英语词源

• the Mason-Dixon Line 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random moist moist: [14] Latin mūcidus meant ‘mouldy’ and ‘snivelling’ (it was a derivative of mūcus , source of English mucus ). In Vulgar Latin it became altered to * muscidus , which is thought to have branched out in meaning to ‘wet’, and passed in this sense into Old French as moiste – whence English moist . From t
• the mainland 英文词源 Algeria North African country, named for Algiers , city chosen by the French as its capital when they colonized it in 1830 + Latinate "country" suffix -ia . The city name is Arabic al-Jazair , literally "the islands," in reference to four islands formerly off the coast but joined to the mainland since 1525. A resident of the place formerly was an Algerine (1650s), and the word was pra
• the main drag 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random apparel apparel: [13] Apparel has the same source as apparatus , and originally it had the same meaning, too: until as late as the start of the 18th century, it was used for ‘equipment needed for performing a particular function’. But the sense ‘clothing’ is of equal antiquity in English, and by the 16th century it had b
• the magistracy 英文词源 pentarchy "A group or league of five provinces, sees, kingdoms, etc., each under its own ruler; the rulers of these collectively. Now chiefly historical ", Late 16th cent.; earliest use found in Raphael Holinshed (c1525–?1580), historian. From ancient Greek πενταρχία a rule of five, with reference to the magistracy of the five at Carthage (from πεντα- + -αρχία )
• the last rites 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random love love: [OE] The word love goes back to an Indo- European * leubh -, which has spawned a huge lexical progeny: not just words for ‘love’ ( love ’s Germanic relatives, such as German liebe and Dutch liefde , as well as the archaic English lief ‘dear’ [OE] and Latin libīdō ‘strong desire’, source of English libi
• the last post 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random boutique boutique: see apothecary 中文词源 the last post ：军营熄灯号 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： the last post 词源， the last post 含义。
• the Jolly Roger 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random shoot shoot: [OE] Like sheet , shout , shut , and perhaps skit [15], shoot goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base * skeut -, * skaut -, * skut - ‘project’. This formed the basis of a verb * skeutan , which evolved into German schiessen , Dutch schieten , Swedish skjuta , and Danish skyde as well as English sho
• the Ivy League 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random full full: [OE] Full and its verbal derivative fill go back ultimately to the Indo-European base * plē -, which also produced Latin plēnus ‘full’ (source of English plenary , plenty , and replenish , and of French plein and Italian pieno ‘full’) and English complete , deplete [19] (literally ‘unfill, empty’), imple
• the Internationale 英文词源 international (adj.) 1780, apparently coined by Jeremy Bentham from inter- + national . In communist jargon, as a noun and with a capital -i- , it is short for International Working Men's Association , the first of which was founded in London by Marx in 1864. "The Internationale" (from fem. of French international ), the socialist hymn, was written 1871 by Eugène Pottier. Internation
• the hot seat 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random plum plum: [OE] Plum and prune ‘dried plum’ are ultimately the same word. Their common ancestor was Greek proumnon , a word which originated somewhere in Asia Minor. This was later contracted to prounon , and borrowed into Latin as prōnum . Its plural prōna came to be regarded in post-classical times as a singular, and thi
• the Holy See 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random crab crab: Crab the crustacean [OE] and crab the apple [14] may be two distinct words. The word for the sea creature has several continental relatives (such as German krebs and Dutch krabbe ) which show it to have been of Germanic origin, and some of them, such as Old Norse krafla ‘scratch’ and Old High German krapho ‘hook’
