英语词源

• tan 英文词源 tan tan: [OE] Tan was borrowed into late Old English from the medieval Latin verb tannāre . This was derived from tannum ‘oak bark’ (oak bark is used in tanning leather), which itself was probably a loan-word from Gaulish tanno - ‘oak’. The French noun tan ‘tan’ came ultimately from the same Latin source. From it was derived tanin , acquired by English as tannin [19]; and
• tangential 英文词源 tangential (adj.) 1620s, see tangent (adj.) + -ial . Figurative sense of "divergent, erratic" is from 1787; that of "slightly connected" is from 1825. Related: Tangentially . 中文词源 tangential ：正切的，稍微沾边的 来自 tangent,正切，切线，-ial,形容词后缀。引申词义稍微沾边的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tangential 词源
• tangle 英文词源 tangle (n.) 1610s, "a tangled condition, a snarl of threads," from tangle (v.). tangle (v.) mid-14c., nasalized variant of tagilen "to involve in a difficult situation, entangle," from a Scandinavian source (compare dialectal Swedish taggla "to disorder," Old Norse þongull "seaweed"), from Proto-Germanic *thangul- (cognates: Frisian tung , Dutch tang , German Tang "seaweed"); thus th
• Taoism 英文词源 Taoism (n.) religious system founded by Lao Tzu (b. 604 B.C.E.), 1838, from Chinese tao "way, path, right way (of life), reason" + -ism . 中文词源 Taoism ：道家，道教 来自汉语道，-ism,主义，思想。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Taoism 词源， Taoism 含义。
• tanker 英文词源 tanker (n.) "ship for carrying oil or other liquid cargo," 1900, from tank (n.). 中文词源 tanker ：油轮，罐车 来自 tank,水箱。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tanker 词源， tanker 含义。 tanker ：油轮，罐车 来自 tank,水箱。比喻用法。
• tape 英文词源 tape (n.) Old English tæppe "narrow strip of cloth used for tying, measuring, etc.," of uncertain origin; perhaps [Klein] a back-formation from Latin tapete "cloth, carpet," compare also Old Frisian tapia , Middle Low German tapen "to pull, pluck, tear." The original short vowel became long in Middle English. Adhesive tape is from 1885; also in early use sometimes friction tape . Tap
• tap 英文词源 tap (v.1) "strike lightly," c. 1200, from Old French taper "tap, rap, strike" (12c.), from a Gallo-Roman or Germanic source ultimately imitative of the sound of rapping. Meaning "to designate for some duty or for membership" is recorded from 1952, from notion of a tap on the shoulder. Related: Tapped ; tapping . tap (n.2) "light blow or stroke," mid-14c., from tap (v.1). Tap dancer fi
• taper 英文词源 taper taper: [OE] Taper is ultimately the same word as paper . Both go bach to Latin papyrus ‘papyrus’. This was used among other things for a ‘candlewick made from papyrus’, and hence for a ‘candle’. It seems to have been borrowed in this sense into Old English as * papur , and by a process known as dissimilation (in which one of a pair of similar speech sounds is changed
• tar 英文词源 tar tar: [OE] Tar is etymologically a substance produced from ‘trees’. The word goes back via a prehistoric Germanic * terw - (source also of German and Dutch teer , Swedish tjära , and Danish tjære ) to Indo-European * drew - ‘tree’ (source of English tree ) – the original application of the word evidently having been to the tarry resins produced by conifers. (The tar [17
• targe 英文词源 targe (n.) "shield, buckler," late Old English, from Old French targe , from Frankish *targa , from Germanic (see target (n.)). Old English had a native form targe , but the soft -g- in the later word indicates it came from French. 中文词源 targe ：圆盾 来自古法语 targe,圆盾，小盾。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： targe 词源， targe 含义。
• target 英文词源 target (n.) c. 1300, "shield," diminutive of late Old English targe , from Old French targe "light shield" (12c.), from Frankish *targa "shield," from Proto-Germanic *targ- (cognates: Old High German zarga "edging, border," German zarge "border, edge, frame," Old English targe , Old Norse targa "shield, buckler"), perhaps originally "edge of a shield." Meaning "round object to be aime
