英语词源

• chanter 英文词源 chanter (n.) "singer, composer," late 14c., from Old French chanteor (Modern French chanteur ), from Latin cantorem "singer," from cantare "to sing" (see chant (v.)). 中文词源 chanter ：曲调管 来自chant, 吟唱。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chanter 词源， chanter 含义。
• channel 英文词源 channel channel: [13] Channel and canal are ultimately the same word. Their common ancestor was Latin canālis ‘groove, channel’, a derivative of canna ‘pipe’ (source of English cane ). This passed into Old French as chanel , which English took over as channel . But then in the 15th century English acquired canal , either directly from Latin, or from French canal , which was i
• change 英文词源 change change: [13] Change goes back ultimately to Latin cambīre ‘barter’, which is probably of Celtic ancestry. A later form of the verb was cambiāre , whose most readily recognizable descendants are probably Italian cambio , which appears outside currency-exchange shops, and English cambium ‘layer of plant tissue’ [17], coined from the notion that it ‘changes’ into new
• chandler 英文词源 chandler (n.) "maker or seller of candles," late 14c., attested as a surname from late 13c. (also, from early 14c. "candle-holder;" see chandelier ), from Old French chandelier (n.2) "candle-maker, candle-seller; person in charge of lighting a household, monastery, etc.," from Latin candelarius , from candela "candle" (see candle ). Native candleman is attested from mid-13c. 中文词源
• chancery 英文词源 chancery (n.) late 14c., "court of the Lord Chancellor of England," contracted from chancellery (c. 1300), from Old French chancelerie (12c.), from Medieval Latin cancellaria (see chancellor ). 中文词源 chancery ：大法官法庭 词源同chancellor. -ery, 地方后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chancery 词源， chancery 含义。
• chancel 英文词源 chancel (n.) c. 1300, "part of the church around the altar," from Old French chancel , from Late Latin cancellus "lattice," from Latin cancelli (plural) "grating, bars" (see cancel ); sense extended in Late Latin from the lattice-work that separated the choir from the nave in a church to the space itself. 中文词源 chancel ：祭坛 来自拉丁词cancellus, 斜栅，词源同cance
• chance 英文词源 chance chance: [13] Like the related case , chance originally meant ‘that which befalls (by accident , also a relative)’. It comes ultimately from Vulgar Latin * cadēre , a descendant of Latin cadere ‘fall’ (source of English cadence and cadenza ). This passed into Old French as cheoir , whose noun derivatives included cheoite (source of English chute ) and cheance , acquired
• championship 英文词源 championship (n.) 1812, "position of a champion," from champion (n.) + -ship . Meaning "competition to determine a champion" is recorded from 1893. 中文词源 championship ：锦标赛 champion, 冠军。-ship, 名词后缀，见friendship. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： championship 词源， championship 含义。 championship ：冠军称号，冠军地位；
• champagne 英文词源 champagne champagne: [17] Champagne comes (as does campaign ) from late Latin campānia , a derivative of Latin campus ‘open field’ (source of English camp ). This passed into Old French as champagne ‘open country’, a word borrowed into English in the 14th century as champaign (now archaic). It came to be applied specifically to a province of northeastern France (an area large
• champ 英文词源 champ (n.) 1868, American English abbreviation of champion (n.). champ (v.) "to chew noisily," 1520s, probably echoic; OED suggests a connection with jam (v.). Earlier also cham , chamb , etc. To champ on (or at ) the bit , as an eager horse will, is attested in figurative sense by 1640s. Related: Champed ; champing . As a noun in this sense, attested from c. 1600. 中文词源 champ ：
• chamomile 英文词源 chamomile (n.) obsolete form of camomile . 中文词源 chamomile ：甘菊 cham, 同human, 土，人。-mile, 苹果，词源同malic, melon. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chamomile 词源， chamomile 含义。