• the holy of holies 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random sow sow: English has two words sow , both of which go back to the Old English period. The verb, ‘put seeds in the ground’, comes from a prehistoric Germanic * sǣjan , which also produced German säen , Dutch zaaien , Swedish så , and Danish saa . It was formed from the base * sǣ - (source of English seed ), which goes bac
• the hoi pollie 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random relax relax: see relish 中文词源 the hoi pollie ：乌合之众 来自希腊语hoi polloi,大众，人们，hoi,定冠词the,polloi,许多，词源同full,poly-.前面的英语定冠词the为知识性错误，但将错就错，已成为固定用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： the hoi pollie 词源
• the hit parade 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random herring herring: [OE] Just as the hare is probably the ‘grey animal’, so the herring could well be the ‘grey fish’. Old English hǣring goes back to a prehistoric West Germanic * khēringgaz , in which the first syllable could represent the ancestor of English hoar ‘silvery-grey’ – the colour of the herring. French
• the Hippocratic oath 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random abroad abroad: [13] It was only in the 15th century that abroad came to mean ‘in foreign parts’. Earlier, it had been used for ‘out of doors’, a sense still current today, if with a rather archaic air; but originally it meant ‘widely’ or ‘about’ (as in ‘noise something abroad’). It was formed quite simply fro
• the high seas 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random canny canny: see can 中文词源 the high seas ：公海 high,高，此处义为深的或表强调，seas,海域。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： the high seas 词源， the high seas 含义。
• the heebie-jeebies 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random outfit outfit: see fit 中文词源 the heebie-jeebies ：坐立不安 俚语词，词源不详，拼写不固定。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： the heebie-jeebies 词源， the heebie-jeebies 含义。
• the West Indies 英文词源 barbecue barbecue: [17] Barbecue originated in the language of the now extinct Taino people of the West Indies. It first emerges in the Haitian creole term barbacoa , which meant simply ‘wooden framework’ (used for other purposes than roasting meat – for example, as a bed). American Spanish adopted the word, and passed it on to English. Compare BUCCANEER. buccaneer buccaneer: [1
• the fourth estate 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random divan divan: [16] The word divan has a long and spectacularly variegated semantic history. It started out as Persian dēvān , which originally meant ‘small book’. This came to be used specifically for ‘account book’, and eventually for ‘accountant’s office’. From this its application broadened out to cover various
• the fine print 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random intact intact: see entire 中文词源 the fine print ：合同中小字印刷附加条款 即合同后面的小字印刷，通常含有诸多的免责条款，但由于字体极小容易被忽略。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： the fine print 词源， the fine print 含义。
• the Dail 英文词源 Aramaic northern branch of Semitic language group, 1834, from biblical land of Aram , roughly corresponding to modern Syria; probably related to Hebrew and Aramaic rum "to be high," thus originally "highland." Aramaic became the lingua franca of the Assyrian empire and later for centuries was the official language of the Persian kingdom and the daily language of Israel at the time of
• the avant-garde 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random stifle stifle: [14] Stiffle was probably adapted from Old French estouffer ‘choke, smother’. This in turn went back to a Vulgar Latin * extuffāre , which may have been a blend of * extūfāre ‘take a steam bath’ (source of English stew ) and late Latin stuppāre ‘stop up, plug’ (source of English stop and stuff ). =
