英语词源

• chickadee 英文词源 chickadee (n.) black-capped titmouse, 1834, American English, echoic of its cry. 中文词源 chickadee ：北美山雀 拟声词，模仿这种鸟的叫声。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chickadee 词源， chickadee 含义。
• chick 英文词源 chick (n.) mid-14c. shortening of chicken (n.). Extended to human offspring (often in alliterative pairing chick and child ) and thence used as a term of endearment. As slang for "young woman" it is first recorded 1927 (in "Elmer Gantry"), supposedly from U.S. black slang. In British use in this sense by c. 1940; popularized by Beatniks late 1950s. Chicken in this sense is from 1711.
• chichi 英文词源 chichi (2) "A woman’s breast", Late 20th century: military slang, of Japanese origin. chichi (1) "Attempting stylish elegance but achieving only an over-elaborate pretentiousness", Early 20th century (in the sense 'showiness or pretentious object'): from French, of imitative origin. 中文词源 chichi ：过分艳丽的 拟声词，可能是模仿金属装饰片碰撞的声音。 该
• chicanery 英文词源 chicanery (n.) c. 1600, "legal quibbling, sophistry," from French chicanerie "trickery," from Middle French chicaner "to pettifog, quibble" (15c.), which is of unknown origin, perhaps from Middle Low German schikken "to arrange, bring about," or from the name of a golf-like game once played in Languedoc. Thornton's "American Glossary" has shecoonery (1845), which it describes as proba
• chicane 英文词源 chicane (n.) in English in various senses, including "act of chicanery" (1670s), "obstacles on a roadway" (1955), also a term in bridge (1880s), apparently all ultimately from an archaic verb chicane "to trick" (1670s), from French chicane (16c.), from chicaner "to pettifog, quibble" (15c., see chicanery ). 中文词源 chicane ：双急转弯 词源同chicanery, 欺骗。用于指道路
• chica 英文词源 chica (n.) "young girl," U.S. slang, c.2002, from American Spanish chica "girl," fem. of chico "boy," noun use of adjective meaning "small" (here used as an affectionate term of address), from Latin ciccum , literally "chick-pea," figurative of an object of little value (compare Old French chiche ). 中文词源 chica ：小妞 来自拉丁语ciccum, 即chickpea. 后该词进入西班牙
• chic 英文词源 chic 1856, as a noun, "style, artistic skill," from French chic , 19c. in "stylishness" sense, originally "subtlety" (16c.), which is of unknown origin, perhaps [Klein] related to German Schick "tact, skill," from Middle Low German schikken "arrange appropriately," or Middle High German schicken "to arrange, set in order;" or from French chicane , from chicanerie (see chicanery ). The
• chiasmus 英文词源 chiasmus (n.) in grammar, inversion of word order, 1871, Latinized from Greek khiasmos "a placing crosswise, diagonal arrangement" (see chi ). Adam, first of men, To first of women, Eve. ["Paradise Lost"] 中文词源 chiasmus ：交错配列 来自chi, 字母X。即一种X形交错。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chiasmus 词源， chiasmus 含义。
• chiaroscuro 英文词源 chiaroscuro (n.) 1680s, "disposition of light and dark in a picture," literally "bright-dark," from Italian chiaro "clear, bright" (from Latin clarus ; see clear (adj.)) + oscuro (from Latin obscurus ; see obscure (adj.)). Related: Chiaroscurist . 中文词源 chiaroscuro ：明暗对比法 chiaro, 同clear, 清晰的，明亮的。-scur, 遮盖，词源同obscure, hide, house. 该词的
• chi 英文词源 chi (n.) 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet, representing a -kh- sound (see ch ). The letter is shaped like an X, and so the Greek letter name was used figuratively to signify such a shape or arrangement (as in khiasma "two things placed crosswise;" khiastos "arranged diagonally; marked with an X;" khiazein "to mark with an 'X', to write the letter 'X'"). Some dialects used chi to repr
• chez 英文词源 chez 1740, from French chez "at the house of," from Old French chiese "house" (12c.), from Latin casa "house." Used with French personal names, meaning "house of _____." 中文词源 chez ：在...家 来自拉丁词casa, 小屋，词源同casino, chalet. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chez 词源， chez 含义。
