英语词源

• tub 英文词源 tub (n.) "open wooden vessel made of staves," late 14c., from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, or Middle Flemish tubbe , of uncertain origin. Related to Old High German zubar "vessel with two handles, wine vessel," German Zuber . Considered to be unrelated to Latin tubus (see tube (n.)); one theory connects it to the root of two based on the number of handles. Also 17c. slang for "pul
• trying 英文词源 trying (adj.) "distressing," 1718, present-participle adjective from try (v.). Related: Tryingly . 中文词源 trying ：令人厌烦的，头疼的 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： trying 词源， trying 含义。
• try 英文词源 try try: [13] Try originally meant ‘separate, sift out’. It was borrowed from Old French trier ‘separate, sift’, and it has been speculated that this went back to a Vulgar Latin * trītāre , formed from the past participle of Latin terere ‘rub’ (source of English attrition , detritus , trite , etc). The notion of ‘separation’ led via ‘separating out the good’ to ‘
• truth 英文词源 truth truth: see true truth (n.) Old English triewð (West Saxon), treowð (Mercian) "faith, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty; veracity, quality of being true; pledge, covenant," from triewe, treowe "faithful" (see true (adj.)), with Proto-Germanic abstract noun suffix *-itho (see -th (2)). Sense of "something that is true" is first recorded mid-14c. Meaning "accuracy, correctness" is
• trust 英文词源 trust trust: [13] Trust was probably borrowed from Old Norse traust ‘help, confidence, firmness’. This, together with its modern German and Dutch relatives trost and troost ‘consolation’, goes back to the same prehistoric Germanic base as produced English true and truth . Tryst [14] is probably closely related. It was borrowed from Old French triste ‘appointed place for posi
• trunk 英文词源 trunk trunk: [15] Trunk came via Old French tronc from Latin truncus (source also of English trench and truncate ). This denoted ‘something with its protruding parts torn off’, hence ‘something regarded separately from its protruding parts’ – the stem of a tree without its branches, or a body without its limbs. The application of the English word to an ‘elephant’s probos
• trundle 英文词源 trundle trundle: see trend trundle (n.) "small wheel to support heavy weights," 1540s (implied in trundle bed "low bed on small wheels"), possibly from Middle English trendle "wheel, suspended hoop" (early 14c.), from Old English trendel "ring, disk" (see trend (v.)). Also probably in part from Old French trondeler "to roll down, fall down," which is of Germanic origin. trundle (v.) 1
• truncate 英文词源 truncate truncate: see trench truncate (v.) late 15c., from Latin truncatus "cut off," past participle of truncare "to maim, mutilate, cut off," from truncus "mutilated, cut off, deprived of branches or limbs" (see trunk ). Related: Truncated ; truncating . 中文词源 truncate ：截短，缩短 来自拉丁语 truncare,砍掉，砍倒，截肢，词源同 trench,trunk.可能来自通
• trumpet 英文词源 trumpet (n.) late 14c., from Old French trompette "trumpet," diminutive of trompe (see trump (n.2)). trumpet (v.) 1520s, from trumpet (n.). Figurative sense of "to proclaim, extol" is attested from 1580s. Related: Trumpeted ; trumpeting . 中文词源 trumpet ：小号，喇叭 trump,喇叭，-et,小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： trumpet 词源，
• trumpery 英文词源 trumpery (n.) mid-15c., "deceit, trickery," from Middle French tromperie (14c.), from tromper "to deceive," of uncertain origin (see trump (v.2), which has influenced the spelling in English). Meaning "showy but worthless finery" is first recorded c. 1600. 中文词源 trumpery ：中看不中用的东西 trump,欺骗，-ery,名词后缀。引申词义虚有其表的东西，中看不中
• truly 英文词源 truly (adv.) Old English treowlice , from treow (see true (adj.)). Similar formation in Dutch treuwelijk , German getreulich , Swedish troligen . 中文词源 truly ：真正，确实 true,真实的，-ly,表副词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： truly 词源， truly 含义。 truly ：真正，确实 true,真实的，-ly,表副词。
• true 英文词源 true true: [OE] The underlying etymological meaning of true is ‘faithful, steadfast, firm’; ‘in accordance with the facts’ is a secondary development. It goes back to the prehistoric Germanic base * treww -, which also produced German treue and Dutch trouw ‘faithful’ and the English noun truce , and it has been speculated that it may ultimately have links with the Indo- Eu
