英语词源

• bed 英文词源 bed bed: [OE] Bed is common throughout the Germanic languages (German bett , Dutch bed ), and comes from a prehistoric Germanic * bathjam . Already in Old English times the word meant both ‘place for sleeping’ and ‘area for growing plants’, and if the latter is primary, it could mean that the word comes ultimately from the Indo-European base * bhodh -, source of Latin fodere ‘
• becquerel 英文词源 becquerel "The SI unit of radioactivity, corresponding to one disintegration per second", Late 19th century: named after A.-H. Becquerel (see Becquerel, Antoine-Henri ). 中文词源 becquerel ：贝可（放射性活度单位） 以19世纪法国物理学家Becquerel命名的物理单位，与居里夫人共享当年的诺贝尔物理奖。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• become 英文词源 become become: [OE] Become is a compound verb found in other Germanic languages (German bekommen , for instance, and Dutch bekomen ), which points to a prehistoric Germanic source * bikweman , based on * kweman , source of English come . Originally it meant simply ‘come, arrive’, but the modern senses ‘come to be’ and ‘be suitable’ had developed by the 12th century. A para
• beckon 英文词源 beckon beckon: see beacon beckon (v.) Old English gebecnian (West Saxon beacnian ) "to make a mute sign," derivative of beacen "a sign, beacon," from Proto-Germanic *bauknjan (cognates: Old Saxon boknian , Old High German bouhnen ), from PIE root *bha- (1) "to shine" (see beacon ). Related: Beckoned ; beckoning . The noun is attested from 1718, from the verb. 中文词源 beckon ：招手
• beck 英文词源 beck (n.) late 14c., "mute signal," from noun use of bekken (v.), variant of becnan "to beckon" (see beckon ). Transferred sense of "slightest indication of will" is from late 15c. beck (v.) c. 1300, shortening of beckon . (v.). 中文词源 beck ：小溪，召唤 1.小溪，词源同beach. 2.召唤，词源同beckon, beacon. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bec
• bechamel 英文词源 bechamel (n.) 1796, from French béchamel , named for Louis XIV's steward, Louis de Béchamel , marquis de Nointel (1630-1703), who perfected it. Gamillscheg identifies him as a great gourmet of the time ( "eines bekannten Feinschmeckers des 17. Jhdts." ). 中文词源 bechamel ：贝夏美沙司 由法国国王路易十四的管家兼著名美食家Louis Bechamel调制并以其名命名
• because 英文词源 because because: [14] Because originated in the phrase by cause , which was directly modelled on French par cause . At first it was always followed by of or by a subordinate clause introduced by that or why : ‘The Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified’, St John’s Gospel , 7:39, 1611. But already by the end of the 14th century that and why were be
• bebop 英文词源 bebop (n.) 1944, from bebop, rebop, bop, nonsense words in jazz lyrics, attested from at least 1928. The style is associated with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. 中文词源 bebop ：博普乐 拟声词，模仿该类型爵士发出的声音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bebop 词源， bebop 含义。
• beaver 英文词源 beaver beaver: [OE] Like bear , beaver appears to mean etymologically ‘brown animal’. Old English beofor or befor came from a prehistoric West and North Germanic * bebruz , which in turn went back to an Indo-European * bhebhrús , a derivative of the base * bhru - ‘brown’. Other words for ‘beaver’ from the same source include Czech bobr , Lithuanian bebrùs , and Latin fib
• beauty 英文词源 beauty beauty: [13] Beauty came via Anglo-Norman beute and Old French bealte from Vulgar Latin * bellitas , a derivative of Latin bellus ‘beautiful’ (this developed from an earlier, unrecorded * dwenolos , a diminutive form of Old Latin * duenos , * duonos , which is related to Latin bonus ‘good’ – source of English bonus [18], bounty [13], and bounteous [14]). Other English
• beaut 英文词源 beaut (n.) 1866, abbreviated form of beauty in the sense of "a beautiful thing or person." 中文词源 beaut ：美人 beauty 的缩写。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： beaut 词源， beaut 含义。
