英语词源

• bridegroom 英文词源 bridegroom bridegroom: see groom bridegroom (n.) Old English brydguma "suitor," from bryd "bride" (see bride ) + guma "man" (source also of Old Norse gumi , Old High German gomo , cognate with Latin homo "man;" see homunculus ). Ending altered 16c. by folk etymology after groom (n.) "groom, boy, lad" (q.v.). Common Germanic compound (compare Old Saxon brudigumo , Old Norse bruðgumi ,
• bride 英文词源 bride bride: [OE] Bride goes back via Old English bryd to Germanic * brūthiz , and has a wide range of relations in other Germanic languages (including German braut , Dutch bruid , and Swedish brud ). All mean ‘woman being married’, so the word has shown remarkable semantic stability; but where it came from originally is not known. In modern English bridal is purely adjectival, b
• brickbat 英文词源 brickbat (n.) mid-16c., piece of brick (half or less) used as a missile, from brick (n.) + bat (n.1). Figurative use, of comments, insults, etc., is from 1640s. 中文词源 brickbat ：公开辱骂 brick, 砖。bat, 棍。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： brickbat 词源， brickbat 含义。
• brick 英文词源 brick brick: [15] For what is today such a common phenomenon, the word brick made a surprisingly late entry into the English language. But of course until the later Middle Ages, bricks were very little used in Britain. It was not until the mid-15th century that they were introduced by Flemish builders, and they appear to have brought the word, Middle Dutch bricke , with them. The ulti
• bric-a-brac 英文词源 bric-a-brac bric-a-brac: [19] Bric-a-brac first appears in English in William Thackeray’s The adventures of Philip 1862: ‘all the valuables of the house, including, perhaps, JJ’s bricabrac, cabinets, china, and so forth’. It comes from the obsolete French phrase à bric et à brac ‘at random’; the brac element is a fanciful alteration of bric ‘piece’. bric-a-brac (n.)
• briar 英文词源 briar briar: There are two distinct words briar in English, both of which can also be spelled brier , and as their meanings are fairly similar, they are often confused. The older [OE] is a name given to the wild rose, although in fact this usage is as recent as the 16th century, and in Old English times the word was used generally for any prickly bush, including particularly the bramb
• brew 英文词源 brew brew: [OE] The ancestral meaning of brew has basically to do with ‘heat’. It comes from an Indo-European base * bhreu - or * bhru , which is also the source of Latin fervēre ‘boil’, from which we get fervent , ferment , and the second syllable of comfrey . Broth and possibly bread can be traced back to the same Indo-European base, and some etymologists have linked it wit
• brevity 英文词源 brevity brevity: see brief brevity (n.) c. 1500, from Latin brevitatem (nominative brevitas ) "shortness" in space or time, from brevis "short" (see brief (adj.)). 中文词源 brevity ：简短 来自词根brev, 短，同brief. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： brevity 词源， brevity 含义。 brevity ：（时间）短暂，（讲话，文章等）简短 词根
• breve 英文词源 breve (n.) mid-15c., musical notation indicating two whole notes, from Latin breve (adj.) "short" in space or time (see brief (adj.)). The grammatical curved line placed over a vowel to indicate "shortness" (1540s) is from the same source. 中文词源 breve ：二全音符 来自词根brev, 短，同brief. 见semibreve, 全音符。音乐术语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• brethren 英文词源 brethren (n.) alternative plural of brother (q.v.); predominant c. 1200-1600s, but surviving now only in religious usage. 中文词源 brethren ：同仁 词源同brother, 兄弟。此词为brother的双重复数格。brether为brother的一重复数。-en, 复数后缀，见children. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： brethren 词源， brethren 含义。