• truck 英文词源 truck truck: English has two distinct words truck . The earlier, ‘dealings’, as in ‘have no truck with’, was originally a verb, meaning ‘exchange, barter’ [13]. It was borrowed from Anglo- Norman * truquer , but its ultimate ancestry is unknown. Americans call a ‘market garden’ a truck farm , from the former practice of bartering its produce. Truck ‘goods vehicle’
• troupe 英文词源 troupe troupe: see troop troupe (n.) 1825, "company, band," especially of performers, actors, dancers, etc., from French troupe "company" (see troop (n.)). 中文词源 troupe ：班子，表演团 来自法语 troupe,团队，队伍，词源同 troop.引申词义演员团队，表演队伍，表演团。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： troupe 词源， troupe 含
• troublesome 英文词源 troublesome (n.) 1540s, from trouble (n.) + -some (1). Troublesomeness . 中文词源 troublesome ：麻烦的，讨人厌的 trouble,麻烦，-some,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： troublesome 词源， troublesome 含义。 troublesome ：麻烦的，讨人厌的 trouble,麻烦，-some,形容词后缀。
• trotter 英文词源 trotter (n.) late 14c. as a type of horse; agent noun from trot (v.). Meaning "foot of a quadruped" is from 1520s. Related: Trotters . 中文词源 trotter ：快步马，猪蹄，猪脚 来自 trot,小跑。幽默用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： trotter 词源， trotter 含义。
• trot 英文词源 trot trot: [13] Trot ’s closest English relative is probably tread . It was borrowed from Old French troter , which went back via Vulgar Latin * trottāre to a Frankish * trottōn . This seems to have been derived from the same Germanic base as produced English tread . The colloquial use of the noun for ‘diarrhoea’ dates from the early 19th century – originally in the singular
• tropical 英文词源 tropical (adj.) 1520s, "pertaining to the celestial tropics," from tropic + -al (1). In reference to the torrid zones of the earth, from 1690s. Meaning "hot and lush like the climate of the tropics" is first attested 1834. 中文词源 tropical ：热带的 tropic,热带的，-al,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tropical 词源， tropical 含义
• troop 英文词源 troop troop: [16] Troop was borrowed from French troupe (acquired again as troupe in the 19th century). This appears to have been a backformation from troupeau ‘flock, herd’, a diminutive formation based on Latin troppus . And troppus itself may have been of Germanic origin. By the time the word reached English it was already being applied to a ‘group of soldiers’, and its plu
• trolleybus 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random dig dig: [13] The origins of dig are not altogether clear. It does not appear to have existed in Old English, although it has been speculated that there was an Old English verb * dīcigian , never recorded, derived from dīc ‘ditch’ (the standard Old English verbs for ‘dig’ were delfan and grafan , whence modern English
• trolley 英文词源 trolley (n.) 1823, in Suffolk dialect, "a cart," especially one with wheels flanged for running on a track (1858), probably from troll (v.) in the sense of "to roll." Sense transferred to "device used to transmit electric current to streetcars, consisting of a trolley wheel which makes contact with the overhead wires" (1888), then "streetcar drawing power by a trolley" (1891), which p
• trivia 英文词源 trivia (n.) "trivialities, bits of information of little consequence," by 1932, from the title of a popular book by U.S.-born British aphorist Logan Pearsall Smith (1865-1946) first published in 1902 but popularized in 1918 (with "More Trivia" following in 1921 and a collected edition including both in 1933), containing short essays often tied to observation of small things and common
• triumphant 英文词源 triumphant (adj.) early 15c., from Latin triumphantem (nominative triumphans ), present participle of triumphare (see triumph (n.)). Related: Triumphantly . 中文词源 triumphant ：胜利的，欢欣鼓舞的 triumph,胜利，-ant,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： triumphant 词源， triumphant 含义。 triumphant ：胜利的，欢欣鼓舞的
• tripper 英文词源 stripper (n.) 1580s, transitive, "person who strips" (the bark off trees, etc.), agent noun from strip (v.). Meaning "machine or appliance for stripping" is from 1835. Sense of "strip-tease dancer" is from 1930 (see strip-tease ). Meaning "chemical for removing paint" is from 1937. 中文词源 tripper ：短途旅游者 trip,远足，旅行，-er,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• trip 英文词源 trip trip: [14] The original meaning of trip was ‘move lightly or nimbly’. ‘Stumble’ is a secondary development, and the use of the derived noun for ‘short journey’ did not emerge until the late 17th century (it was apparently originally a nautical usage). The word was borrowed from Old French tripper , which in turn was acquired from Middle Dutch trippen ‘hop, skip’.
