英语词源

• acrimony 英文词源 acrimony (n.) 1540s, "quality of being acrid," from Middle French acrimonie or directly from Latin acrimonia "sharpness, pungency of taste," figuratively "acrimony, severity, energy," from acer "sharp" (fem. acris , neuter acre ; see acrid ) + -monia suffix of action, state, condition. Figurative extension to "sharpness of temper" is first recorded 1610s. 中文词源 acrimony ：刻薄
• acrid 英文词源 acrid acrid: [18] Acrid is related to acid , and probably owes its second syllable entirely to that word. It is based essentially on Latin acer ‘sharp, pungent’, which, like acid , acute , oxygen , and edge , derives ultimately from an Indo-European base * ak - meaning ‘be pointed or sharp’. When this was imported into English in the 18th century, the ending - id was artificia
• adapt 英文词源 adapt (v.) early 15c. (implied in adapted ) "to fit (something, for some purpose)," from Middle French adapter (14c.), from Latin adaptare "adjust," from ad- "to" (see ad- ) + aptare "join," from aptus "fitted" (see apt ). Meaning "to undergo modification so as to fit new circumstances" (intransitive) is from 1956. Related: Adapting . 中文词源 adapt ：适应 发音释义：[ə'dæ
• adamant 英文词源 adamant adamant: [14] In Greek, adamas meant ‘unbreakable, invincible’. It was formed from the verb daman ‘subdue, break down’ (which came from the same source as English tame ) plus the negative prefix a -. It developed a noun usage as a ‘hard substance’, specifically ‘diamond’ or ‘very hard metal’, and this passed into Latin as adamāns , or, in its stem form, ad
• adage 英文词源 adage adage: [16] Adage was borrowed, via French, from Latin adagium ‘maxim, proverb’. This seems to have been formed from a variant of aio ‘I say’ plus the prefīx ad - ‘to’. In the 16th and 17th centuries an alternative version, adagy , existed. adage (n.) "brief, familiar proverb," 1540s, Middle French adage , from Latin adagium "adage, proverb," apparently from adagio
• acute 英文词源 acute acute: [14] Acute derives from Latin acūtus ‘sharp’ (which was also the source of English ague ). This was the past participle of the verb acuere ‘sharpen’, which in turn was probably formed from the noun acus ‘needle’. Like the related acid , acetic , and acrid , it can be traced back to an Indo-European base * ak - ‘be pointed’, which was also the ultimate sou
• acumen 英文词源 acumen acumen: [16] Acumen is a direct borrowing from Latin acūmen , which meant both literally ‘point’ and figuratively ‘sharpness’. It derived from the verb acuere ‘sharpen’, which was also the source of English acute . The original pronunciation of acumen in English was /ə_kjūmen/, with the stress on the second syllable, very much on the pattern of the Latin original
• address 英文词源 address address: [14] Address originally meant ‘straighten’. William Caxton, for example, here uses it for ‘stand up straight’: ‘The first day that he was washed and bathed he addressed him[self] right up in the basin’ Golden Legend 1483. This gives a clue to its ultimate source, Latin dīrectum ‘straight, direct’. The first two syllables of this seem gradually to have
• additive 英文词源 additive (adj.) 1690s, "tending to be added," from Latin additivus "added, annexed," from past participle stem of addere (see addition ). additive (n.) "something that is added" to a chemical solution or food product, 1945, from additive (adj.). 中文词源 additive ：添加剂 发音释义：['ædətɪv] n. n. 添加剂，添加物adj. 附加的；[数] 加法的 结构分析：add
• addition 英文词源 addition (n.) late 14c., "action of adding numbers;" c. 1400, "that which is added," from Old French adition "increase, augmentation" (13c.), from Latin additionem (nominative additio ) "an adding to, addition," noun of action from past participle stem of addere (see add ). Phrase in addition to "also" is from 1680s. 中文词源 addition ：增加 发音释义：[ə'dɪʃ(ə)n] n. 添加
• addendum 英文词源 addendum (n.) 1794, literally "something added," from Latin addendum , neuter of addendus "that which is to be added," gerundive of addere (see add (v.)). Classical plural form is addenda . 中文词源 addendum ：附录 发音释义：[ə'dendəm] n. 附录，附件；补遗；附加物 结构分析：addendum = add（增加）+end（=ed，过去分词形式）+ um（名词后缀，表
• adhesive 英文词源 adhesive (adj.) 1660s, from French adhésif , formed in French from Latin adhaes- , past participle stem of adhaere (see adherent (adj.)). adhesive (n.) 1881, from adhesive (adj.). Originally of postage stamps ( adhesive stamp is attested from 1840). Of substances that cause to adhere by 1900. 中文词源 adhesive ：粘性的 发音释义：[əd'hisɪv] n. 粘合剂；胶黏剂adj. 粘
• adherent 英文词源 adherent (adj.) late 14c., from Old French adherent or directly from Latin adhaerentem (nominative adhaerens ), present participle of adhaerere "stick to," from ad- "to" (see ad- ) + haerere "to stick" (see hesitation ). adherent (n.) "follower, associate, supporter," early 15c., from Old French adherent or directly from Latin adhaerentem (see adherent (adj.)). Meaning "adhesive subst
• adhere 英文词源 adhere adhere: [16] Adhere was borrowed, either directly or via French adhérer , from Latin adhaerēre . This in turn was formed from the prefix ad - ‘to’ and the verb haerēre ‘stick’. The past participial stem of haerēre was haes - (the ultimate source of English hesitate ), and from adhaes - were formed the Latin originals of adhesion and adhesive . = hesitate adhere (v.)
