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• altruistic 英文词源 altruistic (adj.) 1853, from French altruiste (adj.), from altruisme (see altruism ) + -ic . 中文词源 altruistic ：利他的 发音释义：[æltrʊ'ɪstɪk] adj. 利他的；无私心的 结构分析：altruistic = altruis（m）（利他主义）+ tic（形容词后缀）→利他的 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： altruistic 词源， altruistic 含义。
• altruism 英文词源 altruism altruism: [19] Etymologically as well as semantically, altruism contains the notion of ‘other people’. It was borrowed from French altruisme , which was apparently coined in 1830 by the philosopher Auguste Comte on the basis of Italian altrui ‘that which belongs to other people’. This was the oblique case of altro ‘other’, from Latin alter . Littré’s Dictionnai
• alternate 英文词源 alternate (adj.) 1510s, from Latin alternatus "one after the other," past participle of alternare "to do first one thing then the other; exchange parts," from alternus "one after the other, alternate, in turns, reciprocal," from alter "the other" (see alter ). Alternate means "by turns;" alternative means "offering a choice." Both imply two kinds or things. alternate (v.) 1590s, from
• ambiguous 英文词源 ambiguous ambiguous: [16] Ambiguous carries the etymological notion of ‘wandering around uncertainly’. It comes ultimately from the Latin compound verb ambigere , which was formed from the prefix ambi - (as in AMBIDEXTROUS) and the verb agere ‘drive, lead’ (a prodigious source of English words, including act and agent ). From the verb was derived the adjective ambiguus , which
• ambidextrous 英文词源 ambidextrous ambidextrous: [16] Ambidextrous means literally ‘right-handed on both sides’. It was formed in Latin from the prefix ambi - ‘both’ and the adjective dexter ‘right-handed’ (source of English dextrous ). Ambi - corresponds to the Latin adjective ambo ‘both’, which derived ultimately from the Indo-European base * amb - ‘around’ (an element in the source o
• amateurish 英文词源 amateurish (adj.) 1863; from amateur + -ish . Related: Amateurishly ; amateurishness . 中文词源 amateurish ：业余的 发音释义：['æmətərɪʃ] adj. 业余的；不熟练的；外行的 结构分析：amateurish = amateur（业余爱好者）+ ish（形容词后缀）→业余的 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： amateurish 词源， amateurish 含义。
• amateur 英文词源 amateur amateur: [18] Etymologically, an amateur is simply a ‘lover’. That is what its ultimate Latin ancestor amator meant, and indeed in English it still denoted ‘someone who loves or is fond of something’ until well into the 19th century (‘am no amateur of these melons’, Mrs Atkinson, Tartar Steppes 1863). However, its immediate source, French amateur , had already evol
• amass 英文词源 amass (v.) late 15c., "to heap up for oneself," from Old French amasser , from à "to" (see ad- ) + masser (see mass (n.1)). Related: Amassed ; amassing . 中文词源 amass ：积聚 发音释义：[ə'mæs] vt. 积聚，积累 结构分析：amass = a（=ad，去）+ mass（聚集）→聚集 词源解释：mass←古法语masser （聚集） 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• ameliorate 英文词源 ameliorate (v.) 1728, perhaps a back-formation from amelioration on pattern of French améliorer . The simpler form meliorate was used in Middle English. Related: Ameliorated ; ameliorating . 中文词源 ameliorate ：改善 发音释义：[ə'miːlɪəreɪt] vt. 改善；减轻（痛苦等）；改良vi. 变得更好 结构分析：ameliorate = a（去）+melior（改善）+ate（动词
• amble 英文词源 amble amble: [14] The ultimate source of amble (and of perambulator [17], and thus of its abbreviation pram [19]) is the Latin verb ambulāre ‘walk’. This was a compound verb, formed from the prefix ambi - (as in AMBIDEXTROUS) and the base * el - ‘go’, which also lies behind exile and alacrity [15] (from Latin alacer ‘lively, eager’, a compound of the base * el - and ācer
• ambivalent 英文词源 ambivalent (adj.) 1916, originally a term in psychology; back-formation from ambivalence . In general use by 1929. 中文词源 ambivalent ：矛盾的 发音释义：[æm'bɪvələnt] adj. 矛盾的；好恶相克的 结构分析：ambivalent = ambivalen（ce）+t（形容词后缀）→矛盾的 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ambivalent 词源， ambivalent 含
