英语词源

• cereal 英文词源 cereal cereal: [19] Cereal is a comparatively modern introduction of the Latin adjective cereālis ‘of grain’, which was derived from the name of Cerēs , the Roman goddess of agriculture (identified with Greek Demeter ). It has, needless to say, no connection with serial (see SERIES). cereal (n.) 1832, "grass yielding edible grain," originally an adjective (1818) "having to do wi
• centaur 英文词源 centaur (n.) late 14c., from Latin centaurus , from Greek Kentauros , origin disputed. In early Greek literature they were a savage, horse-riding tribe from Thessaly; later they were monsters half horse, half man. The southern constellation of Centaurus is attested in English from 1550s but was known by that name to the Romans and known as a centaur to the Greeks. It has often been co
• Cassandra 英文词源 Cassandra fem. proper name, from Greek Kasandra , Kassandra , daughter of Priam of Troy, seduced by Apollo who gave her the gift of prophecy, but when she betrayed him he amended it so that, though she spoke truth, none would believe her. Used figuratively since 1660s. The name is of uncertain origin, though the second element looks like a fem. form of Greek andros "of man, male human
• complexion 英文词源 complexion (n.) mid-14c., "bodily constitution," from Old French complexion , complession "combination of humors," hence "temperament, character, make-up," from Latin complexionem (nominative complexio ) "combination" (in Late Latin, "physical constitution"), from complexus (see complex (adj.)). Meaning "appearance of the skin of the face" is first recorded mid-15c. In medieval physio
• cell 英文词源 cell cell: [12] Cell has branched out a lot over the centuries, but its original meaning seems to be ‘small secluded room’, for it comes ultimately from an Indo-European base * kel -, which is also the source of English conceal , clandestine , and occult . It came into English either via Old French celle or directly from Latin cella ‘small room, storeroom, inner room of a temple’
• contemplate 英文词源 contemplate contemplate: [16] Etymologically, to contemplate something is to observe it in a ‘temple’. The word comes from the past participle of Latin contemplārī , a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com - and templum . This word, source of course of English temple , originally signified a space marked out by augurs (priests in ancient Rome who interpreted omens)
• chaste 英文词源 chaste chaste: [13] Chaste comes via Old French from Latin castus ‘pure’. The notion of making someone pure, by correcting or reproving them, was expressed in Latin by the derived verb castīgāre , which passed into English in the 17th century as castigate . Old French, however, had already adopted it as chastier , which in the 12th century produced the now obsolete English verb
• chant 英文词源 chant chant: [14] The Latin verb for ‘sing’ was canere (possibly related to English hen ). A form derived from it to denote repeated action was cantāre ‘keep on singing’, a rich source of English words. From its French descendant chanter we have chant and the derived chantry [14]; from Italian, cantata [18], originally a past participle; and from the Latin noun cantus ‘song’
• caliph 英文词源 caliph (n.) late 14c., from Old French caliphe (12c., also algalife ), from Medieval Latin califa , from Arabic khalifa "successor," originally Abu-Bakr, who succeeded Muhammad in the role of leader of the faithful after the prophet's death. 中文词源 caliph （哈里发）：伊斯兰教中穆罕穆德继承人的称呼 英语单词caliph（哈里发）来自阿拉伯语khalifa，字
• cyprian 英文词源 Cyprian (adj.) 1620s, "of Cyprus," from Latin Cyprianus , from Cyprius , from Greek Kyprios (see Cyprus ). The island was famous in ancient times as the birthplace of Aphrodite and for erotic worship rituals offered to her there; hence Cyprian meant "licentious, lewd," the earliest attested sense in English (1590s) and was applied 18c.-19c. to prostitutes. 中文词源 cyprian （淫荡