• adequate 英文词源 adequate adequate: see equal adequate (adj.) 1610s, from Latin adaequatus "equalized," past participle of adaequare "to make equal to," from ad- "to" (see ad- ) + aequare "make level," from aequus (see equal (adj.)). The sense is of being "equal to what is required." Related: Adequateness . 中文词源 adequate ：足够的 发音释义：[ˈædɪkwət] adj. 充足的；适当的；胜
• admire 英文词源 admire admire: [16] Admire has rather run out of steam since it first entered the language. It comes originally from the same Latin source as marvel and miracle , and from the 16th to the 18th centuries it meant ‘marvel at’ or ‘be astonished’. Its weaker modern connotations of ‘esteem’ or ‘approval’, however, have been present since the beginning, and have gradually ou
• adjust 英文词源 adjust adjust: see just adjust (v.) late 14c., ajusten , "to correct, remedy;" reborrowed by c. 1600 in sense "arrange, settle, compose," from Middle French adjuster , Old French ajouter "to join" (12c.), from Late Latin adiuxtare "to bring near," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad- ) + iuxta "next," related to iungere "to join" (see jugular ). Influenced by folk etymology derivation from La
• adjunct 英文词源 adjunct (n.) 1580s, from Latin adiunctus "closely connected, joined, united" (as a noun, "a characteristic, essential attribute"), past participle of adiungere "join to" (see adjoin ). adjunct (adj.) 1590s, from Latin adiunctus "closely connected, joined, united," past participle of adiungere "join to" (see adjoin ). Adjunct professor is 1826, American English. 中文词源 adjunct ：附
• adjourn 英文词源 adjourn adjourn: [14] Adjourn originally meant ‘appoint a day for’, but over the centuries, such is human nature, it has come to be used for postponing, deferring, or suspending. It originated in the Old French phrase à jour nomé ‘to an appointed day’, from which the Old French verb ajourner derived. Jour ‘day’ came from late Latin diurnum , a noun formed from the adject
• adjacent 英文词源 adjacent adjacent: [15] Adjacent and adjective come from the same source, the Latin verb jacere ‘throw’. The intransitive form of this, jacēre , literally ‘be thrown down’, was used for ‘lie’. With the addition of the prefix ad -, here in the sense ‘near to’, was created adjacēre , ‘lie near’. Its present participial stem, adjacent -, passed, perhaps via French,
• adopt 英文词源 adopt adopt: see opinion adopt (v.) c. 1500, a back-formation from adoption or else from Middle French adopter or directly from Latin adoptare "take by choice, choose for oneself, select, choose" (especially a child). Originally in English also of friends, fathers, citizens, etc. Sense of "to legally take as one's own child" and that of "to embrace, espouse" a practice, method, etc. a
• adolescent 英文词源 adolescent adolescent: [15] The original notion lying behind both adolescent and adult is of ‘nourishment’. The Latin verb alere meant ‘nourish’ ( alimentary and alimony come from it, and it is related to old ). A derivative of this, denoting the beginning of an action, was alēscere ‘be nourished’, hence ‘grow’. The addition of the prefix ad - produced adolēscere . I
• admonish 英文词源 admonish admonish: [14] In Middle English times this verb was amoneste . It came, via Old French amonester , from an assumed Vulgar Latin verb * admonestāre , an alteration of Latin admonēre ( monēre meant ‘warn’, and came from the same source as English mind ). The prefix ad - was reintroduced from Latin in the 15th century, while the - ish ending arose from a mistaken analysi
• admission 英文词源 admission (n.) early 15c., "acceptance, reception, approval," from Latin admissionem (nominative admissio ) "a letting in," noun of action from past participle stem of admittere (see admit ). Meaning "an acknowledging" is from 1530s. Sense of "a literal act of letting in" is from 1620s. As short for admission price , by 1792. 中文词源 admission ：许可 发音释义：[əd'mɪʃə
