英语词源

• bar 英文词源 bar bar: [12] The history of bar cannot be traced back very far. Forms in various Romance languages, such as French barre (source of the English verb) and Italian and Spanish barra , point to a Vulgar Latin * barra , but beyond that nothing is known. The original sense of a ‘rail’ or ‘barrier’ has developed various figurative applications over the centuries: in the 14th centur
• bapu 英文词源 bapu "A father (often as a form of address)", From Gujarati. 中文词源 bapu ：爸爸 来自印度语。词源同baba , 爸爸。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bapu 词源， bapu 含义。
• baptism 英文词源 baptism (n.) c. 1300, bapteme , from Old French batesme, bapteme (11c., Modern French baptême ), from Latin baptismus , from Greek baptismos , noun of action from baptizein (see baptize ). The -s- restored in later 14c. Figurative sense is from late 14c. The Anglo-Saxons used fulluht in this sense (John the Baptist was Iohannes se Fulluhtere ). Phrase baptism of fire "a soldier's fir
• bap 英文词源 bap "A large, round, flattish bread roll, typically with a spongy texture and floury top", Late 16th century: of unknown origin. 中文词源 bap ：圆面包 词源不详。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bap 词源， bap 含义。
• baobab 英文词源 baobab (n.) 1630s, from Medieval Latin bahobab (1590s), apparently from a central African language. 中文词源 baobab ：猴面包树 来自某非洲土著语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： baobab 词源， baobab 含义。
• banyan 英文词源 banyan banyan: [17] Banyan originally meant ‘Hindu trader’. It is an arabization of Gujarati vāniyān ‘traders’, which comes ultimately from Sanskrit vanija ‘merchant’ (the Portuguese version, banian , produced an alternative English spelling). When European travellers first visited Bandar Abbas, a port on the Persian Gulf, they found there a pagoda which the banyans had
• bantamweight 英文词源 bantam bantam: [18] When these diminutive chickens were first imported into Europe in the middle of the 18th century, it was thought that they had originated in a village called Bantam in Java, now in Indonesia, and they were named accordingly. This version of their history has never been firmly established, but the name stuck. Bantamweight as a category of boxing weights dates from t
• bantam 英文词源 bantam bantam: [18] When these diminutive chickens were first imported into Europe in the middle of the 18th century, it was thought that they had originated in a village called Bantam in Java, now in Indonesia, and they were named accordingly. This version of their history has never been firmly established, but the name stuck. Bantamweight as a category of boxing weights dates from t
• banshee 英文词源 banshee (n.) 1771, from phonetic spelling of Irish bean sidhe "female of the Elves," from bean "woman" (from PIE *gwen- ; see queen ) + sidhe , from sith "fairy" or sid "fairy mound." Specifically, one who calls to the spirits of the dead. Sidhe sometimes is confused with sithe , genitive of sith "peace." 中文词源 banshee ：女妖 爱尔兰方言。ban, 女人，词源同gyn-, 女人
• banquette 英文词源 banquette (n.) 1620s, "raised platform in a fortification," from French banquette (15c.), from Italian banchetta , diminutive of banca "bench, shelf" (see bank (n.1)). 中文词源 banquette ：长沙发 banq, 同bench, 凳子。-ette, 小词后缀。原指小凳子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： banquette 词源， banquette 含义。
• banoffi pie 英文词源 banoffi pie "A pie or tart made with toffee, bananas, and cream", 1970s: banoffi from a blend of banana and toffee. 中文词源 banoffi pie ：香蕉太妃派 来自banana和toffee构成的复合词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： banoffi pie 词源， banoffi pie 含义。
• banns 英文词源 banns (n.) see bann . 中文词源 banns ：结婚通告 来自词根ban,说话，通知，词源同phone. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： banns 词源， banns 含义。