• coconut 英文词源 coconut coconut: [17] Despite its tropical origins, the coconut has a European name. The base of the coconut’s shell, with its three small holes, apparently reminded early Spanish and Portuguese explorers of a human face, so they called it coco ; this was the Portuguese word for a grinning or grimacing face, as of a scarecrow. English adopted it in the 16th century, and it formed th
• chimerical 英文词源 chimerical (adj.) 1630s, from chimera + -ical . Related: Chimeric (1650s). 中文词源 chimerical （荒诞的）：希腊神话中的怪物奇美拉 在希腊神话中，奇美拉（Chimera） 是一只栖息在下亚细亚的利西亚（Lycia）)中的怪兽，据说是提丰的后代。它的独特之处在于它是由三种动物构成的。荷马在《伊里亚特》中首次对奇
• Callisto 英文词源 Callisto fourth moon of Jupiter; in classical mythology a nymph, mother of Arcas by Zeus, turned to a bear by Hera, from Greek kallistos , superlative of kalos "beautiful," from PIE *kal- (2) "beautiful." Feminized as proper name Callista . 中文词源 Callisto （木卫四）：被赫拉变为母熊的女神卡利斯托 卡利斯托（Callisto）是月神阿尔忒弥斯的侍女，曾
• canopy 英文词源 canopy canopy: [14] Etymologically, a canopy is a ‘mosquito net’. The word comes ultimately from Greek kōnōpeion , a derivative of kónops ‘mosquito’. This passed via Latin cōnōpūum into medieval Latin as canopeum , which meant both ‘mosquito net’ and ‘couch with such a net’. English adopted it directly from Latin as canope or canape , meaning ‘covering suspende
• candy 英文词源 candy (n.) late 13c., "crystalized sugar," from Old French çucre candi "sugar candy," ultimately from Arabic qandi , from Persian qand "cane sugar," probably from Sanskrit khanda "piece (of sugar)," perhaps from Dravidian (compare Tamil kantu "candy," kattu "to harden, condense"). candy (v.) 1530s, from candy (n.). Related: Candied ; candying . 中文词源 candy （糖果）：古印度
• cater 英文词源 cater cater: [16] Cater is related to French acheter ‘buy’, and originally meant ‘buy provisions’. It comes ultimately from Vulgar Latin * accaptāre , a compound verb formed from the Latin prefix ad - ‘to’ and the verb captāre ‘try to seize’ (source of English catch and chase ). This provided the basis for the Anglo-Norman agent noun acatour ‘buyer, purveyor’, wh
• carpet 英文词源 carpet carpet: [14] Originally, carpet was simply a sort of rough cloth, and medieval Latin carpīta , for example, was sometimes used for a garment made from it. In earliest English use it was a ‘table-cloth’ or ‘bed-spread’, and it was not until the 15th century that the specialized ‘floorcovering’ began to establish itself. The word itself entered English via either Old
• carouse 英文词源 carouse carouse: [16] Etymologically, carouse means to drink something up ‘completely’. Originally it was an adverb, used in phrases such as drink carouse (‘the tiplinge sottes at midnight which to quaffe carouse do use’, Thomas Drant, Horace’s Epigrams 1567). These were a partial translation of German trinken garaus , in which garaus is a compound adverb made up of gar ‘c
• carafe 英文词源 carafe (n.) 1786, from French carafe (17c.), from Italian caraffa (or Spanish garrafa ), probably from Arabic gharraf "drinking cup," or Persian qarabah "a large flagon." 中文词源 carafe （卡拉夫瓶）：阿拉伯人用来盛饮料的玻璃器皿 carafe（卡拉夫瓶）来自阿拉伯语或波斯语，是一种精美的玻璃器皿，用来在宴会上盛酒或其他饮料，是
• confetti 英文词源 confetti confetti: [19] The Latin compound verb conficere meant ‘put together, make, prepare’ (it was formed from the prefix com - and facere ‘do, make’, source of English fact , factory , fashion , etc and related to English do ). From its past participial stem was formed the noun confectiō , which passed into English, via Old French, as confection in the 14th century (by wh
• cloak 英文词源 cloak (n.) late 13c., "long, loose outer garment," from Old North French cloque (Old French cloche , cloke ) "travelling cloak," from Medieval Latin clocca "travelers' cape," literally "a bell," so called from the garment's bell-like shape (the word is thus a doublet of clock (n.1)). An article of everyday wear in England through 16c., somewhat revived 19c. as a fashion garment. Cloak