• trimmer 英文词源 trimmer (n.) 1550s, "one who trims," agent noun from trim (v.). Meaning "one who changes opinions, actions, etc. to suit circumstances" is from 1680s, from the verb in the nautical sense of "adjust the balance of sails or yards with reference to the wind's direction" (1620s). 中文词源 trimmer ：修剪机 trim,修剪，-er,表物。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• trim 英文词源 trim trim: [16] The origins of trim are uncertain, but it may come from an unrecorded Middle English verb * trimmen ‘arrange’, a descendant of Old English trymman or trymian ‘make stronger or firmer’ trim (v.) mid-15c., probably from Old English trymian , trymman "strengthen, fortify, confirm; comfort; incite; set in order, arrange, prepare, make ready; become strong," from tr
• trigger 英文词源 trigger (n.) "device by means of which a catch or spring is released and a mechanism set in action," 1650s, earlier tricker (1620s), from Dutch trekker "trigger," from trekken "to pull" (see trek ). Tricker was the usual form in English until c. 1750. Trigger-happy is attested from 1942. trigger (v.) 1930, from trigger (n.). Related: Triggered ; triggering . 中文词源 trigger ：扳机
• trifling 英文词源 fib (v.) "tell trifling lies," 1680s, from fib (n.). Seldom, if ever, transitive. Related: Fibbed ; fibbing ; fibbery . flirtation (n.) "amorous trifling; giddy behavior," 1718, noun of action from flirt (v.) as though Latin. frivolous (adj.) mid-15c., from Latin frivolus "silly, empty, trifling, worthless," diminutive of *frivos "broken, crumbled," from friare "break, rub away, crumb
• trifle 英文词源 trifle trifle: [13] Trifle was acquired from Old French truffle , a derivative of truffe ‘trickery, deceit’ (it is not known where this came from; it has no connection with English truffle , which may come ultimately from the same source as tuber ). The first record of its application to a ‘sweet dessert confection’ dates from the end of the 16th century. trifle (n.) c. 1200,
• trickery 英文词源 trickery (n.) 1719, from trick (v.) + -ery . 中文词源 trickery ：耍诈，耍花招 trick,花招，把戏，-ery,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： trickery 词源， trickery 含义。 trickery ：耍诈，耍花招 trick,花招，把戏，-ery,名词后缀。
• triathlon 英文词源 triathlon (n.) 1970, from tri- "three" + Greek athlon "contest;" formed on model of decathlon , biathlon , etc. Originally of various combinations of events; one of the earliest so called combined clay-pigeon shooting, fly-fishing, and horse-jumping; another was cross-country skiing, target shooting, and a giant slalom run; and a third connected to the U.S. Army involved shooting, swi
• trial 英文词源 trial (n.) mid-15c., "act or process of testing, a putting to proof by examination, experiment, etc.," from Anglo-French trial , noun formed from triet "to try" (see try (v.)). Sense of "examining and deciding of the issues between parties in a court of law" is first recorded 1570s; extended to any ordeal by 1590s. As an adjectival phrase, trial-and-error is recorded from 1806. Trial