• breeze block 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random burlesque burlesque: [17] French is the immediate source of English burlesque , but French got it from Italian burlesco , a derivative of burla ‘joke, fun’. This may come from Vulgar Latin * burrula , a derivative of late Latin burra ‘trifle’, perhaps the same word as late Latin burra ‘wool, shaggy cloth’. 中文词源
• breeze 英文词源 breeze breeze: [16] Breeze has not always connoted ‘lightness’ or ‘gentleness’. Old Spanish briza , its probable source, meant ‘cold northeast wind’, and that is the meaning it originally had in English. The word was picked up through English-Spanish contact in Central and South America, and the fact that on the Atlantic coast of the area the onshore winds were from the ea
• breeches 英文词源 breeches breeches: [OE] The theoretical singular of this word, breech , comes from a form which in Old English was plural – brēc . Its unrecorded singular, which would have been * brōc , came from a prehistoric West and North Germanic * brōks . The word’s ultimate origin is not known, although some connect it with break ; and it is possible that it was borrowed early on into Ga
• breech 英文词源 breech (n.) "back part of a gun or firearm," 1570s, from singular of breeches (q.v.). 中文词源 breech ：枪炮的后膛 词源同break, 分开。形容枪炮后膛的分叉状。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： breech 词源， breech 含义。
• breathalyzer 英文词源 breathalyzer (n.) 1960, from breath + (an)alyzer ; an earlier name for it was drunkometer (1934). 中文词源 breathalyzer ：呼气酒精分析仪 合成词。breath, 呼吸。analyzer, 分析仪。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： breathalyzer 词源， breathalyzer 含义。
• breath 英文词源 breath breath: [OE] Breath comes ultimately from the Indo-European base * bhrē - ‘burn, heat’ (source also of braise , breed , brood , and probably brawn ), and in its original Indo-European form * bhrētos appears to have meant something like the ‘steam, vapour, etc given off by something burning or cooking’. When it reached Old English, via Germanic * brǣthaz , it still me
• breast 英文词源 breast breast: [OE] Breast can be traced back via prehistoric Germanic * breustam to an Indo- European base * bhrus - or * bhreus -, whose other descendants, including Old Saxon brustian ‘bud’, Middle High German briustern ‘swell’, and Irish brú ‘abdomen, womb’, suggest that the underlying reference contained in the word may be to the growth and swelling of the female bre
• bream 英文词源 bream (n.) freshwater fish, late 14c., from Old French braisme "bream," from Frankish *brahsima , from West Germanic *brahsm- (compare Old High German brahsima ), perhaps from Proto-Germanic base *brehwan "to shine, glitter, sparkle," from PIE *bherek- (see braid (v.)). 中文词源 bream ：海鲷 词源同bright, 明亮的。形容这种海鱼的亮白色。 该词的英语词源请访
• breaker 英文词源 breaker (n.) "heavy ocean wave," 1680s, agent noun from break (v.). Related: Breakers . 中文词源 breaker ：大浪 来自break, 形容浪大。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： breaker 词源， breaker 含义。
• break 英文词源 break break: [OE] Break comes via prehistoric Germanic * brekan from the Indo-European base * bhreg -, which also produced Latin frangere ‘break’ (source of English fraction and fracture ). Possibly related words include brake , bark ‘sound made by a dog’, and brigade , while the Germanic derived noun * brecho passed into English via Old French as breach [14] (Old English had
• breadwinner 英文词源 breadwinner (n.) also bread-winner , "one who supplies a living for others, especially a family," 1821, from the noun bread (probably in a literal sense) + winner , from win (v.) in its sense of "struggle for, work at." Attested slightly earlier (1818) in sense "skill or art by which one makes a living." Not too far removed from the image at the root of lord (n.). 中文词源 breadwi