• Castle in Spain 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random engine engine: [13] The underlying etymological meaning of engine is ‘natural talent’. It comes ultimately from Latin ingenium (source also of English ingenious ) which was formed from the base * gen - (as in genetic ) denoting ‘reproduction’ and meant literally ‘skill or aptitude one was born with’. Abstract meaning
• custom 英文词源 custom custom: [12] Custom comes ultimately from Latin consuēscere , a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com - and suēscere ‘become accustomed’. This in turn was derived from suī , the genitive singular of the reflexive pronoun suus ‘oneself’; the notion underlying its formation was therefore ‘that which is one’s own’, a semantic element echoed in Greek e
• capital 英文词源 capital capital: [13] Etymologically, capital is something that is at the top or ‘head’; it comes from Latin caput ‘head’. The various current English uses of the word reached us, however, by differing routes. The first to come was the adjective, which originally meant simply ‘of the head’ (Milton in Paradise lost wrote of the Serpent’s ‘capital bruise’, meaning the
• chess 英文词源 chess chess: [13] The game of chess was named after its key move, in which the king is put in check. The plural of Old French eschec (from which we get check ) was esches , which in Middle English became chess . (A roughly contemporary English term for the game was chequer , but this died out in the 15th century.) Old French eschec came ultimately from Persian shāh ‘king’, reflec
• circus 英文词源 circus circus: [16] Latin circus meant literally ‘ring, circle’, but it was applied metaphorically by the Romans to the circular arena in which performances and contests were held. That was the original signification of the word in English, applied in a strictly antiquarian sense to the ancient world, and it was not until the late 18th century that it began to be used for any circ
• comedy 英文词源 comedy comedy: [14] Comedy is of Greek origin. It comes ultimately from Greek kōmos ‘revelry’. This appears to have been combined with ōidós ‘singer, poet’ (a derivative of aeídein ‘sing’, source of English ode and odeon ) to produce kōmōidós , literally ‘singer in the revels’, hence ‘actor in a light amusing play’. From this was derived kōmōidíā , which
• cancel 英文词源 cancel cancel: see chancellor cancel (v.) late 14c., "cross out with lines," from Anglo-French canceler , from Latin cancellare "to make resemble a lattice," which in Late Latin took on a sense "cross out something written" by marking it with crossed lines, from cancelli , plural of cancellus "lattice, grating," diminutive of cancer "crossed bars, lattice," a variant of carcer "prison
• condone 英文词源 condone condone: see date condone (v.) 1857, from Latin condonare "to give up, remit, permit," from com- , intensive prefix (see com- ), + donare "to give" (see donation ). Originally a legal term in the Matrimonial Causes Act, which made divorce a civil matter in Britain. Related: Condoned ; condoning . 中文词源 condone （宽恕）：对通奸行为的有条件宽恕 在西方历史
• cabinet 英文词源 cabinet (n.) 1540s, "secret storehouse, treasure chamber," from Middle French cabinet "small room" (16c.), diminutive of Old French cabane "cabin" (see cabin ); perhaps influenced by (or rather, from) Italian gabbinetto , diminutive of gabbia , from Latin cavea "stall, stoop, cage, den for animals" (see cave (n.)). Meaning "case for safe-keeping" (of papers, liquor, etc.) is from 1540
• candidate 英文词源 candidate (n.) c. 1600s, from Latin candidatus "one aspiring to office," originally "white-robed," past participle of candidare "to make white or bright," from candidus (see candid ). Office-seekers in ancient Rome wore white togas. 中文词源 candidate （候选人）：古代候选人身着白色长袍的习俗 在古罗马时代，那些谋求公职的竞选人在竞选场合中，