• taste 英文词源 taste taste: [13] The origins of taste are not entirely clear, but what does seem certain is that it is connected in some way with Latin tangere ‘touch’; indeed it was originally used for ‘touch’ in English (‘With that finger he will it taste if it is rightly wrought’, St Michael 1290), and its French relative tâter denotes ‘feel’. It was once generally supposed that
• tasteful 英文词源 tasteful (adj.) 1610s, "having an agreeable taste;" from taste + -ful . From 1756 as "having or showing good taste." Related: Tastefully ; tastefulness . 中文词源 tasteful ：有品味的，高雅的 来自 taste,味道，滋味，-ful,形容词后缀。引申词义有口味的，高雅的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tasteful 词源， tasteful 含义。
• taxable 英文词源 taxable (adj.) "subject to taxation," late 15c., from Anglo-French taxable , Anglo-Latin taxabilis ; see tax (v.) + -able . As a noun meaning "person subject to taxation" from 1660s. 中文词源 taxable ：应征税的 来自 tax,征税，课税。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： taxable 词源， taxable 含义。
• taximeter 英文词源 taximeter "A device used in taxis that automatically records the distance travelled and the fare payable", Late 19th century: from French taximètre , from taxe 'tariff', from the verb taxer 'to tax' + -mètre '(instrument) measuring'. 中文词源 taximeter ：计程表，计价器 来自德语 Taximeter,计程表，来自拉丁语 taxa,收费，收税，词源同 tax. 该词的英语词
• team 英文词源 team team: [OE] The etymological notion underlying the word team is ‘pulling’. It goes back ultimately to the Indo-European base * deuk - ‘pull’, which also produced Latin dūcere ‘pull, lead’ (source of English abduct , duke , etc). Its Germanic descendant was * taukh -. From this was derived a noun * taugmaz , whose later form * taumaz gave English team . This originally
• team spirit 英文词源 team (n.) Old English team "descendant, family, race, line; child-bearing, brood; company, band; set of draft animals yoked together," from Proto-Germanic *tau(h)maz (cognates: Old Norse taumr , Old Frisian tam "bridle; progeny, line of descent," Dutch toom , Old High German zoum , German Zaum "bridle"), probably literally "that which draws," from PIE *douk-mo- , from root *deuk- "to
• tear 英文词源 tear tear: English has two separate words tear , both of ancient ancestry. The sort of tear that one weeps [OE] goes back (together with its Germanic relatives German träne , Dutch traan , Swedish tår , and Danish taare ) to prehistoric Indo- European * dakru -, a word of uncertain origin which also produced Welsh deigryn and Latin lacrima (source of English lachrymal [16] and lachr
• tear-jerker 英文词源 tear-jerker (n.) 1911, in reference to newspaper stories about tragic situations, on model of soda-jerker and perhaps especially beer-jerker , from tear (n.1) + jerk (v.). 中文词源 tear-jerker ：催泪弹 比喻用法，用以指催人泪下的电影或故事。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tear-jerker 词源， tear-jerker 含义。
• tease 英文词源 tease tease: [OE] Tease originally meant ‘separate the fibres of wool’ (a sense still perceptible in the metaphorical tease out ‘disentangle something complicated’). It came from a prehistoric West Germanic * taisjan , whose base was also the source of English teasel [OE], a plant whose prickly flower heads were used for carding wool. The notion of ‘irritating someone with p
• teasel 英文词源 teasel (n.) also teazel , teazle , type of plant, Old English tæsel "large thistle used in teasing cloth," from Proto-Germanic *taisilo (cognates: Old High German zeisala ), from root of Old English tæsan "to pluck" (see tease (v.)). 中文词源 teasel ：起绒草 来自 tease,梳理羊毛，-el,工具格后缀。用以指旧时使织物表面起绒的一种类似梳子的粗草。
• tedious 英文词源 tedious (adj.) early 15c., from Old French tedieus , from Late Latin taediosus "wearisome, irksome, tedious," from Latin taedium (see tedium ). Related: Tediously ; tediousness . 中文词源 tedious ：冗长的，乏味的 来自 tedium,冗长。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tedious 词源， tedious 含义。
• tedium 英文词源 tedium (n.) "tediousness," 1660s, from Latin taedium "weariness, irksomeness, disgust," related to taedet "it is wearisome, it excites loathing," and to taedere "to weary," of uncertain origin. Possible cognates are Old Church Slavonic težo , Lithuanian tingiu "to be dull, be listless." 中文词源 tedium ：冗长，乏味 来自拉丁语 taedium,冗长，乏味，来自 teadere,使乏
