英语词源

• Americanism 英文词源 Americanism (n.) 1781, in reference to words or phrases distinct from British use, coined by John Witherspoon (1723-1794), president of Princeton College, from American + -ism . ( American English "English language as spoken in the United States" is first recorded 1806, in Webster.) Americanism in the patriotic sense "attachment to the U.S." is attested from 1797, first found in the w
• ampere 英文词源 ampere ampere: [19] This international term for a unit of electrical current derives from the name of André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836), the French physicist and mathematician. It was officially adopted by the Congrès Électrique in Paris in 1881. Ampère himself is best remembered for first making the distinction between electrical current and voltage, and for explaining magnetism
• ampereamnesty 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random sumptuous sumptuous: [15] Etymologically, sumptuous denotes ‘expensive, costly’; its modern connotations of ‘luxury’ or ‘lavishness’ are a secondary development. It comes via Old French somptueux from Latin sumptuōsus , a derivative of sumptus ‘expense’. This in turn was based on the past participle of the verb
• ahoy 英文词源 ahoy 1751, from a + hoy , a nautical call used in hauling. The original form of the greeting seems to have been ho, the ship ahoy! 中文词源 ahoy ：喂!啊嗬! ; ahoy 喂!啊嗬! 水手用ahoy招呼或警告远处的人或船只这一用法可以追溯到1751年，甚至更早一些时候。英国作家斯摩莱特(Tobias Smollet，1721—1771)在1751年问世的小说《皮克尔传
• AIDS 英文词源 AIDS (n.) 1982, acronym formed from a cquired i mmune d eficiency s yndrome. AIDS cocktail attested by 1997, the thing itself said to have been in use from 1995. 中文词源 AIDS ：艾滋病 AIDS, Aids 艾滋病 AIDS系acquired immune deficiency syndrome(获得性免疫缺损综合症)的首字母缩合予音译为“爱滋病”，多作“艾滋病"。这种最终导致人体自身免
• ageism 英文词源 ageism (n.) "discrimination against people based on age," coined 1969 by U.S. gerontologist Dr. Robert N. Butler, from age + -ism , on pattern of racism, sexism . Related: Ageist . 中文词源 ageism ：对老年人的歧视 ; ageism 对老年人的歧视 该词是医学博士Robert Butler出任老年研究所(the Institute of Aging)所长时按racism(种族歧视)；sexism(性别歧视
• abbreviation 英文词源 abbreviation (n.) mid-15c., from Middle French abréviation (15c.), from Late Latin abbreviationem (nominative abbreviatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of abbreviare "shorten, make brief," from Latin ad "to" (see ad- ) + breviare "shorten," from brevis "short, low, little, shallow" (see brief (adj.)). 中文词源 abbreviation ：缩写，缩写词 词根词缀： ab-加强
• aconite 英文词源 aconite (n.) poisonous plant (also known as monkshood and wolf's bane ), 1570s, from French aconit , from Latin aconitum , from Greek akoniton , which is of unknown origin. 中文词源 aconite ：乌头 ; aconite 乌头 aconite 是一种含有剧毒的植物，汉语统称乌头。由于昔日人们用它来毒杀恶狼，故英语中有wolfsbane，汉语中有狼毒之称；又因其花
• actor 英文词源 actor (n.) late 14c., "an overseer, guardian, steward," from Latin actor "an agent or doer," also "theatrical player," from past participle stem of agere (see act (n.)). Mid-15c. as "a doer, maker," also "a plaintiff." Sense of "one who performs in plays" is 1580s, originally applied to both men and women. 中文词源 actor ：演员 actor是从拉丁语ago（即“do”，做，表演
• amusement 英文词源 amusement (n.) c. 1600, "diversion of attention," especially in military actions, from French amusement , noun of action from amuser (see amuse ). And because all bold and irreverent Speeches touching matters of high nature, and all malicious and false Reports tending to Sedition, or to the Amusement of Our People, are punishable ... (etc.) [Charles II, Proclamation of Oct. 26, 1688]
• aheyance 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random cerebellum cerebellum: see saveloy 中文词源 aheyance ：中止，暂时搁置．归属待定 感叹词bah在现代英语表示轻蔑、厌恶、不耐烦等，而ba在许多语言中则表示惊奇，是构成若干英语单词的主要成分。英语词abash（使窘迫，使羞惭）源自古法语esbahir（使惊奇），词
