英语词源

• antiretroviral 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random natty natty: see neat 中文词源 antiretroviral ：抗反转录病毒的 前缀anti-, 相对，相反。前缀retro, 向后，反转，见retroact. virus, 病毒。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： antiretroviral 词源， antiretroviral 含义。
• antiquark 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random trapeze trapeze: [19] Trapeze and quadruped are ultimately the same word: both mean etymologically ‘four feet’. Trapeze comes via French trapèze and late Latin trapezium (source of English trapezium [16]) from Greek trapézion ‘small table’. This was a diminutive form of trápeza ‘table’, literally ‘four-footed’
• antiproton 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random rock rock: English has two words rock , both of uncertain origin. The older, ‘sway’ [11], goes back to a prehistoric Germanic base * rukk - ‘move’, which also produced German rücken ‘move’ and Dutch rukken ‘pull, jerk’, but beyond that its trail goes cold. Rock ‘stone’ [14] was borrowed from Old French rocqu
• antiperspirant 英文词源 antiperspirant (adj.) by 1946, from anti- + perspire + adjectival suffix -ant . 中文词源 antiperspirant ：止汗剂 前缀anti-, 相对，相反。perspire,流汗。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： antiperspirant 词源， antiperspirant 含义。
• antipasto 英文词源 antipasto (n.) 1934, from Italian antipasto , from anti- "before" (see ante ) + pasto "food," from Latin pascere "to feed" (see pastor ). Earlier anglicized as antepast (1590). 中文词源 antipasto ：开胃菜 前缀anti, 在前。词根past, 吃，见pasture, 牧场，词源同food. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： antipasto 词源， antipasto 含义。
• antioxidant 英文词源 antioxidant 1920 (n.); 1932 (adj.), from anti- + oxidant . 中文词源 antioxidant ：抗氧剂 前缀anti-, 相对，相反。词根ox, 氧，见oxygen. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： antioxidant 词源， antioxidant 含义。
• antimony 英文词源 antimony antimony: [15] Antimony , from medieval Latin antimōnium , was used by alchemists of the Middle Ages for ‘stibnite’, the mineral from which antimony is obtained, and for ‘stibium’, or ‘black antimony’, a heated and powdered version of the mineral used for eye make-up. The element antimony itself was first described in the late 18th century, when it was called reg
• antigen 英文词源 antigen (n.) "substance that causes production of an antibody," 1908, from German Antigen , from French antigène (1899), from anti- (see anti- ) + Greek -gen (see -gen ). 中文词源 antigen ：抗原 前缀anti-, 相对，相反。词根gen，产生，原。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： antigen 词源， antigen 含义。
• antidepressant 英文词源 antidepressant (n.) 1876, from anti- + depressant . 中文词源 antidepressant ：抗抑郁药 前缀anti-, 相对，相反。depressant，抑郁。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： antidepressant 词源， antidepressant 含义。
• anticyclone 英文词源 anticyclone (n.) 1863, coined by Francis Galton (1822-1911), English polymath, explorer, and meteorologist, from anti- + cyclone . Related: Anticyclonic . 中文词源 anticyclone ：反气旋 前缀anti-, 相对，相反。cyclone，气旋。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： anticyclone 词源， anticyclone 含义。
• antics 英文词源 antics (n.) "ludicrous behavior," 1520s; see antic . 中文词源 antics ：古怪 来自前缀ante-, 在前, 先前。指食古不化的人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： antics 词源， antics 含义。
• anticonvulsant 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random alder alder: [OE] Alder is an ancient tree-name, represented in several other Indo-European languages, including German erle , Dutch els , Polish olcha , Russian ol’khá , and Latin alnus (which is the genus name of the alder in scientific classification). Alder is clearly the odd man out amongst all these forms in having a d