• adulterate 英文词源 adulterate (v.) 1530s, back-formation from adulteration , or else from Latin adulteratus , past participle of adulterare "to falsify, corrupt," also "to commit adultery." Earlier verb was adulter (late 14c.). Related: Adulterated ; adulterating . 中文词源 adulterate ：掺假 发音释义：[ə'dʌltəret] adj. 通奸的；搀杂的vt. 掺假 结构分析：adulterate = ad（去）
• adulate 英文词源 adulate (v.) 1777, back-formation from adulation . 中文词源 adulate ：谄媚 发音释义：['ædjʊleɪt] vt. 过分称赞；谄媚；奉承 结构分析：adulate = ad（去）+ ul（尾巴）+ ate（动词后缀）→（小狗）摇尾巴→讨好、谄媚 词源解释：ul←拉丁语ulos（尾巴）←原始印欧语ul（尾巴） 同源词：adulation（谄媚） 趣味记忆
• adroit 英文词源 adroit (adj.) 1650s, "dexterous," originally "rightly," from French adroit , from phrase à droit "according to right," from Old French à "to" (see ad- ) + droit "right," from Late Latin directum "right, justice," accusative of Latin directus "straight" (see direct (v.)). Related: Adroitly ; adroitness . 中文词源 adroit ：熟练的 发音释义：[ə'drɔɪt] adj. 敏捷的，灵巧
• adorn 英文词源 adorn adorn: see ornament adorn (v.) late 14c., "to decorate, embellish," also "be an ornament to," from Old French aorner "to order, arrange, dispose, equip; adorn," from Latin adornare "equip, provide, embellish," from ad- "to" (see ad- ) + ornare "prepare, furnish, adorn, fit out," from stem of ordo "order" (see order (n.)). The -d- was reinserted by French scribes 14c., in English
• adore 英文词源 adore adore: see orator adore (v.) late 14c., aouren , "to worship, pay divine honors to, bow down before," from Old French aorer "to adore, worship, praise" (10c.), from Latin adorare "speak to formally, beseech, ask in prayer," in Late Latin "to worship," from ad- "to" (see ad- ) + orare "speak formally, pray" (see orator ). Meaning "to honor very highly" is attested from 1590s; wea
• advertise 英文词源 advertise advertise: [15] When it was originally borrowed into English, from French, advertise meant ‘notice’. It comes ultimately from the Latin verb advertere ‘turn towards’ (whose past participle adversus ‘hostile’ is the source of English adverse [14] and adversity [13]). A later variant form, advertīre , passed into Old French as avertir ‘warn’ (not to be confuse
• adverse 英文词源 adverse (adj.) late 14c., "contrary, opposing," from Old French avers (13c., Modern French adverse ) "antagonistic, unfriendly, contrary, foreign" (as in gent avers "infidel race"), from Latin adversus "turned against, turned toward, fronting, facing," figuratively "hostile, adverse, unfavorable," past participle of advertere , from ad- "to" (see ad- ) + vertere "to turn" (see versus
• adventitious 英文词源 adventitious (adj.) "of the nature of an addition from without," c. 1600, from Medieval Latin adventitius "coming from abroad, extraneous," a corruption of Latin adventicius "foreign, strange, accidental," from advent- past participle stem of advenire "arrive" (see advent ). Related: Adventitiously ; adventitiousness . 中文词源 adventitious ：偶然的 发音释义：[,ædvɛn'tɪ
• adumbrate 英文词源 adumbrate adumbrate: see umbrage adumbrate (v.) "to outline, to sketch," 1580s, from Latin adumbratus "sketched, shadowed in outline," past participle of adumbrare "to represent (a thing) in outline" (see adumbration ). Meaning "to overshadow" is 1660s. Related: Adumbrated ; adumbrating . 中文词源 adumbrate ：预示 发音释义：['ædəmbret] vt. 预示；画…的轮廓；遮蔽
• aesthetic 英文词源 aesthetic aesthetic: [18] In strict etymological terms, aesthetic relates to perception via the senses. It comes ultimately from the Greek verb aísthesthai ‘perceive’ (which is related to Latin audīre ‘hear’), and this meaning is preserved in anaesthetic , literally ‘without feeling’. The derived adjective aisthētikós reached Western Europe via modern Latin aesthēticu
• aerate 英文词源 aerate (v.) 1794, from Latin aer (genitive aeris ; see air (n.1)) + verbal suffix -ate (2). Related: Aerated ; aerating . 中文词源 aerate ：充气 发音释义：['ɛret] vt. 充气；让空气进入；使暴露于空气中 结构分析：aerate = aer（空气）+ate（动词后缀）→充气、暴露于空气中 词源解释：aer←拉丁语aer（空气）←希腊语aer（空气