• the ark 英文词源 acacia acacia: [16] Acacia comes via Latin from Greek akakía , a word for the shittah. This is a tree mentioned several times in the Bible (the Ark of the Covenant was made from its wood). It is not clear precisely what it was, but it was probably a species of what we now know as the acacia. The ultimate derivation of Greek akakía is obscure too; some hold that it is based on Greek
• the Antipodes 英文词源 antipodes (n.) late 14c., "persons who dwell on the opposite side of the globe;" 1540s as "place on the opposite side of the earth," from Latin antipodes "those who dwell on the opposite side of the earth," from Greek antipodes , plural of antipous "with feet opposite (ours)," from anti- "opposite" (see anti- ) + pous "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)); thus, peo
• the Antarctic 英文词源 penguin (n.) 1570s, originally used of the great auk of Newfoundland (now extinct), shift in meaning to the Antarctic bird (which looks something like it, found by Drake in Magellan's Straits in 1578) is from 1580s. Of unknown origin, though often asserted to be from Welsh pen "head" (see pen- ) + gwyn "white" (see Gwendolyn ), but Barnhart says the proposed formation is not proper We
• the Amish 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random tannin tannin: see tan 中文词源 the Amish ：阿曼门诺派（崇尚农耕生活） 来自瑞士传教士Jacob Amman 创立的宗教派别。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： the Amish 词源， the Amish 含义。
• trans- 英文词源 trans- word-forming element meaning "across, beyond, through, on the other side of, to go beyond," from Latin trans- , from trans (prep.) "across, over, beyond," perhaps originally present participle of a verb *trare- , meaning "to cross," from PIE *tra- , variant of root *tere- (2) "to cross over" (see through ). In chemical use indicating "a compound in which two characteristic grou
• tributary 英文词源 tributary (adj.) late 14c., "paying tribute," from Latin tributarius "liable to tax or tribute," from tributum (see tribute ). tributary (n.) late 14c., "person, country, etc. owing obedience or paying tribute or a tax to a sovereign or another people," from Latin tributarius (see tributary (adj.)). Meaning "stream that flows into a larger body" is from 1822, from the adjective in thi
• tribune 英文词源 tribune (n.) late 14c., title of an official in ancient Rome, from Latin tribunus "magistrate" (specifically one of the officers appointed to protect the rights and interests of the plebeians from the patricians), originally "head of a tribe" (in the Roman sense), from tribus (see tribe ). Also "raised platform" (1762), from Italian tribuna , from Medieval Latin tribuna , from Latin t
• talent 英文词源 talent talent: [13] Greek tálanton meant ‘balance, weight’, and hence ‘unit of weight or money’. Latin borrowed it as talentum , using it metaphorically for ‘mental inclination’, and it was in this sense that English originally acquired it, via Old French talent . ‘Unit of money’ did not arrive (apart from one isolated Old English instance) until the late 14th century
• tariff 英文词源 tariff (n.) 1590s, "arithmetical table," also "official list of customs duties on imports or exports; law regulating import duties," from Italian tariffa "tariff, price, assessment," Medieval Latin tarifa "list of prices, book of rates," from Arabic ta'rif "information, notification, a making known; inventory of fees to be paid," verbal noun from arafa "he made known, he taught." Sens
• tabacco 英文词源 tabacco (n.) obsolete form of tobacco . 中文词源 tabacco （烟草）：美洲土著对烟草的称呼 据历史学家考证，烟草起源于美洲。早在4000多年前，美洲的玛雅人就已经开始种植和吸食烟草。他们发现烟草的香味具有提神解乏的功效，便开始咀嚼烟草，后来改为吸食。在一座建于公元432年的玛雅神殿里，一张
• triumph 英文词源 triumph triumph: [14] Triumph comes via Old French triumphe from Latin triumphus , which denoted a ‘public celebration to welcome home a victorious general’. It was an alteration of Old Latin triumpus , which was probably borrowed from Greek thríambos ‘hymn to Bacchus’. The cards term trump is an alteration of triumph . = trump triumph (n.) late 14c., "success in battle, conq