• Beaujolais 英文词源 Beaujolais (n.) type of Burgundy, 1863, from name of a district in the department of Lyonnais, France, which is named for the town of Beaujeu , from French beau "beautiful" + Latin jugum "hill." 中文词源 Beaujolais ：博苦莱葡萄酒 法国地名，著名葡萄酒产区。字面意思为 beau, 漂亮的。jugum, 山。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Beau
• beaucoup 英文词源 beaucoup French, literally "a great heap," from beau "fine, great" (see beau (n.)) + coup "a stroke," also "a throw," hence, "a heap" (see coup (n.)). Compare Spanish golpe "multitude." 中文词源 beaucoup ：很多的 beau, 好的，漂亮的。coup, 击。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： beaucoup 词源， beaucoup 含义。
• beau 英文词源 beau (n.) "attendant suitor of a lady," 1720, from French beau "the beautiful," noun use of an adjective, from Old French bel "beautiful, handsome, fair, genuine, real" (11c.), from Latin bellus "handsome, fine, pretty, agreeable," diminutive of bonus "good" (see bene- ). Meaning "man who attends excessively to dress, etiquette, etc.; a fop; a dandy" is from 1680s, short for French be
• beatnik 英文词源 beatnik (n.) coined 1958 by San Francisco newspaper columnist Herb Caen during the heyday of -nik suffixes in the wake of Sputnik . From Beat generation (1952), associated with beat (n.) in its meaning "rhythm (especially in jazz)" as well as beat (past participle adjective) "worn out, exhausted," but originator Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) in 1958 connected it with beatitude . The origin
• beatific 英文词源 beatific (adj.) 1630s, from French béatifique or directly from Late Latin beatificus , from Latin beatus "blessed, happy," past participle of beare "make happy, bless" (see beatitude ). Related: Beatifical (c. 1600); beatifically . 中文词源 beatific ：幸福的 来自词根beat, 好的，幸福的，为bon的过去分词形式，bon, 好，见bonus, 红利。 该词的英语词源
• beat 英文词源 beat beat: [OE] Old English bēatan and the related Old Norse bauta may be traced back to a prehistoric Germanic * bautan . It has been conjectured that this could be connected with * fu -, the base of Latin confūtāre and refūtāre (source respectively of English confute [16] and refute [16]) and of Latin fustis ‘club’ (from which English gets fusty [14]). = beetle , confute ,
• beast 英文词源 beast beast: [13] Beast replaced deer as the general word for ‘animal’ in the 13th century ( deer of course remained in use for antlered animals of the family Cervidae), and was itself replaced by animal in the 17th century. It entered English via Old French beste from Latin bēstia (source of English bestial [14]). = bestial beast (n.) c. 1200, from Old French beste "animal, wild
• beard 英文词源 beard beard: [OE] Old English beard came from West Germanic * bartha , which was also the source of German bart and Dutch baard . A close relative of this was Latin barba ‘beard’, which gave English barb [14] (via Old French barbe ), barber [13] (ultimately from medieval Latin barbātor , originally a ‘beard-trimmer’), and barbel [14], a fish with sensitive whisker-like projec
• bear 英文词源 bear bear: [OE] The two English words bear ‘carry’ and bear the animal come from completely different sources. The verb, Old English beran , goes back via Germanic * ber - to Indo-European * bher -, which already contained the two central meaning elements that have remained with its offspring ever since, ‘carry’ and ‘give birth’. It is the source of a very large number of
• beanie 英文词源 beanie (n.) "small, close-fitting hat," 1940, from bean (n.) in the slang sense of "head" + -ie . 中文词源 beanie ：无檐小便帽 来自bean, 豆子，像碗豆一样的帽子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： beanie 词源， beanie 含义。
• beanfeast 英文词源 beanfeast "A celebratory party with plentiful food and drink", Early 19th century: from bean + feast. The term originally denoted an annual dinner given to employees by their employers, where beans and bacon were regarded as an indispensable dish. 中文词源 beanfeast ：聚会 来自于过去习俗，即在聚会的大蛋糕里放一粒豆子，蛋糕切成小块分给大家，谁的
