英语词源

• birth 英文词源 birth birth: [12] Old English had a word gebyrd ‘birth’ which survived until the end of the 13th century as birde , but it was quite distinct from (though related to) modern English birth , which was borrowed from Old Norse byrth . This came from the same Germanic stem (* ber -, * bur -) as produced bear , bairn , and indeed Old English gebyrd . The suffix - th denotes a process,
• Biro 英文词源 Biro (n.) proprietary name of a type of ball-point pen, 1947, from László Bíró , the Hungarian inventor. The surname means "judge." 中文词源 biro （圆珠笔）：发明圆珠笔的匈牙利人比罗 在圆珠笔被发明出来之前，写字可能是一桩会脏手的事情。在办公室里，人们都使用那种必须频频去蘸墨水的简易钢质笔尖的笔。墨水瓶
• biretta 英文词源 biretta (n.) square cap worn by Catholic clergy, 1590s, from Italian beretta , from Late Latin birrus , birrum "large cloak with hood;" perhaps of Gaulish origin, or from Greek pyrros "flame-colored, yellow." 中文词源 biretta ：方形帽 词源同beret, 贝雷帽。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： biretta 词源， biretta 含义。
• bird 英文词源 bird bird: [OE] Bird is something of a mystery word. It was not the ordinary Old English word for ‘feathered flying animal’; that was fowl . In Old English, bird meant specifically ‘young bird, nestling’. It did not begin to replace fowl as the general term until the 14th century, and the process took many hundreds of years to complete. Its source is quite unknown; it has no o
• birch 英文词源 birch birch: [OE] Old English bi(e)rce came from a prehistoric Germanic * berkjōn , source also of German birke . The word goes back ultimately to an Indo-European * bhergo , but as is often the case with ancient tree-names, it does not denote the same type of tree in every language in which it has descendants: Latin fraxinus , for example, means ‘ash tree’. It has been speculate
• biracial 英文词源 biracial (adj.) also bi-racial , 1904, from bi- + racial . Related: Biracially . 中文词源 biracial ：双种族的 前缀bi-, 二。race, 民族。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： biracial 词源， biracial 含义。
• bipolar 英文词源 bipolar (adj.) "having two poles," from bi- + polar ; 1810 with figurative sense of "of double aspect;" 1859 with reference to physiology. Psychiatric use in reference to what had been called manic-depressive psychosis is said to have begun 1957 with German psychiatrist Karl Leonhard. The term became popular early 1990s. Bipolar disorder was in DSM III (1980). 中文词源 bipolar ：双
• bipartisan 英文词源 bipartisan (adj.) also bi-partisan , 1894, from bi- + partisan . 中文词源 bipartisan ：两党的 前缀bi-, 二。party, 政党。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bipartisan 词源， bipartisan 含义。
• biotic 英文词源 biotic (adj.) "pertaining to life," 1847, in the medical sense, from Latin bioticus , from Greek biotikos "pertaining to life," from bios "life" (see bio- ). Biotic factor was in use by 1907. Related: Biotical . 中文词源 biotic ：生物的 来自词根bio, 生物。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： biotic 词源， biotic 含义。
• biorhythm 英文词源 biorhythm (n.) also bio-rhythm , 1960, from bio- + rhythm . Related: Biorhythmic . 中文词源 biorhythm ：生物节律 词根bio, 生物。rhythm, 节律，词源同run. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： biorhythm 词源， biorhythm 含义。
• biopsy 英文词源 biopsy (n.) 1895, from French biopsie , coined by French dermatologist Ernest Besnier (1831-1909) from Greek bi- comb. form of bios "life" (see bio- ) + opsis "a sight" (see eye (n.)). As a verb, from 1964. 中文词源 biopsy ：活组织检查 词根bio, 生命。词根ops, 看，见optic, 光学的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： biopsy 词源， biopsy 含义
• biopic 英文词源 biopic (n.) also bio-pic , 1951, from biographical + (moving) picture . Frequent from mid-1951 in "Billboard" and possibly coined there. 中文词源 biopic ：传记片 合成词。biography, 自传。picture, 照片，电影。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： biopic 词源， biopic 含义。
