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• administrative 英文词源 administrative (adj.) 1731, from Latin administrativus , from past participle stem of administrare (see administer ). Related: Administratively . 中文词源 administrative ：管理的，行政的 词根词缀： ad-临近 + -ministr-服务 + -ative形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： administrative 词源， administrative 含义。
• administration 英文词源 administration (n.) mid-14c., "act of giving or dispensing;" late 14c., "management, act of administering," from Latin administrationem (nominative administratio ) "aid, help, cooperation; direction, management," noun of action from past participle stem of administrare (see administer ). Early 15c. as "management of a deceased person's estate." Meaning "the government" is attested fro
• adjustment 英文词源 adjustment (n.) 1640s, from French ajustement or else a native formation from adjust (v.) + -ment . 中文词源 adjustment ：调整，调节，适应 词根词缀： ad-来,临近 + -just-公正 + -ment 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： adjustment 词源， adjustment 含义。
• adjustable 英文词源 adjustable (adj.) 1775, from adjust + -able . Related: Adjustably ; adjustability . 中文词源 adjustable ：可调整的，可调节的 词根词缀： ad-来,临近 + -just-公正 + -able 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： adjustable 词源， adjustable 含义。
• adjunction 英文词源 adjunction "The joining of two sets which without overlapping jointly constitute a larger set, or the relation between two such sets", Late 16th century: from Latin adjunctio(n)- , from the verb adjungere (see adjoin ). 中文词源 adjunction ：添加，附加，附加物   词根词缀： ad-来,临近 + -junct-连接,加入 + -ion名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• adjective 英文词源 adjective late 14c., as an adjective, "adjectival," in noun adjective , from Old French adjectif (14c.), from Latin adjectivum "that is added to (the noun)," neuter of adjectivus "added," from past participle of adicere "to throw or place (a thing) near," from ad- "to" (see ad- ) + comb. form of iacere "to throw" (see jet (v.)). Also as a noun from late 14c. In 19c. Britain, the word
• adhesion 英文词源 adhesion (n.) 1620s, from French adhésion or directly from Latin adhaesionem (nominative adhaesio ) "a sticking to," noun of action from past participle stem of adhaerare (see adherent (adj.)). Adhesion is generally used in the material, and adherence in the metaphysical sense. [Johnson] 中文词源 adhesion ：粘合，粘附；支持，拥护 词根词缀： ad-来,临近 + -hes-粘
• adherence 英文词源 adherence (n.) mid-15c., "attachment to a person, support," from Middle French adhérence , from Latin adhaerentia , noun of action from adhaerentem (nominative adhaerens ), present participle of adhaerare (see adherent (adj.)). 中文词源 adherence ：依附，附着，遵守，坚持 词根词缀： ad-来,临近 + -her-粘着,粘附 + -ence名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问
• adequacy 英文词源 inadequacy (n.) 1764, from inadequate + -cy . Related: Inadequacies . 中文词源 adequacy ：适当，恰当 词根词缀： ad-临近 + -equ-均,等 + -acy名词词尾,状态 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： adequacy 词源， adequacy 含义。
• addressor 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random volcano volcano: [17] Volcanoes get their name from Vulcan, the Roman god of fire. His name in Latin was Volcānus , and it was the Italian descendant of this, volcano , that was originally adapted as a term for ‘fire-emitting mountain’. English borrowed the word from Italian. Also commemorating Vulcan is the vulcanization [
• addresser 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random ken ken: [OE] Once a widespread verb throughout English, ken is now restricted largely to Scotland, having taken over the semantic territory elsewhere monopolized by know . In Old English it actually meant not ‘know’ but ‘make known’; it was the causative version of cunnan ‘know’ (ancestor of modern English can ). It
