英语词源

• amour 英文词源 amour (n.) c. 1300, "love," from Old French amour , from Latin amorem (nominative amor ) "love, affection, strong friendly feeling" (it could be used of sons or brothers, but especially of sexual love), from amare "to love" (see Amy ). The accent shifted 15c.-17c. to the first syllable as the word became nativized, then shifted back as the naughty or intriguing sense became primary an
• amount 英文词源 amount amount: see mountain amount (n.) 1710, from amount (v.). amount (v.) late 13c., "to go up, rise, mount (a horse)," from Old French amonter , from a mont "upward," literally "to the mountain," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad- ) + montem (nominative mons ) "mountain" (see mount (n.)). Meaning "to rise in number or quality (so as to reach)" is from c. 1300. Related: Amounted ; amounti
• amorous 英文词源 amorous (adj.) c. 1300, from Old French amorous (Modern French amoureux ), from Late Latin amorosum , from amor "love," from amare "to love" (see Amy ). Related: Amorously ; amorousness . 中文词源 amorous ：含情脉脉的 来自词根am, 爱。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： amorous 词源， amorous 含义。 amorous ：多情的，恋爱的 词根词缀：
• amoral 英文词源 amoral (adj.) "ethically indifferent," 1882, a hybrid formed from Greek privative prefix a- "not" (see a- (3)) + moral , which is derived from Latin. First used by Robert Louis Stephenson (1850-1894) as a differentiation from immoral . 中文词源 amoral ：不道德的 前缀a-, 没有。moral, 道德。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： amoral 词源， amoral 含
• among 英文词源 among among: [OE] Gemong was an Old English word for ‘crowd’ – ge - was a collective prefix, signifying ‘together’, and - mong is related to mingle – and so the phrase on gemonge meant ‘in a crowd’, hence ‘in the midst, surrounded’. By the 12th century, the ge - element had dropped out, giving onmong and eventually among . A parallel bimong existed in the 13th cent
• amoeba 英文词源 amoeba amoeba: [19] Amoebas got their name (around 1840) from their inherent shapelessness. With their infinitely mobile exterior and their fluid interior, their shape is constantly changing, and so they were christened with the Greek word amoibē , which means literally ‘change’. amoeba (n.) 1855, from Modern Latin Amoeba , genus name (1841), from Greek amoibe "change," related t
• amniotic fluid 英文词源 fetoprotein "A protein present in fetal serum; specifically (more fully alpha-fetoprotein) a glycoprotein which is the predominant serum protein of the fetus and can also be detected in amniotic fluid and maternal blood, in which an elevated level is associated ​with certain congenital abnormalities of the fetus, especially spina bifida and anencephaly; abbreviated AFP ", 1960s. Fro
• amniocentesis 英文词源 amniocentesis (n.) 1958, Modern Latin, from amnion (see amniotic ) + centesis "surgical puncture," from Greek kentesis "a pricking," from kentein "to prick," related to kontos "pole" (see center (n.)). 中文词源 amniocentesis ：羊膜穿刺术 词根amnio, 羊,羊膜，同aegis。词根cent, 刺，同center. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： amniocentesis 词源
• ammunition 英文词源 ammunition ammunition: [17] Ammunition is one of many words which resulted from a mistaken analysis of ‘article’ plus ‘noun’ (compare ADDER). In this case, French la munition ‘the munitions, the supplies’ was misapprehended as l’ammunition , and borrowed thus into English. At first it was used for military supplies in general, and it does not seem to have been until the
• ammonite 英文词源 ammonite ammonite: [18] Like ammonia , the ammonite gets its name from a supposed connection with Amon, or Amen, the Egyptian god of life and reproduction. In art he is represented as having ram’s horns, and the resemblance of ammonites to such horns led to their being named in the Middle Ages cornu Ammōnis ‘horn of Amon’. In the 18th century the modern Latin term ammonītēs (