• ambivalence 英文词源 ambivalence (n.) "simultaneous conflicting feelings," 1924 (1912 as ambivalency ), from German Ambivalenz , coined 1910 by Swiss psychologist Eugen Bleuler (1857-1939) on model of German Equivalenz "equivalence," etc., from Latin ambi- "both" (see ambi- ) + valentia "strength," from present participle of valere "be strong" (see valiant ). A psychological term that by 1929 had taken on
• amiable 英文词源 amiable amiable: [14] Amiable and amicable are the two English descendants of that most familiar of Latin verbs, amo , amas , amat … ‘love’. It had two rather similar adjectives derived from it: amābilis ‘lovable’ and, via amīcus ‘friend’, amīcābilis ‘friendly’ (source of English amicable [15]). Amīcābilis became in French amiable , and this was borrowed into E
• amenity 英文词源 amenity (n.) late 14c., "quality of being pleasant or agreeable," from Old French amenite , from Latin amoenitatem (nominative amoenitas ) "delightfulness, pleasantness," from amoenus "pleasant," perhaps related to amare "to love" (see Amy ). 中文词源 amenity ：礼貌 发音释义：[ə'mɛnəti] n . 礼貌，便利设施，舒适性，怡人之处 结构分析：amenity = amen（令
• amendment 英文词源 amendment (n.) early 13c., "betterment, improvement;" c. 1300, of persons, "correction, reformation," from Old French amendment , from amender (see amend ). Sense expanded to include "correction of error in a legal process" (c. 1600) and "alteration of a writ or bill" to remove its faults (1690s). 中文词源 amendment ：修正案 发音释义：[ə'men(d)m(ə)nt] n. 修正案；改善
• amend 英文词源 amend amend: see mend amend (v.) early 13c., "to free from faults, rectify," from Old French amender (12c.), from Latin emendare "to correct, free from fault," from ex- "out" (see ex- ) + menda "fault, blemish," from PIE *mend- "physical defect, fault" (cognates: Sanskrit minda "physical blemish," Old Irish mennar "stain, blemish," Welsh mann "sign, mark"). Supplanted in senses of "re
• amenable 英文词源 amenable (adj.) 1590s, "liable," from Anglo-French amenable , Middle French amener "answerable" (to the law), from à "to" (see ad- ) + mener "to lead," from Latin minare "to drive (cattle) with shouts," variant of minari "threaten" (see menace (n.)). Sense of "tractable" is from 1803, from notion of disposed to answer or submit to influence. Related: Amenably . 中文词源 amenable ：
• amorphous 英文词源 amorphous (adj.) "shapeless," 1731, from Modern Latin amorphus , from Greek amorphos "without form, shapeless, deformed," from a- "without" (see a- (3)) + morphe "form" (see Morpheus ). Related: Amorphously ; amorphousness . 中文词源 amorphous ：无定形的 发音释义：[ə'mɔːfəs] adj. 无定形的；无组织的；[物] 非晶形的 结构分析：amorphous = a（否定）
• amnesia 英文词源 amnesia (n.) "loss of memory," 1786 (as a Greek word in English from 1670s), Modern Latin, coined from Greek amnesia "forgetfulness," from a- , privative prefix, "not" (see a- (3)) + stem from mnasthai "to recall, remember," related to mnemnon "mindful," mneme "memory;" from PIE root *men- "to think, remember" (see mind (n.)). 中文词源 amnesia ：失忆症 发音释义：[æm'niː
• amity 英文词源 amity (n.) mid-15c., "friendly relations," from Old French amitie (13c.); earlier amistie (11c.), from Vulgar Latin *amicitatem (nominative *amicitas ) "friendship," corresponding to Latin amicitia , from amicus (adj.) "friendly;" related to amare "to love" (see Amy ). 中文词源 amity ：友好关系 发音释义：['æmɪtɪ] n. 友好；亲善关系；友好关系 结构分析：
• amicable 英文词源 amicable (adj.) early 15c., from Late Latin amicabilis "friendly," a word in Roman law, from Latin amicus "friend," related to amare "to love" (see Amy ). Also see amiable . 中文词源 amicable ：友好的 发音释义：['æmɪkəb(ə)l] adj. 友好的；友善的 结构分析：amicable = amic（朋友）+able（能够）→能够做朋友的→和蔼的 词源解释：amic←拉丁
• amplitude 英文词源 amplitude (n.) 1540s, from Middle French amplitude or directly from Latin amplitudinem (nominative amplitudo ) "wide extent, width," from amplus (see ample ). Amplitude modulation in reference to radio wave broadcast (as opposed to frequency modulation ) first attested 1921, usually abbreviated A.M. 中文词源 amplitude ：丰富 发音释义：['æmplɪtjuːd] n.振幅；丰富，充
