英语词源

• bosberaad 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random lavatory lavatory: [14] The notion of ‘washing’ was represented in prehistoric Indo-European by * lou -, which produced Greek loúein ‘wash’, English lather , and Latin lavāre ‘wash’. This last has been a fruitful source of English words, not all of them as obvious as lavatory , which originally meant simply ‘plac
• borzoi 英文词源 borzoi (n.) Russian wolfhound, 1887, from Russian borzoy , literally "swift, quick" (compare Czech brzy , Serbo-Croatian brzo "quickly," Lithuanian bruzdeti "to hurry"). 中文词源 borzoi ：俄罗斯狼狗 来自俄罗斯语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： borzoi 词源， borzoi 含义。
• borstal 英文词源 borstal "A custodial institution for young offenders", Early 20th century: named after the village of Borstal in southern England, where the first of these was established. 中文词源 borstal ：青少年犯教养院 来自英国地名Borstal 村庄，20世纪初建立了第一座青少年犯教养院。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： borstal 词源， borsta
• borscht 英文词源 borscht (n.) 1884, from Russian borshch "cow parsnip," which was an original recipe ingredient. Borscht belt "region of predominantly Jewish resorts in and around the Catskill Mountains of New York" (also known as the Yiddish Alps) is by 1938. 中文词源 borscht ：甜菜汤 来自俄罗斯语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： borscht 词源， borscht 含义。
• borrow 英文词源 borrow borrow: [OE] Modern English borrow is a descendant of Old English borgian , which came from the Germanic base * borg -. This was a variant of * berg - (source of English barrow ‘mound’) and * burg - (source of English borough and bury ). The underlying sense of the Germanic base was ‘protection, shelter’, and the development of meaning in the case of borrow seems to hav
• boron 英文词源 boron (n.) 1812, from borax + ending abstracted unetymologically from carbon (it resembles carbon). Originally called boracium by Humphrey Davy because it was drawn from boracic acid . Related: Boric . 中文词源 boron ：硼 词源同borax, 硼砂。-on, 化学名词后缀，衍生自carbon. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： boron 词源， boron 含义。
• border 英文词源 border border: [14] English acquired border from Old French bordure . This came from the common Romance verb * bordāre ‘border’, which was based on * bordus ‘edge’, a word of Germanic origin whose source, * borthaz , was the same as that of English board in the sense ‘side of a ship’. = board border (n.) mid-14c., from Old French bordure "seam, edge of a shield, border,"
• bordello 英文词源 bordello (n.) c. 1300, bordel "house of prostitution," from Old French bordel "small hut, cabin; brothel" (12c.), diminutive of borde "hut made of planks," from Frankish *bord "wooden board" or some other Germanic source related to board (n.1). The modern form is a result of the French word being borrowed by Italian then passed back to French with a suffix and re-borrowed into English
• borax 英文词源 borax (n.) late 14c., from Anglo-French boras , from Medieval Latin baurach , from Arabic buraq , applied by the Arabs to various substances used as fluxes, probably from Persian burah . Originally obtained in Europe from the bed of salt lakes in Tibet. 中文词源 borax ：硼砂 来自阿拉伯语，字面意思是发光，形容硼砂的白色盐块状外观。 该词的英语词源
• borage 英文词源 borage borage: [13] The plant-name borage comes via Old French bourrache from Latin borrāgo . Various words have been advanced as an ultimate source, including late Latin burra ‘shaggy cloth’, on account of its hairy leaves, but in view of the fact that the Arabs used the plant medicinally to induce sweating, the likeliest contender is Arabic abū ‘āraq , literally ‘father o