• additional 英文词源 additional (adj.) 1640s, from addition + -al (1). Related: Additionally . 中文词源 additional ：另外的，附加的，额外的 词根词缀： add加 + -ition名词词尾 + -al形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： additional 词源， additional 含义。
• addictive 英文词源 addictive (adj.) 1815, a word in chemistry and medicine; 1939 in the narcotics sense, from addict (v.) + -ive . Related: Addictively ; addictiveness . 中文词源 addictive ：(被动意义)(使人)上瘾的，沉迷的 词根词缀： ad-临近 + -dict-说,讲 + -ive形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： addictive 词源， addictive 含义。
• addicted 英文词源 addicted (adj.) 1530s, "delivered over" by judicial sentence; past participle adjective from addict (v.). Modern sense of "dependent" is short for self-addicted "to give over or award (oneself) to someone or some practice" (1560s; exact phrase from c. 1600); specialization to narcotics dependency is from c. 1910. 中文词源 addicted ：(主动意义)沉迷的 词根词缀： ad-临近
• adaptive 英文词源 maladaptive (adj.) 1912, from mal- + adaptive (see adapt ). 中文词源 adaptive ：适应的，适合的 词根词缀： ad-加强意义 + -apt-适合,适应 + -ive形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： adaptive 词源， adaptive 含义。
• adaptation 英文词源 adaptation (n.) c. 1600, "action of adapting," from French adaptation , from Late Latin adaptationem (nominative adaptatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of adaptare (see adapt ). Meaning "condition of being adapted" is from 1670s. Sense of "modification of a thing to suit new conditions" is from 1790. Biological sense first recorded 1859 in Darwin's writings. 中文词源
• adaptable 英文词源 adaptable (adj.) 1800, from adapt + -able . 中文词源 adaptable ：能适应的；可改变的；可改编的   词根词缀： ad-加强意义 + -apt-适合,适应 + -able 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： adaptable 词源， adaptable 含义。
• acutely 英文词源 acute (adj.) late 14c., originally of fevers and diseases, "coming and going quickly" (opposed to a chronic ), from Latin acutus "sharp, pointed," figuratively "shrill, penetrating; intelligent, cunning," past participle of acuere "sharpen" (see acuity ). Meaning "sharp, irritating" is from early 15c. Meaning "intense" is from 1727. Related: Acutely ; acuteness . sharply (adv.) Old En
• actually 英文词源 actually (adv.) early 15c., "in fact, in reality" (as opposed to in possibility), from actual + -ly (2). Meaning "actively, vigorously" is from mid-15c.; that of "at this time, at present" is from 1660s. As an intensive added to a statement and suggesting "as a matter of fact, really, in truth" it is attested from 1762. 中文词源 actually ：实际上，事实上 词根词缀： -a
• actualize 英文词源 actualize (v.) 1810, first attested in Coleridge, from actual + -ize . Related: Actualized ; actualizing . 中文词源 actualize ：实现，实施 词根词缀： -act-行为(的结果) ←→事实 + -ual形容词词尾 + -ize动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： actualize 词源， actualize 含义。
• actuality 英文词源 actuality (n.) late 14c., "power, efficacy," from Old French actualite and directly from Medieval Latin actualitatem (nominative actualitas ), from Late Latin actualis (see actual ). A Latin loan-translation of Greek energeia . Meaning "state of being real" is from 1670s ( actualities "existing conditions" is from 1660s). Mod. use of actuality in the sense of realism, contact with the
• actual 英文词源 actual actual: [14] In common with act , action , etc, actual comes ultimately from Latin āctus , the past participle of the verb agere ‘do, perform’. In late Latin an adjective āctuālis was formed from the noun āctus , and this passed into Old French as actuel . English borrowed it in this form, and it was not until the 15th century that the spelling actual , based on the ori
• actress 英文词源 actress (n.) 1580s, "female who does something;" see actor + -ess ; stage sense is from 1700. Sometimes French actrice was used. 中文词源 actress ：女演员 词根词缀： -act-扮演 + -ress名词词尾,女性 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： actress 词源， actress 含义。