• teen 英文词源 teen teen: [OE] The element - teen (as in thirteen , fourteen , etc) originated as an inflected form of ten . The noun teen , usually used in the expression in one’s teens ‘from the ages of thirteen to nineteen’, was derived from it in the 17th century (‘Your poor young things, when they are once in the teens, think they shall never be married’, William Wycherley, Gentleman
• tele- 英文词源 tele- before vowels tel- , word-forming element meaning "far, far off, operating over distance" (also, since c. 1940, "television"), from Greek tele- , combining form of tele "far off, afar, at or to a distance," related to teleos (genitive telos ) "end, goal, completion, perfection," literally "completion of a cycle," from PIE *kwel-es- (cognates: Sanskrit caramah "the last," Breton
• teenage 英文词源 teenage (adj.) also teen age , teen-age ; 1911, from teen + age (n.). Originally in reference to Sunday School classes. Teen-aged (adj.) is from 1922. 中文词源 teenage ：青少年 来自 teen,青少年，age,时代，年纪。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： teenage 词源， teenage 含义。 teenage ：青少年 来自 teen,青少年，age,时代，年纪。
• teleshopping 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random bunting bunting: Bunting ‘bird’ [13] and bunting ‘flags’ [18] are presumably two distinct words, although in neither case do we really know where they come from. There was a now obsolete English adjective bunting , first recorded in the 16th century, which meant ‘plump, rounded, short and thick’ (could a subliminal m
• teller 英文词源 teller (n.) "bank clerk who pays or receives money," late 15c., "person who keeps accounts," agent noun from tell (v.) in its secondary sense of "count, enumerate," which is the primary sense of cognate words in many Germanic languages. Earlier "person who announces or narrates" (c. 1300). 中文词源 teller ：银行出纳，提款机，取款机 来自 tell 古义，计算，数数，
• temperamental 英文词源 temperamental (adj.) "of or pertaining to temperament," 1640s, from temperament + -al (1); in the sense of "moody" it is recorded from 1907. Related: Temperamentally . 中文词源 temperamental ：性情的，性格的，喜怒无常的，多变的 来自 temperament,脾性，性情，-al,形容词后缀。引申词义有脾气的，喜怒无常的等。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• temperance 英文词源 temperance (n.) mid-14c., "self-restraint, moderation," from Anglo-French temperaunce (mid-13c.), from Latin temperantia "moderation, sobriety, discretion, self-control," from temperans , present participle of temperare "to moderate" (see temper (v.)). Latin temperantia was used by Cicero to translate Greek sophrosyne "moderation." In English, temperance was used to render Latin conti
• ten 英文词源 ten ten: [OE] Ten is part of a general European family of ‘ten’-words which goes back ultimately to prehistoric Indo-European * dekm . This also produced Greek déka (source of English dean and decade and the prefix deca -), Latin decem (source of English December , decimal , decimate , dime , etc), and Russian désyat ’. Its Germanic descendant was * tekhan , which has evolved
• tempter 英文词源 tempter (n.) mid-14c., "one who solicits to sin; that which entices to evil" (originally especially the devil), from Middle French tempteur (14c.), Old French *tempteor , from Latin temptatorem , agent noun from temptare "to feel, try out" (see tempt ). 中文词源 tempter ：引诱者 来自 tempt,引诱，诱惑。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tempter 词源
• tensile 英文词源 tensile (adj.) 1620s, "stretchable," from Modern Latin tensilis "capable of being stretched," from Latin tensus , past participle of tendere "to stretch" (see tenet ). Meaning "pertaining to tension" is from 1841. 中文词源 tensile ：有张力的，可延展的 来自 tense,拉紧的，-ile,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tensile 词源，
• tenth 英文词源 tenth tenth: see tithe tenth (adj.) mid-12c., tenðe ; see ten + -th (1). Replacing Old English teoða (West Saxon), teiða (Northumbrian), which is preserved in tithe . Compare Old Saxon tehando , Old Frisian tegotha , Dutch tiende , Old High German zehanto , German zehnte , Gothic taihunda . As a noun from c. 1200. 中文词源 tenth ：第十 来自 ten,十，-th,表序数。 该词的
• terms 英文词源 terms (n.) "limiting conditions," early 14c.; see term (n.). Hence expressions such as come to terms , make terms , on any terms , etc. Meaning "standing, footing, mutual relations," as in expression on good terms (with someone), is recorded from 1540s. 中文词源 terms ：限制条件，条款 来自 term 的复数形式。引申词义限制条件，特别用于指合同条款等。