• Ableism 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random segment segment: see section 中文词源 Ableism ：对残疾人的歧视 这是20世纪80年代出现的新词，仿racism（种族歧视）和sexism（性别歧视）类比构成，用以表示“对残疾人的歧视”。 (参见ageism) 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Ableism 词源， Ableism 含义。
• aerial 英文词源 aerial (adj.) c. 1600, from Latin aerius "airy, aerial, lofty, high" (from Greek aerios "of the air, pertaining to air," from aer "air;" see air (n.1)) + adjectival suffix -al (1). aerial (n.) 1902 (short for aerial antenna , etc.); see aerial (adj.). 中文词源 aerial ：天线 该词源自拉丁文aer‘air’（空气）。它既不是航空（飞行）时代才出现的，也不源
• afterward 英文词源 afterward (adv.) Old English æftanweard , from æftan "after" (see aft ) + -weard suffix indicating direction (see -ward ); nautical use as aftward , then expanded by influence of after ; variant afterwards shows adverbial genitive. 中文词源 afterward ：后来，以后 撒克逊人把船尾叫做aft，在aft后面加上词缀-ward（向…的，朝…方向）合成了aftward，表
• Africa 英文词源 Africa (n.) Latin Africa (terra) "African land, Libya, the Carthaginian territory," fem. of adjective Africus , from Afer "an African," a word of uncertain origin. The Latin word originally was used only in reference to the region around modern Tunisia; it gradually was extended to the whole continent. Derivation from Arabic afar "dust, earth" is tempting, but the early date seems to
• alphahetism 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random fragile fragile: [17] Fragile and frail [13] are doublets: that is to say, they have the same ultimate source but have evolved in different ways. In this case the source was Latin fragilis ‘breakable’, a derivative of the same base (* frag -) as produced frangere ‘break’ (whence English fractious ). Fragile was acquired
• also-ran 英文词源 also-ran (n.) 1896, originally in reference to horse-races, from also + past tense of run (v.). Probably from the way non-placing horses were listed in race results. 中文词源 also-ran ：落选的马，落选者 这是个美国口语用词，源出赛马运动。以前报纸在报道赛马结果时总是先列出夺魁及获二、三名的马匹名字，然后把未获名次的所有
• aquanaut 英文词源 aquanaut (n.) 1881, from aqua- + ending from Greek nautes "sailor" (see naval ). 中文词源 aquanaut ：海底工作人员，深水操作人员 该词由aqua-和-naut两个组合语素构成。aqua-多用于与水有关的词，古有“水”之义，借自拉丁语aqua，原义亦为“水”；-naut表示“（尤指从事科学研究的）…驾驶员”、“…操作人员”，
• argus-eyed 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random chickenpox chickenpox: see pox 中文词源 argus-eyed ：目光锐利的，机警的 阿耳戈斯(Argus)头上长有一百只眼睛，每逢睡觉时都只闭上一、两只眼睛。被赫拉派遗去监视变成了母牛的伊俄（宙斯的情人），后来被宙斯派遣神使赫耳墨斯杀了。阿耳戈斯死后，赫拉取
• arras 英文词源 arras arras: [15] An arras is a tapestry hanging, immortalized by Shakespeare in Hamlet when he conceals Polonius behind one, there to be killed by Hamlet. The word comes from the Anglo-Norman phrase draps d’arras , literally ‘cloth of Arras’: Arras is a city in the Pas-de- Calais, northern France, famous in the Middle Ages as a centre for the manufacture of woollens and tapestr
• Atlantic 英文词源 Atlantic late 14c., occean of Athlant "sea off the west coast of Africa" (early 15c. as occean Atlantyke ), from Latin Atlanticus , from Greek Atlantikos "of Atlas," adjectival form of Atlas (genitive Atlantos ), in reference to Mount Atlas in Mauritania (see Atlas ). Applied to the whole ocean since c. 1600. 中文词源 Atlantic ：大西洋（的） 传说一万多年以前在世界第
• automation 英文词源 automation (n.) 1948, in the manufacturing sense, coined by Ford Motor Co. Vice President Delmar S. Harder, from automatic + -ion . Earlier (1838) was automatism , which meant "quality of being automatic" in the classical sense. 中文词源 automation ：自动化 这是美国通用汽车公司( General Motors Corporation，GM) -位名叫D.S.Harder的职员于1936年杜撰的，但这个
• 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
• ascendant 英文词源 ascendant (adj.) late 14c., ascendent , astrological use is earliest, from Middle French ascendant (noun and adjective) and directly from Latin ascendentem (nominative ascendans ), present participle of ascendere "to mount, ascend, go up" (see ascend ). Sense "moving upward, rising" is recorded from 1590s. In the ascendant "ruling, dominant" (not, as is often thought, "rising") is fro