• ammeter 英文词源 ammeter (n.) instrument for measuring the strength of electric currents, 1882, from ampere + -meter . 中文词源 ammeter ：安培计 合成词。ampere, 安培，法国物理学家Ampere的名字。-meter, 计。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ammeter 词源， ammeter 含义。
• amma 英文词源 amma "One’s mother (often used as a familiar form of address)", Probably derived from a child's word, perhaps influenced by amah. 中文词源 amma ：阿妈 来自PIE *am, 妈。婴儿语。词根am, 爱，衍生于此。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： amma 词源， amma 含义。
• amir 英文词源 amir (n.) 1610s; the same word as emir (q.v.), but generally used of contemporary Indian or Afghan rulers as opposed to historical ones. 中文词源 amir ：酋长 来自阿拉伯语。同Emirates, 阿联酋，首都迪拜。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： amir 词源， amir 含义。
• americium 英文词源 americium "The chemical element of atomic number 95, a radioactive metal of the actinide series. Americium does not occur naturally and was first made by bombarding plutonium with neutrons", 1940s: from America (where it was first made) + -ium. 中文词源 americium ：镅 以America 命名的金属元素，对应以Europe命名的金属元素europium. 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• american 英文词源 American 1570s (n.); 1590s (adj.), from Modern Latin Americanus , from America (q.v.); originally in reference to what now are called Native Americans ; the sense of "resident of North America of European (originally British) descent" is first recorded 1640s (adj.); 1765 (n.). 中文词源 american ：美国 来自意大利探险家Amerigo Vespucci的名字。 该词的英语词源请访
• amenorrhoea 英文词源 amenorrhoea "An abnormal absence of menstruation", Early 19th century: from a- 1 'without' + menorrhoea. 中文词源 amenorrhoea ：闭经 前缀a-, 没有。menorrhoea, 月经，来自词根men, 月，见moon. 词根，rrh, 流。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： amenorrhoea 词源， amenorrhoea 含义。
• amen 英文词源 amen amen: [OE] Amen was originally a Hebrew noun, āmēn ‘truth’ (based on the verb āman ‘strengthen, confirm’), which was used adverbially as an expression of confirmation or agreement. Biblical texts translated from Hebrew simply took it over unaltered (the Greek Septuagint has it, for example), and although at first Old English versions of the gospels substituted an indig
• ambit 英文词源 ambit (n.) late 14c., "space surrounding a building or town; precinct;" 1590s, "a circuit," from Latin ambitus "a going round," past participle of ambire "to go round, to go about" (see ambient ). 中文词源 ambit ：界限 前缀ambi-, 两边，周围。词根it , 走。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ambit 词源， ambit 含义。
• ambience 英文词源 ambience (n.) 1797, from French ambiance (see ambient ). Compare ambiance . 中文词源 ambience ：环境 前缀ambi-, 两边，周围。-ience构成拉丁词ire的现在分词, -it构成拉丁词ire的过去分词，ire, 走，见commence，开始，adit，进，exit，出. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ambience 词源， ambience 含义。
• ambergris 英文词源 ambergris ambergris: [15] The original term for ambergris (a waxy material from the stomach of the sperm whale) was amber . But as confusion began to arise between the two substances amber and ambergris, amber came to be used for both in all the languages that had borrowed it from Arabic, thus compounding the bewilderment. The French solution was to differentiate ambergris as ambre gr
• ambassador 英文词源 ambassador ambassador: [14] Appropriately enough, ambassador is a highly cosmopolitan word. It was borrowed back and forth among several European languages before arriving in English. Its ultimate source appears to be the Indo- European root * ag - ‘drive, lead’, whose other numerous offspring include English act and agent . With the addition of the prefix * amb - ‘around’ (as
• amazon 英文词源 Amazon (n.) late 14c., from Greek Amazon (mostly in plural Amazones ) "one of a race of female warriors in Scythia," probably from an unknown non-Indo-European word, possibly from an Iranian compound *ha-maz-an- "(one) fighting together" [Watkins], but in folk etymology long derived from a- "without" + mazos "breasts," hence the story that the Amazons cut or burned off one breast so t