• chew 英文词源 chew chew: [OE] Chew , and its Germanic relatives German kauen and Dutch kauwen , can be traced back to a prehistoric West Germanic * kewwan . It has relatives in other Indo-European languages, including Latin gingīva ‘gum’ (source of English gingivitis ). = gingivitis chew (v.) Old English ceowan "to bite, gnaw, chew," from West Germanic *keuwwan (cognates: Middle Low German keu
• chevron V 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random present present: [13] The Latin adjective praesēns ‘at hand, now here’ originated as the present participle of praeesse ‘be before one’, a compound verb formed from the prefix prae - ‘in front’ and esse ‘be’. English acquired it via Old French present , the same route as was taken by its derivative praesentia on
• chestnut 英文词源 chestnut chestnut: [16] The Greek word for ‘chestnut’ was kastanéā , which appears to have meant originally ‘nut from Castanea’ (in Pontus, Asia Minor) or ‘nut from Castana’ (in Thessaly, Greece). It came into English via Latin castanea and Old French chastaine , which in the 14th century produced the Middle English form chasteine or chesteine . Over the next two hundred
• chesterfield 英文词源 Chesterfield Derbyshire town, Old English Cesterfelda , literally "open land near a Roman fort," from ceaster "fort" (see Chester ) + feld "open land" (see field (n.)). The cigarette brand was named for Chesterfield County, Virginia, U.S. As a kind of overcoat and a kind of sofa (both 19c.), the name comes from earls of Chesterfield. Philip Stanhope, the fourth Earl of Chesterfield (1
• chest 英文词源 chest chest: [OE] Chest comes ultimately from Greek kístē ‘box, basket’. In Latin this became cista (source of English cistern [13]). In prehistoric times the word was borrowed into Germanic as * kistā , which was the source of Old English cest . This still meant ‘box’, a sense which continued in isolation until the 16th century, when it was first applied to the ‘thorax’
• chervil 英文词源 chervil (n.) type of herb, Old English cerfelle "chervil," from Latin chaerephyllum , from Greek khairephyllon ; second element phyllon "leaf" (see phyllo- ); first element perhaps from khairein "to rejoice" (see hortatory ). 中文词源 chervil ：细叶芹 词源不确定。可能来自cher, 珍爱，见charisma. -vil, 叶子，词源同foliage. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• cherub 英文词源 cherub cherub: [OE] Cherub is of Akkadian origin (Akkad was the northern region of ancient Babylonia). Akkadian karūbu meant ‘gracious’. This was borrowed into Hebrew as kerūbh (plural kerūbhīm ), which was used in the Old Testament to signify a certain class of winged divine being. It passed into English via Greek kheroúb and Latin cherūb . cherub (n.) late 14c. as an order
• cherry 英文词源 cherry cherry: [14] Cherry comes ultimately from Greek kerasós ‘cherry tree’, which in Latin became cerasus . This was borrowed into the Germanic languages in prehistoric times, producing, as well as German kirsche , Old English ciris ‘cherry’, which died out in the 11th century. In Vulgar Latin, meanwhile, cerasus had become ceresia , which passed into Old Northern French as
• cheroot 英文词源 cheroot (n.) late 17c., probably from Portuguese charuto "cigar," from Tamil curuttu "roll" (of tobacco), from curul "to roll." Originally a cigar from southern India; later a cigar of a certain shape. 中文词源 cheroot ：雪茄烟 来自南印度语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cheroot 词源， cheroot 含义。
• cherish 英文词源 cherish (v.) early 14c., cherischen , from Old French cheriss- , present participle stem of chierir "to hold dear" (12c., Modern French chérir ), from chier "dear," from Latin carus "dear, costly, beloved" (see whore ). The Latin word also is the source of Italian, Spanish, Portuguese caro ; Old Provençal, Catalan car . Related: Cherished ; cherishing . 中文词源 cherish ：珍爱
• chequered 英文词源 enthusiasm enthusiasm: [17] Enthusiasm has had a chequered semantic history. Like giddiness , it meant originally ‘state of being inspired by a god’. It comes ultimately from Greek énthous or éntheos ‘possessed, inspired’, a compound formed from the prefix en - ‘in’ and theós ‘god’ (as in English theology ). From this in turn was derived the verb enthousiázein ‘b