• tri- 英文词源 tri- word-forming element meaning "three, having three, once every three," from Latin tres (neuter tria ) or Greek treis , trias "three" (see three ). 中文词源 tri- ：三，三的 来自拉丁语 tria,三，词源同 three.在古法语异化为 tre-,三。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tri- 词源， tri- 含义。 tri- ：三，三的 来自拉丁语 tri
• trews 英文词源 trews trews: see trousers 中文词源 trews ：格子呢裤子，短裤 来自苏格兰盖尔语 triubhas,紧身短马裤，trousers 的原型，后拼写简化为 trews. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： trews 词源， trews 含义。 trews ：格子呢裤子，短裤 来自苏格兰盖尔语 triubhas,紧身短马裤，trousers 的原型，后拼写简化为 tr
• trend 英文词源 trend trend: [OE] The etymological notion underlying trend is of ‘circularity’ or ‘roundness’. It comes from a prehistoric Germanic base * trend -, * trund -, which also produced Dutch trent ‘circumference’, Swedish trind ‘round’, and English trundle [16], and it was originally used in the sense ‘revolve, roll’. This gradually evolved via ‘turn’ to, in the 16th
• trenchant 英文词源 trenchant (adj.) early 14c., "cutting, sharp," from Old French trenchant "cutting, sharp" (literal and figurative), present participle of trenchier "to cut" (see trench ). Figurative sense in English is from c. 1600. 中文词源 trenchant ：尖锐的，鲜明的 来自古法语 trenchier,去砍，劈，刨，挖，词源同 trench.引申词义尖锐的，鲜明的。 该词的英语词
• trench 英文词源 trench trench: [14] A trench is etymologically something ‘cut’ or ‘sliced’. The word was borrowed from Old French trenche ‘slice, cutting, ditch’, a derivative of trenchier ‘cut’ (from which English gets trenchant [14]). And this in turn went back to Latin truncāre ‘cut, mutilate’ (source of English truncate [15]), a derivative of truncus ‘tree-trunk, torso’ (
• tree 英文词源 tree tree: [OE] Tree is part of an ancient and widespread family of ‘tree’-words that goes back ultimately to Indo-European * deru , * doru -. This appears originally to have designated specifically the ‘oak’, rather than ‘tree’ in general, an application retained by some of its descendants: Greek drūs , for instance (source of English dryad [14]), and Welsh derwen (a pos
• treatise 英文词源 treatise (n.) early 14c., from Anglo-French tretiz (mid-13c.), contracted from Old French traitis "treatise, account," from traitier "deal with; set forth in speech or writing" (see treat (v.)). 中文词源 treatise ：论文 treat,对待，处理，-ise,名词后缀。引申词义论文。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： treatise 词源， treatise 含义。 t
• treasurer 英文词源 treasurer (n.) late 13c., from Old North French, Anglo-French tresorer , Old French tresorier , from tresor (see treasure (n.)). Treasury bill attested from 1797. 中文词源 treasurer ：会计，出纳，财务主管 treasure,财富，珍宝，-er,人。即看管财富的人，引申诸相关词义。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： treasurer 词源， treasu
• treasure 英文词源 treasure treasure: [12] Treasure comes ultimately from Greek thēsaurós ‘treasure’, a word of unknown origin. This was borrowed into Latin as thēsaurus (acquired directly by English as thesaurus [19] with the metaphorical sense ‘treasury of knowledge, words, etc’), and it made its way into English via Vulgar Latin * tresaurus and Old French tresor . = thesaurus treasure (n.)