• bionic 英文词源 bionic (adj.) 1901, as a term in the study of fossils, from Greek. bios "life" (see bio- ). Meaning "pertaining to bionics " is recorded from 1963. Popular sense of "superhumanly gifted or durable" is from 1976, from popular U.S. television program "The Bionic Man" and its spin-offs. 中文词源 bionic ：生物电子人的 合成词。词根bio, 生物。electronic, 电子。 该词的
• biome 英文词源 biome (n.) 1908, from Greek bios (see bio- ) + -ome . 中文词源 biome ：生物群系 词根bio, 生物。-ome, 后缀，表示块状，见genome, 基因组。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： biome 词源， biome 含义。
• bioluminescence 英文词源 bioluminescence (n.) also bio-luminescence , 1909; see bio- + luminescence . 中文词源 bioluminescence ：生物发光 词根bio, 生物。词根lumin, 发光，见illuminate, 照明。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bioluminescence 词源， bioluminescence 含义。
• biology 英文词源 biology biology: [19] The modern European languages have made prolific use of Greek bíos ‘life’ as a prefix, particularly in the 20th century. The first compound into which it entered in English seems to have been biotic , in the now obsolete sense ‘of secular life’ (around 1600), but the trend was really set by biography , first recorded as being used by John Dryden in his L
• biography 英文词源 biography (n.) 1680s, probably from Latin biographia , from Late Greek biographia "description of life," from Greek bio- "life" (see bio- ) + graphia "record, account" (see -graphy ). Biographia was not in classical Greek ( bios alone was the word for it), though it is attested in later Greek from c.500. 中文词源 biography ：传记 词根bio, 生命。词根graph, 写。 该词的英
• bioethics 英文词源 bioethics (n.) also bio-ethics , coined 1970 by U.S. biochemist Van Rensselaer Potter II (1911-2001), who defined it as "Biology combined with diverse humanistic knowledge forging a science that sets a system of medical and environmental priorities for acceptable survival." From bio- + ethics . 中文词源 bioethics ：生物伦理学 词根bio, 生物。ethics, 伦理学。 该词的英
• biodiesel 英文词源 biodiesel (n.) also bio-diesel , 1992, from bio- + diesel . 中文词源 biodiesel ：生物柴油 词根bio, 生物。diesel, 柴油。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： biodiesel 词源， biodiesel 含义。
• biodata 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random Siamese twins Siamese twins: [19] The original ‘Siamese twins’ were two males, Chang and Eng (1811– 74), born in Siam (now Thailand), who were joined together at the hip. No attempt was made to separate them, and they lived to a respectable age; each married and fathered children. In an age unembarrassed to be interested i
• biobreak 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random chaperon chaperon: [14] A chaperon was originally a ‘hood’. The word comes from Old French chaperon , a derivative of chape , whose variant cape was the source of English cape , and goes back ultimately to late Latin cappa ‘hood, cloak’. The word’s modern sense, ‘companion safeguarding propriety’, which first appea
• bint 英文词源 bint (n.) "girlfriend," 1855, British English, from Arabic bint "daughter;" adopted by British servicemen in the Middle East. 中文词源 bint ：娘们 来自阿拉伯语，bint, 女孩。由英国士兵带入英国，词义贬义化。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bint 词源， bint 含义。
• binomial 英文词源 binomial 1550s (n.); 1560s (adj.), from Late Latin binomius "having two personal names," a hybrid from bi- (see bi- ) + nomius , from nomen (see name (n.)). Taken up 16c. in the algebraic sense "consisting of two terms." 中文词源 binomial ：二进制的 前缀bi-, 二。词根nom, 名字，同name. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： binomial 词源， binomial