• chairman 英文词源 chairman (n.) 1650s, "occupier of a chair of authority," from chair (n.) + man (n.). Meaning "member of a corporate body chosen to preside at meetings" is from c. 1730. Chairwoman in this sense first attested 1752; chairperson 1971. 中文词源 chairman （主席）：坐在椅子上的人 中国古代没有座椅，人们都坐在席子上。辈分或地位最高的人坐的席子叫“
• constable 英文词源 constable constable: [13] The late Latin comes stabulī was an officer in charge of the stables ( comes is the source of the English title count , and stabulum is the ancestor of English stable ). From the comparatively lowly status of head groom, the job gradually grew in importance until Old French conestable was used for the principal officer of the household of the early French ki
• common 英文词源 common common: [13] Common comes ultimately from an Indo-European base * moi -, * mei -, signifying ‘change, exchange’, which also produced English immune , mutate , mutual , and remunerate . A derivative of this base, * moin -, * mein - seems to have joined up with the Indo- European collective * kom - to produce * komoin -, * komein - ‘shared by all’. In Germanic this became
• citizen 英文词源 citizen citizen: [14] The Latin word for ‘citizen’ was cīvis . From it was formed the derivative cīvitās ‘citizenship, city state’, from which English gets city . From this in turn a new derivative was formed in Vulgar Latin, * cīvitātānus ‘citizen’, replacing the original cīvis . This found its way, much changed, into Old French as citeain (whence modern French cit
• calibre 英文词源 calibre calibre: [16] Calibre , and the related calliper , are of Arabic origin. They come ultimately from Arabic qālib ‘shoemaker’s last, mould’ (there is some dispute over the source of this: some etymologists simply derive it from the Arabic verb qalaba ‘turn, convert’, while others trace it back to Greek kalapoús , literally ‘wooden foot’, a compound formed from ka
• cliche 英文词源 cliché cliché: [19] Originally, French clicher meant literally ‘stereotype’ – that is, ‘print from a plate made by making a type-metal cast from a mould of a printing surface’. The word was supposedly imitative of the sound made when the mould was dropped into the molten type metal. Hence a word or phrase that was cliché – had literally been repeated time and time again
• codex 英文词源 codex (n.) "manuscript volume (especially an ancient one)," 1845, from Latin codex (see code (n.)). 中文词源 codex （古抄本）：古罗马人用多块蜡板装订而成的书 古代罗马人还发明了用于写字的蜡板。蜡板通常用木板做成，上面涂有一层蜡，用铁笔或其他尖笔在上面刻划，蜡层可以方便地刮擦笔误和反复刻划。每块蜡
• chemistry 英文词源 chemistry (n.) c. 1600, "alchemy," from chemist + -ry ; also see chemical (adj.). The meaning "natural physical process" is 1640s, and the scientific study not so called until 1788. The figurative sense of "instinctual attraction or affinity" is attested slightly earlier, from the alchemical sense. 中文词源 chemistry （化学）：古代的炼金术 在古代，有很多人希望能
• cancer 英文词源 cancer cancer: [14] Cancer comes from Latin cancer , which meant literally ‘crab’. It was a translation of Greek karkínos ‘crab’, which, together with its derivative karkínōma (source of English carcinoma [18]) was, according to the ancient Greek physician Galen, applied to tumours on account of the crablike pattern formed by the distended blood vessels around the affected
• crisis 英文词源 crisis (n.) early 15c., from Latinized form of Greek krisis "turning point in a disease" (used as such by Hippocrates and Galen), literally "judgment, result of a trial, selection," from krinein "to separate, decide, judge," from PIE root *krei- "to sieve, discriminate, distinguish" (cognates: Greek krinesthai "to explain;" Old English hriddel "sieve;" Latin cribrum "sieve," crimen "j
• climate 英文词源 climate climate: [14] The notion underlying climate is of ‘sloping’ or ‘leaning’. It comes, via Old French climat or late Latin clīma (whence English clime [16]), from Greek klīma ‘sloping surface of the earth’, which came ultimately from the same source (the Indo-European base * kli -) as produced English lean . Greek geographers assigned the earth’s surface to variou
