英语词源

• three 英文词源 three three: [OE] Three goes back to a prehistoric Indo- European * trejes , which also produced Greek treis , Latin trēs , Russian tri , Sanskrit tráyas , etc. Its Germanic descendant was * thrijiz , which has evolved into German drei , Dutch drie , Swedish and Danish tre , and English three . Amongst three ’s many relations in English are treble , trellis [14] (etymologically so
• thresh 英文词源 thresh (v.) Old English þrescan , þerscan , "to beat, sift grain by trampling or beating," from Proto-Germanic *threskan "to thresh," originally "to tread, to stamp noisily" (cognates: Middle Dutch derschen , Dutch dorschen , Old High German dreskan , German dreschen , Old Norse þreskja , Swedish tröska , Gothic þriskan ), from PIE root *tere- (1) "to rub, turn" (see throw (v.)).
• threshold 英文词源 threshold threshold: [OE] The first element of threshold is identical with English thresh [OE]. This seems to go back ultimately to a prehistoric source that denoted ‘making noise’ (the apparently related Old Church Slavonic tresku meant ‘crash’, and Lithuanian has trešketi ‘crack, rattle’). By the time it reached Germanic, as * thresk -, it was probably being used for ‘
• thrift 英文词源 thrift thrift: see thrive thrift (n.) c. 1300, "fact or condition of thriving," also "prosperity, savings," from Middle English thriven "to thrive" (see thrive ), influenced by (or from) Old Norse þrift , variant of þrif "prosperity," from þrifask "to thrive." Sense of "habit of saving, economy" first recorded 1550s ( thrifty in this sense is recorded from 1520s; also see spendthri
• thrill 英文词源 thrill thrill: [13] Etymologically, thrill denotes ‘make a hole in’. It is a Middle English alteration of Old English thyrlian ‘pierce’, a derivative of thyrl ‘hole’ (source of the second syllable of nostril ). And this in turn was formed from thurh ‘through’. The notion of ‘making a hole’ led in the 16th century to the metaphorical ‘pierce with emotion’, but t
• thriller 英文词源 thriller (n.) 1889, "sensational story," agent noun from thrill (v.). 中文词源 thriller ：惊险小说 来自 thrill,紧张，-er,表物。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： thriller 词源， thriller 含义。 thriller ：惊险小说 来自 thrill,紧张，-er,表物。比喻用法。
• thrilling 英文词源 bowery (n.) "farm, plantation," from Dutch bowerij "homestead farm" (from the same source as bower ); a Dutch word probably little used in America outside New York, and there soon limited to one road, The Bowery , that ran from the built-up part of the city out to the plantations in middle Manhattan, attested from 1787; the city's growth soon overran it, and it was noted by 1840 as a
• thrive 英文词源 thrive thrive: [13] Thrive was borrowed from Old Norse thrífask ‘grasp for oneself’, hence ‘prosper’, the reflexive form of thrífa ‘grasp, seize’ (whose origins are not known). The word’s semantic development from ‘grasp for oneself’ to ‘prosper’ was presumably inspired by the notion of ‘accumulating resources’. Thrift [13], borrowed from the Old Norse deri
• throne 英文词源 throne (n.) c. 1200, trone , "the seat of God or a saint in heaven;" c. 1300 as "seat occupied by a sovereign," from Old French trone (12c., Modern French trône ), from Latin thronus , from Greek thronos "elevated seat, chair, throne," from PIE root *dher- (2) "to hold firmly, support" (cognates: Latin firmus "firm, steadfast, strong, stable," Sanskrit dharma "statute, law;" see firm
• throat 英文词源 throat throat: [OE] Throat comes from a prehistoric Germanic base * thrut - or * thrūt -. This also produced Old English thrūtian ‘swell’, and a related base * strut - was the source of the now defunct Middle English strouten ‘bulge, swell’ (not to mention Dutch strot ‘throat’), so it has been speculated that the underlying etymological meaning of throat is ‘swollen pa
• throng 英文词源 throng throng: [13] The etymological notion underlying throng is of ‘pressing together’. It was borrowed from Old Norse throng ‘crowd’, which went back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base * thringg - ‘press’ (source also of German drang ‘crowd, pressure’ and dringen ‘press’). Amongst its non-Germanic relatives is Old Persian thraxta - ‘closely-packed’.