• activity 英文词源 activity (n.) c. 1400, "active or secular life," from Old French activité , from Medieval Latin activitatem (nominative activitas ), a word in Scholastic philosophy, from Latin activus (see active ). Meaning "state of being active, briskness, liveliness" recorded from 1520s; that of "capacity for acting on matter" is from 1540s. 中文词源 activity ：活力，活跃，活动 词根词
• active 英文词源 active (adj.) mid-14c., "given to worldly activity" (opposed to contemplative or monastic ), from Old French actif (12c.) or directly from Latin activus , from actus (see act (n.)). As "capable of acting" (opposed to passive ), from late 14c. Meaning "energetic, lively" is from 1590s; that of "working, effective, in operation" is from 1640s. Active voice is recorded from 1765 (grammat
• activate 英文词源 activate (v.) 1620s; see active + -ate (2). Related: Activated ; activating . 中文词源 activate ：使活动，激发 词根词缀： -act-行动 + -ive, e被弱化 + -ate动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： activate 词源， activate 含义。
• action 英文词源 action (n.) mid-14c., "cause or grounds for a lawsuit," from Anglo-French accioun , Old French accion (12c.) "action, lawsuit, case," from Latin actionem (nominative actio ) "a putting in motion; a performing, doing," noun of action from past participle stem of agere "to do" (see act (v.)). Sense of "something done, an act, deed" is late 14c. Meaning "fighting" is from c. 1600. As a f
• acting 英文词源 acting (adj.) 1590s, "putting forth activity," present participle adjective from act (v.). Meaning "performing temporary duties" is from 1797. acting (n.) c. 1600, "performance of deeds;" 1660s, "performance of plays;" verbal noun from present participle of act (v.). Acting out in psychology is from 1945. 中文词源 acting ：演技 词根词缀： -act-做,行动 + -ing 该词的英语
• across 英文词源 across across: [13] English originally borrowed across , or the idea for it, from Old French. French had the phrase à croix or en croix , literally ‘at or in cross’, that is, ‘in the form of a cross’ or ‘transversely’. This was borrowed into Middle English as a creoix or o(n) croice , and it was not until the 15th century that versions based on the native English form of
• acromegaly 英文词源 acromegaly (n.) "gigantism due to activity of pituitary after normal growth has ceased," 1886, from French acromégalie , from medical Latin acromegalia , from Greek akron "extremity" (see acrid ) + megas "great" (fem. megale ; see mickle ). Said in contemporary literature to have been coined 1885 by French physician Dr. Pierre Marie. 中文词源 acromegaly ：肢端肥大症  词根词
• acrobatism 英文词源 acrobatics (n.) 1859, from acrobatic ; also see -ics . Also acrobatism (1864). In early 20c. acrobacy (from French acrobacie ) sometimes was used. 中文词源 acrobatism ：杂技 词根词缀：-acr-尖→高 + -o- + -bat走 + -ism学术 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： acrobatism 词源， acrobatism 含义。
• acrimonious 英文词源 acrimonious (adj.) 1610s, "acrid," from French acrimonieux , from Medieval Latin acrimoniosus , from Latin acrimonia "sharpness" (see acrimony ). Of dispositions, debates, etc., from 1775. Related: Acrimoniously ; acrimoniousness . 中文词源 acrimonious ：(尤指争吵)尖酸刻薄的，讥讽的 词根词缀： -acr-尖 + -i- + -mon-提醒,警告 + -i- + -ous形容词词尾 该词的
• acquisition 英文词源 acquisition (n.) late 14c., "act of obtaining," from Old French acquisicion (13c.) or directly from Latin acquisitionem (nominative acquisitio ), noun of action from past participle stem of acquirere "get in addition, accumulate," from ad- "extra" (see ad- ) + quaerere "to seek to obtain" (see query (v.)). Meaning "thing obtained" is from late 15c. The vowel change of -ae- to -i- in L
• acoustics 英文词源 acoustics (n.) 1680s, "science of sound," from acoustic (also see -ics ). Meaning "acoustic properties" of a building, etc., attested from 1885. 中文词源 acoustics ：声学 来源于希腊语akouo, akouso, ekousa, akekoa(听) 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： acoustics 词源， acoustics 含义。
• aciform 英文词源 aciform "Needle-shaped", Early 19th century; earliest use found in Universal System of Natural History . From classical Latin acus needle + -iform. 中文词源 aciform ：尖如针的 词根词缀： -ac-尖 + -i- + -form-形 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： aciform 词源， aciform 含义。