• anticoagulant 英文词源 anticoagulant 1905, adjective and noun, from anti- + coagulant . 中文词源 anticoagulant ：抗凝血剂 前缀anti-, 相对，相反。coagulant，凝血剂。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： anticoagulant 词源， anticoagulant 含义。
• anticlockwise 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random several several: [15] Etymologically, several means ‘separate’. It comes via Anglo-Norman several from medieval Latin sēparālis , a derivative of Latin sēpar ‘separate’. This in turn was formed from sēparāre ‘separate’ (source of English separate ), whose Vulgar Latin descendant * sēperāre passed into English
• anticline 英文词源 anticline (n.) 1867, earlier anticlinal (1849, by ellipsis from anticlinal fold ), from anti- "against" + Greek klinein "to lean, slope" (see lean (v.)). Form assimilated to incline . 中文词源 anticline ：背斜 前缀anti-, 相对，相反。cline, 倾斜。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： anticline 词源， anticline 含义。 anticline ：[地质]背斜；
• anticlerical 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random hypochondria hypochondria: [16] Originally, hypochondria was an anatomical term, denoting the ‘area of the abdomen beneath the ribs’. It comes via Latin from Greek hupokhóndrion , a compound noun formed from the prefix hupo - ‘under’ and khóndros ‘cartilage’. This particular part of the body was formerly supposed t
• anthropomorphic 英文词源 anthropomorphic (adj.) 1806, from anthropomorphous + -ic . Originally in reference to regarding God or gods as having human form and human characteristics; of animals and other things from 1858; the sect of the Antropomorfites is mentioned in English from mid-15c. (see anthropomorphite ). 中文词源 anthropomorphic ：拟人的 词根anthro, 同andro, 人。词根morph, 形状，同
• anthropocentric 英文词源 anthropocentric (adj.) "regarding man as the center," 1855, from anthropo- + -centric . Related: Anthropocentrically . 中文词源 anthropocentric ：人类中心论的 组合词。词根anthro, 同andro, 人。center, 中心。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： anthropocentric 词源， anthropocentric 含义。
• anthrax 英文词源 anthrax anthrax: [14] In Greek, anthrax means ‘coal’ (hence English anthracite [19]). The notion of a burning coal led to its being applied metaphorically to a very severe boil or carbuncle, and that is how it was first used in English. It was not until the late 19th century that the word came into general use, when it was applied to the bacterial disease of animals that had been
• anthracite 英文词源 anthracite (n.) "non-bituminous coal," 1812, earlier (c. 1600) a type of ruby-like gem described by Pliny, from Latin anthracites "bloodstone, semi-precious gem," from Greek anthrakites "coal-like," from anthrax (genitive anthrakos ) "live coal" (see anthrax ). Related: Anthractic (adj.). 中文词源 anthracite ：无烟煤 来自希腊词anthrax, 炭，煤。 该词的英语词源请访
• anther 英文词源 anther anther: [18] Greek ánthos originally meant ‘part of a plant which grows above ground’ (this was the basis of the Homeric ‘metaphor’ translated as ‘flower of youth’, which originally referred to the first growth of beard on young men’s faces). Later it narrowed somewhat to ‘flower’. The adjective derived from it was anthērós , which was borrowed into Latin a
• antenatal 英文词源 antenatal (adj.) "before birth," 1798, from Latin ante "before" (see ante ) + natal . 中文词源 antenatal ：产前的 前缀ante-, 在前。词根nat, 生育，同native, 来自词根gen, 见generate, 此处字母g脱落。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： antenatal 词源， antenatal 含义。 antenatal ：出生前的，产前的 词根词缀： ante-前 +
• antelope 英文词源 antelope antelope: [15] Antelope comes from medieval Greek antholops . In the Middle Ages it was applied to an outlandish but figmentary beast, in the words of the Oxford English Dictionary , ‘haunting the banks of the Euphrates, very savage, hard to catch, having long saw-like horns with which they cut in pieces and broke all “engines” and even cut down trees’. The term was s