• banner 英文词源 banner banner: [13] Banner is of Germanic origin, but it reached English via Latin. Early forms which show its Germanic antecedents are Gothic bandwo ‘sign’ and the related Old Norse benda ‘give a sign’, but at some stage it was acquired by Latin, as bandum ‘standard’. This passed via Vulgar Latin * bandāria into various Romance languages, in some of which the influence o
• banjo 英文词源 banjo banjo: [18] The origins of banjo are uncertain, but its likeliest source seems to be bandore , the name of a 16th-century stringed instrument similar to the lute. It has been argued that in the speech of Southern US blacks, amongst whom the banjo originated, bandore became banjo , perhaps under the influence of mbanza , a term for a similar instrument in the Kimbundu language of
• bania 英文词源 bania "(In India) a trader or merchant", From Hindi baniyā , from Sanskrit vāṇija . 中文词源 bania ：商人 来自梵语，指商人。词源同banyan. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bania 词源， bania 含义。
• bangle 英文词源 bangle (n.) "ring-shaped bracelet," 1787, from Hindi bangri "colored glass bracelet or anklet." 中文词源 bangle ：手镯 来自印度语，可能同band, 绑。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bangle 词源， bangle 含义。
• Bangla 英文词源 Bangla "The Bengali language", From Bengali bāṅglā . 中文词源 Bangla ：孟加拉国 来自印度语，指孟加拉民族构成的国家。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Bangla 词源， Bangla 含义。
• bang 英文词源 bang (v.) 1540s, "to strike hard with a loud blow," from a Scandinavian sourse akin to Old Norse banga "to pound, hammer" of echoic origin. Slang meaning "have sexual intercourse with" first recorded 1937. Bang-up "excellent, first-rate," 1820, probably shortened from phrase bang up to the mark . The noun is recorded from late 16c. This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a
• bandwagon 英文词源 bandwagon (n.) also band-wagon , 1855, American English, from band (n.2) + wagon , originally a large wagon used to carry the band in a circus procession; as these also figured in celebrations of successful political campaigns, being on the bandwagon came to represent "attaching oneself to anything that looks likely to succeed," a usage first attested 1899 in writings of Theodore Roos
• bandolier 英文词源 bandolier (n.) 1570s, "shoulder belt (for a wallet)," from French bandouiliere (16c.), from Italian bandoliera or Spanish bandolera , from diminutive of banda "a scarf, sash," a Germanic loan-word related to Gothic bandwa (see band (n.2)). In some cases, directly from Spanish to English as bandoleer . Meaning "ammunition belt for a musket" is from 1590s; hence bandolero "highwayman, r
• bandobast 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random juice juice: [13] Juice appears to come ultimately from a prehistoric root which meant ‘mix’. This had early descendants denoting ‘soup’ – Latin jūs , for instance, Sanskrit yūa , and Old Slavic jucha – and the Latin form passed into Old French as jus , whence English juice . 中文词源 bandobast ：准备 来自印
• bandicoot 英文词源 bandicoot (n.) 1789, from Telugu pandi-kokku , literally "pig-rat." Properly a large and destructive Indian rat; applied from 1827 to a type of insectivorous Australian marsupial somewhat resembling it. 中文词源 bandicoot ：袋狸 来自南印度语，词源不详。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bandicoot 词源， bandicoot 含义。
• bandh 英文词源 bandh "A general strike", Via Hindi from Sanskrit bandh 'to stop'. 中文词源 bandh ：总罢工 来自印度语，指关闭，停工。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bandh 词源， bandh 含义。
• bandeau 英文词源 bandeau (n.) 1706, from French bandeau , from Old French bandel (12c.), diminutive of bande "band" (see band (n.1)). 中文词源 bandeau ：束发带 来自band, 绑，带子。-eau, 小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bandeau 词源， bandeau 含义。
• bandana 英文词源 bandana (n.) also often bandanna , 1752, from Hindi bandhnu , a method of dyeing, from Sanskrit badhnati "binds" (because the cloth is tied like modern tie-dye), from same PIE root as band (n.1). Etymologically, the colors and spots are what makes it a bandana. 中文词源 bandana ：色彩鲜艳的围巾 来自印度语，词源同band, 指印度一种把布绑在一起进行扎染的