• throw 英文词源 throw throw: [OE] Old English thrāwan meant ‘twist, turn’. It came from a prehistoric Germanic * thrējan , which also produced German drehen ‘turn’. This in turn went back to the Indo- European base * ter -, whose other descendants include Greek teírein ‘wear out’, Latin terere ‘rub’ (source of English attrition [14], contrition [13], and trite [16]), Lithuanian tri
• thrust 英文词源 thrust thrust: [12] Thrust was borrowed from Old Norse thrýsta ‘thrust, compress’. It probably goes back ultimately to the Indo-European base * trud - ‘push, press’, whose other descendants include Latin trūdere ‘thrust’ (source of English abstruse , intrude , etc) and probably also English threat . thrust (v.) late 12c., from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse þry
• thumb 英文词源 thumb thumb: [OE] The thumb is etymologically the ‘swollen’ part – an allusion to its greater thickness than the other fingers. Along with its relatives German daumen and Dutch duim , it goes back to a prehistoric West Germanic * thūmon . This in turn can be traced to Indo- European * tum - ‘swell’, which also produced English tumour and tumult . The b in thumb appeared in
• thruster 英文词源 thruster (n.) type of rocket engine, 1962, agent noun; see thrust (n.). 中文词源 thruster ：助力器，推进器 来自 thrust,猛推，-er,表物。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： thruster 词源， thruster 含义。
• thunder 英文词源 thunder thunder: [OE] Etymologically, thunder is nothing more than ‘noise’. In common with German donner , Dutch donder , and Danish torden , it goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * thonara -. This was descended from the Indo- European base * ton -, * tn - ‘resound’, which also produced the Latin verb tonāre ‘thunder’ (source of English astound , detonate , and stun ) an
• thumbnail 英文词源 thumbnail (n.) c. 1600, from thumb (n.) + nail (n.). Meaning "drawing or sketch of a small size" (though usually not literally the size of a thumbnail) is from 1852. 中文词源 thumbnail ：拇指甲 thumb,拇指，nail,指甲。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： thumbnail 词源， thumbnail 含义。 thumbnail ：拇指甲 thumb,拇指，nail,指甲。
• thunderbolt 英文词源 thunderbolt (n.) mid-15c., from thunder (n.) + bolt (n.) "arrow, projectile." 中文词源 thunderbolt ：雷电，霹雳 thunder,雷电，bolt,栓子，闪电。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： thunderbolt 词源， thunderbolt 含义。 thunderbolt ：雷电，霹雳 thunder,雷电，bolt,栓子，闪电。
• thus 英文词源 thus thus: [OE] Thus is something of a mystery word. It presumably belongs to the family of words ( that , there , etc) that go back to the prehistoric Germanic demonstrative base * tha -, but how its fits into the family tree is not clear. Its only close relative is Dutch dus ‘thus’. thus (adv.) Old English þus "in this way, as follows," related to þæt "that" and this ; from P
• Tibet 英文词源 Tibet said to be a corruption in Chinese or Arabic of Bod , indigenous name, of unknown origin. As an adjective in English, Tibetian is older (1747) but Tibetan (1822) is now the usual word. With comb. form Tibeto- . 中文词源 Tibet ：西藏 来自阿拉伯语 Bod 的读音讹误，即汉语蕃，吐蕃，古代藏族民族名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• tick 英文词源 tick tick: English now has no fewer than four distinct words tick in general use. The oldest, tick ‘mite’ [OE], comes from a prehistoric West Germanic * tik -, which may be related to Armenian tiz ‘bug’. Tick ‘sound of a clock, mark of correctness, etc’ [13] originally meant broadly ‘light touch, tap’; its modern uses are secondary and comparatively recent developments
• tickle 英文词源 tickle tickle: see tick tickle (v.) early 14c. (intransitive) "to be thrilled or tingling," of uncertain origin, possibly a frequentative form of tick (v.) in its older sense of "to touch." The Old English form was tinclian . Some suggest a metathesis of kittle (Middle English kytyllen ), from Dutch kietelen , from a common North Sea Germanic word for "to tickle" (compare Old Norse ki