• bop 英文词源 bop (n.) 1948, shortening of bebop or rebop ; as a verb, "play bop music, play (a song) in a bop style," from 1948. It soon came to mean "do any sort of dance to pop music" (1956). Related: Bopped ; bopping . The musical movement had its own lingo, which was in vogue in U.S. early 1950s. "Life" magazine [Sept. 29, 1952] listed examples of bop talk: crazy "new, wonderful, wildly exciti
• booze 英文词源 booze booze: [13] This word seems to have been borrowed on two distinct and widely separate occasions from Middle Dutch būsen ‘drink much alcohol’ (which some have connected with Middle High German būs ‘swelling’). In the 13th century this gave Middle English bouse , which if it had continued to the present day would have rhymed with the verb house . However, in the 16th cen
• bootylicious 英文词源 bootylicious (adj.) by 1998, hip-hop slang, from booty + ending from delicious . 中文词源 bootylicious ：性感的 合成词。boot, 靴子。delicious, 美味的。指秀色可餐的长靴美女。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bootylicious 词源， bootylicious 含义。
• booty 英文词源 booty booty: [15] Booty has no connection with boots . It came into English as butin (it did not finally lose its n until the 18th century), a borrowing from Old French butin , but Old French had got it from Middle Low German būte ‘exchange’ (whence German beute and Dutch buit ‘loot’), pointing to a prehistoric Germanic source * būtiōn . = filibuster , freebooter booty (n.)
• booth 英文词源 booth booth: [12] In common with a wide range of other English words, including bower and the - bour of neighbour , booth comes ultimately from the Germanic base * bū - ‘dwell’. From this source came the East Norse verb bóa ‘dwell’ (whose present participle produced English bond and the - band of husband ); addition of the suffix - th produced the unrecorded noun bóth . ‘
• boot 英文词源 boot boot: [14] Boot is a comparatively late acquisition by English. It came, either directly or via Old Norse bóti , from Old French bote , whose source is unknown. The modern British sense ‘car’s luggage compartment’ goes back to a 17thcentury term for an outside compartment for attendants on a coach, which may have come directly from modern French botte . The boot of ‘to b
• boondoggle 英文词源 boondoggle (n.) 1935, American English, of uncertain origin, popularized during the New Deal as a contemptuous word for make-work projects for the unemployed. Said to have been a pioneer word for "gadget;" it also was by 1932 a Boy Scout term for a kind of woven braid. 中文词源 boondoggle ：细小而无用的事，面子工程 boondoggle，原指一种类似中国结一样的小装
• boondocks 英文词源 boondocks (n.) 1910s, from Tagalog bundok "mountain." Adopted by occupying American soldiers in the Philippines for "remote and wild place." Reinforced or re-adopted during World War II. Hence, also boondockers "shoes suited for rough terrain," originally (1944) U.S. services slang word for field boots. 中文词源 boondocks ：偏僻地区 来自菲律宾的一种本土语言，指山
• boomerang 英文词源 boomerang (n.) 1827, adapted from an extinct Aboriginal languages of New South Wales, Australia. Another variant, perhaps, was wo-mur-rang (1798). boomerang (v.) 1880, from boomerang (n.). 中文词源 boomerang ：回力镖 来自澳大利亚土著语。现主要用于短语boomerang kid, 啃老族。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： boomerang 词源， boomeran
• Boolean 英文词源 Boolean (adj.) in reference to abstract algebraic systems, 1851, named for George Boole (1815-1864), English mathematician. The surname is a variant of Bull . 中文词源 Boolean ：布尔逻辑体系 由19世纪英国数学家George Boole 创造并以其名命名的一种抽象代数算法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Boolean 词源， Boolean 含义。
• boogie 英文词源 boogie (v.) originally "dance to boogie music," a late 1960s style of rock music based on blues chords, from earlier boogie , a style of blues (1941, also as a verb), short for boogie-woogie (1928), a reduplication of boogie (1917), which meant "rent party" in American English slang. A song title, "That Syncopated Boogie-boo," appears in a copyright listing from 1912. 中文词源 boo
