘trade, barter’, but it is now found only in the phrase chop and change . It appears to come from Old English cēapian ‘trade’, which is related to English cheap . Chop ‘jaw, jowl’ [15] (now usually in the plural form chops ) is of unknown origin; the now archaic chap is a variant.
• choose 英文词源 choose choose: [OE] Choose is a verb of ancient pedigree. It can be traced back to the prehistoric Indo-European base * geus -, whose descendants in other Indo-European languages include Latin gustus ‘taste’, source of English gusto and gustatory and French goût . Its Germanic offshoot, * kiusan , produced a diversity of forms in the early Middle Ages, including Old English cēos
• chook 英文词源 chook "A chicken or fowl", 1920s: probably from English dialect chuck 'chicken', of imitative origin. 中文词源 chook ：鸡，老太婆 俚语，来自chick拼写变体，贬义。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chook 词源， chook 含义。
• choo-choo 英文词源 choo-choo (n.) Child's name for "steam-engine locomotive," 1895, echoic ( choo-choo cars is attested from 1891). 中文词源 choo-choo ：（儿语）火车 儿语，模仿火车引擎开动的声音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： choo-choo 词源， choo-choo 含义。
• chomp 英文词源 chomp (v.) 1640s, dialectal and American English variant of champ (v.). Related: Chomped ; chomping . 中文词源 chomp ：大声地吃 来自champ拼写变体，拟声词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chomp 词源， chomp 含义。
• cholo 英文词源 Cholo "Indian or mixed-race person of Latin America" (fem. Chola ), 1851, from American Spanish (c. 1600), said to be from Nahuatl (Aztecan) xolotl "dog, mutt." Proposed derivation from Mexican city of Cholula seems too late, if this is the same word. In U.S., used of lower-class Mexican immigrants, but by 1970s the word began to be embraced in Latino gang slang in a positive sense. 中
• cholesterol 英文词源 cholesterol (n.) white, solid substance present in body tissues, 1894, earlier cholesterin , from French cholestrine (Chevreul, 1827), from Greek khole "bile" (see cholera ) + steros "solid, stiff" (see sterility ). So called because originally found in gallstones (Conradi, 1775). The name was changed to the modern form (with chemical suffix -ol , denoting an alcohol) after the compou
• choleric 英文词源 choleric (adj.) mid-14c., colrik , "bilious of temperament or complexion," from Old French colerique , from Late Latin cholericus , from Greek kholerikos (see choler ). Meaning "easily angered, hot-tempered" is from 1580s (from the supposed effect of excess choler); that of "pertaining to cholera" is from 1834. 中文词源 choleric ：易怒的 来自chol, 胆囊，同gall. 古代医学
• cholera 英文词源 cholera cholera: [14] Greek kholéra originally meant ‘illness caused by choler, bilious attack’; it was a derivative of kholé ‘bile’ (which is related to English gall ). Passing into Latin as cholera , it began to be used for ‘bile’ itself, both in the physiological sense and as representing one of the four ancient humours, ‘anger’. It had that sense when first adopt
• choler 英文词源 choler (n.) late 14c., "bile," as one of the humors, supposed to cause irascibility or temper, from Old French colere "bile, anger," from Late Latin cholera "bile" (see cholera ). 中文词源 choler ：胆囊，胆汁 来自PIE*ghel, 发光，颜色，词源同gall, chlorine,yellow. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： choler 词源， choler 含义。 choler （愤怒
• chola 英文词源 chola "A Latin American woman with American Indian blood", Mid 19th century: American Spanish (see cholo ). 中文词源 chola ：拉美混血女子 来自南美土著语言，义为狗，特指比等低级的杂种狗，含贬义。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chola 词源， chola 含义。
• choker 英文词源 choker (n.) 1550s, "one who chokes," agent noun from choke (v.). From 1848 as "large neckerchief;" as a kind of necklace, 1928. 中文词源 choker ：项圈 来自choke,窒息。字面意思即令人窒息的圈。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： choker 词源， choker 含义。