• cheque 英文词源 cheque (n.) see check . 中文词源 cheque ：支票 来自check, 棋盘，棋子。因支票格式形如棋盘而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cheque 词源， cheque 含义。
• cheongsam 英文词源 cheongsam "A straight, close-fitting silk dress with a high neck and slit skirt, worn by Chinese and Indonesian women", Chinese (Cantonese dialect). 中文词源 cheongsam ：旗袍 来自汉语长衫，被误用为旗袍。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cheongsam 词源， cheongsam 含义。
• chenille 英文词源 chenille chenille: see kennel chenille (n.) "velvety cord," 1738, from French chenille , properly "caterpillar," literally "little dog" (13c.), from Latin canicula "a dog" (also "a violent woman; the star Sirius; the worst throw in dice"), diminutive of canis "dog" (see canine (n.)). So called for its furry look. Compare caterpillar . 中文词源 chenille ：雪尼尔内衣 来自词根
• chemotherapy 英文词源 chemotherapy (n.) 1906, from German Chemotherapie , coined by German biochemist Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915), from chemo- + therapie (see therapy ). 中文词源 chemotherapy ：化疗 chemo, 化学。therapy, 治疗。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chemotherapy 词源， chemotherapy 含义。
• chemist 英文词源 chemist (n.) 1560s, chymist , "alchemist," from Middle French chimiste , from Medieval Latin chimista , reduced from alchimista (see alchemy ). Modern spelling is from c. 1790. Meaning "chemical scientist" is from 1620s; meaning "dealer in medicinal drugs" (mostly in British English) is from 1745. 中文词源 chemist ：药剂师，化学家 来自alchemy, 炼金术，炼丹术，来自
• chemise 英文词源 chemise (n.) late Old English, cemes "shirt," from Old French chemise "shirt, undertunic, shift," or directly from Late Latin camisia "shirt, tunic" (Jerome; also source of Italian camicia , Spanish camisa ); originally a soldier's word, probably via Gaulish, from Proto-Germanic *hamithjan (cognates: Old Frisian hemethe , Old Saxon hemithi , Old English hemeðe , German hemd "shirt"),
• chef-d 英文词源 chef-dœuvre "A masterpiece", French, 'chief work'. 中文词源 chef-d ：’oeuvre 代表作 法语短语。chef, 主要的, -de, 冠词the, -oeuvre, 作品，同opus. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chef-d 词源， chef-d 含义。
• chef 英文词源 chef (n.) "head cook," 1830, from French chef , short for chef de cuisine , literally "head of the kitchen," from Old French chief "leader, ruler, head" (see chief (n.)). 中文词源 chef ：主厨 来自chief, 主要的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chef 词源， chef 含义。 chef ：主厨，厨师 来源于法语,chief的变体,原义是"厨房里的头
• cheetah 英文词源 cheetah (n.) 1704, from Hindi chita "leopard," from Sanskrit chitraka "hunting leopard, tiger," literally "speckled," from chitra-s "distinctively marked, variegated, many-colored, bright, clear" (from PIE *kit-ro- , from root *(s)kai- (1) "bright, shining;" see shine (v.)) + kayah "body," from PIE *kwei- "to build, make" (see poet ). 中文词源 cheetah ：猎豹 来自梵语，来自
• cheesy 英文词源 cheesy (adj.) "cheese-like," late 14c., from cheese (n.1) + -y (2). Meaning "cheap, inferior" is attested from 1896, perhaps originally U.S. student slang, along with cheese (n.) "an ignorant, stupid person." In late 19c. British slang, cheesy was "fine, showy" (1858), probably from cheese (n.2) and some suggest the modern derogatory use is an "ironic reversal" of this. The word was i
• cheese-paring 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random comprise comprise: see prey 中文词源 cheese-paring ：吝啬的 cheese, 奶酪。pare, 削，切。形容过分谨慎或吝啬的人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cheese-paring 词源， cheese-paring 含义。
• cheese 英文词源 cheese cheese: [OE] Cheese is of Latin origin, but was borrowed into the West Germanic languages in prehistoric times, producing German kāse and Dutch kaas as well as cheese . The Latin word was cāseus (source also of Spanish queso ‘cheese’), whose possible distant relative Sanskrit kvathati ‘he boils’ suggests an underlying idea of froth or bubbles in the milk from which th