• boofhead 英文词源 boofhead "A fool", 1940s: probably from bufflehead 'simpleton', based on obsolete buffle 'buffalo'. 中文词源 boofhead ：笨蛋 boof, 水牛，来自buffalo. 指牛头，笨蛋。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： boofhead 词源， boofhead 含义。
• booby 英文词源 booby (n.) 1590s, from Spanish bobo "stupid person, slow bird" (used of various ungainly seabirds), probably from Latin balbus "stammering," from an imitative root (see barbarian ). Booby prize is by 1883: an object of little value given to the loser of a game; booby trap is 1850, originally a schoolboy prank; the more lethal sense developed during World War I. At the end of every ses
• boob 英文词源 boob (n.) "stupid person," 1909, American English slang, perhaps from booby . 中文词源 boob ：傻瓜 来自booby的逆构词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： boob 词源， boob 含义。
• bonzer 英文词源 bonzer "Excellent; first-rate", Early 20th century: perhaps an alteration of bonanza. 中文词源 bonzer ：很好的 来自bonanza的变体，词根bon, 好。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bonzer 词源， bonzer 含义。
• bon voyage 英文词源 bon voyage 1670s, French, "pleasant journey," from bon "good," (see bon ) + voyage (see voyage (n.)). 中文词源 bon voyage ：一路平安 来自法语。bon, 好。voyage, 航行，词源同way. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bon voyage 词源， bon voyage 含义。
• bon vivant 英文词源 bon vivant (n.) also bon-vivant , "one fond of good living," 1690s, French (see bon ); the fem. is bonne vivante . 中文词源 bon vivant ：享乐者 来自法语。bon, 好。词根viv, 有生活的，见vivid, 鲜活的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bon vivant 词源， bon vivant 含义。
• bonsella 英文词源 bonsella "A tip or bonus", From Zulu bansela 'express thanks with a gift', or from umbanselo 'small gift'. 中文词源 bonsella ：礼物 来自南非祖鲁语，表达感谢。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bonsella 词源， bonsella 含义。
• bonsai 英文词源 bonsai 1914, from Japanese bon "basin, pot" + sai "to plant." 中文词源 bonsai ：盆栽 来自日语，最终来自汉语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bonsai 词源， bonsai 含义。
• bonny 英文词源 bonny (adj.) 1540s, of unknown origin, apparently from Old French bon , bone "good" (see bon ). 中文词源 bonny ：漂亮的 来自词根bon, 好，漂亮。词源同belle, 美女。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bonny 词源， bonny 含义。
• bon mot 英文词源 bon mot (n.) 1735, French, "good saying, " literally "good word," from bon "good" + mot (12c.), from Vulgar Latin muttum , from Latin muttire "to mutter, mumble, murmur" (see mutter ). 中文词源 bon mot ：妙语 来自法语。bon, 好。mot, 低语，拟声词，同mutter, 小声低语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bon mot 词源， bon mot 含义。
• bonhomie 英文词源 bonhomie (n.) "good nature," 1803, from French bonhomie "good nature, easy temper," from bonhomme "good man" (with unusual loss of -m- ), from bon "good" (see bon ) + homme "man," from Latin homo (see homunculus ). 中文词源 bonhomie ：欢快友好的感觉 来自法语。bon, 好。hom, 人，同human. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bonhomie 词源， bonh
• bango 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random chocolate chocolate: [17] Chocolate is one of the contributions made to English by the Nahuatl language of the Aztec people. Their xocolatl was a compound noun formed from xococ ‘bitter’ and atl ‘water’, and therefore when first adopted by European languages (via Spanish) it was used for the drink ‘chocolate’. This w
• bong 英文词源 bong (n.) "water pipe for marijuana," 1960s, U.S. slang, said to have been introduced by Vietnam War veterans, said to be from Thai baung , literally "cylindrical wooden tube." 中文词源 bong ：烟枪 来自泰语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bong 词源， bong 含义。
• Bonfire Night 英文词源 bonfire bonfire: [14] A bonfire was originally a fire in which bones were burned. References to such (presumably rather evil-smelling) fires, which were large open air affairs, continue down to the 18th century, but latterly they have a distinctly antiquarian air, as if such things were a thing of the past. By the later 15th century the word was already passing to the more general mod
