英语词源

• strident 英文词源 strident strident: [17] Strident was adopted from the present participle of Latin strīdēre ‘make a harsh noise, creak’. This also produced English stridulate [19], which denotes the sound made by grasshoppers. = stridulate strident (adj.) 1650s, from French strident (16c.) and directly from Latin stridentem (nominative stridens ), present participle of stridere "utter an inartic
• stride 英文词源 stride stride: [OE] Stride comes from a prehistoric Germanic base * strīd -, whose other descendants (German streiten and Dutch strijden ‘quarrel’, Swedish and Danish strid ‘strife, affliction’) suggest a basic underlying meaning ‘severity, great effort’. There may also be a link with English strife and strive . Straddle [16] comes from a variant of the same base. The use
• stricture 英文词源 stricture (n.) c. 1400, "abnormal narrowing in a body part," from Late Latin strictura "contraction, constriction," from past participle stem of stringere (2) "to bind or draw tight" (see strain (v.)). Sense of "criticism, critical remark" is first recorded 1650s, perhaps from the other Latin word stringere "to touch lightly" (see strigil ). 中文词源 stricture ：限制，束缚 来
• stricken 英文词源 stricken (adj.) 1510s, "wounded, affected (by disease, trouble, etc.)," adjective use of archaic past participle of strike (v.). Figurative meaning "overwhelmed with terror, grief, etc." is from 1530s. An earlier development is reflected in 13c. phrase striken in elde "advanced in years," from strike in the sense of "to move, go," hence "far advanced." 中文词源 stricken ：受煎熬
• stria 英文词源 stria (n.) plural striae , "narrow stripe, groove," 1560s, from Latin stria "a furrow, flute of a column" (see striate ). 中文词源 stria ：条纹，细沟，槽 来自拉丁语 stria,沟，槽，来自 PIE*streig,击，打，刮，词源同 strike,stroke.引申词义细条纹 等。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： stria 词源， stria 含义。
• strew 英文词源 strew strew: see straw strew (v.) Old English strewian , streowian "to scatter," from Proto-Germanic *strawjan- (cognates: Old Frisian strewa , Old Saxon strowian , Old Norse stra , Danish strø , Swedish strö , Middle Dutch strowen , Dutch strooien , Old High German strouwen , German streuen , Gothic straujan "to sprinkle, strew"), from PIE root *stere- "to spread, extend, stretch o
• stretchy 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random throat throat: [OE] Throat comes from a prehistoric Germanic base * thrut - or * thrūt -. This also produced Old English thrūtian ‘swell’, and a related base * strut - was the source of the now defunct Middle English strouten ‘bulge, swell’ (not to mention Dutch strot ‘throat’), so it has been speculated that the u
• stretcher 英文词源 stretcher (n.) early 15c., "person who stretches," agent noun from stretch (v.). As "canvas frame for carrying the sick or wounded," from 1845. 中文词源 stretcher ：担架 stretch,拉长，展开，-er,表物。引申词义担架。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： stretcher 词源， stretcher 含义。
• stressful 英文词源 stressful (adj.) 1846, from stress (n.) + -ful . Related: Stressfully ; stressfulness . 中文词源 stressful ：紧张的 stress,压力，紧张，-ful,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： stressful 词源， stressful 含义。
• stressed 英文词源 distressed (adj.) past participle adjective from distress . In reference to furniture, by 1940. unstressed (adj.) 1879, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of stress (v.). 中文词源 stressed ：紧张的 stress,施压，-ed,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： stressed 词源， stressed 含义。
• stress 英文词源 stress (n.) c. 1300, "hardship, adversity, force, pressure," in part a shortening of Middle English distress (n.); in part from Old French estrece "narrowness, oppression," from Vulgar Latin *strictia, from Latin strictus "tight, compressed, drawn together," past participle of stringere "draw tight" (see strain (v.)). Meaning "physical strain on a material object" is from mid-15c. As
• streptomycin 英文词源 streptomycin (n.) antibiotic drug, 1944, from Modern Latin Streptomyces , genus name of the bacterium from which the antibiotic was obtained, from strepto- "twisted" + -mycin , element used in forming names of substances obtained from fungi, from Latinized form of Greek mykes "fungus" (see mucus ). First isolated by U.S. microbiologist Selman Abraham Waksman (1888-1973) and others. 中文
