英语词源

• Buddhism 英文词源 Buddhism (n.) 1801, from Buddha + -ism . 中文词源 Buddhism ：佛教 Buddha,佛祖，-ism,主义，思想，宗教。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Buddhism 词源， Buddhism 含义。
• bathe 英文词源 bathe (v.) Old English baþian "to wash, lave, bathe" (transitive and intransitive), from root of bath (q.v.), with different vowel sound due to i-mutation . Related: Bathed ; bathing . 中文词源 bathe ：洗浴 来自古英语bathian,洗浴，来自bath,洗浴，-ian,古英语动词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bathe 词源， bathe 含义。
• briefness 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random fine fine: [12] Both the adjective and the noun fine have come a very long way since their beginnings in Latin finis ‘end’. The etymological sense of the adjective is ‘finished’ – hence, ‘of high quality’. It comes via Old French fin from Vulgar Latin * fīnus , an adjective formed from the Latin verb fīnīre ‘l
• breviary 英文词源 breviary breviary: see brief breviary (n.) 1540s, "brief statement;" sense of "short prayer book used by Catholic priests" is from 1610s, from Latin breviarium "summary," noun use of neuter of adjective breviarius "abridged," from breviare "to shorten, abbreviate," from brevis "short" (see brief (adj.)). 中文词源 breviary ：摘要，缩略；每日祈祷书 词根词缀：brev-短
• bygone 英文词源 bygone (adj.) early 15c., from by (adv.) + gone . Compare similar construction of aforesaid . As a noun from 1560s (see bygones ). 中文词源 bygone ：过去的，以往的 词根词缀： by-在旁,次要的,附带的 + gone 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bygone 词源， bygone 含义。
• briefing 英文词源 briefing (n.) "fact or situation of giving preliminary instructions," 1910 (but popularized by World War II pre-flight conferences), verbal noun from brief (v.). 中文词源 briefing ：情况的简要介绍，简报 词根词缀：brev-短, v←→ f, brief + -ing 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： briefing 词源， briefing 含义。
• by-product 英文词源 by-product (n.) also byproduct ; 1857, from by + product . 中文词源 by-product ：副产品，副作用    词根词缀： by-次要的 + pro-前 + -duct-引导 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： by-product 词源， by-product 含义。
• burner 英文词源 burner (n.) late 13c., also as a surname, Brenner , "person who makes bricks," agent noun from burn (v.)). As a name for a part of a lamp where the flame is applied, from 1790. Of gas-cooking stoves, by 1885. 中文词源 burner ：烧…的人；燃烧器，炉子 词根词缀： burn烧 + -er…人 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： burner 词源， burner 含义。
• bureaucratic 英文词源 bureaucratic (adj.) 1836, from French bureaucratique (19c.); see bureaucracy . Related: Bureaucratically . Bureaucratization is from 1916. 中文词源 bureaucratic ：官僚(主义)的，官僚政治的 词根词缀： bureau办公室 + -crat-统治 + -ic形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bureaucratic 词源， bureaucratic 含义。
• bureaucrat 英文词源 bureaucrat (n.) 1839, from French bureaucrate (19c.); see bureaucracy . 中文词源 bureaucrat ：官僚，官僚主义者 词根词缀： bureau办公室 + -crat-统治 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bureaucrat 词源， bureaucrat 含义。
• brutality 英文词源 brutality (n.) 1630s, "savage cruelty, inhuman behavior," from brutal + -ity . Literal sense "condition or state of a brute" is from 1711. 中文词源 brutality ：兽性，残暴 词根词缀： brut(拉丁语)蠢 + -ality名词词尾 同源词：brutal, brute 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： brutality 词源， brutality 含义。
• bulletproof 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random none none: [OE] Etymologically, none is simply ‘not one’. It was formed in the Old English period from the negative particle ne and ān , ancestor of modern English one . It was originally both a pronoun and an adjective, but in the latter role it has been replaced by its reduced form no . = one 中文词源 bulletproof ：防
• brutal 英文词源 brutal (adj.) mid-15c., in reference to the nature of animals, from Latin brutus (see brute (adj.)) + -al (1). Of persons, "fierce," 1640s. Related: Brutally . 中文词源 brutal ：残忍的；严峻的；冷酷的 词根词缀： brut(拉丁语)蠢 + -al形容词词尾 同源词：brutality, brute 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： brutal 词源， brutal 含义。