• treadle 英文词源 treadle (n.) "lever worked by foot," c. 1400, from Old English tredel "step, stair, sole of the foot," from tredan "to tread" (see tread (v.)) + instrumental suffix -el (1). Compare handle (n.). 中文词源 treadle ：踏板 tread,踩踏，-le,工具格后缀。引申词义踏板。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： treadle 词源， treadle 含义。 treadle ：踏
• tread 英文词源 tread tread: [OE] Tread comes from a prehistoric Germanic * trethan , which also produced German treten , Dutch treden , Swedish träda , and Danish træde . It does not appear to have any relations outside Germanic, however. Trade comes from the same base, and it is thought that trot [13] may do so too, although its immediate source was Old French troter . = trade , trot tread (v.) O
• tray 英文词源 tray tray: see tree tray (n.) Old English treg , trig "flat wooden board with a low rim," from Proto-Germanic *traujam (cognates: Old Swedish tro , a corn measure), from PIE *drou- , variant of *deru- , forming words refering to objects made of wood (see tree (n.)). The primary sense may have been "wooden vessel." 中文词源 tray ：盘子，碟 来自古英语 treg,木板，木盘，
• traveler 英文词源 traveler (n.) also traveller , late 14c., agent noun from travel (v.). Traveler's check is from 1891. 中文词源 traveler ：旅行者 来自 travel,旅行。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： traveler 词源， traveler 含义。
• travail 英文词源 travail (n.) "labor, toil," mid-13c., from Old French travail "work, labor, toil, suffering or painful effort, trouble; arduous journey" (12c.), from travailler "to toil, labor," originally "to trouble, torture, torment," from Vulgar Latin *tripaliare "to torture," from *tripalium (in Late Latin trepalium ) "instrument of torture," probably from Latin tripalis "having three stakes" (f
• trash 英文词源 trash (n.) late 14c., "thing of little use or value, waste, refuse, dross," perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse tros "rubbish, fallen leaves and twigs," Norwegian dialectal trask "lumber, trash, baggage," Swedish trasa "rags, tatters"), of unknown origin. Applied to ill-bred persons or groups from 1604 ("Othello"), and especially of poor whites in the U.S. South by 1
• trapdoor 英文词源 lock (n.1) "means of fastening," Old English loc "bolt, fastening; barrier, enclosure," from Proto-Germanic *lukan (cognates: Old Norse lok "fastening, lock," Gothic usluks "opening," Old High German loh "dungeon," German Loch "opening, hole," Dutch luik "shutter, trapdoor"). "The great diversity of meaning in the Teut. words seems to indicate two or more independent but formally iden
• trap 英文词源 trap trap: [OE] The precise origins of trap are obscure. It goes back to an Old English træppe , and it has various relatives in the modern Germanic and Romance languages – Flemish trape , French trappe , Portuguese trapa , for instance – but its ultimate ancestry has never been unravelled. Its application to a small carriage emerged in the 19th century; it may be short for rattl
• transplant 英文词源 transplant (v.) mid-15c., from Late Latin transplantare "plant again in a different place," from Latin trans- "across" (see trans- ) + plantare "to plant" (see plant (v.)). Extended to people (1550s) and then to organs or tissue (1786). Related: Transplanted ; transplanting . transplant (n.) 1756, in reference to plants, from transplant (v.); in reference to surgical transplanting of
• translator 英文词源 translator (n.) mid-14c., from Old French translator (12c.) or directly from Latin translator "one who transfers or interprets, one who carries over," agent noun from transferre (see transfer (v.)). 中文词源 translator ：翻译家，译员，译者 translate,翻译，-or,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： translator 词源， translator 含义。 transl
• translation 英文词源 translation (n.) mid-14c., "removal of a saint's body or relics to a new place," also "rendering of a text from one language to another," from Old French translacion "translation" of text, also of the bones of a saint, etc. (12c.) or directly from Latin translationem (nominative translatio ) "a carrying across, removal, transporting; transfer of meaning," noun of action from past part
