英语词源

• annexation 英文词源 annexation (n.) 1620s, from Medieval Latin annexiationem (nominative annexatio ) "action of annexing," noun of action from past participle stem of annexare (see annex ). The Middle English noun form was annexion "union; joining; territory acquired" (mid-15c.). 中文词源 annexation ：附加，合并，吞并；附加物，吞并物 词根词缀： an-加强意义 + -nex-连接 + -a
• anecdotist 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random ambassador ambassador: [14] Appropriately enough, ambassador is a highly cosmopolitan word. It was borrowed back and forth among several European languages before arriving in English. Its ultimate source appears to be the Indo- European root * ag - ‘drive, lead’, whose other numerous offspring include English act and agent .
• amusing 英文词源 amusing (adj.) c. 1600, "cheating;" present participle adjective from amuse (v.). Sense of "interesting" is from 1712; that of "pleasantly entertaining, tickling to the fancy" is from 1826. Noted late 1920s as a vogue word. Amusive has been tried in all senses since 18c. and might be useful, but it never caught on. Related: Amusingly . 中文词源 amusing ：有趣的，使人发笑的
• amentia 英文词源 amentia (n.) "mental deficiency," late 14c., from Latin amentia "madness," from amentem "mad," from a- "away from" + mentem "mind" (see mind (n.)) + abstract noun ending -ia . 中文词源 amentia ：智力缺陷，精神错乱；痴呆  词根词缀： a-否定 + -ment-记忆,智力 + -ia名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： amentia 词源， amentia 含义
• ament 英文词源 ament (n.) "person born an idiot," 1894, from Latin amentia "madness," from amentem "mad," from a- "away from" + mentem "mind" (see mind (n.)). 中文词源 ament ：智力欠缺的人；白痴 词根词缀： a-否定 + -ment-记忆,智力 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ament 词源， ament 含义。
• allograph 英文词源 allograph (n.) "writing made by another person," by 1916 (implied in allographic ), from allo- + -graph "something written." 中文词源 allograph ：代书，代签名，异形字   词根词缀： -all-其它 + -o- + -graph-写,画 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： allograph 词源， allograph 含义。
• agronomist 英文词源 agronomy (n.) "science of land management for crop production," 1814, from French agronomie , from Greek agronomos "overseer of land," from agros "field" (see acre ) + -nomos "law or custom, administering," related to nemein "manage" (see numismatic ). Related: Agronomist ; agronomic . 中文词源 agronomist ：农(艺)学家  词根词缀： -agr-田地 + -o-中缀 + -nom-学科 +
• agrobiology 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random number number: [13] The etymological notion underlying the word number is probably ‘distribution’. Its ultimate source, Latin numerus , may have been related to Greek némein ‘deal out, distribute’ (source of English nemesis and related to nomad ). Numerus passed into Old French as nombre (subsequently borrowed by German
• aeromarine 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random real real: [15] Real and its various derivatives (such as realism [19], reality [16], and realize [17]) go back ultimately to Latin rēs ‘thing’, a word of uncertain origin related to Sanskrit rās ‘riches’. It had a post-classical derivative reālis , which English originally acquired via Anglo-Norman real and used stri
• aerobiology 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random tide tide: [OE] Tide originally meant ‘time’ – as in the tautologous ‘time and tide wait for no man’. Like the related German zeit , Dutch tijd , and Swedish and Danish tid , all of which mean ‘time’, it comes from a prehistoric Germanic * tīdiz . This was derived from the base * tī - (source also of English time
• aeriform 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random offend offend: [14] Latin offendere meant ‘strike against’. It was a compound verb formed from the prefix ob - ‘against’ and - fendere ‘hit’ (source also of English defend ). Its literal sense survived into English (‘The navy is a great defence and surety of this realm in time of war, as well to offend as defend’