• antebellum 英文词源 antebellum (adj.) also ante-bellum , from Latin phrase ante bellum , literally "before the war;" see ante- + bellicose . In U.S., usually in reference to the American Civil War (1861-65); first attested in a June 14, 1862, entry in Mary Chesnut's diary. 中文词源 antebellum ：战前 前缀ante-, 在前。词根bell, 战争，见Bellona，罗马神话中司战女神。 该词的英语
• antagonist 英文词源 antagonist antagonist: [16] Greek agón (source of English agony ) meant ‘contest, conflict’. Hence the concept of ‘struggling against ( anti -) someone’ was conveyed in Greek by the verb antagōnízesthai . The derived noun antagōnistés entered English via French or late Latin. = agony antagonist (n.) 1590s, from French antagoniste (16c.) or directly from Late Latin antagon
• another 英文词源 another (adj.) early 13c., merger of an other . Old English used simply oþer . Originally "a second of two." Compound reciprocal pronoun one another is recorded from 1520s. 中文词源 another ：另一个 来自短语an other . 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： another 词源， another 含义。
• anorak 英文词源 anorak anorak: [20] This was originally a word in the Inuit language of Greenland: annoraaq . It came into English in the 1920s, by way of Danish. At first it was used only to refer to the sort of garments worn by Eskimos, but by the 1930s it was being applied to a waterproof hooded coat made in imitation of these. In Britain, such jackets came to be associated with the sort of social
• anon 英文词源 anon (adv.) late Old English anon , earlier on an , literally "into one," thus "continuously; straightway (in one course), at once;" see one . By gradual misuse, "soon, in a little while" (1520s). A one-word etymological lesson in the enduring power of procrastination. 中文词源 anon ：很快 来自古英语on one, 连续的，很快。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• anomy 英文词源 anomy (n.) "lawlessness," 1590s, anglicized from French anomie ; from Greek anomia "lawlessness," noun of quality from anomos "without law, lawless," from a- , privative prefix, "without" (see an- (1)) + nomos "law" (see numismatics ). 中文词源 anomy ：不规范状态 前缀a-, 同an-, 无，没有，辅音词根前n 脱落。词根nomy, 规范，管理，词源同astronomy, 来自
• anodyne 英文词源 anodyne (adj.) 1540s, from Medieval Latin anodynus "pain-removing, allaying pain," from Latin anodynus "painless," from Greek anodynos "free from pain," from an- "without" (see an- (1)) + odyne "pain," a word perhaps from PIE root *ed- "to eat" (source of Lithuanian edžioti "to devour, bite," edžiotis "to suffer pain;" see eat ). In old slang, frequently a euphemism for "death;" as
• anode 英文词源 anode anode: [19] The term anode , meaning ‘positive electrode’, appears to have been introduced by the English philosopher William Whewell around 1834. It was based on Greek ánodos ‘way up’, a compound noun formed from aná - ‘up’ and hodós ‘way’ (also represented in exodus ‘way out’ and odometer ‘instrument for measuring distance travelled’, and possibly re
• annular 英文词源 annular (adj.) "ring-shaped," 1570s, from French annulaire (16c.) or directly from Latin annularis "pertaining to a ring," from annulus , diminutive of anus "ring" (see anus ). An annular eclipse (1727) is one in which the dark body of the moon is smaller than the disk of the sun, so that at the height of it the sun appears as a ring of light. Related: Annularity . 中文词源 annula
• anniversary 英文词源 anniversary anniversary: [13] Like annual , anniversary is based ultimately on Latin annus ‘year’. The underlying idea it contains is of ‘yearly turning’ or ‘returning’; the Latin adjective anniversārius was based on annus and versus ‘turning’ (related to a wide range of English words, from verse and convert to vertebra and vertigo ). This was used in phrases such as
