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• arnica 英文词源 arnica (n.) plant genus of the borage family, 1753, Modern Latin, of unknown origin. Klein suggests Arabic arnabiyah , a name of a type of plant, as the ultimate source. 中文词源 arnica ：山金车酊 可能来自阿拉伯语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： arnica 词源， arnica 含义。
• army 英文词源 army army: [14] Latin armāta ‘armed’, the past participle of the verb armāre , was used in postclassical times as a noun, meaning ‘armed force’. Descendants of armāta in the Romance languages include Spanish armada and French armée , from which English borrowed army . In early usage it could (like Spanish armada ) mean a naval force as well as a land force (‘The King com
• armor 英文词源 armor (n.) c. 1300, "mail, defensive covering worn in combat," also "means of protection," from Old French armeure "weapons, armor" (12c.), from Latin armatura "arms, equipment," from arma "arms, gear" (see arm (n.2)). Figurative use from mid-14c. Meaning "military equipment generally," especially siege engines, is late 14c. The word might have died with jousting if not for late 19c.
• armoire 英文词源 armoire (n.) 1570s, from French armoire , from Old French armarie (12c.) "cupboard, bookcase, reliquary," from Latin armarium "closet, chest, place for implements or tools," from arma "gear, tools, arms" (see arm (n.2)). Before being reborrowed from French, the word earlier was in English as ambry (late 14c.). 中文词源 armoire ：大衣橱 来自法语。原指武器箱（大而结实
• armature 英文词源 armature (n.) c. 1400, "an armed force," from Latin armatura "armor, equipment," from armatus , past participle of armare "to arm, furnish with weapons" from arma (see arm (n.2)). Meaning "armor" is mid-15c.; that of "protective covering of a plant or animal" is from 1660s. Electromagnetic sense is from 1835. 中文词源 armature ：骨架 来自arm, 原指武装，后指骨架。 该词
• Armalite 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random bait bait: [13] Etymologically, the verb bait means ‘cause to bite’. It comes from Old Norse beita , a causative version of bita ‘bite’ (related to English bite ). This took two semantic paths in English. In its aggressive mode, it meant literally ‘set dogs on someone’, and hence by figurative extension ‘harrass, p
• Armagnac 英文词源 Armagnac "A type of brandy traditionally made in Aquitaine in SW France", From the former name of a district in Aquitaine. 中文词源 Armagnac ：阿马尼亚克白兰地酒 来自法国一地名，盛产白兰地。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Armagnac 词源， Armagnac 含义。
• armade 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random thief thief: [OE] Thief goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * theubaz , which also produced German dieb , Dutch dief , Swedish tjuf , and Danish tyv . It is not clear where this came from, although it might be related to Lithuanian tupeti ‘cower, squat’ and Latvian tupt ‘squat’, in which case it would denote etymological
• arm 英文词源 arm arm: [OE] The two distinct senses of arm , ‘limb’ and ‘weapon’, both go back ultimately to the same source, the Indo-European base * ar - ‘fit, join’ (which also produced art and article ). One derivative of this was Latin arma ‘weapons, tools’, which entered English via Old French armes in the 13th century (the singular form was virtually unknown before the 19th c
• arithmetic 英文词源 arithmetic arithmetic: see algorithm arithmetic (n.) mid-13c., arsmetike , from Old French arsmetique (12c.), from Latin arithmetica , from Greek arithmetike (tekhne) "(the) counting (art)," fem. of arithmetikos "of or for reckoning, arithmetical," from arithmos "number, counting, amount," from PIE root *re(i)- "to reason, count" (cognates: Old English, Old High German rim "number;" O
• Aristotelian 英文词源 Aristotelian (adj.) also Aristotelean , c. 1600, of or pertaining to the person or teachings of Greek philosopher Aristotle (384-322 B.C.E.). 中文词源 Aristotelian ：亚里式多德的 来自古希腊哲学家Aristotle, 来自词根arist, 最好的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Aristotelian 词源， Aristotelian 含义。