• amplify 英文词源 amplify (v.) early 15c., "to enlarge or expand," from Middle French amplifier , from Latin amplificare "to enlarge," from amplificus "splendid," from amplus "large" (see ample ) + the root of facere "to make, do" (see factitious ). Meaning "augment in volume or amount" is from 1570s. Restriction of use to sound seems to have emerged in the electronic age, c. 1915, in reference to radi
• ample 英文词源 ample (adj.) mid-15c., from Middle French ample , from Latin amplus "large, spacious," related to ampla "handle, grip." 中文词源 ample ：富足的 发音释义：['æmpl] adj.丰富的；足够的；宽敞的 词源解释：ample←拉丁语amplus（大的、广阔的） 衍生词：amply（充足地、广大地），amplify（放大），amplitude（广大），amplification（放
• amphibian 英文词源 amphibian (adj.) 1630s, "having two modes of existence, of doubtful nature," from Greek amphibia , neuter plural of amphibios "living a double life," from amphi- "of both kinds" (see amphi- ) + bios "life" (see bio- ). Formerly used by zoologists to describe all sorts of combined natures (including otters and seals), the biological sense "class of animals between fishes and reptiles t
• amortize 英文词源 amortize (v.) late 14c., from Old French amortiss- , present participle stem of amortir "deaden," from Vulgar Latin *admortire "to extinguish," from ad- "to" (see ad- ) + mortus "dead," from Latin mors "death" (see mortal (adj.)). Originally a legal term for an act of alienating lands. Meaning "extinguish a debt" (in form amortization ) is attested from 1824. Related: Amortized ; amor
• anagram 英文词源 anagram (n.) transposition of letters in a word so as to form another, 1580s, from French anagramme or Modern Latin anagramma (16c.), both from Greek anagrammatizein "transpose letters," from ana- "up, back" (see ana- ) + gramma (genitive grammatos ) "letter" (see -gram ). Related: Anagrammatical ; anagrammatically . 中文词源 anagram ：变位词 发音释义：['ænəgræm] n. 易位
• anaerobic 英文词源 anaerobic (adj.) "capable of living without oxygen," 1879 (as anaerobian ; modern form first attested 1884), from French anaérobie , coined 1863 by French bacteriologist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), from Greek an- "without" (see an- (1)) + aer "air" (see air (n.1)) + bios "life" (see bio- ). 中文词源 anaerobic ：厌氧的 发音释义：[,æneə'rəʊbɪk] adj. [微] 厌氧的，[微
• anachronism 英文词源 anachronism anachronism: [17] The Greek prefix ana meant ‘up’, and hence, in terms of time, ‘back’; Greek khrónos meant ‘time’ (as in English chronicle ): hence Greek anakhronismós ‘reference to a wrong time’. From the point of view of its derivation it should strictly be applied to the representation of something as happening earlier than it really did (as if Christ
• amuse 英文词源 amuse amuse: [15] Amuse is probably a French creation, formed with the prefix a - from the verb muser (from which English gets muse ‘ponder’ [14]). The current meaning ‘divert, entertain’ did not begin to emerge until the 17th century, and even so the commonest application of the verb in the 17th and 18th centuries was ‘deceive, cheat’. This seems to have developed from an
• amulet 英文词源 amulet (n.) mid-15c., amalettys , from Latin amuletum (Pliny) "thing worn as a charm against spells, disease, etc.," which is of uncertain origin, perhaps related to amoliri "to avert, to carry away, remove." Not recorded again in English until c. 1600; the 15c. use may be via French. 中文词源 amulet ：护身符 发音释义：['æmjʊlɪt] n. 护身符，避邪物 结构分析：
• analyze 英文词源 analyze (v.) c. 1600, "to dissect," from French analyser , from analyse (see analysis ). Literature sense is attested from 1610s; meaning in chemistry dates from 1660s. General sense of "to examine closely" dates from 1809; psychological sense is from 1909. Related: Analyzed ; analyzing . 中文词源 analyze ：分析 发音释义：['ænə,laɪz] vt. 对…进行分析，分解（等于
• analogous 英文词源 analogous (adj.) 1640s, from Latin analogus , from Greek analogos "proportionate, according to due proportion" (see analogy ). 中文词源 analogous ：类似的 发音释义： adj. 类似的；[昆] 同功的；可比拟的 结构分析：analogous =analog（y）（相似）+ous（形容词后缀）→类似的 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： analogous 词源，
