英语词源

• bull session 英文词源 bull session "An informal group discussion", 1920s: bull from bull 3 . 中文词源 bull session ：无聊季 bull, 同bullshit. session, 时间段。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bull session 词源， bull session 含义。
• bullrush 英文词源 bulrush (n.) also bullrush , type of tall plant growing in or near water (in Biblical use, the Egyptian papyrus), mid-15c., bolroysche , from rush (n.); the signification of bull is doubtful. 中文词源 bullrush ：宽叶香蒲 bull, 公牛，此处表强调，大。rush, 灯芯草。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bullrush 词源， bullrush 含义。
• bullion 英文词源 bullion bullion: [14] The immediate source of bullion was Anglo-Norman bullion , which meant ‘place where coins are made, mint’, so presumably the underlying connotation is of melting, or ‘boiling’, metal down and then turning it into coins. On this reasoning it would come ultimately from Vulgar Latin * bulliōnem , a nominal derivative of Latin bullīre ‘boil’, from bulla
• bullfrog 英文词源 bullfrog (n.) also bull-frog , 1738, from bull (n.1) + frog (n.1). So called for its voice. 中文词源 bullfrog ：牛蛙 bull, 公牛，此处表强调，大。frog, 青蛙。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bullfrog 词源， bullfrog 含义。
• bullfinch 英文词源 bullfinch (n.) 1560s, from bull (n.1) + finch ; supposedly so called for the shape of its head and neck; compare French bouvreuil . 中文词源 bullfinch ：红腹灰雀 bull, 公牛，此处表强调，大。finch, 雀。比较horseradish, 大萝卜，辣根。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bullfinch 词源， bullfinch 含义。
• bulletin 英文词源 bulletin bulletin: [17] If a bullet is etymologically a ‘little ball’, a bulletin is a ‘little little edict’. It comes via French bulletin from Italian bulletino , which was a diminutive form of bulletta ‘document, voting slip’ (briefly introduced into English in the 17th century as bullet : ‘Elected by the Great Master and his Knights, who give their voices by bullets’
• bullet 英文词源 bullet bullet: [16] Etymologically, a bullet is a ‘little ball’. It comes from French boulette , a diminutive form of boule ‘ball’, from which English also gets bowl , as in the game of bowls. It originally meant ‘cannon-ball’ as well as ‘rifle or pistol projectile’, but this sense had effectively died out by the mid-18th century. = bowl bullet (n.) 1550s, from Middle
• bulldyke 英文词源 bull-dyke (n.) also bulldyke , 1926, from bull (n.1) + dyke . dyke (n.) 1931, American English, perhaps a shortening of morphadike , dialectal garbling of hermaphrodite ; but bulldyker "engage in lesbian activities" is attested from 1921, and a source from 1896 lists dyke as slang for "the vulva." [T]he word appears first in the long forms, bulldiker and bulldyking , both used in the
• bulldoze 英文词源 bulldoze (v.) by 1880, from an earlier noun, bulldose "a severe beating or lashing" (1876), literally "a dose fit for a bull," a slang word referring to the intimidation beating of black voters (by either blacks or whites) in the chaotic 1876 U.S. presidential election. See bull (n.1) + dose (n.). Related: Bulldozed ; bulldozing . 中文词源 bulldoze ：铲平，强迫 bull, 牛。d
• bull 英文词源 bull bull: There are three distinct words bull in English. The oldest is the animal name, which first appears in late Old English as bula . Related forms occur in other Germanic languages, including German bulle and Dutch bul . The diminutive bullock is also recorded in late Old English. The second bull is ‘edict’ [13], as in ‘papal bull’. This comes from medieval Latin bulla ‘
• bulimia 英文词源 bulimia bulimia: [19] The condition now called ‘bulimia’ – in which bouts of overeating are followed by bouts of purging – was recognized and so named in the 1970s. The word used to name it, however, is much more ancient than that. It goes back to Greek boulimia , which meant ‘ravenous hunger’ (it was formed from limos ‘hunger’, with the prefix bou -; this may well hav