• bean 英文词源 bean bean: [OE] The word bean (Old English bēan ) has relatives in several Germanic languages (German bohne , Dutch boon , Swedish böna ), pointing to a common West and North Germanic source * baunō , but that is as far back in history as we can pursue it. Beanfeast [19] apparently derived from the practice of serving bacon and beans (or, according to some, bean geese, a species of
• beaker 英文词源 beaker beaker: [14] The immediate source of beaker was Old Norse bikarr . It is widespread in the West Germanic languages (German has becher , for instance), and it seems likely that Old Norse acquired it from Old Saxon bikeri . But it was borrowed into prehistoric West Germanic from medieval Latin bicarius , which in turn goes back to Greek bikos ‘earthenware jug’ (ultimate sourc
• beagle 英文词源 beagle beagle: [15] The likeliest source of beagle appears to be Old French becgueule ‘noisy person’ (the supposition is that the dog had the term applied to it because of its loud bark). Becgueule itself was probably a compound formed from beer ‘gape, yawn’ (source also of English abash and abeyance and, in its later form bayer , of English bay ‘recessed area’) and gueule
• beak 英文词源 beak beak: [13] English acquired beak via Old French bec from Latin beccus , which was probably borrowed from some Gaulish word (the original Latin word for ‘beak’ was rostrum ). The Roman historian Suetonius (c. 69–140 AD) tells of one Antonius Primus, a native of Toulouse, who was nicknamed as a boy Beccus , ‘that is, hen’s beak’. The Old English term for ‘beak’ was
• beach 英文词源 beach beach: [16] Beach is a mystery word. When it first turns up, in the dialect of the southeast corner of England, it means ‘shingle’; and since long stretches of the seashore in Sussex and Kent are pebbly, it is a natural extension that the word for ‘shingle’ should come to be used for ‘shore’. Its ultimate source is obscure, but some etymologists have suggested a conn
• be 英文词源 be be: [OE] There are four distinct components that go to make up the modern English verb be . The infinitive form be comes ultimately from an Indo-European base * bheu -, * bhu -, which also produced, by other routes, future and physical . Its Germanic descendant was * bu -, which signified on the one hand ‘dwell’ (from which we get booth , bower , byre , build , burly , byelaw ,
• bazoom 英文词源 bazoom "A woman’s breast", 1950s: probably an alteration of bosom. 中文词源 bazoom ：乳房 单词bosom 的诙谐拼写。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bazoom 词源， bazoom 含义。
• bazooka 英文词源 bazooka (n.) "metal tube rocket launcher," 1942, from name of a junkyard musical instrument used (c. 1935) as a prop by U.S. comedian Bob Burns (1896-1956); extension of bazoo , slang for "mouth" or "boastful talk" (1877), probably from Dutch bazuin "trumpet." 中文词源 bazooka ：巴祖卡火箭筒 由美国喜剧演员Bob Burns 创造出来的新词，来自俚语bazoo, 嘴，大嘴
• bayou 英文词源 bayou (n.) 1766, via Louisiana French, from Choctaw bayuk "small stream." 中文词源 bayou ：河道支流 来自北美北著语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bayou 词源， bayou 含义。
• bay 英文词源 bay bay: There are no fewer than six distinct words bay in English. The ‘sea inlet’ [14] comes via Old French baie from Old Spanish bahia . Bay as in bay leaf [14] comes from a different Old French word baie , whose source was Latin bāca ‘berry’. The ‘reddish-brown colour of a horse’ [14] comes via Old French bai from Latin badius , which is related to Old Irish buide ‘
• bawd 英文词源 bawd (n.) a complicated word of uncertain history. First attested late 15c., "lewd person" (of either sex; since c. 1700 applied only to women), probably from baude-strote "procurer of prostitutes" (mid-14c.), which may be from Middle English bawde (adj.) "merry, joyous," from Old French baud "gay, licentious" (from Frankish *bald "bold" or some such Germanic source). It would not be