• analogy 英文词源 analogy (n.) 1540s (perhaps early 15c.), from Old French analogie or directly from Latin analogia , from Greek analogia "proportion," from ana- "upon, according to" (see ana- ) + logos "ratio," also "word, speech, reckoning" (see logos ). A mathematical term used in a wider sense by Plato. 中文词源 analogy ：相似 发音释义：[ə'nælədʒɪ] n. 类比；类推；类似 结构分
• analgesic 英文词源 analgesic (adj.) "tending to remove pain," 1848, from analgesia + -ic . Alternative form analgetic is preferred by linguistic purists but is less common in use. The noun meaning "an analgesic preparation" recorded by 1860. 中文词源 analgesic ：镇痛药，止痛剂 发音释义：['ænl'dʒizɪk] n. 止痛剂；[药] 镇痛剂adj. 止痛的 结构分析：analgesic = analges（ia）
• analgesia 英文词源 analgesia (n.) "absence of pain," 1706, medical Latin, from Greek analgesia "painlessness, insensibility," from analgetos "without pain, insensible to pain" (also "unfeeling, ruthless"), from an- "not" (see an- (1)) + algein "to feel pain" (see -algia ). 中文词源 analgesia ：无痛 发音释义：['ænl'dʒiʒə] n. 止痛；无痛法 结构分析：analgesia =an（没有）+alge（
• ancestor 英文词源 ancestor ancestor: [13] Ultimately, ancestor is the same word as antecedent [14]: both come from the Latin compound verb antecēdere ‘precede’, formed from the prefix ante - ‘before’ and the verb cēdere ‘go’ (source of English cede and a host of related words, such as proceed and access ). Derived from this was the agent noun antecessor ‘one who precedes’, which was b
• anatomy 英文词源 anatomy anatomy: [14] Etymologically, anatomy means ‘cutting up’ (the Greek noun anatomíā was compounded from the prefix ana - ‘up’ and the base * tom -, which figures in several English surgical terms, such as tonsillectomy [19], as well as in atom and tome ), and when it first came into English it meant literally ‘dissection’ as well as ‘science of bodily structure’
• anarchist 英文词源 anarchist (n.) 1670s; see anarchy + -ist . The word got a boost into modernity from the French Revolution. 中文词源 anarchist ：无政府主义者 发音释义：['ænəkɪst] n. 无政府主义者 结构分析：anarchist =anarch（y）（无政府）+ist（的人）→无政府主义者 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： anarchist 词源， anarchist 含义。
• anarchy 英文词源 anarchy (n.) 1530s, from French anarchie or directly from Medieval Latin anarchia , from Greek anarkhia "lack of a leader, the state of people without a government" (in Athens, used of the Year of Thirty Tyrants, 404 B.C., when there was no archon ), noun of state from anarkhos "rulerless," from an- "without" (see an- (1)) + arkhos "leader" (see archon ). Either the State for ever, cr
• anemia 英文词源 anemia (n.) alternative (chiefly U.S.) spelling of anaemia (q.v.). See ae . As a genus of plants, Modern Latin, from Greek aneimon "unclad," from privative prefix an- (see an- (1)) + eima "a dress, garment" (see wear (v.)). 中文词源 anemia ：贫血 发音释义：[ə'nimɪə] n. 贫血；贫血症 结构分析：anemia =an（没有）+emia（血）→没有血→贫血 词源解释
• ancillary 英文词源 ancillary (adj.) 1660s, "subservient, subordinate," from Latin ancillaris "relating to maidservants," from ancilla "handmaid," fem. diminutive of anculus "servant," literally "he who bustles about," from root of ambi- "about" (see ambi- ) + PIE *kwol-o- , from root *kwel- (1) "move round, turn about, be much about" (see cycle (n.)). 中文词源 ancillary ：助手 发音释义：[æn
• anchor 英文词源 anchor anchor: [OE] English borrowed this word from Latin in the 9th century, but its ultimate source is Greek ágkūra (which goes back to an Indo- European base * angg - ‘bent’, also the source of angle and ankle ). Originally it was spelled ancor , reflecting Latin ancora ; the inauthentic h began to creep in in the 16th century, in imitation of the learned-looking but misguide
• ancestry 英文词源 ancestry (n.) early 14c., from Old French ancesserie "ancestry, ancestors, forefathers," from ancestre (see ancestor ); spelling modified in English by influence of ancestor . 中文词源 ancestry ：家系 发音释义：['ænsestrɪ] n. 家系；祖先；血统 结构分析：ancestry =ances（tor）（祖先）+try（名词后缀，表集合）→祖先集合→家系 该词的英语
• animate 英文词源 animate (v.) 1530s, "to fill with boldness or courage," from Latin animatus past participle of animare "give breath to," also "to endow with a particular spirit, to give courage to," from anima "life, breath" (see animus ). Sense of "give life to" in English attested from 1742. Related: Animated ; animating . animate (adj.) "alive," late 14c., from Latin animatus (see animate (v.)). 中