• aerification 英文词源 aerification "Aeration (now especially of soil or turf)", Late 18th cent.; earliest use found in William Nicholson (1753–1815), chemist and inventor. From classical Latin āēr air + -ification . 中文词源 aerification ：与空气化合，气化 词根词缀： -aer-空气 + -i- + -fic-做,作 + -ation名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： aerificati
• adynamia 英文词源 adynamia "Originally: severe physical weakness; prostration; debility", Mid 18th cent.; earliest use found in Robert James (d. 1776), physician and inventor of James's fever powder. From post-classical Latin adynamia from ancient Greek ἀδυναμία lack of strength, weakness, debility from ἀ + δύναμις power + -ία . 中文词源 adynamia ：体力缺乏，无力  词根
• admonition 英文词源 admonition (n.) late 14c., amonicioun "reminding, instruction," from Old French amonicion "admonition, exhortation," from Latin admonitionem (nominative admonitio ), noun of action from past participle stem of admonere (see admonish ). Meaning "warning" is early 15c. The -d- was restored in English 17c. 中文词源 admonition ：告诫，劝告，忠告 词根词缀： ad-加强意义
• admonishment 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random alexandrine alexandrine: [16] An alexandrine is a line of verse of 12 syllables, characteristic of the classic French drama of the 17th century. The term derives from the use of this metre in Alexandre , a 12th-or 13th-century Old French romance about Alexander the Great. 中文词源 admonishment ：告诫，劝告，警告 词根
• admix 英文词源 admixture (n.) c. 1600, with -ure , from admix (1530s), a back-formation from admixt (early 15c.), from Latin admixtus "mixed with," past participle of admiscere "to add to by mingling, mix with," from ad- "to" (see ad- ) + miscere "to mix" (see mix ). In Middle English admixt was mistaken as a past participle of a (then) non-existent *admix . Earlier in this sense was admixtion (late
• admittedly 英文词源 admittedly (adv.) 1780, from past participle of admit + -ly (2). 中文词源 admittedly ：公认地，无可否认地  词根词缀： ad-来,临近 + -mit-送,派(t双写) + -ed + -ly副词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： admittedly 词源， admittedly 含义。
• admittance 英文词源 admittance (n.) 1580s, "the action of admitting," formed in English from admit + -ance (if from Latin, it would have been *admittence ; French uses accès in this sense). Used formerly in senses where admission now prevails. Admissure was used in this sense from mid-15c. 中文词源 admittance ：入场权，准许进入  词根词缀： ad-来,临近 + -mit-送,派(t双写) + -ance名
• adduction 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random nubile nubile: [17] In modern English, nubile is generally used as a facetious synonym for ‘sexy, attractive’, but etymologically it means ‘suitable for marriage’. It comes from Latin nūbilis , a derivative of nūbere ‘take a husband’. This has also given English nuptial [15] and connubial [17], and is related to ny
• acuate 英文词源 evacuate (v.) 1520s (trans.), from Latin evacuatus , past participle of evacuare "to empty, make void, nullify," used by Pliny in reference to the bowels, used figuratively in Late Latin for "clear out;" from assimilated form of ex- "out" (see ex- ) + vacuus "empty" (see vacuum ). Earliest sense in English is medical. Military use is by 1710. Meaning "remove inhabitants to safer groun
• acosmism 英文词源 acosmism "The doctrine that the universe does not exist, or that there is no universe distinct from God", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Sarah Austin (1793–1867), translator and writer. From German Akosmismus (1826 or earlier in G. W. F. Hegel, who apparently used it at first in unpublished work, and later (applied to Spinoza's philosophy) in Encyklopädie der philosophischen