• brazier 英文词源 brazier (n.) "metal container to hold burning coals," 1680s, from French brasier "pan of hot coals," from Old French brasier , from brese "embers" (see braise ). 中文词源 brazier ：金属火盆 来自zero-grade 词根br, 烧，烤，同burn。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： brazier 词源， brazier 含义。
• bray 英文词源 bray (v.) c. 1300, from Old French braire "to cry," from Gallo-Roman *bragire "to cry out," perhaps from a Celtic source (compare Gaelic braigh "to shriek, crackle"), probably imitative. Related: Brayed ; braying . bray (n.) c. 1300, from bray (v.). 中文词源 bray ：驴子嘶叫 拟声词，模仿驴子的叫声。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bray 词源，
• brawn 英文词源 brawn brawn: [14] English acquired brawn from Anglo- Norman braun or Old French braon , which meant ‘flesh, muscle’, but the word’s ultimate origins are not so much a matter of physiological substance as of suitability for cooking and eating. For the source of the French word was Germanic * brādon ‘roast’, which can probably be traced back to Indo-European * bhrē - ‘burn
• braw 英文词源 braw Scottish formation and pronunciation of brave . 中文词源 braw ：不错的 来自brave的变体。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： braw 词源， braw 含义。
• brave 英文词源 brave brave: [15] The word which today means ‘courageous’ comes from one which meant ‘uncivilized, savage, wild’. English acquired brave via French brave , Italian bravo , and Vulgar Latin * brabus from Latin barbarus , source, via a different route, of English barbarous . Also from the Italian form come the exclamation bravo [18] and its derivative bravura [18], while Spanish
• brassica 英文词源 brassica "A plant of a genus that includes cabbage, swede, rape, and mustard", Modern Latin, from Latin, literally 'cabbage'. 中文词源 brassica ：芥属植物 拉丁专有名词，芥属。可能来自PIE *bhars, 刺，词源同barley, 大麦。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： brassica 词源， brassica 含义。
• brasserie 英文词源 brasserie (n.) 1864, "brewery," from French brasserie , from Middle French brasser "to brew," from Latin brace "grain used to prepare malt," said by Pliny to be a Celtic word (compare Welsh brag "malt"). 中文词源 brasserie ：法式廉价餐馆 来自法语。brass, 啤酒，词源同brew, 酿造。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： brasserie 词源， brasser
• brass 英文词源 brass brass: [OE] Related forms occur in one or two other Germanic languages (such as Middle Low German bras , which meant simply ‘metal’), but essentially brass is a mystery word, of unknown ancestry. Its association with ‘effrontery’ begins in the late 16th century, prefigured by Shakespeare’s ‘face of brass’ in Love’s Labours Lost 1580, and by the first instances of
• branch 英文词源 branch branch: [13] Branch comes via Old French branche from late Latin branca ‘paw’, but its ultimate origins are not known. In other Romance languages it retains more of its original Latin sense (Spanish branca ‘claw’, for example, and Romanian brinca ‘hand, paw’). The semantic connection between ‘limb of a tree’ and ‘appendage of a person or animal’ is fairly st
• bran 英文词源 bran bran: [13] English borrowed bran from Old French bran , but its ultimate source is unclear. Modern French bran means ‘excrement’, and if this had always been a part of the word’s makeup it might have been possible to suggest a Celtic origin, perhaps a Gaulish * brenno - (Welsh braen and Irish brean both mean ‘manure’), but English bran appears never to have meant anythi
• bramble 英文词源 bramble bramble: [OE] Bramble has several cognates in other Germanic languages, but as with many plant-names it does not always refer to the same plant. Old High German brāmma , for instance, is a ‘wild rose’; Old Saxon hiopbrāmio is a ‘hawthorn bush’; and then there is English broom . All come from a prehistoric Germanic * brāemoz ‘thorny bush’. In the case of bramble