• amaze 英文词源 amaze amaze: [OE] Old English āmasian meant ‘stupefy’ or ‘stun’, with perhaps some reminiscences of an original sense ‘stun by hitting on the head’ still adhering to it. Some apparently related forms in Scandinavian languages, such as Swedish masa ‘be sluggish’ and Norwegian dialect masast ‘become unconscious’, suggest that it may originally have been borrowed fro
• amasi 英文词源 amaze amaze: [OE] Old English āmasian meant ‘stupefy’ or ‘stun’, with perhaps some reminiscences of an original sense ‘stun by hitting on the head’ still adhering to it. Some apparently related forms in Scandinavian languages, such as Swedish masa ‘be sluggish’ and Norwegian dialect masast ‘become unconscious’, suggest that it may originally have been borrowed fro
• amaryllis 英文词源 amaryllis (n.) autumn-flowering bulbs, 1794, adopted by Linnaeus from Latin, from Greek Amaryllis , typical name of a country girl or shepherdess (in Theocritus, Virgil, Ovid, etc.). 中文词源 amaryllis ：朱顶兰花 来自希腊语amaryllis，少女。可能来自词根am, 爱。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： amaryllis 词源， amaryllis 含义。
• amanuensis 英文词源 amanuensis amanuensis: see manual amanuensis (n.) "one who takes dictation," 1610s, from Latin amanuensis "adjective used as a noun," from servus a manu "secretary," literally "servant from the hand," from a "from" + manu , ablative of manus "hand" (see manual (adj.)). 中文词源 amanuensis ：助手 前缀a-同ab-, 从，从...离开。词根man, 手，见manual, 手册。原指协助
• amah 英文词源 amah (n.) "wet-nurse," 1839, Anglo-Indian, from Portuguese ama "nurse," from Medieval Latin amma "mother," from PIE root *am- , forming nursery words. 中文词源 amah ：阿嬷（印度保姆） 来自PIE *am, 妈，最终来自婴儿语。衍生词根am, 爱，见amiable, 爱护的，温和的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： amah 词源， amah 含义。
• am 英文词源 am (v.) Old English eom "to be, to remain," (Mercian eam , Northumbrian am ), from PIE *esmi- (cognates: Old Norse emi , Gothic im , Hittite esmi , Old Church Slavonic jesmi , Lithuanian esmi ), from root *es- , the S-ROOT, which also yielded Greek esti- , Latin est , Sanskrit as- , and German ist . In Old English it existed only in present tense, all other forms being expressed in th
• always 英文词源 always always: [13] In Old English, the expression was alne weg , literally ‘all the way’. It seems likely that this was used originally in the physical sense of ‘covering the complete distance’, but by the time it starts to appear in texts (King Alfred’s is the first recorded use, in his translation of Boethius’s De consolatione philosophiae around 888) it already meant ‘
• alveolus 英文词源 alveolus (n.) 1706, from Latin alveolus "a tray, trough, basin; bed of a small river," diminutive of alvus "belly, stomach, paunch, bowels; hold of a ship," from PIE *aulo- "hole, cavity" (cognates: Greek aulos "tube, pipe," Old Church Slavonic uliji , Lithuanian aulys "beehive" (hollow trunk), Armenian yli "pregnant"). 中文词源 alveolus ：腺泡 来自PIE*aulo, 洞，腔。此处字
• alveolar 英文词源 alveolar (adj.) "pertaining to alveoli," 1799, from Modern Latin alveolus "socket of a tooth" (see alveolus ). 中文词源 alveolar ：齿龈音 来自PIE*aulo, 洞，腔。此处字母u, l位置转换。-ol, 小词后缀。指发音时，舌尖顶住上齿龈，形成小洞。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： alveolar 词源， alveolar 含义。
• alumni 英文词源 alumni (n.) see alumnus . 中文词源 alumni ：校友 alumnus的复数，-i,拉丁语阳性格复数后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： alumni 词源， alumni 含义。
• alumna 英文词源 alumna (n.) see alumnus . 中文词源 alumna ：女校友 alumna（pl. alumnae）, 女校友，词根al扩大格，al, 滋养。-a, 拉丁语阴性词缀，复数形式为-ae. alumnus：[ə'lʌmnəs] n. 男校友；男毕业生（复数 alumni） 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： alumna 词源， alumna 含义。