• aristocrat 英文词源 aristocrat (n.) 1789, from French aristocrate , a word of the Revolution, a back-formation from aristocratie (see aristocracy ). 中文词源 aristocrat ：贵族 词源同aristocracy. -cracy, 抽象名词后缀。-crat, 具象名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： aristocrat 词源， aristocrat 含义。 aristocrat ：贵族, 有贵族气派的人 该词
• arise 英文词源 arise arise: [OE] Arise is a compound verb with cognate forms in many other Germanic languages (Gothic, for instance, had urreisan ). The prefix a - originally meant ‘away, out’, and hence was used as an intensive; rise comes from an unidentified Germanic source which some etymologists have connected with Latin rīvus ‘stream’ (source of English rivulet ), on the basis of the
• Aries 英文词源 Aries zodiac constellation usually identified as "the Ram," late Old English, from Latin aires "ram" (related to arietare "to butt"), from a PIE root meaning "spring, jump" (cognates: Lithuanian erytis , Old Church Slavonic jarici , Armenian oroj "lamb;" Greek eriphos , Old Irish heirp "kid"). Meaning "person born under the sign of Aries" is from 1894; they also have been called Arian
• argyle 英文词源 Argyle (n.) "diamond-shaped pattern of two or more colors in fabric," said to be so called from similarity to tartans worn by Campbell clan of Argyll , Scotland. The place name is literally "land of the Gaels," from Old Irish airer "country." Argyle socks is from 1935. 中文词源 argyle ：菱形花纹 来自苏格兰Argyle 郡所生产的格子呢而得名。 该词的英语词源请
• argy-bargy 英文词源 argy-bargy "Noisy quarrelling or wrangling", Late 19th century (originally Scots): rhyming jingle based on argue. 中文词源 argy-bargy ：争吵 韵律构词法。argy, 同argue. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： argy-bargy 词源， argy-bargy 含义。
• argue 英文词源 argue argue: [14] English acquired argue and its various meanings via rather complex paths, but its ultimate origin is straightforward: the Latin verb arguere derived from a prehistoric Indo- European base * arg - ‘be white, bright, or clear’ (source also of Latin argentum ‘silver’, and thus of French argent ‘money’); it therefore meant primarily ‘make clear’, but this
• argon 英文词源 argon (n.) chemical element, 1894, Modern Latin, from Greek argon , neuter of argos "lazy, idle, not working the ground, living without labor," from a- "without" (see a- (3)) + ergon "work" (see organ ). So called by its discoverers, Baron Rayleigh and Sir William Ramsay, for its inert qualities. 中文词源 argon ：氩 前缀a-, 没有。词根erg, 驱动，同urge, work. 指一种惰
• areola 英文词源 areola (n.) "colored circle around a nipple," 1706, from Latin areola , literally "small area," diminutive of area (see area ). Introduced in this sense 1605 by Swiss anatomist and botanist Caspar Bauhin (1560-1624). 中文词源 areola ：乳晕 areola（pl. areolae），来自area, 区域。-ola, 小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： areola 词源，
• area 英文词源 area area: [16] Area is a direct borrowing from Latin ārea , which simply meant ‘level piece of open ground, particularly one not built on in a city’. An alternative sense of the Latin word, ‘place where grain is threshed’, has suggested to some etymologists a derivation from the Latin verb ārēre ‘be dry’ (related to ardor and aridus , sources of English ardour and arid
• are 英文词源 are (v.) present plural indicative of be (q.v.), from Old English earun (Mercian), aron (Northumbrian). Also from Old Norse cognates. In 17c., began to replace be , ben as first person plural present indicative in standard English. The only non-dialectal survival of be in this sense is the powers that be . But in southwest England, we be (in Devonshire us be ) remains non-standard idi
• arduous 英文词源 arduous arduous: [16] Latin arduus , the source of English arduous , originally meant ‘high, steep’ (it is related to Greek orthós ‘straight, upright, correct’, as in English orthodox ); the sense ‘difficult, laborious’ was a later metaphorical development. (The word has no connection with ardour , which comes ultimately from Latin ardēre ‘burn’; see ARSON.) = orthod