• tyrant 英文词源 tyrant (n.) c. 1300, "absolute ruler," especially one without legal right; "cruel, oppressive ruler," from Old French tiran , tyrant (12c.), from Latin tyrannus "lord, master, monarch, despot," especially "arbitrary ruler, cruel governor, autocrat" (source also of Spanish tirano , Italian tiranno ), from Greek tyrannos "lord, master, sovereign, absolute ruler unlimited by law or const
• travel 英文词源 travel travel: [14] Travel and travail [13] are doublets – that is to say, they have a common ancestor, but have split into separate words. Their ultimate source is medieval Latin trepālium , a term for an instrument of torture made of three sharp stakes. This was a compound noun formed from Latin trēs ‘three’ and pālus ‘stake’ (source of English pale ). From it was forme
• toilet 英文词源 toilet (n.) 1530s, earliest in English in an obsolete sense "cover or bag for clothes," from Middle French toilette "a cloth; a bag for clothes," diminutive of toile "cloth, net" (see toil (n.2)). Toilet acquired an association with upper class dressing by 18c., through the specific sense "a fine cloth cover on the dressing table for the articles spread upon it;" thence "the articles,
• toxic 英文词源 toxic toxic: [17] The etymological meaning underlying toxic is of ‘poisoned arrows’. Its ultimate source is Greek tóxon ‘bow’, which also gave English toxophily ‘archery’ [19]. From it was derived toxikós ‘of bows and arrows’, which formed the basis of a noun toxikón ‘poison for putting on arrows’. Latin took this over as toxicum ‘poison’, and the medieval L
• thug 英文词源 thug thug: [19] Hindi thag means literally ‘robber, cheat’ (it is descended from Sanskrit sthaga ‘robber’, a derivative of sthagati ‘cover, hide’, which goes back ultimately to the Indo- European base * steg -, * teg - ‘cover’, source also of English deck , detect , integument , protect , thatch , etc). It came to be applied to members of a band of professional thieves
• torpedo 英文词源 torpedo (n.) 1520s, "electric ray" (flat fish that produces an electric charge to stun prey or for defense), from Latin torpedo "electric ray," originally "numbness, sluggishness" (the fish so called from the effect of being jolted by the ray's electric discharges), from torpere "be numb" (see torpor ). Torpedo. A fish which while alive, if touched even with a long stick, benumbs the
• tribe 英文词源 tribe tribe: [13] Tribe comes via Old French tribu from Latin tribus ‘division of the Roman people’. This was probably derived from the base * tri - ‘three’, and denoted etymologically the ‘three original tribes of Rome’ – the Tities, the Ramnes, and the Luceres. The ‘head of a tribe’ was known as a tribūnus , whence English tribune [14]; and the verb for ‘give ou
• trivial 英文词源 trivial trivial: [15] Medieval educationists recognized seven liberal arts: the lower three, grammar, logic, and rhetoric, were known as the trivium , and the upper four, arithmetic, astronomy, geometry, and music, were known as the quadrivium . The notion of ‘less important subjects’ led in the 16th century to the use of the derived adjective trivial for ‘commonplace, of little
• taxi 英文词源 taxi taxi: [20] Taxi is short for taximeter cab , a term coined around 1890 for a cab fitted with a taximeter, a device for showing the fare to be paid. Taximeter [19] was borrowed from French taximètre , a compound noun formed from taxe ‘charge, tariff’ (a relative of English tax ) and mètre ‘meter’. = tax taxi (n.) 1907, shortening of taximeter cab (introduced in London in
• tuxedo 英文词源 tuxedo (n.) man's evening dress for semiformal occasions, 1889, named for Tuxedo Park, N.Y., a rural resort development for wealthy New Yorkers and site of a country club where it first was worn, supposedly in 1886. The name is an attractive subject for elaborate speculation, and connections with Algonquian words for "bear" or "wolf" were proposed. The authoritative Bright, however, s
• tawdry 英文词源 tawdry tawdry: [17] Anna, Anglo-Saxon king of East Anglia, had a daughter called Etheldrida, who became queen of Northumbria (she died in 679). She had an inordinate fondness in her youth for fine lace neckerchiefs, and when she was later afflicted by a fatal tumour of the neck, she regarded it as divine retribution for her former extravagance. After her death she was canonized and ma