• accumulation 英文词源 accumulation (n.) late 15c., from Latin accumulationem (nominative accumulatio ) "a heaping up," noun of action from past participle stem of accumulare "to heap up, amass," from ad- "in addition" (see ad- ) + cumulare "heap up," from cumulus "heap" (see cumulus ). 中文词源 accumulation ：积累  词根词缀： ac-来,临近 + cumul堆积 + -ation名词词尾 该词的英语词源
• accommodation 英文词源 accommodation (n.) "room and provisions, lodging," c. 1600, now usually plural ( accommodations ) and chiefly U.S.; from French accommodation , from Latin accommodationem (nominative accommodatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of accommodare (see accommodate ). Meaning "appliance, anything which affords aid" is from 1610s; that of "act of accommodating" is from 1640s. 中文
• acceptance 英文词源 acceptance (n.) 1570s, from Middle French acceptance , from accepter (see accept ). Earlier in same sense was acceptation (late 14c.). 中文词源 acceptance ：接受，认可；赞成，赞同  词根词缀：ac-来 + -cept-拿→接受 + -ance名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： acceptance 词源， acceptance 含义。
• abortion 英文词源 abortion (n.) 1540s, originally of both deliberate and unintended miscarriages; from Latin abortionem (nominative abortio ) "miscarriage; abortion," noun of action from past participle stem of aboriri "to miscarry" (see abortive ). Earlier noun in English was simple abort (early 15c.) "miscarriage." In 19c. some effort was made to distinguish abortion "expulsion of the fetus between 6
• abnegator 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random denigrate denigrate: [16] To denigrate people is literally to ‘blacken’ them. The word comes from Latin dēnigrāre ‘blacken’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix dē - and niger ‘black’. This adjective, which is of unknown origin, also produced French noir ‘black’ and Italian nero ‘black’, and i
• abnegation 英文词源 abnegation (n.) late 14c., "a negative assertion," c. 1500 as "self-denial," from Latin abnegationem (nominative abnegatio ) "refusal, denial," noun of action from past participle stem of abnegare "to refuse, deny," from ab- "off, away from" (see ab- ) + negare "to deny" (see deny ). 中文词源 abnegation ：自我克制；放弃；抛弃，(对子女等的)拒绝承认，否认 词根
• ablate 英文词源 ablator " Astronautics and Materials Sci. A protective surface layer (e.g. in a rocket engine) made of a material which ablates readily when heated and so reduces the transfer of external heat to the underlying material", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832), philosopher, jurist, and reformer. From ablate + -or. 中文词源 ablate ：除去，风化，腐蚀
• abiology 英文词源 abiology "The study of inanimate nature; science other than biology or the life sciences", Late 19th cent. From a- + biology , in later use after German Abiologie . 中文词源 abiology ：非生物学 词根词缀： a-否定 + -bio-生命 + -logy…学(科) 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： abiology 词源， abiology 含义。
• abiogenesis 英文词源 abiogenesis "The original evolution of life or living organisms from inorganic or inanimate substances", Late 19th century: from a- 1 'not' + Greek bios 'life' + genesis. 中文词源 abiogenesis ：自然发生(论)，非生物起源，无生源说   词根词缀： a-否定 + -bio-生命,生物 + -gen-生殖,出生 + -esis名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• abduction 英文词源 abduction (n.) 1620s, "a leading away," from Latin abductionem (nominative abductio ), noun of action from past participle stem of abducere "to lead away, take away" (often by force), from ab- "away" (see ab- ) + ducere "to lead" (see duke (n.)). The illegal activity so called from 1768; before that the word also was a term in surgery and logic. In the Mercian hymns, Latin abductione
• abdicator 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random boss boss: English has two words boss , of which the more familiar is far more recent; both are fairly obscure in origin. We know that boss ‘chief’ [19] comes from Dutch baas ‘master’ (it was introduced to American English by Dutch settlers), but where Dutch got the word from we do not know for certain. Boss ‘protubera