• choke 英文词源 choke choke: [14] Etymologically, to choke is to cut off air by constricting the ‘cheeks’, for it is a derivative of cēoce , the Old English word for ‘cheek’. There is actually such a verb recorded, just once, from Old English: the compound ācēocian , with the intensive prefix ā -; so probably the simple verb existed too, though evidence for it has not survived. The noun s
• choir 英文词源 choir choir: [13] Modern choirs merely sing, but far back in time they danced too. The word comes ultimately from Greek khorós , which in ancient Greek drama signified a group of singers and dancers who commented on the action of the play (the element of dance is preserved in choreography ). In Latin, khorós became chorus – whence English chorus [16], choral , and probably also ca
• choice 英文词源 choice choice: [13] Choice is a French formation, although like the verb with which it is linked, choose , its ancestry is Germanic. The source of the English word was Old French chois , a derivative of the verb choisir ‘choose’, which came ultimately from the same Germanic base, * kaus - or * keus -, as produced choose . English had its own native formation, Old English cyre ‘c
• chocolate 英文词源 chocolate chocolate: [17] Chocolate is one of the contributions made to English by the Nahuatl language of the Aztec people. Their xocolatl was a compound noun formed from xococ ‘bitter’ and atl ‘water’, and therefore when first adopted by European languages (via Spanish) it was used for the drink ‘chocolate’. This was its original sense in English, and it was not for half
• chocoholic 英文词源 -aholic word-forming element abstracted from alcoholic ; first in sugarholic (1965), foodoholic (sic., 1965); later in workaholic (1968), golfaholic (1971), chocoholic (1971), and shopaholic (1984). 中文词源 chocoholic ：嗜食巧克力上饮的 来自chocolate, 巧克力。-holic，上瘾的，来自alcoholic. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chocoholic 词源
• chock 英文词源 chock (n.) 1670s, "lumpy piece of wood," possibly from Old North French choque "a block" (Old French çoche "log," 12c.; Modern French souche "stump, stock, block"), from Gaulish *tsukka "a tree trunk, stump." chock (adv.) "tightly, close up against," 1799, back formation from chock-full . 中文词源 chock ：大块，塞满 拟声词，模仿大块物件落地的声音，同chuck. 该
• chloroplast 英文词源 chloroplast (n.) 1887, from German chloroplast (1884, E. Strasburger), shortened from chloroplastid (1883, F.W. Schimper); see chloro- + -plast . 中文词源 chloroplast ：叶绿体 chloro, 绿色，词源同chlorine, gold。-plast, 形成，见plastic, 塑料，塑造。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chloroplast 词源， chloroplast 含义。
• chlorophyll 英文词源 chlorophyll (n.) green-colored stuff in plants, 1819, from French chlorophyle (1818), coined by French chemists Pierre-Joseph Pelletier (1788-1842) and Joseph Bienaimé Caventou (1795-1877) from Greek khloros "pale green" (see Chloe ) + phyllon "a leaf" (see phyllo- ). 中文词源 chlorophyll ：叶绿素 chloro, 绿色，词源同chlorine, gold。-phyll, 叶子，词源同foliage, f
• chloroform 英文词源 chloroform (n.) "trichloromethane," volatile liquid used as an anaesthetic, 1835, from French chloroforme , a hybrid coined 1834 by French chemist Jean-Baptiste Dumas (1800-1884) from chlor- , comb. form meaning "chlorine" + formique "formic (acid)" (see formic (adj.)). As a verb, from 1848, the year its anaesthetic properties were discovered. Related: Chloroformed . 中文词源 chlo
• chlorofluorocarbon 英文词源 chlorofluorocarbon (n.) by 1946, from chloro- + fluorocarbon . 中文词源 chlorofluorocarbon ：氯氟烃 chloro, 氯。fluor,氟。carbon，碳，烃。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chlorofluorocarbon 词源， chlorofluorocarbon 含义。
• chlorine 英文词源 chlorine chlorine: [19] Chlorine is a greenish-yellow gas, and was named for its colour. The term was coined by the British chemist Sir Humphry Davy in 1810, from the Greek khlōrós ‘greenishyellow’. Of other words containing this element, chlorophyll [19] too was based on the notion of colour (in reference to the green colouring matter of leaves: the Greek elements literally mea