• turnpike 英文词源 turnpike (n.) early 15c., "spiked road barrier used for defense," from turn + pike (n.2) "shaft." Sense transferred to "horizontal cross of timber, turning on a vertical pin" (1540s), which were used to bar horses from foot roads. This led to the sense of "barrier to stop passage until a toll is paid" (1670s). Meaning "road with a toll gate" is from 1748, shortening of turnpike road (
• tournament 英文词源 tournament (n.) "medieval martial arts contest," c. 1200 (figurative), c. 1300 (literal), from Old French tornement "contest between groups of knights on horseback" (12c.), from tornoier "to joust, tilt, take part in tournaments" (see tourney ). Modern use, in reference to games of skill, is recorded from 1761. 中文词源 tournament （竞标赛）：中世纪的骑士比武大会 中
• tulip 英文词源 tulip tulip: [16] Tulip and turban [16] are ultimately the same word. Both come from Persian dulband , and the name was applied to the plant because of its flower’s supposed resemblance to a turban. Dulband was borrowed into Turkish as tuliband , and this made its way into English via early modern French tulipan and modern Latin tulipa , acquiring its botanical meaning along the way
• typhoon 英文词源 typhoon typhoon: [16] A typhoon is etymologically a ‘great wind’. The word was adapted from Cantonese Chinese daai feng ‘great wind’, its form no doubt influenced by Greek Tūphón , father of the winds in Greek mythology (his name was derived from the verb túphein ‘smoke’, which also produced túphos ‘smoke’, hence ‘fever causing delusion’, source of English stew
• tychism 英文词源 tychism "The doctrine that account must be taken of the element of chance in reasoning or explanation of the universe", Late 19th century: from Greek tukhē 'chance' + -ism. 中文词源 tychism （偶然主义）：希腊神话中的运气女神堤喀 堤喀（Tyche）是希腊神话中的运气女神，相当于罗马神话中的福尔图娜（Fortuna）。她常常以长着翅膀，头
• Tuesday 英文词源 Tuesday Tuesday: [OE] Tiu was the Germanic god of war and the sky (his name came from the same source as produced Latin deus ‘god’, from which English gets deity ). When the Germanic peoples took over the Roman system of naming the days of the week after the gods, they replaced the term for the second day of the week, diēs Martis ‘day of Mars, the war-god’ (source of French M
• the sword of Damocles 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random capture capture: [16] Along with its relatives captive , captivity , captivate , and captor , capture is the English language’s most direct lineal descendant of Latin capere ‘take, seize’ (others include capable , case for carrying things, cater , and chase , and heave is distantly connected). First to arrive was captive [
• thanato- 英文词源 thanato- before vowels thanat- , word-forming element meaning "death," from Greek thanatos "death," from PIE *dhwene- "to disappear, die," perhaps from a root meaning "dark, cloudy" (compare Sanskrit dhvantah "dark"). Hence Bryant's " Thanatopsis ", with Greek opsis "a sight, view." 中文词源 thanato- （死亡）：希腊神话中的死神桑纳托斯 在希腊神话中，掌管死亡
• terr- 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random colloquial colloquial: see ventriloquist 中文词源 terr- （陆地）：罗马神话中的大地女神 大地女神盖亚在罗马神话中换了一个罗马名字，叫做Tellus（忒勒斯）或Terra Mother（大地母亲）。拉丁语terra意思就是“陆地、干的地”（与“海洋”相对），等于英语单词
• tantalize 英文词源 tantalize tantalize: [16] The verb tantalize was inspired by the sad story of Tantalus, a mythical king of Phrygia in the ancient world. He had displeased the gods in some way (versions differ as to how, the commonest being that he had stolen their food), and as a punishment he was condemned to stand for ever in water up to his chin, while overhead hung boughs laden with fruit: whenev
• Thursday 英文词源 Thursday Thursday: [OE] The Romans called the fourth day of the week diēs Iovis ‘Jupiter’s day’. When the Germanic peoples took over their system of naming days after the gods, or the planets they represented, they replaced Jupiter, the Roman sky-god, with the Germanic god of thunder, Thor, whose name comes from the same source as English thunder . This produced a prehistoric G