• A 英文词源 a a: [OE] The indefinite article in English is ultimately identical with the word one (as is the case, even more obviously, in other European languages – French un , German ein , and so on). The ancestor of both a(n) and one was ān , with a long vowel, but in the Old English period it was chiefly used for the numeral; where we would use a(n) , the Anglo-Saxons tended not to use an
• allegro 英文词源 allegro 1680s as a musical term, from Italian allegro "cheerful, gay," from Latin alacrem (nominative alacer ) "lively, cheerful, brisk" (see alacrity ). 中文词源 allegro ：快板 来自词根alacer, 欢快的，同alacrity. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： allegro 词源， allegro 含义。 allegro ：快板 来自alacer-,欢快的，词源同alacrity.
• azimuth 英文词源 azimuth azimuth: see zenith azimuth (n.) "distance of a star from the north or south point of the meridian," late 14c., from Old French azimut , from Arabic as-sumut "the ways," plural of as-samt "the way, direction" (see zenith ). 中文词源 azimuth ：方位角 来自阿拉伯语as-sumut. samut, 路，方位。比较nadir, 最低点，来自阿拉伯语nazir as-samt, nazir, 相反的
• azalea 英文词源 azalea azalea: see arid azalea (n.) type of flowering shrub, 1753, Modern Latin, coined by Linnaeus from the fem. of Greek azaleos "dry," related to azein "to dry up" (see ash (n.1)). The plant thrives in sandy soil. 中文词源 azalea ：杜鹃花 az, 干，词源同arid，干旱的。指该花生长于干旱的土地。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： azalea 词
• Ayurveda medicine 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random burk burk: [20] Although burk is now the commoner spelling, presumably under the influence of the proper name Burk , the original form of the word was berk . It is short for Berkeley (or perhaps Berkshire ) hunt , rhyming slang for cunt . (The Berkeley hunt chases foxes in Gloucestershire.) The pronunciation of the word represen
• aye 英文词源 aye aye: see ever , i aye (interj.) word of assent, 1570s, of unknown origin, perhaps a variant of I , meaning "I assent;" or an alteration of Middle English yai "yes" (see yea ), or from aye (adv.) "always, ever." aye (adv.) "always, ever," c. 1200, from Old Norse ei "ever" (cognate with Old English a "always, ever"), from PIE *aiw- "vital force, life, long life, eternity" (cognates:
• ayatollah 英文词源 ayatollah (n.) honorific title for an Iranian Shiite religious leader, 1950, from Persian, from Arabic ayatu-llah , literally "miraculous sign of God." 中文词源 ayatollah ：阿亚图拉（伊斯兰教宗教领袖） 来自阿拉伯语ayatu-llah. ayatu, 标志。llah, 神，同Allah. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ayatollah 词源， ayatollah 含义。
• ayah 英文词源 ayah (n.) "native nurse, children's governess," Anglo-Indian, 1782, from Portuguese aia , cognate with Spanish aya , Italian aja , etc., "nurse," from Latin avia "grandmother," fem. of avus "grandfather" (see uncle ). 中文词源 ayah ：女佣 来自印度语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ayah 词源， ayah 含义。
• axon 英文词源 axon (n.) "axis of the vertebrate body," 1842, from Greek axon "axis" (see axis ). 中文词源 axon ：(神经）轴突 来自PIE *aks, 轴。此处用于神经学术语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： axon 词源， axon 含义。
• axel 英文词源 axel (n.) skating jump, 1930, named for Norwegian skater Axel Paulsen (1855-1938). The name is said to be derived from the Old Testament name Absalom . 中文词源 axel ：(花样滑冰）前外跳 由挪威滑冰大师Axel Paulsen首创并以其名字命名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： axel 词源， axel 含义。
• axe 英文词源 axe axe: [OE] Relatives of the word axe are widespread throughout the Indo-European languages, from German axt and Dutch aaks to Latin ascia and Greek axínē . These point back to a hypothetical Indo-European * agwesī or * akusī , which denoted some sort of cutting or hewing tool. The Old English form was æx , and there is actually no historical justification for the modern Britis