• baud 英文词源 baud (n.) 1932, originally a unit of speed in telegraphy, coined in French in 1929 in honor of French inventor and engineer Jean-Maurice-Émile Baudot (1845-1903), who designed a telegraph printing system. 中文词源 baud ：波特（数据通信速度单位） 以法国19世纪发明家Jean Baudot 名字命名的科学术语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• bauble 英文词源 bauble (n.) "showy trinket or ornament," early 14c., from Old French baubel "child's toy, trinket," probably a reduplication of bel , from Latin bellus "pretty" (see bene- ). Or else related to babe , baby . 中文词源 bauble ：圣诞装饰球 来自古法语baubel的俗化，词根bel, 好，漂亮，同belle, 美女。bau为bel重复变体。来自词根重复构词法。 该词的
• battlements 英文词源 battle battle: [13] English acquired battle via Old French bataille and Vulgar Latin * battālia from late Latin battuālia ‘fencing exercises’. This was a derivative of the verb battuere ‘beat’ (source also of English batter and battery ), which some have viewed as of Celtic origin, citing Gaulish andabata ‘gladiator’, a possible relative of English bat . Related words in
• battle 英文词源 battle battle: [13] English acquired battle via Old French bataille and Vulgar Latin * battālia from late Latin battuālia ‘fencing exercises’. This was a derivative of the verb battuere ‘beat’ (source also of English batter and battery ), which some have viewed as of Celtic origin, citing Gaulish andabata ‘gladiator’, a possible relative of English bat . Related words in
• battery 英文词源 battery battery: [16] The original meaning of battery in English was literally ‘hitting’, as in assault and battery . It came from Old French batterie , a derivative of batre , battre ‘beat’ (from which English also gets batter [14]). The ultimate source of this, and of English battle , was Latin battuere ‘beat’. The development of the word’s modern diversity of senses w
• batter 英文词源 batter (v.) "strike repeatedly, beat violently and rapidly," early 14c., from Old French batre "to beat, strike" (11c., Modern French battre "to beat, to strike"), from Latin battuere "to beat, strike," an old word in Latin, but almost certainly borrowed from Gaulish, from PIE root *bhau- "to strike" (cognates: Welsh bathu "beat;" Old English beadu "battle," beatan "to beat," bytl "ha
• bat mitzvah 英文词源 Bat Mitzvah 1950, literally "daughter of command;" a Jewish girl who has reached age 12, the age of religious majority. Extended to the ceremony held on occasion of this. 中文词源 bat mitzvah ：犹太女子受诫礼 犹太语。bat, 女孩。mitzvah, 命令，召唤。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bat mitzvah 词源， bat mitzvah 含义。
• batman 英文词源 batman batman: see bastard batman (n.) "officer's servant," originally military title for "man in charge of a bat-horse and its load," 1755, from bat "pack-saddle" (late 14c.), from Old French bast (Modern French bât ), from Late Latin bastum (see baton ). Hence also batwoman (1941). The comic book hero dates from 1939. 中文词源 batman ：传令兵 来自法语。bat, 马鞍，同
• batik 英文词源 batik (n.) 1880, from Dutch, from Malay mbatik , said to be from amba "to write" + titik "dot, point." 中文词源 batik ：蜡染 来自马来语，一种马来当地染布技术。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： batik 词源， batik 含义。
• bathos 英文词源 bathos bathos: [18] Bathos , the descent from the sublime to the commonplace, means etymologically ‘depth’. It represents Greek báthos , a derivative of the adjective bathús ‘deep’ (which has also given English such technical terms as bathyal ‘of the deep sea’, bathymetry , bathyscaphe , and bathysphere ). The use of the word in English seems to have been initiated by th
• bath chair 英文词源 bath chair "A kind of wheelchair for invalids, typically with a hood", Early 19th century: named after the city of Bath, which attracted many invalids because of the supposed curative powers of its hot springs. 中文词源 bath chair ：巴斯轮椅 由发明家James Heath 以其家乡Bath命名的一种轮椅。Bath为英格兰一温泉旅游圣地，因温泉bath而得名。 该词的