• achievement 英文词源 achievement (n.) late 15c., "act of completing" (something), from Middle French achèvement "a finishing," noun of action from Old French achever (see achieve ). Meaning "thing achieved" is recorded from 1590s. 中文词源 achievement ：完成，到达；成就，成绩 词根词缀： achieve完成,达到 + -ment名词词尾 同源词：achieve, chef, chief 该词的英语词源请访
• acetometer 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random convoke convoke: see vocation 中文词源 acetometer ：醋酸(比重)计  词根词缀： -acet-酸 + -o- + -meter-测量,仪表 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： acetometer 词源， acetometer 含义。
• acetimeter 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random pumpkin pumpkin: [17] Much as they look as though they had been blown up with a pump, pumpkins have no etymological connection with pumps . Greek pépōn denoted a variety of melon that was not eaten until it was fully ripe (the word was a noun use of the adjective pépōn ‘ripe’). Latin took it over as pepō , and passed it
• acerbity 英文词源 acerbity (n.) 1570s, from Middle French acerbité , from Latin acerbitatem (nominative acerbitas ) "harshness, sharpness, bitterness," from acerbus "bitter to taste, sharp, sour, tart" (related to acer "sharp;" compare Latin superbus "haughty," from super "above"), from Proto-Italic *akro-po- "sharp," from PIE *ak- "sharp" (see acrid ). Earliest use in English is figurative, of "sharp
• acentric 英文词源 acrocentric "Of a chromosome: having the centromere close to one end, so that one arm is much shorter than the other Compare metacentric, telocentric", 1940s. From acro- + -centric . 中文词源 acentric ：无中心的 词根词缀： a-否定 + -centr-中心 + -ic形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： acentric 词源， acentric 含义。
• accustomed 英文词源 accustomed (adj.) late 15c., "made customary, habitual," past participle adjective from accustom (v.). 中文词源 accustomed ：惯常的，习惯的 词根词缀：ac-加强意义 + custom习惯 + -ed形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： accustomed 词源， accustomed 含义。
• accusation 英文词源 accusation (n.) late 14c., from Old French acusacion or directly from Latin accusationem (nominative accusatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of accusare (see accuse ). 中文词源 accusation ：指责，控告 词根词缀： ac- + cuse(拉丁语名词causa) + -ation名词词尾 同源词：accuse, cause, excuse 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： acc
• accounting 英文词源 accounting (n.) "reckoning of numbers," late 14c., verbal noun from account (v.). Phrase no accounting for tastes (1823) translates Latin de gustibus non est disputandum . 中文词源 accounting ：会计(学) 词根词缀： ac-加强意义 + -count-计算,讲故事 + -ing名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： accounting 词源， accounting 含义。
• accountant 英文词源 accountant (n.) mid-15c., "accounting officer, one who renders accounts," from Old French acuntant (Modern French accomptant ), from present participle of accompter (see account (v.)). Sense of "professional maker of accounts" is recorded from 1530s. The word also was an adjective in Middle English, "accountable; liable to render accounts" (early 15c.). 中文词源 accountant ：会计
• accountancy 英文词源 accountancy (n.) 1854, from accountant + -cy . 中文词源 accountancy ：会计(职业) 词根词缀：ac-加强意义 + -count-计算,讲故事 + -ancy名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： accountancy 词源， accountancy 含义。
• accountable 英文词源 accountable (adj.) "answerable," literally "liable to be called to account," c. 1400 (mid-14c. in Anglo-French); see account (v.) + -able . Related: Accountably . 中文词源 accountable ：应加解释的，负有责任的 词根词缀：ac-加强意义 + -count-计算,讲故事 + -able形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： accountable 词源， accou
• accordingly 英文词源 accordingly (adv.) mid-14c., "in agreement with," from according + -ly (2). From mid-15c. as "properly; adequately;" meaning "in agreement with logic or expectation" is recorded 1680s. 中文词源 accordingly ：相应地，因此，从而，照着(办) 词根词缀： ac-来,临近 + -cord-心(脏) + -ing + -ly 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： accordingly 词源，