• Arizona 英文词源 Arizona 1861, originally as the name of a breakaway Confederate region of southern New Mexico; organized roughly along modern lines as a U.S. territory in 1863. From Spanish Arizonac , probably from a local name among the O'odham (Piman) people meaning "having a little spring." Alternative theory is that it derives from Basque arizonak "good oaks." 中文词源 Arizona ：美国亚利桑
• adolescence 英文词源 adolescence (n.) "age following childhood" (especially the period from the 15th to the 21st year), early 15c., from Middle French adolescence (14c.), from Latin adolescentia "youth," noun of state from adolescentem (see adolescent (n.)). 中文词源 adolescence ：青少年 adolescent,青少年的，-ence,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： adolesce
• Ayurveda 英文词源 Ayurveda "The traditional Hindu system of medicine (incorporated in Atharva Veda, the last of the four Vedas), which is based on the idea of balance in bodily systems and uses diet, herbal treatment, and yogic breathing", From Sanskrit āyus 'life' + veda '(sacred) knowledge'. 中文词源 Ayurveda ：阿育吠陀，印度草医学 印度传统医学，本义为延年益寿，ayur,生命
• antepenultimate 英文词源 antepenultimate (adj.) "the last but two," 1730, from antepenult (n.), 1610s, abbreviation of Latin antepaenultima (syllaba) , fem. of antepaenultimus , from ante "before" (see ante ) + paenultima , from paen "almost" + ultima "last" (see ultimate ). 中文词源 antepenultimate ：倒数第三的，倒数第三的东西 这个单词充分说明了英语造词有时候就是那么好玩
• Antaios 英文词源 Antaeus Libyan giant slain by Herakles, from Greek Antaios , literally "opposite, opposed to, hostile," from anta "over against, face to face," related to anti "opposite, against" (see ante ). 中文词源 Antaios ：从大地汲取力量的巨人安泰俄斯 在希腊神话中，大地女神盖亚和海神波塞冬生下了一个巨人，名叫安泰俄斯（Antaios），含义就是“
• alcazar 英文词源 alcazar "A Spanish palace or fortress of Moorish origin", Early 17th century: from Spanish alcázar , from Arabic al-qaṣr 'the castle'. 中文词源 alcazar ：城堡 前缀al-是阿拉伯语里的定冠词the，cazar部分可能与castle ['kɑːs(ə)l] n.城堡有关。711年开始，西班牙逐步被穆斯林蚕食，1492年，西班牙人收复了穆斯林的最后据点阿尔罕布
• ana- 英文词源 ana- before verbs an- , prefix meaning 1. "upward," 2. "back, backward, against," 3. "again, anew," from Greek ana- "up to, toward, exceedingly, back, against," from ana "up, on, upon, throughout, again," cognate with Old English on , from PIE root *ano- "on, upon, above" (see on ). 中文词源 ana- ：向上，向后，再一次 来自PIE*ano,在上，朝上，词源同古英语an,现
• Artemis 英文词源 Artemis Greek goddess of the moon, wild animals, hunting, childbirth, etc.; sister of Apollo; her name is of unknown origin. 中文词源 Artemis ：纯洁的月亮女神阿耳忒弥斯/戴安娜(Diana) 阿耳忒弥斯（Artemis）是希腊神话中的月亮及狩猎女神，奥林巴斯十二主神之一，是天神宙斯与暗夜女神勒托所生的女儿、阿波罗的孪生姐姐。
• AWOL 英文词源 awol (adj.) also a.w.o.l. , military initialism (acronym) for absent without leave . The -o- seems to be there mostly so the assemblage can be pronounced as a word. In U.S. military use at least from World War II, popular use by 1960. 中文词源 awol ：擅离职守 该词始见于美国南北战争(1861-1865)期间。南方军队对于开小差的官兵每每令其劳动，并在其身
• armed to the teeth 英文词源 teeth (n.) plural of tooth (n.). In reference to laws, contracts, etc., "power of enforcement," from 1925. To be armed to the teeth is from late 14c. 中文词源 armed to the teeth ：武装到牙齿 从前，南美沿海地区，特别是北海岸地区海盗横行。这些海盗凶狠异常，除了两手持武器外，嘴上还咬着一把刀。由此有了这个典故。后形容全
• Aladdin's lamp 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random extradite extradite: [19] Extradite is a back-formation from extradition [19]. This was borrowed from French extradition , which was a coinage (apparently of Voltaire’s) based on Latin ex ‘out’ and tradītiō ‘handing over, deliverance’ (source of English tradition ). = tradition , treason 中文词源 Aladdins lamp ：阿
• Astraeus 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random prune prune: English has two distinct words prune . The older, ‘dried plum’ [14], is ultimately the same word as plum , and indeed in the 16th and 17th century was often used for ‘plum’. It comes via Old French prune from Vulgar Latin * prūna , which also gave English (through Germanic) plum . Prune ‘cut off unneeded