• bone 英文词源 bone bone: [OE] Somewhat unusually for a basic body-part term, bone is a strictly Germanic word: it has no relatives in other Indo-European languages. It comes from a presumed Germanic * bainam , which also produced for example German bein and Swedish ben . These both mean ‘leg’ as well as ‘bone’, suggesting that the original connotation of * bainam may have been ‘long bone’
• bond 英文词源 bond bond: English has two distinct words bond , which started life very differently but have gradually grown together. Bond ‘something that binds’ [13] was originally the same word as band (from Old Norse band ), and only gradually diverged from it in pronunciation, spelling, and meaning. The key modern legal and financial senses began to develop in the 16th century, the underlyi
• bonce 英文词源 bonce "A person’s head", Mid 19th century (denoting a large marble): of unknown origin.MoreThis slang word for ‘head’ was originally a large marble; the origin remains unknown. 中文词源 bonce ：人头 词源不详。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bonce 词源， bonce 含义。
• bonbon 英文词源 bonbon (n.) 1796, from French bonbon (17c.), childish reduplication of bon "good." Hence, bonbonniere (1818) "a box for sweets." 中文词源 bonbon ：糖果 儿童语。来自词根bon, 好，见bonus. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bonbon 词源， bonbon 含义。 bonbon ：糖果，夹心软糖 bonbon源于法语，照法语的字面义，是‘good，good’
• bona fide 英文词源 bona fide 1540s, Latin, literally "in good faith," ablative of bona fides "good faith" (see faith ). Originally used as an adverb, later (18c.) also as an adjective. The opposite is mala fide . 中文词源 bona fide ：真诚的 拉丁短语。bona, 好，非常，见bonus. fide, 真诚，见confide, 信任。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bona fide 词源，
• bombshell 英文词源 bombshell (n.) 1708, from bomb (n.) + shell (n.). The figurative sense of "shattering or devastating thing or event" attested from 1860. In reference to a pretty woman (especially a blonde) it is attested from 1942 ( "Bombshell" as title of a movie starring blond U.S. actress Jean Harlow (1911-1937) is from 1933). 中文词源 bombshell ：意外事件，性感美女 bomb, 炸弹。sh
• bombora 英文词源 bombora "A wave which forms over a submerged offshore reef or rock, sometimes breaking heavily and producing a dangerous stretch of broken water", 1930s: from an Aboriginal word, perhaps Dharuk bumbora . 中文词源 bombora ：潜浪 来自澳大利亚土著语，可能是拟声词，模仿暗流的声音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bombora 词源， bom
• Bombay mix 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random tornado tornado: [16] Tornado appears to denote etymologically something that ‘turns’, but this is due to a piece of English folk-etymologizing. Its actual source is Spanish tronada ‘thunderstorm’, a derivative of the verb tronar ‘thunder’ (which in turn went back to Latin tonāre ‘thunder’, source of English ast
• bomb 英文词源 bomb bomb: [17] Bomb is ultimately of onomatopoeic origin, and can probably be traced back to Greek bómbos , a word for a booming or buzzing sound. This passed into Latin as bombus , the probable source of Italian bomba , which acquired more explosive connotations. English got the word via French bombe . The derivative bombard preceded bomb into English, in the 15th century. = bound
• boma 英文词源 boma "(In eastern and southern Africa) an enclosure, especially for animals", Kiswahili. 中文词源 boma ：围栏防护场地 来自非洲斯瓦西里语，围起来的，保护的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： boma 词源， boma 含义。
• bolus 英文词源 bolus "A small rounded mass of a substance, especially of chewed food at the moment of swallowing", Mid 16th century (denoting a large pill): via late Latin from Greek bōlos 'clod'. 中文词源 bolus ：小丸 词源同ball, 球。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bolus 词源， bolus 含义。