• cordial 英文词源 cordial (adj.) late 14c., "of the heart," from Middle French cordial , from Medieval Latin cordialis "of or for the heart," from Latin cor (genitive cordis ) "heart," from PIE root *kerd- (1) "heart" (see heart (n.)). Meaning "heartfelt, from the heart" is mid-15c. The noun is late 14c., originally "medicine, food, or drink that stimulates the heart." Related: Cordiality . 中文词源
• carnival 英文词源 carnival carnival: [16] Etymologically, carnival means ‘raising flesh’ – that is, the ‘removal of meat’ from the diet during Lent ( carnival was originally a period of merrymaking preceding Lent). It comes from medieval Latin carnelevāmen , a compound noun made up of carō ‘flesh’ (source of English carnal ) and levāmen , a derivative of the verb levāre ‘lighten, ra
• Catholic 英文词源 catholic catholic: [14] Etymologically, the Catholic Church is the universal church, comprising all Christians. For catholic comes ultimately from a Greek word, katholikós , meaning ‘relating to all, general’. It was a derivative of kathólou , a compound formed from katá ‘relating to’ and hólos ‘whole’ (source of English holism and holistic ). It passed into English vi
• consider 英文词源 consider consider: [14] Etymologically, consider means ‘observe the stars’. Amongst the most popular of ancient Roman methods of divination was astrology, and so the Latin verb consīderāre was coined (from the intensive prefix com - and sīdus ‘star’, source of English sidereal ) to describe the activity of carefully noting the stars’ courses for the purpose of drawing aug
• cupidity 英文词源 cupidity cupidity: [15] The Latin verb cupere meant ‘desire’ (related forms such as Sanskrit kup - ‘become agitated’, Church Slavonic kypeti ‘boil’, and Latvian kūpēt ‘boil, steam’ suggest that its underlying notion is ‘agitation’). One of its derivatives was the noun cupīdō ‘desire’, which was used as the name of the Roman god of love – hence English cup
• cornucopian 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random symbol symbol: [15] Etymologically, a symbol is something ‘thrown together’. The word’s ultimate source is Greek sumbállein , a compound verb formed from the prefix sun - ‘together’ and bállein ‘throw’ (source of English ballistic , problem , etc). The notion of ‘throwing or putting things together’ led on to
• chronic 英文词源 chronic (adj.) early 15c., of diseases, "lasting a long time," from Middle French chronique , from Latin chronicus , from Greek khronikos "of time, concerning time," from khronos "time" (see chrono- ). Vague disapproving sense (from 17c.) is from association with diseases and later addictions. 中文词源 chronic （慢性的）：希腊神话中的第二代神王克洛诺斯 乌拉诺
• chaos 英文词源 chaos chaos: see gas chaos (n.) late 14c., "gaping void," from Old French chaos (14c.) or directly from Latin chaos , from Greek khaos "abyss, that which gapes wide open, is vast and empty," from *khnwos , from PIE root *gheu- "to gape, yawn" (cognates: Greek khaino "I yawn," Old English ginian , Old Norse ginnunga-gap ; see yawn (v.)). Meaning "utter confusion" (c. 1600) is extended
• Bali 英文词源 abalienate (v.) 1550s, from Latin abalienatus , past participle of abalienare "to remove, literally "to make alien," from ab- (see ab- ) + alienare (see alienate ). Related: Abalienated ; abalienating . abalienation (n.) 1650s, from Latin abalienationem (nominative abalienatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of abalienare (see abalienate ). cabalistic (adj.) 1670s; see cab
• Bulgaria 英文词源 Bulgaria (n.) Medieval Latin, from Bulgari "Bulgarians," perhaps literally "the men from the Bolg ," the River Volga , upon whose banks they lived until 6c. But the people's name for themselves in Old Bulgarian was Blugarinu , according to OED, which suggests a different origin. In other sources [such as Room], the name is said to be ultimately from Turkic bulga "mixed," in reference