• according 英文词源 according c. 1300, "matching, similar, correponding," present participle adjective and adverb from accord (v.). Meanings "conforming (to), compliant, in agreement; consistent, harmonious; suitable, appropriate" are from late 14c. According to "referring to," literally "in a manner agreeing with" is attested from mid-15c. 中文词源 according ：相符的，一致的 词根词缀：
• accordant 英文词源 accordant "Agreeing or compatible", Middle English: from Old French acordant , from acorder 'bring to an agreement' (see accord ). 中文词源 accordant ：一致的，和谐的  词根词缀： ac-来,临近 + -cord-心(脏) + -ant形容词词尾 → 心在一起 → 一致,和谐 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： accordant 词源， accordant 含义。
• accordance 英文词源 accordance (n.) c. 1300, "compliance;" early 14c., "agreement, concurrence," from Old French acordance "agreeing, reconciliation, harmony," noun of action from acorder (see accord ). Of things, "conformity, compatibility, harmony," late 14c. Phrase in accordance with is attested from c. 1810 (in Middle English, in accordance of was the usual form). 中文词源 accordance ：一致，和
• acclamation 英文词源 acclamation (n.) 1540s, from Latin acclamationem (nominative acclamatio ) "a calling, exclamation, shout of approval," noun of action from past participle stem of acclamare "shout approval or disapproval of, cry out at," from ad- "toward" (see ad- ) + clamare "cry out" (see claim (v.)). As a method of voting en masse, by 1801, probably from the French Revolution. 中文词源 acclamat
• accidentally 英文词源 accidentally (adv.) late 14c., "non-essentially," also "unnaturally," from accidental + -ly (2). Meaning "unintentionally" is recorded from 1580s; phrase accidentally on purpose is recorded from 1862. 中文词源 accidentally ：意外地，偶然地 词根词缀：ac-加强意义 + -cid-降临 + -ent名词词尾 + -al形容词词尾,…的 + -ly副词词尾,方式/程度 该词的英语
• accidental 英文词源 accidental (adj.) late 14c., "non-essential," from Old French accidentel or directly from Medieval Latin accidentalis , from Latin accidentem (see accident ). Meaning "outside the normal course of nature" is from early 15c.; that of "coming by chance" is from 1570s. accidental (n.) late 14c., "non-essential quality," from accidental (adj.). The musical sense is from 1868. 中文词源
• accession 英文词源 accession (n.) "act of coming to a position," especially of a throne, 1640s, from Latin accessionem (nominative accessio ) "a going to, joining, increase," noun of action from past participle stem of accedere "approach, enter upon" (see accede ). 中文词源 accession ：就职，登基；正式加入   词根词缀： ac-来,临近 + -cess-行走 + -ion名词词尾 该词的英语词
• accessible 英文词源 accessible (adj.) c. 1400, "affording access," from Middle French accessible , from Late Latin accessibilis , verbal adjective from Latin accessus "a coming near, approach" (see access (n.)). Meaning "easy to reach" is from 1640s; Of art or writing, "able to be readily understood," 1961 (a term not needed in the years before writing or art often deliberately was made not so). 中文词源
• accepted 英文词源 aesthetic aesthetic: [18] In strict etymological terms, aesthetic relates to perception via the senses. It comes ultimately from the Greek verb aísthesthai ‘perceive’ (which is related to Latin audīre ‘hear’), and this meaning is preserved in anaesthetic , literally ‘without feeling’. The derived adjective aisthētikós reached Western Europe via modern Latin aesthēticu
• acceptable 英文词源 acceptable (adj.) late 14c., from Old French acceptable , from Latin acceptabilis "worthy of acceptance," from acceptare "take or receive willingly" (see accept ). Related: Acceptably . 中文词源 acceptable ：可接受的，合意的 词根词缀： ac-来 + -cept-拿 + -able 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： acceptable 词源， acceptable 含义。