• Anemii 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random presage presage: see seek 中文词源 Anemii ：四大风神阿涅弥伊 阿涅弥伊（Anemii）是古希腊神话中四大风神的统称，包括北风神玻瑞阿斯（Boreas）、南风神诺托斯（Notus）、东风神欧洛斯（Eurus）和西风神仄费洛斯（Zephyrus），皆为泰坦神族中星空之神阿斯特赖
• Ares 英文词源 Ares Greek god of war, identified by Romans with their Mars; literally "injurer, destroyer," from are "bane, ruin," perhaps cognate with Sanskrit irasya "ill-will" (see ire ). 中文词源 Ares ：草包战神阿瑞斯/马尔斯（Mars） 希腊神话中，战神阿瑞斯（Ares）是主神宙斯和天后赫拉的儿子，爱神阿芙洛狄忒的情人，掌管战争。他相貌英俊，
• android 英文词源 android (n.) "automaton resembling a human being," 1837, in early use often in reference to automated chess players, from Modern Latin androides (itself attested as a Latin word in English from 1727), from Greek andro- "male" (see andro- ) + -eides "form, shape" (see -oid ). Greek androdes meant "like a man, manly;" compare also Greek andrias "image of a man, statue." Listed as "rare"
• attuned 英文词源 attune (v.) 1590s, from tune (v.), "probably suggested by ATONE" [OED]. Related: Attuned ; attuning . 中文词源 attuned ：适应的 at-,向，往，tune,曲调。指舞曲一致。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： attuned 词源， attuned 含义。
• assizes 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random teach teach: [OE] To teach someone is etymologically to ‘show’ them something. The word goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Indo-European base * deik - ‘show’, which also produced Greek deiknúnai ‘show’ (source of English paradigm [15]) and Latin dīcere ‘say’ (source of English diction , dictionary , etc).
• armageddon 英文词源 Armageddon (n.) "a final conflict," 1811, figurative use of name in Rev. xvi:16, place of the great and final conflict, from Hebrew Har Megiddon "Mount of Megiddo," city in central Palestine, site of important Israeli battles. 中文词源 Armageddon （大决战）：圣经中世界末日善恶决战的战场 在《圣经》的“启示录”中提到，世界末日来临之时，以上
• ar- 英文词源 car-pool (n.) also carpool , 1942, American English, from car + pool (n.2). As a verb from 1962. Related: Carpooled ; carpooling . ear-muff (n.) also earplug , 1859, from ear (n.1) + muff (n.). ear-plug (n.) also earplug , 1841, from ear (n.1) + plug (n.). ear-worm (n.) 1880, "boll-worm, corn parasite" ( corn-ear-worm attested from 1855), from ear (n.2) + worm (n.). Also an old altern
• aperitif 英文词源 aperitif (n.) 1894, "alcoholic drink taken before a meal to stimulate the appetite," from French apéritif "laxative, laxative liqueur," literally "opening," from Latin aperitivus , from aperire "to open" (see overt ). Compare Middle English apertive (adj.), a medical word meaning "capable of opening or dilating" (pores, etc.), early 15c. 中文词源 aperitif ：开胃酒 来自法语。
• admixture 英文词源 admixture (n.) c. 1600, with -ure , from admix (1530s), a back-formation from admixt (early 15c.), from Latin admixtus "mixed with," past participle of admiscere "to add to by mingling, mix with," from ad- "to" (see ad- ) + miscere "to mix" (see mix ). In Middle English admixt was mistaken as a past participle of a (then) non-existent *admix . Earlier in this sense was admixtion (late
• actino- 英文词源 actino- before vowels actin- , word-forming element meaning "pertaining to rays," from Greek aktis (genitive aktinos ) "ray, radiance;" perhaps cognate with Sanskrit aktuh "light, ray," Gothic uhtwo "dawn, daybreak," Lithuanian anksti "early." 中文词源 actino- ：射线，光线 来自希腊语aktinos,所有格形式于aktis,射线，光线。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• abbey 英文词源 abbey (n.) mid-13c., "convent headed by an abbot or abbess," from Anglo-French abbeie , Old French abaïe , from Late Latin abbatia , from abbas (genitive abbatis ); see abbot . 中文词源 abbey ：隐修院 来自希腊语 abbas，来自亚拉姆语 abba（阿爸、神父），很显然这是一个拟声词，由于修道院是为天主教培训神父的学院，所以该词发展为
