英语词源

• trait 英文词源 trait trait: see trace trait (n.) late 15c., "shot, missiles;" later "a stroke in drawing, a short line" (1580s), from Middle French trait "line, stroke, feature, tract," from Latin tractus "drawing, drawing out, dragging, pulling," later "line drawn, feature," from past participle stem of trahere "to pull, draw" (see tract (n.1)). Sense of "particular feature, distinguishing quality"
• training 英文词源 training (n.) mid-15c., "protraction, delay," verbal noun from train (v.). From 1540s as "discipline and instruction to develop powers or skills;" 1786 as "exercise to improve bodily vigor." Training wheels as an attachment to a bicycle is from 1953. 中文词源 training ：训练，培训 词根词缀： train培训 + -ing 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： train
• trainer 英文词源 trainer (n.) c. 1600, "one who educates or instructs," agent noun from train (v.). Meaning "one who prepares another for feats requiring physical fitness" is from 1823, originally of horse-trainers. 中文词源 trainer ：教练员；运动鞋，便鞋 词根词缀： train培训 + -er 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： trainer 词源， trainer 含义。 trainer ：
• trainee 英文词源 trainee (n.) 1841, from train (v.) in the "instruct" sense + -ee . 中文词源 trainee ：受训练的人，受培训的人，学员  词根词缀： train培训 + -ee 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： trainee 词源， trainee 含义。 trainee ：受训者 train,训练，-ee,表被动人。 trainee ：受训者 train,训练，-ee,表被动人。
• trail 英文词源 trail trail: see trawl trail (v.) c. 1300, "to hang down loosely and flow behind" (of a gown, sleeve, etc.), from Old French trailler "to tow; pick up the scent of a quarry," ultimately from Vulgar Latin *tragulare "to drag," from Latin tragula "dragnet, javelin thrown by a strap," probably related to trahere "to pull" (see tract (n.1)). Transitive sense of "to tow or pull along the g
• tradition 英文词源 tradition (n.) late 14c., "statement, belief, or practice handed down from generation to generation," especially "belief or practice based on Mosaic law," from Old French tradicion "transmission, presentation, handing over" (late 13c.) and directly from Latin traditionem (nominative traditio ) "delivery, surrender, a handing down, a giving up," noun of action from past participle stem
• trademark 英文词源 trademark (n.) also trade-mark , 1838 (the thing itself attested continuously from 14c., apparently originally the watermarks on paper), from trade (n.) + mark (n.1). Figurative use by 1869. As a verb, from 1904. Related: Trademarked ; trademarking . 中文词源 trademark ：商标 词根词缀： trade贸易 + mark记号 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tradema
• tractor 英文词源 tractor tractor: [17] Tractor is one of a large family of English words that come from tractus , the past participle of Latin trahere ‘pull’ (others include abstract [14], attract , contract , detract [15], distract [14], extract [15], retract , subtract , trace , tract [14], tractable [16], traction [17], trait , treat , treatise , and treaty ). Tractor itself was originally used
• tractable 英文词源 tractable (adj.) "manageable," early 15c., from Latin tractabilis "that may be touched or handled, workable, tangible, manageable," figuratively, "pliant," from tractare "to handle, manage" (see treat (v.)). Related: Tractability . 中文词源 tractable ：易驾驭的，驯良的，易管教的，易处理的 词根词缀： -tract-拉 + -able → 可以被拉过来的 该词的英语
• track 英文词源 track track: [15] Track was borrowed from Old French trac ‘trail, set of footprints, etc’. This too appears to have been a loanword, from Middle Dutch trek ‘pulling’ (ultimate source of English trek [19], via Afrikaans), which was derived from the verb trekken ‘pull’. The sense ‘path’ did not emerge until as recently as the 19th century. = trek track (n.) late 15c., "f
• trace 英文词源 trace trace: English has two distinct words trace , but they come from the same ultimate ancestor. This was tractus (source also of English tract , tractor , treat , etc), the past participle of Latin trahere ‘pull’. This passed into Old French as trait ‘pulling, draught’, hence ‘harness-strap’, from which English gets trait [16]. Its plural trais was borrowed by English a