• terminology 英文词源 terminology (n.) 1770, from German Terminologie , a hybrid coined by Christian Gottfried Schütz (1747-1832), professor of poetry and rhetoric at Jena, from Medieval Latin terminus "word, expression" (see terminus ) + Greek -logia "a dealing with, a speaking of" (see -logy ). Related: Terminological . Decandolle and others use the term Glossology instead of Terminology , to avoid the
• territorial 英文词源 territorial (adj.) 1620s, "of or pertaining to a territory," from Late Latin territorialis , from territorium (see territory ). In reference to British regiments, from 1881. In reference to an area defended by an animal, from 1920. Territorial waters is from 1841. Territorial army "British home defense" is from 1908. Territorial imperative "animal need to claim and defend territory" i
• test- 英文词源 test-tube (n.) 1809, from test (n.) + tube (n.). So called because it originally was used to test the properties of liquids. Test-tube baby is recorded from 1935. 中文词源 test- ：见证，证实，证明 来自 test,见证，证实，词源同 attest,contest,protest,testate. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： test- 词源， test- 含义。 test- ：见证，证
• testable 英文词源 detestable (adj.) early 15c., from Middle French détestable (14c.), from Latin detestabilis "execrable, abominable," from detestari (see detest ). Related: Detestably . incontestable (adj.) 1670s, from French incontestable , from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + contestable (see contest (v.)). Related: Incontestably . 中文词源 testable ：可试验的，可检验的 来自 test,试验，检
• testament 英文词源 testament testament: [13] Testament is one of a range of English words that go back to Latin testis ‘witness’. This was derived from a prehistoric Indo-European base * tris - ‘three’, and so denoted etymologically a ‘third person’, who was not party to an agreement and thus could be a disinterested witness to it. Other English members of the testis family include testicle
• text- 英文词源 epeiric (adj.) in reference to seas covering continental shelves, 1915, from Greek epeiros "mainland, land, continent," from PIE root *apero- "shore" (cognates: Old English ofer "bank, rim, shore," Old Frisian over "bank") + -ic . As the term "continental deposits" in this sense is now ingrained in Geology, we can no longer use Dana's "continental seas" without raising a question in t
• than 英文词源 than than: [OE] Than is ultimately the same word as then , and the two were used interchangeably until the end of the 17th century. It is not clear how the adverb came to be used as a conjunction denoting comparison, although it is possible that the comparison implicit in expressions like ‘This one is better; then there is that one’ may have led on to ‘This one is better than th
• thank 英文词源 thank thank: [OE] The notion of ‘gratitude’ in modern English thank arose out of an earlier ‘thoughtfulness’. For the word goes back ultimately to prehistoric Germanic * thank -, * thengk -, which also produced English think , and the noun thank originally meant ‘thought’ (a 12th-century translation of the gospels has ‘From the heart come evil thanks’ Matthew 15:19, wh
• thank you 英文词源 thank you polite formula used in acknowledging a favor, c. 1400, short for I thank you (see thank ). As a noun, from 1792. 中文词源 thank you ：谢谢你 缩写自 I thank you. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： thank you 词源， thank you 含义。
• thanks 英文词源 thanks (n.) Old English þanc , þonc in late use "grateful thought, gratitude," plural form thanks from mid-13c., from the same root as thank (v.). Compare Old Saxon thank , Old Frisian thank , Old Norse þökk , Dutch dank , German Dank . The Old English noun originally and chiefly meant "thought, reflection, sentiment; mind, will, purpose;" also "grace, mercy, pardon; pleasure, sat
• that 英文词源 that that: [OE] That is a very ancient word, going right back to prehistoric Indo-European * tad (source also of Greek tó ‘the’ and Russian tot’ , ta , to ‘that’). Its original function in English was as the neuter form of a demonstrative pronoun. This came to be used as the definite article (modern English the ), but as the grammatical gender system began to break down in