• banana 英文词源 banana banana: [16] Banana comes from a West African language – possibly Wolof, a language of the Niger-Congo family, spoken in Senegal and the Gambia. The original European discoverers of the word – and the fruit – were the Spanish and Portuguese, who passed them on to England. The term bananas ‘mad’ is 20th-century, but its origins are obscure; some have compared banana oi
• bamboozle 英文词源 bamboozle bamboozle: [18] Bamboozle is a mystery word. It first appears in 1703, in the writings of the dramatist Colly Cibber, and seven years later it was one of a list of the latest buzzwords cited by Jonathan Swift in the Tatler (others included bully , mob , and sham ). It is probably a ‘cant’ term (a sort of low-life argot), and may perhaps be of Scottish origin; there was a
• bamboo 英文词源 bamboo bamboo: [16] Bamboo appears to come from a Malay word mambu . This was brought back to Europe by the Portuguese explorers, and enjoyed a brief currency in English from the 17th to the 18th century. However, for reasons no one can explain, the initial m of this word became changed to b , and it acquired an s at the end, producing a form found in Latin texts of the time as bambus
• baluster 英文词源 baluster baluster: [17] Etymologically, baluster and banister are the same word. Both come ultimately from Greek balāustion ‘pomegranate flower’, which reached English via Latin balaustium , Italian balaustro , and French balustre . The reason for the application of the term to the uprights supporting a staircase handrail is that the lower part of a pomegranate flower has a doubl
• Baltic 英文词源 Baltic 1580s, from Medieval Latin Balticus , perhaps from Lithuanian baltas "white" or Scandinavian balta "straight" (in reference to its narrow entranceway). In German, it is Ostsee , literally "east sea." 中文词源 Baltic ：波罗的海的 词源不确定，可能同belt, 指波罗的海像一根圆带子围绕着周围的陆地。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• balti 英文词源 balti (1) "(In Pakistani cooking) a spicy dish cooked in a small two-handled pan known as a karahi", 1980s: of uncertain origin: perhaps from Balti. Balti (2) "A native or inhabitant of Baltistan", The name in Ladakhi dialect. 中文词源 balti ：巴尔蒂锅菜（一种巴基斯坦式菜肴） 来自巴基斯坦北部Balti民族的一种传统菜肴。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• balsam 英文词源 balsam (n.) 1570s, "aromatic resin used for healing wounds and soothing pains," from Latin balsamum "gum of the balsam tree" (see balm ). There is an isolated Old English reference from c. 1000, and Middle English used basme , baume , from the French form of the word. As a type of flowering plant of the Impatiens family, it is attested from 1741. 中文词源 balsam ：芳香油 来自
• balsa 英文词源 balsa (n.) South American tree, 1866, apparently from Spanish balsa "float," originally the name of rafts used on the Pacific coast of Latin America (1777). The wood is very light. 中文词源 balsa ：轻木 来自西班牙语，balsa, 浮。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： balsa 词源， balsa 含义。
• baloney 英文词源 baloney (n.) 1894, variant of bologna sausage (q.v.). As slang for "nonsense," 1922, American English (popularized 1930s by N.Y. Gov. Alfred E. Smith; in this sense sometimes said to have been one of the coinages of legendary "Variety" staffer Jack Conway), from earlier sense of "idiot" (by 1915), perhaps influenced by blarney , but usually regarded as being from the sausage, as a typ
• balmoral 英文词源 balmoral "A round brimless hat with a cockade or ribbons attached, worn by certain Scottish regiments", Mid 19th century (in sense 2): named after Balmoral Castle in Scotland. 中文词源 balmoral ：巴尔莫勒尔帽 来自苏格兰地名Balmoral Castle所织的帽子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： balmoral 词源， balmoral 含义。