• tower 英文词源 tower tower: [12] The ultimate source of tower is Greek túrris , a word probably from a pre-Indo- European language of the Mediterranean region. It passed into English via Latin turris and Old French tur , tor . Turret [14] comes from the Old French diminutive turet . = turret tower (v.) c. 1400, "rise high" (implied in towered ); see tower (n.). Also, of hawks, "to fly high so as to
• tourist 英文词源 tourist (n.) 1772, "one who makes a journey for pleasure, stopping here and there" (originally especially a travel-writer), from tour (n.) + -ist . Tourist trap attested from 1939, in Graham Greene. Related: Touristic . 中文词源 tourist ：旅行者 词根词缀： -tour-迂回,转 + -ist名词词尾,从事某一工作的人 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： t
• tourism 英文词源 tourism (n.) 1811, from tour (n.) + -ism . 中文词源 tourism ：旅游(业) 词根词缀： -tour-迂回,转 + -ism名词词尾,行为,现象 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tourism 词源， tourism 含义。 tourism ：旅游业 tour,旅游，观光，-ism,行为，思想。 tourism ：旅游业 tour,旅游，观光，-ism,行为，思想。
• tour 英文词源 tour tour: [14] Etymologically, a tour is a ‘circular movement’. The word comes via Old French tour from Latin tornus ‘lathe’, which also produced English turn . It was not used for a ‘journey of visits’ – literally a ‘circuitous journey’ – until the 17th century (the term grand tour , denoting a lengthy journey around western Europe formerly undertaken by fashiona
• torture 英文词源 torture torture: see torment torture (n.) early 15c., "contortion, twisting, distortion; a disorder characterized by contortion," from Old French torture "infliction of great pain; great pain, agony" (12c.), and directly from Late Latin tortura "a twisting, writhing," in Medieval Latin "pain inflicted by judicial or ecclesiastical authority as a means of punishment or persuasion," fro
• tortuous 英文词源 tortuous tortuous: see torment tortuous (adj.) late 14c., "full of twists and turns," from Anglo-French tortuous (12c.), Old French tortuos , from Latin tortuosus "full of twists, winding," from tortus "a twisting, winding," from stem of torquere "to twist, wring, distort" (see torque (n.)). Related: Tortuously ; tortuousness . 中文词源 tortuous ：曲折的，转弯抹角的  词根
• tortoise 英文词源 tortoise tortoise: see turtle tortoise (n.) 1550s, altered (perhaps by influence of porpoise ) from Middle English tortuse (late 15c.), tortuce (mid-15c.), tortuge (late 14c.), from Medieval Latin tortuca (mid-13c.), perhaps from Late Latin tartaruchus "of the underworld" (see Tartarus ). Others propose a source in Latin tortus "twisted," based on the shape of the feet. The classical
• torque 英文词源 torque (n.) "rotating force," 1882, from Latin torquere "to twist, turn, turn about, twist awry, distort, torture," from PIE *torkw-eyo- , causative of *terkw- "to twist" (see thwart (adv.)). The word also is used (since 1834) by antiquarians and others as a term for the twisted metal necklace worn anciently by Gauls, Britons, Germans, etc., from Latin torques "collar of twisted metal
• tornado 英文词源 tornado tornado: [16] Tornado appears to denote etymologically something that ‘turns’, but this is due to a piece of English folk-etymologizing. Its actual source is Spanish tronada ‘thunderstorm’, a derivative of the verb tronar ‘thunder’ (which in turn went back to Latin tonāre ‘thunder’, source of English astonish , detonate , etc). It was at first used in English
• torment 英文词源 torment torment: [13] The notion underlying torment is of an instrument of torture worked by ‘twisting’. The word was borrowed from Latin tormentum ‘instrument of torture’, hence ‘torture, great suffering’. This was a contraction of an earlier * torquementum , a derivative of torquēre ‘twist’, which has also given English contort [15], extort [16], retort [16], torch
• torch 英文词源 torch torch: [13] A torch is etymologically something ‘twisted’. The word comes via Old French torche from Vulgar Latin * torca , which was derived from the Latin verb torquēre ‘twist’ (source also of English torment , torture , etc). The notion underlying the word is of pieces of straw or similar material ‘twisted’ together and then dipped in some inflammable material. T