• bulgar 英文词源 Bulgar (n.) 1759, "inhabitant of Bulgaria" ( Bulgarian is attested from 1550s), from Medieval Latin Bulgarus (see Bulgaria ). 中文词源 bulgar ：干小麦 来自土耳其语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bulgar 词源， bulgar 含义。
• build 英文词源 build build: [OE] In common with a wide range of other English words, including bower , booth , and the – bour of neighbour , build comes ultimately from the Germanic base * bū - ‘dwell’. A derivative of this, Germanic * buthlam , passed into Old English as bold , which meant ‘house’; the verb formed from this, byldan , thus originally meant ‘construct a house’, and onl
• buibui 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random rhododendron rhododendron: [17] A rhododendron is etymologically a ‘rose-tree’. The term comes from Greek rhodódendron , a compound formed from rhódon ‘rose’ (apparently a relative of English rose ) and déndron ‘tree’ (source of English dendrite [18] and dendrochronology [20]). This denoted the ‘oleander’, an
• bugle 英文词源 bugle bugle: [14] Bugle originally meant ‘buffalo’ or ‘bull’. It comes via Old French bugle from Latin būculus , a diminutive form of bos ‘ox’ (a relative of English cow ). It was used from the early 14th century in the compound bugle-horn , denoting a bull’s horn used either as a drinking vessel or as a hunting horn, and it was not long before bugle took on a separate
• buggy 英文词源 buggy (n.) "light carriage," 1773, of unknown origin. Extended to baby carriages by 1890. buggy (adj.) "infested with bugs," 1774, from bug (n.) + -y (2). 中文词源 buggy ：小推车 词源不详。可能来自bogie, 台车，转向架。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： buggy 词源， buggy 含义。
• Buggin 英文词源 bug (v.2) "to annoy, irritate," 1949, probably from bug (n.) and a reference to insect pests. Sense of "equip with a concealed microphone" is from 1919. Related: Bugged ; bugging . bug (v.1) "to bulge, protrude," 1872, originally of eyes, perhaps from a humorous or dialect mispronunciation of bulge (v.). Related: Bugged ; bugging . As an adjective, bug-eyed recorded from 1872; so comm
• bug-eyed 英文词源 bole (n.) early 14c., from Old Norse bolr "tree trunk," from Proto-Germanic *bulas (cognates: Middle Dutch bolle "trunk of a tree"), from PIE *bhel- (2) "to blow, inflate, swell" (cognates: Greek phyllon "leaf," phallos "swollen penis;" Latin flos "flower," florere "to blossom, flourish," folium "leaf;" Old Prussian balsinis "cushion;" Old Norse belgr "bag, bellows;" Old English bolla
• bugbear 英文词源 bugbear bugbear: [16] Early references to bugbear suggest that it was a sort of bug – ‘frightening creature’ – conjured up to frighten naughty children. It is usually assumed that the second element of the word simply represents the animal ‘bear’, and that the frightening creature was represented as being in the shape of a bear. The modern sense ‘source of annoyance’ d
• bugaboo 英文词源 bugaboo (n.) 1843, earlier buggybow (1740), probably an alteration of bugbear (also see bug (n.)), but connected by Chapman ["Dictionary of American Slang"] with Bugibu , demon in the Old French poem "Aliscans" from 1141, which is perhaps of Celtic origin (compare Cornish bucca-boo , from bucca "bogle, goblin"). 中文词源 bugaboo ：恐怖的东西 来自bugbear 变体。 该词的英
• bug 英文词源 bug bug: [14] Originally, bug meant ‘something frightening’ – and in fact one of the earliest known uses of the word was for what we would now call a ‘scare-crow’. It is one of a set of words (others are bogle and perhaps bugaboo ) for alarming or annoying phenomena, usually supernatural, whose interrelationship and ultimate source have never been adequately explained (see B