• ballyhoo 英文词源 ballyhoo ballyhoo: [20] Ballyhoo remains an etymological mystery, but there is no shortage of suggested candidates as its source: an Irish village called Ballyhooly ; an old nautical slang word ballyhoo meaning ‘unseaworthy vessel’, which seems to have been an anglicization of Spanish balahú ‘schooner’; and the bizarre late- 19th-century ballyhoo bird , a fake bird made of wo
• ballistic 英文词源 ballistic ballistic: see parable ballistic (adj.) 1775, "pertaining to thrown objects," ultimately from Greek ballein "to throw" (see ballistics ). Of rockets or missiles (ones that are guided while under propulsion, but fall freely), from 1949. Ballistic missile first attested 1954; they attain extreme heights, hence figurative expression go ballistic (1981) "become irrationally angr
• ball 英文词源 ball ball: There are two distinct words ball in English. The ‘round object’ [13] comes via Old Norse böllr from a prehistoric Germanic * balluz (source also of bollock [OE], originally a diminutive form). A related form was Germanic * ballōn , which was borrowed into Italian to give palla ‘ball’, from which French probably acquired balle . Derivatives of this branch of the f
• balky 英文词源 balky (adj.) 1847, from balk (n.) + -y (2). Related: Balkily ; balkiness . 中文词源 balky ：倔强的，不听使唤的 来自balk, 词义由畏缩到倔强，可能来自人们对马的误解。马在察觉到有危险时，通常会因恐惧而不肯前进，被理解成不听使唤。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： balky 词源， balky 含义。
• Balkan 英文词源 Balkanize (v.) 1920, first used in reference to the Baltic states, on the model of what had happened in the Balkans ; said to have been coined by English editor James Louis Garvin (1868-1947), but A.J. Toynbee (1922) credited it to "German Socialists" describing the results of the treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Either way, the reference is to the political situation in the Balkans c. 1878-1
• balderdash 英文词源 balderdash (n.) 1590s, of unknown origin; originally a jumbled mix of liquors (milk and beer, beer and wine, etc.), transferred 1670s to "senseless jumble of words." From dash ; first element perhaps cognate with Danish balder "noise, clatter" (see boulder ). 中文词源 balderdash ：胡说 balder, 拟声词，形容喧闹的声音。dash, 冲。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• bald 英文词源 bald bald: [14] In Middle English times, bald was ballede , which suggests that it may have been a compound formed in Old English with the suffix - ede ‘characterized by, having’. It has been conjectured that the first element in the compound was Old English * ball -, meaning ‘white patch’ or ‘blaze’ on an animal’s head; this may be supported by isolated examples of the
• balcony 英文词源 balcony balcony: [17] Balcony entered English from Italian balcone , but it seems to be ultimately of Germanic origin. It was probably borrowed into Old Italian, with the meaning ‘scaffold’. from Germanic * balkon ‘beam’, source of English balk – perhaps from the notion of a platform or scaffold being built from beams of timber, although the connection is not altogether clea
• balafon 英文词源 balafon "A large xylophone with hollow gourds as resonators, used in West African music", Via French from Manding bala 'xylophone' + fo 'to play'. 中文词源 balafon ：巴拉风，西非大木琴 来自非洲某土著语，Balan是一种乐器的名称，fon , 指弹奏。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： balafon 词源， balafon 含义。
• baksheesh 英文词源 baksheesh (n.) 1620s, in India, Egypt, etc., "a tip," from Persian bakhshish , literally "gift," from verb bakhshidan "to give" (also "to forgive"), from PIE root *bhag- "to share out, apportion, distribute" (see -phagous ). 中文词源 baksheesh ：施舍，小费 来自士耳其语，字面意思即给，给予。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： baksheesh 词源
• baklava 英文词源 baklava (n.) 1650s, from Turkish. 中文词源 baklava ：蜜糖果仁千层栈（类似切糕） 来自土耳其语，字面意思即包在一起的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： baklava 词源， baklava 含义。
• bakkie 英文词源 bakkie "A light truck or pickup truck", Afrikaans, from bak 'container' + the diminutive suffix -ie . 中文词源 bakkie ：小型轻便客货车 词源不详。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bakkie 词源， bakkie 含义。