• aluminum 英文词源 aluminum (n.) 1812, coined by English chemist Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829), from alumina , name given 18c. to aluminum oxide, from Latin alumen "alum" (see alum ). Davy originally called it alumium (1808), then amended this to aluminum , which remains the U.S. word, but British editors in 1812 further amended it to aluminium , the modern preferred British form, to better harmonize wit
• alum 英文词源 alum (n.) late 14c., "whitish mineral salt used as an astringent, dye, etc.," from Old French alum , from Latin alumen "alum," literally "bitter salt," cognate with Greek aludoimos "bitter" and perhaps with English ale . 中文词源 alum ：明矾 词源同ale, 苦啤。指明矾味酸苦。-um, 金属元素后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： alum 词源，
• altogether 英文词源 altogether early 13c., altogedere , a strengthened form of all (also see together ); used in the sense of "a whole" from 1660s. The altogether "nude" is from 1894. 中文词源 altogether ：完全 来自复合词all together. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： altogether 词源， altogether 含义。 altogether ：完全，全部地；总共，总之 词根词缀：
• alto 英文词源 alto (n.) 1784, "man with an alto voice," from Italian alto (canto) , from Latin altus "high" (see old ). Originally a "high" man's voice, now more commonly applied to the lower range of women's voices (which is more strictly the contralto ), an extension first recorded in 1881. The alto in a man is totally distinct from the contralto in a woman. The tone is utterly different -- the b
• altimeter 英文词源 altimeter (n.) 1918, from Modern Latin altimeter , from alti- "high" (from Latin altus ; see old ) + -meter . 中文词源 altimeter ：高度计 词根alt, 高，来自al, 生长。-meter, 仪器后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： altimeter 词源， altimeter 含义。 altimeter ：高度计 词根词缀： -alt-高 + -i-中缀 + -meter-计量仪表
• although 英文词源 although (conj.) early 14c., althagh , compound of all + though , showing once-common emphatic use of all . " All though was originally more emphatic than though , but by 1400 it was practically only a variant of it, and all having thus lost its independent force, the phrase was written as one word" [OED]. 中文词源 although ：尽管 来自复合词all though. 该词的英语词源请
• alter ego 英文词源 alter ego 1530s, from Latin phrase (used by Cicero), "a second self, a trusted friend" (compare Greek allos ego ); see alter and ego . 中文词源 alter ego ：第二自我 alter, 不同。ego, 我，拉丁词，词源同I 。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： alter ego 词源， alter ego 含义。
• altercation 英文词源 altercation (n.) late 14c., from Old French altercacion (12c.) and directly from Latin altercationem (nominative altercatio ) "a dispute, debate, discussion," noun of action from past participle stem of altercari "to dispute (with another)," from alter "other" (see alter ). 中文词源 altercation ：争吵 alter, 争吵，改变。字母c 来自形容词后缀-ic, 字母i脱落。 该
• altar 英文词源 altar altar: [OE] The etymological notion underlying the word altar is that of sacrificial burning. Latin altar , which was borrowed directly into Old English, was a derivative of the plural noun altāria , ‘burnt offerings’, which probably came from the verb adolēre ‘burn up’. Adolēre in turn appears to be a derivative of olēre ‘smell’ (the connection being the smell m
• also 英文词源 also also: [OE] Also was a late Old English compound formed from all ‘exactly, even’ and swa ‘so’; it meant ‘in just this way, thus’, and hence (recalling the meaning of German also ‘therefore’) ‘similarly’. These two uses died out in, respectively, the 15th and 17th centuries, but already by the 13th century ‘similarly’ was developing into the current sense ‘
• Alsatian 英文词源 Alsatian Alsatian: [17] Alsatian has been around since at least the late 17th century (although in early use it generally denoted not the Franco-German border province of Alsace but a no-go area in London, near the banks of the Thames, where criminals, vagabonds and prostitutes hung out, which was nicknamed ‘Alsatia’ because of the real Alsace’s reputation as a harbour for the d