• binoculars 英文词源 binoculars (n.) 1866; see binocular . Earlier binocle (1690s). 中文词源 binoculars ：双筒望远镜 前缀bin-, 二。词根oc, 眼睛，见oculist, 眼科医生。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： binoculars 词源， binoculars 含义。
• bingo wing 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random grope grope: see grip 中文词源 bingo wing ：蝴蝶臂（指年长的人上臂松弛下垂的部分） 一种幽默用法。形容人举手欢呼喊bingo时，胳膊脂肪下垂如蝴蝶展翅。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bingo wing 词源， bingo wing 含义。
• bingo 英文词源 bingo (n.) lotto-like game of chance, 1936; many theories about its origin, none satisfying; the most likely is bingo! as an exclamation of sudden realization or surprise (attested from 1923). Uncertain connection to the slang word for "brandy" (1690s); attested as "liquor" in American English, 1861. Thomas Chandler Haliburton ("Sam Slick") in "The Americans at Home" (1854) recounts a
• binge 英文词源 binge (n.) 1854, "drinking bout," also (v.) "drink heavily, soak up alcohol;" dialectal use of binge "soak" (a wooden vessel). Noted originally as a Northampton dialect word. Sense extended c. World War I to include eating as well as drinking. Related: Binged ; binging . 中文词源 binge ：大吃大喝 词源不详。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： binge 词源
• bindi 英文词源 bindi "A decorative mark worn in the middle of the forehead by Indian women, especially Hindus", From Hindi bindī . 中文词源 bindi ：（印度教妇女）眉心红点 来自印度语。类似倚天屠龙记周芷若眉心痣。眉心点红点以示吉祥。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bindi 词源， bindi 含义。
• bind 英文词源 bind bind: [OE] Band , bend , bind , bond , and bundle can all be traced back ultimately to an Indo- European base * bhendh -, which was also the source of Sanskrit bandh ‘bind’ and Greek peisma ‘cable’. In the case of bind , the immediate precursor of Old English bindan was the Germanic stem with an i vowel, * bind -. In the 14th century the verb came to be used as a noun, fo
• binary 英文词源 binary (adj.) "dual," mid-15c., from Late Latin binarius "consisting of two," from bini "twofold, two apiece, two-by-two" (used especially of matched things), from bis "double" (see bis- ). Binary code in computer terminology was in use by 1952, though the idea itself is ancient. Binary star in astronomy is from 1802. 中文词源 binary ：二进制的 前缀bi-, 二, 在元音前变
• bimonthly 英文词源 bimonthly (adj.) also bi-monthly , 1846, "happening once in two months, every two months," also "occurring twice a month," a hybrid from bi- + monthly . 中文词源 bimonthly ：两月一次的，一月两次的 前缀bi-, 二。month, 月。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bimonthly 词源， bimonthly 含义。 bimonthly ：双月刊 词根词缀： bi-二 +
• bimbo 英文词源 bimbo bimbo: [20] Bimbo most recently made its mark on the English language in the 1980s, when it was in heavy use among journalists to denigrate buxom young women of limited IQ who sold the secrets of their affairs with the rich and famous to the press. It was by no means a newcomer, though. It first crossed the Atlantic to America, from Italy, in the late 1910s. In Italian it means ‘
• biltong 英文词源 biltong biltong: [19] Biltong , strips of sun-dried meat – anything from beef to ostrich – used as iron rations in southern Africa, has the unpromising literal meaning ‘buttock-tongue’ (Afrikaans bil is ‘buttock’, tong is ‘tongue’). The reason for the name is supposedly that the meat for biltong was customarily cut from the hind quarters of the animal, and that the coi
• billy club 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random pound pound: English has three distinct words pound . The measure of weight and unit of currency [OE] goes back ultimately to Latin pondō ‘12- ounce weight’, a relative of pondus ‘weight’ (source of English ponder ) and pendere ‘weigh’ (source of English pension and poise ). It was borrowed into prehistoric Germanic