• chamois 英文词源 chamois chamois: [16] The word chamois (the name of a species of Alpine antelope) probably goes back to a language spoken in the Alps before the Romans penetrated northwards. They adopted it as late Latin camox , and in the local Romansch language it is kamuotsch , but the source of the English word is the related French chamois . Its use in the sense ‘soft wash-leather’, as origi
• chamfer 英文词源 chamfer (n.) c. 1600, "small groove cut in wood or stone," from Middle French chanfraindre (15c., Modern French chanfreiner ), past participle of chanfraint . The second element seems to be from Latin frangere "to break" (see fraction ); perhaps the whole word is cantum frangere "to break the edge." Meaning "bevelled surface of a square edge or corner" is attested from c. 1840, of unc
• chamberlain 英文词源 chamberlain (n.) early 13c., from Old French chamberlenc "chamberlain, steward, treasurer" (Modern French chambellan ), from a Germanic source (perhaps Frankish *kamerling ; compare Old High German chamarling , German Kämmerling ), from Latin camera "chamber, room" (see camera ) + Germanic diminutive suffix -ling . 中文词源 chamberlain ：内侍 chamber, 室。-lain, 小词后缀，
• chamber 英文词源 chamber chamber: [13] The ultimate source of chamber is Greek kamárā ‘something with an arched cover, room with a vaulted roof’. This passed into Latin as camara or camera (source of English camera ), and in Old French became transformed into chambre , the immediate source of the English word. Related forms in English include comrade (from Spanish camarada ), originally ‘someo
• challenged 英文词源 challenged (adj.) as a euphemism for "disabled," 1985, past participle adjective from challenge (v.). 中文词源 challenged ：伤残的 来自challenge, 委婉语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： challenged 词源， challenged 含义。
• challenge 英文词源 challenge challenge: [13] The original notion contained in challenge in English was of ‘accusation’. The word comes, via Old French chalenge or calenge , from Latin calumnia ‘false charge, deception’ (source of English calumny [15]). By the early 14th century, the modern, more neutral sense of ‘inviting to a contest’ had emerged, however, and before the end of the 17th cen
• chalk 英文词源 chalk chalk: [OE] Latin calx meant broadly ‘lime, limestone’ (it probably came from Greek khálix ‘pebble’). This was borrowed in early times into the Germanic languages, and in most of them it retains this meaning (German kalk , for instance, means ‘limestone’). In English, however, it fairly soon came to be applied to a particular soft white form of limestone, namely cha
• chalet 英文词源 chalet (n.) 1782, from Swiss-French chalet "herdsman's hut, Alpine cottage," probably a diminutive of Old French chasel "farmhouse, house, abode, hut," perhaps from Vulgar Latin *casalis "belonging to a house," from Latin casa "house;" or from Old Provençal cala "small shelter for ships," from a pre-Latin language [Barnhart]. 中文词源 chalet ：木屋 来自拉丁词casa, 小屋，
• chakra 英文词源 chakra (n.) 1888 in yoga sense, from Sanskrit cakra "circle, wheel," from PIE root *kwel- (1) "wheel" (see cycle (n.)). 中文词源 chakra ：轮（人体精神集中点之一） 来自梵语，最终来自PIE*kwel, sker, 转，轮，词源同cycle, pole,ring. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chakra 词源， chakra 含义。
• chaise longue 英文词源 chaise longue "A sofa with a backrest at only one end", Early 19th century: French, literally 'long chair'. 中文词源 chaise longue ：躺椅 来自法语，字面意思即long chair. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chaise longue 词源， chaise longue 含义。
• chaise 英文词源 chaise (n.) 1701, "pleasure carriage," from French chaise "chair" (15c.), dialectal variant of chaire (see chair (n.)) due to 15c.-16c. Parisian accent swapping of -r- and -s- , a habit often satirized by French writers. French chair and chaise then took respectively the senses of "high seat, throne, pulpit" and "chair, seat." Chaise lounge (1800) is corruption of French chaise longue