• top 英文词源 top top: English apparently has two distinct words top . The one meaning ‘uppermost part’ [OE] came from a prehistoric Germanic * toppaz , whose original meaning seems to have been ‘tuft of hair on top of the head, topknot’: this sense survived into English, although it has now died out, and amongst the other descendants of * toppaz are German zopf ‘plait’. The Germanic wo
• toothache 英文词源 tooth-ache (n.) also toothache , Old English toðece ; see tooth + ache (n.). 中文词源 toothache ：牙痛 词根词缀： tooth牙 + -ache痛 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： toothache 词源， toothache 含义。
• tone 英文词源 tone tone: [14] English acquired tone via Old French ton and Latin tonus from Greek tónos ‘stretching, tension’, hence ‘sound’. This in turn went back to the Indo-European base * ton -, * ten - ‘stretch’, which also produced English tend , tense , thin , etc. The semantic transference from ‘tension’ to ‘sound’ may have arisen from the notion of tightening the stri
• tolerate 英文词源 tolerate tolerate: [16] To tolerate something is etymologically to ‘bear’ it. The word comes from the past participle of Latin tolerāre ‘bear, tolerate’. This in turn was formed from a base * tol - ‘lift, carry’, which also underlies English extol [15]. = extol tolerate (v.) 1530s, of authorities, "to allow without interference," from Latin toleratus , past participle of
• tolerant 英文词源 tolerant (adj.) 1784, "free from bigotry or severity in judging others," from French tolérant (16c.), and directly from Latin tolerantem (nominative tolerans ), present participle of tolerare "to bear, endure, tolerate" (see toleration ). Meaning "able to bear (something) without being affected" is from 1879. Related: Tolerantly . 中文词源 tolerant ：宽容的，容忍的；耐 词
• tolerance 英文词源 tolerance (n.) early 15c., "endurance, fortitude" (in the face of pain, hardship, etc.), from Old French tolerance (14c.), from Latin tolerantia "a bearing, supporting, endurance," from tolerans , present participle of tolerare "to bear, endure, tolerate" (see toleration ). Of individuals, with the sense "tendency to be free from bigotry or severity in judging other," from 1765. Meani
• tolerable 英文词源 tolerable (adj.) early 15c., "bearable," from Middle French tolerable (14c.) and directly from Latin tolerabilis "that may be endured, supportable, passable," from tolerare "to tolerate" (see toleration ). Meaning "moderate, middling, not bad" is recorded from 1540s. Related: Tolerably . 中文词源 tolerable ：可容忍的 词根词缀： -toler-忍受,忍耐 + -able形容词词尾
• together 英文词源 together together: [OE] The etymological notion underlying together is of ‘gathering’ things into one group. It was formed from the preposition to and the element * gad - denoting ‘association, company’, which also lies behind gather . = gather together (adv.) Old English togædere "so as to be present in one place, in a group, in an accumulated mass," from to (see to ) + gæd
• to boot 英文词源 best best: [OE] Best and better , the anomalous superlative and comparative of good , go back to a prehistoric Germanic base * bat -, which is related to the archaic English boot ‘remedy’ (as in to boot ) and meant generally ‘advantage, improvement’. Its comparative and superlative were * batizon and * batistaz , which came into Old English as respectively betera and betest (g
• title 英文词源 title title: [13] Title comes via Old French title from Latin titulus ‘inscription on a tomb or altar, label, title’. Other contributions made by the Latin word to English include entitle [14], tilde [19], tittle [14], and titular [18]. = entitle , tilde , tittle , titular title (n.) c. 1300, "inscription, heading," from Old French title "title or chapter of a book; position; lega
• tissue 英文词源 tissue tissue: [14] Tissue is etymologically ‘woven’ cloth. The word was borrowed from Old French tissu ‘fine woven cloth’, which was a noun use of the past participle of tistre ‘weave’. This in turn was descended from Latin texere ‘weave’ (source of English text , texture , etc). The application of the word to ‘physiological substance’ dates from the early 19th ce