• chlorinate 英文词源 chlorinate (v.) 1836 (implied in chlorinated ), from chlorine (n.) + -ate (2). Related: Chlorinating . 中文词源 chlorinate ：氯化，用氯消毒 来自chlorine, 氯气。-ate, 动词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chlorinate 词源， chlorinate 含义。
• chlamydia 英文词源 chlamydia (n.) type of genital infection, 1984, from the name of the bacteria that causes it (1945), which is formed from Latinized comb. form of Greek khlamys (genitive khlamydos ) "short mantle, military cloak," which is of unknown origin, + abstract noun ending -ia . 中文词源 chlamydia ：衣原体病 来自拉丁词chlamys, 斗篷。-ia, 疾病后缀。因这种细菌形如斗篷
• chivvy 英文词源 chivvy (v.) "harass," 1918, from alternative form of chevy (1830) "to chase," from a noun chevy (1824, also used as a hunting cry, c. 1785), from chevy chase "a running pursuit," probably from the "Ballad of Chevy Chase," popular song from 15c. describing a hunting party on the borderland that turned into a battle between the English and the Scots (the incident probably late 14c.). Th
• chives 英文词源 chives chives: [14] The Latin for ‘onion’ was cēpa . The only member of the onion family to carry a reminiscence of that name in English is chives (although it crops up too in chipolata [19], which comes from Italian cipollata ‘with onions’, a derivative of Italian cipolla ‘onion’, ultimately from Latin cēpa ). The Latin word entered Old French as cive (the term civet ‘
• chivalrous 英文词源 chivalrous (adj.) mid-14c., from Old French chevaleros "knightly, noble, chivalrous," from chevalier (see chevalier ; also compare chivalry ). According to OED, obsolete in English and French from mid-16c. Not revived in French, but brought back in English late 18c. by romantic writers fond of medieval settings. 中文词源 chivalrous ：彬彬有礼的 来自拉丁词caballus, 马，原
• chitterlings 英文词源 chitterlings (n.) late 13c., cheterlingis "entrails, souse" (early 13c. in surnames), origins obscure, but probably from an unrecorded Old English word having something to do with entrails (related to Old English cwið "womb;" compare German Kutteln "guts, bowels, tripe, chitterlings," Gothic qiþus "womb"). Variants chitlins (1842) and chitlings (1880) both also had a sense of "shred
• chit 英文词源 chit chit: see chintz chit (n.1) "note," 1776, short for chitty , from Mahrati (Hindi) chitthi "letter, note," from Sanskrit chitra-s "distinctively marked" (see cheetah ). chit (n.2) "small child," 1620s, originally "young of a beast" (late 14c.); unrelated to chit (n.1); perhaps a playful deformation of kitten , but the "Middle English Dictionary" compares Old High German kizzin "ki
• chi-square test 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random sock sock: English has two distinct words sock . The noun ‘foot covering’ [OE] originally meant ‘light shoe’, and went back ultimately to Greek súkkhos , a word perhaps borrowed from some Asiatic language. Latin took this over as soccus , which was then borrowed into prehistoric Germanic as * sok -. And this in turn evo
• chisel 英文词源 chisel chisel: [14] Chisel and scissors are related, for both come ultimately from Latin caedere ‘cut’ (source of a range of other English words from cement to concise and decide ). From its past participle caesus was formed an unrecorded Vulgar Latin term for a cutting tool, probably * caesellus . This must have become changed at some point to * cīsellus , probably under the inf
• chirp 英文词源 chirp (v.) mid-15c. (implied in chirping ), echoic, or else a variant of Middle English chirken "to twitter" (late 14c.), from Old English cearcian "to creak, gnash." Related: Chirped . As a noun, attested from 1802. 中文词源 chirp ：唧唧叫 拟声词，模仿鸟叫的声音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chirp 词源， chirp 含义。
• chiropractic 英文词源 chiropractic coined in American English, 1898 (adj.); 1899 (n.), from chiro- "hand" + praktikos "practical" (see practical ), the whole of it loosely meant as "done by hand." 中文词源 chiropractic ：脊柱推拿法 chiro, 手，词源同surgery. -pract, 做，实施，见practice. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chiropractic 词源， chiropractic 含义。