• chair 英文词源 chair chair: [13] Chair comes ultimately from Greek kathédrā ‘seat’ (source also of cathedral , of course), which was a compound originally meaning literally ‘something for sitting down on’ – it was formed from katá - ‘down’ and * hed - ‘sit’. It produced Latin cathedra , which in Old French became chaiere , the source of the English word. The use of chair specifi
• chain 英文词源 chain chain: [13] Chain is a direct descendant of Latin catēna ‘chain’, source also of English concatenate [16], literally ‘link together in a chain’. This passed into Old French as chaeine , a later from of which, chaine , was adopted by English. The Latin word’s antecedents are not known. = concatenate chain (n.) c. 1300, from Old French chaeine "chain" (12c., Modern Fren
• chai 英文词源 chai (n.) "tea," 1919, from the Russian or Arabic word for "tea" (see tea , and compare cha ). Now used especially of spiced teas. 中文词源 chai ：茶 来自汉语茶。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chai 词源， chai 含义。
• chafing dish 英文词源 chafing dish "A cooking pot with an outer pan of hot water, used for keeping food warm", Late 15th century: from the original (now obsolete) sense of chafe 'become warm, warm up'. 中文词源 chafing dish ：暖锅 来自chafe, 擦热，使暖和。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： chafing dish 词源， chafing dish 含义。
• chaffinch 英文词源 chaffinch chaffinch: [OE] Etymologically, a chaffinch is a finch which gets its food by pecking amongst the chaff and other grain debris in the barnyard. The word chaff itself (Old English ceaf ) probably goes back to a prehistoric Germanic base * kaf -, * kef - ‘chew’, which was also the source of chafer ‘beetle’ [OE] (literally the ‘chewing creature’) and jowl . (The ver
• chaff 英文词源 chaff (n.) "husks," Old English ceaf "chaff," probably from Proto-Germanic *kaf- "to gnaw, chew" (cognates: Middle Dutch and Dutch kaf , German Kaff ), from PIE root *gep(h)- "jaw, mouth" (see jowl (n.1)). Used figuratively for "worthless material" from late 14c. 中文词源 chaff ：谷壳 来自PIE*gep, 咬，咀嚼，词源同jaw, jowl. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• chad 英文词源 chad (n.1) also Mr. Chad , graffiti drawing of a head peering over a fence or wall, with the caption, "Wot, no ______?" (the U.S. version usually had "Kilroy was here"), in reaction to shortages and rationing, 1945, British, of unknown origin. Chad (n.2) African nation, former French colony ( Tchad ), independent since 1960, named for Lake Chad , which is from a local word meaning "la
• cetacean 英文词源 cetacean (n.) 1836, from Cetacea , name of the order of marine mammals, + -an . As an adjective from 1839. 中文词源 cetacean ：鲸的 来自拉丁词cetus, 大型海洋生物，特指鲸。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cetacean 词源， cetacean 含义。
• cesspool 英文词源 cesspool cesspool: [17] Cesspool has no direct etymological connection with pool . It comes from Old French suspirail ‘ventilator, breathing hole’, a derivative of souspirer ‘breathe’ (this goes back to Latin suspīrāre , source of the archaic English suspire ‘sigh’). This was borrowed into English in the early 15th century as suspiral ‘drainpipe’, which in the subseq
• cesspit 英文词源 cesspit (n.) 1864, from cess (see cesspool ) + pit (n.). 中文词源 cesspit ：粪坑 来自cesspool和pit的合成词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cesspit 词源， cesspit 含义。
• cession 英文词源 cession (n.) late 14c., "a relinquishing," from Old French cession "cession; death" (13c.), from Latin cessionem (nominative cessio ) "a giving up, surrendering," noun of action from past participle stem of cedere "to go away, yield" (see cede ). Related: Cessionary . 中文词源 cession ：割让 来自词根cede, 走，离开，词源同cease, cessation.此处词义进一步强调为
• cesium 英文词源 cesium (n.) also caesium , rare alkaline metal, 1861, coined by Bunsen and Kirchhoff in 1860 in Modern Latin ( caesium ), from Latin caesius "blue-gray" (especially of eyes), in reference to the two prominent blue lines in its spectrum, by which it was first identified. 中文词源 cesium ：铯 词源同cerulean, 天蓝色的。因该金属元素呈天蓝色而命名。字母r,s音变