• alright 英文词源 alright frequent spelling of all right, attested from 1893. There are no such forms as all-right, or allright, or alright, though even the last, if seldom allowed by the compositors to appear in print, is often seen ... in MS. [Fowler] 中文词源 alright ：好的 来自复合词all right . 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： alright 词源， alright 含义。
• already 英文词源 already (adv.) c. 1300, compound of all + ready (adj.); literally "fully ready." Compare Norwegian, Danish allerede "already." Colloquial use in U.S. as a terminal emphatic (as in enough, already! ) is attested from 1903, translating Yiddish shoyn , which is used in same sense. The pattern also is attested in Pennsylvania German and in South African. 中文词源 already ：已经 来自
• alpine 英文词源 Alpine (adj.) "of the Alps," early 15c., from Latin Alpinus ; see Alp . Earlier was Alpish (1590s). 中文词源 alpine ：阿尔卑斯山 来自词根alb, 白色。指有雪的高山。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： alpine 词源， alpine 含义。
• alphanumeric 英文词源 alphanumeric (adj.) 1912, contracted from alphabet + numeric (see numerical ). 中文词源 alphanumeric ：字母和数字并用的 alpha, 字母A。词根numer, 数字，见number. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： alphanumeric 词源， alphanumeric 含义。
• alpha 英文词源 alpha (n.) c. 1300, from Latin alpha , from Greek alpha , from Hebrew or Phoenician aleph (see aleph ). The Greeks added -a because Greek words cannot end in most consonants. Sense of "beginning of anything" is from late 14c., often paired with omega (last letter in the Greek alphabet) as "the end." Sense of "first in a sequence" is from 1620s. Alpha male was in use by c. 1960 among s
• alpaca 英文词源 alpaca alpaca: [18] English gets the term alpaca (for a South American animal related to the llama) from Spanish, which in turn got it from alpako , the word for the animal in the Aymara language of Bolivia and Peru. Alpako was a derivative of the adjective pako ‘reddish-brown’, a reference to the colour of the animal’s hair. alpaca (n.) 1792, from Spanish alpaca , probably from
• alopecia 英文词源 alopecia alopecia: [14] This word appears to derive from the resemblance observed by the Greeks between baldness in human beings and mange in foxes. The Greek for ‘fox’ was alōpēx , hence alōpekía , borrowed into Latin as alopēcia . Alōpēx is related to Latin vulpēs ‘fox’, from which English gets vulpine ‘foxlike’ [17]. = vulpine 中文词源 alopecia ：脱发 alo
• aloo 英文词源 aloo "Potato", From Hindi, Urdu, and Sanskrit ālū . 中文词源 aloo ：土豆 来自印度语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： aloo 词源， aloo 含义。
• along 英文词源 along along: [OE] The a - in along is related to the prefix anti -, and the original notion contained in the word is of ‘extending a long way in the opposite direction’. This was the force of Old English andlang , a compound formed from and - ‘against, facing’ (whose original source was Greek anti - ‘against’) and lang ‘long’. The meaning gradually changed via simply ‘
• alone 英文词源 alone alone: [13] Although partly disguised by its pronunciation, alone is in fact simply a compound of all and one (whose /wun/ pronunciation began to develop around the 15th century). In Old English it was a completely separate phrase, all āna , literally ‘completely by oneself’, but by the 13th century this had coalesced into a single word. Loss of its initial a in the 14th ce
• aloha 英文词源 aloha 1798, Hawaiian aloha, Maori aroha, an expression used in greeting or valediction, literally "love, affection, pity." Sometimes aloha 'oe, from 'oe "to you." 中文词源 aloha ：再见 来自夏威夷语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： aloha 词源， aloha 含义。 aloha ：喂，别了 ; aloha 喂,别了 该词既作问候语又作告别语，在夏威
• aloe vera 英文词源 aloe vera "A gelatinous substance obtained from a kind of aloe, used especially in cosmetics as an emollient", Early 20th century: modern Latin, literally 'true aloe', probably in contrast to the American agave, which closely resembles aloe vera: both plants were formerly classified together in the lily family. 中文词源 aloe vera ：真芦荟 aloe，芦荟。vera, very的拉丁语，