• tiresome 英文词源 tiresome (adj.) "tedious," c. 1500, from tire (v.) + -some (1). Related: Tiresomely ; tiresomeness . 中文词源 tiresome ：使人厌倦的，讨厌的 词根词缀： tire疲倦 + -some易于…的,产生…的 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tiresome 词源， tiresome 含义。
• tire 英文词源 tire tire: [OE] Tire is something of a mystery word. It was relatively common in the Old English period (where it originally meant ‘fail, cease, come to an end’ – ‘become weary’ is a secondary development), but then it disappeared, to return in the 14th century. Nor is anything certain known about its pre-English ancestry, although it may go back to the Indo-European base *
• tiptop 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random diaper diaper: [14] The notion underlying diaper is of extreme whiteness. It comes ultimately from Byzantine Greek díaspros , which was a compound formed from the intensive prefix dia and áspros ‘white’. ( Aspros itself has an involved history: it started life as Latin asper ‘rough’ – source of English asperity – w
• timorous 英文词源 timorous (adj.) early 15c., from Middle French timoureus (14c.), from Medieval Latin timorosus "fearful," from Latin timor "fear, dread, apprehension, anxiety; religious awe, reverence," from timere "to fear, be afraid, dread," of unknown origin. Some early senses in English seem to show confusion with Middle English temerous "rash" (see temerity ). Related: Timorously ; timorousness
• timidly 英文词源 faintly (adv.) c. 1300, "dispiritedly, timidly, half-heartedly;" early 14c. "feebly, wearily, without vigor;" from faint (adj.) + -ly (2). Meaning "indistinctly" is from 1580s. Also in Middle English, "deceitfully, hypocritically, falsely" (mid-14c.). scarily (adv.) 1845, "timidly;" 1967, "unnervingly," in a positive sense; see scary + -ly (2). timid (adj.) 1540s, from Middle French t
• timidity 英文词源 timidity (n.) 1590s, from Latin timiditas "fearfulness, faint-heartedness, cowardice," from timidus "fearful, afraid" (see timid ). 中文词源 timidity ：胆小，羞怯，怯懦 词根词缀： -tim-害怕 + -id形容词词尾 + -ity名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： timidity 词源， timidity 含义。
• timid 英文词源 timid timid: [16] The Latin verb timēre meant ‘fear’ (its origins are not known). From it were derived the adjective timidus (source of English timid ) and the noun timor ‘fear’ (whose medieval Latin descendant timorōsus ‘fearful’ gave English timorous [15]). = timorous timid (adj.) 1540s, from Middle French timide "easily frightened, shy" (16c.) and directly from Latin
• timetable 英文词源 timetable (n.) 1838, originally of railway trains, from time (n.) + table (n.). 中文词源 timetable ：时间表，时刻表 词根词缀： time时间 + table表格 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： timetable 词源， timetable 含义。
• timely 英文词源 timely (adv.) late Old English timlic "quickly, soon;" see time (n.) + -ly (2). As an adjective meaning "occurring at a suitable time" it is attested from c. 1200. 中文词源 timely ：及时的，适时的 词根词缀： time时间 + -ly 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： timely 词源， timely 含义。 timely ：适时的，及时的 time,时间，-ly,形容词
• time 英文词源 time time: [OE] Time originally denoted ‘delimited section of existence, period’. Its ultimate source is the Indo-European base * dī - ‘cut up, divide’. This passed into prehistoric Germanic as * tī - (source also of English tide ), and addition of the suffix *- mon - produced * tīmon – whence English time and Swedish timme ‘hour’. The application of the word to the m
• tightly 英文词源 jam jam: [18] The verb jam , meaning ‘press tightly together’, first appears in the early 18th century (the earliest-known unequivocal example of its transitive use is in Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe 1719: ‘The ship stuck fast, jaum’d in between two rocks’). It is not known where it came from, but it is generally assumed to be imitative or symbolic in some way of the eff
• tighten 英文词源 tighten (v.) "to make tight," 1727; the earlier verb was simply tight , from Old English tyhtan , from the root of tight . Related: Tightened ; tightening . 中文词源 tighten ：(使)变紧，(使)绷紧  词根词缀： tight紧的 + -en动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： tighten 词源， tighten 含义。 tighten ：拉紧，绷紧 tight,拉紧的，