• Bakelite 英文词源 bakelite (n.) type of plastic widely used early 20c., 1909, from German Bakelit , named for Belgian-born U.S. physicist Leo Baekeland (1863-1944), who invented it. Originally a proprietary name, it is formed by the condensation of a phenol with an aldehyde. 中文词源 Bakelite ：酚醛塑料 以其发明者美国物理学家Leo Baekeland 名字命名的专利名称，后通用化。
• bake 英文词源 bake bake: [OE] The Old English verb bacan goes back to a prehistoric Germanic base * bak -, which also produced German backen , Dutch bakken , and Swedish baka ; its ultimate source was the Indo-European base * bhog -, another descendant of which was Greek phógein ‘roast’. Derivatives of the English verb include batch [15], which comes from Old English * bæcce , literally ‘so
• baize 英文词源 baize (n.) coarse woolen fabric, 1570s, bayse , from French baies , fem. plural of adjective bai "bay-colored," from Latin badius "chestnut-colored" (see bay (n.4)). Thus probably so called for its original color. French plural taken as a singular in English. 中文词源 baize ：台面呢 词源同bay, 栗色马，红棕色马，形容该台面呢的颜色。 该词的英语词源请访
• bairn 英文词源 bairn bairn: see bear bairn (n.) "child" (of any age), Old English bearn "child, son, descendant," probably related to beran ("to bear, carry, give birth;" see bear (v.)). Originally not chiefly Scottish, but felt as such from c. 1700. This was the English form of the original Germanic word for "child" (see child ). Dutch, Old High German kind , German Kind are from a prehistoric *gen
• bain-marie 英文词源 bain-marie bain-marie: [19] In its origins, the bain-marie was far from today’s innocuous domestic utensil for heating food over boiling water. It takes its name from Mary, or Miriam, the sister of Moses, who according to medieval legend was an adept alchemist – so much so that she had a piece of alchemical equipment named after her, ‘Mary’s furnace’ (medieval Greek kaminos
• bailiff 英文词源 bailiff bailiff: [13] Latin bājulus meant literally ‘carrier’ (it is probably the ultimate source of English bail in some if not all of its uses). It developed the metaphorical meaning ‘person in charge, administrator’, which passed, via the hypothetical medieval adjectival form * bājulīvus , into Old French as baillif , and hence into English. = bail bailiff (n.) mid-13c.,
• bailey 英文词源 bailey (n.) "wall enclosing an outer court," early 14c. (c. 1200 in Anglo-Latin), baylle , variant of bail , from Old French bail "stake, palisade, brace," which is of unknown origin, perhaps ultimately connected to Latin bacula "sticks," on notion of "stakes, palisade fence." Old Bailey , seat of Central Criminal Court in London, was so called because it stood within the ancient bail
• Bahasa Indonesia 英文词源 Bahasa Indonesia "The official language of Indonesia", From Malay bahasa 'language'. 中文词源 Bahasa Indonesia ：印度尼西亚语 来自梵语，Bahasa, 语言。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Bahasa Indonesia 词源， Bahasa Indonesia 含义。
• Baha 英文词源 Bahai 1889, mystical, tolerant Iranian religion founded by a Mirza Ali Mohammed ibn Radhik, Shiraz merchant executed for heresy in 1850, and named for his leading disciple, Baha Allah (Persian "splendor of God;" ultimately from Arabic). It also is sometimes called Babism , after the name taken by the founder, Bab-ed-Din , "gate of the faith." Bahamas islands discovered by Columbus in
• baguette 英文词源 baguette (n.) 1727, a type of architectural ornament, from French baguette (16c.), from Italian bacchetta , literally "a small rod," diminutive of bacchio "rod," from Latin baculum "a stick" (see bacillus ). Meaning "a diamond cut long" is from 1926; that of "a long, thin loaf of French bread" is from 1958. 中文词源 baguette ：长面包 来自拉丁词 bacilum, 杆，棍, 同bach