• anemic 英文词源 anemic (adj.) alternative (chiefly U.S.) spelling of anaemic (q.v.). See ae . 中文词源 anemic ：贫血的 an-,没有，无，-em,-hem,血，词源同hematology,血液学。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： anemic 词源， anemic 含义。
• avuncular 英文词源 avuncular (adj.) 1789, from Latin avunculus "maternal uncle," diminutive of avus (see uncle ) + -ar . Used humorously for "of a pawnbroker" ( uncle was slang for "pawnbroker" from c. 1600 through 19c.). My only good suit is at present under the avuncular protection. ["Fraser's Magazine," 1832] 中文词源 avuncular ：叔伯的 av-,祖宗，祖父，词源同atavism,-uncul,小词后缀
• at- 英文词源 at- assimilated form of ad- "to, toward, before" before stems beginning in -t- ; see ad- . 中文词源 at- ：去，往 来自ad-在字母t 前的拼写异化形式。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： at- 词源， at- 含义。
• asleep 英文词源 asleep (adj.) c. 1200, aslepe , o slæpe , from Old English on slæpe (see sleep ). The parallel form on sleep continued until c. 1550. Of limbs, "numb through stoppage of circulation," from late 14c. Meaning "inattentive, off guard" is from mid-14c. 中文词源 asleep ：睡着的 来自短语on sleep. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： asleep 词源， asleep 含义
• as- 英文词源 bas-relief (n.) 1660s, from French bas-relief , a loan-translation of Italian basso-rilievo "low relief, raised work." canvas-back (n.) also canvasback , 1785 as a type of North American duck. Earlier as an adjective for a type of garment made of expensive stuff in front and cheap canvas in the back (c. 1600); from canvas (n.) + back (n.). gas-guzzler (n.) car with low fuel-efficiency
• arresting 英文词源 arresting (n.) early 15c., "action of stopping" someone or something, verbal noun from arrest (v.). arresting (adj.) "striking, that captures the imagination," 1792, present participle adjective from arrest (v.). 中文词源 arresting ：吸引人的 arrest,逮捕，-ing,形容词后缀。引申比喻义吸引人的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： arresting 词
• ap- 英文词源 ap- (2) patronymic prefix in Welsh names, earlier map "son," cognate with Gaelic mac . Since 17c. merged into surnames ( Ap Rhys = Price , Ap Evan = Bevan , etc.). It is said that a Welshman who evidently was not willing to be surpassed in length of pedigree, when making out his genealogical tree, wrote near the middle of his long array of 'aps' -- "about this time Adam was born." ["O
• ant 英文词源 ant ant: [OE] The word ant appears to carry the etymological sense ‘creature that cuts off or bites off’. Its Old English form, æmette , was derived from a hypothetical Germanic compound * aimaitjōn , formed from the prefix * ai - ‘off, away’ and the root * mait - ‘cut’ (modern German has the verb meissen ‘chisel, carve’): thus, ‘the biter’. The Old English word
• alignment 英文词源 alignment (n.) 1790, "arrangement in a line," from French alignement , from aligner (see align ). Political sense is from 1933. 中文词源 alignment ：队列，结盟 align,对齐，-ment,名词后缀。引申诸相关词义。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： alignment 词源， alignment 含义。
• al- 英文词源 goal-post (n.) 1834, from goal (n.) + post (n.1). To move the goal posts as a figurative expression for "cheat by changing the objectives after the process has begun" is by 1988. heal-all (n.) 1570s, "universal remedy," from heal + all ; applied since 1814 to various plants supposed to possess healing virtues. The native word for panacea . mal- word-forming element meaning "bad, badly
• ailment 英文词源 ailment (n.) 1706, from ail + -ment . 中文词源 ailment ：生病，疾病 ail,生病的，-ment,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ailment 词源， ailment 含义。
• ag- 英文词源 bag-end (n.) "bottom of a bag," c. 1400, from bag (n.) + end (n.). hag-ridden (n.) 1680s, "ridden by hags or witches," past-participle adjective from hag-ride (1660s); from hag (n.) + ridden . From 1702 as "oppressed, harassed;" 1758 as "afflicted by nightmares." An old term for sleep paralysis (the sensation of being held immobile in bed, often by a heavy weight, and accompanied by a