• cheers 英文词源 cheers salute or toast when taking a drink, British, 1919, from plural of cheer (also see cheerio ). Earlier it is recorded as a shout of support or encouragement (1720). 中文词源 cheers ：干杯 来自cheer, 欢呼。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cheers 词源， cheers 含义。
• cheerleader 英文词源 cheerleader (n.) also cheer-leader , 1900, American English, from cheer (n.) + leader . Cheerleading is attested from 1906. 中文词源 cheerleader ：啦啦队队员 来自cheer和leader的组合词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cheerleader 词源， cheerleader 含义。
• cheerio 英文词源 cheerio upbeat parting exclamation, British, 1910, from cheer . 中文词源 cheerio ：再见 来自cheer, 欢呼，欢送。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cheerio 词源， cheerio 含义。
• cheer 英文词源 cheer cheer: [13] Originally, cheer meant ‘face’. It came via Anglo-Norman chere ‘face’ and late Latin cara ‘face’ from Greek kárā ‘head’. As often happens, ‘face’ was taken as a metaphor of the mental condition causing the expression on it, so ‘be of good cheer’ came to mean ‘be in a good mood’; and gradually cheer grew to be used on its own for ‘happy
• cheep 英文词源 cheep (v.) 1510s, of imitative origin, originally Scottish. Related: Cheeped ; cheeping ; cheeper . The noun is attested by 1774. 中文词源 cheep ：唧唧叫 拟声词，模仿鸟叫。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cheep 词源， cheep 含义。
• cheeky 英文词源 cheeky (adj.) 1859, from cheek in its sense of "insolence" + -y (2). Related: Cheekily ; cheekiness . 中文词源 cheeky ：放肆的 来自cheek,脸颊，后词义引申为放肆的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cheeky 词源， cheeky 含义。
• cheek 英文词源 cheek cheek: [OE] Old English cēace and cēoce go back respectively to prehistoric West Germanic * kǣkōn and * keukōn , but beyond that the word has no known relatives in other Indo-European languages. It has, however, produced one or two interesting offshoots. It forms the basis of the verb choke , and may be the source of chock-full (literally, ‘full up to the cheeks’); and
• Cheddar 英文词源 cheddar (n.) type of cheese, 1660s (but the cheese presumably was made long before that), from Cheddar , village in Somerset, England, where it originally was made, from Old English Ceodre (c.880), probably from ceodor "ravine" (there is a gorge nearby). 中文词源 Cheddar ：切德干酪 因产自英格兰Cheddar郡而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• checkmate 英文词源 checkmate (n.) mid-14c., from Old French eschec mat (Modern French échec et mat ), which (with Spanish jaque y mate , Italian scacco-matto ) is from Arabic shah mat "the king died" (see check (n.1)), which according to Barnhart is a misinterpretation of Persian mat "be astonished" as mata "to die," mat "he is dead." Hence Persian shah mat , if it is the ultimate source of the word, w
• checker 英文词源 checker (n.1) mid-13c., "game of chess (or checkers);" c. 1300, "a chessboard, board with 64 squares for playing chess or similar games; a set of chessmen" a shortening of Old French eschequier "chessboard; a game of chess," from Medieval Latin scaccarium (see check (n.1)). Meaning "pattern of squares" is late 14c. Meaning "a man or marker in the game of checkers" is from 1864. Britis
• checked 英文词源 checked (adj.) early 15c., "ornamented with a checkered design," past participle adjective from check (v.2). 中文词源 checked ：方格图案的 来自check, 棋盘。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： checked 词源， checked 含义。
• cheapskate 英文词源 cheapskate (n.) also cheap skate , "miserly person," 1896, from cheap (adj.), second element perhaps from American English slang skate "worn-out horse" (1894), which is of uncertain origin. 中文词源 cheapskate ：吝啬鬼 cheap, 廉价的。skate，可鄙的人，词源不详。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cheapskate 词源， cheapskate 含义。
• cheap 英文词源 cheap cheap: [16] The adjectival use of cheap in English is quite recent, but the word itself goes back a long way. Its ultimate source is the Latin noun caupō ‘tradesman’, which was borrowed into Germanic in prehistoric times. Among its descendants were German kaufen ‘buy’, Old English cēapian ‘trade’ (the possible source of chop , as in ‘chop and change’), and the