• thanksgiving 英文词源 thanksgiving (n.) 1530s, "the giving of thanks," from thanks (n.) + present participle of give (v.). In the specific sense of "public celebration acknowledging divine favors" thanksgiving dates from 1630s (the first one in America was held October 1621 by Plymouth Colony Pilgrims in appreciation of assistance from members of the Massasoit tribe and celebration of the first harvest); t
• the 英文词源 the the: [OE] The nominative forms of the Old English definite article were se (masculine), sēo (feminine), and thæt (neuter – ancestor of modern English that ). In the late Old English period se was replaced by the , probably an eroded version of that and perhaps the same word as the Old English relative particle the . Its drafting in to take the place of se was no doubt promoted
• theater nurse 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random ajar ajar: [16] Ajar comes from Scotland and Northern England. In Middle English times it was a char or on char , literally ‘on turn’ ( char comes from an Old English word cerr ‘turn’, which in its metaphorical sense ‘turn of work’ has given modern English charwoman and chore ). A door or window that was in the act o
• theft 英文词源 theft theft: see thief theft (n.) mid-13c., from Old English þeofð (West Saxon þiefð ) "theft," from Proto-Germanic *theubitho (cognates: Old Frisian thiufthe , Old Norse þyfð ), from *theubaz "thief" (see thief ) + abstract formative suffix *-itha (cognate with Latin -itatem ; see -th (2)). 中文词源 theft ：偷窃 来自 thief,小偷，-th,表状态名词，词源同 depth
• their 英文词源 their their: [12] Like they and them , their was borrowed from Old Norse. Its source was theirra , the genitive plural form of the demonstrative adjective sá . The pronoun form theirs [13] is an English creation. = them , they their (pron.) plural possessive pronoun, c. 1200, from Old Norse þierra "of them," genitive of plural personal and demonstrative pronoun þeir "they" (see the
• theirs 英文词源 theirs (pron.) possessive pronoun, "their own," early 14c., from their + possessive -s , on analogy of his , etc. In form, a double possessive. 中文词源 theirs ：他们的 来自 their,他们的，-s,所有格后缀。该词为双重所有格形式。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： theirs 词源， theirs 含义。 theirs ：他们的 来自 their,他们的，
• them 英文词源 them them: [12] The Old English set of forms of the third person plural pronoun was hīe , hiera , and him . These were replaced at the end of the Old English period by they , their , and them , which came from Old Norse, but the colloquial ’em for them is a lineal descendant of him . = their , they them (pron.) third person plural pronoun, c. 1200, from Old Norse þeim , dative of
• theme 英文词源 theme theme: [13] Greek théma denoted etymologically ‘something placed’, hence a ‘proposition’ (it was formed from the base * the -, source also of tithénai ‘place, put’ and distant relative of English do ). English acquired the word via Latin thēma and Old French * teme as teme , but soon reverted to the Latin spelling. = do theme (n.) early 14c., "subject or topic on
• thematic 英文词源 thematic (adj.) 1690s, in logic, from Greek thematikos , from thema (genitive thematos ; see theme ). From 1871 of writing or discourse. Related: Thematical ; thematically . 中文词源 thematic ：主题的，题目的 来自 theme,主题，题目，-atic,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： thematic 词源， thematic 含义。 thematic ：主题的
• then 英文词源 then then: [OE] Then was formed from the ancient demonstrative base * ta -, which also underlies English that and there . Its West Germanic relatives include German dann and Dutch dan . It is ultimately the same word as than . = than , the , there then (adv.) adverb of time, Old English þanne , þænne , þonne , from Proto-Germanic *thana- (cognates: Old Frisian thenne , Old Saxon t
• theorem 英文词源 theorem (n.) 1550s, from Middle French théorème (16c.) and directly from Late Latin theorema , from Greek theorema "spectacle, sight," in Euclid "proposition to be proved," literally "that which is looked at," from theorein "to look at, behold" (see theory ). 中文词源 theorem ：定理，法则 来自希腊语 theorema,看，观察，来自 theorein,看，观察，词源同 theo