• tight 英文词源 tight tight: [14] Tight originally meant ‘dense’ (‘His squire rode all night in a wood that was full tight’, Torrent of Portugal 1435). It appears to have been an alteration of an earlier thight ‘dense, thickset’, which was borrowed from Old Norse théttr ‘watertight, dense’. And this, like German and Dutch dicht ‘dense, close’, came from a prehistoric Germanic * t
• thump 英文词源 thump (v.) 1530s, "to strike hard," probably imitative of the sound made by hitting with a heavy object (compare East Frisian dump "a knock," Swedish dialectal dumpa "to make a noise"). Related: Thumped ; thumping . thump (n.) 1550s, "dull, heavy sound," from thump (v.). As "a hard blow" from 1620s. 中文词源 thump ：砰的重击声 可能来源于对锤击声音的模拟。 词根词
• throughout 英文词源 throughout (prep.) late Old English þurhut ; see through + out (adv.). Similar formation in German durchaus . 中文词源 throughout ：贯穿，通及 词根词缀： through通过 + out向外 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： throughout 词源， throughout 含义。
• through 英文词源 through through: [OE] Through comes from a prehistoric West Germanic * thurkh , which also produced German durch and Dutch door . Its ultimate source was the Indo-European base * tr -, which also produced Latin trans ‘across’. Thorough is historically the same word as through . = nostril , thorough , thrill through (prep., adv.) late 14c., metathesis of Old English þurh , from Pr
• thoughtless 英文词源 thoughtless (adj.) 1610s, "heedless, imprudent," from thought + -less . Meaning "inconsiderate of others" is from 1794. Related: Thoughtlessly ; thoughtlessness . 中文词源 thoughtless ：欠考虑的，轻率的；不体贴人的   词根词缀： thought思想 + -less形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： thoughtless 词源， thoughtless 含义。
• thoughtful 英文词源 thoughtful (adj.) c. 1200, "contemplative, occupied with thought," from thought + -ful . Also in Middle English, "prudent; moody, anxious." Meaning "showing consideration for others" is from 1851 (compare thoughtless .) Related: Thoughtfully ; thoughtfulness . 中文词源 thoughtful ：认真思考的，沉思的；体贴的，关心的；深思熟虑的   词根词缀： thought思想
• thought 英文词源 thought thought: [OE] Thought comes from a prehistoric Germanic noun * gathangkht -, which was formed from the same base as produced English think . Its modern Germanic relatives include German gedächtnis ‘memory’ and Dutch gedachte ‘thought’. = thank , think thought (n.) Old English þoht , geþoht "process of thinking, a thought; compassion," from stem of þencan "to concei
• thoroughfare 英文词源 thoroughfare (n.) late 14c., "passage or way through," from thorough (before it had differentiated from through ) + fare (n.). 中文词源 thoroughfare ：通路，大道 词根词缀： thorough完全的 + fare走 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： thoroughfare 词源， thoroughfare 含义。 thoroughfare ：大道，通衢 thorough,完全的，fare,行程，道路
• thorough 英文词源 thorough thorough: [OE] Thorough is ultimately the same word as through . Both go back to Old English thurh ‘through’. In its single-syllable form it has stuck to its original role as a preposition and adverb, but in the case of thorough this has now virtually died out, leaving only the adjective, which evolved in the 13th century from the notion of going ‘through’ something s
• thinking 英文词源 unthinking (adj.) 1670s, "unreflecting;" 1680s, "heedless," from un- (1) "not" + present participle of think (v.). 中文词源 thinking ：思想，思维；想法，见解 词根词缀： think思考 + -ing名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： thinking 词源， thinking 含义。
• think 英文词源 think think: [OE] Think goes back to an Old English thencan . This was a variant of thyncan ‘seem, appear’, which survives in the archaic methinks (literally ‘it seems to me’), and so etymologically think probably carries the notion of ‘causing images, reflections, etc to appear to oneself, in one’s brain’. The noun thought comes from the same prehistoric Germanic base a
• thesis 英文词源 thesis thesis: [14] Greek thésis meant literally a ‘placing’ or ‘laying down’ (it was derived from the verb tithénai ‘put, place’, which also gave English apothecary ). It evolved metaphorically to ‘proposition’, and passed in this sense via late Latin thesis into English. = apothecary , bodega , boutique thesis (n.) late 14c., "unaccented syllable or note," from Lat