• anneal 英文词源 anneal (v.) Old English onælan "to set on fire, kindle," from on- "on" + ælan "to burn, bake," from Proto-Germanic *ailan , "probably" [Watkins] from PIE *ai- (2) "to burn" (see ash (n.1)); related to Old English æled "fire, firebrand," Old Norse eldr , Danish ild "fire." Related: Annealed ; annealing . 中文词源 anneal ：给金属退火 来自古英语onaelan。-elan, 火，来自
• anna 英文词源 Anna fem. proper name, from Latin Anna , from Greek Anna , from Hebrew Hannah , literally "grace, graciousness" (see Hannah ). 中文词源 anna ：小混混头儿 来自印度语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： anna 词源， anna 含义。
• ankylosaur 英文词源 ankylosaur "A heavily built quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur of the Cretaceous period, armoured with bony plates", Early 20th century: from modern Latin Ankylosaurus , from Greek ankulos (see ankylosis ) + sauros 'lizard'. 中文词源 ankylosaur ：甲龙 词根ankylo, 盔甲。词根saur, 蜥蜴，恐龙。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ankylosaur 词源，
• ankle 英文词源 ankle ankle: [14] Ankle comes from a probable Old Norse word * ankula . It has several relatives in other Germanic languages (German and Dutch enkel , for instance, and Swedish and Danish ankel ) and can be traced back to an Indo- European base * angg - ‘bent’ (ultimate source also of anchor and angle ). Before the Old Norse form spread through the language, English had its own na
• ankh 英文词源 ankh (n.) tau cross with an oval at the top, Egyptian symbol of life, 1873, from Egyptian ankh , literally "life, soul." Also known as crux ansata . 中文词源 ankh ：安可（埃及象征生命的符号） 来自埃及象形符号，象征生命。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ankh 词源， ankh 含义。
• aniseed 英文词源 aniseed (n.) late 14c., a contraction of anise seed (n.). 中文词源 aniseed ：茴香籽 组合词。anise, 茴香。seed, 种子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： aniseed 词源， aniseed 含义。
• anise 英文词源 anise (n.) Levantine plant cultivated for its seeds, which were important sources of chemical oils and flavoring, c. 1300, from Old French anis (13c.), from Latin anisum , from Greek anison . By the Ancients, somewhat confused with dill. 中文词源 anise ：茴香 来自希腊语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： anise 词源， anise 含义。
• anion 英文词源 anion (n.) "a negatively charged ion, which moves toward the anode (q.v.) during electrolysis," 1834, proposed by the Rev. William Whewell (1794-1866), English polymath, and published by English physicist Michael Faraday, from Greek anion "(thing) going up," neuter past participle of anienai "go up," from ana "up" (see ana- ) + ienai "go" (see ion ). 中文词源 anion ：阴离子 前缀
• animism 英文词源 animism (n.) 1866, reintroduced by English anthropologist Sir Edward Burnett Taylor (1832-1917), who defined it (1871) as the "theory of the universal animation of nature," from Latin anima "life, breath, soul" (see animus ) + -ism . Earlier sense was of "doctrine that animal life is produced by an immaterial soul" (1832), from German Animismus , coined c. 1720 by physicist/chemist Ge
• anime 英文词源 anime (n.) c. 1985, Japanese for "animation," a term that seems to have arisen in the 1970s, apparently based on French animé "animated, lively, roused," from the same root as English animate (adj.). Probably taken into Japanese from a phrase such as dessin animé "cartoon," literally "animated design," with the adjective abstracted or mistaken, due to its position, as a noun. Manga
• animatronics 英文词源 animatronics "The technique of making and operating lifelike robots, typically for use in film or other entertainment", 1970s: blend of animated and electronics. 中文词源 animatronics ：电子动画制作技术 组合词。animation, 动画。electronic，电子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： animatronics 词源， animatronics 含义。