• advisable 英文词源 advisable (adj.) 1640s, from advise (v.) + -able . 中文词源 advisable ：明智的 发音释义：[əd'vaɪzəbl] adj. 明智的，可取的，适当的 结构分析：advisable = advis（e）（建议）+able（能够）→能够接受建议的→明智的、可取的 词源解释：advise←古法语avis（意见、看法） 同源词：inadvisable（不听劝告的、不明智的
• affidavit 英文词源 affidavit (n.) 1590s, from Medieval Latin affidavit , literally "he has stated on oath," third person singular perfective of affidare "to trust," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad- ) + fidare "to trust," from fidus "faithful," from the same root as fides "faith" (see faith ). So called from being the first word of sworn statements. 中文词源 affidavit ：宣誓书 发音释义：[,æfə'
• affection 英文词源 affection (n.) early 13c., "an emotion of the mind, passion, lust as opposed to reason," from Old French afection (12c.) "emotion, inclination, disposition; love, attraction, enthusiasm," from Latin affectionem (nominative affectio ) "a relation, disposition; a temporary state; a frame, constitution," noun of state from past participle stem of afficere "to do something to, act on" (se
• affectation 英文词源 affectation (n.) "studied display," 1540s, from French affectation (16c.) or directly from Latin affectationem (nominative affectatio ) "a striving after, a claiming," noun of action from past participle stem of affectare "to strive for" (see affect (v.2)). 中文词源 affectation ：做作 发音释义：[,æfɛk'teʃən] n. 做作；矫揉造作；假装 结构分析：affectation
• affable 英文词源 affable affable: [16] The Latin original of affable , affābilis , meant ‘easy to speak to’. It was formed from the verb āffārī ‘speak to’, which in turn was derived from the prefix ad - ‘to’ and fārī ‘speak’ (the source of fable , fame , and fate ). It reached English via Old French affable . = fable , fame , fate affable (adj.) late 15c., from Old French afable
• affliction 英文词源 affliction (n.) c. 1300, from Old French afliction (11c.), from Latin afflictionem (nominative afflictio ), noun of action from past participle stem of affligere (see afflict ). 中文词源 affliction ：苦难 发音释义：[ə'flɪkʃ(ə)n] n. 苦难；苦恼；折磨 结构分析：affliction = afflict（折磨）+（t）ion（名词后缀）→折磨 该词的英语词源请访问
• afflict 英文词源 afflict afflict: [14] When it originally entered English, afflict meant ‘overthrow’, reflecting its origins in Latin afflīgere ‘throw down’, a compound verb formed from the prefix ad - ‘to’ and flīgere ‘strike’. English afflict comes either from the Latin past participle afflictus , from a new Latin verb formed from this, afflictāre , or perhaps from the now obsolet
• affix 英文词源 affix affix: see fix affix (v.) 1530s, from Medieval Latin affixare , frequentative of Latin affigere (past participle affixus ) "fasten to, attach," from ad- "to" (see ad- ) + figere "fasten" (see fix (v.)). First used by Scottish writers and perhaps from Middle French affixer , a temporarily re-Latinized spelling of Old French afichier (Modern French afficher ). Related: Affixed ; a
• affirm 英文词源 affirm (v.) c. 1300, from Old French afermier (Modern French affirmer ) "affirm, confirm; strengthen, consolidate," from Latin affirmare "to make steady, strengthen," figuratively "confirm, corroborate," from ad- "to" (see ad- ) + firmare "strengthen, make firm," from firmus "strong" (see firm (adj.)). Spelling refashioned 16c. in French and English on Latin model. Related: Affirmed ;
• affront 英文词源 affront affront: [14] The present-day notion of ‘insulting someone’ has replaced the more direct action of hitting them in the face. Affront comes, via Old French afronter , from Vulgar Latin * affrontāre ‘strike in the face’, which was formed from the Latin phrase ad frontem , literally ‘to the face’. = front affront (v.) early 14c., from Old French afronter "to face, co
• affordable 英文词源 affordable (adj.) 1866, from afford + -able . Related: Affordably ; affordability . 中文词源 affordable ：负担得起的 发音释义：[ə'fɔrdəbl] adj. 负担得起的 结构分析：affordable = afford（买得起、能够承受）+able（能够）→负担得起的； 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： affordable 词源， affordable 含义。 affordabl