• bolshy 英文词源 bolshevik bolshevik: [20] Russian bol’ shévik is a derivative of ból’ shiy , the comparative form of the adjective ból’ shoy ‘big’. It was originally applied, at the 1903 congress of the Russian Social Democratic Party, to those party members who wished to go for a ‘big’, or extreme, socialist programme (in contrast with the more moderate Mensheviks – from Russian mé
• Bolshevik 英文词源 bolshevik bolshevik: [20] Russian bol’ shévik is a derivative of ból’ shiy , the comparative form of the adjective ból’ shoy ‘big’. It was originally applied, at the 1903 congress of the Russian Social Democratic Party, to those party members who wished to go for a ‘big’, or extreme, socialist programme (in contrast with the more moderate Mensheviks – from Russian mé
• bolo tie 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random alumnus alumnus: see alma mater 中文词源 bolo tie ：波罗领结 领带商标名，词源同ball，指一种球形领结。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bolo tie 词源， bolo tie 含义。
• bologna 英文词源 bologna (n.) 1850, variant of bologna sausage (1590s), named for the city in Italy, whose name is from Latin Bononia , which either represents Gaulish bona "foundation, fortress," or Boii , the name of the Gaulish people who occupied the region 4c. B.C.E. Also see baloney . 中文词源 bologna ：博洛尼亚香肠 来自意大利城市名Bononia 变体，盛产香肠，该城市来自
• bollocks 英文词源 bollocks (n.) "testicles," 1744, see bollix . In British slang, as an ejaculation meaning "nonsense," recorded from 1919. 中文词源 bollocks ：胡说 来自ball, 球，俚语义睾丸。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bollocks 词源， bollocks 含义。
• bollocking 英文词源 Horlicks "A drink made from malted milk powder", Late 19th century: named after James and William Horlick, British-born brothers whose company first manufactured the drink in the US. More bollocks from mid 18th century:Bollocks used to be ballocks , and in that spelling they go back to the time of the Anglo-Saxons. The word is related to ball , and like many rude words it was perfectl
• bollard 英文词源 bollard (n.) 1844, originally a post for fixing mooring ropes; since 1948, usually a traffic control device; probably from bole + suffix -ard . 中文词源 bollard ：短柱，系船柱 来自bole, 树干。用树干做的系船用的柱子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bollard 词源， bollard 含义。
• boll 英文词源 boll (n.) Old English bolla "bowl, cup, pot," merged with Middle Dutch bolle "round object," borrowed 13c., both from Proto-Germanic *bul- , from PIE *bhel- (2) "to blow, inflate, swell" (see bole ). Influenced in meaning by Latin bulla "bubble, ball," ultimately from the same PIE root. Extended c. 1500 to "round seed pod of flax or cotton." Boll weevil is 1895, American English. In s
• boletus 英文词源 boletus "A toadstool with pores rather than gills on the underside of the cap, typically having a thick stem", From Latin, from Greek bōlitēs , perhaps from bōlos 'lump'. 中文词源 boletus ：牛肝菌属真菌 来自希腊语，词源同ball, 鼓起来的，球。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： boletus 词源， boletus 含义。
• bolero 英文词源 bolero (n.) kind of Spanish dance, 1787, from Spanish, probably from bola "ball" (and perhaps with reference to "whirling motion"), from Latin bulla (see bull (n.2)). In reference to a type of short jacket, it is recorded by 1864. 中文词源 bolero ：波列罗舞 来自西班牙语。bol, 同ball, 跳舞，ballet, 芭蕾。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bol
• bole 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
• bold 英文词源 bold bold: [OE] In Old English, bold meant simply ‘brave’; the modern connotations of immodesty or presumptuousness do not seem to have developed until the 12th century. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * balthaz , based ultimately, it has been speculated, on Indo- European * bhel - ‘swell’ (the psychological link through ‘being puffed up’ via ‘adventurous co