• cervix 英文词源 cervix (n.) early 15c., "ligament in the neck," from Latin cervix "the neck, nape of the neck," from PIE *kerw-o- , from root *ker- (1) "horn, head" (see horn (n.)). Applied to various neck-like structures of the body, especially that of the uterus (by 1702), where it is shortened from medical Latin cervix uteri (17c.). Sometimes in medical writing 18c.-19c. cervix of the uterus to di
• cervical 英文词源 cervical (adj.) 1680s, "of the neck," from French cervical , from Latin cervix (see cervix ). Meaning "of the neck of the womb" attested by 1860. Related: Cervically . 中文词源 cervical ：宫颈的 来自词根cerv, 颈，词源同horn. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cervical 词源， cervical 含义。
• cerumen 英文词源 cerumen (n.) "earwax," 1741, medical Latin cerumen , coined by Swiss anatomist Gaspard Bauhin (1560-1624) from Latin cera "wax" (see cere (n.)) on model of albumen ; or else from Greek keroumenos "formed of wax." 中文词源 cerumen ：耳垢 来自拉丁词cera, 蜡，见ceraceous(蜡状的),sincere（俗词源无蜡的，没有修改的）。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• cerulean 英文词源 cerulean (adj.) 1660s, with -an + Latin caeruleus "blue, dark blue, blue-green," perhaps dissimilated from caelulum , diminutive of caelum "heaven, sky," which is of uncertain origin (see celestial ). The Latin word was applied by Roman authors to the sky, the Mediterranean, and occasionally to leaves or fields. As a noun, from 1756. 中文词源 cerulean ：天蓝色的 来自拉丁词
• certify 英文词源 certify (v.) mid-14c., "to declare the truth of," also "to vouch for or confirm" (an official record, etc.), from Old French certefiier "make certain, witness the truth of" (12c.), from Late Latin certificare "to certify, to make certain," from Latin certus (see certain ) + root of facere "to make, do" (see factitious ). Also used in Middle English in broader senses of "inform, give n
• certificate 英文词源 certificate (n.) early 15c., "action of certifying," from French certificat , from Medieval Latin certificatum "thing certified," noun use of neuter past participle of certificare (see certify ). Of documents, from mid-15c., especially a document which attests to someone's authorization to practice or do something (1540s). 中文词源 certificate ：证书 来自certify, 证明，证实
• certifiable 英文词源 certifiable (adj.) 1846, from certify + -able . Meaning "so deranged as to be certifiably insane" is recorded from 1912. 中文词源 certifiable ：可证明的，可证明患有精神病的 来自词根cert, 确定，见certain. 现多用于词义可证明患有精神病的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： certifiable 词源， certifiable 含义。
• certain 英文词源 certain certain: [13] Certain comes ultimately from Latin certus ‘sure, fixed’, which derived from the past participle of the verb cernere ‘decide’. The Latin adjective was extended in Vulgar Latin to * certānus , which passed into English via Old French certain . Other English words based on certus include certify [14] (from late Latin certificāre ) and its derivative certi
• cerium 英文词源 cerium (n.) element, first isolated in pure form in 1875, named for ceria , the name of the earth from which it was taken, which was discovered in 1803 and named by Berzelius and Hissinger for Ceres , the minor planet, which had been discovered in 1801 and named for the Roman goddess Ceres . 中文词源 cerium ：铈 以当时新发现的小行星Ceres命名，小行星又以罗马谷物
• cerise 英文词源 cerise (n.) shade of red, 1858, from French cerise , from rouge-cerise "cherry-red," from cerise "cherry" (see cherry ). 中文词源 cerise ：樱桃色 词源同cherry. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cerise 词源， cerise 含义。
• ceremony 英文词源 ceremony ceremony: [14] The antecedents of ceremony are obscure. We can trace it back to Latin caerimōnia ‘religious rites’, but there the trail stops. It probably arrived in English via Old French ceremonie . ceremony (n.) late 14c., cerymonye , from Old French ceremonie and directly from Medieval Latin ceremonia , from Latin caerimonia "holiness, sacredness; awe; reverent rite,