• awk 英文词源 awk (adj.) mid-15c., "turned the wrong way," from Old Norse afugr "turned backwards, wrong, contrary," from Proto-Germanic *afug- , from PIE *apu-ko- , from root *apo- "off, away" (see apo- ). Obsolete since 17c. 中文词源 awk ：笨拙的 词源略。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： awk 词源， awk 含义。
• awful 英文词源 awful (adj.) c. 1300, agheful "worthy of respect or fear," from aghe , an earlier form of awe (n.), + -ful . The Old English word was egefull . Weakened sense "very bad" is from 1809; weakened sense of "exceedingly" is by 1818. 中文词源 awful ：极讨厌的 来自PIE *agh, 害怕。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： awful 词源， awful 含义。
• away 英文词源 away away: [OE] Away was formed in the late Old English period by conflating the phrase on weg , literally ‘on way’, that is, ‘on one’s way, departing’. This soon became reduced to aweg , hence away . = way away (adv.) late Old English aweg , earlier on weg "on from this (that) place;" see a- (1) + way (n.). Colloquial use for "without delay" ( fire away , also right away )
• aware 英文词源 aware aware: see ware aware (adj.) late Old English gewær , from Proto-Germanic *ga-waraz (cognates: Old Saxon giwar , Middle Dutch gheware , Old High German giwar , German gewahr ), from *ga- , intensive prefix, + waraz "wary, cautious" (see wary ). 中文词源 aware ：意识到 前缀a-同ad-. 词根ware, 看，见ware, 留意，词源同ward, 看。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• award 英文词源 award (v.) late 14c., "decide after careful observation," from Anglo-French awarder , from Old North French eswarder (Old French esguarder ) "decide, examine" (after careful consideration), from es- "out" (see ex- ) + warder "to watch" (see ward (n.)). Related: Awarded ; awarding . award (n.) late 14c., "decision after consideration," from Anglo-French award , Old French esguard , fro
• avoirdupois 英文词源 avoirdupois (n.) 1650s, misspelling of Middle English avoir-de-peise (c. 1300), from Old French avoir de pois "goods of weight," from aveir "property, goods" (noun use of aveir "have") + peis "weight," from Latin pensum , neuter of pendere "to weigh" (see pendant (n.)). After late 15c., the standard system of weights used in England for all goods except precious metals, precious stone
• avoid 英文词源 avoid avoid: [14] Avoid at first meant literally ‘make void, empty’. It was formed in Old French from the adjective vuide ‘empty’ (source of English void [13], and derived from a hypothetical Vulgar Latin * vocitus , which is related ultimately to vacant ). With the addition of the prefix es - ‘out’, a verb evuider was formed, which passed into English via Anglo-Norman avo
• avocet 英文词源 avocet "A long-legged wading bird with a slender upturned bill and strikingly patterned plumage", Late 17th century: from French avocette , from Italian avosetta . 中文词源 avocet ：反嘴鹬 来自意大利语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： avocet 词源， avocet 含义。
• avocation 英文词源 avocation (n.) 1520s, "a calling away from one's occupation," from Latin avocationem (nominative avocatio ) "a calling away, distraction, diversion," noun of action from past participle stem of avocare , from ab- "off, away from" (see ab- ) + vocare "to call" (see voice (n.)). 中文词源 avocation ：副业 前缀a-同ab-, 从，从...离开。vocation, 职业。即偏离主业。 该
• avocado 英文词源 avocado avocado: [17] Anyone tucking into an avocado could well be taken aback to learn that in the South American Indian language from which the word originally came, it meant literally ‘testicle’. The Nahuatl Indians named the fruit ahuacatl ‘testicle’ on account of its shape. The Spanish conquistadors took the word over as aguacate , but before long this became altered by f
• avionics 英文词源 avionics (n.) 1949, from aviation + electronics . 中文词源 avionics ：航空电子学 复合词。aviation，航空。electronics, 电子学。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： avionics 词源， avionics 含义。