• Bolivia 英文词源 Bolivia South American republic, founded 1825, named for Simon Bolivar (1783-1830), statesman and soldier. 中文词源 Bolivia （玻利维亚)：玻利瓦尔所解放的国家 拉丁美洲国家Bolma (玻利维亚）本来是西班牙的殖民地。拉美民族独立领袖玻利瓦 尔（Bolivar )解放了这里。为了纪念他，人们就用他的名字来命名这个国家，称为
• Bengal 英文词源 Bengal region in South Asia, named for its people, said to be from Banga , name of a founding chief. It is attested in Europe as far back as Marco Polo (1298), who wrote of Bangala . 中文词源 Bengal （孟加拉）：孟加拉人的国家 南亚国家孟加拉（Bengal)之名源于其主体民族孟加拉人（Bengal)。孟加拉人是南亚 次大陆古老民族之一，居住在恒
• Belgium 英文词源 Belgium c. 1600, "Low Germany and the Netherlands," from the Latin name of the territory near here occupied by the Belgæ , a Celtic tribe. Adopted 1830 as the name of a new nation formed from the southern part of the former United Kingdom of the Netherlands. 中文词源 Belgium （比利时）：比利其人的国家 比利时是个历史悠久的国家，早在青铜器时代，就有
• Bismarck 英文词源 Bismarck "drink of champagne and stout" (also called a black velvet ), 1910, named for the German chancellor (1815-1898), who was said to have been fond of it. The surname is said to be short for Biscofsmark "bishop's boundary." 中文词源 Bismarck ：俾斯麦 北达科他州的中心城市，以德国历史上的著名铁血宰相命名，目的是吸引更多的德国投资者。
• Baton Rouge 英文词源 Baton Rouge city in Louisiana, U.S., a French translation of Choctaw itti homma "red pole," perhaps in reference to a painted boundary marker. 中文词源 Baton Rouge ：巴吞鲁日 路易斯安那州的首府，位于密西西比河的河口附近。它的名字来源于法语的le baton rouge，意思为“红标签”。1699年法国的一位探险家来到密西西比河的三角洲
• Boise 英文词源 Boise city in Idaho, U.S., from French-Canadian boisé , literally "wooded," from French bois "wood," which (with Italian bosco , Spanish bosque , Medieval Latin boscus ) apparently is borrowed from the Germanic root of bush (n.). Medieval Latin boscus was used especially of "woodland pasture." 中文词源 Boise ：博伊西 美国西部爱达荷州的一个城市，有个Boise State大
• Bethlehem 英文词源 Bethlehem the name probably means "House of Lahmu and Lahamu ," a pair of Mesopotamian agricultural deities. 中文词源 Bethlehem ：伯利恒 Bethlehem，又译白冷。宾夕法尼亚东部利哈伊河谷的城镇，在阿伦敦附近，曾经以煤铁产业而著名。而伯利恒这个名字则来自以色列/巴勒斯坦地区的一座城市，犹太国大卫王的出生地，也
• Boston 英文词源 Boston U.S. city, 1630, named for town in Lincolnshire, a region from which many settlers came to New England. The name is said to be literally "Botolph's Stone," probably from the name of some Anglo-Saxon landowner (Old English Botwulf ). Boston Massacre was March 5, 1770; three civilians killed, two mortally wounded. Card game Boston (1800) is based on the siege of Boston during the
• bionomy 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random blunder blunder: [14] When blunder first entered the language, it meant ‘stumble around blindly, bumping into things’, which gives a clue to its possible ultimate connection with blind . Its probable source was Old Norse blundra ‘shut one’s eyes’, forerunner of Swedish blunda and Norwegian blunda ( Jon Blund is the Swe
• bionomics 英文词源 bionomics (n.) "science of organic evolution; ecology," 1888, coined by Scottish biologist Patrick Geddes (1854-1932) from Greek bio- (see bio- ) + nomos "managing," from nemein "manage" (see numismatic ). 中文词源 bionomics ：生态学 词根词缀： -bio-生命,生物 + -nom-学科 + -ics名词词尾,…学 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bionomics 词源，
• bypass 英文词源 bypass (n.) also by-pass , 1848, of certain pipes in a gasworks, from by + pass (n.). First used 1922 for "road for the relief of congestion;" figurative sense is from 1928. The heart operation was first so called 1957. bypass (v.) 1823, "to pass by" (implied in bypassed ), from bypass (n.). From 1928 as "to go around, avoid;" figurative use from 1941. Related: Bypassed ; bypassing . 中
• burial 英文词源 burial (n.) "act of burying," late 13c.; earlier "tomb" (c. 1200), false singular from Old English byrgels "tomb," from byrgan "to bury" + suffix -els ; a compound also found in Old Saxon burgisli , suggesting a Proto-Germanic *burgisli- , from PIE root *bhergh- (1) "to hide, protect" (see bury ). The Germanic suffix *-isli- (also in Old English hydels "hiding place," fætels "bag") b