• accelerometer 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random hold hold: Hold ‘grasp, clasp’ [OE] and hold ‘cargo store’ [16] are not the same word. The verb goes back to a prehistoric Germanic source which meant ‘watch, guard’. This ancestral sense is preserved in the derivative behold [OE], but the simple verb hold , together with its relatives German halten (source of Englis
• accelerator 英文词源 accelerator (n.) 1610s, from Latin accelerator , agent noun from accelerare (see accelerate ). Motor vehicle sense is from 1900. 中文词源 accelerator ：加速者，加速装置  词根词缀： ac-加强意义 + -celer-快,速 + -ator名词词尾,物 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： accelerator 词源， accelerator 含义。
• acceleration 英文词源 acceleration (n.) 1530s, from Latin accelerationem (nominative acceleratio ) "a hastening," noun of action from past participle stem of accelerare "to hasten, quicken" (see accelerate ). 中文词源 acceleration ：加速，加快 词根词缀： ac-加强意义 + -celer-快,速 + -ation名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： acceleration 词源， acceler
• academician 英文词源 academician "A member of an academy, especially the Royal Academy of Arts or the Académie française", Mid 18th century: from French académicien , from medieval Latin academicus (see academic ). 中文词源 academician ：学会会员，院士 词根词缀： academy学院(y因发音重复而省略) + -ician名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： academi
• academic 英文词源 academic (adj.) 1580s, "relating to an academy," also "collegiate, scholarly," from Latin academicus "of the Academy," from academia (see academy ). Meaning "theoretical, not practical, not leading to a decision" (such as university debates or classroom legal exercises) is from 1886. Academic freedom is attested from 1901. Related: Academically . 中文词源 academic ：学院的，理
• abstraction 英文词源 abstraction (n.) c. 1400, "a withdrawal from worldly affairs, asceticism," from Old French abstraction (14c.), from Latin abstractionem (nominative abstractio ), noun of action from past participle stem of abstrahere "drag away, pull away, divert" (see abstract (adj.)). Meaning "idea of something that has no actual existence" is from 1640s. 中文词源 abstraction ：抽象；提取 词
• abstinence 英文词源 abstinence (n.) mid-14c., "forbearance in indulgence of the appetites," from Old French abstinence (earlier astenance ), from Latin abstinentia "abstinence, starvation; self-restraint, integrity," noun of quality from abstinentem (nominative abstinens ), present participle of abstinere (see abstain ). Specifically of sexual appetites from mid-14c., but also in Middle English of food,
• absorption 英文词源 absorption (n.) 1590s, from Latin absorptionem (nominative absorptio ), noun of action from past participle stem of absorbere "swallow up" (see absorb ). 中文词源 absorption ：吸收；专心 词根词缀： ab-分离 + -sorpt-吸收 + -ion名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： absorption 词源， absorption 含义。
• absorbing 英文词源 absorb (v.) early 15c., from Middle French absorber (Old French assorbir , 13c.), from Latin absorbere "to swallow up," from ab- "from" (see ab- ) + sorbere "suck in," from PIE root *srebh- "to suck, absorb" (cognates: Armenian arbi "I drank," Greek rhopheo "to sup greedily up, gulp down," Lithuanian srebiu "to drink greedily"). Figurative meaning "to completely grip (one's) attention
• absorbent 英文词源 absorbent 1718, adjective and noun, from Latin absorbentem (nominative absorbens ), present participle of absorbere "swallow up" (see absorb ). 中文词源 absorbent ：能吸收的 词根词缀： ab-分离 + -sorb-吸收 + -ent 形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： absorbent 词源， absorbent 含义。
• absorbed 英文词源 self-absorbed (adj.) 1796, from self- + absorbed (see absorb ). 中文词源 absorbed ：全神贯注的 词根词缀： ab-分离 + -sorb-吸收 + -ed 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： absorbed 词源， absorbed 含义。
• absolutely 英文词源 absolutely (adv.) late 14c., "unconditionally, completely," from absolute (adj.) + -ly (2). From mid-15c. as "without reference to anything else, not relatively;" meaning "to the utmost degree" emerged by mid-16c. As a colloquial emphatic in American English, it is attested from 1892. 中文词源 absolutely ：完全地，绝对地    词根词缀： ab-分离,脱离 + -solut-解开