• bagpipe 英文词源 bagpipe (n.) late 14c., from bag (n.) + pipe (n.1); originally a favorite instrument in England as well as the Celtic lands, but by 1912 English army officers' slang for it was agony bags . Related: Bagpiper (early 14c.). 中文词源 bagpipe ：风笛 bag, 多余词，来自英国部队俚语agony bag. pipe, 管，风笛。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： bagpi
• bagatelle 英文词源 bagatelle (n.) 1630s, "a trifle," from French bagatelle "knick-knack, bauble, trinket" (16c.), from Italian bagatella "a trifle," diminutive of Latin baca "berry." As "a piece of light music," it is attested from 1827. 中文词源 bagatelle ：小型台球 来自拉丁词bacca, 莓子，同Bacchus, 酒神。-elle, 小词后缀。即小莓子，表示微不足道，琐事等诸多词义
• bag 英文词源 bag bag: [13] English acquired bag from Old Norse baggi ‘bag, bundle’, but it does not appear in any other Germanic language, which suggests that it may have been borrowed at some point from a non-Germanic language. Forms such as Old French bague , Italian baga , and Portuguese bagua show that it existed elsewhere. A derivative of the Old French word was bagage , from which in the
• baffle 英文词源 baffle baffle: [16] The etymology of baffle is appropriately baffling. Two main candidates have been proposed as a source. The first is the medieval Scots verb bawchill or bauchle , meaning ‘discredit publicly’. This fits in with the way baffle was first used: ‘I will baffull your good name, sound with the trumpet your dishonour, and paint your pictor with the heeles vpward, and
• Bafana Bafana 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random gules gules: see gullet 中文词源 Bafana Bafana ：南非小子 来自南非祖鲁语。Bafana , 好小子。重复表强调。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Bafana Bafana 词源， Bafana Bafana 含义。
• badmash 英文词源 badmash "A dishonest or unprincipled man", From Urdu, from Persian bad 'evil' + Arabic ma‘āš 'means of livelihood'. 中文词源 badmash ：混蛋 来自印度语，指无赖，混蛋。英语拼写俗化为bad, 坏的，mash，土豆泥。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： badmash 词源， badmash 含义。
• bad 英文词源 bad bad: [13] For such a common word, bad has a remarkably clouded history. It does not begin to appear in English until the end of the 13th century, and has no apparent relatives in other languages (the uncanny resemblance to Persian bad is purely coincidental). The few clues we have suggest a regrettably homophobic origin. Old English had a pair of words, bǣddel and bǣdling , whic
• backward 英文词源 backward (adv.) c. 1300, from abakward , from Old English on bæc (see back (adv.)) + -weard adjectival and adverbial suffix (see -ward ). Old English had the adverb bæcling . As an adjective, from 1550s. Meaning "behindhand with regard to progress" is first attested 1690s. To ring bells backward (from lowest to highest), c. 1500, was a signal of alarm for fire or invasion, or to exp
• back 英文词源 back back: [OE] Back goes back to a prehistoric West and North Germanic * bakam , which was represented in several pre-medieval and medieval Germanic languages: Old High German bah , for example, and Old Norse bak . In most of them, however, it has been ousted by relatives of English ridge , originally ‘spine’ (such as German rücken and Swedish rygg ), and only English retains ba
• bacillus 英文词源 bacillus (n.) 1877, medical Latin, from Late Latin bacillus "wand," literally "little staff," diminutive of baculum "a stick," from PIE root *bak- "staff" (also source of Greek bakterion ; see bacteria ) + instrumentive suffix -culo . Introduced as a term in bacteriology 1853 by German botanist Ferdinand Cohn (1828-1898). 中文词源 bacillus ：杆菌 来自拉丁词 bacilum, 杆，棍
• bach 英文词源 bach (n.) 1845, American English, clipped form of bachelor (n.). Also in colloquial American English use as a verb (1870) meaning "to live as an unmarried man," especially "to do one's own cooking and cleaning." Related: Bached ; baching . 中文词源 bach ：度假小屋 来自bachelor的缩写，即单身汉住的小屋子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： b