• thermometer 英文词源 thermometer thermometer: [17] Greek thérmē meant ‘heat’ (it came from prehistoric Indo-European * ghwerm -, * ghworm -, which probably also produced English warm ). From it was formed French thermomètre (first recorded in 1624), which was borrowed into English in the early 1630s. The same source produced English therm [19] and thermal [18]; and thermos (from the related Greek t
• there 英文词源 there there: [OE] There was formed in prehistoric Germanic from the demonstrative base * tha - (which also underlies English that and then ) and the suffix - r used in making adverbs of place (it occurs also in English here and where ). Its Germanic relatives include German da , Dutch daar , and Swedish and Danish der . = here , the , then , where there (adv., conj.) Old English þær
• theology 英文词源 theology theology: [14] Greek theós meant ‘god’. (Despite the more than passing similarity, it is not related to Latin deus ‘god’, source of English deity . Its precise ancestry has never been determined. It may go back ultimately to the Indo-European base * dhē - ‘put, place’, which also produced English do , but it could equally well have been borrowed from a non-Indo-
• Thames 英文词源 Thames river through London, Old English Temese , from Latin Tamesis (51 B.C.E.), from British Tamesa , an ancient Celtic river name perhaps meaning "the dark one." The -h- is unetymological (see th ). 中文词源 Thames ：泰晤士河 来源于凯尔特语,意思是大河 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Thames 词源， Thames 含义。
• texture 英文词源 texture (n.) early 15c., "network, structure," from Middle French texture and directly from Latin textura "web, texture, structure," from stem of texere "to weave," from PIE root *teks- "to weave, to fabricate, to make; make wicker or wattle framework" (cognates: Sanskrit taksati "he fashions, constructs," taksan "carpenter;" Avestan taša "ax, hatchet," thwaxš- "be busy;" Old Persia
• textile 英文词源 textile (n.) 1620s, from Latin textilis "a web, canvas, woven fabric, cloth, something woven," noun use of textilis "woven, wrought," from texere "to weave," from PIE root *teks- "to make" (see texture (n.)). As an adjective from 1650s. 中文词源 textile ：纺织的  词根词缀： -text-编制 + -ile形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： textile 词
• textbook 英文词源 textbook (n.) also text-book , "book used by students," 1779, from text (n.) + book (n.). Earlier (1730) it meant "book printed with wide spaces between the lines" for notes or translation (such a book would have been used by students), from the notion of the text of a book being more open than the close notes . As an adjective from 1916. 中文词源 textbook ：课本，教科书 词根
• test 英文词源 test test: [14] Latin testum denoted an ‘earthenware pot’. English acquired it via Old French test , and used it originally for a ‘pot in which metals are subjected to heat’. Among the purposes these tests were put to was assaying, to ascertain the quality of metal, and by the 16th century the word was being used metaphorically for an ‘examination of properties or qualities’
• terrorist 英文词源 terrorist (n.) in the modern sense, 1944, especially in reference to Jewish tactics against the British in Palestine -- earlier it was used of extremist revolutionaries in Russia who attempted to demoralize the government by terror (1866); and Jacobins during the French Revolution (1795) -- from French terroriste ; see terror + -ist (also see terrorism ). The term now usually refers t
• terrorism 英文词源 terrorism (n.) 1795, in specific sense of "government intimidation during the Reign of Terror in France" (March 1793-July 1794), from French terrorisme , from Latin terror (see terror ). If the basis of a popular government in peacetime is virtue, its basis in a time of revolution is virtue and terror -- virtue, without which terror would be barbaric; and terror, without which virtue
• terror 英文词源 terror terror: [14] To be terrified is etymologically to ‘shake with fear’. The ultimate ancestor of Latin terror ‘fear’ (source of English terror ) and terrēre ‘frighten’ (source of English deter [16], terrible [15], terrific [17], and terrify [16]) was the Indo-European base * tre - ‘shake’, which also produced English tremble , tremor , etc. Terrorism [18] and terr