• billy 英文词源 billy (n.) "club," 1848, American English, originally burglars' slang for "crowbar;" meaning "policeman's club" first recorded 1856, probably from nickname of William, applied to various objects (compare jack, jimmy, jenny ). 中文词源 billy ：带盖金属罐 billy 为人名William 昵称。来自英语词汇中的一种用人名代替各种叫不出名字或没有合适名字的物
• billion 英文词源 billion (n.) 1680s, from French billion (originally byllion in Chuquet's unpublished "Le Triparty en la Science des Nombres," 1484; copied by De la Roche, 1520); see bi- "two" + million . A million million in Britain and Germany (numeration by groups of sixes), which was the original sense; subsequently altered in French to "a thousand million" (numeration by groups of threes) and pic
• billiards 英文词源 billiards billiards: [16] Billiard comes from French billard , which is the name not only of the game, but also of the cue it is played with. And the cue is the clue to the word’s history, for it comes from French bille ‘tree trunk’, hence ‘long cylindrical bit of wood’. The import of the - ard suffix is not altogether clear, but another suffix used with bille was the diminu
• billet-doux 英文词源 billet-doux (n.) also billet doux , 1670s, "love letter," French, literally "sweet note," from billet "document, note" (14c., diminutive of bille ; see bill (n.1)) + doux "sweet," from Latin dulcis (see dulcet ). 中文词源 billet-doux ：情书 法语词。来自bill, 文件，书信。doux, 甜，同dulcet, 甜美的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： billet
• billet 英文词源 billet (v.) 1590s, "to assign quarters to," earlier, as a noun, "official record or register" (Middle English), from Anglo-French billette "list, schedule," diminutive of bille (see bill (n.1)) with -let . Related: Billeted ; billeting . billet (n.1) thick stick of wood, mid-15c., from Middle French billette , diminutive of bille "stick of wood" (see billiards ). billet (n.2) "documen
• billabong 英文词源 billabong Australian, "backwater, stagnant pool," 1865, from Billibang , Aboriginal name of Bell River, from billa "water" + bang , of uncertain meaning. 中文词源 billabong ：死水潭 来自澳大利亚土著语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： billabong 词源， billabong 含义。
• bill 英文词源 bill bill: There are three distinct words bill in English (not counting the proper name), and of them all, the most recent is the commonest. Bill ‘note of charges’ [14] comes from Anglo-Latin billa , which is probably a variant of Latin bulla ‘_document, seal’ (as in ‘papal bull’). English billet [15], as in ‘billeting soldiers on a house’, was originally a diminutive
• bilirubin 英文词源 bilirubin (n.) "reddish pigment found in bile," 1871, from German bilirubin (1864), from bili- (see bile ) + Latin ruber "red" (see red (1)) + -ine (2). 中文词源 bilirubin ：胆红素 bili, 胆汁，同bile。-rub, 红色，同ruby, 红宝石。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bilirubin 词源， bilirubin 含义。
• bilharzia 英文词源 bilharzia "A chronic disease, endemic in parts of Africa and South America, caused by infestation with blood flukes (schistosomes)", Mid 19th century: modern Latin, former name of the genus Schistosoma , named after T. Bilharz (1825–62), the German physician who discovered the parasite. 中文词源 bilharzia ：血吸虫病 以该疾病病菌发现者德国医生Bilharz命名。 该词
• bilge 英文词源 bilge bilge: see bulge bilge (n.) 1510s, "lowest internal part of a ship," also used of the foulness which collects there; variant of bulge "ship's hull," also "leather bag," from Old North French boulge "leather sack," from Late Latin bulga "leather sack," apparently from Gaulish bulga (see budget (n.)). 中文词源 bilge ：底舱污水 来自bulge的变体。bulge, 涌出，膨胀。