• architrave 英文词源 architrave (n.) 1560s, from Italian architrave , from archi- "beginning, origin" (see archon ) + trave "beam," from Latin trabem (nominative trabs ) "beam, timber," from PIE *treb- "dwelling" (see tavern ). 中文词源 architrave ：门楣 前缀arch-, 始，主要。trave, 横木，来自词根treb, 居住，同thorp, 村庄。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• archer 英文词源 archer archer: [13] Like arch , archer comes from Latin arcus ‘curve, bow’. Its hypothetical Vulgar Latin derivative * arcārius ‘bowman’ passed via Old French archier and Anglo-Norman archer into English. The ultimate source of arcus was the Indo-European base * arkw -, from which English arrow eventually developed. = arc , arch , arrow archer (n.) late 13c., from Anglo-Frenc
• archduke 英文词源 archduke (n.) 1520s, from Middle French and Old French archeduc , from Merovingian Latin archiducem (c.750); see arch- + duke (n.). Formerly the title of the rulers of Austrasia, Lorraine, Brabant, and Austria; later the titular dignity of the sons of the Emperor of Austria. Related: Archducal ; archduchy . 中文词源 archduke ：大公 前缀arch-, 始，主要。duke,大公。 该词
• archduchess 英文词源 archduchess (n.) 1610s; see arch- + duchess . Also compare archduke . 中文词源 archduchess ：大公夫人 前缀arch-, 始，主要。duchess, 公爵夫人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： archduchess 词源， archduchess 含义。
• archdiocese 英文词源 archdiocese (n.) 1762, from arch- + diocese . 中文词源 archdiocese ：大主教区 前缀arch-, 始，主要。diocese, 教区。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： archdiocese 词源， archdiocese 含义。
• archdeacon 英文词源 archdeacon (n.) Old English arcediacon , from Church Latin archidiaconus , from Ecclesiastical Greek arkhidiakonon "chief deacon;" see arch- + deacon . 中文词源 archdeacon ：会吏长 前缀arch-, 始，主要。deacon, 执事。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： archdeacon 词源， archdeacon 含义。
• Archbishop 英文词源 archbishop (n.) Old English ærcebiscop , from Late Latin archiepiscopus , from Greek arkhi- "chief" (see archon ) + episkopos "bishop," literally "overseer." Replaced earlier Old English heah biscop (see bishop ). The spelling conformed to Latin from 12c. 中文词源 Archbishop ：大主教 前缀arch-, 始，主要。bishop, 主教，来自拉丁词episcopus. 该词的英语词源请
• archaeopteryx 英文词源 archaeopteryx (n.) oldest known fossil bird, 1859, Modern Latin, from archaeo- "ancient, primitive" + Greek pteryx "wing" (see pterodactyl ). 中文词源 archaeopteryx ：始祖鸟 前缀arch-, 始。词根pet, 翅膀，追求，同appetite. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： archaeopteryx 词源， archaeopteryx 含义。
• arch- 英文词源 arch- also archi- , word-forming element meaning "chief, principal; extreme, ultra; early, primitive," from Latinized form of Greek arkh- , arkhi- "first, chief, primeval," comb. form of arkhos "chief" (see archon ). 中文词源 arch- ：原始的，主要的 来自希腊语，表示原始，最初，主要。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： arch- 词源， arc
• Arcadian 英文词源 Arcadian "ideally rustic or rural; an idealized rustic," 1580s, from Greek Arkadia , district in the Peloponnesus, taken by poets as an ideal region of rural felicity, traditionally from Arkas (genitive Arkadas ), son of Zeus, name of the founder and first ruler of Arcadia. 中文词源 Arcadian ：阿卡迪亚的，世外桃源的 来自希腊地名，Arcadia, 诗人笔下的世外桃源
• arcade 英文词源 arcade (n.) 1731 (as arcado , from 1640s), from Italian arcata "arch of a bridge," from arco "arc," from Latin arcus (see arc ). Applied to passages formed by a succession of arches, avenues of trees, and ultimately to any covered avenue, especially one lined with shops (1731) or amusements; hence arcade game (1977). 中文词源 arcade ：拱廊 同arc, 弧。 该词的英语词源请访
• arc 英文词源 arc arc: see arch arc (n.) late 14c., originally in reference to the sun's apparent motion in the sky, from Old French arc "bow, arch, vault" (12c.), from Latin arcus "a bow, arch," from PIE root *arku- "bowed, curved" (cognates: Gothic arhvazna "arrow," Old English earh , Old Norse ör ; also, via notion of "supple, flexible," Greek arkeuthos , Latvian ercis "juniper," Russian rakita