• Bacchus 英文词源 Bacchus Greek god of wine and revelry, a later name of Dionysus, late 15c., from Latin Bacchus , from Greek Bakkhos , perhaps related to Latin bacca "berry, olive-berry, bead, pearl." Perhaps originally a Thracian fertility god. 中文词源 Bacchus ：酒神 来自拉丁词bacca, 莓子，草莓，莓子酿的酒。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Bacchus 词源，
• baccarat 英文词源 baccarat (n.) card game, 1848, from French baccara (19c.), which is of unknown origin. Baccarat is the name of a town in France that was noted for glass-making. 中文词源 baccarat ：巴卡拉纸牌游戏 来自意大利语，词源不详。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： baccarat 词源， baccarat 含义。
• baccalaureate 英文词源 baccalaureate (n.) 1620s, "university degree of a bachelor," from Modern Latin baccalaureatus , from baccalaureus "student with the first degree," alteration of Medieval Latin baccalarius "one who has attained the lowest degree in a university, advanced student lecturing under his master's supervision but not yet having personal license" (altered by folk etymology or word-play, as if
• baby 英文词源 baby baby: [14] Like mama and papa , baby and the contemporaneous babe are probably imitative of the burbling noises made by an infant that has not yet learned to talk. In Old English, the term for what we would now call a ‘baby’ was child , and it seems only to have been from about the 11th century that child began to extend its range to the slightly more mature age which it now
• babushka 英文词源 babushka (n.) type of head covering for women, 1938, from Russian babushka "grandmother." 中文词源 babushka ：婆婆头巾 来自俄罗斯语，见baba, 祖母，婆婆，后指婆婆头上带的头巾。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： babushka 词源， babushka 含义。 babushka ：婆婆头巾 这是在英语中广为使用的少数几个俄语借用词之
• babu 英文词源 babu "A respectful title or form of address for a man, especially an educated one", From Hindi bābū , literally 'father'. 中文词源 babu ：白领 来自印度语，一种尊称。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： babu 词源， babu 含义。
• baboon 英文词源 baboon baboon: [14] The origins of baboon are obscure, but it seems that the notion underlying it may be that of ‘grimacing’. Baboons characteristically draw back their lips in snarling, revealing their teeth, and it has been speculated that there may be a connection with Old French baboue ‘grimace’. However that may be, it was certainly in Old French that the word first surfa
• baba 英文词源 baba (n.) kind of plum cake, 1827, from French baba (19c.), said by French etymology dictionaries to be from Polish baba . 中文词源 baba ：松软小蛋糕 来自儿语，指祖母，后指祖母做的蛋糕。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： baba 词源， baba 含义。
• by- 英文词源 namby-pamby namby-pamby: [18] Namby-pamby originated in the early 18th century as a derisive nickname for the English poet Ambrose Philips (1674– 1749), who wrote feebly sentimental pastorals (‘Dimply damsel, sweetly smiling’ gives something of their flavour). They appear to have got on the nerves particularly of his contemporary, the author Henry Carey (?1687– 1741), who is c
• bi- 英文词源 bi- word-forming element meaning "two, twice, double, doubly, once every two," etc., from Latin bi- "twice, double," from Old Latin dvi- (cognate with Sanskrit dvi- , Greek di- , Old English twi- "twice, double"), from PIE root *dwo- "two." Nativized from 16c. Occasionally bin- before vowels; this form originated in French, not Latin, and might be partly based on or influenced by Lati
• be- 英文词源 be- word-forming element with a wide range of meaning: "thoroughly, completely; to make, cause seem; to provide with; at, on, to, for," from Old English be- "on all sides" (also used to make transitive verbs and as a privative or intensive prefix), from weak form of Old English bi "by," probably cognate with second syllable of Greek amphi , Latin ambi and originally meaning "about" (s