• absent 英文词源 absent absent: [14] Absent is based ultimately on the Latin verb ‘to be’, esse . To this was added the prefix ab - ‘away’, giving Latin abesse ‘be away’; and the present participial stem of abesse was absent -. Hence, via Old French, the adjective absent and the noun absence . It has been conjectured, incidentally, that the present stem used for Latin esse was a descendant
• abrasive 英文词源 abrasive (n.) "an abrasive substance," 1853, from abrasive (adj.). abrasive (adj.) 1805, from Latin abras- , past participle stem of abradere "to scrape away, shave off" (see abrasion ) + -ive . Figurative sense of "tending to provoke anger" is first recorded 1925. Related: Abrasively ; abrasiveness . 中文词源 abrasive ：摩擦的，磨损的；有磨蚀作用的 词根词缀：
• abrasion 英文词源 abrasion (n.) 1650s, from Medieval Latin abrasionem (nominative abrasio ) "a scraping," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin abradere "to scrape away, shave off," from ab- "off" (see ab- ) + radere "to scrape" (see raze ). 中文词源 abrasion ：磨去，擦伤，剥蚀，起皮 词根词缀： ab-分离 + -ras-擦,刮 + -ion名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• abrase 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random blood blood: [OE] Blood is a Germanic word, occurring as German blut , Dutch bloed , Swedish blod , etc. as well as in English (the Romance languages take their words from Latin sanguis , whence English sanguine [14], while Greek had haima , as in English haemorrhage , haemoglobin , etc). The ultimate source of all these was Ger
• abradant 英文词源 abradant "An abradant substance or agent", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in U.S. Patents . From abrade + -ant. 中文词源 abradant ：磨损的，磨磋用的；有磨擦性的(如砂纸等) 词根词缀： ab-分离,脱离 + -rad-擦,刮 + -ant形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： abradant 词源， abradant 含义。
• abhorrent 英文词源 abhorrent (adj.) 1610s, "in a position or condition to recoil," usually with from ; from Latin abhorentem (nominative abhorrens ), present participle of abhorrere ; see abhor . Meaning "repugnant" is from 1650s. Earlier was abhorrable (late 15c.). 中文词源 abhorrent ：令人憎恶的 词根词缀： ab-相反 + -horr- 怕 + -ent 形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• aberration 英文词源 aberration (n.) 1590s, "a wandering, straying," from Latin aberrationem (nominative aberratio ) "a wandering," noun of action from past participle stem of aberrare "to wander out of the way, lose the way, go astray," from ab- "away" (see ab- ) + errare "to wander" (see err ). Meaning "deviation from the normal type" first attested 1846. 中文词源 aberration ：失常 词根词缀：
• aberrance 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random cancel cancel: see chancellor 中文词源 aberrance ：脱离正道，越轨，反常 词根词缀： ab-分离,脱离 + -err-错误 + -ance名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： aberrance 词源， aberrance 含义。
• abdominous 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random beverage beverage: [13] Beverage goes back to Latin bibere ‘drink’, from which English also gets imbibe [14], bibulous [17], beer , and probably bibber . From the verb was formed the Vulgar Latin noun * biberāticum ‘something to drink’, and hence, via Old French bevrage , English beverage . The colloquial abbreviation b
• abdomenal 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random capital capital: [13] Etymologically, capital is something that is at the top or ‘head’; it comes from Latin caput ‘head’. The various current English uses of the word reached us, however, by differing routes. The first to come was the adjective, which originally meant simply ‘of the head’ (Milton in Paradise lost wr