• buffet 英文词源 buffet (v.) c. 1200, "to strike with the fist or hand; cuff, box, slap; from Old French bufeter "to strike, slap, punch," from bufet (see buffet (n.2)). Related: Buffeted ; buffeting . buffet (n.1) "table," 1718, from French bufet "bench, stool, sideboard," 12c., which is of uncertain origin. Sense in English extended 1888 to "meal served from a buffet." buffet (n.2) c. 1200, "blow st
• buffer 英文词源 buffer buffer: Neither buffer ‘fellow’ [18] nor buffer ‘shock absorber’ [19] can be traced back with any certainty to a source, but the likeliest conjecture is that they both come (independently) from an obsolete English verb buff , which was probably originally (like puff ) imitative of the sound of blowing or breathing out. The earliest recorded sense of this, in the late 13
• budgerigar 英文词源 budgerigar budgerigar: [19] When the first English settlers arrived at Port Jackson (now Sydney Harbour) in the late 18th century, they heard the local Aborigines referring to a small green parrot-like bird as budgerigar . In the local language, this meant literally ‘good’ ( budgeri ) ‘cockatoo’ ( gar ). The English language had acquired a new word, but to begin with it was no
• buddy 英文词源 buddy (n.) 1850, American English, possibly an alteration of brother , or from British colloquial butty "companion" (1802), itself perhaps a variant of booty in booty fellow "confederate who shares plunder" (1520s). But butty , meaning "work-mate," also was a localized dialect word in England and Wales, attested since 18c., and long associated with coal miners. Short form bud is attes
• buddleia 英文词源 buddleia "A widely cultivated shrub with clusters of fragrant lilac, white, or yellow flowers", Modern Latin; named in honour of the English botanist Adam Buddle (died 1715), by Linnaeus, at the suggestion of Sir William Houston, who introduced the plant to Europe from South America. 中文词源 buddleia ：醉鱼草 著名植物学家林奈以17世纪英国神父和植物学家Adam
• Buddha 英文词源 Buddha (n.) 1680s, from Pali, literally "awakened, enlightened," past participle of budh "to awake, know, perceive," related to Sanskrit bodhati "is awake, observes, understands" (see bode ). Title given by his adherents to the man who taught this path, Siddhartha Gautama , also known to them as Sakyamuni "Sage of the Sakyas" (his family clan), who lived in northern India 5c. B.C.E. 中
• bud 英文词源 bud bud: [14] Bud is something of a mystery word. It appears in the late 14th century, with no apparent English ancestors. Various suggestions have been put forward as to its origin, including Old French boter ‘push forward, thrust’ (a distant relative of English button ). Similarities have also been noted to Old English budd ‘beetle’ and Sanskrit bhūri ‘abundant’. But th
• buckwheat 英文词源 buckwheat buckwheat: [16] Buckwheat has no connection with male deer. The buck - element is related to the English word beech , and the name comes from the resemblance of buckwheat (the seeds of a plant of the dock family) to the three-sided seeds of the beech tree. The word was actually borrowed from Middle Dutch boecweite , meaning literally ‘beechwheat’. = beech buckwheat (n.)
• Buck 英文词源 buck buck: [OE] Old English had two related words which have coalesced into modern English buck : bucca ‘male goat’ and buc ‘male deer’. Both go back to a prehistoric Germanic stem * buk -, and beyond that probably to an Indo-European source. The 18th-century meaning ‘dashing fellow’ probably comes ultimately from the related Old Norse bokki , a friendly term for a male co
• buckram 英文词源 buckram buckram: [14] Etymologically, buckram ‘stiffened cloth’ is cloth from Bokhara, a city in central Asia (now the Uzbek city of Bukhara), from where in the Middle Ages cloth was exported to Europe. And not just any cloth: originally buckram denoted a high-quality cotton or linen fabric, and it was only in the 15th century that the word came to be applied to a coarser textile.