• terrify 英文词源 terrify (v.) 1570s, from Latin terrificare "to frighten, make afraid," from terrificus "causing terror" (see terrific ). Related: Terrified ; terrifying . 中文词源 terrify ：使惊吓，使恐怖 词根词缀： -terr-恐惧 + -ify动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： terrify 词源， terrify 含义。 terrify ：使恐惧，使惊吓 来自 terror,恐
• terrific 英文词源 terrific (adj.) 1660s, "frightening," from Latin terrificus "causing terror or fear, frightful," from terrere "fill with fear" (see terrible ) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious ). Weakened sensed of "very great, severe" (as in terrific headache ) appeared 1809; inverted colloquial sense of "excellent" began 1888. Related: Terrifically . 中文词源 terrific ：可怕的；极度
• terribly 英文词源 terribly (adv.) "dreadfully, so as to cause terror, in a horrible manner," mid-15c., from terrible + -ly (2). In the sense of "extremely" it is first recorded 1833; in the sense of "extremely badly" it dates from 1930. 中文词源 terribly ：可怕地；极度，非常 词根词缀： -terr-恐惧 + -ible形容词词尾(le略) + -ly副词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• terrible 英文词源 terrible (adj.) late 14c., "causing terror, awe, or dread; frightful," from Old French terrible (12c.), from Latin terribilis "frightful," from terrere "fill with fear," from PIE root *tres- "to tremble" (cognates: Sanskrit trasati "trembles," Avestan tarshta "feared, revered," Greek treëin "to tremble," Lithuanian trišeti "to tremble," Old Church Slavonic treso "I shake," Middle Ir
• temperament 英文词源 temperament (n.) late 14c., "proportioned mixture of elements," from Latin temperamentum "proper mixture, a mixing in due proportion," from temperare "to mix" (see temper (v.)). In medieval theory, it meant a combination of qualities (hot, cold, moist, dry) that determined the nature of an organism; thus also "a combination of the four humors (sanguine, choleric, phlegmatic, and melan
• temper 英文词源 temper temper: [OE] The verb temper was borrowed into Old English from Latin temperāre ‘mix, blend’. This seems originally to have meant ‘mix in due proportion’, and so may have been derived from Latin tempus ‘time, due time’ (source of English temporary ). The noun temper was derived from the verb in the 14th century in the sense ‘mixture of elements’, and this led o
• tell 英文词源 tell tell: [OE] Tell goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * taljan , a derivative of * talō ‘something told’ (from which English gets tale ). This in turn was formed from the base * tal -, source also of English talk . Beside ‘narrative, discourse’ lies another strand of meaning, ‘counting, enumeration’ (pointing back to an original common denominator ‘put in order’),
• television 英文词源 television television: [20] Television means etymologically ‘far vision’. Its first element, tele -, comes from Greek téle ‘far off’, a descendant of the same base as télos ‘end’ (source of English talisman and teleology ). Other English compounds formed from it include telegraph [18], telegram [19], telepathy [19] (etymologically ‘far feeling’, coined by the psychol
• televise 英文词源 televise (v.) 1927 back-formation from television , on model of other verbs from nouns ending in -(v)ision (such as revise ). Related: Televised ; televising . 中文词源 televise ：用电视播送 词根词缀： -tele-远 + -vis-看见 + -e 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： televise 词源， televise 含义。
• terraqueous 英文词源 terraqueous (adj.) "consisting of both land and water," 1650s, from comb. form of Latin terra "earth" (see terrain ) + aqueous . 中文词源 terraqueous ：由水陆形成的，水陆的 词根词缀： -terr-土地 + -aqu-水 + -eous形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： terraqueous 词源， terraqueous 含义。
• terrain 英文词源 terrain (n.) 1727, "ground for training horses," from French terrain "piece of earth, ground, land," from Old French (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *terranum , from Latin terrenum "land, ground," noun use of neuter of terrenus "of earth, earthly," from terra "earth, land," literally "dry land" (as opposed to "sea"); from PIE root *ters- "to dry" (cognates: Sanskrit tarsayati "dries up," Av