• chiromancy 英文词源 chiromancy (n.) "divination by the hand, palmistry," 1520s, from French chiromancie (14c.), from Medieval Latin chiromantia , from Late Greek kheiromanteia , from kheiro- , comb. form of kheir "hand" (see chiro- ) + -mantia (see -mancy ). Related: Chiromancer ; chiromantic . 中文词源 chiromancy ：手相术 chiro, 手，词源同surgery. -mancy, 占卜，词源同mind, mania, geom
• chippings 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random premier premier: see prime 中文词源 chippings ：碎石 来自chip, 碎条，碎块。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chippings 词源， chippings 含义。
• chipper 英文词源 chipper (adj.) 1834, "lively, nimble," American English, from northern British dialectal kipper "nimble, frisky," the origin of which is obscure. 中文词源 chipper ：薯条店 来自chip, 碎条，碎块。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chipper 词源， chipper 含义。
• chipolata 英文词源 chipolata chipolata: see chives 中文词源 chipolata ：契普拉塔小香肠 来自拉丁词cepa, 洋葱，词源同chives。通常认为这种食物的原型为中国的香肠或腊肠，因外国人认为洋葱为制作这种食物的重要调味料而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chipolata 词源， chipolata 含义。
• chipmunk 英文词源 chipmunk (n.) 1829 (also chitmunk , 1832), from Algonquian, probably Ojibwa ajidamoo (in the Ottawa dialect ajidamoonh ) "red squirrel," literally "head first," or "one who descends trees headlong" (containing ajid- "upside down"), probably influenced by English chip and mink . Other early names for it included ground squirrel and striped squirrel . 中文词源 chipmunk ：花栗鼠 来
• chip 英文词源 chip chip: [OE] Old English cipp meant ‘share-beam of a plough’ (a sense paralleled in related forms in other Germanic languages, such as Dutch kip ‘plough-beam’ and Old Norse keppr ‘stick’). This seems a far cry from the modern use of chip , for which there is no evidence before the 14th century, and in fact our noun chip may be a new formation based on the verb chip , wh
• chinwag 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random effluent effluent: [19] Effluent is that which ‘flows out’. The word comes from the present participle of Latin effluere , a compound verb formed from the prefix ex - ‘out’ and fluere ‘flow’ (source of English fluctuate , fluent , fluid , flux , and a host of derivatives). English originally acquired it as an adjecti
• chin-up 英文词源 chin-up (n.) also chinup , type of exercise, 1951, from chin (v.) + up (adv.). Earlier it was called chinning the bar and under names such as this is described by 1883. 中文词源 chin-up ：引体向上 比较push-up, pull-up, sit-up. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chin-up 词源， chin-up 含义。
• chintz 英文词源 chintz chintz: [17] Chintz is originally an Indian word. English borrowed it from Hindi chīnt , and at first used it unaltered: Samuel Pepys, for instance, writing in his diary for 5 September 1663, notes ‘Bought my wife a chint, that is, a painted Indian calico, for to line her new study’. However, since in commercial use the plural form, chints , was so much commoner than the s
• chinos 英文词源 chinos (n.) (plural) 1943, from American Spanish chino , the name of the fabric from which they are made (see chino ). 中文词源 chinos ：斜纹布裤 来自西班牙语，原义指面包色的，灰白色的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chinos 词源， chinos 含义。
• chinoiserie 英文词源 chinoiserie "A decorative style in Western art, furniture, and architecture, especially in the 18th century, characterized by the use of Chinese motifs and techniques", Late 19th century: from French, from chinois 'Chinese'. 中文词源 chinoiserie ：中国式风格 来自法语Chinois, 中国，同China. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chinoiserie 词源， c
• chink 英文词源 chink chink: English has three words chink . The one denoting the sharp metallic sound [16] is purely onomatopoeic. The one meaning ‘small hole’ [16] is something of a mystery, but it may be an alteration of chine ‘fissure’ [14] (best known today as the term for a coastal ravine in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight), which came from Old English cinu . Chink as a demeaning term f