• broaden 英文词源 broaden (v.) 1727, from broad (adj.) + -en (1). The word seems no older than this date (discovered by Johnson in one of James Thomson's "Seasons" poems); broadened also is first found in the same poet, and past participle adjective broadening is recorded from 1850. 中文词源 broaden ：放宽，加宽 词根词缀： broad广 + -en动词词尾,使… 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• broadband 英文词源 broadband (n.) type of high-speed Internet access widely available from 2006, from broad (adj.) + band (n.1). 中文词源 broadband ：宽带 词根词缀： broad宽的 + band波段 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： broadband 词源， broadband 含义。
• Briton 英文词源 Briton (n.) Anglo-French Bretun , from Latin Brittonem (nominative Britto , misspelled Brito in MSS) "a member of the tribe of the Britons," from *Britt-os , the Celtic name of the Celtic inhabitants of Britain and southern Scotland before the 5c. Anglo-Saxon invasion drove them into Wales, Cornwall, and a few other corners. In 4c. B.C.E. Greek they are recorded as Prittanoi , which i
• British 英文词源 British (adj.) Old English Bryttisc "of or relating to (ancient) Britons," from Bryttas "natives of ancient Britain" (see Briton ). First modern record of British Isles is from 1620s. 中文词源 British ：大不列颠的，英国的，英国人的 来源于古英语Bryttisc (relating to the ancient Britons 与布立吞人有关的) 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• briefly 英文词源 briefly (adv.) c. 1300, from brief (adj.) + -ly (2). As an introduction to a statement, "in short," recorded from 1510s. 中文词源 briefly ：简要地 词根词缀： -brev-短, v←→ f, brief + -ly 副词词尾,表方式,程度 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： briefly 词源， briefly 含义。
• breathe 英文词源 breathe (v.) c. 1300, not in Old English, but it retains the original Old English vowel of its source word, breath . Related: Breathed ; breathing . 中文词源 breathe ：呼吸；低声说 词根词缀： breath呼吸 + -e动词词尾 同源词：braise, breed, brood, breathe同类词：名清动浊bath (n.)洗澡 bathe (v.)洗澡cloth (n.)布 clothe (v.)给…穿衣wreath (n.)花环
• breakthrough 英文词源 breakthrough (n.) 1918, in a military sense, from break (v.) + through (adv.). The verbal phrase is attested from c. 1400. Meaning "abrupt solution or progress" is from 1930s, on the notion of a successful attack. 中文词源 breakthrough ：突破，突破性进展，重要的新发现 词根词缀： break破 + through通过 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： br
• breakdown 英文词源 breakdown (n.) "a collapse," 1832, from break (v.) + down (adv.). The verbal phrase is attested from late 14c. The noun, specifically of machinery, is from 1838; meaning "an analysis in detail" is from 1936. Nervous breakdown is from 1905. 中文词源 breakdown ：破裂；分类；(健康，精神等)衰竭，衰弱 词根词缀： break破 + down向下 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• braze 英文词源 braze (v.1) "to expose to the action of fire," 1580s, perhaps from French braser "to solder," in Old French, "to burn," related to brese "embers" (see braise ). Related: Brazed ; brazing . braze (v.2) "to make of or cover in brass," Old English brasian "to do work in brass, make of brass," from bræs (see brass ). Compare glaze from glass . 中文词源 braze ：用黄铜制造，用黄
• boundary 英文词源 boundary (n.) 1620s, from bound (n.) + -ary . 中文词源 boundary ：界线，边界 词根词缀： bound束缚 + -ary地点 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： boundary 词源， boundary 含义。
• born 英文词源 born born: [OE] The Old English past participle of the verb meaning ‘bear’ was boren . By Middle English times this had become contracted to born(e) , but no distinction in meaning was made on the basis of spelling. This did not come about until around 1600, since when born has become established as the obstetric orthography, while borne remains the straightforward past participle
• bookmark 英文词源 bookmark (n.) also book-mark , 1840, from book (n.) + mark (n.1). Bookmarker is older (1838). As a verb, by 1900. Related: Bookmarked ; bookmarking . 中文词源 bookmark ：书签 词根词缀： book书 + mark标记 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bookmark 词源， bookmark 含义。
• booklet 英文词源 booklet (n.) 1859, from book (n.) + diminutive ending -let . 中文词源 booklet ：小册子 词根词缀： book书 + -let名词词尾,小 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： booklet 词源， booklet 含义。
• bony 英文词源 bony (adj.) late 14c., from bone (n.) + -y (2). 中文词源 bony ：多骨的，瘦的( 词根词缀： bone骨 + -y 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bony 词源， bony 含义。