• ticket tout 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random grouse grouse: English has two words grouse , neither of whose ancestries are adequately documented. It has been speculated that grouse the game-bird [16] originated as the plural of a now lost * grue , which may have come from the medieval Latin bird-name grūta , or from Welsh grugiar , a compound of grug ‘heath’ and iar ‘
• ticket 英文词源 ticket ticket: [16] Ticket was adapted from early modern French étiquet ‘ticket, label’, whose present-day descendant étiquette has given English etiquette . The etymological notion underlying étiquet was of ‘sticking’ a label on, for it was derived ultimately from the Old French verb estiquier ‘stick’, a borrowing from Middle Dutch steken ‘stick’ – to which Engli
• tick-tock 英文词源 tick-tock "The sound of a large clock ticking", Mid 19th century: imitative; compare with tick 1 . 中文词源 tick-tock ：钟表滴答声 来自 tick,滴答声，韵律重复构词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tick-tock 词源， tick-tock 含义。 tick-tock ：钟表滴答声 来自 tick,滴答声，韵律重复构词。
• tidy 英文词源 tidy tidy: [13] Tidy originally meant ‘timely, seasonable’ (it was a derivative of tide , in the now superannuated sense ‘time, season’). It early on evolved metaphorically to ‘goodlooking’, and hence ‘good’, but the modern sense ‘neat’ did not emerge until the 18th century. Titivate [19] may have been based on tidy . = tide , titivate tidy (v.) "to make neat, set
• tie 英文词源 tie tie: [OE] Tie comes from a prehistoric Germanic * taugian . This was derived from the base * taukh -, * teuk - ‘pull’ (source also of English team and tug and closely related to tow ). And this in turn went back to Indo-European * deuk -, which also produced Latin dūcere ‘lead’ (source of English duct , duke , etc). The use of the noun tie for a ‘necktie’ dates from t
• tiger 英文词源 tiger tiger: [13] English got tiger via Old French tigre and Latin tigris from Greek tígris , a word presumably of oriental origin. It was originally taken over directly from Latin in the Old English period as tigras , but this did not survive. tiger (n.) Old English tigras (plural), also in part from Old French tigre "tiger" (mid-12c.), both from Latin tigris "tiger," from Greek tig
• tigerish 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random migrate migrate: see mutate 中文词源 tigerish ：像虎的，凶猛有力的 tiger,老虎，-ish,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tigerish 词源， tigerish 含义。 tigerish ：像虎的，凶猛有力的 tiger,老虎，-ish,形容词后缀。
• tile 英文词源 tile tile: [OE] A tile is etymologically a ‘cover’. The word comes ultimately from Latin tēgula ‘tile’, a derivative of the same Indo-European base as produced English deck and thatch and Latin tegere ‘cover’ (source of English detect , protect , etc). Tēgula was borrowed into prehistoric West Germanic as * tegala , which evolved into German ziegel , Dutch tegel , and En
• till 英文词源 till till: English has three distinct words till , but two of them are probably related. The etymological notion underlying till ‘cultivate the soil’ [OE] is of ‘striving to obtain a goal’. Indeed, that is what its Old English ancestor tilian originally meant; ‘cultivate’ is a late Old English development, via an intermediate ‘labour’. The verb comes from a prehistoric
• tiler 英文词源 antler (n.) late 14c., from Anglo-French auntiler , Old French antoillier (14c., Modern French andouiller ) "antler," perhaps from Gallo-Roman cornu *antoculare "horn in front of the eyes," from Latin ante "before" (see ante ) + ocularis "of the eyes" (see ocular ). This etymology is doubted by some because no similar word exists in any other Romance language, but compare German Augen
• tilt 英文词源 tilt tilt: [14] Tilt originally meant ‘fall over’; the sense ‘slant’ is not recorded before the 16th century. The word is probably descended from an unrecorded Old English * tyltan , whose ultimate source would have been the prehistoric Germanic adjective * taltaz ‘unsteady’ (ancestor also of Swedish tulta ‘totter’). Tilt ‘joust’ (first recorded in the 16th century