• arbor 英文词源 arbor (n.) c. 1300, herber , "herb garden," from Old French erbier "field, meadow; kitchen garden," from Latin herba "grass, herb" (see herb ). Later "a grassy plot" (early 14c., a sense also in Old French), "a shaded nook" (mid-14c.). Probably not from Latin arbor "tree," though perhaps influenced by its spelling. The change from er- to ar- before consonants in Middle English also re
• arbitrage 英文词源 arbitrage (n.) "exercise of the function of an arbitrator," late 15c., from Old French arbitrage "arbitration, judgment," from arbitrer "to arbitrate, judge," from Late Latin arbitrari , from Latin arbiter (see arbiter ). 中文词源 arbitrage ：套利 同arbiter, 指裁判员身份。经济学术语，词义贬义化，即同时当运动员和裁判员。 该词的英语词源请访问
• aran 英文词源 Aran "Denoting a type of knitwear or garment with traditional patterns, typically involving raised cable stitch and large diamond designs", 1960s: from the Aran Islands. 中文词源 aran ：阿伦式的（有凸形棱纹花纹） 来自爱尔兰Aran Island 生产的一种Aran jumper 而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： aran 词源， aran 含义。
• Arab 英文词源 Arab (n.) late 14c. ( Arabes , a plural form), from Old French Arabi , from Latin Arabs (accusative Arabem ), from Greek Araps (genitive Arabos ), from Arabic 'arab , indigenous name of the people, perhaps literally "inhabitant of the desert" and related to Hebrew arabha "desert." Meaning "homeless little wanderer, child of the street" is from 1848 (originally Arab of the city ), in r
• aquiline 英文词源 aquiline aquiline: see eagle aquiline (adj.) "curved like an eagle's beak," 1640s, originally in English in reference to long, hooked noses, from Latin aquilinus "of or like an eagle," from aquila "eagle," of uncertain origin, usually explained as "the dark bird;" compare aquilus "blackish, of the color of darkness." 中文词源 aquiline ：鹰钩状的 来自拉丁词aquila, 鹰。 该
• aqueous humor 英文词源 aqueous (adj.) 1640s, from Latin aqua "water" (see aqua- ) on analogy of French aqueux "watery" (16c., which, however, is from Late Latin aquosus "abounding in water"). Or by analogy of Latin terreus "earthy," from terra "earth." Aqueous humor is the original use in English. 中文词源 aqueous humor ：眼房水 词根aqua, 水。humor, 体液，幽默。 该词的英语词源请访问
• aquatint 英文词源 aquatint (n.) 1782, "engraving made with aqua fortis ," from Italian acquatinta , from Latin aqua tincta "dyed water;" see aqua- + tinct . 中文词源 aquatint ：飞尘腐蚀法 词根aqua, 水。tint, 着色，色泽。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： aquatint 词源， aquatint 含义。
• aquarobics 英文词源 aquarobics "Aerobic exercises performed in water", 1980s: blend of aqua- and aerobics. 中文词源 aquarobics ：水中有氧操 词根aqua, 水。aerobics, 有氧健身。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： aquarobics 词源， aquarobics 含义。
• aquarius 英文词源 Aquarius faint constellation and 11th zodiac sign, late Old English, from Latin aquarius , literally "water carrier," properly an adjective, "pertaining to water" (see aquarium ); a loan-translation of Greek Hydrokhoos "the water-pourer," old Greek name of this constellation. Aquarians were a former Christian sect that used water instead of wine at the Lord's Supper. Age of Aquarius (
• aquarium 英文词源 aquarium aquarium: [19] Aquarium is a modern adaptation of the neuter form of the Latin adjective aquārius ‘watery’ (a noun aquārium existed in Roman times, but it meant ‘place where cattle drink’). Its model was vivarium , a 16th-century word for a ‘place for keeping live animals’. This was the term first pressed into service to describe such a place used for displaying
• aquamarine 英文词源 aquamarine aquamarine: [19] Aquamarine means literally ‘sea water’ – from Latin aqua marīna . Its first application in English was to the precious stone, a variety of beryl, so named because of its bluish-green colour. The art critic John Ruskin seems to have been the first to use it with reference to the colour itself, in Modern Painters 1846. (The French version of the word,