• anhydrous 英文词源 anhydrous (adj.) "containing no water," 1819, a modern coinage from Greek an- , privative prefix (see an- (1)), + hydor "water" (see water (n.1)). Greek did have anhydros "waterless," used of arid lands or corpses that had not been given proper funeral rites. 中文词源 anhydrous ：无水的 发音释义：[æn'haɪdrəs] adj. 无水的 结构分析：anhydrous =an（没有）+hydr（
• angular 英文词源 angular (adj.) 1590s, from Latin angularis "having corners or angles," from angulus (see angle (n.)). Earlier in an astrological sense, "occupying a cardinal point of the zodiac" (late 14c.). Angulous "having many corners" is from mid-15c. 中文词源 angular ：有角的 发音释义：['æŋgjʊlə] adj. [生物] 有角的；生硬的，笨拙的；瘦削的 结构分析：angular
• anguish 英文词源 anguish anguish: [13] English acquired anguish from Old French anguisse , changing its ending to - ish in the 14th century. Its central notion of ‘distress’ or ‘suffering’ goes back ultimately (as in the case of the related anger ) to a set of words meaning ‘constriction’ (for the sense development, compare the phrase in dire straits , where strait originally meant ‘narr
• anesthetic 英文词源 anesthetic (adj.) alternative spelling of anaesthetic (q.v.). See ae . 中文词源 anesthetic ：麻醉的 发音释义：[,ænɪs'θɛtɪk] adj. 麻醉的；感觉缺失的n. 麻醉剂，麻药 结构分析：anesthetic =an（没有）+esthetic（感觉的）→没有感觉的→麻醉的 词源解析：esthetic←希腊语aisthetikos（感觉的） 同源词：esthetic（审美的）
• annihilate 英文词源 annihilate annihilate: [16] Annihilate comes from the past participle of the late Latin verb annihilāre , meaning literally ‘reduce to nothing’ (a formation based on the noun nihil ‘nothing’, source of English nihilism and nil ). There was actually an earlier English verb, annihil , based on French annihiler , which appeared at the end of the 15th century, but it did not long
• annex 英文词源 annex annex: [14] The verb annex entered English about a century and a half before the noun. It came from French annexer , which was formed from the past participial stem of Latin annectere ‘tie together’ (a verb annect , borrowed directly from this, was in learned use in English from the 16th to the 18th centuries). Annectere itself was based on the verb nectere ‘tie’, from w
• annals 英文词源 annals annals: see annual annals (n.) 1560s, from Latin annales libri "chronicles," literally "yearlies, yearly books," noun use of plural of annalis "pertaining to a year," from annus "year" (see annual (adj.)). 中文词源 annals ：编年史 发音释义：['æn(ə)lz] n. 年报；编年史；年鉴 结构分析：annals =annal（年）+s（复数形式）→多年的记录→编年
• animosity 英文词源 animosity (n.) early 15c., "vigor," from Middle French animosité (14c.) or directly from Latin animositatem (nominative animositas ) "boldness, vehemence," from animosus "bold, spirited," from animus (see animus ). Sense of "hostile feeling" is first recorded c. 1600, from a secondary sense in Latin (see animus ). 中文词源 animosity ：憎恶 发音释义：[,ænɪ'mɒsɪtɪ] n. 憎
• animus 英文词源 animus (n.) 1820, "temper" (usually in a hostile sense), from Latin animus "rational soul, mind, life, mental powers; courage, desire," related to anima "living being, soul, mind, disposition, passion, courage, anger, spirit, feeling," from PIE root *ane- "to blow, to breathe" (cognates: Greek anemos "wind," Sanskrit aniti "breathes," Old Irish anal , Welsh anadl "breath," Old Irish a
• anomaly 英文词源 anomaly (n.) 1570s, from Latin anomalia , from Greek anomalia "inequality," noun of quality from anomalos "uneven, irregular," from an- , privative prefix, "not" (see an- (1)) + homalos "even," from homos "same" (see same ). 中文词源 anomaly ：异常 发音释义：[ə'nɒm(ə)lɪ] n. 异常；不规则；反常事物 结构分析：anomaly =an（不）+omaly（相同的）→与众
• annul 英文词源 annul (v.) late 14c., from Old French anuller (13c.) or directly from Late Latin annullare "to make to nothing," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad- ) + nullum , neuter of nullus "nothing" (see null ). Related: Annulled ; annulling . 中文词源 annul ：取消 发音释义：[ə'nʌl] vt. 取消；废除；宣告无效 结构分析：annul =an（=ad，使）+nul（零、无效的）→使其