• timber 英文词源 timber timber: [OE] Timber originally denoted a ‘building’ – the Lindisfarne Gospels of around 950 translated Mark 13:1 (‘See what manner of stones and what buildings are here’) as ‘See what stones and what timber’. It comes from a prehistoric Germanic * timram , whose German descendant zimmer ‘room’ has remained closer to its semantic roots (but German zimmermann me
• timeless 英文词源 timeless (adj.) "eternal," 1620s, from time (n.) + -less . Earlier it meant "ill-timed" (1550s). Related: Timelessly ; timelessness . 中文词源 timeless ：不受时间影响的，永恒的 time,时间，-less,无，没有。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： timeless 词源， timeless 含义。 timeless ：不受时间影响的，永恒的 time,时间，-less
• times 英文词源 times "Multiply (a number)", Late 20th century: use as a verb of times expressing multiplication (dating from late Middle English): see time (sense 5 of the noun). 中文词源 times ：乘以，倍 time,次，回，-s,表复数。引申动词词义乘以，倍。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： times 词源， times 含义。 times ：乘以，倍 time,次，回，
• time-server 英文词源 time-server (n.) "one who adapts his manners and opinions to the times," 1580s, from expression serve the time "shape one's views to what is in favor" (1550s), translating Latin tempori servire . See time (n.) + serve (v.). 中文词源 time-server ：得过且过的人 time,时间，server,服务者。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： time-server 词
• tine 英文词源 tine (n.) mid-14c., from Old English tind "spike, beak, prong, tooth of a fork," a general Germanic word (compare Old High German zint "sharp point, spike," Old Norse tindr "tine, point, top, summit," German Zinne "pinnacle"), of unknown origin (see zinc ). 中文词源 tine ：尖叉，尖齿，叉头 来自古英语 tind,尖齿，尖刺，来自 Proto-Germanic*tindaz,尖齿，来自
• tin 英文词源 tin tin: [OE] Tin is a general Germanic word, with relatives in German zinn , Dutch and Danish tin , and Swedish tenn . These point to a common ancestor * tinam , but where this came from is not known. The word was first used for a ‘tin can’ in the early 19th century. Tinker may be related. tin (n.) Old English tin, from Proto-Germanic *tinom (cognates: Middle Dutch and Dutch tin
• tinfoil 英文词源 tinfoil (n.) also tin-foil , late 15c., from tin (n.) + foil (n.). 中文词源 tinfoil ：锡箔，锡纸 tin,锡，foil,叶片。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tinfoil 词源， tinfoil 含义。 tinfoil ：锡箔，锡纸 tin,锡，foil,叶片。
• tiny 英文词源 tiny (adj.) 1590s, from tyne "very small" (c. 1400, perhaps from tine ) + -y (2). 中文词源 tiny ：极小的，微小的 可能来自 tine,尖刺，-y,形容词后缀。引申词义极小的，微小的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tiny 词源， tiny 含义。 tiny ：极小的，微小的 可能来自 tine,尖刺，-y,形容词后缀。引申词义极小
• tipper 英文词源 Tipperary place in Ireland, from Irish Tiobraid Arann "well of the Ara (river)." 中文词源 tipper ：告密者，给小费者 来自 tip,告密，给小费。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tipper 词源， tipper 含义。
• tired 英文词源 tired (adj.) "exhausted, fatigued, weary," early 15c., past participle adjective from tire (v.). 中文词源 tired ：疲劳的，疲倦的 来自 tire 的形容词形式。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tired 词源， tired 含义。
• to 英文词源 to to: [OE] To comes from a prehistoric West Germanic * tō , which also produced German zu and Dutch toe . This went back ultimately to an Indo-European * do , which also produced Russian do ‘to’. Too is historically the same word as to . = too to (prep.) Old English to "in the direction of, for the purpose of, furthermore," from West Germanic *to (cognates: Old Saxon and Old Fri
• toad 英文词源 toad toad: [OE] Toad is a mystery word, with no known relatives in any other Indo-European language. Of its derivatives, toady [19] is short for the earlier toad eater ‘sycophant’ [17]. This originated in the dubious selling methods of itinerant quack doctors. They employed an assistant who pretended to eat a toad (toads were thought to be poisonous), so that the quack could appea