• abbreviator 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random tarantella tarantella: [18] In the 15th century in southern Italy an epidemic of a curious nervous disorder broke out, one of whose symptoms was an uncontrollable compulsion to whirl and cavort around, as if dancing. The people attributed it to the bite of a spider, the tarantula [16], named after the local town and seaport of T
• Achilles and Patroclus 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random trance trance: see transient 中文词源 Achilles and Patroclus ：阿喀琉斯和帕特洛克罗斯 希腊神话中，帕特洛克罗斯（Patroclus）是希腊第一勇士阿喀琉斯（Achilles）的远房亲戚和挚友，两人一同随希腊联军出征特洛伊。后来，阿喀琉斯与联军统帅阿伽门农不合，拒
• Achilles' heel 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random stay stay: English has three distinct words stay , two of them ultimately from the same source. Stay ‘stop’ [15] comes from estai -, the present stem of Old French ester ‘stand, stop’. This in turn went back to Latin stāre ‘stand’ (source of English state , statue , etc). Staid [16] originated as the past participle
• Althaea's brand 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random habeas corpus habeas corpus: [15] Habeas corpus means literally ‘you should have the body’. They are the first words of a Latin writ, apparently in use in England since the 13th century, requiring a person to be brought before a court of law. It begins Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum ‘You should have the body to undergo’,
• accomplishment of Perseus 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random embryo embryo: [16] The idea underlying embryo is of ‘growing within’. The word comes from Greek émbruon , a compound verb formed from the prefix en - ‘in’ and the verb brúein ‘swell, grow’, which meant literally ‘something that grows inside the body’. English acquired it via late Latin embryo . 中文词源 ac
• Adam's Apple 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random spawn spawn: [14] Spawn is ultimately the same word as expand , and etymologically it denotes the ‘spreading out’ of a fish’s eggs by its shedding them into the water. The word comes from espaundre , an Anglo-Norman variant of Old French espandre ‘spread, shed’. This was descended from Latin expandere ‘spread out’
• A Gordian Knot 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random souse souse: [14] To souse something is etymologically to steep it in ‘salt’. The word comes via Old French sous from Old Saxon sultia or Old High German sulza ‘brine’, descendants of the prehistoric Germanic base * salt -, * sult - (from which English gets salt ). The notion of pickling something in brine soon broadened
• A Procrustean Bed 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random wick wick: [OE] Wick ‘burning fibre in a candle or lamp’ has West Germanic relatives in German wieche and Dutch wiek , but its ultimate ancestry is uncertain (a connection has been suggested with Old Irish figim ‘I weave’). The wick of get on someone’s wick ‘annoy someone’, incidentally (first recorded in 1945), is
• Athena 英文词源 Athena Greek goddess of wisdom, skill in the arts, warfare, etc., from Latin Athena , from Greek Athene , perhaps from a name in a lost pre-Hellenic language. 中文词源 Athena （雅典娜）：希腊神话中的智慧女神雅典娜 希腊神话中，雅典娜（Athena）是奥林巴斯十二主神之一，是神王宙斯与墨提斯的女儿。据说，宙斯推翻父亲成为神王
• Aphrodite 英文词源 Aphrodite (n.) Greek goddess of love and beauty; by the ancients, her name was derived from Greek aphros "foam," from the story of her birth, but perhaps it is ultimately from Phoenician Ashtaroth (Assyrian Ishtar ). In 17c. English, pronounced to rhyme with night , right , etc. 中文词源 Aphrodite （阿芙洛狄忒）：风流的爱与美之女神阿芙洛狄忒 阿芙洛狄忒（
• andromeda 英文词源 Andromeda constellation, 1667 (earlier Andromece , mid-15c.); in classical mythology the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, from Greek, literally "mindful of her husband," from andros , genitive of aner "man" (see anthropo- ) + medesthai "to be mindful of, think on," related to medea (neuter plural) "counsels, plans, devices, cunning" (and source of the name Medea ). 中文词源 And