• theoretical 英文词源 theoretical (adj.) 1610s, "contemplative," with -al (1) + Late Latin theoreticus "of or pertaining to theory," from Greek theoretikos "contemplative, speculative, pertaining to theory" (by Aristotle contrasted to praktikos ), from theoretos "that may be seen or considered," from theorein "to consider, look at" (see theory ). Meaning "pertaining to theory, making deductions from theory
• theory 英文词源 theory theory: [16] The etymological notion underlying theory is of ‘looking’; only secondarily did it develop via ‘contemplation’ to ‘mental conception’. It comes via late Latin theōria from Greek theōríā ‘contemplation, speculation, theory’. This was a derivative of theōrós ‘spectator’, which was formed from the base thea - (source also of theásthai ‘wat
• therefore 英文词源 therefore (adv.) Old English þærfore ; from there + fore , Old English and Middle English collateral form of for . Since c. 1800, therefor has been used in sense of "for that, by reason of that;" and therefore in sense of "in consequence of that." Similar formation in Dutch daarfoor , German dafür , Danish derfor . 中文词源 therefore ：因此，所以 来自古英语 thaerfore
• thereabouts 英文词源 thereabouts (adv.) early 15c., "in that area, around there; mid-15c., "near to that time, approximately thence," from Old English þær onbutan "about that place" + adverbial genitive -es ; see there + about . 中文词源 thereabouts ：大约，在那附近 there,那里，about,大约，-s,副词所有格。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： thereabouts 词源，
• these 英文词源 these these: [13] The Old English plural of this was thās or thōs . This evolved into those , which came to be used as the plural of that , and it was replaced as the plural of this by thise , formed from this with the plural ending - e , which in due course turned into these . = this these (pron.) Old English þæs , variant of þas (which became those and took the role of plural o
• thermal 英文词源 thermal (adj.) 1756, "having to do with hot springs," from French thermal (Buffon), from Greek therme "heat, feverish heat," from PIE *gwher- "to heat, warm" (cognates: Latin fornax "an oven, kiln," formus "warm," Old English wearm ; see warm (adj.)). Sense of "having to do with heat" is first recorded 1837. The noun meaning "rising current of relatively warm air" is recorded from 193
• they 英文词源 they they: [12] Like their and them , they was borrowed from Old Norse. Its source was their , the plural form of the demonstrative adjective sá , and it replaced the native Old English pronoun hīe . = their , them they (pron.) c. 1200, from a Scandinavian source (Old Norse þeir , Old Danish, Old Swedish þer , þair ), originally masculine plural demonstrative pronoun, from Proto-
• thick 英文词源 thick thick: [OE] Thick comes from a prehistoric Germanic * thekwia -, which also produced German dick , Dutch dik , Swedish tjock , and Danish tyk . It is related to Welsh tew and Breton teo ‘thick’, but its ultimate antecedents are not known. Thicket [OE] is a derivative. thick (adj.) Old English þicce "dense, viscous, solid, stiff; numerous, abundant; deep," also as an adverb,
• thicken 英文词源 thicken (v.) late 14c. (transitive), 1590s (intransitive), from thick + -en (1). Related: Thickened ; thickening . An earlier verb was Middle English thick , Old English þiccian "to thicken, to crowd together." 中文词源 thicken ：使变厚，增稠 thick,厚的，-en,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： thicken 词源， thicken 含义。 thicken ：使变
• thief 英文词源 thief thief: [OE] Thief goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * theubaz , which also produced German dieb , Dutch dief , Swedish tjuf , and Danish tyv . It is not clear where this came from, although it might be related to Lithuanian tupeti ‘cower, squat’ and Latvian tupt ‘squat’, in which case it would denote etymologically ‘crouching, furtive person’. From * theubaz was de