• Chink 英文词源 chink chink: English has three words chink . The one denoting the sharp metallic sound [16] is purely onomatopoeic. The one meaning ‘small hole’ [16] is something of a mystery, but it may be an alteration of chine ‘fissure’ [14] (best known today as the term for a coastal ravine in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight), which came from Old English cinu . Chink as a demeaning term f
• Chinglish 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random grow grow: [OE] Grow comes from a prehistoric Germanic base * grō -, which also produced Dutch groeien ‘grow’ and English grass and green . Latin grāmen ‘grass’ may indicate connections outside Germanic, but this is not certain. = grass , green 中文词源 Chinglish ：中国式英语 来自Chinese和English的合成词
• Chinese whispers 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random thimble thimble: [OE] A thimble is etymologically a ‘thumb implement’. The word goes back to Old English thymel , a derivative of thūma ‘thumb’. In Old English (where it is recorded only once) it was used for a ‘finger-stall’. By the time it reappears in the 15th century we find it being applied to a ‘leather fing
• chinchilla 英文词源 chinchilla (n.) small South American rodent, 1590s, from Spanish, literally "little bug," diminutive of chinche (see chinch ); perhaps a folk-etymology alteration of a word from Quechua or Aymara. 中文词源 chinchilla ：毛丝鼠 来自西班牙语，指一种南美啮齿动物。词源同拉丁词cimex, 臭虫。-illa, 小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• China 英文词源 china (n.) "porcelain imported from China," 1570s, short for Chinaware , China dishes , etc.; from the country name (see China ). China (n.) Asian country name, 1550s, of uncertain origin, probably ultimately from Sanskrit Cina-s "the Chinese" (earliest European usage is in Italian, by Marco Polo), perhaps from Qin dynasty, which ruled 3c. B.C.E. Latinized as Sina , hence sinologist .
• chin 英文词源 chin chin: [OE] Chin has relatives throughout the Germanic languages (German has kinn , for instance, and Dutch kin ) and is also represented in words for ‘lower jaw’, ‘mouth’, ‘cheek’, etc in other Indo-European languages (Greek gnáthos ‘jaw’, for example, which gave English prognathous ‘having projecting jaws’). All go back to a prehistoric Indo-European source
• chimpanzee 英文词源 chimpanzee (n.) 1738, from a Bantu language of Angola (compare Tshiluba kivili-chimpenze "ape"). Short form chimp first attested 1877. 中文词源 chimpanzee ：黑猩猩 来自非洲安哥拉班图语，常缩写为chimp. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chimpanzee 词源， chimpanzee 含义。
• chimney 英文词源 chimney chimney: [14] Greek kámīnos meant ‘furnace’ (it was related to kamárā ‘vaulted room’, source of English camera and chamber ). It was borrowed into Latin as camīnus , from which the adjective camīnātus ‘having a furnace, oven, etc’ was derived. By late Latin times this had become a noun, camīnāta , which passed into Old French as cheminee , and thence into
• chimera 英文词源 chimera (n.) fabulous monster, late 14c., from Old French chimere or directly from Medieval Latin chimera , from Latin Chimaera , from Greek khimaira , name of a mythical creature, slain by Bellerophon, with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail (supposedly personification of snow or winter); literally "year-old she-goat" (masc. khimaros ), from kheima "winter season" (se
• chime 英文词源 chime chime: [13] Etymologically, chime is the same word as cymbal – indeed it originally meant ‘cymbal’ in English – but the route by which it reached English is not altogether clear. Latin cymbalum was borrowed into Old French as chimbe , which is perhaps the most likely source of the English word, whose earliest forms include chimbe . However, Old English also acquired the