• animateur 英文词源 animateur "A person who enlivens or encourages something, especially a promoter of artistic projects", 1950s: French, from medieval Latin animator . 中文词源 animateur ：倡导者 来自法语。词根anim, 灵魂。灵魂人物，倡导者。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： animateur 词源， animateur 含义。
• animal 英文词源 animal animal: [14] Etymologically, an animal is a being which breathes (compare DEER). Its immediate source was the Latin adjective animālis ‘having a soul’, a derivative of the noun anima ‘breath, soul’ (which also gave English the verb and adjective animate [15]). Anima is a member of a set of related words in which the notions of ‘breath, wind’ and ‘spirit, life’
• angstrom 英文词源 angstrom (n.) unit of length equal to one hundred millionth of a centimeter (used to measure wavelengths of light), 1892, named for Swedish physicist Anders Ångström (1814-1874). 中文词源 angstrom ：埃 来自瑞典物理学家Anders Angstom的名字。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： angstrom 词源， angstrom 含义。
• angst 英文词源 angst (n.) 1944, from German Angst "neurotic fear, anxiety, guilt, remorse," from Old High German angust , from the root of anger . George Eliot used it (in German) in 1849, and it was popularized in English by translation of Freud's work, but as a foreign word until 1940s. Old English had a cognate word, angsumnes "anxiety," but it died out. 中文词源 angst ：焦虑 来自anger古义
• Angrez 英文词源 angrez "An English person", Hindi, 'Englishman'. 中文词源 Angrez ：英国佬 来自印度乌尔都语对English的发音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Angrez 词源， Angrez 含义。
• angostura 英文词源 angostura "An aromatic bitter bark from certain South American trees, used as a flavouring, and formerly as a tonic and to reduce fever", Late 18th century: from the place name Angostura. 中文词源 angostura ：安古斯图拉苦汁 来自南美洲地名，位于委内瑞拉。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： angostura 词源， angostura 含义。
• angora 英文词源 angora (n.) type of wool, 1810, from Angora , city in central Turkey (ancient Ancyra , modern Ankara ), which gave its name to the goat (1745 in English), and to its silk-like wool, and to a cat whose fur resembles it (1771 in English). The city name is from the Greek word for "anchor, bend" (see angle (n.)). 中文词源 angora ：安哥拉羊毛 来自地名，土耳奇首都旧称，
• Anglo-Saxon 英文词源 Anglo-Saxon Old English Angli Saxones (plural), from Latin Anglo-Saxones , in which Anglo- is an adjective, thus literally "English Saxons," as opposed to those of the Continent (now called "Old Saxons"). Properly in reference to the Saxons of ancient Wessex, Essex, Middlesex, and Sussex. I am a suthern man, I can not geste 'rum, ram, ruf' by letter. [Chaucer, "Parson's Prologue and T
• Anglophobia 英文词源 Anglophobia (n.) 1793, from Anglo- + -phobia . Related: Anglophobe ; Anglophobic . 中文词源 Anglophobia ：厌英者 Anglo, 词源同England. 词根phob, 恨，见claustrophobic, 幽闭恐惧症。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Anglophobia 词源， Anglophobia 含义。
• Anglophile 英文词源 Anglophile (adj.) 1864, in reference to France, from Anglo- + -phile . Both Anglomania (1787) and Anglophobia (1793) are first attested in writings of Thomas Jefferson. 中文词源 Anglophile ：亲英者 Anglo, 词源同England. 词根phile, 爱，同philosophy, 哲学（爱思考之人）。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Anglophile 词源， Anglophile 含义
• Anglomania 英文词源 Anglomania (n.) 1787; see Anglo- + mania . Related: Anglomaniac . 中文词源 Anglomania ：英格兰狂 Anglo, 词源同England. 词根mania, 发狂，来自词根men, 思考，见mind，-ia, 病。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Anglomania 词源， Anglomania 含义。