• thieve 英文词源 thieve (v.) Old English þeofian "to thieve, steal," from þeof (see thief ). Rare in Old English, rarer in Middle English, not common until 17c.; perhaps the modern word is a late 16c. re-formation. Thieving (adj.) first attested 1520s. 中文词源 thieve ：偷窃 来自古英语 theofian,去偷，偷窃，来自 theof,小偷，即 thief 的古英语拼写形式。 该词的英语词
• thigh 英文词源 thigh thigh: [OE] The thigh is etymologically the ‘plump’ part of the leg. Together with Dutch dij , it evolved from a prehistoric Germanic * theukham . This went back to Indo-European * teuk -, * tauk -, * tuk -, which also produced Lithuanian táukas ‘fat’. And these in turn were extensions of the base * tu - ‘swell’, source of English thousand , thumb , tumour , etc. =
• thin 英文词源 thin thin: [OE] Thin denotes etymologically ‘stretched’. It goes back ultimately to the Indo- European base * ten - ‘stretch’, which also produced Latin tenuis ‘thin’ (source of English tenuous ) and Latin tendere ‘stretch’ (source of English tend , tense , etc). From this was descended prehistoric Germanic * thunnuz , which has evolved into German dünn , Dutch dun ,
• thing 英文词源 thing thing: [OE] The ancestral meaning of thing is ‘time’: it goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * thingam , which was related to Gothic theihs ‘time’, and may come ultimately from the Indo- European base * ten - ‘stretch’ (source of English tend , tense , etc). In Germanic it evolved semantically via ‘appointed time’ to ‘judicial or legislative assembly’. This w
• thinkable 英文词源 thinkable (adj.) 1805; see think (v.) + -able . Possibly a back-formation from unthinkable . 中文词源 thinkable ：可想象的 think,思考，想象，-able,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： thinkable 词源， thinkable 含义。 thinkable ：可想象的 think,思考，想象，-able,形容词后缀。
• thinker 英文词源 thinker (n.) "one who has cultivated the powers of thought," mid-15c., agent noun from think (v.). 中文词源 thinker ：思想家 think,思考，想象，-er,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： thinker 词源， thinker 含义。 thinker ：思想家 think,思考，想象，-er,人。
• third 英文词源 third third: [OE] Third goes back ultimately to an Indo- European * tritjos , an ordinal derivative of the base that produced English three . Amongst its other descendants were Greek trítos , Latin tertius (source of English tertiary [16]), Russian tretij , Polish trzeci , Latvian trešais , and Welsh tryddydd . In prehistoric Germanic it became * thrithjaz , which has evolved into G
• thirst 英文词源 thirst thirst: [OE] The etymological notion underlying the word thirst is of being ‘dry’. For it goes back ultimately to the Indo-European base * trs , * tors - ‘dry’, which also produced Latin torrēre ‘parch’ (source of English toast , torrid , etc). From this was formed the prehistoric West Germanic noun * thurstu , which has evolved into German durst , Dutch dorst , an
• thirsty 英文词源 thirsty (adj.) Old English þurstig "thirsty, greedy;" see thirst (n.) + -y (2). Related: Thirstily ; thirstiness . Similar formation in Old Frisian, Dutch dorstig , German durstig . 中文词源 thirsty ：口渴的，干旱的 来自 thirst,口渴，干渴。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： thirsty 词源， thirsty 含义。
• thirteen 英文词源 thirteen (adj.) late 145c., metathesis of Middle English thrittene , from Old English þreotene (Mercian), þreotiene (West Saxon), from þreo "three" (see three ) + -tene (see -teen ). Similar formation in Old Saxon thriutein , Old Frisian thretten , Dutch dertien , German dreizehn , Old Norse threttan , Swedish tretton . As a noun from late Old English. Not an unlucky number in medi
• thirty 英文词源 thirty (adj.) late 14c. metathesis of thritti , from Old English þritig , from þri , þreo "three" (see three ) + -tig "group of ten" (see -ty (1)). Similar formation in Old Frisian thritich , Old Saxon thritig , Dutch dertig , Old High German drizzug , German dreissig . The Thirty Years' War (1842) was a religious power struggle waged 1618-48, mainly on German soil. The symbol -30-
• this 英文词源 this this: [OE] This is descended from the neuter form of the Old English demonstrative adjective and pronoun whose masculine form was thes . It was formed in the prehistoric Germanic period from the demonstrative base * tha - (source also of English that , there , etc) and a suffix *- se which had the function of indicating a specific thing. = the , those this (pron.) Old English þi