• chauvinism 英文词源 chauvinism chauvinism: [19] Chauvinism in its original sense of ‘blind patriotism’ was coined in French from the name of one Nicholas Chauvin of Rochefort, a (possibly legendary) French soldier and veteran of Napoleon’s campaigns noted for his patriotic zeal. He was taken up and ridiculed as the type of the old soldier forever harking back to the glories of Napoleon’s times, a
• chauffeur 英文词源 chauffeur (n.) 1896, originally "a motorist," from French chauffeur , literally "stoker," operator of a steam engine, French nickname for early motorists, from chauffer "to heat," from Old French chaufer "to heat, warm up; to become hot" (see chafe ). The first motor-cars were steam-driven. Sense of "professional or paid driver of a private motor car" is from 1902. The '95 Duryea wago
• chatter 英文词源 chatter (v.) early 13c., chateren "to twitter, gossip," earlier cheateren, chiteren , of echoic origin. Compare Dutch koeteren "jabber," Danish kvidre "twitter, chirp." Related: Chattered ; chattering . Phrase chattering class in use by 1893, with a reference perhaps from 1843: Such was the most interesting side of the fatal event to that idle chattering class of London life to whom t
• chattel 英文词源 chattel chattel: see cattle chattel (n.) early 13c., chatel "property, goods," from Old French chatel "chattels, goods, wealth, possessions, property; profit; cattle," from Late Latin capitale "property" (see cattle , which is the Old North French form of the same word). Application to slaves (1640s) is a rhetorical figure of abolitionists, etc. 中文词源 chattel ：财产，动产
• chat 英文词源 chat (v.) mid-15c., "talk idly, babble," short for chatter (v.). Meaning "to converse familiarly" is from 1550s. Sense of "flirt with, ingratiate oneself with" (in later use often with up (adv.)) is from 1898. Related: Chatted ; chatting . chat (n.) 1520s, "chatter, frivolous talk;" see chat (v.). Meaning "familiar conversation" is from 1570s. Chat show , for what in U.S. is a talk sh
• chastity 英文词源 chastity (n.) c. 1200, chastete , "sexual purity" (as defined by the Church), including but not limited to virginity or celibacy, from Old French chastete "chastity, purity" (12c., Modern French chasteté ), from Latin castitatem (nominative castitas ) "purity, chastity" from castus (see caste ). 中文词源 chastity ：贞结 来自chaste, 贞结。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• chastise 英文词源 chastise (v.) c. 1300, chastisen , from Old French chastiier "to warn, advise, instruct; chastise, admonish; punish; dominate, tame" (12c., Modern French châtier ), from Latin castigare "to set or keep right, to reprove, chasten, to punish," literally "to make pure" (see castigate ). Or perhaps from Middle English chastien (see chasten ) + -ise , though this would be early for such a
• chasten 英文词源 chasten (v.) 1520s, with -en (1) + the word it replaced, obsolete verb chaste "to correct (someone's) behavior" (Middle English chastien , c. 1200), from Old French chastiier "to punish" (see chastise ). Related: Chastened ; chastening . 中文词源 chasten ：使懊悔 来自chaste，使改正，使纯结。后指通过惩罚使悔改，懊悔，比较castigate. 该词的英语词源请
• chassis 英文词源 chassis chassis: see sash chassis (n.) "base frame of an automobile," 1903, American English; earlier "window frame" (1660s), from French châssis "frame," Old French chassiz (13c.) "frame, framework, setting," from chasse "case, box, eye socket, snail's shell, setting (of a jewel)," from Latin capsa "box, case;" see case (n.2) + French -is , collective suffix for a number of parts ta