• tartarean 英文词源 Tartar mid-14c. (implied in Tartary , "the land of the Tartars"), from Medieval Latin Tartarus , from Persian Tatar , first used 13c. in reference to the hordes of Ghengis Khan (1202-1227), said to be ultimately from Tata , a name of the Mongols for themselves. Form in European languages probably influenced by Latin Tartarus "hell" (e.g. letter of St. Louis of France, 1270: "In the pr
• The Web of Penelope 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random saxifrage saxifrage: [15] The saxifrage is etymologically the ‘stone-breaker’. The word comes via Old French saxifrage from late Latin saxifraga , a compound formed from Latin saxum ‘rock’ and frag -, the stem of frangere ‘break’ (source of English fraction , fracture , etc). The name is an allusion to the fact that
• To meet Waterloo 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random woman woman: [OE] A woman is etymologically a ‘wife-man’ – that is to say, a ‘female person’. The word was compounded in the Old English period from wīf ‘woman’ (source of modern English wife ) and man ‘person’ (source of modern English man ). Already by the end of the Old English period the f of wifman was di
• The Trojan Horse 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random tuft tuft: see toff 中文词源 The Trojan Horse ：木马计；暗藏的危险；奸细 The Trojan Horse 直译“特洛伊木马”，是一个国际性成语，在世界各主要语言中都有。来自拉丁语equns Trojanus。这个成语甚至还进入到汉语词汇中，某某同志在《矛盾论》中，谈到《水浒传
• The Achilles' Heel 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random floe floe: see flake 中文词源 The Achilles Heel ：唯一弱点；薄弱环节；要害 The Achilles' Heel 亦作 The Heel of Achilles 直译为“阿基里斯的脚踵”，是一个在欧洲广泛流行的国际性成语。它源自荷马史诗Iliad中的希腊神话故事。 阿基里斯是希腊联军里最英勇善战的骁
• The Heel of Achilles 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random geyser geyser: see gust 中文词源 The Heel of Achilles ：唯一弱点；薄弱环节；要害 The Heel of Achilles 亦作 The Achilles' Heel 直译为“阿基里斯的脚踵”，是一个在欧洲广泛流行的国际性成语。它源自荷马史诗Iliad中的希腊神话故事。 阿基里斯是希腊联军里最英勇善战
• trophy 英文词源 trophy trophy: [16] A trophy is etymologically something awarded to commemorate the enemy’s ‘turning round’ and running away. The word comes via French trophée and Latin trophaeum from Greek trópaion ‘monument to the enemy’s defeat’. This was a noun use of the adjective tropaíos ‘of turning’, a derivative of tropé ‘turning’, hence ‘turning back the enemy’ (
• tennis 英文词源 tennis tennis: [14] The earliest recorded English forms of the word tennis include tenetz , teneys , and tenes . These suggest that it probably came from tenez , the imperative plural of Old French tenir ‘hold’, hence ‘receive’, supposedly shouted by the server to his opponent as a warning to get ready to receive the ball. The word originally referred, of course, to what is no
• Tragedy 英文词源 tragedy tragedy: [14] Etymologically, a tragedy is probably a ‘goat-song’. The word comes via Old French tragedie and Latin tragoedia from Greek tragōidíā , a compound formed from trágos ‘goat’ and ōidé ‘song’ (source of English ode , parody , rhapsody , etc). It is thought that the underlying reference may be to a sort of ancient Greek drama in which the chorus were
• toast 英文词源 toast toast: [14] Toast comes via Old French toster ‘roast, grill’ from Vulgar Latin * tostāre , a derivative of the past participle of Latin torrēre ‘parch’ (source of English torrid ). Its use as a noun, meaning ‘toasted bread’, dates from the 15th century. It was common to put sippets or croutons of spiced toast into drinks to improve their flavour, and it was the cus
• toady 英文词源 toady (n.) "servile parasite," 1826, apparently shortened from toad-eater "fawning flatterer" (1742), originally (1620s) "the assistant of a charlatan," who ate a toad (believed to be poisonous) to enable his master to display his skill in expelling the poison. The verb is recorded from 1827. Related: Toadied ; toadying . 中文词源 toady （谄媚者）：为江湖郎中吃蟾蜍的手