• bok choy 英文词源 bok choy (n.) type of Chinese cabbage, from Cantonese, literally "white vegetable." 中文词源 bok choy ：白菜 来自广东话。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bok choy 词源， bok choy 含义。
• boiler room 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random shepherd shepherd: [OE] Shepherd is of course a compound of sheep and herd – but not herd ‘group of animals’. This is a different herd , meaning ‘herdsman’, which now survives only in compounds ( cowherd and goatherd are other examples). It comes from the same Germanic source as herd ‘group of animals’. = herd , sh
• boilerplate 英文词源 boilerplate (n.) newspaper (and now information technology) slang for "unit of writing that can be used over and over without change," 1893, from a literal meaning (1840) "metal rolled in large, flat plates for use in making steam boilers." The connecting notion is probably of sturdiness or reusability. From 1890s to 1950s, publicity items were cast or stamped in metal ready for the p
• boil 英文词源 boil boil: Boil ‘large spot’ [OE] and boil ‘vaporize with heat’ [13] are distinct words. The former comes from Old English byl or byle , which became bile in Middle English; the change to boil started in the 15th century, perhaps from association with the verb. The Old English word goes back ultimately to a West Germanic * būlja , whose central meaning element was ‘swelling’
• bohrium 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random prefix prefix: see fix 中文词源 bohrium ：铍 以丹麦物理学家David Bohr 命名的化学元素。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bohrium 词源， bohrium 含义。
• boho 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random smell smell: [12] Smell is something of a mystery word. It is assumed to go back to an Old English * smiellan or * smyllan , but no such verb has been recorded, nor have any related forms in other languages been pin-pointed for certain. One theory links it with English smoulder [14] and the related Dutch smeulen ‘smoulder’,
• bohemian 英文词源 bohemian (n.) "a gypsy of society," 1848, from French bohemién (1550s), from the country name (see Bohemia ). The modern sense is perhaps from the use of this country name since 15c. in French for "gypsy" (they were wrongly believed to have come from there, though their first appearance in Western Europe may have been directly from there), or from association with 15c. Bohemian heret
• bogie 英文词源 bogie "An undercarriage with four or six wheels pivoted beneath the end of a railway vehicle", Early 19th century (originally in northern English dialect use): of unknown origin. 中文词源 bogie ：（火车的）客车厢 词源不详，可能来自body, 车身。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bogie 词源， bogie 含义。
• bogey 英文词源 bogey bogey: [19] Bogey is one of a set of words relating to alarming or annoying manifestations of the supernatural (others are bogle , bug , bugbear , and possibly boggle and bugaboo ) whose interconnections are difficult to sort out. A strand common to most of them is a northern origin, which has led some to suggest an ultimate source in Scandinavia – perhaps an ancestor of Norwe
• bogan 英文词源 bogan (1) "An uncouth or unsophisticated person, regarded as being of low social status", 1980s: perhaps from the surname Bogan . bogan (2) "A side stream", Algonquian. 中文词源 bogan ：怪人 来自澳大利亚俚语，词源不详，可能来自姓Bogan。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bogan 词源， bogan 含义。
• boerewors 英文词源 boerewors "A type of traditional sausage, typically containing coarsely ground beef and pork seasoned with spices", Afrikaans, from boere 'Afrikaner or farmer's' + wors 'sausage'. 中文词源 boerewors ：农夫香肠 boer, 同boor, 农夫。-wors, 同wurst, 香肠。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： boerewors 词源， boerewors 含义。