• Buckley 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random butterfly butterfly: [OE] A number of theories have been put forward as to how the butterfly got its name. Perhaps the most generally accepted is that it is a reflection of a once-held notion that butterflies land on and consume butter or milk left uncovered in kitchen or dairy (an idea perhaps supported by the German name for t
• buckle 英文词源 buckle buckle: [14] English acquired buckle via Old French boucla from Latin buccula ‘cheek strap of a helmet’. This was a diminutive form of Latin bucca ‘cheek’ (source of French bouche ‘mouth’), which gave English the anatomical term buccal ‘of the cheeks’ [19], and some have speculated is related to English pock . The notion of ‘fastening’ implicit in the Latin
• bubonic plague 英文词源 bubonic (adj.) "characterized by swelling in the groin," by 1795, from Latin bubo (genitive bubonis ) "swelling of lymph glands" (in the groin), from Greek boubon "the groin; swelling in the groin" + -ic . Bubonic plague attested by 1827. plague (n.) late 14c., plage , "affliction, calamity, evil, scourge;" early 15c., "malignant disease," from Old French plage (14c.), from Late Latin
• bubble and squeak 英文词源 bubble and squeak "Cooked cabbage fried with cooked potatoes and often meat", Late 18th century: from the sounds of the mixture cooking. 中文词源 bubble and squeak ：卷心菜煎土豆 短语拟声词，指前一天剩下的蔬菜和土豆或其它剩菜在锅里煎发出的声音，通常用做早餐。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bubble and squeak 词源
• bubble 英文词源 bubble bubble: [14] Several Germanic languages have words that sound like, and mean the same as, bubble – Swedish bubla , for instance, and Dutch bobbel – but all are relatively modern, and there is no evidence to link them to a common source. As likely as not, the whole family of bubble words represents ultimately an attempt to lexicalize the sound of bubbling, by blowing through
• brush 英文词源 brush brush: [14] It is not clear whether brush for sweeping and brush as in brushwood are the same word, although both appeared in the language at about the same time, from a French source. Brush ‘broken branches’ comes from brousse , the Anglo-Norman version of Old French broce , which goes back to an unrecorded Vulgar Latin * bruscia . Brush for sweeping, on the other hand, com
• bruschetta 英文词源 bruschetta "Toasted Italian bread drenched in olive oil and served typically with garlic or tomatoes", Italian, from bruscare 'to toast'. 中文词源 bruschetta ：（意大利）番茄涂油面包片 来自意大利语。brusch, 烤，同burn. -etta, 小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bruschetta 词源， bruschetta 含义。
• brunette 英文词源 brunette brunette: see brown brunette (adj.) 1660s, from French brunette (masc. brunet ), from Old French brunet "brownish, brown-haired, dark-complexioned," fem. diminutive of brun "brown" (12c.), of West Germanic origin (see brown (adj.)). As a noun, "woman of a dark complexion," from 1710. The metathesized form, Old French burnete , is the source of the surname Burnett . Burnete al
• brunch 英文词源 brunch 1896, British student slang merger of breakfast and lunch . To be fashionable nowadays we must 'brunch'. Truly an excellent portmanteau word, introduced, by the way, last year, by Mr. Guy Beringer, in the now defunct Hunter's Weekly, and indicating a combined breakfast and lunch. ["Punch," Aug. 1, 1896] 中文词源 brunch ：早午餐 来自breakfast和lunch的合成词，主要
• brucellosis 英文词源 brucellosis (n.) 1930, Modern Latin, named for Scottish physician Sir David Bruce (1855-1931), who discovered the bacteria that caused it (1887). 中文词源 brucellosis ：布鲁氏菌病 因19世纪苏格兰医生David Bruce发现该病菌而以其名命名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： brucellosis 词源， brucellosis 含义。
• browse 英文词源 browse browse: [16] Although the noun has now largely died out, browse was originally both a verb and a noun, and appears to come from Old French broust , brost ‘young shoots, twigs’ (hence the verb meant originally ‘feed on such shoots’). The source of the French word is not clear, but it is probably ultimately Germanic; a certain similarity in form and meaning has suggested