• terminus 英文词源 terminus (n.) 1550s, "goal, end, final point," from Latin terminus (plural termini ) "end, boundary line," from PIE *ter-men- , from root *ter- , base of words meaning "peg, post, boundary, marker, goal" (cognates: Sanskrit tarati "passes over, crosses over," tarantah "sea;" Hittite tarmaizzi "he limits;" Greek terma "boundary, end, limit;" Gothic þairh , Old English þurh "through;"
• terminator 英文词源 terminator (n.) 1770, "line of separation between the bright and dark parts of a moon or planet," from Late Latin terminator "he who sets bounds," agent noun from terminare (see terminus ). Meaning "one who terminates" (something) is attested from 1846. 中文词源 terminator ：终结者，终结器 词根词缀： -termin-限定 + -ator名词词尾,人或物 该词的英语词源请访
• terminative 英文词源 determinative (adj.) 1650s, from French déterminatif (15c.), from Latin determinat- , past participle stem of determinare (see determine ). As a noun from 1832. 中文词源 terminative ：终结的，结束的，限定的，结尾的 词根词缀： -termin-限定 + -ative形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： terminative 词源， terminative 含义。
• terminate 英文词源 terminate (v.) early 15c., "bring to an end," from Latin terminatus , past participle of terminare "to limit, set bounds, end" (see terminus ). Intransitive sense of "to come to an end" is recorded from 1640s; meaning "dismiss from a job" is recorded from 1973; that of "to assassinate" is from 1975. Related: Terminated ; terminating . 中文词源 terminate ：停止，结束   词根
• terminal 英文词源 terminal (adj.) mid-15c., "relating to or marking boundaries," from Latin terminalis "pertaining to a boundary or end, final," from terminus "end, boundary line" (see terminus ). Meaning "fatal" ( terminal illness ) is first recorded 1891. Sense of "situated at the extreme end" (of something) is from 1805. Slang meaning "extreme" first recorded 1983. Related: Termninally . terminal (n
• terminable 英文词源 terminable (adj.) early 15c., from Latin stem of terminate (v.) + -able . 中文词源 terminable ：可终止的，有限期的 词根词缀： -termin-限定 + -able形容词词尾,被动意义 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： terminable 词源， terminable 含义。
• term 英文词源 term term: [13] The etymological notion underlying the word term is of a ‘limit’ or ‘boundary’, and hence of an ‘end’. It comes via Old French terme from Latin terminus ‘boundary, limit’, which was also borrowed into Welsh as terfyn ‘boundary’ and directly into English in the 17th century as terminus ‘finishing point’ (it was first applied to railway stations i
• tenure 英文词源 tenure tenure: see tenant tenure (n.) early 15c., "holding of a tenement," from Anglo-French and Old French tenure "a tenure, estate in land" (13c.), from Old French tenir "to hold," from Vulgar Latin *tenire , from Latin tenere "to hold" (see tenet ). The sense of "condition or fact of holding a status, position, or occupation" is first attested 1590s. Meaning "guaranteed tenure of o
• tent 英文词源 tent tent: [13] A tent is etymologically something that is ‘stretched’ – over a frame to provide shelter. The word comes via Old French tente from Vulgar Latin * tenta , a noun derived from the past participial stem of Latin tendere ‘stretch’ (source of English tend , tendency , etc). It was supposedly inspired by the expression pelles tendere , literally ‘stretch skins’
• tension 英文词源 tension (n.) 1530s, "a stretched condition," from Middle French tension (16c.) or directly from Latin tensionem (nominative tensio ) "a stretching" (in Medieval Latin "a struggle, contest"), noun of state from tensus , past participle of tendere "to stretch," from PIE root *ten- "stretch" (see tenet ). The sense of "nervous strain" is first recorded 1763. The meaning "stress along lin
• tense 英文词源 tense tense: English has two separate words tense . The older, ‘verb form indicating time’ [14], came via Old French tens from Latin tempus ‘time’ (source also of English temporal , temporary , etc). The original meaning ‘time’ survived into English, but died out in the early 16th century. The adjective tense [17] was adapted from tensus , the past participle of Latin tend