• bodyguard 英文词源 bodyguard (n.) 1735, "retinue, escort," collective singular, from body + guard (n.). Attested 1861 as "a soldier of the bodyguard." 中文词源 bodyguard ：保镖，警卫人员 词根词缀： body身体 + guard警卫 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bodyguard 词源， bodyguard 含义。
• blessing 英文词源 blessing (n.) Old English bletsunga , bledsunge ; see bless . Meaning "gift from God" is from mid-14c. In sense of "religious invocation before a meal" it is recorded from 1738. Phrase blessing in disguise is recorded from 1746. 中文词源 blessing ：祈福，祝福；批准，鼓励 词根词缀： bless祝福 + -ing 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： blessing 词
• blackboard 英文词源 blackboard (n.) 1823, from black + board (n.1). Blackboard jungle "inner-city school rife with juvenile delinquency" is from Evan Hunter's novel title (1954). 中文词源 blackboard ：黑板 词根词缀： black黑 + board板 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： blackboard 词源， blackboard 含义。
• birthright 英文词源 birthright (n.) also birth-right , 1530s, from birth (n.) + right (n.). Used as an adjective from 1650s, especially by Quakers. 中文词源 birthright ：与生俱来的权利 词根词缀： birth出生 + right权利 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： birthright 词源， birthright 含义。
• biparous 英文词源 biparous (adj.) "bringing forth two at birth," 1731, from bi- + Latin -parus , from parere "bring forth, bear" (see pare ). 中文词源 biparous ：产双胎的，第二次产的；有二枝的，成双的 词根词缀： bi-两,二 + -par-生育 + -ous形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： biparous 词源， biparous 含义。
• biographer 英文词源 biographer (n.) 1715; see biography + -er (1). Earlier was biographist (1660s). Of every great and eminent character, part breaks forth into public view, and part lies hid in domestic privacy. Those qualities which have been exerted in any known and lasting performances may, at any distance of time, be traced and estimated; but silent excellencies are soon forgotten; and those minute
• biocide 英文词源 biocide (n.) "destruction of living tissue or living species," 1947, from bio- + -cide . 中文词源 biocide ：杀虫剂 词根词缀： -bio-生命 + -cid-切 + -e 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： biocide 词源， biocide 含义。
• biochemistry 英文词源 biochemistry (n.) also bio-chemistry , 1857, from bio- + chemistry . 中文词源 biochemistry ：生物化学 词根词缀： -bio-生物 + -chem-化学 + -ist名词词尾 + -ry名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： biochemistry 词源， biochemistry 含义。
• biochemical 英文词源 biochemical (adj.) also bio-chemical , 1851, after German biochemisch , from bio- + chemical . Related: Biochemically . 中文词源 biochemical ：生物化学的 词根词缀： -bio-生物 + -chem-化学 + -ical形容词后缀 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： biochemical 词源， biochemical 含义。
• binder 英文词源 binder (n.) Old English bindere "one who binds" (see bind (v.)). Of various objects or products that bind, from early 16c. 中文词源 binder ：装订者，装订机；活页封面 词根词缀： bind捆,绑 + -er 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： binder 词源， binder 含义。
• biflorate 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random apron apron: [14] As in the case of adder , umpire , and many others, apron arose from a mistaken analysis of the combination ‘indefinite article + noun’. The original Middle English word was napron , but as early as the 15th century a napron had turned into an apron . Napron itself had been borrowed from Old French naperon
• bicorn 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random banyan banyan: [17] Banyan originally meant ‘Hindu trader’. It is an arabization of Gujarati vāniyān ‘traders’, which comes ultimately from Sanskrit vanija ‘merchant’ (the Portuguese version, banian , produced an alternative English spelling). When European travellers first visited Bandar Abbas, a port on the Persi
• bicentennial 英文词源 bicentennial also bi-centennial , 1843 (adj.), 1871 (noun), American English, from bi- + centennial (q.v.). In rivalry with bicentenary (1831) which seems to have been the more common word in Britain. 中文词源 bicentennial ：每二百年发生一次的 词根词缀： bi-两,二 + -cent-百 + enn(-ann-)年 + -ial形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• besides 英文词源 besides (prep.) attested from c. 1200 (common after c. 1400), from beside + adverbial genitive -s . Once sharing all the senses of beside , now properly limited to "in addition to, otherwise." 中文词源 besides ：除 来源于古英语be sidan的属格形式(-s是古英语时期的属格词尾)。 同源词：beside, side 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： besi