• chilly 英文词源 chilly (adj.) 1560s, "causing a sensation of cold," from chill (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "feeling coldish" is attested from 1610s; figurative use is recorded by 1841. Related: Chilliness . 中文词源 chilly ：寒冷的 来自PIE*gel, 冷，词源同cold,glacier. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chilly 词源， chilly 含义。 chilly ：凉飕飕的，寒冷的 同
• chillout 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random debt debt: [13] Debt originated as dēbita , the plural of Latin dēbitum ‘that which is owed’, a noun formed from the past participle of the verb dēbēre ‘owe’. In Vulgar Latin, dēbita was evidently viewed as a feminine singular noun, and it passed thus into Old French as dette , the form in which English originally a
• chilli con carne 英文词源 chilli con carne "A stew of minced beef and beans flavoured with chillies or chilli powder", From Spanish chile con carne , literally 'chilli pepper with meat'. 中文词源 chilli con carne ：辣味肉豆 chilli, 辣椒。con, 同cum,和。carne, 肉，见carnal knowledge, 性知识。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chilli con carne 词源， chilli con carne
• chillax 英文词源 chillax "Calm down and relax", Early 21st century: blend of chill (sense 3 of the verb) and relax. 中文词源 chillax ：冷静 来自chill和relax合成词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chillax 词源， chillax 含义。
• chill 英文词源 chill chill: [14] Old English had a noun cele or ciele ‘cold’ (from the same Germanic base as cold ) which developed into Middle English chile ‘cold, frost’. Gaps in the record, however, cast doubt on whether this was the direct ancestor of the modern English noun, which may more plausibly be derived from the verb chill . This has been tentatively traced back to a hypothetical
• chili 英文词源 chili (n.) also chilli , 1660s, from Nahuatl (Aztecan) chilli , native name for the peppers. Not named for the South American country. As short for chile con carne and similar dishes, attested by 1846. 中文词源 chili ：辣椒 来自南美土著语言，常与南美国家Chile混为一谈。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chili 词源， chili 含义。
• children 英文词源 children (n.) plural of child (q.v.) 中文词源 children ：儿童 来自child的复数形式，比较brethren, 为brother的复数形式。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： children 词源， children 含义。
• childproof 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random chipolata chipolata: see chives 中文词源 childproof ：对孩童字全的 child, 儿童。-proof，防止，来自proof. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： childproof 词源， childproof 含义。
• childish 英文词源 childish (adj.) Old English cildisc "proper to a child;" see child + -ish . Meaning "puerile, immature, like a child" in a bad sense is from early 15c. Related: Childishly ; childishness . 中文词源 childish ：小孩子脾气的 来自child, 儿童。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： childish 词源， childish 含义。 childish ：(贬义)孩子气的，幼稚
• child 英文词源 child child: [OE] For a word of so central importance, child is surprisingly isolated, having no known living relatives in other Germanic languages. Its prehistoric Germanic ancestor has been reconstructed as * kiltham , which some have linked with Gothic kilthei ‘womb’ and even with Sanskrit jathara ‘belly’. The plural children is not an original feature; it developed in the
• chilblain 英文词源 chilblain (n.) 1540s, from chill (n.) + blain "inflamed swelling or sore on skin." Related: Chilblains . 中文词源 chilblain ：冻疮 chil, 冷，冻，词源同cold。blain，肿，词源同ball. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chilblain 词源， chilblain 含义。
• chihuahua 英文词源 Chihuahua (n.) dog breed, 1858, from the city and state in Mexico, said to be from a lost native word that meant "dry place." 中文词源 chihuahua ：吉瓦瓦狗 来产自墨西哥Chihuahua而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chihuahua 词源， chihuahua 含义。