• brown-nose 英文词源 brown-nose (v.) also brownnose , 1939, American English colloquial, said to be military slang originally, from brown (adj.) + nose (n.), "from the implication that servility is tantamount to having one's nose in the anus of the person from whom advancement is sought" [ Webster , 1961]. Related: Brown-noser , brown-nosing (both 1950). 中文词源 brown-nose ：拍马屁 俚语词。br
• brownie 英文词源 brownie (n.) "benevolent goblin supposed to haunt old farmhouses in Scotland," 1510s, diminutive of brown "a wee brown man" (see brown (adj.)). The name for the junior branch of the Girl Guides or Girl Scouts is 1916, in reference to uniform color. Brownie point (1963) is sometimes associated with Brownie in the Scouting sense but is perhaps rather from brown-nose . 中文词源 brown
• Brownian motion 英文词源 Brownian motion "The erratic random movement of microscopic particles in a fluid, as a result of continuous bombardment from molecules of the surrounding medium", Late 19th century: named after Robert Brown (1773–1858), the Scottish botanist who first observed the motion. 中文词源 Brownian motion ：布朗运动 由19世纪苏格兰植物学家发现并以其名命名的物理现象
• brown 英文词源 brown brown: [OE] In Old English, brown meant, rather vaguely, ‘dark’; it does not seem to have become a definite colour word until the 13th century. It comes from West and North Germanic * brūnaz , which probably goes back ultimately to the same Indo-European source (* bheros ) as bear , etymologically the ‘brown [that is, dark] animal’. An additional meaning of brown in Old
• brow 英文词源 brow brow: [OE] In Old English, brow meant ‘eyelash’, but there seems little doubt, from related words in other languages (such as Sanskrit bhrūs and Greek ophrus ), that the original underlying sense of the word is ‘eyebrow’, and this resurfaced, or was recreated, in English in the 11th century. Its ultimate source is Indo- European * bhrūs , which passed via Germanic brūs
• brouhaha 英文词源 brouhaha (n.) 1890, from French brouhaha (1550s), said by Gamillscheg to have been, in medieval theater, "the cry of the devil disguised as clergy." Perhaps from Hebrew barukh habba' "blessed be the one who comes," used on public occasions (as in Psalm 118). 中文词源 brouhaha ：喧闹 来自希伯来语，拟声词。原指欢迎贵客光临，寒暄，后词义贬义化。 该词的
• brougham 英文词源 brougham brougham: [19] A brougham was a fourwheeled one-horse carriage. It was named after Henry Peter Brougham, first Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778–1868), British Whig politician, jurist, and educational reformer, who designed the original brougham in 1838. brougham (n.) 1851, one-horse closed carriage with two or four wheels, for two or four persons, from first Lord Brougham (177
• brother 英文词源 brother brother: [OE] The word brother is widespread throughout the Indo-European languages. The Indo-European form was * bhrāter , from which are descended, among many others, Latin frāter (as in English fraternal ), Greek phrátēr , Sanskrit bhrātr , and Breton breur . Its Germanic descendant was * brōthar , which, as well as English brother , has produced German bruder , Dutch
• brothel creepers 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random finance finance: [14] Finance comes ultimately from Latin fīnis ‘end’, and its present-day monetary connotations derive from the notion of ‘finally settling a debt by payment’. Its immediate source is Old French finance , a derivative of the verb finer ‘end, settle’, which when it was originally acquired by English
• brothel 英文词源 brothel brothel: [14] Originally, brothel was a general term of abuse for any worthless or despised person (John Gower, in his Confessio Amantis 1393, writes: ‘Quoth Achab then, there is one, a brothel, which Micheas hight [who is called Micheas]’); it was a derivative of the Old English adjective brothen ‘ruined, degenerate’, which was originally the past participle of the ve
• broth 英文词源 broth broth: [OE] Broth comes ultimately from the Indo-European base * bhreu - or * bhru - ‘heat, boil’, which also produced brew and fervent . Etymologically, therefore, it means ‘liquid in which something has been boiled’. The notion of ‘heating’ has now disappeared, but it seems to have survived into the modern English period, as is shown by such compounds as snow-broth