• toastmaster 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random bus bus: [19] Bus is, of course, short for omnibus . The first person on record as using it was the British writer Harriet Martineau, who spelled it buss : ‘if the station offers me a place in the buss’, Weal and woe in Garveloch 1832. Omnibus itself was borrowed from French, where it was first applied in 1828 to a voiture o
• toasty 英文词源 toasty (adj.) "warm and comfortable," 1882, from toast (n.2) + -y (2). Related: Toastiness . 中文词源 toasty ：温暖舒适的 来自 toast,烤火，烤面包片。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： toasty 词源， toasty 含义。 toasty ：温暖舒适的 来自 toast,烤火，烤面包片。
• toe 英文词源 toe toe: [OE] Many European languages use the same word for ‘finger’ and ‘toe’ (Spanish dedo , for example, and Russian and Polish palec ), and English toe may have originated in such a dualpurpose term. Its prehistoric Germanic ancestor was * taikhwōn , and it has been speculated that this may be related to Latin digitus ‘finger, toe’ (source of English digit ). Other de
• toehold 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random veneer veneer: [17] Veneer is ultimately the same word as furnish . Both come from Old French fournir , but veneer was routed via German, which borrowed fournir as furniren . The verbal noun derived from this, furnirung , was borrowed into English as faneering in the highly specialized sense ‘provision of a thin surface layer
• tofu 英文词源 tofu (n.) soy bean curd, 1876, from Japanese tofu , from Chinese doufu , from dou "beans" + fu "rotten." 中文词源 tofu ：豆腐 来自日式汉语 tofu. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tofu 词源， tofu 含义。
• toenail 英文词源 toenail (n.) also toe-nail , 1690s, from toe (n.) + nail (n.). 中文词源 toenail ：趾甲 toe,脚趾，nail,指甲。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： toenail 词源， toenail 含义。 toenail ：趾甲 toe,脚趾，nail,指甲。
• togetherness 英文词源 togetherness (n.) 1650s, "state of being together," from together + -ness . Sense of "fellowship, fellow-feeling," is from 1930. 中文词源 togetherness ：团结，和谐 together,一起，一致，-ness,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： togetherness 词源， togetherness 含义。 togetherness ：团结，和谐 together,一起，一致，-nes
• toil 英文词源 toil toil: English has two words toil , one of them now used only in the plural. Toil ‘work’ comes via Anglo-Norman toiler ‘stir, agitate, wrangle’ from Latin tudiculāre ‘stir around’. This was derived from tudicula ‘mill for crushing olives’, a diminutive form of tudes ‘hammer’, which went back to the prehistoric base * tud - ‘hit’, source also of Latin tunde
• toiletry 英文词源 toiletries (n.) "odds and ends used in grooming," 1924, from toiletry (1892); see toilet + -ry . 中文词源 toiletry ：化妆品 toilet,梳妆，打扮，-ry,表集合名词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： toiletry 词源， toiletry 含义。 toiletry ：化妆品 toilet,梳妆，打扮，-ry,表集合名词。
• toiletries 英文词源 toiletries (n.) "odds and ends used in grooming," 1924, from toiletry (1892); see toilet + -ry . 中文词源 toiletries ：洗漱用品 来自 toiletry,化妆品，-es,表复数。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： toiletries 词源， toiletries 含义。 toiletries ：洗漱用品 来自 toiletry,化妆品，-es,表复数。
• token 英文词源 token token: [OE] A token is etymologically something that ‘shows’ you something. It comes from a prehistoric Germanic * taiknam , which also produced German zeichen ‘sign’. This in turn was formed from a base * taik - ‘show’, which also produced English teach . = teach token (n.) Old English tacen "sign, symbol, evidence" (related to verb tæcan "show, explain, teach"), f
• tokenism 英文词源 tokenism (n.) 1962, from token (adj.) in the integration sense + -ism . 中文词源 tokenism ：象征主义，敷衍了事 token,象征，-ism,主义。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tokenism 词源， tokenism 含义。 tokenism ：象征主义，敷衍了事 token,象征，-ism,主义。
• Tokyo 英文词源 Tokyo so named 1868, from Japanese to "east" + kyo "capital;" its earlier name was Edo , literally "estuary." 中文词源 Tokyo ：东京 来自日语 to,东，kyo,京。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Tokyo 词源， Tokyo 含义。