• chignon 英文词源 chignon (n.) "knot or coil of hair worn at the back of the neck," from French chignon "nape of the neck," from Old French chaignon "iron collar, shackles, noose" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *catenionem (nominative *catenio ), from Latin catena "chain, fetter, restraint" (see chain (n.)). Popular 1780s, 1870s, 1940s. Form influenced in French by tignon "coil of hair." 中文词源 chigno
• chiffon 英文词源 chiffon chiffon: see chip chiffon (n.) "feminine finery, sheer silk fabric," 1765, from French chiffon (17c.), diminutive of chiffe "a rag, piece of cloth" (17c.), which is of unknown origin, perhaps a variant of English chip (n.1) or one of its Germanic cousins. Klein suggests Arabic. Extension to pastry is attested by 1929. 中文词源 chiffon ：雪纺绸 词源同chip,碎片。原来
• chieftain 英文词源 chieftain (n.) early 14c., cheftayne "ruler, chief, head" of something, from Anglo-French chiefteyn , Old French chevetain "captain, chief, leader," from Late Latin capitaneus "commander," from Latin capitis , genitive of caput "head" (see capitulum ). According to "Rob Roy" (1818) a Highland chieftain was the head of a branch of a clan, a chief was the head of the whole name. Related
• chief 英文词源 chief chief: [13] Etymologically, the chief is the ‘head’. The word comes via Old French chef or chief and Vulgar Latin * capum from Latin caput ‘head’. The adjectival use is equally as old as the noun use in English. Other English offshoots of * capum are cape and, via the diminutive form * capitellus , cadet , and it also forms the basis of achieve . The form which has come
• chicory 英文词源 chicory (n.) late 14c., cicoree (modern form from mid-15c.), from Middle French cichorée "endive, chicory" (15c., Modern French chicorée ), from Latin cichoreum , from Greek kikhorion (plural kikhoreia ) "endive," which is of unknown origin. Klein suggests a connection with Old Egyptian keksher . The modern English form is from French influence. 中文词源 chicory ：菊苣 来自拉
• chide 英文词源 chide (v.) late 12c., "scold, nag, rail," originally intransitive, from Old English cidan "to contend, quarrel, complain." Not found outside Old English (though Liberman says it is "probably related to OHG *kîdal 'wedge,'" with a sense evolution from "brandishing sticks" to "scold, reprove"). Past tense, past participle can be chided or chid or even (past participle) chidden (Shakesp
• chico 英文词源 Chicom (adj.) 1962, American English, Cold War jargon, from Chinese + communist . chicory (n.) late 14c., cicoree (modern form from mid-15c.), from Middle French cichorée "endive, chicory" (15c., Modern French chicorée ), from Latin cichoreum , from Greek kikhorion (plural kikhoreia ) "endive," which is of unknown origin. Klein suggests a connection with Old Egyptian keksher . The m
• chickweed 英文词源 chickweed (n.) late 14c., chekwede , from chick + weed (n.). In Old English it was cicene mete "chicken food." 中文词源 chickweed ：繁缕 来自chick和weed的组合词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chickweed 词源， chickweed 含义。
• chickpea 英文词源 chickpea chickpea: [18] Chickpeas have nothing to do with chickens, and only remotely anything to do with peas (they are both legumes). The word comes ultimately from Latin cicer (the name of the Roman orator Cicero is based on it – one of his ancestors must have had a chickpea-shaped wart). That came into English in the 14th century, by way of Old French, as chich , and chich remai
• chick lit 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random precipice precipice: [16] The etymological notion underlying precipice is of falling ‘headlong’. It comes via French précipice from Latin praecipitium ‘headlong fall, steep place’. This was derived from praecipitāre ‘throw headlong’ (source of English precipitate [16] and precipitous [17]), a verb based on the adje
• chick flick 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random mingle mingle: see among 中文词源 chick flick ：女性电影 chick, 俚语义小女孩。flick, 俚语义电影。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chick flick 词源， chick flick 含义。