• braise 英文词源 braise braise: [18] Braise has a wide range of rather surprising living relatives. Its immediate source is French braiser , a derivative of braise ‘live coals’ (from which English gets brazier [17] and the breeze of breezeblock ). In Old French this was brese , a borrowing from Germanic * brasa , which came from the same base as produced German braten ‘roast’ (as in bratwurst
• brain 英文词源 brain brain: [OE] Old English brægen came from a Germanic * bragnam . Its rather restricted distribution in modern Germanic languages (apart from English brain there is only Dutch and Frisian brein ) suggests that in prehistoric times it may have been limited to the area of North Germany where the Low German dialects were spoken, but it may well have some connection with Greek brekhmó
• Braille 英文词源 braille braille: [19] Braille, the system of printing in raised dots for the blind, was named after its inventor, the French teacher Louis Braille (1809–52), himself blind from the age of three. He perfected his set of letter and number signs in 1834, but the term did not appear in English until the early 1850s. Braille 1853, from Louis Braille (1809-1852), French musician and teach
• Brahman 英文词源 Brahman see brahmin . 中文词源 Brahman ：婆罗门 来自梵语Brahma, 梵天，印度神话中的创世神。婆罗门为印度等级制度中的祭司阶级。其它依次是刹帝利，武士阶级。吠舍，商人阶级。首陀罗，奴仆阶级。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Brahman 词源， Brahman 含义。
• brae 英文词源 brae (n.) "steep slope," in northern England especially "the sides of a hill," early 14c., from Scottish, "slope, river bank," from Old Norse bra "eyelash," cognate with Old English bræw "eyelid," German Braue "eyebrow" (see brow ). "The word must have passed through the sense of 'eye-brow' to 'brow of a hill', supercilium (cf. OE. eaghill 'eye-hill'=eyebrow)" [OED]. 中文词源 bra
• brad 英文词源 brad (n.) "small wire nail," late 13c., brod , from Old Norse broddr "spike, point, arrow," from Proto-Germanic *brozda- (cognates: Old English brord "point, prick, blade of grass," Old High German brort "point, edge, crown"), from PIE *bhrs-dh- , from root *bhars- "projectile, point, bristle" (see bristle (n.)). 中文词源 brad ：平头钉 来自PIE *bhars, 刺。词源同bur, bri
• brackish 英文词源 brackish (adj.) 1530s, from Scottish brack "salty" (see brack ) + -ish . Related: Brackishness . 中文词源 brackish ：咸的 词源不详。可能同bur, 芒刺，形容盐水如刺般的粗糙效果。比较brine , 盐水。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： brackish 词源， brackish 含义。
• bracken 英文词源 bracken (n.) "coarse fern," early 14c., a northern England word from a Scandinavian source (compare Danish bregne , Swedish bräken "fern"). 中文词源 bracken ：欧洲蕨 可能同break, 形容蕨类分成无数小片的叶片形状。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bracken 词源， bracken 含义。
• brachiosaurus 英文词源 brachiosaurus (n.) 1903, Modern Latin, from Greek brakhion "arm" (see brachio- ) + -saurus . The forelegs are notably longer than the hind legs. 中文词源 brachiosaurus ：腕龙 词根brach, 腕，词源同brace. 词根saur, 恐龙。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： brachiosaurus 词源， brachiosaurus 含义。
• brachiopod 英文词源 brachiopod (n.) type of bivalve mollusk, 1836, Modern Latin, from Greek brakhion "arm" (see brachio- ) + pous "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)). They have long spiral "arms" on either side of their mouths. 中文词源 brachiopod ：腕足动物 词根brach, 腕，词源同brace. 词根pod, 足，同foot. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： br
• bracer 英文词源 bracer (n.) early 14c., "piece of armor protecting the arm;" 1580s, "a clamp, bind, brace," from brace (n.). Figurative sense of "that which braces the nerves" is 1740; especially of alcoholic drinks from c. 1850. Related: Bracers . 中文词源 bracer ：用于提神饮料 来自于brace，箍子，支持。后用于俚语词，指提神的酒或饮料。 该词的英语词源请访问
• braaivleis 英文词源 braaivleis "A picnic or barbecue where meat is grilled over an open fire", Afrikaans, 'grilled meat', from braai 'to grill' + vleis 'meat'. 中文词源 braaivleis ：露天烧烤 来自荷兰语。braai, 同burn, 烧，烤。vleis, 同veal, 牛肉。后指烤各种肉。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： braaivleis 词源， braaivleis 含义。