• ceremonial 英文词源 ceremonial (adj.) c. 1400, "belonging to (religious) ritual," also as a noun, "a ceremonial practice," from Late Latin caerimonialis "pertaining to ceremony," from caerimonia (see ceremony ). Related: Ceremonially . 中文词源 ceremonial ：用于仪式的 来自ceremony, 仪式。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ceremonial 词源， ceremonial 含义。
• cerebral 英文词源 cerebral cerebral: see saveloy cerebral (adj.) 1816, "pertaining to the brain," from French cérébral (16c.), from Latin cerebrum "the brain" (also "the understanding"), from PIE *keres- , from root *ker- (1) "top of the head" (see horn (n.)). Meaning "intellectual, clever" is from 1929. Cerebral palsy attested from 1824, originally a general term for cases of paralysis that seemed t
• cerebellum 英文词源 cerebellum cerebellum: see saveloy cerebellum (n.) 1560s, from Latin cerebellum "a small brain," diminutive of cerebrum "brain" (see cerebral ). 中文词源 cerebellum ：小脑 来自词根cereb,脑，词源同horn, 角，头。-elle, 小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cerebellum 词源， cerebellum 含义。
• cephalopod 英文词源 cephalopod (n.) 1825, from French cephalopode , from Modern Latin Cephalopoda (the class name), from Greek kephale "head" (see cephalo- ) + pod- , stem of pous "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)). 中文词源 cephalopod ：头足纲动物 cephal, 头。-pod, 脚，词源同foot. 该类型动物如蜗牛。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ce
• cephalic 英文词源 cephalic (adj.) "pertaining to the head," early 15c., from Latin cephalicus , from Greek kephalikos "pertaining to the head," from kephale (see cephalo- ). 中文词源 cephalic ：头的，头颅的 来自词根cephal, 头。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cephalic 词源， cephalic 含义。
• cep 英文词源 cep "An edible European mushroom with a smooth brown cap, a stout white stalk, and pores rather than gills, growing in dry woodland and much sought after as a delicacy", Mid 19th century: from French cèpe , from Gascon cep 'tree trunk, mushroom', from Latin cippus 'stake'. 中文词源 cep ：牛肝菌 来自PIE*skap, 杆，词源同shaft. 因形似杆状而得名。 该词的英语词
• century 英文词源 century century: [16] Latin centuria meant ‘group of one hundred’ (it was a derivative of centum ‘hundred’). Among the specialized applications of this general sense, the most familiar to us today is that of a division of the Roman army consisting originally of a hundred soldiers (the title of its commander, centurion [14] – Latin centuriō – derives from centuria ). When
• centrist 英文词源 centrist (n.) 1872, from French centriste , from centre (see center (n.)). Originally in English with reference to French politics; general application to other political situations is from 1890. Where M. St. Hilaire is seen to most advantage, however, is when quietly nursing one of that weak-kneed congregation who sit in the middle of the House, and call themselves "Centrists." A Fre
• centripetal 英文词源 centripetal (adj.) 1709, from Modern Latin, coined 1687 by Sir Isaac Newton (who wrote in Latin), from Latin centri- alternative comb. form of centrum "center" (see center (n.)) + petere "to make for, go to; seek, strive after" (see petition (n.)). Centripetal force is Newton's vim ... centripetam . 中文词源 centripetal ：向心的 center, 中心。-pet, 飞向，追求，词源同
• centrifuge 英文词源 centrifuge (n.) 1887, "a centrifuge machine," originally a machine for separating cream from milk, from French centrifuge , from noun use of adjective meaning "centrifugal" (1801), from Modern Latin centrifugus (see centrifugal ). 中文词源 centrifuge ：离心机 center, 中心。-fug，逃离，见fugitive. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： centrifuge 词源，
• centered 英文词源 self-centered (adj.) 1670s, "fixed, stationary," from self- + center (v.). In reference to persons, "engrossed in the self, with little regard for others," it is recorded from 1783. 中文词源 centered ：冷静的 来自center, 中心。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： centered 词源， centered 含义。