• bath 英文词源 bath bath: [OE] Bath is a word widely dispersed among the Germanic languages (German has bad , as does Swedish). Like the others, Old English bæth goes back to a hypothetical Germanic * batham , which perhaps derives from the base * ba - (on the suffix - th see BIRTH). If this is so, it would be an indication (backed up by other derivatives of the same base, such as bake , and cognat
• bated 英文词源 bated "In great suspense; very anxiously or excitedly", Late 16th century: from the past participle of obsolete bate 'restrain', from abate.MoreA shortened form of abated (Middle English), meaning ‘reduced, lessened’. The idea behind the phrase with bated breath is that the anxiety or excitement you experience while waiting for something to happen is so great that you almost stop
• bat 英文词源 bat bat: Bat as in ‘cricket bat’ [OE] and bat the animal [16] come from entirely different sources. Bat the wooden implement first appears in late Old English as batt ‘cudgel’, but it is not clear where it ultimately came from. Some have postulated a Celtic source, citing Gaulish andabata ‘gladiator’, which may be related to English battle and Russian bat ‘cudgel’, but
• bastion 英文词源 bastion (n.) 1560s, from Middle French bastillon , diminutive of Old French bastille "fortress, tower, fortified, building," from Old Provençal bastir "build," perhaps originally "make with bast" (see baste (v.1)). 中文词源 bastion ：堡垒 来自词根fasc, 编织，同basket. 由编织引申为搭建，建造。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bastion 词源
• bastardize 英文词源 bastardize (v.) 1610s, "to identify as a bastard," from bastard (q.v.) + -ize . The figurative sense, "to make degenerate, debase" is earlier (1580s), probably because bastard also was serving as a verb meaning "to declare illegitimate" (1540s). Related: Bastardized ; bastardizing ; bastardization . 中文词源 bastardize ：败坏，私生子 来自bastard, 杂种。 该词的英语词
• bassoon 英文词源 bassoon (n.) 1727, from French basson (17c.), from Italian bassone , augmentative of basso (see bass (adj.)). Compare balloon (n.); also see -oon . 中文词源 bassoon ：巴松管，大管 bass, 贝司。-oon, 大词后缀，见balloon. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bassoon 词源， bassoon 含义。 bassoon ：低音管；巴松管 bass-部分同base和bas
• bassinet 英文词源 bassinet (n.) "wicker cradle," 1854, from French bassinet "a little basin," diminutive of bassin (see basin ), or, as per Klein, the English word is from French bercelonette , double diminutive of berceau "cradle," altered by bassin "basin." Middle English had bacinet "hemispherical helmet" (c. 1300). 中文词源 bassinet ：婴儿摇篮 bassin, 词源同basket, 篮子。-et, 小词后
• basset 英文词源 basset (n.) type of short-legged dog, 1610s, from French basset , from Old French bas "low" (see base (adj.)) + diminutive suffix. 中文词源 basset ：短腿猎犬 词源同base, 低。-et, 小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： basset 词源， basset 含义。
• bass 英文词源 bass bass: Bass the fish [15] and bass the musical term [15] are of course completely unrelated words, with different pronunciations. Bass meaning ‘of the lowest register’ is simply a modified spelling of the adjective base , under the influence of Italian basso . Related words are bassoon [18], from French basson , and basset-horn [19], a partial translation of Italian corno di b
• bas-relief 英文词源 bas-relief (n.) 1660s, from French bas-relief , a loan-translation of Italian basso-rilievo "low relief, raised work." 中文词源 bas-relief ：浅浮雕 bas, 低，浅。relief, 浮雕。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bas-relief 词源， bas-relief 含义。
• basmati 英文词源 basmati "A kind of long-grain Indian rice with a delicate fragrance", From Hindi bāsmatī , literally 'fragrant'. 中文词源 basmati ：印度香米 来自印度语，指芳香的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： basmati 词源， basmati 含义。
• basket case 英文词源 basket case (n.) 1919, American English, originally a reference to rumors of quadriplegics as a result of catastrophic wounds suffered in World War I (the military vehemently denied there were any such in its hospitals), from basket (n.) + case (n.2). Probably literal, i.e., stuck in a basket, but basket had colloquial connotations of poverty (begging) and helplessness long before thi