• temple 英文词源 temple temple: Temple for worship [OE] and temple at the side of the head [14] are distinct words. The former was borrowed from Latin templum , which originated as a term relating to divination, used by priests in ancient times. It denoted a space marked out or ‘cut’ out as suitable for making observations on which auguries were based – some say a space marked out on the ground,
• titanic 英文词源 titanic (adj.) "gigantic, colossal," 1709, from titan + -ic . The British passenger liner R.M.S. Titanic sank April 15, 1912, and the name became symbolic of the destruction of supposedly indestructible. 中文词源 titanic （巨大的）：希腊神话中的巨神族泰坦神 在希腊神话中，天神乌拉诺斯和大地女神盖亚一共生了六男六女共12位泰坦神（Tit
• territory 英文词源 territory (n.) late 14c., "land under the jurisdiction of a town, state, etc.," probably from Latin territorium "land around a town, domain, district," from terra "earth, land" (see terrain ) + -orium , suffix denoting place (see -ory ). Sense of "any tract of land, district, region" is first attested c. 1600. Specific U.S. sense of "organized self-governing region not yet a state" is
• Solomon Islands 英文词源 Guadalcanal largest of the Solomon Islands, discovered 1568 by Spanish explorer Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira and named for his hometown in Spain. The place name contains the Spanish form of Arabic wadi "river" which occurs in other Spanish place names (such as Guadalajara , from Arabic Wadi Al-Bajara "River of the Stones," either a parallel formation to or ultimately a translation of
• Samoa 英文词源 Samoa an indigenous name, said to be from the name of a Polynesian chieftain, or else meaning "place of the moa." Related: Samoan (1846, noun and adjective). 中文词源 Samoa ：萨摩亚 Samoa源自萨摩亚语Sāmoa。一种说法是，萨摩亚指“神圣的中心之地”。在萨摩亚传说中，天神Tagaloalagi在萨摩亚创造了世界；另一种说法是Samoa意为“Pl
• Switzerland 英文词源 Switzerland named for Schwyz , one of its original cantons. On postage stamps, etc., identified by the Roman name for the region, Helvetia , to avoid having to print the four different forms of the name in the country’s four official languages: Suisse , Schweiz , Svizzera , Svizra . 中文词源 Switzerland （瑞士）：开荒烧林建立的国家 瑞士的英文名Switzerland来
• Sri Lanka 英文词源 Sri Lanka large island southeast of India (known in English until 1972 as Ceylon ), from Lanka , older name for the island and its chief city, + Sanskrit sri "beauty" (especially of divinities, kings, heroes, etc.), also an honorific prefix to proper names, from PIE root *kreie- "to be outstanding, brilliant, masterly, beautiful," found in Greek ( kreon "lord, master") and Indo-Irania
• Slovenia 英文词源 bread (n.) Old English bread "bit, crumb, morsel; bread," cognate with Old Norse brauð , Danish brød , Old Frisian brad , Middle Dutch brot , Dutch brood , German Brot . According to one theory [Watkins, etc.] from Proto-Germanic *brautham , which would be from the root of brew (v.) and refer to the leavening. But OED argues at some length for the basic sense being not "cooked food"
• Slovakia 英文词源 Czechoslovakia (n.) Central European nation from 1919-1992, from Czecho- , Latinized comb. form of Czech + Slovakia (see Slovak ). 中文词源 Slovakia （斯洛伐克）：斯拉夫人的国家 东欧国家斯洛伐克的英文名Slovakia源自其主体民族Slovak (斯洛伐克人Slovak来 自捷克语，等于英语中的slav (斯拉夫人5世纪时，斯拉夫人中的一支就从东
• Scotland 英文词源 Scotland named for the Scots , who settled there from Ireland 5c.-6c.; their name is of unknown origin (see Scot ). Latin Scotia began to appear 9c. as the name for the region, replacing older Caledonia , also named for the inhabitants at the time, whose name likewise is of unknown origin. 中文词源 Scotland （苏格兰）：苏格兰人的土地 苏格兰的国名源自其主体民
• Salvador 英文词源 savior (n.) c. 1300, "one who delivers or rescues from peril," also a title of Jesus Christ, from Old French sauveour , from Late Latin salvatorem (nominative salvator ) "a saver, preserver" (source also of Spanish salvador , Italian salvatore ), from salvatus , past participle of salvare "to save" (see save (v.)). In Christian sense, a translation of Greek soter "savior." Replaced Ol
• sanguin- 英文词源 sanguineous (adj.) "pertaining to blood," 1510s, from Latin sanguineus , from sanguin- , stem of sanguis (see sanguinary ). exsanguine "Bloodless; anaemic", Mid 17th century: from ex- 1 'out' + Latin sanguis , sanguin- 'blood'. exsanguination "The action of draining a person, animal, or organ of blood", Early 20th century: from Latin exsanguinatus 'drained of blood' (from ex- 'out' +