• afford 英文词源 afford afford: [OE] This verb originally meant ‘accomplish, fulfil’. In Old English times it was geforthian , formed from the prefix ge -, denoting completion of an action, and forthian ‘advance towards completion’ or literally ‘further’ (from the adverb forth ). The notion of accomplishing something or managing something gradually led, by the 15th century, to the idea of
• affluence 英文词源 affluence (n.) mid-14c., "a plentiful flowing, an abundance," from Old French affluence , from Latin affluentia "a flowing to," figuratively "affluence, abundance," noun of state from affluentem (nominative affluens ) "flowing toward, abounding, rich, copious" (see affluent ). Sense of "wealth" attested from c. 1600, from notion of "a plentiful flow" (of the gifts of fortune). 中文词
• aggregate 英文词源 aggregate aggregate: [15] Etymologically, aggregate contains the notion of a collection of animals. It comes from greg -, the stem of the Latin noun grex ‘flock, herd’ (also the source of gregarious ). This formed the basis of a verb aggregāre ‘collect together’, whose past participle aggregātus passed into English as aggregate . Latin grex is related to Greek agorā ‘open
• aggravate 英文词源 aggravate aggravate: [16] Aggravate originally meant literally ‘to weigh down’ or ‘to make heavier’ (it was modelled on Latin aggravare ‘to make heavier’, which in turn was based on gravis ‘heavy’, source of English gravity and grief ; its first cousin is aggrieve [13], which came via Old French agrever ). From the first it was generally used in a metaphorical sense, a
• aggrandize 英文词源 aggrandize (v.) 1630s, "to make larger, increase," from French agrandiss- , present participle stem of agrandir "to augment" (16c.), ultimately from Latin ad "to" (see ad- ) + grandire "to make great," from grandis (see grand (adj.)). The double -g- spelling in English is by analogy with Latin words in ad- . Related: Aggrandized ; aggrandizing . 中文词源 aggrandize ：增大 发音释
• agglomerate 英文词源 agglomerate (v.) 1680s, from Latin agglomeratus , past participle of agglomerare "to wind or add onto a ball," from ad- "to" (see ad- ) + glomerare "wind up in a ball," from glomus (genitive glomeris ) "ball of yarn," from PIE root *glem- . Related: Agglomerated ; agglomerating . 中文词源 agglomerate ：结块 发音释义：[ə'glɒməreɪt] adj. 凝聚的；成团的，结块的
• aggrieve 英文词源 aggrieve aggrieve: see aggravate aggrieve (v.) early 14c., from Old French agrever "make worse; become worse," from Latin aggravare "make heavier" (see aggravation ). Related: Aggrieved ; aggrieving . 中文词源 aggrieve ：使痛苦 发音释义：[ə'griːv] vi. 攻击；侵略vt. 侵犯；挑畔 结构分析：aggrieved = ag（=ad，使）+grieve（悲痛）→使悲痛 词源解释
• aggressor 英文词源 aggressor (n.) 1670s, from Latin aggressor , agent noun from aggredi "to approach, attack" (see aggression ). 中文词源 aggressor ：侵略者 发音释义：[ə'gresə] n. 侵略者；侵略国；挑衅者 结构分析：aggressor = aggress（侵略）+or（的人）→侵略者 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： aggressor 词源， aggressor 含义。 aggresso
• aggressive 英文词源 aggressive (adj.) 1791, from Latin aggress- , past participle stem of aggredi "to approach, attack" (see aggression ) + -ive . In psychological use from 1913, first in translations of Freud. Related: Aggressively ; aggressiveness . 中文词源 aggressive ：侵略性的 发音释义：[ə'gresɪv] adj. 侵略性的；好斗的；有进取心的；有闯劲的 结构分析：aggressiv
• aggression 英文词源 aggression aggression: [17] The violent associations of aggression have developed from the much milder notion of ‘approaching’ somebody. The Latin verb aggredī ‘attack’ was based on the prefix ad - ‘towards’ and gradī ‘walk’, a verb derived in its turn from the noun gradus ‘step’ (from which English gets, among many others, grade , gradual , and degree ). = degre
• aggress 英文词源 aggress (v.) "attack," 1714, back-formation from aggression , but used earlier with a sense of "approach" (1570s) and in this sense from French aggresser , from Late Latin aggressare , frequentative of Latin aggredi "to approach, attack." Related: Aggressed ; aggressing . 中文词源 aggress ：侵略 发音释义：[ə'gres] vi. 攻击；侵略vt. 侵犯；挑畔 结构分析：aggr