• streptococcus 英文词源 streptococcus (n.) bacteria genus, 1877, Modern Latin, coined by Viennese surgeon Albert Theodor Billroth (1829-1894) from strepto- "twisted" + Modern Latin coccus "spherical bacterium," from Greek kokkos "berry" (see cocco- ). So called because the bacteria usually form chains. 中文词源 streptococcus ：链球菌 strepto-,成链的，-coccus,球形细菌，来自希腊语 kokkos,浆
• strepto- 英文词源 strepto- word-forming element used in science to mean "twisted," from Latinized comb. form of Greek streptos "twisted, easy to bend, pliant," verbal adjective of strephein "to turn, twist," from PIE *streb(h)- "to wind, turn" (see strophe ). 中文词源 strepto- ：扭曲的，成链的 来自希腊语 streptos,扭曲的，易弯的，来自 strephein,旋转，弯曲，来自 PIE*str
• strenuous 英文词源 strenuous (adj.) "characterized by great effort," mid-15c. (implied in strenuously ), from Latin strenuus "active, brisk, quick, nimble, prompt, vigorous, keen." Probably cognate with Greek strenes , strenos "keen, strong," strenos "arrogance, eager desire," Old English stierne "hard, severe, keen" (see stern (adj.)). Mocked by Ben Jonson as a pedantic neologism in "Poetaster" (1601).
• streetwise 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random alexandrine alexandrine: [16] An alexandrine is a line of verse of 12 syllables, characteristic of the classic French drama of the 17th century. The term derives from the use of this metre in Alexandre , a 12th-or 13th-century Old French romance about Alexander the Great. 中文词源 streetwise ：适应都市生活的 street,街
• streetwalker 英文词源 fling (v.) c. 1300, "to dash, run, rush," probably from or related to Old Norse flengja "to flog," which is of uncertain origin, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *flang- (cognates: Old Swedish flenga "strike," Danish flænge "slash, gash"), from a nasalized variant of PIE *plak- (2) "to strike" (see plague (n.)). Meaning "to throw, cast, hurl" is from mid-14c. An obsolete word for "streetw
• streamer 英文词源 streamer (n.) "flag that streams in the air," late 13c., agent noun from stream (v.). 中文词源 streamer ：横幅，旗帜 stream,流动，漂动，-er,表物。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： streamer 词源， streamer 含义。
• streaky 英文词源 streaky (adj.) 1660s, from streak (n.) + -y (2). Related: Streakiness . 中文词源 streaky ：有条纹的 streak,条纹，-y,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： streaky 词源， streaky 含义。
• streaker 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random portfolio portfolio: see port 中文词源 streaker ：裸奔者 streak,裸奔，-er,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： streaker 词源， streaker 含义。
• streak 英文词源 streak streak: [OE] Streak and strike are closely related. Both come from a prehistoric Germanic base * strik -, denoting ‘touch lightly’. But whereas the connotations of strike have become more violent, streak has moved semantically from the action to the effect it produced on a surface. Originally, in the Old English period, it denoted simply a ‘mark’, but by the 16th centur
• stray 英文词源 stray (v.) c. 1300, a shortening of Old French estraier "wander about, roam, drift, run loose," said of animals, especially a horse without a master, also of persons, perhaps literally "go about the streets," from estree "route, highway," from Late Latin via strata "paved road" (see street ). On another theory, the Old French word is from Vulgar Latin *estragare , a contraction of *es
• strawberry 英文词源 strawberry strawberry: [OE] The origins of strawberry have long puzzled etymologists. The two most plausible suggestions put forward are that the runners put out by strawberry plants, long trailing shoots that spread across the ground, reminded people of straws laid on the floor; and that word preserves a now defunct sense of straw , ‘small piece of straw or chaff’, supposedly in
• stravage 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random order order: [13] Order comes via Old French ordre from Latin ōrdō . This originally denoted a ‘row, line, series, or other regular arrangement’, but it spawned a lot of other metaphorical meanings that have also come through into English, including ‘regularity’ and (from the general notion of a ‘rank’ or ‘class’