• bilby 英文词源 bilby "Another term for rabbit-eared bandicoot", Late 19th century: probably from an Aboriginal language. 中文词源 bilby ：兔耳袋狸 来自澳大利亚土著语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bilby 词源， bilby 含义。
• bilateral 英文词源 bilateral (adj.) "having two sides," 1775, from bi- + lateral . Related: Bilaterally . 中文词源 bilateral ：双边的 前缀bi-, 二。词根later, 边，见multilateral, 多边的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bilateral 词源， bilateral 含义。 bilateral ：两边的，双边的  词根词缀： bi-两,二 + -later-边,侧 + -al形容词词尾
• bilabial 英文词源 bilabial (adj.) 1857, from bi- + labial . Alternative bilabiate is attested from 1794. 中文词源 bilabial ：双唇音 前缀bi-, 二。labial, 唇音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bilabial 词源， bilabial 含义。
• bijou 英文词源 bijou (n.) 1660s, from French bijou , from Breton bizou "(jeweled) ring," from bez "finger" (compare Cornish bisou "finger-ring," 13c.). 中文词源 bijou ：精致的 来自法语bez, 手指，后指戒指。因戒指通常比较精致，后词义固定为精致。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bijou 词源， bijou 含义。
• bight 英文词源 bight bight: see bow bight (n.) Old English byht "bend, angle, corner" (related to bow ), from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (cognates: Middle Low German bucht , German Bucht , Dutch bocht , Danish bught "bight, bay"), from PIE root *bheug- (3) "to bend," with derivatives referring to bent, pliable, or curved objects (cognates: Old English beag , Old High German boug "ring;" see bow (v.)). S
• big game 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random objurgate objurgate: see just 中文词源 big game ：大猎物 big, 大。game, 原义，猎物，现义，游戏。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： big game 词源， big game 含义。
• bigamy 英文词源 bigamy (n.) "state of having two wives or husbands at the same time," mid-13c., from Old French bigamie (13c.), from Church Latin bigamia , from Late Latin bigamus "twice married," a hybrid from bi- "double" (see bi- ) + Greek gamos "marrying" (see gamete ). The Greek word was digamos "twice married." Bigamie is unkinde ðing, On engleis tale, twie-wifing. [c. 1250] In Middle English,
• big 英文词源 big big: [13] Big is one of the notorious mystery words of English etymology – extremely common in the modern language, but of highly dubious origin. In its earliest use in English it meant ‘powerful, strong’, and it is not really until the 16th century that we get unequivocal examples of it in the modern sense ‘large’. It occurs originally in northern texts, only slowly spr
• bifocals 英文词源 bifocals (n.) "bifocal spectacles," 1899, see bifocal . Conceived by Benjamin Franklin, but called by him double spectacles . 中文词源 bifocals ：双光眼睛 前缀bi-, 二。词根foc, 焦点，见focus. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bifocals 词源， bifocals 含义。
• biff 英文词源 biff (v.) "to hit," 1877, imitative (as a sound effect, from 1847). Related: Biffed ; biffing . As a noun, attested from 1881. 中文词源 biff ：吵嘴 拟声词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： biff 词源， biff 含义。
• biennial 英文词源 biennial (adj.) "lasting for two years" (1620s); "occurring every two years" (1750), from Latin biennium "two-year period," from bi- (see bi- ) + annus "year" (see annual ). The vowel change is "due to the Latin phonetic law according to which the unaccented and closed radical syllable of the second element of compounds, original -ă- becomes -ĕ- " [Klein]. The noun meaning "a bienni
• bidirectional 英文词源 bidirectional (adj.) also bi-directional , 1941, from bi- + direction + -al (1). Originally of microphones. Related: Bidirectionally . 中文词源 bidirectional ：双向的 前缀bi-, 二。direction, 方向。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bidirectional 词源， bidirectional 含义。