• bozo 英文词源 bozo (n.) "muscular low-I.Q. male," c. 1910, perhaps from Spanish bozal , used in the slave trade and also to mean "one who speaks Spanish poorly." Bozo the clown was created 1940 at Capitol Records as the voice in a series of story-telling records for children ["Wall Street Journal," Oct. 31, 1983]. 中文词源 bozo ：傻瓜 来自儿童小说人物名Bozo the clown. 该词的英语词
• boysenberry 英文词源 boysenberry (n.) 1935, developed early 1900s by California botanist Rudolf Boysen (1895-1950) and named for him. 中文词源 boysenberry ：博伊森莓 由美国园艺专家Charles Rudolph Boysen培育而成并以其名命名的草莓品种。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： boysenberry 词源， boysenberry 含义。
• boy 英文词源 boy boy: [13] The etymology of boy has long been problematical, but the now most generally accepted view is that it is probably a reduced form of an unrecorded Anglo-Norman * abuie or * embuie ‘fettered’, from the Old French verb embuier ‘fetter’. This came from Vulgar Latin * imboiāre , a compound verb based on Latin boiae ‘leather collar, fetter’, which was adapted from
• box seat 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random pan pan: [OE] Pan is a general West Germanic word, with relatives in German ( pfanne ) and Dutch ( pan ), and also, by borrowing, in Swedish ( panna ) and Danish ( pande ). It may have been borrowed into Germanic from Latin patina ‘dish’ (source of English paten [13] and patina [18]), which itself went back to Greek patánē
• Boxing Day 英文词源 Boxing Day (n.) 1809, "first weekday after Christmas," on which postmen and others expect to receive a Christmas present, originally in reference to the custom of distributing the contents of the Christmas box , which was placed in the church for charity collections. See box (n.1). The custom is older than the phrase. 中文词源 Boxing Day ：节礼日 英联邦国家传统的宗教节
• box 英文词源 box box: English has two distinct words box . The ‘receptacle’ [OE] probably comes from late Latin buxis , a variant of Latin pyxis (whence English pyx ‘container for Communion bread’ [14]). This was borrowed from Greek puxís , which originally meant not simply ‘box’, but specifically ‘box made of wood’; for it was a derivative of Greek púxos , which via Latin buxus
• bowsprit 英文词源 bowsprit (n.) "large spar extending from the bow of a ship with one or more sails of its own," late 13c., probably from Middle Low German bochspret , from boch "bow of a ship" (see bow (n.2)) + spret "pole" (compare Old English spreot "pole," Dutch spriet "spear;" see sprit ). French beaupre is a Dutch loan word. 中文词源 bowsprit ：船头斜桁 bow, 船首。sprit, 斜桁。 该词
• bowser 英文词源 bowser (n.) a dog's name, 1806, perhaps imitative of baying. 中文词源 bowser ：应急加油车，加水车 由美国发明家Sylvanus Freelove Bowser发明并以其名命名的一种临时加油装置。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bowser 词源， bowser 含义。
• bowler 英文词源 bowler bowler: [19] The bowler hat was apparently named after the Bowlers, a family of 19thcentury London hatters who specialized in its manufacture. The first known reference to it comes in the Saturday Review 21 September 1861: ‘We are informed that he … wore … a white bowler hat’. bowler (n.1) "hard round hat," 1861, said to be from a J. Bowler , 19c. London hat manufacture
• bowl 英文词源 bowl bowl: Bowl ‘round receptacle’ [OE] and bowl ‘ball used in bowls’ [15] come from different sources. The former (Old English bolle or bolla ) comes ultimately from the Germanic base * bul -, * bal -, which was also the source of English ball , balloon , and ballot . The Middle Dutch form corresponding to Old English bolle was bolle , which was borrowed into English in the 1
• bowie knife 英文词源 bowie knife 1827, named for its inventor, U.S. fighter and frontiersman Col. James "Jim" Bowie (1799-1836), and properly pronounced "boo-ee." 中文词源 bowie knife ：长刃猎刀 由美国发明者James Bowie 发明并以其名命名的户外刀具。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bowie knife 词源， bowie knife 含义。