• aviation 英文词源 aviation aviation: see augur aviation (n.) 1866, from French aviation , noun of action from stem of Latin avis "bird" (see aviary ). Coined 1863 by French aviation pioneer Guillaume Joseph Gabriel de La Landelle (1812-1886) in "Aviation ou Navigation aérienne." 中文词源 aviation ：航空 来自词根av, 鸟。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： aviation 词源，
• avenue 英文词源 avenue (n.) c. 1600, "a way of approach" (originally a military word), from Middle French avenue "way of access," from Old French avenue "act of approaching, arrival," noun use of fem. of avenu , past participle of avenir "to come to, arrive," from Latin advenire "to come to," from ad- "to" (see ad- ) + venire "to come" (see venue ). Meaning shifted to "a way of approach to a country-
• avail 英文词源 avail avail: see value avail (v.) c. 1300, availen , apparently a French compound formed in English from Old French a- "to" (see ad- ) + vailen "to avail," from vaill- , present stem of valoir "be worth," from Latin valere (see valiant ). Related: Availed ; availing . As a noun, from c. 1400. 中文词源 avail ：有益，有用 前缀a-同ad-, 去，往. 词根val, 力量，词源同
• auxin 英文词源 auxin (n.) plant growth hormone, 1934, from German (1931), from Greek auxein "to increase" (see augment ) + chemical suffix -in (2). 中文词源 auxin ：生长素 来自词根aux，同aug, 增长。-in, 化合物后缀，同vitamin. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： auxin 词源， auxin 含义。
• autumn 英文词源 autumn autumn: [14] English acquired autumn from Latin autumnus , partly via Old French autompne . Where Latin got the word from is a mystery; it may have been a borrowing from Etruscan, a long-extinct pre-Roman language of the Italian peninsula. In Old English, the term for ‘autumn’ was harvest , and this remained in common use throughout the Middle Ages; it was not until the 16t
• autowind 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random elope elope: [17] Etymologically, elope signifies ‘leap away’. It was originally an Anglo-Norman legal term applied to a married woman running off with a lover, and only in the past couple of hundred years has it come to be applied to a couple leaving home to get married when parental permission is denied. It is thought that
• auto-rickshaw 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random 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 attriti
• autopsy 英文词源 autopsy (n.) 1650s, "an eye-witnessing," from Modern Latin autopsia , from Greek autopsia "a seeing with one's own eyes," from autos- "self" (see auto- ) + opsis "a sight" (see eye (n.)). Sense of "dissection of a body to determine cause of death" is first recorded 1670s, probably from the same sense in French autopsie (1570s). 中文词源 autopsy ：验尸 前缀auto-, 自己的,亲自
• automobile 英文词源 automobile (adj.) 1883, in reference to electric traction cars, from French automobile (adj.), 1861, a hybrid from Greek autos "self" (see auto- ) + French mobile "moving," from Latin mobilis "movable" (see mobile (adj.)). automobile (n.) "self-propelled motor vehicle," 1895, from French automobile , short for véhicule automobile (see automobile (adj.)). The modern Greek calls it aut
• automatic 英文词源 automatic (adj.) "self-acting, moving or acting on its own," 1812, from Greek automatos , used of the gates of Olympus and the tripods of Hephaestus (also "without apparent cause, by accident"), from autos "self" (see auto- ) + matos "thinking, animated" (see automaton ). Of involuntary animal or human actions, from 1748, first used in this sense by English physician and philosopher D
• auto-erotic 英文词源 auto-erotic (adj.) 1898, coined by Havelock Ellis from auto- + erotic . Related: Auto-eroticism . 中文词源 auto-erotic ：自慰 前缀auto-, 自己的。Eros, 希腊爱神, 对应罗马爱神Cupid。指自我安慰。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： auto-erotic 词源， auto-erotic 含义。
• autodidact 英文词源 autodidact (n.) 1746, from Greek autodidaktos "self-taught" (see autodidactic ). 中文词源 autodidact ：自学 前缀auto-, 自己的。didact, 教育，说教者。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： autodidact 词源， autodidact 含义。