• stratus 英文词源 stratus (n.) "a low layer of cloud," 1803, from Latin stratus "a spreading," from noun use of past participle of sternere (see stratum ). 中文词源 stratus ：层云 来自拉丁语 stratus,展开。用于科学术语指层云。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： stratus 词源， stratus 含义。
• stratum 英文词源 stratum (n.) "horizontal layer," 1590s, from Modern Latin special use of Latin stratum "thing spread out, coverlet, beadspread, horse-blanket; pavement," noun uses of neuter of stratus "prostrate, prone," past participle of sternere "to spread out, lay down, stretch out," from PIE *stre-to- "to stretch, extend," from root *stere- "to spread, extend, stretch out" (see structure (n.)). 中
• stratosphere 英文词源 stratosphere (n.) 1908, from French stratosphère , literally "sphere of layers," coined by French meteorologist Léon-Philippe Teisserenc de Bort (1855-1913) from Latin stratus "a spreading out" (from past participle stem of sternere "to spread out;" see structure (n.)) + French -sphère , as in atmosphère (see sphere ). The region where the temperature increases or remains steady a
• stratocracy 英文词源 stratocracy (n.) "government by the army, military government," 1650s, from comb. form of Greek stratos "army, encamped army" (see strategy ) + -cracy . 中文词源 stratocracy ：军人专政，军阀统治 来自希腊语 stratos,军队，部队，词源同 strategy,-cracy,统治，管理，词源同 democracy. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： stratocracy 词源
• stratify 英文词源 stratify (v.) 1660s, from French stratifier , from Modern Latin stratificare , from stratum (see stratum ). Related: Stratified ; stratifying . 中文词源 stratify ：使分层，使层级化 来自 stratum,层，层级，-fy,使。引申词义使分层，使层级化。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： stratify 词源， stratify 含义。
• stratification 英文词源 stratification (n.) 1610s, from Medieval Latin stratificationem (nominative stratificatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of stratificare "to form strata," from stratum "thing spread out" (see stratum ) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious ). In sociology from 1879. 中文词源 stratification ：分层 来自 stratify 的名词形式。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• strategy 英文词源 strategy strategy: [17] Etymologically, strategy denotes ‘leading an army’. It comes ultimately from Greek stratēgós ‘commander-in-chief, general’, a compound noun formed from stratós ‘army’ and ágein ‘lead’ (a relative of English act , agent , etc). From it was formed stratēgíā ‘generalship’, which reached English via French stratégie . Another derivative
• strategist 英文词源 strategist (n.) 1838, from French stratégiste , from stratégie (see strategy ). 中文词源 strategist ：战略家 来自 strategy,战略，策略，-ist,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： strategist 词源， strategist 含义。
• strategic 英文词源 strategic (adj.) "pertaining to strategy, characterized by strategy," 1807, from French stratégique and directly from Greek strategikos in classical use "of or for a general; fitted for command," from strategos (see strategy ). Related: Strategical ; strategically (1810). 中文词源 strategic ：战略的，战略性的 来自 strategy,战略，策略，-ic,形容词后缀。 该词的
• stratagem 英文词源 stratagem (n.) "artifice, trick," late 15c., from Middle French strattegeme , stratagème "trick, especially to outwit an enemy" (15c.), from Italian stratagemma , from Latin strategema "artifice, stratagem," from Greek strategema "the act of a general; military stratagem," from strategein "to be a general, command," from strategos "general" (see strategy ). Related: Stratagematic ; s
• strapping 英文词源 strapping (adj.) "tall and sturdy, robust," originally applied to women, 1650s, from present participle of strap (v.). Compare similar senses of whopping , spanking , bouncing and other present participle adjectives of violent action expressing something large in size. 中文词源 strapping ：高大健壮的 strap,鞭打，抽打，-ing,动名词后缀。引申形容词词义巨大的
• strapless 英文词源 strapless (adj.) 1824 of shoes, 1839 of trousers, 1920 of gowns, 1931 of brassieres, from strap (n.) + -less . 中文词源 strapless ：无肩带的 strap,带子，肩带，-less,无，没有。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： strapless 词源， strapless 含义。