• annoy 英文词源 annoy annoy: [13] Annoy comes ultimately from the Latin phrase in odiō , literally ‘in hatred’, hence ‘odious’ ( odiō was the ablative sense of odium , from which English got odious [14] and odium [17]). The phrase was turned into a verb in later Latin – inodiāre ‘make loathsome’ – which transferred to Old French as anuier or anoier (in modern French this has become
• announce 英文词源 announce announce: see pronounce announce (v.) c. 1500, "proclaim, make known," from Old French anoncier "announce, proclaim" (12c., Modern French annoncer ), from Latin annuntiare , adnuntiare "to announce, relate," literally "to bring news," from ad- "to" (see ad- ) + nuntiare "relate, report," from nuntius "messenger" (see nuncio ). Related: Announced ; announcing . 中文词源 an
• annotate 英文词源 annotate (v.) 1733, from Latin annotatus , past participle of annotare "to note down" (see annotation ). Related: Annotated ; annotating . Not in Johnson's "Dictionary," but used therein in defining comment . Form annote is recorded from mid-15c. Related: Annotated ; annotating . 中文词源 annotate ：注解 发音释义：['ænəteɪt] vi. 注释；给…作注释或评注vt. 注释
• antagonism 英文词源 antagonism (n.) 1797, from French antagonisme or directly from late Greek antagonisma , noun of action from antagonizesthai "to struggle against" (see antagonist ). 中文词源 antagonism ：对抗 发音释义：[æn'tæg(ə)nɪz(ə)m] n. 对抗，敌对；对立；敌意 结构分析：antagonism =ant（对抗）+agon（竞赛）+ism（名词后缀）→对抗 词源解析：agon←希
• anorexia 英文词源 anorexia (n.) 1590s, "lack of appetite," Modern Latin, from Greek anorexia , from an- , privative prefix, "without" (see an- (1)) + orexis "appetite, desire," from oregein "to desire, stretch out" (cognate with Latin regere "to keep straight, guide, rule;" see regal ) + abstract noun ending -ia . In current use, often short for anorexia nervosa . 中文词源 anorexia ：厌食症 发音
• anonymous 英文词源 anonymous anonymous: see name anonymous (adj.) c. 1600, from Late Latin anonymus , from Greek anonymos "without a name," from an- "without" (see an- (1)) + onyma , Æolic dialectal form of onoma "name" (see name (n.)). 中文词源 anonymous ：匿名的 发音释义：[ə'nɒnɪməs] adj. 匿名的，无名的；无个性特征的 结构分析：anonymous =an（没有）+onym（名字）
• anonymity 英文词源 anonymity (n.) 1820; see anonym + -ity . In same sense anonymousness is recorded from 1802. 中文词源 anonymity ：匿名 发音释义：[ænə'nɪmɪtɪ] n. 匿名；匿名者；无名之辈 结构分析：anonymity =an（没有）+onym（名字）+ity（名词后缀）→没有名字→匿名 词源解析：onym←希腊语onyma（名字） 同源词：synonym（同义词），an
• anomalous 英文词源 anomalous (adj.) 1640s, from Late Latin anomalus , from Greek anomalos "uneven, irregular" (see anomaly ). Related: Anomalously ; anomalousness . 中文词源 anomalous ：反常的 发音释义：[ə'nɒm(ə)ləs] adj. 异常的；不规则的；不恰当的 结构分析：anomalous =anomal（y）（异常）+ous（形容词后缀）→异常的 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• antediluvian 英文词源 antediluvian (adj.) "before Noah's flood," 1640s, formed from Latin ante- "before" (see ante ) + diluvium "a flood" (see deluge (n.)). Coined by English physician Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682). As a noun meaning "person who lived before the Flood," from 1680s. 中文词源 antediluvian ：远古的 发音释义：[,æntɪdɪ'luːvɪən] adj. 大洪水前的；远古的；陈旧的；旧
• antecedent 英文词源 antecedent antecedent: see ancestor antecedent late 14c. (n. and adj.), from Old French antecedent (14c.) or directly from Latin antecedentem (nominative antecedens ), present participle of antecedere "go before, precede," from ante- "before" (see ante ) + cedere "to yield" (see cede ). Used as a noun in Latin philosophical writings. 中文词源 antecedent ：先行的 发音释义：
• antecedence 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random betray betray: [13] Betray is an English formation based on the Old French verb traïr ‘betray’, which came from Latin tradere ‘hand over, deliver up’ (originally a compound formed from trans - ‘across’ and dāre ‘give’). The noun formed from tradere was trāditiō , from which English gets, directly, tradition ,