• Thor 英文词源 Thor Odin's eldest son, strongest of the gods though not the wisest, c.1020, from Old Norse Þorr , literally "thunder," from *þunroz , related to Old English þunor (see thunder (n.)). His weapon was the hammer mjölnir ("crusher"). 中文词源 Thor ：索尔 日耳曼和北欧神话中的雷神，天神 Odin 长子，邪神 Loki 兄长，星期四 Thursday 神话原型。 来自古诺
• thorn 英文词源 thorn thorn: [OE] Thorn is an ancient word, which goes all the way back to an Indo-European * trnus . The Germanic descendant of this was * thurnuz , which evolved into German dorn , Dutch doorn , Swedish and Danish torn , and English thorn . thorn (n.) Old English þorn "sharp point on a stem or branch," earlier "thorny tree or plant," from Proto-Germanic *thurnuz (cognates: Old Saxo
• thorny 英文词源 thorny (adj.) Old English þornig ; see thorn + -y (2). Figurative sense is attested from mid-14c. Related: Thorniness . Similar formation in Dutch doornig , German dornig . 中文词源 thorny ：多刺的，棘手的，麻烦的 来自 thorn,刺，引申词义棘手的，麻烦的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： thorny 词源， thorny 含义。 thorny ：多
• thorp 英文词源 thorp (n.) Old English ðorp "village, hamlet, farm, estate," reinforced by Old Norse ðorp , both from Proto-Germanic *thurpa- (cognates: Old Frisian thorp , Frisian terp , Middle Dutch, Dutch dorp , German dorf "village," Gothic þaurp "estate, land, field"), probably from PIE root *treb- "dwelling" (see tavern ). Preserved in place names ending in -thorp , -thrup . 中文词源 tho
• those 英文词源 those those: [OE] Originally, those was the plural of this . It did not move across to that until the Middle English period, gradually replacing its previous plural thō . The game of musical chairs was completed by these , which was a new formation based on this . = this those (pron.) c. 1300, Midlands and southern variant of Old English þas, nominative and accusative plural of þes
• though 英文词源 though though: [12] English borrowed though from Old Norse thōh , and by the end of the 15th century it had virtually wiped out the related native form, which went back to Old English thēah . Both came from a prehistoric Germanic adverb formed from the demonstrative base * tha - (source also of English that , there , etc) and a suffix meaning ‘and’. Modern Germanic relatives inc
• thrash 英文词源 thrash thrash: see threshold thrash (v.) 1580s, "to separate grains from wheat, etc., by beating," dialectal variant of threshen (see thresh ). Sense of "beat (someone) with (or as if with) a flail" is first recorded 1620s. Meaning "to make wild movements like those of a flail or whip" is attested from 1846. Related: Thrashed ; thrashing . As a noun from 1660s, "threshing tool;" 1840s
• thread 英文词源 thread thread: [OE] A thread is etymologically something ‘twisted’. The word comes from a prehistoric Germanic * thrǣthuz , which was derived from the base * thrǣ - ‘twist’ (source also of English throw ). Other descendants of * thrǣthuz include Dutch draad , Swedish tråd , and Danish traad ‘thread’ and German draht ‘wire’. = throw thread (n.) Old English þræd "f
• threadbare 英文词源 threadbare (adj.) late 14c., from thread (n.) + bare . The notion is of "having the nap worn off," leaving bare the threads. 中文词源 threadbare ：陈旧的，陈腐的 thread,线，bare,裸露的。引申词义陈旧的，陈腐的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： threadbare 词源， threadbare 含义。 threadbare ：陈旧的，陈腐的 thread,线，
• threat 英文词源 threat threat: [OE] Threat originally meant ‘trouble, oppression’; ‘expression of an intention to do harm’ is a secondary sense, which arose out of the notion of ‘putting pressure’ on someone. It came from a prehistoric base * thraut -, * threut -, * thrut -, which probably went back to Indo- European * trud - ‘push, press’ (source also of Latin trūdere ‘thrust’,
• threaten 英文词源 threaten (v.) late 13c., "attempt to influence by menacing," from Old English þreatnian "to threaten" (see threat ). Related: Threatened . Threatening in the sense of "portending no good" is recorded from 1520s. 中文词源 threaten ：进行威胁 threat,威胁，-en,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： threaten 词源， threaten 含义。 threaten ：进行