• bidet 英文词源 bidet (n.) 1620s, "small horse," from French bidet (16c.), of unknown etymology. Originally in French "a small horse, a pony," thus "a vessel on a low narrow stand, which can be bestridden for bathing purposes," a sense attested in English from 1766. 中文词源 bidet ：坐浴盆 词源不详。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bidet 词源， bidet 含义。
• bide 英文词源 bide bide: [OE] Bide appears to be related ultimately to Old English bēodan , partial source of modern English bid , but exactly how is not clear. It comes from a lengthened version of the same stem, producing a hypothetical Germanic * bīthan , and to all outward appearances is connected with such non-Germanic forms as Latin fīdere and Greek peithésthai ; but as these mean ‘beli
• biddy 英文词源 biddy (n.) "old woman," 1785; meaning "Irish maid-servant" (1861) is American English; both from Biddy , pet form of common Irish proper name Bridget . 中文词源 biddy ：（令人厌烦的）老太婆 来自爱尔兰语。biddy 为爱尔兰常见太婆名Bridget的昵称。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： biddy 词源， biddy 含义。
• biddable 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random controversy controversy: see verse 中文词源 biddable ：听话的 来自 bid, 命令，吩咐。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： biddable 词源， biddable 含义。
• bicycle 英文词源 bicycle bicycle: [19] The word bicycle , literally ‘twowheeled’ (from Greek kúklos ‘circle, wheel’), was originally coined in French, and first appeared in English in 1868, in the 7 September edition of the Daily News : ‘bysicles and trysicles which we saw in the Champs Élysées and the Bois de Boulogne this summer’. This reflects the fact that it was in the 1860s that t
• biceps 英文词源 biceps 1630s (adj.), from Latin biceps "having two parts," literally "two-headed," from bis "double" (see bis- ) + -ceps comb. form of caput "head" (see capitulum ). As a noun meaning "biceps muscle," from 1640s, so called for its structure. Despite the -s , it is singular, and classicists insist there is no such word as bicep . 中文词源 biceps ：二头肌 前缀bi-, 二。词根
• bicentenary 英文词源 bicentenary (adj.) "pertaining to a 200-year period," 1843; see bi- + centenary . Also see bicentennial . As a noun, "a bicentennial anniversary or celebration," also from 1843. 中文词源 bicentenary ：200周年 前缀bi-, 二。词根cent, 百，词源同century, 见centipede, 蜈蚣。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bicentenary 词源， bicentenary 含义。
• bicarbonate 英文词源 bicarbonate (n.) 1814, bi-carbonate of potash , apparently coined by English chemist William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828), from bi- + carbonate . 中文词源 bicarbonate ：碳酸氢盐 前缀bi-, 二。carbon, 碳。-ate, 化学名词后缀，表示盐。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bicarbonate 词源， bicarbonate 含义。
• bicameral 英文词源 bicameral (adj.) "having two chambers," 1832, from bi- "two" (see bi- ) + Late Latin camera "chamber" (see camera ) + -al (1). 中文词源 bicameral ：两议院 前缀bi-, 二。词根cam, 室，见chamber. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bicameral 词源， bicameral 含义。
• bibulous 英文词源 bibulous (adj.) 1670s, "spongy, absorbent," from Latin bibulus "drinking readily, given to drink;" of things, "absorbent; moistened," from bibere "to drink" (see imbibe ). Meaning "fond of drink" attested in English by 1861. 中文词源 bibulous ：爱喝酒的 来自词根bib, 喝，饮，见imbibe. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bibulous 词源， bibulous 含
• bible 英文词源 bible bible: [13] Greek ta biblía meant literally ‘the books’. This was borrowed into ecclesiastical Latin as biblia , where the plural form came to be misanalysed as a feminine singular; hence Old French, and through it English, received bible as a singular noun. Greek biblía itself was the plural of biblíon ‘book’ (whence English bibliography [17]), which was originally a