• agog 英文词源 agog agog: [15] Agog probably comes from Old French gogue ‘merriment’. It was used in the phrase en gogue , meaning ‘enjoying oneself’ (Randle Cotgrave, in his Dictionarie of the French and English tongues 1611, defines estre en ses gogues as ‘to be frolicke, lustie, lively, wanton, gamesome, all-a-hoit, in a pleasant humour; in a veine of mirth, or in a merrie mood’), and
• agitate 英文词源 agitate agitate: [16] Agitate is one of a host of English words descended ultimately from Latin agere (see AGENT). Among the many meanings of agere was ‘drive, move’, and a verb derived from it denoting repeated action, agitāre , hence meant ‘move to and fro’. This physical sense of shaking was present from the start in English agitate , but so was the more metaphorical ‘pe
• agility 英文词源 agility (n.) early 15c., from Old French agilité (14c.), from Latin agilitatem (nominative agilitas ) "mobility, nimbleness, quickness," from agilis , from agere "to move" (see act (n.)). 中文词源 agility ：敏捷 发音释义：[ə'dʒɪlətɪ] n. 敏捷；灵活；机敏 结构分析：agility = agil（e）（敏捷的）+ity（名词后缀）→敏捷 该词的英语词源请访
• agile 英文词源 agile (adj.) 1580s, from Middle French agile (14c.) and directly from Latin agilis "nimble, quick," from agere "to move, drive" (see act (n.)). Related: Agilely . 中文词源 agile ：敏捷的 发音释义：['ædʒaɪl] adj. 敏捷的；机敏的；活泼的 结构分析：agile = ag（动作）+ile（形容词后缀）→动作敏捷的→机敏的、活泼的 词源解释：ag←拉
• ail 英文词源 ail ail: [OE] Now virtually obsolete except in the metaphorical use of its present participial adjective ailing , ail is of long but uncertain history. The Old English verb egl(i)an came from the adjective egle ‘troublesome’, which had related forms in other Germanic languages, such as Middle Low German egelen ‘annoy’ and Gothic agls ‘disgraceful’, aglo ‘oppression’. T
• agreeable 英文词源 agreeable (adj.) late 14c., "to one's liking," from Old French agreable (12c., Modern French agréable ) "pleasing, in agreement, consenting, thankful," from agreer "to please" (see agree ). Related: Agreeably . To do the agreeable (1825) was to "act in a courteous manner." 中文词源 agreeable ：令人愉快的 发音释义：[ə'griːəb(ə)l] adj. 令人愉快的；适合的；和
• agronomy 英文词源 agronomy (n.) "science of land management for crop production," 1814, from French agronomie , from Greek agronomos "overseer of land," from agros "field" (see acre ) + -nomos "law or custom, administering," related to nemein "manage" (see numismatic ). Related: Agronomist ; agronomic . 中文词源 agronomy ：农学 发音释义：[ə'grɒnəmɪ] n. 农学；农艺学；农业经济学
• agrarian 英文词源 agrarian (adj.) 1610s, "relating to the land," from Middle French loy agrarienne "agrarian law," corresponding to Latin Lex agraria , the Roman law for the division of conquered lands, from agrarius "of the land," from ager (genitive agri ) "a field," from PIE *agro- (cognates: Greek agros "field," Gothic akrs , Old English æcer "field;" see acre ). Meaning "having to do with cultiva
• albeit 英文词源 albeit (conj.) late 14c., a contraction of al be it "al(though) it be (that)." 中文词源 albeit ：虽然 发音释义：[ɔːl'biːɪt] conj. 虽然；即使 结构分析：albeit = al（though）+be + it→although it be（that）→虽然如此 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： albeit 词源， albeit 含义。 albeit ：尽管 逆序缩写词，although it
• alacrity 英文词源 alacrity (n.) mid-15c., from Latin alacritatem (nominative alacritas ) "liveliness, ardor, eagerness," from alacer (genitive alacris ) "cheerful, brisk, lively;" which is of uncertain origin, perhaps cognate with Gothic aljan "zeal," Old English ellen "courage, zeal, strength," Old High German ellian . 中文词源 alacrity ：乐意 发音释义：[ə'lækrɪtɪ] n. 敏捷；轻快；乐
• airtight 英文词源 airtight (adj.) also air-tight , "impervious to air," 1760, from air (n.1) + tight . Figurative sense of "incontrovertible" (of arguments, alabis, etc.) is from 1929. 中文词源 airtight ：不透气的 发音释义：['eətaɪt] adj. 密闭的，密封的；无懈可击的 结构分析：airtight = air（空气）+ tight（紧的、密封的）→密不透风的→不透气的 该词
• airborne 英文词源 airborne (adj.) 1640s, "carried through the air," from air (n.1) + borne . Of military units, from 1937. 中文词源 airborne ：空气传播的 发音释义：['eəbɔːn] adj. 空运的；空气传播的；风媒的 结构分析：airborne = air（空气）+ borne（携带、承载）→由空气来携带的→空气传播的、空运的 词源解释：borne是bear（承受、孕育）