• angle 英文词源 angle angle: There have been two distinct words angle in English. The older is now encountered virtually only in its derivatives, angler and angling , but until the early 19th century an angle was a ‘fishing hook’ (or, by extension, ‘fishing tackle’). It entered the language in the Old English period, and was based on Germanic * angg - (source also of German angel ‘fishing t
• angioplasty 英文词源 angioplasty (n.) by 1976, from angio- + -plasty . 中文词源 angioplasty ：血管成形术 词根angio, 血管，容器。词根plast, 成型，塑造，见plastic,塑料。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： angioplasty 词源， angioplasty 含义。
• angina 英文词源 angina angina: see anguish angina (n.) 1570s, from Latin angina "infection of the throat," from Greek ankhone "a strangling" (see anger ); probably influenced in Latin by angere "to throttle." Angina pectoris is from 1744, from Latin pectoris , genitive of pectus "chest" (see pectoral (adj.)). 中文词源 angina ：心绞痛 来自词根ang, 拉紧，疼痛。 该词的英语词源请访
• anger 英文词源 anger anger: [12] The original notion contained in this word was of ‘distress’ or ‘affliction’; ‘rage’ did not begin to enter the picture until the 13th century. English acquired it from Old Norse angr ‘grief’, and it is connected with a group of words which contain connotations of ‘constriction’: German and Dutch eng (and Old English enge ) mean ‘narrow’, Gree
• angelus 英文词源 Angelus "A Roman Catholic devotion commemorating the Incarnation of Jesus and including the Hail Mary, said at morning, noon, and sunset", Mid 17th century: from the Latin phrase Angelus domini 'the angel of the Lord', the opening words of the devotion. 中文词源 angelus ：三钟经 同angel, 天使。吟颂天使报喜，耶稣即将降世的经文。 该词的英语词源请访问
• angelica 英文词源 Angelica fem. proper name, Latin fem. of angelicus "angelic" (see angel ). 中文词源 angelica ：白芷 同angel, 天使。天使花。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： angelica 词源， angelica 含义。
• aneurysm 英文词源 aneurysm (n.) early 15c., from Medieval Latin aneurisma , from Greek aneurysmos "dilation," from aneurynein "to dilate," from ana- "up" (see ana- ) + eurynein "widen," from eurys "broad, wide" (see eury- ). 中文词源 aneurysm ：动脉瘤 前缀ana-, 向上，向后。词根eur, 宽的，同Europe, 宽脸美女。指扩大，应用于医学指动脉瘤。 该词的英语词源请访问
• anesthesiology 英文词源 anesthesiology (n.) alternative spelling of anaesthesiology (q.v.). See ae . 中文词源 anesthesiology ：麻醉学 前缀an-, 没有。esthete, 审美，知觉。词根logy, 学科。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： anesthesiology 词源， anesthesiology 含义。
• anemometer 英文词源 anemometer (n.) 1727, from anemo- "wind" + -meter . 中文词源 anemometer ：风速计 词根anem, 呼吸，空气，同animal. -meter, 计。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： anemometer 词源， anemometer 含义。
• androgynous 英文词源 androgynous (adj.) 1620s, from Latin androgynus , from Greek androgynos "hermaphrodite, male and female in one; womanish man;" as an adjective (of baths) "common to men and women," from andros , genitive of aner "male" (see anthropo- ) + gyne "woman" (see queen ). 中文词源 androgynous ：雌雄同体的 词根andro, 男人。词根gyn, 女人，同queen, 女人，王后。 该词的
• androgen 英文词源 androgen (n.) male sex hormone, 1936, from andro- + -gen . 中文词源 androgen ：雄性激素 词根andro, 男人。词根gen, 产生。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： androgen 词源， androgen 含义。
• andante 英文词源 andante musical direction, "moderately slow," 1742, from Italian andante , present participle of andare "to go," from Vulgar Latin ambitare (source of Spanish andar "to go"), from Latin ambitus , past participle of ambire "to go round, go about" (see ambient ). 中文词源 andante ：行板（速度稍缓） 来自拉丁词ambit的现在分词形式。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• and 英文词源 and and: [OE] A word as ancient as the English language itself, which has persisted virtually unchanged since at least 700 AD, and has cognates in other Germanic languages (German und , Dutch en ), but no convincing ultimate ancestor for it has been identified and (conj.) Old English and , ond , originally meaning "thereupon, next," from Proto-Germanic *unda (cognates: Old Saxon endi