• beside 英文词源 beside beside: [13] Beside was a Middle English lexicalization of the Old English phrase be sīdan , literally ‘by the side of’. The - s of besides is a survival of the genitive ending added to certain adverbs in the Old English and early Middle English period (such as always ). The metaphorical beside oneself originated in the 15th century. = side beside (prep.) Old English be si
• benevolence 英文词源 benevolence (n.) c. 1400, "disposition to do good," from Old French benivolence and directly from Latin benevolentia "good feeling, good will, kindness," from bene "well" (see bene- ) + volantem (nominative volens ) present participle of velle "to wish" (see will (v.)). In English history, this was the name given to forced extra-legal loans or contributions to the crown, first so call
• below 英文词源 below below: [14] Below is a lexicalization of the phrase by low , replacing an earlier on low , the opposite of on high . It was perhaps modelled on beneath . = low below (adv.) early 14c., biloogh , from be- "by, about" + logh , lou , lowe "low" (see low (adj.)). Apparently a variant of earlier a-lowe (influenced by other adverbs in be- ; see before ), the parallel form to an-high (
• beloved 英文词源 beloved (adj.) late 14c., from past participle of verb belove (c. 1200), from be- + loven "to love" (see love (v.)). Noun meaning "one who is beloved" is from 1520s. 中文词源 beloved ：受爱戴的，敬爱的 词根词缀： be- + love + -ed 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： beloved 词源， beloved 含义。
• belief 英文词源 belief (n.) late 12c., bileave , replacing Old English geleafa "belief, faith," from West Germanic *ga-laubon "to hold dear, esteem, trust" (cognates: Old Saxon gilobo , Middle Dutch gelove , Old High German giloubo , German Glaube ), from *galaub- "dear, esteemed," from intensive prefix *ga- + *leubh- "to care, desire, like, love" (see love (v.)). The prefix was altered on analogy of
• behavioural 英文词源 behavioural (adj.) chiefly British English spelling of behavioral (q.v.); for spelling, see -or . 中文词源 behavioural ：行为的 词根词缀： be-完全 + haviour占有 + -al形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： behavioural 词源， behavioural 含义。
• behaviour 英文词源 behaviour (n.) chiefly British English spelling of behavior ; for suffix, see -or . 中文词源 behaviour ：行为，举止；(机器等)运转情况 可词根词缀为be-和haviour,而haviour来自古法语aveir(占有)派生的aver(占有)的变体。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： behaviour 词源， behaviour 含义。
• beforehand 英文词源 beforehand (adv., adj.) also before-hand , early 13c., from before + hand , which here is of uncertain signification, unless the original notion is payment in advance or something done before another's hand does it. Hyphenated from 18c., one word from 19c. 中文词源 beforehand ：事先，预先 词根词缀： before前 + hand手 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• befool 英文词源 befool (v.) late 14c., from be- + fool (n.). Related: Befooled ; befooling . 中文词源 befool ：欺骗，愚弄 词根词缀： be-动词前缀 + fool蠢人 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： befool 词源， befool 含义。
• battleground 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random muzzle muzzle: see amuse 中文词源 battleground ：战场 词根词缀： -batt-打,击 + -le名词词尾 + ground场地 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： battleground 词源， battleground 含义。
• battlefield 英文词源 battlefield (n.) 1812, from battle (n.) + field (n.). The usual word for it in Old English was wælstow , literally "slaughter-place." 中文词源 battlefield ：战场，战地 词根词缀： -batt-打,击 + -le名词词尾 + field场地 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： battlefield 词源， battlefield 含义。
• battered 英文词源 batter (v.) "strike repeatedly, beat violently and rapidly," early 14c., from Old French batre "to beat, strike" (11c., Modern French battre "to beat, to strike"), from Latin battuere "to beat, strike," an old word in Latin, but almost certainly borrowed from Gaulish, from PIE root *bhau- "to strike" (cognates: Welsh bathu "beat;" Old English beadu "battle," beatan "to beat," bytl "ha