• aloe 英文词源 aloe (n.) Old English alewe "fragrant resin of an East Indian tree," a Biblical usage, from Latin aloe , from Greek aloe , translating Hebrew ahalim (plural, perhaps ultimately from a Dravidian language). The Greek word probably was chosen for resemblance of sound to the Hebrew, because the Greek and Latin words referred originally to a genus of plants with spiky flowers and bitter ju
• alms 英文词源 alms alms: [OE] The word alms has become much reduced in its passage through time from its ultimate Greek source, eleēmosúnē ‘pity, alms’. This was borrowed into post-classical (Christian) Latin as eleēmosyna , which subsequently became simplified in Vulgar Latin to * alimosina (source of the word for ‘alms’ in many Romance languages, such as French aumône and Italian lim
• almost 英文词源 almost almost: [OE] Almost is simply a combination of all and most . In Anglo-Saxon times, and up until the 17th century, it meant ‘mostly all’ or ‘nearly all’ (thus one could say ‘My best friends are almost men’, meaning most of them are men); but already by the 13th century the modern sense ‘nearly, not quite’ was well in place. = all , most almost (adv.) Old English
• almond 英文词源 almond almond: [13] The l in almond is a comparatively recent addition; its immediate source, Latin amandula , did not have one (and nor, correspondingly, do French amande , Portuguese amendoa , Italian mandola , or German mandel ). But the relative frequency of the prefix al - in Latin-derived words seems to have prompted its grafting on to amandula in its passage from Latin to Old F
• almighty 英文词源 almighty (adj.) Old English ælmihtig "all-powerful," also a by-name of God; compound of æl (see all ) + mihtig (see mighty ); common Germanic (cognates: Old Saxon alomahtig , Old High German alamahtic , German allmächtig , Old Norse almattigr ), perhaps an early Germanic loan-translation of Latin omnipotens (see omnipotent ). The almighty dollar, that great object of universal devo
• Alma Mater 英文词源 alma mater alma mater: [17] Alma mater literally means ‘mother who fosters or nourishes’. The Latin adjective almus ‘giving nourishment’, derives from the verb alere ‘nourish’ (source of English alimony and alimentary ). The epithet alma mater was originally applied by the Romans to a number of goddesses whose particular province was abundance, notably Ceres and Cybele. In
• alluvial 英文词源 alluvial alluvial: [19] Alluvial material is material that has been washed down and deposited by running water. Hence the term; for its ultimate source, Latin lavere (a variant of lavāre , which produced English latrine , laundry , lava , lavatory , lavish , and lotion ), meant ‘wash’. Addition of the prefix ad - ‘to’ changed lavere to luere , giving alluere ‘wash against’
• allspice 英文词源 allspice (n.) spice made from the berry of the Jamaican pimento, 1620s, from all + spice (n.), "so called because supposed to combine the flavour of cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves" [Weekley]. 中文词源 allspice ：多香果 热带水果。all, 都，许多。spice, 香料。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： allspice 词源， allspice 含义。
• alloy 英文词源 alloy alloy: [16] The notion of ‘mixing’ in alloy originated in the idea of ‘binding’ in Latin ligāre ‘tie’ (source of English ligament , ligature , and lien – via Old French loien from Latin ligāmen ‘bond’). Addition of the prefix ad - gave alligāre ‘bind one thing to another’, hence ‘combine’. This passed into Old French as aleier , where it eventually b
• allow 英文词源 allow allow: [14] Allow comes ultimately from two completely different Latin verbs, allaudāre and allocāre , which became blended in Old French alouer . The first, allaudāre , was based on laudāre ‘praise’ (source of English laud , laudable , and laudatory ); the second, allocāre (source of English allocate [17]) on locāre ‘place’. The formal similarity of the Latin verb