• alias 英文词源 alias (adv.) mid-15c., "otherwise called," from Latin alias "at another time, in another way," from alius "(an)other," from PIE *al- (1) "beyond" (cognates: Sanskrit anya "other, different," Avestan anya- , Armenian ail , Greek allos "another," Gothic aljis "other," Old English elles "otherwise, else," Modern English else ). alias (n.) "assumed name," c. 1600, from alias (adv.). 中文词
• alcove 英文词源 alcove alcove: [17] Alcove is of Arabic origin. It reached English, via French alcôve and Spanish alcoba (where it means ‘recessed area for a bed’), from Arabic al-qobbah ‘the arch, the vault’, hence ‘the vaulted room’, which was derived from the verb qubba ‘vault’. alcove (n.) 1670s, "vaulted recess," from French alcôve (17c.), from Spanish alcoba , from Arabic al-q
• alchemy 英文词源 alchemy alchemy: [14] Alchemy comes, via Old French alkemie and medieval Latin alchimia , from Arabic alkīmīā . Broken down into its component parts, this represents Arabic al ‘the’ and kīmīā , a word borrowed by Arabic from Greek khēmíā ‘alchemy’ – that is, the art of transmuting base metals into gold. (It has been suggested that khēmīā is the same word as Khēmī
• allay 英文词源 allay allay: [OE] In Old English, alecgan meant literally ‘lay aside’ (- a ‘away, aside, out’, lecgan ‘lay’). The more recent senses ‘relieve, mitigate’ developed from the 13th to the 15th centuries owing to the influence of two formally similar Old French verbs: aleger ‘lighten’ (from Latin alleviāre , source of English alleviate [15]); and al(e)ier ‘qualify, m
• aliment 英文词源 aliment (n.) "food," late 15c., from Latin alimentum "nourishment," in plural, "food, provisions," from alere "to nourish" (see alimentary ). 中文词源 aliment ：食物 发音释义：['ælɪm(ə)nt] n. 滋养品；食物vt. 向…提供营养物 结构分析：aliment = ali（滋养）+ment（名词后缀）→能滋养人的东西→食物 词源解释：ali←拉丁语alere（滋
• align 英文词源 align (v.) early 15c., "to copulate" (of wolves, dogs), literally "to range (things) in a line," from Middle French aligner , from Old French alignier "set, lay in line," from à "to" (see ad- ) + lignier "to line," from Latin lineare , from linea (see line (n.)). Transitive or reflexive sense of "to fall into line" is from 1853. International political sense is attested from 1934. No
• alienate 英文词源 alienate (v.) 1540s, "make estranged" (in feelings or affections), from Latin alienatus , past participle of alienare "to make another's, estrange," from alienus "of or belonging to another person or place," from alius "(an)other" (see alias (adv.)). Related: Alienated ; alienating . 中文词源 alienate ：离间 发音释义：['eɪlɪəneɪt] vt. 使疏远，离间；让与 结构分
• allergic 英文词源 allergic (adj.) 1911, from allergy + -ic ; perhaps modeled on French allergique (1906). Figurative use, "antipathetic, repulsed" is from 1936. 中文词源 allergic ：过敏的 发音释义：[ə'lɜːdʒɪk] adj. 对…过敏的；对…极讨厌的 结构分析：allergic = allerg（y）（过敏症）+ ic（形容词后缀）→过敏的 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• allergy 英文词源 allergy allergy: [20] Allergy was borrowed from German allergie , which was coined in 1906 by the scientist C E von Pirquet. He formed it from Greek allos ‘other, different’ and érgon ‘work’ (source of English energy and related to English work ). Its original application was to a changed physiological condition caused by an injection of some foreign substance. = energy , wor
• allegiance 英文词源 allegiance (n.) late 14c., from Anglo-French legaunce "loyalty of a liege-man to his lord," from Old French legeance , from liege (see liege ); erroneously associated with Latin ligare "to bind;" corrupted in spelling by confusion with the now-obsolete legal term allegeance "alleviation." General figurative sense of "recognition of claims to respect or duty" is attested from 1732. 中文
• allege 英文词源 allege allege: [14] Allege is related to law , legal , legislation , legation , and litigation . Its original source was Vulgar Latin * exlitigāre , which meant ‘clear of charges in a lawsuit’ (from ex - ‘out of’ and litigāre ‘litigate’). This developed successively into Old French esligier and Anglo- Norman alegier , from where it was borrowed into English; there, its o