• ancient 英文词源 ancient ancient: [14] Like antique , ancient was originally, in Latin, an adjectivized version of the adverb and preposition ‘before’: to ante ‘before’ was added the adjective suffix - ānus , to produce the adjective * anteānus ‘going before’. In Old French this became ancien , and it passed into English via Anglo-Norman auncien . The final - t began to appear in the 15t
• anchovy 英文词源 anchovy anchovy: [16] English acquired anchovy from Spanish anchova (the word first turns up as an item on Falstaff’s bill at the Boar’s Head: ‘Anchovies and sack after supper … 2s 6d’, 1 Henry IV 1596), but before that its history is disputed. One school of thought holds that it comes via Italian dialect ancioa from Vulgar Latin * apjua , which in turn was derived from Gree
• anaphylaxis 英文词源 anaphylaxis (n.) see anaphylactic . 中文词源 anaphylaxis ：过敏反应 前缀ana-, 向上，向后, 对立。词根phylax, 保护,见prophylactic,预防性药物。即难保护的，严重过敏的。 anaphylactic：[,ænəfi'læktik] adj. 【病理学】过敏的；导致过敏的 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： anaphylaxis 词源， anaphylaxis 含义。
• anaphor 英文词源 anaphor "A word or phrase that refers back to an earlier word or phrase (e.g. in my cousin said she was coming , she is used as an anaphor for my cousin )", 1970s: back-formation from anaphora. 中文词源 anaphor ：照应语 前缀ana-, 向上，向后。词根phor, 含有，带，见infer. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： anaphor 词源， anaphor 含义。
• anapest 英文词源 anapest (n.) also anapaest , "two short syllables followed by a long one," 1670s, from Latin anapestus , from Greek anapaistos "struck back, rebounding," verbal adjective from anapaiein "to strike back," from ana- "back" (see ana- ) + paiein "to strike," from PIE *pau- "to cut, strike, stamp" (see pave ). So called because it reverses the dactyl. 中文词源 anapest ：抑抑扬格 前
• analyse 英文词源 analyse (v.) chiefly British English spelling of analyze (q.v.). Analyse is better than analyze , but merely as being the one of the two equally indefensible forms that has won. The correct but now impossible form would be analysize (or analysise ), with analysist for existing analyst . [Fowler] 中文词源 analyse ：分析 前缀ana-, 向上，向后。词根lys, 松开，同lose,
• analphabetic 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random greyhound greyhound: [OE] Most greyhounds are not grey – and there is no etymological reason why they should be. For the element grey - in their name has no connection with the colour-term grey . It comes from an unrecorded Old English * grīeg ‘bitch’, a relative of Old Norse grøy ‘bitch’. 中文词源 analphabetic ：
• anal 英文词源 anal (adj.) 1769, from Modern Latin analis "of the anus;" see anus . Anal-retentive first attested 1957, in psychological jargon. Anal sex attested as such from 1966. 中文词源 anal ：肛门的 来自PIE *ano, 圆形，环形，同anus, 肛门。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： anal 词源， anal 含义。
• anaemic 英文词源 anaemic (adj.) c. 1840; see anaemia + -ic . Figurative sense by 1898. 中文词源 anaemic ：贫血的 前缀an-, 没有，无。词根em,hem, 血, 见hematology, 血液学。 anemic：[ə'ni:mik] adj. 贫血的，患贫血症的；无活力的 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： anaemic 词源， anaemic 含义。 anaemic ：贫血的 an-,没有，无，-em,-hem,-
• anaconda 英文词源 anaconda anaconda: [18] The term anaconda has a confused history. It appears to come from Sinhalese henakandayā , literally ‘lightningstem’, which referred to a type of slender green snake. This was anglicized as anaconda by the British naturalist John Ray, who in a List of Indian serpents 1693 described it as a snake which ‘crushed the limbs of buffaloes and yoke beasts’. An