• allotrope 英文词源 allotrope (n.) 1847, back-formation from allotropy "variation of physical properties without change of substance," from allo- + -tropy "manner" (see -trope ). Related: Allotropic . 中文词源 allotrope ：同素异形体 词根allo, 异。词根trope, 转，见tropical, 热带（太阳转弯的位置），同词源turn. 石墨和钻石即属同素异形体。 该词的英语词源请访
• allosaurus 英文词源 allosaurus "A large bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the late Jurassic period", Modern Latin, from Greek allos 'other' + sauros 'lizard'. 中文词源 allosaurus ：异龙 词根allo, 异。词根saur, 蜥蜴，恐龙。该恐龙与普通恐龙略有差异，故名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： allosaurus 词源， allosaurus 含义。
• allophone 英文词源 allophone (1) "Any of the various phonetic realizations of a phoneme in a language, which do not contribute to distinctions of meaning. For example, in English an aspirated p (as in pin ) and unaspirated p (as in spin ) are allophones of p, whereas in ancient Greek the distinction was phonemic", 1930s: from allo- 'other, different' + phoneme . allophone (2) "(Especially in Quebec) an
• allomorph 英文词源 allomorph "Any of two or more actual representations of a morpheme, such as the plural endings s (as in bats ), z (as in bugs ), and ɪz (as in buses )", 1940s: from allo- 'other, different' + morpheme. 中文词源 allomorph ：语素变体 词根allo, 异。词根morph, 形。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： allomorph 词源， allomorph 含义。
• allium 英文词源 allium "A bulbous plant of a genus that includes the onion and its relatives (e.g. garlic, leek, and chives)", Latin, 'garlic'. 中文词源 allium ：葱属植物 词根alu, 葱属。-um, 拉丁语中性词缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： allium 词源， allium 含义。
• alley 英文词源 alley alley: [14] Alley is related to French aller ‘go’. Old French aler (which came from Latin ambulāre ‘walk’, source of English amble and ambulance ) produced the derived noun alee ‘act of walking’, hence ‘place where one walks, passage’. = amble , ambulance alley (n.) mid-14c., "passage in a house; open passage between buildings; walkway in a garden," from Old Fre
• allergen 英文词源 allergen (n.) substance causing allergy, 1912, from allergy on model of antigen . 中文词源 allergen ：过敏原 词根 alle-, 相异，不同，词根 -gen, 产生，词源同gene,antigen. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： allergen 词源， allergen 含义。
• alleluia 英文词源 alleluia late 14c., from Latin alleluja , from Greek allelouia , from Hebrew hallelu-yah "praise Jehovah" (see hallelujah ). 中文词源 alleluia ：哈利路亚 来自希伯来语hallelu-yah, hallelu, 拟声词，赞美。Yah, 耶和华。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： alleluia 词源， alleluia 含义。
• allele 英文词源 allele (n.) 1931, from German allel , abbreviation of allelomorph (1902), coined from Greek allel- "one another" (from allos "other;" see alias (adv.)) + morphe "form" (see Morpheus ). 中文词源 allele ：等位基因 单词allelomorph的缩写。allelo, 相异的，不同的，同else. 词根morph, 形状，同form. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： allele 词源
• Allah 英文词源 Allah 1702, Arabic name for the Supreme Being, from Arabic Allahu , contraction of al-Ilahu , from al "the" + Ilah "God;" related to Hebrew Elohim . 中文词源 Allah ：安拉 阿拉伯词。al, 定冠词。lah, 神。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Allah 词源， Allah 含义。
• all 英文词源 all all: [OE] Words related to all are found throughout the Germanic languages (German all , Dutch al , Old Norse allr , Gothic alls , for instance). They can probably all be traced back to a hypothetical Germanic ancestor * alnaz . Connections outside Germanic are not known, unless Lithuanian aliai ‘completely’ is a relative. all Old English eall "all, every, entire," from Proto-
• alkene 英文词源 alkene "Any of the series of unsaturated hydrocarbons containing a double bond, including ethylene and propene", Late 19th century: from alkyl + -ene. 中文词源 alkene ：烯烃 合成词。alk,同alcohol,酒精. -yl, 基，-ene, 烯 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： alkene 词源， alkene 含义。