• allusion 英文词源 allusion allusion: see illusion allusion (n.) 1540s, from Latin allusionem (nominative allusio ) "a playing with, a reference to," noun of action from past participle stem of alludere (see allude ). An allusion is never an outright or explicit mention of the person or thing the speaker seems to have in mind. 中文词源 allusion ：暗示 发音释义：[ə'lʊʒən] n. 暗示；提及
• allude 英文词源 allude (v.) 1530s, "mock," from Middle French alluder or directly from Latin alludere "to play, sport, joke, jest," from ad- "to" (see ad- ) + ludere "to play" (see ludicrous ). Meaning "make an indirect reference, point in passing" is from 1570s. Related: Alluded ; alluding . 中文词源 allude ：暗指 发音释义：[ə'l(j)uːd] vi. 暗指，转弯抹角地说到；略为提及，
• allowance 英文词源 allowance (n.) late 14c., "praise" (a sense now obsolete), from Old French aloance "allowance, granting, allocation," from alouer (see allow ). Sense of "a sum alloted to meet expenses" is from c. 1400. In accounts, meaning "a sum placed to one's credit" is attested from 1520s. To make allowances is literally to add or deduct a sum from someone's account for some special circumstance.
• allocate 英文词源 allocate (v.) 1630s, from verbal used of adjective allocate (mid-15c. in legal use), from Medieval Latin allocate (the common first word of writs authorizing payment), imperative plural of allocare "allocate," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad- ) + locare "to place" (see locate ). Related: Allocated ; allocating . 中文词源 allocate ：分配 发音释义：['æləkeɪt] vt. 分配；拨出
• alleviate 英文词源 alleviate (v.) late 15c., from Middle French allevier or directly from Late Latin alleviatus , past participle of alleviare "to lighten," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad- ) + levis "light" in weight (see lever ). Related: Alleviated ; alleviating . 中文词源 alleviate ：缓和 发音释义：[ə'liːvɪeɪt] vt. 减轻，缓和 结构分析：alleviate = al（=ad，使）+ levi（轻）
• alter 英文词源 alter alter: [14] Alter comes from the Latin word for ‘other (of two)’, alter . In late Latin a verb was derived from this, alterāre , which English acquired via French altérer . Latin alter (which also gave French autre and English alternate [16], alternative [17], altercation [14], and altruism , not to mention alter ego ) was formed from the root * al - (source of Latin alius
• aloft 英文词源 aloft (adv.) c. 1200, from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse a lopti "up above," literally "up in the air," from a "in, on" + lopt "sky, air, atmosphere; loft, upper room" (cognates: Gothic luftus , Old High German luft , Old English lyft "air;" see loft ). 中文词源 aloft ：在空中 发音释义：[ə'lɒft] adj.adv. 在空中；在高处；在上面prep. 在…之上；在…
• allure 英文词源 allure (v.) c. 1400, from Anglo-French alurer , Old French aleurer "to attract, captivate; train a falcon to hunt," from à "to" (see ad- ) + loirre "falconer's lure," from a Frankish word (see lure ), perhaps influenced by French allure "gait, way of walking." Related: Allured ; alluring . The noun is first attested 1540s; properly this sense is allurement . 中文词源 allure ：诱惑
• amalgam 英文词源 amalgam (n.) c. 1400, "blend of mercury with another metal; soft mass formed by chemical manipulation," from Old French amalgame or directly from Medieval Latin amalgama , "alloy of mercury (especially with gold or silver)," an alchemists' word, perhaps an alteration of Latin malagma "poultice, plaster," probably from Arabic al-malgham "an emollient poultice or unguent for sores (espe
• aluminium 英文词源 aluminium aluminium: [19] Aluminium comes from a coinage by the English chemist Sir Humphry Davy, who discovered the metal. His first suggestion was alumium , which he put forward in Volume 98 of the Transactions of the Royal Society 1808: ‘Had I been so fortunate as … to have procured the metallic substances I was in search of, I should have proposed for them the names of siliciu