• basis 英文词源 basis (n.) 1570s, "bottom or foundation (of something material)," from Latin basis "foundation," from Greek basis "a step, stand, base, that whereon one stands," from bainein "go, step" (see come ). Transferred and figurative senses (of immaterial things) are from c. 1600. 中文词源 basis ：(抽象)基础，根据 借用于拉丁语basis, -is, f(底座) 同源词：basement, base¹
• basically 英文词源 basically (adv.) 1903, from basic (adj.) + -ly (2). 中文词源 basically ：基本地 词根词缀： base¹基础 + -ical形容词词尾 + -ly副词词尾 同源词：basement, base¹, basic, basis 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： basically 词源， basically 含义。
• basic 英文词源 basic (adj.) 1832, originally in chemistry, from base (n.) + -ic . BASIC computer language, 1964, initialism (acronym) for Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code ; invented by Hungarian-born U.S. computer scientist John G. Kemeny (1926-1992) and U.S. computer scientist Thomas E. Kurtz (b.1928). 中文词源 basic ：基本的，基础的 词根词缀： base¹基础 + -ic形容
• basement 英文词源 basement (n.) "lowest story of a building except the cellar," 1730, from base (n.) + -ment . 中文词源 basement ：建筑物的底部，地下室，地窖 词根词缀： base¹基础 + -ment名词词尾 同源词：base¹, basic, basically, basis 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： basement 词源， basement 含义。
• barely 英文词源 barely (adv.) Old English bærlice "openly, clear, public;" see bare (adj.) + -ly (2). Meaning "only, just" is recorded from late 15c.; that of "merely, simply" is from 1570s. In 15c. it also could mean "naked." 中文词源 barely ：赤裸裸地，无遮蔽地；仅仅，勉强，几乎没有 词根词缀： bare赤裸的 + -ly副词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• bankruptcy 英文词源 bankruptcy (n.) 1700, from bankrupt , "probably on the analogy of insolvency , but with -t erroneously retained in spelling, instead of being merged in the suffix ...." [OED]. Figurative use from 1761. 中文词源 bankruptcy ：破产 词根词缀： bank银行 + -rupt-破碎 + -cy名词词尾,性状 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bankruptcy 词源， bankrupt
• banknote 英文词源 face-value (n.) 1842, from face (n.) + value (n.). Originally of stock shares, banknotes, etc. 中文词源 banknote ：钞票 词根词缀： bank银行 + note票据 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： banknote 词源， banknote 含义。
• banker 英文词源 banker (n.) "keeper of a bank," 1530s, agent noun formed from bank (n.1), possibly modeled on French banquier (16c.). 中文词源 banker ：银行家 词根词缀： bank银行 + -er人或物 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： banker 词源， banker 含义。
• bactericide 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random implicate implicate: see employ 中文词源 bactericide ：杀菌剂 词根词缀： bacteria细菌(a略) + -cid-切 + -e 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bactericide 词源， bactericide 含义。
• backwards 英文词源 backwards (adv.) 1510s, from backward with adverbial genitive. Figurative phrase bend over backwards is recorded from 1901. 中文词源 backwards ：向后 词根词缀： back后面 + -wards方向 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： backwards 词源， backwards 含义。
• backup 英文词源 backup see back up . 中文词源 backup ：后援，备份，候补 词根词缀： back背 + up向上 → 向上支撑 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： backup 词源， backup 含义。
• background 英文词源 background (n.) 1670s, from back (adj.) + ground (n.); original sense was theatrical, later applied to painting. Figurative sense is first attested 1854. 中文词源 background ：背景，底色，后台，经历 词根词缀： back背 + ground底 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： background 词源， background 含义。
• backbone 英文词源 backbone (n.) "spine," early 14c., from back (n.) + bone (n.). Figurative sense of "strength of character" is attested from 1843. 中文词源 backbone ：脊椎骨，骨干，主干 词根词缀： back背 + bone骨 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： backbone 词源， backbone 含义。
• backache 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random quark quark: [20] The term quark was applied to a type of fundamental particle by its discoverer, the American physicist Murray Gell-Mann. He seems first to have used quork , but then he remembered quark , a nonsense word used by James Joyce in Finnegan’s Wake 1939, and he decided to plump for that. It first appeared in print
• Brussels sprouts 英文词源 Brussels capital of old Brabant, now of Belgium, of Germanic origin, from brocca "marsh" + sali "room, building," from Latin cella (see cell ). It arose 6c. as a fortress on an island in a river. As a type of carpet, from 1799; as a type of lace, from 1748. Brussels sprouts ( Brassica oleracea gemmifera ) attested from 1748 (first written description is from 1580s). 中文词源 Bruss