• bowfin 英文词源 bowfin "A predatory American freshwater fish with a large blunt head and a long dorsal fin. It is able to survive for long periods out of water", Late 19th century: from bow 1 + fin. 中文词源 bowfin ：弓鳍鱼 bow, 弓。fin, 鳍，词源同pen, 羽毛，笔。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bowfin 词源， bowfin 含义。
• bower 英文词源 bower bower: [OE] A bower was originally simply a place where one lived; the modern connotation of a ‘secluded arbour’ did not become fully established until the 16th century. Old English būr came from West and North Germanic * būraz or * būram , a derivative of the prolific base * bü - ‘dwell’, which also produced be , boor , booth , bound ‘intending to go’, build , b
• bowel 英文词源 bowel bowel: [13] Bowel comes via Old French buel or bouel from Latin botellus ‘small intestine, sausage’, a diminutive form of botulus ‘sausage’. The term botulism ‘food poisoning’ was coined on the basis that the toxin responsible for it was originally found in sausages and other preserved meats. = botulism bowel (n.) c. 1300, from Old French boele "intestines, bowels, i
• bow 英文词源 bow bow: There are three distinct words bow in English, although two of them, ‘arrow-shooter’ [OE] and ‘bend the body’ [OE], are ultimately related. Bow for arrows comes from Old English boga , which also meant more generally ‘arch’; its source was Germanic * bugon , a derivative of * bug -, the short stem of * beugan . This * beugan was also the source of Old English bōg
• Bovril 英文词源 Bovril "A concentrated essence of beef diluted with hot water to make a drink", Late 19th century: from Latin bos , bov- 'ox', the second element perhaps from vril , an imaginary form of energy described in E. Bulwer-Lytton's novel The Coming Race (1871). 中文词源 Bovril ：保卫尔牛肉汁 某罐装牛肉品牌名，来自词根bov, 牛。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• bovine 英文词源 bovine bovine: see beef bovine (adj.) 1817, from French bovin (14c.), from Late Latin bovinus , from Latin bos (genitive bovis ) "ox, cow," from PIE *gwous- (see cow (n.)). Figurative sense of "inert and stupid" is from 1855. 中文词源 bovine ：牛的 来自词根bov, 牛。词源同beef. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bovine 词源， bovine 含义。
• bouzouki 英文词源 bouzouki "A long-necked Greek form of mandolin", 1950s: from modern Greek mpouzouki , possibly related to Turkish bozuk 'spoilt' (with reference to roughly made instruments). 中文词源 bouzouki ：布祖基琴 来自土耳其语，由土耳其传入希腊。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bouzouki 词源， bouzouki 含义。
• boutononiere 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random pond pond: [13] Pond is historically the same word as pound ‘enclosure’. The differentiation between the two was established early on, although pound continued to be used for ‘pond’ in Scotland and in some English dialects until quite recently. The common denominator is that ponds were originally specifically used for ke
• bourse 英文词源 bourse (n.) "stock exchange," 1570s, burse , from Old French borse "money bag, purse" (12c.), from Medieval Latin bursa "a bag" (see purse (n.)). French spelling and modern sense of "exchange for merchants" is first recorded 1845, from the name of the Paris stock exchange. The term originated because in 13c. Bruges the sign of a purse (or perhaps three purses), hung on the front of th
• bourgeois 英文词源 bourgeois bourgeois: see borough bourgeois (adj.) 1560s, "of the French middle class," from French bourgeois , from Old French burgeis, borjois "town dweller" (see bourgeoisie ). Sense of "socially or aesthetically conventional" is from 1764; in communist and socialist writing, as a noun, "a capitalist" (1883). It is better to be a good ordinary bourgeois than a bad ordinary bohemian.