• tomb 英文词源 tomb (n.) c. 1200, tumbe , early 14c. tomb , from Anglo-French tumbe and directly from Old French tombe "tomb, monument, tombstone" (12c.), from Late Latin tumba (also source of Italian tomba , Spanish tumba ), from Greek tymbos "burial mound, cairn," generally "grave, tomb," perhaps from PIE root *teue- (2) "to swell" (see thigh ). The final -b began to be silent about the time of th
• tome 英文词源 tome tome: [16] Tome comes via French tome and Latin tomus from Greek tómos . This originally meant ‘slice, piece’ (it went back to the prehistoric Indo-European base * tom -, * tem - ‘cut’, which is also responsible for English temple , tonsorial [19], tonsure [14], and the surgical suffix - tomy ‘cutting’), but it was extended metaphorically to a ‘cut roll of paper’
• ton 英文词源 ton ton: [14] Ton originated as a variant of tun ‘barrel’ [OE]. At first it was used for a unit of capacity, equal to the space occupied by a tun of wine, but by the end of the 15th century we find it being applied to a unit of weight. Tun itself was acquired from medieval Latin tunna , which was probably of Gaulish origin. Another of its descendants was Old French tonne , whose d
• toner 英文词源 toner (n.) 1888, agent noun from tone (v.). As a photography chemical, from 1920; in xerography, from 1954. 中文词源 toner ：护肤霜，爽肤水 来自 tone,皮肤柔韧性，-er,表物。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： toner 词源， toner 含义。 toner ：护肤霜，爽肤水 来自 tone,皮肤柔韧性，-er,表物。
• tongue 英文词源 tongue tongue: [OE] Tongue is a general Germanic word, with relatives in German zunge , Dutch tong , Swedish tonga , and Danish tonge . These all evolved from a prehistoric Germanic * tunggōn , whose ultimate ancestor was Indo- European * dnghwā -. This also produced Latin lingua ‘tongue, language’ (source of English language , linguistic , etc), Welsh tafod ‘tongue’, Russia
• tonic 英文词源 tonic (n.1) "a tonic medicine," 1799, from tonic (adj.). From 1873 (in gin and tonic ) as short for tonic water (1861 as a commercial product, water infused with quinine), so called because held to aid digestion and stimulate appetite. tonic (adj.) 1640s, "relating to or characterized by muscular tension," from Greek tonikos "of stretching," from tonos "a stretching" (see tenet ). The
• tongue-twister 英文词源 tongue-twister (n.) 1875, in reference to an awkward sentence, 1892 of a deliberately difficult-to-say phrase, from tongue (n.) + agent noun from twist (v.). The first one called by the name is "Miss Smith's fish-sauce shop." 中文词源 tongue-twister ：绕口令 tongue,舌头，语言，twist,扭曲。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tongue-twister 词源，
• tool 英文词源 tool tool: [OE] A tool is etymologically an implement used to ‘make’ something. It came from a prehistoric Germanic * tōwlam . This was derived from a base * tōw -, * taw -, which produced a variety of other words with the general sense ‘make, prepare, do’ (most of them have now died out, but survivors include Dutch touwen and English taw ‘make leather’). = taw , tow too
• too 英文词源 too too: [16] Too is historically the same word as to , but the two were not differentiated orthographically until the 16th century. The sense ‘also’ comes from the notion of addition implicit in putting something ‘to’ something else; and ‘addition’ led on to ‘excess’. = to too (adv.) "in addition, in excess," late Old English, stressed variant of Old English prepositi
• tonight 英文词源 tonight (adv.) Old English toniht "in the coming night," from to "at, on" (see to ) + niht (see night ). As a noun, "in the night after the present day," early 14c. Written as two words until 18c., after which it was to-night until early 20c. 中文词源 tonight ：今夜，今晚 缩写自 to night. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tonight 词源， tonight 含义