• bacteria 英文词源 bacteria (n.) 1847, plural of Modern Latin bacterium , from Greek bakterion "small staff," diminutive of baktron "stick, rod," from PIE *bak- "staff used for support" (also source of Latin baculum "rod, walking stick"). So called because the first ones observed were rod-shaped. Introduced as a scientific word 1838 by German naturalist Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795-1876). 中文词
• backdrop 英文词源 backdrop (n.) 1913, in U.S. theatrical argot, from back (adj.) + drop (n.). 中文词源 backdrop ：背景幕布 发音释义：['bækdrɒp] n. 背景；背景幕布 结构分析：backdrop = back（背部）+drop（落下）→在舞台背部落下的幕布→背景 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： backdrop 词源， backdrop 含义。
• babble 英文词源 babble (v.) mid-13c., babeln "to prattle, chatter," akin to other Western European words for stammering and prattling (cognates: Swedish babbla , Old French babillier ) attested from the same era, some of which probably were borrowed from others, but etymologists cannot now determine which were original. Probably imitative of baby-talk, in any case (compare Latin babulus "babbler," Gr
• bail 英文词源 bail bail: There are now three distinct words bail in English, although they may all be related. Bail ‘money deposited as a guarantee when released’ [14] comes from Old French bail , a derivative of the verb baillier ‘take charge of, carry’, whose source was Latin bājulāre ‘carry’, from bājulus ‘carrier’. Bail ‘remove water’ [13], also spelled bale , probably co
• badinage 英文词源 badinage (n.) "light railery," 1650s, from French badinage "playfulness, jesting," from badiner (v.) "to jest, joke," from badin "silly, jesting," from Old Provençal badar "to yawn, gape," from Late Latin badare "to gape," from *bat- , the root of abash . 中文词源 badinage ：开玩笑 发音释义：['bædɪnɑːʒ] n. 开玩笑；嘲弄，揶揄vt. 打趣 结构分析：badinag
• badger 英文词源 badger badger: [16] The Old English term for a ‘badger’ was brock , a word of Celtic origin, and badger does not begin to appear, somewhat mysteriously, until the early 16th century. The name has never been satisfactorily explained, but perhaps the least implausible explanation is from the word badge , in reference to the white stripes on the animal’s forehead, as if it were wea
• bacterium 英文词源 bacterium bacterium: [19] Bacterium was coined in the 1840s from Greek baktérion , a diminutive of báktron ‘stick’, on the basis that the originally discovered bacteria were rod-shaped. At first it was sometimes anglicized to bactery , but the Latin form has prevailed. Related, but a later introduction, is bacillus [19]: this is a diminutive of Latin baculum ‘stick’, and the
• baleful 英文词源 baleful (adj.) Old English bealu-full "dire, wicked, cruel," with -ful + bealu "harm, injury, ruin, evil, mischief, wickedness, a noxious thing," from Proto-Germanic *balwom (cognates: Old Saxon balu , Old Frisian balu "evil," Old High German balo "destruction," Old Norse bol , Gothic balwjan "to torment"), from PIE root *bhelu- "to harm." During Anglo-Saxon times, the noun was in poe
• bale 英文词源 bale (n.) "large bundle or package," early 14c., from Old French bale "rolled-up bundle," from Frankish or some other Germanic source (such as Old High German balla "ball"), from Proto-Germanic *ball- , from PIE *bhel- (2) "to blow, swell" (see bole ). 中文词源 bale ：大包、不幸 发音释义：[beɪl] n. 包；捆；灾祸；不幸v. 将 ... 打包 词源解释：bait←古法
• bait 英文词源 bait bait: [13] Etymologically, the verb bait means ‘cause to bite’. It comes from Old Norse beita , a causative version of bita ‘bite’ (related to English bite ). This took two semantic paths in English. In its aggressive mode, it meant literally ‘set dogs on someone’, and hence by figurative extension ‘harrass, persecute’. More peaceably, it signified ‘feed an anim
• ballerina 英文词源 ballerina (n.) 1792, from Italian ballerina , literally "dancing girl," fem. of ballerino "dancer," from ballo "a dance" (see ball (n.2)). The Italian plural form ballerine formerly sometimes was used in English. 中文词源 ballerina ：芭蕾舞女 发音释义：[bælə'riːnə] n. 芭蕾舞女演员，芭蕾舞女 结构分析：ballerina = balle（舞蹈、芭蕾）+rina（女孩）