• basket 英文词源 basket basket: [13] Basket is something of a mystery word. It turns up in the 13th century in Old French and Anglo-Norman as basket and in Anglo-Latin as baskettum , but how it got there is far from clear. Some have suggested that Latin bascauda ‘washing tub’, said by the Roman writer Martial to be of British origin (and thought by some etymologists to be possibly of Celtic origin
• basin 英文词源 basin basin: [13] Basin comes via Old French bacin from medieval Latin * bacchinus , a derivative of Vulgar Latin * bacca ‘water vessel’, which may originally have been borrowed from Gaulish. The Old French diminutive bacinet produced English basinet ‘helmet’ [14] and, with a modification of the spelling, bassinette ‘cradle’ [19], which was originally applied in French to
• basilisk 英文词源 basilisk basilisk: [14] Greek basilískos meant literally ‘little king’ – it was a diminutive of basiléus ‘king’, source also of English basil [15] (probably from the herb’s use by the Greeks in certain royal potions) and of English basilica [16] (a church built originally on the plan of a royal palace). The Greeks used it for a ‘goldcrested wren’, but also for a type
• basilica 英文词源 basilica (n.) 1540s, from Latin basilica "building of a court of justice," and, by extension, church built on the plan of one, from Greek (stoa) basilike "royal (portal)," the portico of the archon basileus, the official who dispensed justice in Athens, from basileus "king" (see Basil ). In Rome, applied specifically to the seven principal churches founded by Constantine. 中文词源
• basil 英文词源 basil (n.) aromatic shrubby plant, early 15c., from Old French basile (15c., Modern French basilic ), from Medieval Latin basilicum , from Greek basilikon (phyton) "royal (plant)," from basileus "king" (see Basil ). So called, probably, because it was believed to have been used in making royal perfumes. In Latin, confused with basiliscus (see basilisk ) because it was supposed to be a
• bashful 英文词源 bashful bashful: see abash bashful (adj.) 1540s, with -ful + baishen "to be filled with consternation or dismay" (mid-14c.), from Old French baissier "bring down, humiliate" (see abash ). An unusual case of this suffix attached to a verbal stem in the passive sense. Related: Bashfully ; bashfulness (1530s). 中文词源 bashful ：害羞的 来自词根bat, 张嘴，拟声词，指窘迫
• bash 英文词源 bash (v.) "to strike violently," 1640s, perhaps of Scandinavian origin, from Old Norse *basca "to strike" (cognates: Swedish basa "to baste, whip, flog, lash," Danish baske "to beat, strike, cudgel"); or the whole group might be independently derived and echoic. Figurative sense of "abuse verbally or in writing" is from 1948. Related: Bashed ; bashing . bash (n.) "a heavy blow," 1805,
• base jumping 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random distance distance: [13] Etymologically, things that are distant stand far apart from each other. The word comes via Old French from Latin distantia , an abstract noun formed from distāns , the present participle of distāre ‘be remote’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dis - ‘apart’ and stāre ‘stand’
• base 英文词源 base base: There are two distinct words base in English. Base meaning ‘lower part, foundation’ [14] came either via Old French base or was a direct anglicization of Latin basis (acquired by English in its unaltered form at around the same time). The Latin word in its turn came from Greek básis , which meant originally ‘step’ and came ultimately from the Indo-European base * g
• basalt 英文词源 basalt (n.) c. 1600, from Late Latin basaltes , misspelling of Latin basanites "very hard stone," from Greek basanites "a species of slate used to test gold," from basanos "touchstone." Not connected with salt . Said by Pliny [ "Historia," 36.58] to be an African word, perhaps Egyptian bauhan "slate." Any hard, very dark rock would do as a touchstone; the assayer compared the streak l