• biathlon 英文词源 biathlon (n.) 1956, from bi- + Greek athlon "contest," abstracted from pentathlon . 中文词源 biathlon ：现代冬季两项 前缀bi-, 二。词根athl, 运动，见athlete, 运动员。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： biathlon 词源， biathlon 含义。
• bib 英文词源 bib bib: [16] The word bib is first mentioned in John Baret’s Quadruple dictionarie 1580, where it is described as being ‘for a child’s breast’. It appears to come from the now archaic verb bib (as in wine-bibber ), perhaps from the notion that the bib protects the baby’s clothes as it drinks. The verb itself is possibly from Latin bibere ‘drink’, source of beer , bevera
• bias 英文词源 bias bias: [16] English acquired bias from Old French biais , but its previous history is uncertain. It probably came via Old Provençal, but where from? Speculations include Latin bifacem ‘looking two ways’, from bi - ‘two’ and faciēs ‘face’, and Greek epikársios ‘oblique’. When the word first entered English it meant simply ‘oblique line’, but by the end of the
• biannual 英文词源 biannual (adj.) also bi-annual ; "occurring every six months, twice a year," 1837, from bi- + annual . Related: Biannually ; bi-annually . 中文词源 biannual ：两年一次的 前缀bi-, 二。词根ann, 年，见anniversary. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： biannual 词源， biannual 含义。 biannual ：一年二次的，半年一次的   词根词缀：
• bhindi 英文词源 bhindi "Indian term for okra", From Hindi bhiṇḍī . 中文词源 bhindi ：秋葵 来自印度语。词义同okra, 秋葵。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bhindi 词源， bhindi 含义。
• bhavan 英文词源 bhavan "A building used for a special purpose, such as meetings or concerts", Hindi. 中文词源 bhavan ：厅，馆 来自印度语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bhavan 词源， bhavan 含义。
• Bharatanatyam 英文词源 Bharatanatyam "A classical dance form of southern India", From Sanskrit bharatanāṭya , literally 'the dance of Bharata', from Bharata , reputed to be the author of the Nāṭyaśāstra , a manual of dramatic art. 中文词源 Bharatanatyam ：婆罗多舞 来自印度语。Bharata, 婆罗多，印度著名乐师Bharata Muni。Natyam，舞蹈。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• bhangra 英文词源 bhangra "A type of popular music combining Punjabi folk traditions with Western pop music", 1960s (denoting a traditional folk dance): from Punjabi bhāngrā . 中文词源 bhangra ：彭戈拉 来自于印度旁遮普语，指当地的一种民间歌舞。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bhangra 词源， bhangra 含义。
• bhang 英文词源 bhang (n.) 1590s, from Hindi bhang "narcotic from hemp," from Sanskrit bhangah "hemp." Perhaps cognate with Russian penika "hemp." The word first appears in Western Europe in Portuguese (1560s). 中文词源 bhang ：大麻的叶和花穗 来自印度语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bhang 词源， bhang 含义。
• bhaji 英文词源 bhaji "(In Indian cuisine) a small flat cake or ball of vegetables, fried in batter", From Hindi bhājī 'fried vegetables'. 中文词源 bhaji ：巴吉，印度炸菜饼 来自印度语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bhaji 词源， bhaji 含义。
• bhai 英文词源 bhai "A brother", From Hindi bhāi , based on Sanskrit bhrātṛ 'brother'. 中文词源 bhai ：兄弟 来自于梵语，词源同brother. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bhai 词源， bhai 含义。
• Bhagwan 英文词源 Bhagwan "God", From Hindi bhagwān , from Sanskrit bhagavān , from the root bhaj 'to honour, adore'. 中文词源 Bhagwan ：神 来自印度语。Bhagavad-Gita，薄伽梵歌，神之歌，为印度最著名的诗篇之一，诗中的哲理现今仍影响着印度人的价值观。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Bhagwan 词源， Bhagwan 含义。