• Belladonna 英文词源 belladonna (n.) 1590s, "deadly nightshade" ( Atropa belladonna ), from Italian, literally "fair lady;" the plant so called supposedly because women made cosmetic eye-drops from its juice (an 18c. explanation; atropic acid, found in the plant, has a well-known property of dilating the pupils) or because it was used to poison beautiful women. Perhaps a folk etymology alteration; Gamills
• billiads 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random power power: [13] Old Latin * potēre was the precursor of Latin posse ‘be able or powerful’ (source of English posse and possible ). Its present participial stem potent - has given English potent . It seems to have remained current in colloquial speech, and by the 8th century AD was reasserting itself as the main form of th
• boafire 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random for for: [OE] For comes from a prehistoric Germanic * fora , which denoted ‘before’ – both ‘before’ in time and ‘in front’ in place. For itself meant ‘before’ in the Old English period, and the same notion is preserved in related forms such as first , fore , foremost , former , from , and of course before . Ger
• benedictine 英文词源 Benedictine (n.) c. 1600, "one of the order known from the color of its dress as the Black Monks," founded c.529 by St. Benedict (see benedict ). 中文词源 benedictine ：（一种）甜酒 benedictine是1510年St. Benedict教团的一位名叫Don Bernado Vincelli的学识渊博的僧侣研究并配制的一种甜酒，具有提神补气的功能，酒名取自该教团的名称。法
• bedstead 英文词源 bedstead (n.) c. 1400, from bed (n.) + stead ; strictly "the place occupied by a bed," but usually "raised stand on which a bed sits." 中文词源 bedstead ：床架 起初，bedstead并不指“床”本身，而是指床所占据的位置，其中的stead，在古英语中写作stede，意思是“站立的位置”。其实今天的常用词instead，也仍未摆脱“取代其位置
• big ben 英文词源 Big Ben clock in the Parliament tower in London, generally said to have been named for Sir Benjamin Hall (1802-1867), first Chief Commissioner of Works, under whose supervision the bell was cast. 中文词源 big ben ：伦敦英国议院塔上的大钟 这是一座举世闻名的大钟。通过英国广播公司（BBC），全世界的人们都可以听到它的钟声。1834年，原来
• baby-kisser 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random restive restive: see rest 中文词源 baby-kisser ：亲吻婴儿的人 在竞选中亲吻婴儿的做法在美国由来已久。其目的显然是为了在公众中树立友好可亲的形象，争取更多的选票。按字面义来讲，baby-kisser 一词是“亲吻婴儿的人”，其真正含义是指为竞选而到处笼络
• backbite 英文词源 detractor (n.) late 14c., from Anglo-French detractour , Old French detractor "detractor, backbiter," from Latin detractor , agent noun from detrahere (see detraction ). 中文词源 backbite ：背后说人坏话 这是一个由名词back（背后）和动词bite（咬）组成的复合动词，用以表示“背后说人坏话”，“背后诽谤”，词义的理据几乎是不言自
• Bible 英文词源 bible bible: [13] Greek ta biblía meant literally ‘the books’. This was borrowed into ecclesiastical Latin as biblia , where the plural form came to be misanalysed as a feminine singular; hence Old French, and through it English, received bible as a singular noun. Greek biblía itself was the plural of biblíon ‘book’ (whence English bibliography [17]), which was originally a
• billionaire 英文词源 billionaire (n.) 1844, American English, from billion on model of millionaire . The first in the U.S. likely was John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937), some time after World War I. 中文词源 billionaire ：亿万富翁 million系直接借自古法语，源于意大利语millione，按字面义是a thousand thousands（一千个千），汉语作“百万”。billion也直接从法语吸收
• biscruit 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random decent decent: [16] Decent comes ultimately from Latin decere ‘be fitting or suitable’, close relatives of which have produced decorate , dignity , and (from Greek) orthodox . Its present participial stem decent - was acquired by English, either directly or via French décent . = dainty , decorate , dignity , orthodox 中文词
• blacklist 英文词源 blacklist (n.) also black-list , black list , "list of persons who have incurred suspicion," 1610s, from black (adj.), here indicative of disgrace, censure, punishment (attested from 1590s, in black book ) + list (n.). Specifically of employers' list of workers considered troublesome (usually for union activity) is from 1888. As a verb, from 1718. Related: Blacklisted ; blacklisting .