• brood mare 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random abound abound: [14] Abound has no connection with bind or bound . Its Latin source means literally ‘overflow’, and its nearest relative among English words is water . Latin undāre ‘flow’ derived from unda ‘wave’ (as in undulate ), which has the same ultimate root as water . The addition of the prefix ab - ‘away’
• brooch 英文词源 brooch brooch: [13] English acquired brooch from Old French broche , a source it returned to a century later to borrow broach . The French word meant ‘long needle’, and at first a brooch was simply a decorative pin whose main function was to fasten a garment. Over the centuries the decorative role has replaced the practical one. = broach brooch (n.) early 13c., from Old French bro
• bronze 英文词源 bronze bronze: [18] Until the 18th century, copper alloys were lumped together under the general term brass . Bronze seems originally to have been introduced as a specialist term for ancient artefacts made from the metal, but the modern distinction tends to be between brass (alloy of copper and zinc) and bronze (cooper and tin). The word comes via French from Italian bronzo , but its
• brontosaurus 英文词源 brontosaurus (n.) 1879, Modern Latin, from Greek bronte "thunder" (perhaps from PIE imitative root *bhrem- "to growl") + -saurus . Brontes was the name of one of the Cyclopes in Greek mythology. 中文词源 brontosaurus ：雷龙 bronto, 打雷，拟声词，模仿雷声。词根saur, 恐龙。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： brontosaurus 词源， brontosaurus
• bronco 英文词源 bronco (n.) also broncho , 1850, American English, "untamed or half-tamed horse," from noun use of Spanish bronco (adj.) "rough, rude," originally a noun meaning "a knot in wood," perhaps from Vulgar Latin *bruncus "a knot, projection," apparently from a cross of Latin broccus "projecting" (see broach (n.)) + truncus "trunk of a tree" (see trunk (n.)). Bronco-buster is attested from 1
• bronchitis 英文词源 bronchitis (n.) coined in Modern Latin 1808 by Charles Bedham, from bronchia "the bronchial tubes" (plural; see bronchial ) + -itis "inflammation." 中文词源 bronchitis ：支气管炎 来自拉丁词bronchus, 气管。同词根vor, 吃，见herbivorous, 食草动物。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bronchitis 词源， bronchitis 含义。
• bromine 英文词源 bromine (n.) nonmetallic element, 1827, from French brome , from Greek bromos "stench." With chemical suffix -ine (2). The evil-smelling dark red liquid was discovered by French chemist Antoine Jérôme Balard (1802-1876), who initially called it muride . 中文词源 bromine ：溴 来自希腊词bromos, 发臭。-ine, 化学名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• broil 英文词源 broil (v.1) "to cook," late 14c. (earlier "to burn," mid-14c.), from Old French bruller "to broil, roast" (Modern French brûler ), earlier brusler "to burn" (11c.), which, with Italian bruciare , is of uncertain and much-disputed origin. Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *brodum "broth," borrowed from Germanic and ultimately related to brew (v.). Gamillscheg proposes it to be from Latin ustu
• brogue 英文词源 brogue brogue: [16] A brogue was originally a rudimentary sort of shoe worn in the more wild and woolly Celtic corners of the British Isles; the term does not seem to have been applied to today’s ‘stout country walking shoe’ until the early 20th century. The word, Irish and Scots Gaelic brōg , comes from Old Norse brók ‘leg covering’, which is related to English breeches ;
• broer 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random regatta regatta: [17] The word regatta originated in Italy, and at first denoted a gondola race on the Grand Canal in Venice. It appears to have been derived from a Venetian dialect verb rigattare ‘contend, fight’, of uncertain origin. The first record of its application to a boat race in England is in June 1775, when a ‘r
• broderie anglaise 英文词源 broderie anglaise "Open embroidery, typically in floral patterns, on fine white cotton or linen", Mid 19th century: French, literally 'English embroidery'. 中文词源 broderie anglaise ：英格兰刺绣 法语词。broderie, 同braid，编织，穗带。anglaise, 同English. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： broderie anglaise 词源， broderie anglaise 含义。