• Boer 英文词源 Boer (n.) "Dutch colonist in South Africa," 1824, from Dutch boer "farmer," from Middle Dutch, cognate with Old English gebur "dweller, farmer, peasant," and thus related to bower , German Bauer , and the final syllable of neighbor (see boor ). Boer War (1899-1902) was technically the Second Boer War, there having been a brief preview 1880-1881. 中文词源 Boer ：布尔人（荷裔南
• body 英文词源 body body: [OE] For a word so central to people’s perception of themselves, body is remarkably isolated linguistically. Old High German had potah ‘body’, traces of which survived dialectally into modern times, but otherwise it is without known relatives in any other Indo- European language. Attempts have been made, not altogether convincingly, to link it with words for ‘contai
• bodkin 英文词源 bodkin bodkin: [14] A bodkin was originally a small dagger, and only in the 18th century did it develop the perhaps more familiar sense ‘long blunt needle’. Initially it was a three-syllable word, spelled boidekyn , and its origins are mysterious. Most speculation has centred on Celtic as a source. Welsh bidog ‘dagger’ being cited (the - kin is no doubt a diminutive suffix). b
• bodice 英文词源 bodice bodice: [16] Originally, bodice was identical with bodies – that is, the plural of body . This use of body began early in the 16th century, when it referred to the part of a woman’s dress that covered the trunk, as opposed to the arms; and it soon became restricted specifically to the part above the waist. The reason for the adoption of the plural form (which was often used
• bodhran 英文词源 bodhrán "A shallow one-sided Irish drum typically played using a short stick with knobbed ends", Irish . 中文词源 bodhran ：爱尔兰小鼓 来自爱尔兰语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bodhran 词源， bodhran 含义。
• Bodhisattva 英文词源 Bodhisattva (n.) 1828, from Sanskrit, literally "one whose essence is perfect knowledge," from bodhi "perfect knowledge" (see Buddha ) + sattva "reality, being." 中文词源 Bodhisattva ：菩萨 Buddha, 佛。sattva, 梵语，即将，词源同is. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Bodhisattva 词源， Bodhisattva 含义。 Bodhisattva ：菩萨 本义将成佛之
• bodge 英文词源 bodge "Make or repair (something) badly or clumsily", Mid 16th century: alteration of botch.Morebotch from Late Middle English:The first meaning of botch was simply ‘to repair’, with no implication of clumsiness or lack of skill. By the early 17th century it seems to have taken on its modern meaning, and Shakespeare's use of the noun in Macbeth ( c .1603) makes this clear: ‘To l
• bode 英文词源 bode (v.) Old English bodian "proclaim, announce; foretell," from boda "messenger," probably from Proto-Germanic *budon- (cognates: Old Saxon gibod , German gebot , Old Norse boð ), from PIE *bheudh- "be aware, make aware" (cognates: Sanskrit bodhati "is awake, is watchful, observes," buddhah "awakened, enlightened;" Old Church Slavonic bljudo "to observe;" Lithuanian budeti "to be a
• bodacious 英文词源 bodacious (adj.) 1837 (implied in bodaciously ), Southern U.S. slang, perhaps from bodyaciously "bodily, totally," or a blend of bold and audacious , which suits the earliest attested sense of the word. Popularized anew by 1982 Hollywood film "An Officer and a Gentleman." 中文词源 bodacious ：出色的 来自bold 和audacious复合词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• bod 英文词源 bod (n.) 1788, "a person," short for body . Meaning "physical body" is recorded from 1933. 中文词源 bod ：人 来自body 缩写。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bod 词源， bod 含义。
• bobs 英文词源 bobsled (n.) 1839, from bob (n.2) + sled (n.). So called because it is a short type. bobsy-die "A great deal of fuss or trouble", Early 19th century: contraction of earlier Bob's-a-dying . bobsleigh "A mechanically steered and braked sledge, typically for two or four people, used for racing down an ice-covered run", Mid 19th century (originally US, denoting a sleigh made of two short