• autocross 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random attend attend: [13] Etymologically, attend means ‘stretch to’. It comes originally from Latin attendere , a compound verb formed from the prefix ad - ‘to’ and tendere ‘stretch’ (a descendant of an Indo-European base * ten -, * ton - ‘stretch’ which also produced, among others, Latin tenēre ‘hold’ – source
• autoclave 英文词源 autoclave (n.) 1880, from French, literally "self-locking," from auto- "self" (see auto- ) + Latin clavis "key" (see slot (n.2)). 中文词源 autoclave ：高压釜 前缀auto-, 自己的，自动的。词根clav, 锁，同clavicle, 锁骨, close,关闭。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： autoclave 词源， autoclave 含义。
• authority 英文词源 authority (n.) early 13c., autorite "book or quotation that settles an argument," from Old French auctorité "authority, prestige, right, permission, dignity, gravity; the Scriptures" (12c.; Modern French autorité ), from Latin auctoritatem (nominative auctoritas ) "invention, advice, opinion, influence, command," from auctor "master, leader, author" (see author (n.)). Usually spelle
• author 英文词源 author author: [14] Latin auctor originally meant ‘creator, originator’; it came from auct -, the past participial stem of augēre , which as well as ‘increase’ (as in English augment ) meant ‘originate’. But it also developed the specific sense ‘creator of a text, writer’, and brought both these meanings with it into English via Old French autor . Forms with - th - be
• Australopithecus 英文词源 Australopithecus (n.) 1925, coined by Australian anthropologist Raymond A. Dart (1893-1988) from Latin australis "southern" (see Australia ) + Greek pithekos "ape." So called because first discovered in South Africa. 中文词源 Australopithecus ：南方古猿 austral, 南方的。希腊语pithekos, 猿。因首次在南非发现而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• Australasia 英文词源 kangaroo (n.) 1770, used by Capt. Cook and botanist Joseph Banks, supposedly an aborigine word from northeast Queensland, Australia, usually said to be unknown now in any native language. However, according to Australian linguist R.M.W. Dixon ("The Languages of Australia," Cambridge, 1980), the word probably is from Guugu Yimidhirr (Endeavour River-area Aborigine language) /gaNurru/ "
• austral 英文词源 austral (adj.) 1540s, from Latin australis , from auster (see auster ). 中文词源 austral ：南方的 来自词根aur, 发光，照耀，热，见aurora. 由发光衍生单词east, 东方，太阳东升西落。由热衍生词义南方，指热风从南部爱琴海吹向罗马。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： austral 词源， austral 含义。
• Aussie 英文词源 Aussie (n.) short for Australian (n.) or Australia , attested from 1917. 中文词源 Aussie ：澳大利亚人 Australia的缩写。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Aussie 词源， Aussie 含义。
• aurora borealis 英文词源 aurora borealis (n.) 1620s, "Northern Lights," literally "northern dawn," said to have been coined by French philosopher Petrus Gassendus (1592-1655) after a spectacular display seen in France Sept. 2, 1621; see aurora + boreal . In northern Scotland and among sailors, sometimes called the dancers or the merry dancers . 中文词源 aurora borealis ：北极光 aurora, 光环。boreal
• aurora australis 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random text text: [14] Latin texere meant ‘weave’ (this was actually a secondary sense, its original meaning being ‘build’, and it went back ultimately to the Indo-European base * tek - ‘make’, source also of English technical ). Its past participle textus was used as a noun meaning ‘woven material’, and hence metaphori
• auricle 英文词源 auricle (n.) part of the ear, 1650s, from Latin auricula "ear," diminutive of auris (see ear (n.1)). As a chamber of the heart, early 15c., from Latin, so called from a perceived similarity in shape to an animal's ear. 中文词源 auricle ：耳廓 来自词根aur, 耳朵。-icle, 小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： auricle 词源， auricle 含义。