• bezel 英文词源 bezel (n.) 1610s, "sloping edge," also "groove in which a stone is set," from Old French *besel (13c.; Modern French biseau ), cognate with Spanish bisel ; of uncertain origin, perhaps literally "a stone with two angles," from Vulgar Latin *bis-alus , from bis- "twice" (see bis- ) + ala "wing, side" (see alar ). Meaning "oblique face of a gem" is from c. 1840. The verb meaning "grind
• beyond 英文词源 beyond beyond: [OE] Beyond is a lexicalization of the Old English phrase be geondan ‘from the farther side’. The second element comes from a prehistoric Germanic * jandana , formed on a base * jan - which also gave English the now largely dialectal yon [OE] and yonder [13]. To German it contributed the demonstrative adjective and pronoun jener ‘that’, and there are related dem
• bewitch 英文词源 bewitch (v.) c. 1200, biwicchen , from be- + Old English wiccian "to enchant, to practice witchcraft" (see witch ). Literal at first, figurative sense of "to fascinate" is from 1520s. *Bewiccian may well have existed in Old English, but it is not attested. Related: Bewitched ; bewitching ; bewitchingly . 中文词源 bewitch ：着迷 前缀be-, 强调。witch, 女巫，巫术。 该词
• bewigged 英文词源 wig wig: [17] Wig is short for periwig [16], which in turn is an alteration of perwike , a now defunct variant of peruke [16]; and peruke came via French perruque from Italian perrucca , a word of unknown origin. Wigging ‘scolding’, first recorded at the beginning of the 19th century, may have been inspired by the notion of being told off by a bigwig [18], etymologically a ‘high
• beware 英文词源 beware beware: see ware beware (v.) c. 1200, probably from a conflation of be ware (though the compound bewarian "defend" existed in Old English). See ware (v.). 中文词源 beware ：意识到 前缀be-, 强调。ware, 看，意识到，见aware. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： beware 词源， beware 含义。 beware ：当心，谨防 词根词缀： be-动词
• bewail 英文词源 bewail (v.) c. 1300, from be- + wail (v.). Related: Bewailed ; bewailing . 中文词源 bewail ：哀叹 前缀be-, 强调。wail, 哭叫。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bewail 词源， bewail 含义。
• bevy 英文词源 bevy (n.) early 15c., collective noun of quails and ladies, from Anglo-French bevée , which is of unknown origin. One supposed definition of the word is "a drinking bout," but this is perhaps a misprint of bever , from Old French beivre (see beverage ). Still, it's possible that the original sense could be a company of birds gathered at a puddle or pool for drinking or bathing. 中文词
• bevvy 英文词源 bevvy "An alcoholic drink", Late 19th century: abbreviation of beverage. 中文词源 bevvy ：啤酒 beverage的拼写变体。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bevvy 词源， bevvy 含义。
• bevel 英文词源 bevel (adj.) 1560s, possibly from Old French *baivel (Modern French béveau , biveau ), possibly from bayer "to gape, yawn," from Latin *batare "to yawn, gape," from Latin root *bat- , possibly imitative of yawning. If so, the time gap is puzzling. The verb is first recorded 1670s. The noun is 1670s, from the adjective. 中文词源 bevel ：斜边 词源不详。 该词的英语词源请
• betwixt 英文词源 betwixt (prep., adv.) Old English betweox "between, among, amidst, meanwhile," from bi- "by" (see be- ) + tweox "for two," from Proto-Germanic *twa "two" + *-isk "-ish." With parasitic -t that first appeared in Old English and became general after c. 1500. 中文词源 betwixt ：在中间 between的古词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： betwixt 词源， bet
• between 英文词源 between between: [OE] The second syllable of between is related to two and twin ; the word as a whole seems to represent an original phrase meaning something like ‘by two each’. Old English betwēonum reflects a Germanic * twēon , reduced from an earlier * twikhnai ; this represents the base * twīkh - (from which we get two ) plus an - n suffix with apparently some sort of distr