• bobble 英文词源 bobble (v.) 1812, frequentative of bob (v.1). The notion is "to move or handle something with continual bobbing." Related: Bobbled ; bobbling . Bobble-head as a type of doll is from 1968. 中文词源 bobble ：小绒球 bob, 摆动。-le, 表反复。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bobble 词源， bobble 含义。
• bobbin 英文词源 bobbin (n.) 1520s, from French bobine , small instrument used in sewing or tapestry-making, perhaps from Latin balbus (see babble (v.)) for the stuttering, stammering noise it made. 中文词源 bobbin ：线轴 拟声词，模仿纺轴纺线的声音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bobbin 词源， bobbin 含义。
• bob 英文词源 bob (v.1) "move with a short, jerking motion," late 14c., probably connected to Middle English bobben "to strike, beat" (late 13c.), perhaps of echoic origin. Another early sense was "to make a fool of, cheat" (early 14c.). Related: Bobbed ; bobbing . The sense in bobbing for apples (or cherries) recorded by 1799. bob (n.2) "short hair," 1680s, attested 1570s in sense of "a horse's ta
• Bob 英文词源 bob (v.1) "move with a short, jerking motion," late 14c., probably connected to Middle English bobben "to strike, beat" (late 13c.), perhaps of echoic origin. Another early sense was "to make a fool of, cheat" (early 14c.). Related: Bobbed ; bobbing . The sense in bobbing for apples (or cherries) recorded by 1799. bob (n.2) "short hair," 1680s, attested 1570s in sense of "a horse's ta
• boatswain 英文词源 boatswain (n.) mid-15c., from late Old English batswegen , from bat "boat" (see boat (n.)) + Old Norse sveinn "boy" (see swain ). Phonetic spelling bo'sun / bosun is attested from 1840. BOATSWAIN. The warrant officer who in the old Navy was responsible for all the gear that set the ship in motion and all the tackle that kept her at rest. [Sir Geoffrey Callender, "Sea Passages," 1943] 中
• boardwalk 英文词源 boardwalk (n.) "walkway made of boards," 1864, American English, from board (n.1) + walk (n.). As a seaside attraction from 1881, first in reference to Atlantic City, N.J. 中文词源 boardwalk ：木栈道 board, 木板。walk, 步行。特指沿海沙滩木栈道，如厦门环岛路木栈道就很值得一游。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： boardwalk 词源
• boar 英文词源 boar (n.) Old English bar "boar," from West Germanic *bairaz (cognates: Old Saxon ber , Dutch beer , Old High German ber "a boar"), which is of unknown origin with no cognates outside West Germanic. Applied in Middle English to persons of boar-like character. 中文词源 boar ：公猪 词源同bad, 古义狂野的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： boar 词源，
• boa 英文词源 boa (n.) late 14c., "large snake," from Latin boa , type of large serpent mentioned in Pliny's "Natural History;" origin unknown (in Middle English folk etymology associated with Greek bous "ox"). Extension to "snake-like coil of fur worn by ladies" is from 1836. The popular name boa constrictor is from 1788. 中文词源 boa ：蟒蛇 词源不详。俗词源认为其来自词根bov,
• blusher 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random gold gold: [OE] Gold gets its name from its colour. The perception of what this is has varied. In the ancient Germanic languages, red was often used as a poetic epithet for ‘gold’, and in English this survives into the present day as an archaism. And Latin aurum ‘gold’, source of French or and Italian and Spanish oro , i
• blunderbuss 英文词源 blunderbuss (n.) 1650s, from Dutch donderbus , from donder "thunder" (Middle Dutch doner , donder , from Proto-Germanic *thunaraz ; see thunder (n.)) + bus "gun" (originally "box, tube"); altered by resemblance to blunder . 中文词源 blunderbuss ：大口径枪，铳 由荷兰词donderbus俗化。donder, 同thunder , 打雷。-bus, 箱子，管子，词源同box, bushel. 形容其枪