• bourbon 英文词源 bourbon (n.) type of American corn whiskey, 1846, from Bourbon County, Kentucky, where it first was made, supposedly in 1789. Bourbon County was organized 1785, one of the nine established by the Virginia legislature before Kentucky became a state. The name reflects the fondness felt in the United States for the French royal family, and especially Louis XVI, in gratitude for the indis
• bouquet garni 英文词源 bouquet garni "A bunch of herbs, typically encased in a muslin bag, used for flavouring a stew or soup", French, literally 'garnished bouquet'. 中文词源 bouquet garni ：香料袋 bouquet, 花束。garni, 装饰，同garnish. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bouquet garni 词源， bouquet garni 含义。
• bounty 英文词源 bounty bounty: see beauty bounty (n.) mid-13c., "generosity," from Old French bonte "goodness" (12c., Modern French bonté ), from Latin bonitatem (nominative bonitas ) "goodness," from bonus "good" (see bene- ). Sense of "gift bestowed by a sovereign or the state" led to extended senses of "gratuity to a military recruit" (1702) and "reward for killing or taking a criminal or enemy"
• bound 英文词源 bound bound: English has no fewer than four separate words bound . The only one which goes back to Old English is the adjective, meaning ‘obliged’ or ‘destined’, which comes from the past participle of bind (in Old English this was bunden , which survives partially in ‘bounden duty’). Next oldest is the adjective meaning ‘going or intending to go’ [13]. Originally mean
• bounce 英文词源 bounce bounce: [13] Bounce is something of a mystery word. When it first appears in Middle English it means ‘hit’, and it does not acquire its modern sense ‘rebound’ until the late 16th century. There are similar words in other Germanic languages, such as Dutch bons ‘thump’, but there is no reason to suppose that any of them is actually the source of the English word. Many
• boule 英文词源 boule (1) "A metal ball used in the French game of boules, a form of bowls played on rough ground", 1920s (originally denoting a form of roulette): French, literally 'bowl'. boule (2) "A legislative body of ancient or modern Greece", From Greek boulē 'senate'. 中文词源 boule ：法式滚球 词源同ball, 球。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： boule 词源，
• bouillon 英文词源 bouillon (n.) 1650s, from French bouillon (11c.), noun use of past participle of bouillir "to boil," from Old French bolir (see boil (v.)). 中文词源 bouillon ：肉汤 词源同boil, 煮。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bouillon 词源， bouillon 含义。
• bouillabaisse 英文词源 bouillabaisse (n.) fish stew, 1845, from French bouillabaisse (19c.), from Provençal bouiabaisso , boulh-abaisso , a compound of two verbs corresponding to English boil-abase (the latter in the original sense of "to lower"). 中文词源 bouillabaisse ：法式鱼羹 来自法语。bouilla, 煮，同boil，蒸煮。baisse, 低，同bass, 贝司，低音。形容该佳肴乃低温蒸煮
• bough 英文词源 bough bough: [OE] Bough is a word of some antiquity, dispersed far and wide throughout the Indo- European languages, but it is only in English that it has come to mean ‘branch’. It comes ultimately from an Indo-European * bhāghūs ; the meaning this had is not altogether clear, but many of its descendants, such as Greek pakhus and Sanskrit bāhús , centre semantically round ‘a
• bougainvillea 英文词源 bougainvillea (n.) type of woody vine, 1866, named for French navigator Louis Bougainville (1729-1811). 中文词源 bougainvillea ：三角梅 以法国探险家Louis Bougainvilla命名的植物，原产南美。厦门市花。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bougainvillea 词源， bougainvillea 含义。
• bouffant 英文词源 bouffant (adj.) 1869, from French bouffant , present participle of bouffer "to puff out," from Old French bouffer (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *buffare , probably ultimately imitative of puffing. As a noun by 1870. Earlier as a French word in English. First used of hairdo style 1955. 中文词源 bouffant ：蓬松头发 来自法语。bouff, 同puff, 拟声词，喷。形容头发的蓬松
• botulism 英文词源 botulism botulism: [19] The fact that Latin botulus was used metaphorically for ‘intestine’ is in this case just a red herring; its principal meaning was ‘sausage’, and it was the discovery of the foodpoisoning germ in cooked meats, such assausages, which led to the term botulism . Early work on unmasking the bacterium responsible (now known as Clostridium botulinum ) was done