• blacksmith 英文词源 blacksmith (n.) late 15c. (mid-13c. as a surname), from black + smith (n.). Listed in royal ordinance (along with bladesmiths , spurriers and goldbeaters ). Those who work in heated, heavy metals as opposed to those who beat gold, tin, or pewter ( whitesmith ). 中文词源 blacksmith ：铁匠 smith泛指“金属工匠”，通常有goldsmith（金匠），silversmith（银匠），
• bloody 英文词源 bloody (adj.) Old Engish blodig , adjective from blod (see blood ). Common Germanic, compare Old Frisian blodich , Old Saxon blôdag , Dutch bloedig , Old High German bluotag , German blutig . It has been a British intensive swear word since at least 1676. Weekley relates it to the purely intensive use of the cognate Dutch bloed , German Blut . But perhaps it ultimately is connected w
• bootlegger 英文词源 bootlegger (n.) 1889, from bootleg (q.v.). 中文词源 bootlegger ：贩卖私酒的人 在19世纪中期，贩运私酒的人常常将私酒藏于长靴的靴统( bootleg)中来进行非法运送，因此早在1850年左右美国俚语中就出现了bootlegger 一词，用以表示“贩运私酒的人”。到了1880年，在俄克拉何马和堪萨斯等施行禁酒法的各州内，
• boot camp 英文词源 boot camp (n.) by 1941, U.S. Marines slang, said to be from boot (n.) as slang for "recruit," which supposedly dates from the Spanish-American War and is a synecdoche from boots , leggings worn by U.S. sailors. 中文词源 boot camp ：新兵训练营 在美西战争( Spanish-American War，1898)期间服役的美国水兵都穿一种上端有绑腿，叫做boots的靴子。据传，在
• bra 英文词源 bra bra: [20] The word bra made its first appearance in English in the mid 1930s. It is of course an abbreviation of brassiere (an early alternative abbreviated form was bras ), which was borrowed from French around 1910. The French term originated in the 17th century, when it meant simply ‘bodice’; it appears to have been an alteration of an earlier, Old French braciere ‘piece
• brain trust 英文词源 brain trust (n.) occasionally used since early 1900s, it became current in 1933, in reference to the intellectuals gathered by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt as advisors; from brain (n.) + trust (n.). 中文词源 brain trust ：智囊团，顾问班子 该复合词系《纽约时报》政治新闻记者(political reporter)James M. Kieran所杜撰。他在1932年新闻报道中首
• brand- new 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random important important: [16] Important and import (the opposite of export ) come from the same source – Latin importāre , a compound verb formed from the prefix in - and portāre ‘carry’ (as in English portable ). Its original literal sense (as represented in the English verb import [16]) was ‘bring in’, but in the Middl
• breadline 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random horizon horizon: [14] Etymologically, the horizon is simply a ‘line forming a boundary’. The word comes via Old French orizon and late Latin horīzōn from Greek horízōn , a derivative of the verb horīzein ‘divide, separate’ (source also of English aphorism [16], originally a ‘definition’). This in turn came from
• broadcast 英文词源 broadcast broadcast: [18] Broadcast was originally an adjective and adverb, and meant literally ‘scattered widely’, particularly in the context of sowing seeds. A metaphorical sense developed in the late 18th and 19th centuries (William Stubbs, in his Constitutional History of England 1875 writes of ‘broadcast accusations’), and the word was ready in the early 1920s for applic
• brummagem 英文词源 brummagem (adj.) "cheap and showy," 19c., from a noun, from the vulgar pronunciation of Birmingham , England, in reference to articles mass-manufactured there. The word also recalls Birmingham's old reputation for counterfeiting. 中文词源 brummagem ：俗丽的便宜货（尤指假珠宝） 原为Birmingham（伯明翰）一词的拼法变体。17世纪伯明翰人常把Birmingham读