• Alka-Seltzer 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random caution caution: see show 中文词源 Alka-Seltzer ：我可舒适胃药片 商标名。Alka, 同alkali. Seltzer, 汽水，矿泉水，德国一地名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Alka-Seltzer 词源， Alka-Seltzer 含义。
• alkane 英文词源 alkane "Any of the series of saturated hydrocarbons including methane, ethane, propane, and higher members", Late 19th century: from alkyl + -ane 2 . 中文词源 alkane ：烷烃 合成词。alk,同alcohol,酒精. -yl, 基，-ane, 烷。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： alkane 词源， alkane 含义。
• alkaloid 英文词源 alkaloid (n.) 1831, from alkali (q.v.) + -oid . "A general term applied to basic compounds of vegetable origin, bitter in taste, and having powerful effects on the animal system" [Flood]. As an adjective by 1859. 中文词源 alkaloid ：生物碱 alkali，碱。-oid, 类。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： alkaloid 词源， alkaloid 含义。
• aliquot 英文词源 aliquot "A portion of a larger whole, especially a sample taken for chemical analysis or other treatment", Late 16th century: from French aliquote , from Latin aliquot 'some, so many', from alius 'one of two' + quot 'how many'. 中文词源 aliquot ：试样, 整除 词根al, 其它，同else. 词根quot, 多少，同quotient, 商。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• alimentary canal 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." agastric "Lacking, or apparently lacking, a stomach or an alimentary canal; characterized by this", Early 19th cent.; earliest us
• alien 英文词源 alien alien: [14] The essential notion contained in alien is of ‘otherness’. Its ultimate source is Latin alius ‘other’ (which is related to English else ). From this was formed a Latin adjective aliēnus ‘belonging to another person or place’, which passed into English via Old French alien . In Middle English an alternative version alient arose (in the same way as ancient
• alhaji 英文词源 alhaji "(In West Africa) a Muslim who has been to Mecca as a pilgrim (often used as a title)", Hausa, from Arabic al 'the' + hājī 'pilgrim'. 中文词源 alhaji ：哈吉（参加完麦加朝圣的穆斯林男子） 来自阿拉伯语。al, 定冠词。-haji, 同hajj, 麦加朝圣。该词多用于尊称。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： alhaji 词源， alha
• alhaja 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random lug lug: English has three words lug , two of them possibly connected. The verb, ‘pull’ [14], may be related to Swedish lugga ‘pull someone’s hair’, suggesting a Scandinavian origin. And it has been pointed out that the various meanings of the noun lug [15], such as ‘ear’ and ‘projecting handle’, share a common
• algae 英文词源 algae (n.) (plural), 1794, from alga (singular), 1550s, from Latin alga "seaweed," which is of uncertain origin, perhaps from a PIE root meaning "to putrefy, rot." 中文词源 algae ：海藻 词源不详。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： algae 词源， algae 含义。
• al fresco 英文词源 al fresco (adv.) 1753, Italian, literally "in the fresh (air)." Italian al represents a contraction of words from Latin ad "to" (see ad- ) + ille "that." Alfresco also meant "painted on plaster that was still fresh or moist" (1764; see fresco ). 中文词源 al fresco ：在户外的 来自意大利语，the fresh. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： al fresco 词源，
• alfalfa 英文词源 alfalfa (n.) 1845, from Spanish alfalfa , earlier alfalfez , from Arabic al-fisfisa "fresh fodder." 中文词源 alfalfa ：苜蓿 来自阿拉伯语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： alfalfa 词源， alfalfa 含义。
• alexandrine 英文词源 alexandrine alexandrine: [16] An alexandrine is a line of verse of 12 syllables, characteristic of the classic French drama of the 17th century. The term derives from the use of this metre in Alexandre , a 12th-or 13th-century Old French romance about Alexander the Great. Alexandrine in reference to a type of verse line, 1580s (adj.); 1660s (n.), said to be from Old French Roman d'Ale