• Sioux Falls 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random kale kale: see cauliflower 中文词源 Sioux Falls ：苏族瀑布 南达科他州的最大城市。名字两部分：Sioux直接搬用的苏族人的族名。苏族人曾经是大平原北部的主要部族之一，他们又可以细分为拉科塔部、桑提部（东达科他部）和杨克顿部（西达科他部），都生活
• Springfield 英文词源 Springfield type of firearm, 1813, named for the U.S. government armory in Springfield, Mass. 中文词源 Springfield ：斯普林菲尔德 Springfield，又译春泉。美国常用地名。顾名思义，一般和泉水、河流、湿地等有关。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Springfield 词源， Springfield 含义。
• Snake River 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random lumbago lumbago: see loin 中文词源 Snake River ：蛇河 又作斯奈克河，美国西北部的重要河流之一，最初被刘易斯和克拉克发现，并被命名为刘易斯河，因为刘易斯认为自己是第一个看到这条河的白人（实际上，后来的证据表明，在他之前有欧洲探险家从加拿大
• Savannah River 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random gratin gratin: see grate 中文词源 Savannah River ：萨凡那河 这条河来源于曾经生活在河流上游草原上的一个部落——肖尼（Shawnee）。萨凡那河上游原为怀斯托部（Westo）的地盘，后来被肖尼人占领。由于那片区域是亚热带的草原，西班牙人把肖尼人称为Zabana，
• Susquehanna River 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random relate relate: [16] Something that is related to something else is etymologically ‘carried back’ to it. The word is based on relātus , the past participle of Latin referre ‘carry back, refer to’ (source of English refer ). ( Lātus was not the original past participle of Latin ferre ‘carry’; it was drafted in from t
• sacred cow 英文词源 sacred (adj.) late 14c., past participle adjective from obsolete verb sacren "to make holy" (c. 1200), from Old French sacrer "consecrate, anoint, dedicate" (12c.) or directly from Latin sacrare "to make sacred, consecrate; hold sacred; immortalize; set apart, dedicate," from sacer (genitive sacri ) "sacred, dedicated, holy, accursed," from Old Latin saceres , from PIE root *sak- "to
• synoptical 英文词源 synoptic (adj.) 1763, "pertaining to synopsis," from Modern Latin synopticus , from Late Latin synopsis (see synopsis ). Greek synoptikos meant "taking a general or comprehensive view," and the sense "affording a general view" in English emerged by mid-19c. Specifically of the first three Gospels from 1841, on notion of "giving an account of events from the same point of view." Relate
• synopsize 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random equip equip: [16] Etymologically, equip means ‘fit out or provide crew for a ship’. Its immediate source was French équiper , but this appears to have been a borrowing from Old Norse skipa ‘fit out a ship’, a verb derived from skip ‘ship’ (first cousin of English ship ). The carliest examples of its use in English a
• synergic 英文词源 synergetic (adj.) "working together, cooperating," 1680s, from Greek synergetikos "cooperative," from synergein "to work together, cooperate" (see synergy ). Synergic (1849) is from synergy + -ic . 中文词源 synergic ：协作的，合作的  词根词缀： syn-共同,同时 + -erg-工作,行动 + -ic形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： synergic 词
• supernormal 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random force force: [13] The ultimate source of force is Latin fortis ‘strong’, which also gave English comfort , effort , fort , etc. In post-classical times a noun was formed from it, * fortia ‘strength’, which passed into English via Old French force . (The force of forcemeat [17], incidentally, is a variant of farce , in it
• superlunar 英文词源 superlunar "= superlunary", Mid 18th cent.; earliest use found in Alexander Pope (1688–1744), poet. Either from post-classical Latin superlunaris superlunary, or independently from super- + lunar, after sublunar. 中文词源 superlunar ：世外的，天上的 词根词缀： super-上,超过 + -lun-月亮 + -ar形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• superfluity 英文词源 superfluity (n.) late 14c., from Old French superfluite "excess" (12c.), from Medieval Latin superfluitatem (nominative superfluitas ), from superfluus (see superfluous ). 中文词源 superfluity ：过多，过剩；多余物，过剩品  词根词缀： super-上,超过 + -flu-流 + -ity名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： superfluity 词源， super