• chasm 英文词源 chasm chasm: see yawn chasm (n.) 1590s, "deep crack in the earth," from Latin chasma , from Greek khasma "yawning hollow, gulf," related to khaskein "to yawn," and thus to chaos . In English in 17c. often spelled chasma . Figurative use from 1640s. Related: Chasmal ; chasmic . 中文词源 chasm ：裂缝 来自PIE*gheu, 张开，词源同chaos, gas. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• chaser 英文词源 chaser (n.) c. 1300, "horse trained for chasing," agent noun from chase (v.), probably in some cases from Old French chaceor "huntsman, hunter." Meaning "water or mild beverage taken after a strong drink" is 1897, U.S. colloquial. French had chasse (from chasser "to chase") "a drink of liquor taken (or said to be taken) to kill the aftertaste of coffee or tobacco," used in English fro
• chase 英文词源 chase chase: There are two distinct words chase in English, although they may come from the same ultimate source. The commoner, and older, ‘pursue’ [13], comes via Old French chacier from Vulgar Latin * captiāre (which also produced Anglo-Norman cachier , source of English catch ). This was an alteration of Latin captāre ‘try to seize’, which was formed from captus , the pas
• chary 英文词源 chary chary: see care chary (adj.) Old English cearig "sorrowful" (see care (n.)). Sense evolved 16c. from "full of care" to "careful." Cognate with Old Saxon carag , Old High German charag "sorrow, trouble, care." Related: Charily ; chariness . 中文词源 chary ：小心谨慎的 来自care. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chary 词源， chary 含义。 char
• charwoman 英文词源 charwoman charwoman: [16] A charwoman is, quite literally, a woman who does ‘chores’. Chore is a variant of the now obsolete noun chare or char , which meant literally ‘turn’ (it derived from the Old English verb cerran , which may be the source of charcoal ). Hence ‘doing one’s turn’, ‘one’s turn at work’ in due course advanced its meaning to ‘job’. Already by
• charter 英文词源 charter (v.) early 15c., "provide with a charter," from charter (n.). Meaning "to hire" is attested from 1806. Related: Chartered ; chartering . charter (n.) c. 1200, from Old French chartre (12c.) "charter, letter, document, covenant," from Latin chartula / cartula , literally "little paper," diminutive of charta / carta "paper, document" (see chart (n.)). 中文词源 charter ：宪章
• chart 英文词源 chart chart: [16] English card and chart are related. Both come from Latin charta ‘paper’, but whereas card was routed via French carte , and for some reason changed its t to a d , chart was borrowed directly from the Latin word, in which the meaning ‘map’ had already developed. Latin charta originally denoted ‘leaf of the papyrus plant’, and developed the sense ‘paper’
• charm school 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random superman superman: [20] The term superman was introduced into English in 1903 by George Bernard Shaw in his play Man and Superman . It was a direct translation of German übermensch , coined by the philosopher Friedrich Nietsche to designate a superior, highly evolved human being that transcended good and evil. 中文词源 char
• charlie 英文词源 Charlie masc. proper name, familiar form of Charles (also see -y (3)); 1965 in Vietnam War U.S. military slang for "Vietcong, Vietcong soldier," probably suggested by Victor Charlie , military communication code for V.C. (as abbreviation of Viet Cong ), perhaps strengthened by World War II slang use of Charlie for Japanese soldiers, which itself is probably an extension of the 1930s d
• charley horse 英文词源 charley horse (n.) 1887, sporting slang, origin obscure, probably from somebody's long-forgotten lame racehorse. Charley horse seems to have been a name for a horse or a type of horse (perhaps especially a lame one) around that time. 中文词源 charley horse ：腿抽筋 来自俚语韵律构词法。由charley horse 代指cramps. 比较berk 来自Berkshire Hunt, 代指cunt. 该词的
• charlatan 英文词源 charlatan charlatan: [17] Charlatan is of Italian origin. It comes from the verb cialare ‘chatter, prattle’. Its original application was to the patter of salesmen trying to sell quack remedies, and hence Italian ciarlatano at first referred to such vendors, and then by extension to any dispenser of impostures. Some etymologists have sought to connect the word with Italian Cerreta