• basal 英文词源 basal (adj.) "relating to a base," 1828, from base (n.) + -al (1). 中文词源 basal ：基部的 来自base, 基础。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： basal 词源， basal 含义。
• barrow 英文词源 barrow barrow: [OE] Barrow for carrying things and barrow the burial mound are two distinct words in English. The barrow of wheelbarrow is related to bear ‘carry’. The Old English word, bearwe , came from the same Germanic base, * ber - or * bar -, as produced bear , and also bier . Barrow the burial mound, as erected by ancient peoples over a grave site, is related to German berg
• barrio 英文词源 barrio (n.) 1841, "ward of a Spanish or Spanish-speaking city," sometimes also used of rural settlements, from Spanish barrio "district, suburb," from Arabic barriya "open country" (fem.), from barr "outside" (of the city). Main modern sense of "Spanish-speaking district in a U.S. city" is 1939; original reference is to Spanish Harlem in New York City. 中文词源 barrio ：西班牙语
• barring 英文词源 barring (n.) late 14c., "act of fastening with a bar," verbal noun from bar (v.). Meaning "exclusion" is from 1630s. As a preposition, "excepting, excluding," it is from late 15c. Schoolhouse prank of barring out the teacher was in use before 1728. 中文词源 barring ：除外 来自bar, 杆，棍，阻拦。原指挡开的，后指除外。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• barrette 英文词源 barrette (n.) "bar clip for women's hair," 1901, from French barrette , diminutive of barre "bar" (see bar (n.1)). 中文词源 barrette ：小发夹 来自 bar, 杆。-ette, 小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： barrette 词源， barrette 含义。
• barrel 英文词源 barrel (n.) c. 1300, from Old French baril (12c.) "barrel, cask, vat," with cognates in all Romance languages (such as Italian barile , Spanish barril ), but origin uncertain; perhaps from Gaulish, perhaps somehow related to bar (n.1). Meaning "metal tube of a gun" is from 1640s. Barrel roll in aeronautics is from 1927. barrel (v.) mid-15c., "to put in barrels," from barrel (n.). Mean
• barramundi 英文词源 barramundi "Any of a number of large, chiefly freshwater fishes of Australia and SE Asia", Late 19th century: probably from an Aboriginal language of Queensland. 中文词源 barramundi ：尖吻鲈 来自于澳大利亚土著语，字面意思是大鳞鱼。为通俗易懂，也称为Australian Seabass. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： barramundi 词源， barra
• barracuda 英文词源 barracuda (n.) 1670s, from American Spanish barracuda , perhaps from a Carib word. 中文词源 barracuda ：梭子鱼 来自加勒比土著语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： barracuda 词源， barracuda 含义。
• barracks 英文词源 barracks (n.) plural, and usual, form of barrack (q.v.). 中文词源 barracks ：营房 词源不确定，可能来自西班牙语，barro, 泥土，指用泥土搭建的简易土坯房。或同bar, 杆，棍，指用树枝搭建的简易帐篷。营房是其后来义。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： barracks 词源， barracks 含义。
• barrack 英文词源 barrack (n.) 1680s, "temporary hut for soldiers during a siege," from French barraque , from Spanish barraca (mid-13c. in Medieval Latin) "soldier's tent," literally "cabin, hut," perhaps from barro "clay, mud," which is probably of Celt-Iberian origin. Meaning "permanent building for housing troops" (usually in plural) is attested from 1690s. 中文词源 barrack ：起哄 拟声词。
• barque 英文词源 barque barque: see embark barque (n.) variant of bark (n.2). 中文词源 barque ：三桅帆船 词源同barge,驳船。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： barque 词源， barque 含义。
• barney 英文词源 barney (n.) 1859, British slang, "lark, spree, rough enjoyment," of uncertain origin. Later also "a fixed prize-fight." 中文词源 barney ：斗嘴 来自韵律俚语Barney Rubble，由trouble逆构。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： barney 词源， barney 含义。
• barnet 英文词源 barnet "A person’s hair", Mid 19th century: from rhyming slang barnet fair , the name of a famous horse fair held at Barnet, Herts. 中文词源 barnet ：头发 来自韵律俚语Barnet Fair, 由hair逆构. 韵律俚语是一种过去流行的文字游戏，用比较诙谐的熟悉同韵词逆构出某词，带有诙谐意味或为避免说出某不方便表达的粗俗词，通常使