• Antarctic 英文词源 antarctic antarctic: see arctic antarctic (adj.) late 14c., antartyk "opposite to the north pole" (adj.), also (with capital A ) "region around the South pole" (n.), from Old French antartique , from Medieval Latin antarcticus , from Greek antarktikos "opposite the north," from anti- "opposite" (see anti- ) + arktikos "arctic" (see arctic ). The first -c- sound ceased to be pronounced
• antagonize 英文词源 antagonize (v.) 1630s, "to compete with," from Greek antagonizesthai "to struggle against, oppose, be a rival" (see antagonist ). Meaning "to struggle against continuously" is recorded from 1742. Related: Antagonized ; antagonizing . 中文词源 antagonize ：对抗 发音释义：[æn'tægənaɪz] vt. 对抗，敌对；对立；敌意使…敌对；使…对抗；对…起反作用v
• anthropology 英文词源 anthropology (n.) "science of the natural history of man," 1590s, originally especially of the relation between physiology and psychology, from Modern Latin anthropologia or coined independently in English from anthropo- + -logy . In Aristotle, anthropologos is used literally, as "speaking of man." 中文词源 anthropology ：人类学 发音释义：[,ænθrə'pɒlədʒɪ] n.人类学
• anthology 英文词源 anthology (n.) 1630s, "collection of poetry," from Latin anthologia , from Greek anthologia "collection of small poems and epigrams by several authors," literally "flower-gathering," from anthos "a flower" (see anther ) + logia "collection, collecting," from legein "gather" (see lecture (n.)). Modern sense (which emerged in Late Greek) is metaphoric, "flowers" of verse, small poems by
• anterior 英文词源 anterior (adj.) 1610s, Latin, literally "former," comparative of ante "before" (see ante ). Related: Anteriority . 中文词源 anterior ：较早的 发音释义：[æn'tɪərɪə] adj. 前面的；先前的 结构分析：anterior =ante（在…之前）+r（连接成分）+ior（比较级形式）→较早的 词源解析：ante←拉丁语ante（在…之前） 衍生词：anterio
• antenna 英文词源 antenna (n.) 1640s, "feeler or horn of an insect," from Latin antenna "sail yard," the long yard that sticks up on some sails, which is of unknown origin, perhaps from PIE root *temp- "to stretch, extend." In the etymological sense, it is a loan-translation of Aristotle's Greek keraiai "horns" (of insects). Modern use in radio, etc., for "aerial wire" is from 1902. Adjectival forms ar
• anticipatory 英文词源 anticipatory (adj.) 1660s, from anticipate + -ory . 中文词源 anticipatory ：预期的 发音释义：[æn'tɪsɪpə,t(ə)rɪ] adj. 预期的；提早发生的；期待着的 结构分析：anticipatory =anticipat（e）（预期）+ory（形容词后缀）→预期的 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： anticipatory 词源， anticipatory 含义。
• anticipate 英文词源 anticipate (v.) 1530s, "to cause to happen sooner," a back-formation from anticipation , or else from Latin anticipatus , past participle of anticipare "take (care of) ahead of time," literally "taking into possession beforehand," from ante "before" (see ante ) + capere "to take" (see capable ). Later "to be aware of (something) coming at a future time" (1640s). Used in the sense of "
• antibody 英文词源 antibody (n.) "substance developed in blood as an antitoxin," 1901, a hybrid formed from anti- "against" + body . Probably a translation of German Antikörper , condensed from a phrase such as anti-toxischer Körper "anti-toxic body" (1891). 中文词源 antibody ：抗体 发音释义：['æntɪbɒdɪ] n. [免疫] 抗体 结构分析：antibody=anti（对抗）+body（体）→抗体
• antibiotic 英文词源 antibiotic (adj.) 1894, "destructive to micro-organisms," from French antibiotique (c. 1889), from anti- "against" (see anti- ) + biotique "of (microbial) life," from Late Latin bioticus "of life" (see biotic ). As a noun, first recorded 1941 in works of U.S. microbiologist Selman Waksman (1888-1973), discoverer of streptomycin. Earlier the adjective was used in a sense "not from livi
• antique 英文词源 antique antique: [16] Originally, in Latin, antique was an adjectivized version of the adverb and preposition ‘before’: to ante ‘before’ was added the adjective suffix - īcus , to produce the adjective antīquus (somewhat later an exactly parallel formation, using the suffix - ānus rather than - īcus , produced the adjective which became English ancient ). English acquired