• centralism 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random giblets giblets: [14] French gibier means ‘game’ – in the sense ‘hunted animals’ (it comes from Frankish * gabaiti ‘hunting with falcons’). In the Old French period this seems to have produced a diminutive form * giberet , literally ‘small game’, which, though never recorded, is assumed to have been the basis o
• centipede 英文词源 centipede (n.) 1640s, from French centipède , from Latin centipeda "many-footed insect," from centum "hundred" (see hundred ) + pedis , genitive of pes "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)). 中文词源 centipede ：蜘蛛 cent, 百。-pede, 脚，词源同biped, foot. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： centipede 词源， centipede 含义。 c
• centimeter 英文词源 centimeter (n.) also centimetre , 1801, from French centimètre (18c.), coined from Latin centum "hundred" (see hundred ) + French mètre (see meter (n.2)). 中文词源 centimeter ：厘米 cent, 百。meter, 米。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： centimeter 词源， centimeter 含义。 centimeter ：厘米 词根词缀： -centi- 百分之一 + -meter-测量
• centiliter 英文词源 centiliter (n.) also centilitre , 1801, from French centilitre ; see centi- + liter . 中文词源 centiliter ：厘升 cent, 百。liter, 升。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： centiliter 词源， centiliter 含义。
• centigram 英文词源 centigram (n.) also centigramme , 1801, from French centigramme ; see centi- + gram . 中文词源 centigram ：厘克 cent, 百。gram, 克。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： centigram 词源， centigram 含义。
• centigrade 英文词源 centigrade (adj.) 1799, from French; see centi- "hundred" + Latin gradus "degree" (see grade (n.)). 中文词源 centigrade ：摄氏度 cent, 百。grade，级，度。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： centigrade 词源， centigrade 含义。 centigrade ：百分度(的)；摄氏温度计(的) 词根词缀： -centi-百,百分之一 + -grad-步,级 + -e
• center 英文词源 center (n.) late 14c., "middle point of a circle; point round which something revolves," from Old French centre (14c.), from Latin centrum "center," originally fixed point of the two points of a drafting compass, from Greek kentron "sharp point, goad, sting of a wasp," from kentein "stitch," from PIE root *kent- "to prick" (cognates: Breton kentr "a spur," Welsh cethr "nail," Old High
• cent 英文词源 cent cent: [16] Centum is the Latin word for ‘hundred’ – indeed both come ultimately from the same Indo-European source, * kmtóm . It first appeared in English in the form cent in the phrase per cent (originally used apparently by the financier Sir Thomas Gresham in a letter of 1568: ‘the interest of xij per cent by the year’); this was probably borrowed from Italian per ce
• censure 英文词源 censure (n.) late 14c., originally ecclesiastical, from Latin censura "judgment, opinion," also "office of a censor," from census , past participle of censere "appraise, estimate, assess" (see censor (n.)). General sense of "a finding of fault and an expression of condemnation" is from c. 1600. censure (v.) 1580s, from censure (n.) or else from French censurer , from censure (n.). Rel
• censer 英文词源 censer censer: see incense censer (n.) "vessel used for burning incense," mid-13c., from Old French censier , a shortened form of encensier , from encens "incense" (see incense (n.)). 中文词源 censer ：香炉 来自词根cand, 燃烧，词源同candle, incendiary. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： censer 词源， censer 含义。
• cenotaph 英文词源 cenotaph cenotaph: [17] A cenotaph is literally an ‘empty tomb’: the word comes, via French and Latin, from Greek kenotaphion , from kenos ‘empty’ and taphos ‘tomb’. The idea behind the name is that someone who had been killed far away from his or her home (for instance, in battle), and whose body could not be brought back, should be commemorated by a symbolic tomb. cenota
• cemetery 英文词源 cemetery cemetery: [14] Not surprisingly for a word having associations with death, cemetery ’s origins are euphemistic. It comes via late Latin coemētērium from Greek koimētérion , which originally meant ‘dormitory’ (it was a derivative of the verb koiman ‘put to sleep’); it was apparently early Greek Christian writers who first applied the word to burial grounds. cemet