• translate 英文词源 translate translate: [13] To translate something is etymologically to ‘carry it across’ from one language into another. The word was acquired from trānslātus , the past participle of Latin trānsferre ‘carry across, transfer, translate’ (source of English transfer ). = extol , relate translate (v.) early 14c., "to remove from one place to another," also "to turn from one lan
• transitive 英文词源 transitive (adj.) "taking a direct object" (of verbs), 1570s (implied in transitively ), from Late Latin transitivus (Priscian) "transitive," literally "passing over (to another person)," from transire "go or cross over" (see transient ). Related: Transitively . 中文词源 transitive ：及物的 来自 transit,中转，过渡，-ive,形容词后缀。用于语法格指及物的。 该
• tranquility 英文词源 tranquility (n.) also tranquillity , late 14c., from Old French tranquilite "peace, happiness" (12c.), from Latin tranquillitatem (nominative tranquillitas ) "quietness, stillness; serenity," from tranquillus "quiet, calm, still," perhaps from trans- "over" (here in its intensive sense of "exceedingly") + a root possibly related to quies "rest" (see quiet (n.)). 中文词源 tranquili
• tranquil 英文词源 tranquil (adj.) mid-15c., a back-formation from tranquility or else from Latin tranquillus "quiet, calm, still." Related: Tranquilly . 中文词源 tranquil ：平静的，安宁的 tran-,转移，进入，-quil,安静，词源同 quiet,quiescent. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tranquil 词源， tranquil 含义。 tranquil ：平静的，安宁的 tran-,转移，
• trample 英文词源 trample (v.) late 14c., "to walk heavily," frequentative form of tramp (v.). Transitive sense "beat down by continuously treading on" is from mid-15c. Related: Trampled ; trampling . As a noun from c. 1600. 中文词源 trample ：踩伤，践踏 tramp,踩，踏，-le,表反复或强调。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： trample 词源， trample 含义。 tramp
• tramp 英文词源 tramp (n.) "person who wanders about, idle vagrant, vagabond," 1660s, from tramp (v). Sense of "steamship which takes cargo wherever it can be traded" (as opposed to one running a regular line) is attested from c. 1880. The meaning "promiscuous woman" is from 1922. Sense of "a long, toilsome walk" is from 1786. tramp (v.) late 14c., "walk heavily, stamp," from Middle Low German trampe
• tramlines 英文词源 tram tram: [16] Tram was borrowed from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch trame ‘balk of timber, beam’, a word of unknown origin. It was originally used in English for the ‘shafts’ of a cart, and then for the cart itself. The track on which such carts ran in mines and similar places came to be known as tramlines , and this term was adopted in the 19th century for a track used f
• tram 英文词源 tram tram: [16] Tram was borrowed from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch trame ‘balk of timber, beam’, a word of unknown origin. It was originally used in English for the ‘shafts’ of a cart, and then for the cart itself. The track on which such carts ran in mines and similar places came to be known as tramlines , and this term was adopted in the 19th century for a track used f
• traitorous 英文词源 traitorous (adj.) late 14c., "guilty of treason," apparently from Old French traitros "treacherous" (13c.), from traitor (see traitor ). Related: Traitorously ; traitorousness . 中文词源 traitorous ：背叛的 traitor,背叛，-ous,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： traitorous 词源， traitorous 含义。 traitorous ：背叛的 traitor,背叛
• trailblazer 英文词源 trailblazer (n.) by 1893, from trail (n.) + agent noun from blaze (v.3). 中文词源 trailblazer ：开拓者，开路先锋 trail,踪迹，小径，blaze,燃烧，-er,人。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： trailblazer 词源， trailblazer 含义。 trailblazer ：开拓者，开路先锋 trail,踪迹，小径，blaze,燃烧，-er,人。比喻用法
• tragedian 英文词源 tragedian (n.) "writer of tragedies," late 14c., from Old French tragediane (Modern French tragédien ), from tragedie (see tragedy ). Another word for this was tragician (mid-15c.). Meaning "actor in tragedies" is from 1590s. French-based fem. form tragedienne is from 1851. In late classical Greek, tragodos was the actor, tragodopoios the writer. 中文词源 tragedian ：悲剧演员
• traffic 英文词源 traffic traffic: [16] The ultimate origins of traffic are not known. It was acquired from French traffique , which in turn was borrowed from Old Italian traffico , a derivative of the verb trafficare ‘trade’, but there the trail goes cold. It is generally assumed that the word’s first element goes back to the Latin prefix trāns - ‘across’. traffic (n.) c. 1500, "trade, comm