• charlady 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random Alzheimers disease Alzheimer's disease: [20] This serious brain disorder was first described in a scientific journal in 1912, and was given its name in honour of the German neurologist Alois Alzheimer (1864–1915). For many decades the term was largely confined to specialist medical journals, but in the 1970s, as the disease be
• charitable 英文词源 charitable (adj.) c. 1200, in reference to the Christian virtue, from Old French charitable , from charité (see charity ). Meaning "liberal in treatment of the poor" is from c. 1400; that of "inclined to impute favorable motives to others" is from 1620s. Related: Charitableness ; charitably . 中文词源 charitable ：慈善机构的 来自charity, 慈善。 该词的英语词源请访
• chariot 英文词源 chariot (n.) mid-14c., from Old French charriot "wagon" (13c.), augmentative of char "car," from Late Latin carrum "chariot" (see car ). 中文词源 chariot ：战车 来自拉丁词carrus, 马车，战车，词源同car, charge, current. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chariot 词源， chariot 含义。 chariot ：战车，兵车 词根词缀： char(= -carr-
• chargrill 英文词源 chargrill "Grill (food, typically meat or fish) quickly at a very high heat", Late 20th century: on the pattern of charbroil . 中文词源 chargrill ：炭烤，烧烤 来自charcoal和grill的合成词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chargrill 词源， chargrill 含义。
• charger 英文词源 charger (n.) late 15c., "one who loads," agent noun from charge (v.). Meaning "horse ridden in charging" is from 1762. 中文词源 charger ：战马 来自charge, 向前冲。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： charger 词源， charger 含义。
• charge 英文词源 charge charge: [13] The notion underlying the word charge is of a ‘load’ or ‘burden’ – and this can still be detected in many of its modern meanings, as of a duty laid on one like a load, or of the burden of an expense, which began as metaphors. It comes ultimately from Latin carrus ‘two-wheeled wagon’ (source also of English car ). From this was derived the late Latin v
• chard 英文词源 chard (n.) 1650s, from French carde "chard" (14c.), perhaps via Provençal, from Latin carduus "thistle, artichoke" (see harsh ). 中文词源 chard ：叶甜菜 来自拉丁词carduus, 蓟，刺毛，词源同harsh, carding(梳理羊毛)。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chard 词源， chard 含义。
• charcoal 英文词源 charcoal charcoal: [14] The words char and charcoal are related, but not in the way commonsense might lead one to suppose: for the verb char [17], originally apparently a charcoal-burner’s term, appears to derive from charcoal . So etymologically, the element char has nothing to do with ‘burning’. There are two main suggestions as to charcoal ’s origins: firstly that it comes
• charbroil 英文词源 charbroil "Grill (food, especially meat) on a rack over charcoal", 1950s: blend of charcoal and broil 1 . 中文词源 charbroil ：炭烤 来自charcoal和broil的合成词。broil, 词源同burn, 燃烧. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： charbroil 词源， charbroil 含义。
• charabanc 英文词源 charabanc (n.) British for "sightseeing bus," 1811, originally in a Continental context (especially Swiss), from French char-à-bancs , literally "benched carriage," from char "wagon," from Latin carrus (see car ) + à "to" (see ad- ) + banc "bench" (see bench (n.)). 中文词源 charabanc ：旅游车 来自法语。字面意思即bench car. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• chapter 英文词源 chapter chapter: [13] Ultimately, chapter is the same word as capital . Both came via Old French from Latin capitulum ‘small head’, a diminutive form of caput ‘head’, but whereas capital represents a late, 12th-century borrowing into French in ecclesiastical and legal contexts, chapter is far earlier and therefore shows more differences: in Old French, capitulum became chapitl
• chaps 英文词源 chaps (n.1) 1844, American English, short for chaparejos , from Mexican Spanish chaparreras , overalls worn to protect from chaparro (see chaparral ). chaps (n.2) "jaws, cheeks," from chap (n.), 1550s, of unknown origin. Hence, chap-fallen (1590s). 中文词源 chaps ：皮套裤 来自chaparral，原指在灌木丛中起保护作用的裤子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• chapped 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.