• botulin 英文词源 botulism botulism: [19] The fact that Latin botulus was used metaphorically for ‘intestine’ is in this case just a red herring; its principal meaning was ‘sausage’, and it was the discovery of the foodpoisoning germ in cooked meats, such assausages, which led to the term botulism . Early work on unmasking the bacterium responsible (now known as Clostridium botulinum ) was done
• bottom 英文词源 bottom bottom: [OE] Bottom is a word with cognates widely represented in other Indo-European languages. It comes ultimately from the Indo- European base * bhudh - or * bhundh - ‘base, foundation’, source of Latin fundus , from which English gets fund , fundamental , foundation , and founder ‘sink’. An extended form of the base passed into Germanic as * buthm - or * buthn -, wh
• bottle 英文词源 bottle bottle: [14] Etymologically, a bottle is a small butt, or barrel. The word comes ultimately from medieval Latin butticula , a diminutive form of late Latin buttis ‘cask’ (whence English butt ‘barrel’). It reached English via Old French botele . The 20th-century British colloquial meaning ‘nerve, courage’ comes from rhyming slang bottle and glass ‘class’. In medi
• Botox 英文词源 Botox a commercial name for botulinum toxin , and composed of elements from those words, approved in U.S. as a temporary cosmetic injection in 2002. 中文词源 Botox ：肉毒杆菌素 商标名，来自botulin, 肉毒杆菌。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Botox 词源， Botox 含义。
• botnet 英文词源 botnet "A network of private computers infected with malicious software and controlled as a group without the owners' knowledge, e.g. to send spam", 1990s: blend of bot 2 and network. 中文词源 botnet ：僵尸网络 bot, 网上机器人。net，网络。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： botnet 词源， botnet 含义。
• bothy 英文词源 bothy "(In Scotland) a small hut or cottage, especially one for housing farm labourers or for use as a mountain refuge", Late 18th century: obscurely related to Irish and Scottish Gaelic both , bothan , and perhaps to booth. 中文词源 bothy ：茅屋 来自PIE *bheue, 存在，生长，居住，同booth, 原指简陋的居住之所。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• bother 英文词源 bother bother: [18] When the word bother first turns up in English in the first half of the 18th century, it is largely in the writings of Irishmen, such as Thomas Sheridan and Jonathan Swift. This has naturally led to speculation that the word may be of Irish origin, but no thoroughly convincing candidate has been found. The superficially similar Irish Gaelic bodhar ‘deaf, afflicte
• both 英文词源 both both: [12] The Old English word for ‘both’ was bēgen (masculine; the feminine and neuter form was bā ), a relative of a wide range of Indo- European words denoting ‘each of two’, including the second syllables of Old Slavic oba and Latin ambō (represented in English ambidextrous ). Most Germanic languages extended the base form by adding - d or - th (as in German beide
• botch 英文词源 botch (v.) late 14c., bocchen "to repair," later, "to spoil by unskillful work" (1520s); of unknown origin. Related: Botched ; botching . As a noun from c. 1600. 中文词源 botch ：笨拙 词源同bodge. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： botch 词源， botch 含义。
• bot 英文词源 bot (n.) in Internet sense, c. 2000, short for robot . Its modern use has curious affinities with earlier uses, such as "parasitical worm or maggot" (1520s), of unknown origin; and Australian-New Zealand slang "worthless, troublesome person" (World War I-era). The method of minting new slang by clipping the heads off words does not seem to be old or widespread in English. Examples ( z
• bosun 英文词源 bosun (n.) a mid-19c. respelling to reflect the modern pronunciation of boatswain . 中文词源 bosun ：水手长 来自boatswain的缩写。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bosun 词源， bosun 含义。
• bossa nova 英文词源 bossa nova 1962, Brazilian style of music, from Portuguese, literally "new tendency." 中文词源 bossa nova ：巴萨罗瓦（巴西流行乐） 来自葡萄牙语，bassa , 流行。nova, 新，同new。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bossa nova 词源， bossa nova 含义。
• bosom 英文词源 bosom bosom: [OE] The immediate source of Old English bōsm was West Germanic * bösm -, which also produced German busen and Dutch boezem . It has been conjectured that it may come ultimately from Indo-European * bhāghús , which perhaps meant ‘arm’ (source of English bought and possibly bow , as in ‘ship’s bow’); the early occurrence of phrases like ‘in someone’s boso