• aquaculture 英文词源 aquaculture (n.) 1869, from aqua- + culture (n.). 中文词源 aquaculture ：水产养殖 词根aqua, 水。Culture, 农耕，文化。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： aquaculture 词源， aquaculture 含义。 aquaculture ：水产业，水产养殖 词根词缀： -aqua-水 + -cult-耕种,培育 + -ure名词词尾
• aqua 英文词源 aqua (n.) "water," late 14c.; see aqua- . Used in late Middle English in combinations to mean "decoction, solution" (as in aqua regia , a mix of concentrated acids, literally "royal water," so called for its power to dissolve gold and other "noble" metals). As the name of a light greenish-blue color, 1936. 中文词源 aqua ：水的 来自PIE *akwa, 水。其中aqua指有生命的水。
• apse 英文词源 apse apse: [19] Apse ‘vaulted recess in a church’ is an anglicization of Latin apsis . This was a borrowing of Greek apsís or hapsís , which meant literally ‘a fastening together’ (it was derived from the verb háptein ‘join’). The notion that underlies its application to a vaulted space seems to be the joining together of arcs to form a circle; an early Greek use was as
• a priori 英文词源 a priori 1710, "from cause to effect" (a logical term, in reference to reasoning), Latin, literally "from what comes first," from priori , ablative of prior "first" (see prior (adj.)). Used loosely for "in accordance with previous knowledge" (1834). 中文词源 a priori ：由因及果 来自拉丁短语。a同前缀ab-, 从, 从...离开。priori, 先前的。即从前至后，由因及
• apricot 英文词源 apricot apricot: [16] The word apricot reached English by a peculiarly circuitous route from Latin. The original term used by the Romans for the apricot, a fruit which came ultimately from China, was prūnum Arminiacum or mālum Arminiacum ‘Armenian plum or apple’ (Armenia was an early source of choice apricots). But a new term gradually replaced these: mālum praecocum ‘early-r
• apres-ski 英文词源 après-ski "The social activities and entertainment following a day’s skiing", 1950s: from French, literally 'after skiing'. 中文词源 apres-ski ：滑雪后娱乐活动 来自法语。apres, 在...后。Ski, 滑雪。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： apres-ski 词源， apres-ski 含义。
• appurtenance 英文词源 appurtenance (n.) c. 1300, "right, privilege or possession subsidiary to a principal one," from Anglo-French apurtenance (12c.), Old French apartenance , present participle of apartenir "be related to," from Latin appertinere "to pertain to," from ad- "to" (see ad- ) + pertinere "belong to" (see pertain ). 中文词源 appurtenance ：附加物 前缀ap-同ad-. 前缀pur, 同per, 整个
• approve 英文词源 approve approve: [14] The Latin source of approve , approbāre , was a derivative of probāre , source of English prove . Probāre originally meant ‘test something to find if it is good’ (it was based on Latin probus ‘good’) and this became extended to ‘show something to be good or valid’. It was this sense that was taken up by approbāre and carried further to ‘assent t
• approbation 英文词源 approbation (n.) late 14c., "proven effectiveness, excellence," from Old French aprobacion or directly from Latin approbationem (nominative approbatio ) "an approval," noun of action from past participle stem of approbare (see approve ). Meaning "approval, endorsement" is from early 15c. 中文词源 approbation ：批准 前缀ap-同ad-. 前缀pro, 向前。单词be, 是。 该词的英
• apprenticeship 英文词源 apprenticeship (n.) 1590s, from apprentice (n.) + -ship . Replaced earlier apprenticehood (late 14c., with -hood ). 中文词源 apprenticeship ：学徒期 前缀ap-同ad-. -prend, 来自prehend的缩写，见apprehend. 即抓住知识，学徒。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： apprenticeship 词源， apprenticeship 含义。