• tooth 英文词源 tooth tooth: [OE] Etymologically, a tooth is an ‘eater’. Its ultimate source is the prehistoric Indo- European base * ed - ‘eat’, which also lies behind English eat and edible . From this was formed the noun * dont -, * dent - ‘tooth’, whose descendants include Latin dēns ‘tooth’ (source of English dentist , indent , trident [16], etc), Greek odón ‘tooth’, (sourc
• toothpick 英文词源 toothpick (n.) also tooth-pick , late 15c., from tooth + pick (n.). Old English had toðsticca . 中文词源 toothpick ：牙签 tooth,牙齿，pick,捡，拾。引申词义牙签。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： toothpick 词源， toothpick 含义。 toothpick ：牙签 tooth,牙齿，pick,捡，拾。引申词义牙签。
• topography 英文词源 topography (n.) early 15c., "description of a place," from Late Latin topographia , from Greek topographia "a description of a place," from topos "place" (see topos ) + -graphia (see -graphy ). Meaning "collective features of a region" is from 1847. Related: Topographic ; topographical ; topographically . 中文词源 topography ：地形，地势，地貌，地形学 来自希腊语
• torpid 英文词源 torpid torpid: [17] Torpid was acquired from Latin torpidus , a derivative of torpēre ‘be stiff, numb, inactive, etc’. Also from torpēre came torpēdō , which was applied to a type of fish capable of producing an electric shock with which it numbs its prey. English adopted the term as torpedo [16]. The fish is long and thin, and in the 1860s its name was applied to an underwate
• torpor 英文词源 torpor (n.) "lethargy, listlessness," c. 1600, from Latin torpor "numbness, sluggishness," from torpere "be numb, be inactive, be dull," from PIE root *ster- (1) "stiff, rigid, firm, strong" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic trupeti , Lithuanian tirpstu "to become rigid;" Greek stereos "solid;" Old English steorfan "to die;" see stereo- ). 中文词源 torpor ：懒散，无力 来自拉丁
• torrent 英文词源 torrent torrent: [17] Despite its firm connections with ‘water’, torrent comes from a source that meant ‘scorch, parch’. This was Latin torrēre , which also produced English toast and torrid [16] and is related to thirst . Its present participle torrēns was used metaphorically as an adjective of streams that ‘boil’ or ‘bubble’ because of their strong current, and it
• torrid 英文词源 torrid (adj.) 1580s, in torrid zone "region of the earth between the tropics," from Medieval Latin torrida zona , from fem. of torridus "dried with heat, scorching hot," from torrere "to parch," from PIE root *ters- "to dry" (see terrain ). Sense of "very hot" is first attested 1610s. Figurative sense from 1630s. 中文词源 torrid ：火热的，酷热的，热烈的，狂热的 来自
• tortoiseshell 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random tripod tripod: see foot , three 中文词源 tortoiseshell ：龟壳，龟甲 tortoise,乌龟，shell,壳。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tortoiseshell 词源， tortoiseshell 含义。 tortoiseshell ：龟壳，龟甲 tortoise,乌龟，shell,壳。
• toss-up 英文词源 toss-up (n.) "even matter," 1809, from earlier sense of "a flipping of a coin to arrive at a decision" (c. 1700), from verbal phrase, from toss (v.) + up (adv.). 中文词源 toss-up ：机会均等 比喻用法，原指掷硬币。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： toss-up 词源， toss-up 含义。
• toss 英文词源 toss (v.) mid-15c., "to lift or throw with a sudden movement," of uncertain origin, possibly from a Scandinavian source (compare dialectal Norwegian tossa "to strew, spread"). Food preparation sense (with reference to salad, etc.) is recorded from 1723. Intransitive sense "be restless; throw oneself about" is from 1550s. Related: Tossed ; tossing . toss (n.) "an act of throwing," 1630
• total 英文词源 total total: [14] Total goes back ultimately to Latin tōtus ‘whole’ (source also of French tout , Italian tutto , and Spanish todo ‘all’). From it was derived medieval Latin totālis ‘of the whole’, which passed into English via Old French total . Tot [18], as in ‘tot up’, is short for total . Totalizator was coined in Australia in the late 1870s, and the abbreviation