• au revoir 英文词源 au revoir 1690s, French, literally "to the seeing again." From revoir (12c.), from Latin revidere . 中文词源 au revoir ：再见 au, 法语定冠词the . revoir, 来自拉丁词revidere, 再看。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： au revoir 词源， au revoir 含义。
• aureole 英文词源 aureole (n.) early 13c., from Latin aureola (corona) , fem. diminutive of aureus "golden" (see aureate ). In medieval Christianity, the celestial crown worn by martyrs, virgins, etc., as victors over the flesh. 中文词源 aureole ：光环 来自词根aur, 发光，金黄。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： aureole 词源， aureole 含义。
• aureate 英文词源 aureate (adj.) early 15c., "gold, gold-colored," also figuratively, "splendid, brilliant," from Latin aureatus "decorated with gold," from aureus "golden," from aurum "gold," from PIE root *aus- (2) "gold" (cognates: Sanskrit ayah "metal," Avestan ayo , Latin aes "brass," Old English ar "brass, copper, bronze," Gothic aiz "bronze," Old Lithuanian ausas "gold"), probably related to roo
• aural 英文词源 aural (adj.) 1847, "pertaining to the ear," from Latin auris "ear" (see ear (n.1)) + -al (1). Meaning "received or perceived by ear" is attested from 1860. Related: Aurally . 中文词源 aural ：听觉的 来自词根aur, 耳朵，同ear. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： aural 词源， aural 含义。 aural ：听觉的  词根词缀： -aur-耳 + -al形容词词
• Aunt Sally 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random bower bower: [OE] A bower was originally simply a place where one lived; the modern connotation of a ‘secluded arbour’ did not become fully established until the 16th century. Old English būr came from West and North Germanic * būraz or * būram , a derivative of the prolific base * bü - ‘dwell’, which also produced b
• aura 英文词源 aura aura: see air aura (n.) 1870 in spiritualism, "subtle emanation around living beings;" earlier "characteristic impression" made by a personality (1859), earlier still "gentle breeze" (late 14c.), from Latin aura "breeze, wind, air," from Greek aura "breath, breeze," from PIE root *awer- (see air (n.1)). 中文词源 aura ：氛围 同air. 来自通灵术语，指人身上所流露出
• aunt 英文词源 aunt aunt: [13] Aunt appears to come ultimately from * amma , a hypothetical non-Indo-European word for ‘mother’ (parallel to Indo-European * mammā , and like it reproducing syllables perceived to be uttered by babies), which at some point was borrowed into Latin. It first appears in the derived form amita ‘paternal aunt’, which passed into English via Old French ante (of whi
• auld lang syne 英文词源 auld lang syne "Times long past", Late 18th century: Scots (see auld , lang syne ). The phrase was popularized as the title and refrain of a song by Robert Burns (1788). 中文词源 auld lang syne ：美好往夕 苏格兰短语，即old long since , 老朋友，好久不见！ 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： auld lang syne 词源， auld lang syne 含义。 au
• auk 英文词源 auk (n.) 1670s, from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse alka , probably originally imitative of a water-bird cry (compare Latin olor "swan," Greek elea "marsh bird"). 中文词源 auk ：海雀 来自拟声词，鸟的叫声。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： auk 词源， auk 含义。
• aught 英文词源 aught (n.1) "something," Old English awiht "aught, anything, something," literally "e'er a whit," from Proto-Germanic *aiwi "ever" (from PIE *aiw- "vital force, life, long life, eternity;" see eon ) + *wihti "thing, anything whatever" (see wight ). In Shakespeare, Milton and Pope, aught and ought occur indiscriminately. aught (n.2) "nothing, zero," faulty separation of a naught (see n
• auger 英文词源 auger (n.) c. 1500, faulty separation of Middle English a nauger , from Old English nafogar "nave drill," from Proto-Germanic *nabo-gaizaz (cognates: Old Norse nafarr , Old Saxon nabuger , Old High German nabuger ), a compound whose first element is related to nave (n.2) and whose second is identical to Old English gar "a spear, borer" (see gar ). For similar misdivisions, see adder .