• apportion 英文词源 apportion (v.) 1570s, from Middle French apportionner , from Old French aporcioner "apportion, share out," from a- "to" (see ad- ) + portioner "to divide into portions," from portion "share, portion" (see portion ). Related: Apportioned ; apportioning . 中文词源 apportion ：分摊 前缀ap-同ad-. 词根par, 等同，见part, portion. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• applique 英文词源 applique (n.) 1841, from French appliqué "work applied or laid on another material," noun use of past participle of appliquer "to apply" (12c.), from Latin applicare (see apply ). 中文词源 applique ：贴花 词源同apply. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： applique 词源， applique 含义。
• apple 英文词源 apple apple: [OE] Words related to apple are found all over Europe; not just in Germanic languages (German apfel , Dutch appel , Swedish äpple ), but also in Balto-Slavonic (Lithuanian óbuolas , Polish jabtko ), and Celtic (Irish ubhall , Welsh afal ) languages. The Old English version was æppel , which developed to modern English apple . Apparently from earliest times the word was
• appertain 英文词源 appertain (v.) late 14c., from Anglo-French apartenir , Old French apartenir (12c.) "be related to; be incumbent upon," from Late Latin appertinere "to pertain to," from ad- "to, completely" (see ad- ) + pertinere "to belong to" (see pertain ). To belong as parts to the whole, or as members to a family or class. Related: Appertained ; appertaining . 中文词源 appertain ：相关的
• append 英文词源 append (v.) late 14c., "to belong to as a possession or right," from Old French apendre (13c.) belong, be dependent (on); attach (oneself) to; hang, hang up," and directly from Latin appendere "to cause to hang (from something), weigh," from ad- "to" (see ad- ) + pendere "hang" (see pendant ). Meaning "to hang on, attach as a pendant" is 1640s; that of "attach as an appendix" is recor
• appear 英文词源 appear appear: [13] Appear comes via Old French apareir from Latin appārēre , a compound verb formed from the prefix ad - and pārēre ‘show, become visible’ (related to Greek peparein ‘display’). Appārēre was also the ultimate source of apparent [14], via its present participial stem appārent -, and of apparition [15], via its noun derivative appāritiō . = apparent , a
• apparent 英文词源 apparent apparent: see appear apparent (adj.) late 14c., from Old French aparant "evident, obvious, visible," from Latin apparentem (nominative apparens ) "visible, manifest," present participle of apparere (see appear ). First attested in phrase heir apparent (see heir ). Meaning "superficial" is c. 1400. Apparent magnitude in astronomy (how bright a heavenly body looks from earth, a
• appal 英文词源 appal "Greatly dismay or horrify", Middle English: from Old French apalir 'grow pale', from a- (from Latin ad 'to, at') + palir 'to pale'. The original sense was 'grow pale', later 'make pale', hence 'horrify' ( late Middle English).MoreLike abhor, appal has its origin in the physical effect of being horrified. Old French apalir meant both ‘to grow pale’ and ‘to make pale’, an
• appa 英文词源 apparatus apparatus: [17] Etymologically, apparatus is ‘equipment that has been prepared for a particular use’. The word is borrowed from Latin apparātus , the past participle of the compound verb apparāre , formed from the prefix ad - and parāre ‘make ready’ (source of prepare ‘make ready in advance’, and related to parent ). At the beginning of the 17th century, the r
• apotheosis 英文词源 apotheosis apotheosis: see theology apotheosis (n.) 1600s, from Late Latin apotheosis "deification," from Greek apotheosis , from apotheoun "deify, make (someone) a god," from apo- special use of this prefix, meaning, here, "change" + theos "god" (see theo- ). 中文词源 apotheosis ：封神 前缀apo-, 从，从...离开，此处用于加强语气，指变成。词根theo, 神，见
• a posteriori 英文词源 a posteriori Latin, literally "from what comes after" (see posterior ). 中文词源 a posteriori ：由果及因 拉丁短语。a同前缀ab-, 从，从...离开。词根post, 后，见post-modern,后现代。即由后及前，由果及因。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： a posteriori 词源， a posteriori 含义。
• aporia 英文词源 aporia (n.) 1580s, from Latin, from Greek aporia , noun of state from aporos (see aporetic ). 中文词源 aporia ：自相矛盾 前缀a-, 无，没有。词根por, 通过，同port, 港口。即没法通过的，自相矛盾的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： aporia 词源， aporia 含义。