• af- 英文词源 loaf loaf: English has two words loaf . By far the older is ‘portion of bread’ [OE], which goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * khlaibaz . This also produced German laib and Danish lev ‘loaf’, and was borrowed, originally into Gothic, from an Old Slavic chleb (source of modern Russian and Polish chleb ‘bread, loaf’). Heavily disguised, loaf forms part of both lady and lor
• ac- 英文词源 Mac- common element in Scottish and Irish names, from Old Celtic *makko-s "son." Cognate root *makwos "son" produced Old Welsh map , Welsh mab , ap "son;" also probably cognate with Old English mago "son, attendant, servant," Old Norse mögr "son," Gothic magus "boy, servant," Old English mægð "maid" (see maiden ). 中文词源 ac- ：去，往 来自ad-在字母c 前的拼写异化形
• abs- 英文词源 abs- form of ab- before -c- , -q- or -t- . 中文词源 abs- ：离开 单词前缀，来自ab-在字母c,t 前拼写异化形式。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： abs- 词源， abs- 含义。
• ax 英文词源 ax (n.) see axe (n.). 中文词源 ax ：斧头 ax的“亲戚”在印欧语系各分支中均可见到,例如德语axt,荷兰语aaks,希腊语axine;它们都指向原始印欧语中一个有待于证实的共源agwesi或akusi,意为某种切、砍的工具。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ax 词源， ax 含义。
• awareness 英文词源 awareness (n.) 1828, from aware + -ness . 中文词源 awareness ：知晓，察觉，意识到 词根词缀： a-加强意义 + ware意识 + -ness名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： awareness 词源， awareness 含义。
• awaken 英文词源 awaken (v.) Old English awæcnan (intransitive), "to spring into being, arise, originate," also, less often, "to wake up;" earlier onwæcnan , from a- (1) "on" + wæcnan (see waken ). Transitive meaning "to rouse from sleep" is recorded from 1510s; figurative sense of "to stir up, rouse to activity" is from c. 1600. Originally strong declension (past tense awoc , past participle awace
• awake 英文词源 awake awake: [OE] Awake was formed by adding the intensive prefix ā - to the verb wake (in Old English wacan or wacian , related to watch , and also ultimately to vegetable , vigil , and vigour ). The adjective awake arose in the 13th century; it was originally a variant form of the past participle of the verb. = vigil , wake , watch awake (v.) a merger of two Middle English verbs: 1
• Avon 英文词源 Avon river in southwestern England, from Celtic abona "river" (see afanc ). 中文词源 Avon ：埃文河，英格兰中南部河流，全长154.5公里，流入塞文河。 来源于凯尔特语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Avon 词源， Avon 含义。
• avoidance 英文词源 avoidance (n.) late 14c., "action of emptying," from avoid + -ance . Sense of "action of dodging or shunning" is recorded from early 15c.; it also meant "action of making legally invalid," 1620s; "becoming vacant" (of an office, etc.), mid-15c. 中文词源 avoidance ：避免，回避 词根词缀： a-加强意义 + -void-空 + -ance名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• aviatress 英文词源 aviator (n.) "aircraft pilot," 1887, from French aviateur , from Latin avis (see aviary ) + -ateur . Also used c. 1891 in a sense of "aircraft." Feminine form aviatrix is from 1927; earlier aviatrice (1910), aviatress (1911). 中文词源 aviatress ：女飞行员  词根词缀： -avi-鸟 + atr(-ator)名词词尾,人 + -ess名词词尾,女性或雌性 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• aviator 英文词源 aviator (n.) "aircraft pilot," 1887, from French aviateur , from Latin avis (see aviary ) + -ateur . Also used c. 1891 in a sense of "aircraft." Feminine form aviatrix is from 1927; earlier aviatrice (1910), aviatress (1911). 中文词源 aviator ： 飞机驾驶员，飞行员 词根词缀： -avi-鸟 + -ator名词词尾,人 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： avia
• aviate 英文词源 aviate "Pilot or fly in an aircraft", Late 19th century: back-formation from aviation. 中文词源 aviate ：飞行，驾驶飞机 词根词缀： -avi-鸟 + -ate动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： aviate 词源， aviate 含义。