• bulky 英文词源 bulky (adj.) mid-15c., "plump, stout," from bulk (n.) + -y (2). Related: Bulkiness . 中文词源 bulky ：巨大的，庞大的 词根词缀： bulk主体,大批 + -y形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bulky 词源， bulky 含义。
• browser 英文词源 browser (n.) 1845, "animal which browses," agent noun from browse (v.). In the computer sense by 1982. The first browser was invented at PARC by Larry Tesler, now a designer at Apple Computer. Tesler's first Smalltalk browser was a tree-structured device. It enabled programmers to hunt quickly for items in a Smalltalk dictionary. ["InfoWorld" magazine, vol. v., no. 4, Jan. 24, 1983] 中
• brighten 英文词源 brighten (v.) Old English *beorhtnian "to make bright" (see bright (adj.) + -en (1)). Intransitive sense, "to become brighter," attested from c. 1300. Figurative use from 1590s. Related: Brightened ; brightening . 中文词源 brighten ：(使)发光，(使)发亮；(使)快活，(使)活跃 词根词缀： bright发光的 + -en动词词尾,使变成… 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• bribery 英文词源 bribery (n.) late 14c., "theft, robbery, swindling, pilfering;" see bribe (n.) + -ery . Specifically of magistrates taking money for corrupted services from mid-16c.; sense of "offering of a bribe" is from 1560s. 中文词源 bribery ：行贿，行贿的财物 词根词缀： bribe贿赂 + -ry名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bribery 词源， briber
• boyhood 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random bereave bereave: see rob 中文词源 boyhood ：少年(时代) 词根词缀： boy少年 + -hood名词词尾,身份,状况,性质 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： boyhood 词源， boyhood 含义。
• brewery 英文词源 brewery (n.) 1650s (but perhaps from c. 1200 as a surname element), from brew (v.) + -ery . Old English had breawern in this sense (from aern "house;" see barn ), and brewhouse was the more common word through 18c. 中文词源 brewery ：啤酒厂，酿造厂 词根词缀： brew酿造 + -ery名词词尾,地点 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： brewery 词源，
• bottomless 英文词源 bottomless (adj.) early 14c., from bottom + -less . 中文词源 bottomless ：无底的，深不可测的 词根词缀： bottom底 + -less形容词词尾,否定 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bottomless 词源， bottomless 含义。
• bomber 英文词源 bomber (n.) "one who throws bombs," 1915, agent noun from bomb (v.). As a type of military aircraft, from 1917. 中文词源 bomber ：轰炸机，投弹手 词根词缀： bomb轰炸,投弹 + -er名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bomber 词源， bomber 含义。
• biographic 英文词源 biographical (adj.) 1738; see biography + -ical . Related: Biographically . 中文词源 biographic ：传记的，传记体的   词根词缀： -bio-生命 + -graph-写 + -ic形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： biographic 词源， biographic 含义。
• bimana 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random lens lens: [17] The Latin word for a ‘lentil’ was lēns ; and when 17th-century scientists wanted a term for a round biconvex (lentil-shaped) piece of glass, they needed to look no further than lens . English lentil [13] itself comes via Old French from Latin lenticula , a diminutive form of lēns . = lentil 中文词源 bim
• biliteral 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random conflict conflict: see profligate 中文词源 biliteral ：由两个字母组成的 词根词缀： bi-两,二 + -liter-文字,字母 + -al形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： biliteral 词源， biliteral 含义。
• bilingualism 英文词源 bilingualism (n.) 1873, from bilingual + -ism . 中文词源 bilingualism ：双语  词根词缀： bi-两,二 + -lingu-语言 + -al形容词词尾 + -ism名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bilingualism 词源， bilingualism 含义。
• bifid 英文词源 bifid (adj.) "split in two equal parts," 1660s, from Latin bifidus "split into two parts," from bi- (see bi- ) + stem of findere "to split" (see fissure ). 中文词源 bifid ：两半的，两裂的  词根词缀： bi-两,二 + fid(-fiss-)裂 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bifid 词源， bifid 含义。
• beneficiary 英文词源 beneficiary 1610s (n.), 1620s (adj.), probably via French bénéficiaire , from Latin beneficiarius "enjoying a favor, privileged," from beneficium (see benefice ). 中文词源 beneficiary ：受惠者，受益人   词根词缀： bene-好 + -fic-做,作 + -i- + -ary名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： beneficiary 词源， beneficiary 含义。