• apoplectic 英文词源 apoplectic (adj.) 1610s, "involving apoplexy," from French apoplectique (16c.), from Latin apoplecticus , from Greek apoplektikos "disabled by a stroke, crippled, struck dumb," from apoplektos , verbal adjective of apoplessein (see apoplexy ). Meaning "showing symptoms of apoplexy" (1721) gradually shaded into "enraged, very angry." 中文词源 apoplectic ：大怒的 apoplexy的形容
• apologist 英文词源 apologist (n.) 1630s, from French apologiste , from apologie (see apology ). 中文词源 apologist ：辩护者，辩解者 见apology. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： apologist 词源， apologist 含义。
• apollonian 英文词源 Apollonian (adj.) 1660s, from Apollo (Greek Apollon ) + -ian . The Greek adjective was Apollonios . The word also is attested in English as Apollinarian (1753), Apolline (c. 1600). 中文词源 apollonian ：阿波罗的，理性的 来自Apollo, 音乐，文学，医药之神。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： apollonian 词源， apollonian 含义。
• apolitical 英文词源 apolitical (adj.) 1947, from a- "not" (see a- (3)) + political . 中文词源 apolitical ：不关心政治的 前缀a-, 无，没有。politic, 政治的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： apolitical 词源， apolitical 含义。
• apocryphal 英文词源 apocryphal apocryphal: [16] Apocryphal is a ‘secondgeneration’ adjective; the original adjective form in English was apocrypha (‘The writing is apocrypha when the author thereof is unknown’, John de Trevisa 1387). This came, via ecclesiastical Latin, from Greek apókruphos ‘hidden’, a derivative of the compound verb apokrúptein ‘hide away’, which was formed from the p
• apnoea 英文词源 apnoea "Temporary cessation of breathing, especially during sleep", Early 18th century: modern Latin, from Greek apnoia , from apnous 'breathless'. 中文词源 apnoea ：(睡眠）呼吸暂停 前缀a- , 没有。词根pn, 呼吸，吹气，拟声词，见pneumatic, 气力的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： apnoea 词源， apnoea 含义。
• aphrodisiac 英文词源 aphrodisiac (n.) 1719, from Greek aphrodisiakos "inducing sexual desire," from aphrodisios , "pertaining to Aphrodite ; sexual pleasure; a temple of Aphrodite," Greek goddess of love and beauty. As an adjective from 1830 (earlier was aphrodisical , 1719) 中文词源 aphrodisiac ：春药 来自希腊爱神Aphrodite名，同罗马爱神Venus。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• aphid 英文词源 aphid (n.) 1884, anglicized from Modern Latin aphides , plural of aphis , coined by Linnaeus (1758), though where he got it and why he applied it to the plant louse are mysteries. The theory favored by OED as "least improbable" is that it derives from the plural of Greek apheides "unsparing, lavishly bestowed," in reference either to the "prodigious rate of production" of the insects
• aphasia 英文词源 aphasia (n.) "loss of ability to speak," especially as result of brain injury or disorder, 1867, from Modern Latin aphasia , from Greek aphasia "speechlessness," from a- "without" (see a- (3)) + phasis "utterance," from phanai "to speak," related to pheme "voice, report, rumor" (see fame (n.)). APHASIA is the term which has recently been given to the loss of the faculty of articulate
• aperture 英文词源 aperture (n.) early 15c., from Latin apertura "an opening," from apertus , past participle of aperire "to open" (see overt ). 中文词源 aperture ：孔径 来自词根aper, 开口。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： aperture 词源， aperture 含义。
• ape 英文词源 ape ape: [OE] Ape (in Old English apa ) has cognates in several Germanic languages (German affe , Dutch aap , Swedish apa ), and comes from a prehistoric West and North Germanic * apan (perhaps originally borrowed from Celtic). Until the early 16th century, when English acquired the word monkey , it was the only term available for any of the non-human primates, but from around 1700 it
• apatosaurus 英文词源 apatosaurus "A huge herbivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic period, with a long neck and tail", Modern Latin, from Greek apatē 'deceit' + sauros 'lizard'. 中文词源 apatosaurus ：谬龙 来自希腊词apate, 欺骗。词根saur, 恐龙。发现该恐龙化石时跟传统认识的恐龙不一样，因而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： apatosaurus