• traditional 英文词源 traditional (adj.) 1590s, "observing traditions;" c. 1600, "handed down as tradition," from tradition + -al (1). In reference to jazz, from 1950. Related: Traditionally ; traditionalist . 中文词源 traditional ：传统的，守旧的 tradition,传统，-al,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： traditional 词源， traditional 含义。 traditio
• trade wind 英文词源 trade wind "A wind blowing steadily towards the equator from the north-east in the northern hemisphere or the south-east in the southern hemisphere, especially at sea. Two belts of trade winds encircle the earth, blowing from the tropical high-pressure belts to the low-pressure zone at the equator", Mid 17th century: from the phrase blow trade 'blow steadily in the same direction'. Be
• trade fair 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random penicillin penicillin: see pencil 中文词源 trade fair ：贸易展销会 trade,贸易，fair,展销会。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： trade fair 词源， trade fair 含义。
• trade 英文词源 trade trade: [14] Trade originally meant ‘way, track’. Not until the 16th century did the modern sense ‘buying and selling’ emerge, via ‘regular path followed by someone’ and ‘business pursued by someone’. Etymologically, it amounts to a ‘trodden’ path; for it was borrowed from Middle Low German trade ‘track’, which goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germa
• tab 英文词源 tab (n.1) "small flap or strip of material," c. 1600, possibly from a dialectal word, of uncertain origin. Often interchangeable with tag (n.1). Compare also Middle English tab "strap or string" (mid-15c.), Norwegian dialectal tave "piece of cloth, rag." tab (n.2) "account, bill, check," 1888, American English colloquial, probably a shortened form of tabulation or of tablet in the sen
• table manners 英文词源 loaf (v.) 1835, American English, back-formation from loafer (1830). Related: Loafed ; loafing . The term "loafing" is, of course, very vague. Its meaning, like that of its opposite, "work," depends largely on the user. The highly successful quarterback with an E in Greek is a loafer in his professor's eyes, while the idea of the professor's working, in spite of his voluminous researc
• table d 英文词源 table dhôte "A restaurant meal offered at a fixed price and with few if any choices", Early 17th century: French, literally 'host's table'. The term originally denoted a table in a hotel or restaurant where all guests ate together, hence a meal served there at a stated time and for a fixed price. 中文词源 table d ：'hote 套餐的 比喻用法，来自法语 table d'hote,即 tab
• tabulator 英文词源 tabulator (n.) 1848, agent noun from tabulate . 中文词源 tabulator ：制表键 来自 tabulate,制表。该词常缩写为 tab. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tabulator 词源， tabulator 含义。 tabulator ：制表键 来自 tabulate,制表。该词常缩写为 tab.
• tabulate 英文词源 tabulate (v.) "to put into form of a table, collect or arrange in columns," 1734, from Latin tabula (see table (n.)) + -ate (2). Earlier in the more literal Latin sense "lay a floor" (1650s). Related: Tabulated ; tabulating . 中文词源 tabulate ：制表 来自 table,桌子，表格。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tabulate 词源， tabulate 含义。 tabu
• tackle 英文词源 tackle (n.) mid-13c., "apparatus, gear," especially the rigging of a ship, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German takel "the rigging of a ship," perhaps related to Middle Dutch taken "grasp, seize" (see take (v.)), or perhaps from root of tack (n.1), which, if not the origin, has influenced the sense. Meaning "apparatus for fishing" is recorded from late 14c. Meaning "device for grasp
• tackler 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random they they: [12] Like their and them , they was borrowed from Old Norse. Its source was their , the plural form of the demonstrative adjective sá , and it replaced the native Old English pronoun hīe . = their , them 中文词源 tackler ：阻截队员 来自 tackle,抢断，阻截，-er,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• tactician 英文词源 tactician (n.) "expert in tactics," 1761, from tactic + -ian . 中文词源 tactician ：战术家，有策略的人 来自 tactic,战术，策略，-ian,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tactician 词源， tactician 含义。
• tae kwon do 英文词源 tae kwon do 1967, from Korean, said to represent tae "kick" + kwon "fist" + do "art, way, method." 中文词源 tae kwon do ：跆拳道 来自韩式汉语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tae kwon do 词源， tae kwon do 含义。