• belongings 英文词源 belongings (n.) "goods, effects, possessions," 1817, from plural of verbal noun from belong . 中文词源 belongings ：财产，所有物   词根词缀： be-加强意义 + long附属,属性 + -ing + -s 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： belongings 词源， belongings 含义。
• bridewell 英文词源 bridewell (n.) "prison," 1550s, from Bridewell , house of correction in London, originally a royal lodging (given by Edward VI for a hospital, later converted to a prison) near Bride's Well , short for St. Bridget's Well . 中文词源 bridewell （感化院、拘留所）：亨利八世在伦敦的一座宫殿 在英国伦敦有座纪念圣徒St. Bride的教堂，教堂附近有一口井
• by hook or by crook 英文词源 hook (n.) Old English hoc "hook, angle," perhaps related to Old English haca "bolt," from Proto-Germanic *hokaz/*hakan (cognates: Old Frisian hok , Middle Dutch hoek , Dutch haak , German Haken "hook"), from PIE *keg- "hook, tooth" (cognates: Russian kogot "claw"). For spelling, see hood (n.1). Boxing sense of "short, swinging blow with the elbow bent" is from 1898. Figurative sense w
• banana shrub 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random abdicate abdicate: see indicate 中文词源 banana shrub ：含笑，含笑花 别称“香蕉花”，“含笑”是我们中国人根据该花花冠下垂的姿态犹如“少女垂首，含笑不语”而命名，英语则是根据该花开花时能够释放出香蕉般芬芳的味道以及其为灌木的特点命名为“能
• berserker 英文词源 berserker (n.) alternative form of berserk (q.v.), from Old Norse berserkr , accusative of berserk . This is the oldest form of the word in its revival in Modern English (1822), and perhaps Scott, who introduced it, mistook the -r for an agent-noun suffix. Further compicated because it has the form of the Old Norse plural, and English berserker sometimes is plural. 中文词源 berser
• byte 英文词源 byte (n.) 1956, American English; see bit (n.2). Reputedly coined by Dr. Werner Buchholz at IBM. 中文词源 byte ：字节；8位元组 计算机术语中，一个字节是8个bit比特（二进位制信息单位）。但是为了与单词bite [baɪt] n.&v.咬；刺痛相区别（注意bite和byte读音也不一样哦），拼写用半元音/y/来代表/i/。可以比较下单词tir
• Bellona 英文词源 Bellona Roman goddess of war, from Latin bellum "war," Old Latin duellum , dvellum , which is of uncertain origin. 中文词源 Bellona ：罗马神话中的女战神贝罗纳 贝罗纳（Bellona, 又译为柏洛娜或贝娄娜）是罗马神话中的女战神，是战神马尔斯（Mars）的妻子，和战神一样代表了战争的残忍和血腥，相当于希腊神话中的厄倪俄
• blue blood 英文词源 blue blood (adj.) 1809 in reference to the blood that flows in the veins of the old and aristocratic families of Spain, translating Spanish sangre azul , claimed by certain families of Castile as uncontaminated by Moorish or Jewish admixture; the term is probably from the notion of the visible veins of people of fair complexion. In reference to English families by 1827. As a noun, "me
• baker's dozen 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random coccyx coccyx: [17] The Greek physician Galen considered that the small tapering bone at the base of the human spine resembled a cuckoo’s beak. He therefore named it kókkux , which was Greek for ‘cuckoo’. It reached English via the Latin form coccyx . 中文词源 bakers dozen ：十三，一打加一 “十三”的委婉说
• blindman's buff 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random 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 t
• Beat Generation 英文词源 beat (v.) Old English beatan "inflict blows on, thrash" (class VII strong verb; past tense beot , past participle beaten ), from Proto-Germanic *bautan (cognates: Old Norse bauta , Old High German bozan "to beat"), from PIE root *bhau- "to strike" (see batter (v.)). Of the heart, c. 1200, from notion of it striking against the breast. Meaning "to overcome in a contest" is from 1610s (
• Buridan's ass 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random walk walk: [OE] Walk originally meant ‘roll about, toss’ (an 11th-century Anglo-Saxon glossary translated Latin ferventis oceani as ‘walking sea’). This gradually broadened out via ‘move about’ to ‘go on a journey’, but the specific application to ‘travelling on foot’ did not emerge until the 13th century. Th