• apathy 英文词源 apathy (n.) c. 1600, "freedom from suffering," from French apathie (16c.), from Latin apathia , from Greek apatheia "freedom from suffering, impassability, want of sensation," from apathes "without feeling, without suffering or having suffered," from a- "without" (see a- (3)) + pathos "emotion, feeling, suffering" (see pathos ). Originally a positive quality; sense of "indolence of mi
• apache 英文词源 Apache 1745, from American Spanish (1598), probably from Yavapai (a Yuman language) 'epache "people." Sometimes derived from Zuni apachu "enemy" (see F.W. Hodge, "American Indians," 1907), but this seems to have been the Zuni name for the Navajo. French journalistic sense of "Parisian gangster or thug" first attested 1902. Apache dance was the World War I-era equivalent of 1990s' brut
• apace 英文词源 apace (adv.) mid-14c., from a pace , literally "at a pace," but usually with a sense of "at a good pace," from a- (1) "on" + pace (n.). 中文词源 apace ：加快 来自短语a pace, 即at a good pace. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： apace 词源， apace 含义。
• Aotearoa 英文词源 Aotearoa "Maori name for New Zealand", Maori, literally 'land of the long white cloud'. 中文词源 Aotearoa ：新西兰 来自新西兰毛利语。ao, 云。tea, 白。roa, 长。即白云飘飘之地。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Aotearoa 词源， Aotearoa 含义。
• any 英文词源 any any: [OE] Any is descended from a prehistoric Germanic compound meaning literally ‘one-y’ (a formation duplicated in unique , whose Latin source ūnicus was compounded of ūnus ‘one’ and the adjective suffix - icus ). Germanic * ainigaz was formed from * ain - (source of English one ) and the stem *- ig -, from which the English adjective suffix - y is ultimately derived.
• anxious 英文词源 anxious (adj.) 1620s, from Latin anxius "solicitous, uneasy, troubled in mind" (also "causing anxiety, troublesome"), from angere , anguere "choke, squeeze," figuratively "torment, cause distress" (see anger (v.)). The same image is in Serbo-Croatian tjeskoba "anxiety," literally "tightness, narrowness." Related: Anxiously ; anxiousness . 中文词源 anxious ：焦急的 来自anger古
• anus 英文词源 anus (n.) "inferior opening of the alimentary canal," 1650s, from Old French anus , from Latin anus "ring, anus," from PIE root *ano- "ring." So called for its shape; compare Greek daktylios "anus," literally "ring (for the finger)," from daktylos "finger." 中文词源 anus ：肛门 来自PIE *ano, 圆，环，见annular. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： anus 词
• antsy 英文词源 antsy (adj.) 1838, American English, from plural of ant + -y (2); probably reflecting the same image as the slang expression have ants in (one's) pants "be restless and fidgety" from a century later. Related: Antsiness . 中文词源 antsy ：坐立不安 来自ant复数。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： antsy 词源， antsy 含义。
• antonym 英文词源 antonym (n.) 1867, coined to serve as opposite of synonym , from Greek anti- "equal to, instead of, opposite" (see anti- ) + -onym "name" (see name (n.)). Perhaps introduced to English in the book "Synonyms and Antonyms" (1867) by the Ven. C.J. Smith, M.A. UNDER the head of Synonyms and Antonyms , Archdeacon Smith arranges words which form an antithesis to one another. The word "anton
• antler 英文词源 antler antler: [14] English acquired antler via Anglo- Norman auntelere from Old French antoillier (modern French has andouiller ). Its previous history is not altogether clear; it has been speculated that it comes originally from Latin * anteoculāris , which would have meant literally ‘positioned before ( ante ) the eye ( oculus )’, but this derivation is rather dubious. antler
• antivirus 英文词源 antivirus (n.) 1903, from anti- + virus . 中文词源 antivirus ：杀毒 前缀anti-, 相对，相反。virus, 病毒。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： antivirus 词源， antivirus 含义。