• au fait 英文词源 au fait (adj.) 1743, French, "to the point, to the matter under discussion," literally "to the fact," from fait "fact" (see feat ). Used in French with sense of "acquainted with the facts." 中文词源 au fait ：熟悉的，精通的 au, 法语定冠词al变体，辅音l 软化成元音u. fait, 词源同fact. 即熟悉事实的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• audible 英文词源 audible audible: [16] Audible is one of a wide range of English words based ultimately on the Latin verb audīre ‘hear’ (which came from the Indo- European root * awiz -, source also of Greek aithánesthai ‘perceive’ and Sanskrit āvis ‘evidently’). Others include audience [14], audio - [20], audit [15] (from Latin audītus ‘hearing’; audits were originally done by rea
• auburn 英文词源 auburn auburn: [15] The colour of auburn has changed over the centuries. The word comes originally from Latin albus ‘white’ (whence English album , albino , alb , albedo , and albion ), from which was derived in medieval Latin alburnus ‘off-white’. This passed via Old French alborne , auborne into English, still meaning ‘yellowishwhite’. From the 15th to the 17th century i
• aubergine 英文词源 aubergine aubergine: [18] Etymologically, the aubergine is the ‘anti-fart vegetable’. That was the meaning of its ultimate source, Sanskrit vātinganah , so named because it did not produce intestinal gas. This was borrowed into Persian as bādingān , and reached Arabic as (with the definite article al ) al-bādindjān . It then made its way with the Moors into the Iberian penins
• attrition 英文词源 attrition attrition: see throw attrition (n.) 1540s, "abrasion, a scraping," from Latin attritionem (nominative attritio ), literally "a rubbing against," noun of action from past participle stem of atterere "to wear, rub away," figuratively "to destroy, waste," from ad- "to" (see ad- ) + terere "to rub" (see throw (v.)). The earliest sense in English is from Scholastic theology (late
• atypical 英文词源 atypical (adj.) 1847, from a- (2) "not" + typical . Related: Atypically . 中文词源 atypical ：非典型的 前缀a- , 不，非。typical，典型的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： atypical 词源， atypical 含义。
• attract 英文词源 attract attract: [15] Etymologically, attract means literally ‘pull something towards one’. It comes from attract -, the past participial stem of the Latin verb attrahere , a compound formed from the prefix ad - ‘to’ and the verb trahere ‘pull’. It was quite a late formation, of around the mid 15th century, coined on the model of other English verbs, such as abstract and c
• attitude 英文词源 attitude attitude: [17] In origin, attitude is the same word as aptitude . Both come ultimately from late Latin aptitūdō . In Old French this became aptitude , which English acquired in the 15th century, but in Italian it became attitudine , which meant ‘disposition’ or ‘posture’. This was transmitted via French attitude to English, where at first it was used as a technical
• attire 英文词源 attire attire: see tyre attire (v.) c. 1300, "to fit out, equip; to dress in finery, to adorn," from Old French atirier "to equip, ready, prepare," from a- "to" + tire "order, row, dress" (see tier ). Related: Attired ; attiring . attire (n.) c. 1300, "equipment of a man-at-arms; fine apparel," from attire (v.). 中文词源 attire ：服装，礼服 前缀at-同ad-. -tire同单词tie
• attend 英文词源 attend attend: [13] Etymologically, attend means ‘stretch to’. It comes originally from Latin attendere , a compound verb formed from the prefix ad - ‘to’ and tendere ‘stretch’ (a descendant of an Indo-European base * ten -, * ton - ‘stretch’ which also produced, among others, Latin tenēre ‘hold’ – source of English contain , maintain , obtain , etc – and Engl