• barnacle 英文词源 barnacle barnacle: [12] The term barnacle was originally applied to a type of goose, Branta leucopsis , which according to medieval legend grew on trees or on logs of wood. Various fanciful versions of its reproductive cycle existed, among them that it emerged from a fruit or that it grew attached to a tree by its beak, but the most tenacious was that it developed inside small shellfi
• barmy 英文词源 barmy (adj.) 1530s, "frothing, covered with barm;" see barm + -y (2). Figurative sense of "excited, flighty, bubbling with excitement" is from c. 1600. Meaning "foolish" (1892) is probably an alteration of balmy . 中文词源 barmy ：发疯的 barm, 发酵，泡沫，词源同brew, 酿造。指充满泡沫的，口吐白沫的，发疯的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• bar mitzvah 英文词源 Bar Mitzvah 1861, in Judaism, "male person who has completed his 13th year and thus reached the age of religious responsibility," from Hebrew, literally "son of command." As a name for the ceremony itself, by 1941. 中文词源 bar mitzvah ：犹大男子受诫礼 犹太语。bar, 男孩，mitzvah, 命令，召唤。比较bat mitzvah. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• barley 英文词源 barley barley: [OE] The Old English word for ‘barley’ was bære or bere . It came from an Indo- European base * bhar - which also gave Latin farīna ‘flour’ (from which English gets farinaceous [17]) and Old Norse farr ‘barley’. Barley (Old English bærlic ) was in fact originally an adjective formed from this (like princely based on prince ), and it was not until the earl
• barium 英文词源 barium barium: see gravity barium (n.) 1808, coined in Modern Latin by its discoverer, English chemist Sir Humphrey Davy (1778-1829), because it was present in the mineral barytes "heavy spar" (barium sulphate), so named by Lavoisier from Greek barys "heavy," from PIE root *gwere- (2) "heavy" (see grave (adj.)). The metal is actually relatively light. 中文词源 barium ：钡 来自词
• baritone 英文词源 baritone baritone: see gravity baritone (adj.) c. 1600, from Italian baritono , from Greek barytonos "deep-toned, deep-sounding," from barys "heavy, deep," also, of sound, "strong, deep, bass," from PIE root *gwere- (2) "heavy" (see grave (adj.)) + tonos "tone" (see tenet ). Technically, "ranging from lower A in bass clef to lower F in treble clef." Noun meaning "singer having a barit
• bargeboard 英文词源 bargeboard "A board, typically an ornamental one, fixed to the gable end of a roof to hide the ends of the roof timbers", Mid 19th century: from mid 16th-century barge- (used in architectural terms relating to the gable of a building), perhaps from medieval Latin bargus 'gallows'. 中文词源 bargeboard ：封檐板 此处barge来自拉丁语bargus，山墙。board，板。 该词的英
• barf 英文词源 barf (v.) "to vomit or retch,"1960, American English slang, probably imitative. Related: Barfed ; barfing . As a noun, from 1966. Barf bag "air sickness pouch" attested from 1966. 中文词源 barf ：呕吐 拟声词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： barf 词源， barf 含义。
• barbiturate 英文词源 barbiturate (n.) 1928 ( morphine barbiturate is from 1918), from German, coined 1863 by chemist Adolf von Baeyer (1835-1917) from Barbitursäure "barbituric acid," itself coined by Baeyer, perhaps from woman's name Barbara , or perhaps from Latin barbata , in Medieval Latin usnea barbata , literally "bearded moss." Second element is because it was obtained from uric acid. With chemica
• barbarian 英文词源 barbarian (adj.) mid-14c., from Medieval Latin barbarinus (source of Old French barbarin "Berber, pagan, Saracen, barbarian"), from Latin barbaria "foreign country," from Greek barbaros "foreign, strange, ignorant," from PIE root *barbar- echoic of unintelligible speech of foreigners (compare Sanskrit barbara- "stammering," also "non-Aryan," Latin balbus "stammering," Czech blblati "t
• baraza 英文词源 baraza "(In East Africa) a public meeting place", Kiswahili. 中文词源 baraza ：社区集会 来自非洲斯瓦西里语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： baraza 词源， baraza 含义。 baraza ：公众集会 来自非洲Swahili语。