• brochette 英文词源 brochette "A skewer or spit on which chunks of meat or fish are barbecued, grilled, or roasted", French, diminutive of broche 'skewer'. 中文词源 brochette ：串烤肉 来自拉丁词brocca, 针，刺，芊子。-ette, 小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： brochette 词源， brochette 含义。
• broccoli 英文词源 broccoli broccoli: see broach broccoli (n.) 1690s, from Italian broccoli , plural of broccolo "a sprout, cabbage sprout," diminutive of brocco "shoot, protruding tooth, small nail" (see brocade (n.)). 中文词源 broccoli ：花椰菜 来自拉丁词brocca, 针，刺。形容该蔬菜如同一根根尖刺。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： broccoli 词源， br
• Broca 英文词源 embrocation embrocation: [15] The semantic notion underlying embrocation is of ‘wetness’, for it comes ultimately from the Greek word for ‘rain’, brokhé . This was the basis of a verb embrékhein , used for ‘treat medically by the application of liquid’, from which in turn was derived the noun embrokhé ‘lotion’. Latin took this over and in the Middle Ages formed a ve
• brocade 英文词源 brocade (n.) 1560s, from Spanish brocado , from Italian broccato "embossed cloth," originally past participle of broccare "to stud, set with nails," from brocco "small nail," from Latin broccus "projecting, pointed" (see broach (n.)). brocade (v.) 1650s (implied in brocaded ), from brocade (n.). Related: Brocading . 中文词源 brocade ：织锦缎 来自拉丁词brocca, 针，刺。针
• Broadmoor 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random putrid putrid: see pus 中文词源 Broadmoor ：布罗德穆尔医院（精神病犯人医院） 英国南部地名，于1863年修建精神病医院。broad, 宽。moor, 沼泽。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Broadmoor 词源， Broadmoor 含义。
• broad 英文词源 broad broad: [OE] Broad ’s close relatives are widespread in the Germanic languages (German breit , for example, Dutch breed , and Swedish bred ), pointing to a prehistoric Germanic ancestor * braithaz , but no trace of the word is found in any non-Germanic Indo-European language. The original derived noun was brede , which was superseded in the 16th century by breadth . The 20th-ce
• bristols 英文词源 bristols "A woman’s breasts", 1960s: from rhyming slang Bristol Cities 'titties'. 中文词源 bristols ：乳房 来自韵律俚语，由titty逆构出Bristol City. titty, 乳头。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bristols 词源， bristols 含义。
• Bristol fashion 英文词源 Bristol fashion "In good order; neat and clean", Mid 19th century: originally in nautical use, referring to the commercial prosperity brought to Bristol by its shipping. 中文词源 Bristol fashion ：整齐的 Bristol为英国海港城市，该习语反映其19世纪航运业的发达。船只因为抗风浪的需要，要求物品摆放整齐有序，见shipshape, 整齐的。 该词
• brisket 英文词源 brisket (n.) mid-14c., brusket , perhaps from Old French bruschet , with identical sense of the English word, or from Old Norse brjosk "gristle, cartilage" (related to brjost "breast") or Danish bryske or Middle High German brusche "lump, swelling;" from PIE *bhreus- "to swell, sprout" (see breast (n.)). 中文词源 brisket ：胸肉 词源同breast, 胸部。-et, 小词后缀。 该词
• brioche 英文词源 brioche (n.) enriched type of French bread, 1824, from French brioche (15c.), from brier "to knead the dough," Norman form of broyer "to grind, pound," from West Germanic *brekan "to break" (see break (v.)). 中文词源 brioche ：黄油鸡蛋圆面包 词源不确定。可能来自break, 指切开成小块的面包。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： brioche 词源
• brio 英文词源 brio (n.) "liveliness, vivacity," 1734, from Italian brio , literally "mettle, fire, life," perhaps a shortened derivative of Latin ebrius "drunk." Or via Provençal briu "vigor," from Celtic *brig-o- "strength," from PIE root *gwere- (2) "heavy" (see grave (adj.)). Probably entered English via musical instruction con brio . 中文词源 brio ：活泼 意大利语。来自PIE *bhergh
• brinjal 英文词源 brinjal "An aubergine", Based on Portuguese berinjela , from Arabic al-bāḏinjān (see aubergine ). 中文词源 brinjal ：茄子 来自梵语bhantaki的变体，同源变体词有aubergine. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： brinjal 词源， brinjal 含义。
• bring 英文词源 bring bring: [OE] Bring is an ancient verb, which has come down to us, with great semantic stability, from its Indo-European source * bhrengk -. It is widespread in the Germanic languages, apart from the Scandinavian ones (German has bringen , Dutch brengen ), but outside Germanic it seems to have flourished only in the Celtic languages (Welsh has hebrwng ‘accompany’). bring (v.)