• Celsius 英文词源 Celsius Celsius: [19] The notion of a temperature scale based on 100 was developed by the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–44) (he originally had water boiling at zero and freezing at 100º, but this was later reversed). His name began to be used to designate the scale in English around the middle of the 19th century. In popular parlance it has usually taken a back seat to ce
• cellulose 英文词源 cellulose (n.) 1840, from French cellulose , coined c. 1835 by French chemist Anselme Payen (1795-1871) and confirmed 1839, from noun use of adjective cellulose "consisting of cells," 18c., from Latin cellula (see cellulite ) + -ose (see -ose (2)). 中文词源 cellulose ：纤维素 来自cellulite, 脂肪。-ose, 化学术语后缀，糖，见glucose,葡萄糖。字面意思即脂肪糖
• celluloid 英文词源 celluloid (n.) transparent plastic made from nitro-celluloses and camphor, 1871, trademark name (reg. U.S.), a hybrid coined by U.S. inventor John Wesley Hyatt (1837-1900) from cellulose + Greek-based suffix -oid . Used figuratively for "motion pictures" from 1934. Abbreviated form cell "sheet of celluloid" is from 1933 (see cel ). 中文词源 celluloid ：胶片，赛璐珞片 来自
• cellulite 英文词源 cellulite (n.) "lumpy, dimpled fat," 1968, from French cellulite , from cellule "a small cell" (16c., from Latin cellula "little cell," diminutive of cella ; see cell ) + -ite (see -ite (1)). 中文词源 cellulite ：皮下脂肪团 来自cell, 小室，因脂肪的小室结构而得名。-ite, 化学术语后缀，盐，见acetate。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• cellular 英文词源 cellular (adj.) 1753, with reference to cellular tissue, from Modern Latin cellularis "of little cells," from cellula "little cell," diminutive of cella (see cell ). Of mobile phone systems (in which the area served is divided into "cells" of a few square miles served by transmitters), 1977. Related: Cellularity . 中文词源 cellular ：细胞的，无线蜂窝电话的 来自cell, 小
• Cellophane 英文词源 cellophane (n.) 1912, trademark name for a flexible, transparent product made from regenerated cellulose, coined by the inventor, Swiss chemist Jacques E. Brandenberger (1872-1954), probably from cellulose + connective o + -phane . 中文词源 Cellophane ：赛璐玢（用于包装的玻璃纸） 商标名。cello, 来自cellulose的缩写。-phane, 透明，显现，词源同phantas
• cellist 英文词源 cellist (n.) 1880, short for violoncellist on model of cello . 中文词源 cellist ：大提琴手 来自cello. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cellist 词源， cellist 含义。
• celibacy 英文词源 celibacy (n.) 1660s, formed in English, with -cy + Latin caelibatus "state of being unmarried," from caelebs "unmarried," probably from PIE root *kaiwelo- "alone" + lib(h)s- "living." 中文词源 celibacy ：单身 来自拉丁词caelebs，未婚的。在19世纪前词义仅限于终身在教堂服侍的神职人员。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： celibacy 词
• celibate 英文词源 celibate (n.) 1610s, "state of celibacy" (especially as mandated to clergy in the Catholic church) from French célibat (16c.), from Latin caelibatus (see celibacy ). This was the only sense until early 19c. The adjective meaning "unmarried, sworn to remain single" is recorded from 1825. As a noun, one who is sworn to such a condition, from 1838. 中文词源 celibate ：独身的 来自
• celiac disease 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random bulk bulk: [14] Formally, bulk comes from Old Norse búlki , which meant ‘cargo’ or ‘heap’: the original connotation of the English word in this sense was thus of goods loaded loose, in heaps, rather than neatly packed up. That is the source of the phrase in bulk . However, a certain similarity in form and meaning to the
• celesta 英文词源 celesta "A small keyboard instrument in which felted hammers strike a row of steel plates suspended over wooden resonators, giving an ethereal bell-like sound", Late 19th century: pseudo-Latin, based on French céleste ‘heavenly’. 中文词源 celesta ：钢片琴 词源同celestial, 天空的，该琴发明者以此为名，喻指其琴声悦耳，有如天籁之音。 该词的英