• tactics 英文词源 tactics (n.) 1620s, "science of arranging military forces for combat," from Modern Latin tactica (17c.), from Greek taktike techne "art of arrangement," noun use of fem. of taktikos "of or pertaining to arrangement," especially "tactics in war," adjective to taxis "arrangement, an arranging, the order or disposition of an army, battle array; order, regularity," verbal noun of tassein
• tag 英文词源 tag (n.1) "small, hanging piece from a garment," c. 1400, of uncertain origin but probably from a Scandinavian source (compare Norwegian tagg "point, prong, barb," Swedish tagg "prickle, thorn") and related to Middle Low German tagge "branch, twig, spike"), from Proto-Germanic *tag- . The sense development might be "point of metal at the end of a cord, string, etc.," hence "part hangi
• t'ai chi ch'uan 英文词源 festive (adj.) 1650s, "pertaining to a feast," from Latin festivus "festive, joyous, gay," from festum "festival, holiday," noun use of neuter of adjective festus (see feast (n.)). The word is unattested in English from 1651 to 1735 (it reappears in a poem by William Somervile, with the sense "fond of feasting, jovial"), and the modern use may be a back-formation from festivity . Mean
• tailor-made 英文词源 tailor (n.) c. 1300, from Anglo-French tailour , Old French tailleor "tailor," also "stone-mason" (13c., Modern French tailleur ), literally "a cutter," from tailler "to cut," from Late Latin or old Medieval Latin taliare "to split" (compare Medieval Latin taliator vestium "a cutter of clothes"), from Latin talea "a slender stick, rod, staff; a cutting, twig." Although historically th
• tailback 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random reap reap: see ripe 中文词源 tailback ：堵塞车辆，长蛇阵 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tailback 词源， tailback 含义。
• takeaway 英文词源 takeaway (adj.) also take-away , 1964 in reference to food-shops, from take (v.) + away . From 1970 as a noun. 中文词源 takeaway ：外卖 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： takeaway 词源， takeaway 含义。
• talk 英文词源 talk talk: [13] Talk has only one close relative – East Frisian talken ‘talk, chatter’. This suggests that it may first have seen the light of day just before the Anglo-Saxon peoples first crossed the North Sea to Britain – they were then in close contact with the Frisians. However, there is no record of the verb in Old English, and it first crops up in West Midland texts of t
• talkative 英文词源 talkative (adj.) early 15c.; see talk (v.) + -ative . An early hybrid word in English. Originally especially "boastful," but now considered less pejorative than loquacious , garrulous . Related: Talkatively ; talkativeness . 中文词源 talkative ：多嘴的，饶舌的 来自 talk,讲话，谈话。引申词义多嘴的，饶舌的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• talk show 英文词源 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 show , attested from 1969. Chat room in the online sense is attested by 1994, from the days when AOL ruled the Web. talk (n.) late 15c., "speech, discourse, conversation," from talk (v.). Meaning "informal lecture or address" is from 1859. Me
• tall 英文词源 tall tall: [14] The ancestral meaning of tall is ‘quick’. It is a descendant of Old English getæl ‘quick, ready’, whose relatives included Old Frisian tel and Old High German gizal ‘quick’, and which may go back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base * tal - (source of English tale , talk , and tell ). By the time of its re-emergence in Middle English it was being us
• tame 英文词源 tame tame: [OE] Tame evolved from a prehistoric Germanic * tamaz , which also produced German zahm and Dutch tam . This in turn was descended from the Indo-European base * dom -, which also lay behind Latin domāre ‘tame, subdue’ (source of English daunt [13] and indomitable [17]) and Greek damán ‘tame, subdue’ (source of English adamant and diamond ). = adamant , daunt , dia
• tamer 英文词源 stammer stammer: [OE] To stammer is etymologically to be ‘impeded’ in speech. The word comes (along with Dutch stameren ) from a prehistoric West Germanic * stamrōjan , which was derived from the base * stam -, * stum - ‘check, impede’ (source also of English stem ‘halt, check’ and stumble ). = stem , stumble stammer (v.) Old English stamerian "to stammer," from Proto-Ger