• aversion 英文词源 aversion (n.) "a turning away from," 1590s; figurative sense of "mental attitude of repugnance" is from 1650s, from Middle French aversion and directly from Latin aversionem (nominative aversio ), noun of action from past participle stem of aversus "turned away, backwards, behind, hostile," itself past participle of avertere (see avert ). Earlier in the literal sense of "a turning awa
• avenger 英文词源 avenger (n.) 1530s, agent noun from avenge (v.). Spenser (1596) has avengeress but no mention of Mrs. Peel. 中文词源 avenger ：复仇者   词根词缀： a-加强意义 + -venge-报复(e略) + -er人 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： avenger 词源， avenger 含义。
• authorize 英文词源 authorize (v.) "give formal approval to," late 14c., autorisen , from Old French autoriser "authorize, give authority to" (12c.), from Medieval Latin auctorizare , from auctor (see author (n.)). Modern spelling from 16c. Related: Authorized ; authorizing . 中文词源 authorize ：授权，批准 词根词缀： auth(-auct-)增加→创造→权威 + -or名词词尾,行为 + -ize动词
• authoritative 英文词源 authoritative (adj.) c. 1600, "dictatorial" (a sense now restricted to authoritarian ), from Medieval Latin authoritativus (see authority ). Meaning "possessing authority" is recorded from 1650s; that of "proceeding from proper authority" is from 1809. Related: Authoritatively ; authoritativeness . 中文词源 authoritative ：权威性的，可信的 来源于拉丁语auctor, -oris,
• authorise 英文词源 authorise (v.) chiefly British English spelling of authorize (q.v.); for suffix, see -ize . Related: Authorised ; authorising . 中文词源 authorise ：批准，认可 词根词缀： auth(-auct-)增加→创造→权威 + -or名词词尾,行为 + -ise动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： authorise 词源， authorise 含义。
• augmentative 英文词源 augmentative (adj.) c. 1500, from Middle French augmentatif (14c.), from Latin augmentat- , stem of augmentare (see augment ). 中文词源 augmentative ：有扩大(增长、增加、提高)作用的；(指词缀或派生词)增强词义的 词根词缀： -aug-增加 + -ment名词词尾 + -ative形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： augmentative 词源，
• augmentation 英文词源 augmentation (n.) mid-15c., "act of making greater," from Old French augmentacion "increase," from Late Latin augmentationem (nominative augmentatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of augmentare (see augment ). Meaning "amount by which something is increased" is from 1520s. Musical sense is from 1590s. 中文词源 augmentation ：扩大，增加；增大   词根词缀：
• auditor 英文词源 auditor (n.) early 14c., "official who receives and examines accounts;" late 14c., "a listener," from Anglo-French auditour (Old French oieor "listener, court clerk," 13c.; Modern French auditeur ), from Latin auditor "a hearer," from auditus , past participle of audire "to hear" (see audience ). Meaning "receiver and examiner of accounts" is because this process formerly was done, an
• audition 英文词源 audition (v.) "to try out for a performance part," 1935, from audition (n.). Transitive sense by 1944. Related: Auditioned ; auditioning . audition (n.) 1590s, "power of hearing," from Middle French audicion "hearing (in a court of law)," from Latin auditionem (nominative auditio ) "a hearing, listening to," noun of action from past participle stem of audire "hear" (see audience ). Me
• audiphone 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random simony simony: [13] Simony , a term which denotes the ‘selling of ecclesiastical offices’, perpetuates the name of Simon Magus. He was a Samaritan who according to Acts 8:18–20 tried to buy the power of conferring the Holy Ghost on people: ‘And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost
• audiometer 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random hamlet hamlet: [14] Hamlet is a double diminutive: etymologically it means ‘little little village’. It comes from Old French hamelet , a diminutive form of hamel , which was itself a diminutive of ham ‘village’. This was borrowed from a Germanic word related to English home , and to the - ham in many English place-names.