• antipathy 英文词源 antipathy (n.) c. 1600, from Latin antipathia , from Greek antipatheia , noun of state from antipathes "opposed in feeling, having opposite feeling; in return for suffering; felt mutually," from anti- "against" (see anti- ) + root of pathos "feeling" (see pathos ). 中文词源 antipathy ：反感 发音释义：[æn'tɪpəθɪ] n. 反感；厌恶；憎恶；不相容 结构分析：a
• antihistamine 英文词源 antihistamine (n.) 1933, from anti- + histamine . 中文词源 antihistamine ：抗组胺剂 发音释义：[,æntɪ'hɪstəmin] n. （治疗过敏用的）抗组胺剂 结构分析：antihistamine =anti（相反）+ histamine（组胺）→抗组胺剂 背景知识：组胺（histamine）是人体内的一种化学传导物质，可以影响许多细胞的反应，与人体的过敏反
• antidote 英文词源 antidote antidote: see date antidote (n.) "remedy counteracting poison," 1510s (earlier in English as a Latin word), from Middle French antidot and directly from Latin antidotum "a remedy against poison," from Greek antidoton "given as a remedy," literally "given against," verbal adjective of antididonai "give in return," from anti- "against" + didonai "to give" (see date (n.1)). Comp
• anticlimax 英文词源 anticlimax (n.) "the addition of a particular which suddenly lowers the effect," 1701, from anti- + climax (n.). 中文词源 anticlimax ：虎头蛇尾 发音释义：[æntɪ'klaɪmæks] n. 突降；急转直下；虎头蛇尾；令人扫兴的结尾 结构分析：anticlimax =anti（相反）+climax（高潮）→与高潮相反的→虎头蛇尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• apex 英文词源 apex (n.) c. 1600, from Latin apex "summit, peak, tip, top, extreme end;" probably related to apere "to fasten, fix," hence "the tip of anything" (one of the meanings in Latin was "small rod at the top of the flamen's cap"), from PIE *ap- "to take, reach." Proper plural is apices . 中文词源 apex ：顶点 发音释义：['eɪpeks] n. 顶点；尖端 词源解析：apex←拉丁语
• aorta 英文词源 aorta aorta: see artery aorta (n.) 1570s, from Medieval Latin aorta , from Greek aorte , term applied by Aristotle to the great artery of the heart, literally "what is hung up," from aeirein "to lift, heave, raise," which is of uncertain origin; related to the second element in meteor . Used earlier by Hippocrates of the bronchial tubes. Related: Aortal ; aortic . 中文词源 aorta ：
• anvil 英文词源 anvil anvil: [OE] Etymologically, an anvil is ‘something on which you hit something else’. The Old English word was anfīlte , which came from a prehistoric West Germanic compound formed from * ana ‘on’ and a verbal component meaning ‘hit’ (which was also the source of English felt , Latin pellere ‘hit’, and Swedish dialect filta ‘hit’). It is possible that the wor
• antithesis 英文词源 antithesis (n.) 1520s, from Late Latin antithesis , from Greek antithesis "opposition, resistance," literally "a placing against," also a term in logic and rhetoric, noun of action from antitithenai "to set against, oppose," a term in logic, from anti- "against" (see anti- ) + tithenai "to put, place" (see theme ). 中文词源 antithesis ：对立 发音释义：[æn'tɪθəsɪs] n. 对
• antiseptic 英文词源 antiseptic (adj.) 1750, coined from anti- "against" + septic . Figurative use by 1820. As a noun meaning "an antiseptic substance" by 1803. 中文词源 antiseptic ：防腐剂 发音释义：[æntɪ'septɪk] adj. 防腐的，抗菌的；非常整洁的n. 防腐剂，抗菌剂 结构分析：antiseptic =anti（对抗）+ sep（腐烂）+tic（形容词后缀）→防止腐烂的→防腐
• aplomb 英文词源 aplomb aplomb: [18] Originally, aplomb meant literally ‘quality of being perpendicular’. It was borrowed from French, where it was a lexicalization of the phrase à plomb ‘according to the plumb line’ ( plomb came from Latin plumbum ‘lead’, also the ultimate source of English plumb , plumber , plumbago , and plummet ). The notion of ‘uprightness’ gave rise in the 19th
• apiary 英文词源 apiary (n.) 1650s, from Latin apiarium "beehouse, beehive," neuter of apiarius "of bees," from apis "bee," a mystery word unrelated to any similar words in other Indo-European languages. A borrowing from Semitic has been proposed. 中文词源 apiary ：养蜂场 发音释义：['eɪpɪərɪ] n. 蜂房；养蜂场 结构分析：apiary = api（蜜蜂）+ ary（场）→养蜂场 词源解
• aphorism 英文词源 aphorism aphorism: see horizon aphorism (n.) 1520s (especially in reference to the "Aphorisms of Hippocrates"), from Middle French aphorisme (14c., aufforisme ), from Late Latin aphorismus , from Greek aphorismos "definition, pithy sentence," from aphorizein "to mark off, divide," from apo- "from" (see apo- ) + horizein "to bound" (see horizon ). An aphorism is a short, pithy statemen