• brine 英文词源 brine (n.) Old English bryne "brine," origin unknown; no known cognates beyond Dutch brijn , Flemish brijne . 中文词源 brine ：盐水 词源不详。可能同bur, 毛刺。形容盐水的粗糙。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： brine 词源， brine 含义。
• brindle 英文词源 brindle (adj.) 1670s; see brindled . 中文词源 brindle ：斑驳的 词源同burn, 仿佛被火烧过的，斑驳陆离的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： brindle 词源， brindle 含义。
• brimstone 英文词源 brimstone brimstone: see sulphur brimstone (n.) Old English brynstan , from brin- stem of brinnen "to burn" (see burn (v.)) + stan (see stone (n.)). In Middle English the first element also recorded as brem- , brom- , brum- , bren- , brin- , bron- , brun- , bern- , born- , burn- , burned- , and burnt- . Formerly "the mineral sulfur," now restricted to biblical usage. The Lord reynede
• brim 英文词源 brim brim: [13] Brim appears out of the blue at the beginning of the 13th century, meaning ‘edge, border’, with no apparent ancestor in Old English. It is usually connected with Middle High German brem and Old Norse barmr , both ‘edge’, which would point to a prehistoric Germanic source * berm - or * barm -. It has been conjectured that this could derive from the stem * ber -
• brilliant 英文词源 brilliant brilliant: [17] Brilliant comes from French brilliant , the present participle of briller ‘shine’. French borrowed the verb from Italian brillare , but it is not altogether clear where Italian got it from. One theory is that it came from Vulgar Latin * bērillāre , a derivative of bērillus ‘precious stone’ (whence English beryl [13]). The source of the Latin noun w
• bright 英文词源 bright bright: [OE] Bright is a word of ancient origins, going back to Indo-European * bhereg -, which has produced a range of words with the same general meaning in a range of Indo-European languages (for example Sanskrit bhrājate ‘shine’). The Germanic derivative was * berkhtaz , which produced a number of offspring amongst the early Germanic languages, including Old English be
• brigade 英文词源 brigade brigade: [17] Brigade is one of a small set of words (others are brigand and brigantine ) which go back to Italian briga ‘strife’. It is not clear where this came from; theories have centred either on a Celtic origin, comparing Old Irish brig ‘strength’, or on a derivation from the Indo- European base * bhreg -, which produced English break . Either way, the noun briga
• brig 英文词源 brig (n.) "two-masted square-rigged vessel," 1720, colloquial shortening of brigantine (q.v.). Apparently such vessels being used for prison ships upon retirement from active duty led to extended meaning "a jail," first recorded 1852. 中文词源 brig ：横帆双桅船，禁闭室 来自词根brig, 争斗，击打。原指一种战船，后因战船退役后用作禁闭室，可能就
• briefcase 英文词源 briefcase (n.) "portable folding case for holding papers," 1926, from brief (n.) in the paper sense + case (n.2). 中文词源 briefcase ：公文包 brief, 公文，报告。case, 箱子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： briefcase 词源， briefcase 含义。 briefcase ：公文包，公事包 词根词缀：brev- 短, v←→ f, brief 简短 + case 箱,盒
• brief 英文词源 brief brief: [14] Brief comes via Old French bref from Latin brevis ‘short’, which is probably related to Greek brakhús ‘short’, from which English gets the combining form brachy -, as in brachycephalic . Latin produced the nominal derivative breve ‘letter’, later ‘summary’, which came into English in the 14th century in the sense ‘letter of authority’ (German has
• Brie 英文词源 Brie (n.) type of soft cheese, 1848, from name of district in department Seine-et-Marne, southeast of Paris, famous for its cheeses. The name is from Gaulish briga "hill, height." 中文词源 Brie ：布里干酪 法国地名，著名干酪产地。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Brie 词源， Brie 含义。
• bridie 英文词源 bridie "A meat pasty", Perhaps from obsolete bride's pie . 中文词源 bridie ：肉馅饼 来自短语bride’s pie, 新娘婚宴用饼。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bridie 词源， bridie 含义。
• bridge 英文词源 bridge bridge: [OE] A distant relative of bridge , Old Slavic bruvino ‘beam’, coupled with the meaning of the cognate Old Norse bryggja ‘gangway’, suggest that the underlying etymological meaning of the word is not ‘spanning structure’ but ‘road or structure made of logs’. The Norse word, incidentally, produced the Scottish and northern English brig ‘bridge’. The c