• celery 英文词源 celery celery: [17] Celery comes ultimately from Greek sélīnon , which signified ‘parsley’ – like the celery, a plant of the group Umbelliferae (the English word parsley comes from Greek petrōselínon , literally ‘rock parsley’). It came into English via Latin selīnon , Italian dialect selleri , and French céleri . The term celeriac was formed from celery in the early 1
• celebrate 英文词源 celebrate (v.) mid-15c., originally of the Mass, from Latin celebratus "much-frequented; kept solemn; famous," past participle of celebrare "assemble to honor," also "to publish; sing praises of; practice often," originally "to frequent in great numbers," from celeber "frequented, populous, crowded;" with transferred senses of "well-attended; famous; often-repeated." Related: Celebrat
• celebrant 英文词源 celebrant (n.) 1731, from French célébrant "officiating clergyman" or directly from Latin celebrantem (nominative celebrans ), present participle of celebrare (see celebrate ). 中文词源 celebrant ：宗教礼仪主持人 来自celebrate, 庆祝。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： celebrant 词源， celebrant 含义。
• ceiling 英文词源 ceiling ceiling: [14] Ceiling is something of a mystery word. It originally signified the internal lining of any part of a building, including walls as well as roof (the modern sense ‘overhead inside surface of a room’ began to crystallize out in the 16th century), and the material of which it was made took in wooden planks and even tapestry hangings, as well as plaster. But where
• cedilla 英文词源 cedilla (n.) c. 1600, from Spanish cedilla , zedilla , literally "little z," from a Latin-like diminutive of Greek zeta "the letter 'z'." The mark (formerly also used in Spanish) was derived from that letter and indicates a "soft" sound in letters in positions where normally they have a "hard" sound. See zed . 中文词源 cedilla ：下加变音符 来自希腊词zeta, 即字母Z。-
• cedar 英文词源 cedar (n.) Old English ceder , blended in Middle English with Old French cedre , both from Latin cedrus , from Greek kedros "cedar, juniper," origin uncertain. Cedar oil was used by the Egyptians in embalming as a preservative against decay and the word for it was used figuratively for "immortality" by the Romans. Cedar chest attested from 1722. Related: Cedrine . 中文词源 cedar ：
• cease 英文词源 cease cease: [14] Cease comes via Old French cesser from Latin cessāre ‘delay, stop’. This was derived from cessus , the past participle of cēdere ‘go away, withdraw, yield’, which was also the basis of cessation [14], from Latin cessātiō . = cessation cease (v.) c. 1300, cesen , from Old French cesser "to come to an end, stop, cease; give up, desist," from Latin cessare "
• cayman 英文词源 caiman (n.) also cayman , 1570s, from Portuguese or Spanish caiman , from Carib acayouman "crocodile," or perhaps from a Congo African word applied to the reptiles in the new world by African slaves. "The name appears to be one of those like anaconda and bom, boma, which the Portuguese or Spaniards very early caught up in one part of the world, and naturalized in another." [OED] 中文词
• cayenne 英文词源 cayenne (n.) "pungent dried pepper," 1756, from Tupi (Brazil) kyynha "capsicum," mistakenly associated with town of Cayenne in French Guyana. The town name is the French form of Guyana . 中文词源 cayenne ：红辣椒 来自南美土著语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： cayenne 词源， cayenne 含义。
• caw 英文词源 caw (v.) "make a sound like a crow, raven, etc.," 1580s, imitative. Related: Cawed ; cawing . caw (n.) 1660s, from caw (v.). 中文词源 caw ：鸦叫声 拟声词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： caw 词源， caw 含义。
• caviar 英文词源 caviar (n.) also caviare , 1550s, from French caviar (16c.), from Italian caviaro (modern caviale ) or Turkish khaviar , from Persian khaviyar , from khaya "egg" (from Middle Persian khayak "egg," from Old Iranian *qvyaka- , diminutive of *avya- , from PIE *owyo-/*oyyo- "egg" see egg (n.)) + dar "bearing." 中文词源 caviar ：鱼子酱 词源不确定。 该词的英语词源请访问