• touch 英文词源 touch touch: [13] The etymological notion underlying touch seems to be the ‘striking of a bell’. It comes via Old French tochier from Vulgar Latin * toccāre ‘hit, knock’, which appears originally to have denoted ‘make the sound toc by striking something, such as a bell’ (as in English ticktock ). The connection with bells is preserved in tocsin ‘signal given with a bell’
• touching 英文词源 touching (adj.) "affecting the emotions," c. 1600, present participle adjective from touch (v.). touching (prep.) "concerning, regarding," late 14c., from touch (v.), on model of French touchant . 中文词源 touching ：感人的 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： touching 词源， touching 含义。
• tough 英文词源 tough (adj.) Old English toh "strong and firm in texture, tenacious, sticky," from Proto-Germanic *tanhu- (cognates: Middle Low German tege , Middle Dutch taey , Dutch taai , Old High German zach , German zäh ), which Watkins suggests is from PIE *denk- "to bite," from the notion of "holding fast." See rough for spelling change. From c. 1200 as "strong, powerful;" c. 1300 as "not ten
• touchstone 英文词源 touchstone (n.) late 15c., from touch (v.) in the Middle English sense "to test" (metal) + stone (n.). Fine-grained black quartz, used for testing the quality of gold and silver alloys by the color of the streak made by rubbing them on it. Also see basalt . Figurative sense is from 1530s. 中文词源 touchstone ：试金石 touch,触碰，触摸，引申词义检验，stone,石头。用
• toughen 英文词源 toughen (v.) 1580s, from tough (adj.) + -en (1). Related: Toughened ; toughening . 中文词源 toughen ：使坚硬，坚强 来自 tough,坚硬的，坚强的，-en,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： toughen 词源， toughen 含义。 toughen ：使坚硬，坚强 来自 tough,坚硬的，坚强的，-en,使。
• tow 英文词源 tow tow: English has two words tow . The older, ‘pull’ [OE], came from a prehistoric Germanic * togōjan (source also of Norwegian toga ‘pull’). This was derived from the base * tog -, variants of which gave English team , tug , etc, and it goes back ultimately to the same Indo-European base as produced Latin dūcere ‘pull, lead’ (source of English conduct , duke , etc). T
• tourist trap 英文词源 th A sound found chiefly in words of Old English, Old Norse or Greek origin, unpronounceable by Normans and many other Europeans. In Greek, the sound corresponds etymologically to Sanskrit -dh- and English -d- ; and it was represented graphically by -TH- and at first pronounced as a true aspirate (as still in English outhouse , shithead , etc.). But by 2c. B.C.E. the Greek letter thet
• towel 英文词源 towel towel: [13] A towel is etymologically something for ‘washing’ with. The word comes from Old French toaille , which was a borrowing from prehistoric Germanic * thwakhliō . This was derived from the verb * thwakhan ‘wash’, whose modern descendants include Swedish tvätta and Danish tvætte ‘wash’. Another relative is Swedish tvål ‘soap’. towel (n.) mid-13c., from
• towards 英文词源 towards towards: [OE] The suffix - ward or - wards , which underlies towards , forward , and a host of other English adverbs and adjectives, comes from a prehistoric Germanic *- warth . This in turn goes back to the Indo-European base * wert - ‘turn’ (source also of English convert , version , etc) – so etymologically, towards denotes ‘turning to’ something. = convert , vers
• toward 英文词源 toward (prep.) Old English toweard "in the direction of," prepositional use of toweard (adj.) "coming, facing, approaching," from to (see to ) + -ward . 中文词源 toward ：朝向 to,朝向，-ward,表方向。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： toward 词源， toward 含义。 toward ：朝向 to,朝向，-ward,表方向。
• town 英文词源 town town: [OE] The ancestral meaning of town is ‘enclosed place’ – amongst its relatives are German zaun ‘hedge, fence’ and Old Irish dūn ‘fort, camp, fortified place’. Its Old English forerunner tūn was used for an ‘enclosure’ or ‘yard’, and also for a ‘building or set of buildings within an enclosure’, hence a ‘farm’. This in due course evolved to a ‘