• chaplet 英文词源 chaplet (n.) late 14c., from Old French chapelet (Old North French capelet ) "garland, rosary," properly "a small hat," diminutive of chape, chapeau "headdress, hood, hat" (see chapeau ). 中文词源 chaplet ：花冠，花环 词源同cap, 帽子。-let, 小词后缀。把花冠比作小帽子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chaplet 词源， chaplet 含义。
• chaplain 英文词源 chaplain chaplain: see chapel chaplain (n.) mid-14c., "minister of a chapel," from Old French chapelein "clergyman" (Modern French chapelain ), from Medieval Latin cappellanus "clergyman," originally "custodian of St. Martin's cloak" (see chapel ). Replaced Old English capellane (from the same Medieval Latin source) "clergyman who conducts private religious services," originally in gr
• chaperon 英文词源 chaperon chaperon: [14] A chaperon was originally a ‘hood’. The word comes from Old French chaperon , a derivative of chape , whose variant cape was the source of English cape , and goes back ultimately to late Latin cappa ‘hood, cloak’. The word’s modern sense, ‘companion safeguarding propriety’, which first appears in English in the 18th century, arose from the general
• chapatti 英文词源 chapatti "(In Indian cookery) a thin pancake of unleavened wholemeal bread cooked on a griddle", From Hindi capātī , from capānā 'flatten, roll out'. 中文词源 chapatti ：印度薄饼 来自印度语，中国式印度飞饼的原型。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chapatti 词源， chapatti 含义。
• chaparral 英文词源 chaparral (n.) "shrub thicket," 1850, American English, from Spanish chaparro "evergreen oak," perhaps from Basque txapar "little thicket," diminutive of sapar "heath, thicket." In Spain, a chaparral is a bush of a species of oak. The termination al signifies a place abounding in ; as, chaparral , a place of oak-bushes, almendral , an almond orchard; parral , a vineyard; cafetal , a c
• chap 英文词源 chap chap: There are four distinct words chap in English. The oldest, ‘sore on the skin’ [14], originally meant more generally ‘crack, split’, and may be related to Middle Low German kappen ‘chop off’; it seems ultimately to be the same word as chop ‘cut’. Chap ‘jaw’ [16] (as in Bath chaps ) is probably a variant of chop (as in ‘lick one’s chops’). Chap ‘fe
• chanty 英文词源 chanty (n.) 1856, also shanty , chantey ; probably an alteration of French chanter "to sing" (see chant (v.)); perhaps from French chantez , imperative of chanter . 中文词源 chanty ：水手调子 来自chant, 吟唱。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chanty 词源， chanty 含义。
• chantry 英文词源 chantry "An endowment founded for a priest or priests to celebrate masses for the soul of the founder", Late Middle English: from Old French chanterie , from chanter 'to sing'. 中文词源 chantry ：附属礼拜堂，祈唱堂 来自chant, 吟唱。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chantry 词源， chantry 含义。
• chanteuse 英文词源 chanteuse (n.) "female singer of popular songs," 1888, from French chanteuse (16c.), fem. agent noun of chanter "to sing" (see chant (v.)). In Old French, the word was chanteresse . 中文词源 chanteuse ：流行歌曲女歌手 来自chant, 吟唱。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chanteuse 词源， chanteuse 含义。
• chanterelle 英文词源 chanterelle "An edible woodland mushroom with a yellow funnel-shaped cap, found in both Eurasia and North America", Late 18th century: from French, from modern Latin cantharellus , diminutive of cantharus , from Greek kantharos , denoting a kind of drinking container. 中文词源 chanterelle ：鸡油菌 来自拉丁词cantharus, 水杯，词源同cant, decanter. 即一种小水杯形的