• anabolic steroid 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random aftermath aftermath: [16] Originally, and literally, an aftermath was a second crop of grass or similar grazing vegetation, grown after an earlier crop in the same season had been harvested. Already by the mid 17th century it had taken on the figurative connotations of ‘resulting condition’ which are today its only living se
• an 英文词源 an an: [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 a
• amylase 英文词源 amylase (n.) enzyme which brings about the hydrolysis of starch, 1893, from amyl + chemical suffix -ase . 中文词源 amylase ：淀粉酶 来自词根amyl,淀粉。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： amylase 词源， amylase 含义。
• amygdala 英文词源 amygdala (n.) "the tonsils," 1540s ( amygdal ), from Latin, from Greek amygdale "almond" (see almond ). The anatomical use is as a direct translation of Arabic al-lauzatani "the two tonsils," literally "the two almonds," so called by Arabic physicians for fancied resemblance. From early 15c. as amygdales "tonsils;" as "almonds" from mid-12c. 中文词源 amygdala ：杏仁体(大脑记忆
• amputate 英文词源 amputate (v.) 1630s, back-formation from amputation or else from Latin amputatus , past participle of amputare "to cut off, to prune." Related: Amputated ; amputating . 中文词源 amputate ：截肢 复合词。前缀amphi-, 同ambi-, 两，二。词根put, 思考，古义砍，切，同pave, 铺路。该词原指给树木剪枝，后指医学上人体截肢。 该词的英语词源请
• ampicillin 英文词源 ampicillin "A semi-synthetic form of penicillin used to treat infections of the urinary and respiratory tracts", 1960s: blend of amino and a contraction of penicillin. 中文词源 ampicillin ：氨苄西林 复合词。amion, 氨。penicillin, 盘尼西林。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ampicillin 词源， ampicillin 含义。
• amphora 英文词源 amphora (n.) early 14c., "two-handled vessel for holding wine, oil, etc.," from Latin amphora from Greek amphoreus "an amphora, jar, urn," contraction of amphiphoreus , literally "two-handled," from amphi- "on both sides" (see amphi- ) + phoreus "bearer," related to pherein "to bear" (see infer ). Also a liquid measure in the ancient world, in Greece equal to 9 gallons, in Rome to 6 g
• amphitheater 英文词源 amphitheater (n.) late 14c., from Latin amphitheatrum , from Greek amphitheatron "double theater, amphitheater," neuter of amphitheatros "with spectators all around," from amphi- "on both sides" (see amphi- ) + theatron "theater" (see theater ). Classical theaters were semi-circles, thus two together made an amphi-theater . 中文词源 amphitheater ：圆形大剧院 前缀amphi-, 同
• amphetamine 英文词源 amphetamine (n.) 1938, contracted from alphamethyl-phenethylamine . 中文词源 amphetamine ：安非他明 全称alphamethylphenethylamine. alpha, A. methyl, 甲基。phen, 酚。ethyl, 乙基。amine, 氨。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： amphetamine 词源， amphetamine 含义。
• ampersand 英文词源 ampersand ampersand: [19] This word for the printed character ” signifies and ’, or ‘and on its own [that is, as the final character in a list of the letters of the alphabet given in old grammar books and primers], itself is a conventionalized printed version of an abbreviation used in manuscripts for Latin et ‘and’. = and ampersand (n.) 1837, contraction of and per se and ,
• amped 英文词源 stampede (n.) 1844 (earlier stampedo , 1839), "A general scamper of animals on the Western prairies, generally caused by a fright" [Bartlett] from Mexican Spanish estampida , from Spanish, "an uproar," from estamper "to stamp, press, pound," from Provençal estampier "to stamp," from the same Germanic root that yielded English stamp (v.). The political sense is first recorded 1846 (in
• amour propre 英文词源 amour propre "A sense of one’s own worth; self-respect", French. 中文词源 amour propre ：自尊心 来自法语短语。amour, 爱。propre, 同英语proper, 合适的，自己的。即自爱。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： amour propre 词源， amour propre 含义。