• strap-hanger 英文词源 strap-hanger (n.) also straphanger "rider on a street-car, elevated-train, bus, or subway," 1901, from strap (n.) + hanger . In reference to the hanging straps built in to cars and meant to be grasped for balance by those without seats. 中文词源 strap-hanger ：挂带，公交车拉手环 strap,带子，hanger,悬挂物。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： str
• strangulation 英文词源 strangulation (n.) 1540s, from Latin strangulationem (nominative strangulatio ) "a choking, a suffocating," noun of action from past participle stem of strangulare (see strangle ). The verb strangulate (1660s) probably is a back-formation from this. Related: Strangulated . 中文词源 strangulation ：扼死，勒死 strangle,使窒息，扼杀，勒死，-ation,名词后缀。 该词的
• strangler 英文词源 strangler (n.) 1550s, agent noun from strangle (v.). 中文词源 strangler ：掐死人者 strangle,使窒息，扼杀，-er,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： strangler 词源， strangler 含义。
• stranglehold 英文词源 strangle-hold (n.) also stranglehold , 1893, in wrestling, from strangle (v.) + hold (n.). Figurative use by 1901. 中文词源 stranglehold ：掐脖子，压制，束缚 strangle,使窒息，扼住咽喉，hold,握住。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： stranglehold 词源， stranglehold 含义。
• strangled 英文词源 strangle (v.) late 13c., from Old French estrangler "choke, suffocate, throttle" (Modern French étrangler ), from Latin strangulare "to choke, stifle, check, constrain," from Greek strangalan "to choke, twist," from strangale "a halter, cord, lace," related to strangos "twisted," from PIE root *strenk- "tight, narrow; pull tight, twist" (see string (n.)). Related: Strangled ; strangl
• strangle 英文词源 strangle strangle: [13] Strangle comes via Old French estrangler and Latin strangulāre from Greek straggalān ‘strangle’. This was related to straggós ‘twisted’, and has more distant links with English string and strong – the common semantic denominator being ‘stiffness, tautness’. = string , strong strangle (v.) late 13c., from Old French estrangler "choke, suffocate,
• stranger 英文词源 stranger (n.) late 14c., "unknown person, foreigner," from strange + -er (1) or else from Old French estrangier "foreigner" (Modern French étranger ), from estrange . Latin used the adjective extraneus as a noun to mean "stranger." The English noun never picked up the secondary sense of the adjective. As a form of address to an unknown person, it is recorded from 1817, American Engli
• strange 英文词源 strange strange: [13] The etymological notion underlying strange is of being ‘beyond the usual bounds or boundaries’. This evolved into ‘foreign’ (which survives in the closely related French étrange ) and ‘odd’. The word came via Old French estrange from Latin extrāneus ‘foreign, strange’ (source of English extraneous [17]), an adjective based on extrā ‘outward,
• strand 英文词源 strand (n.1) "shore, beach," Old English strand "sea-shore," from Proto-Germanic *strandaz (cognates: Danish and Swedish strand "beach, shore, strand," Old Norse strönd "border, edge, shore," Old Frisian strond , Middle Dutch strant , Dutch strand , Middle Low German strant , German Strand "beach"), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from PIE root *ster- "to stretch out." Strictly, the par
• straitjacket 英文词源 strait-jacket (n.) also straitjacket , 1795 as a type of restraint for lunatics, from strait (adj.) + jacket (n.); earlier in same sense was strait-waistcoat (1753). As a verb from 1863. Related: Strait-jacketed . 中文词源 straitjacket ：紧身衣，约束衣 strait,紧的，狭窄的，jacket,夹克。一种过去用以约束和束缚精神病患者的衣服。 该词的英语词源
• straitened 英文词源 straitened (adj.) c. 1600, "too narrow;" 1716, "reduced to hardship;" past participle adjective from strait (v.). Phrase straitened circumstances recorded from 1766. 中文词源 straitened ：经济拮据的，窘迫的 strait,手紧的，窘迫的，-en,使，-ed,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： straitened 词源， straitened 含义。
• strainer 英文词源 strainer (n.) "utensil which strains," early 14c., agent noun from strain (v.). 中文词源 strainer ：滤器，滤网 strain,过滤，-er,表物。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： strainer 词源， strainer 含义。
• strained 英文词源 restrained (adj.) "repressed, kept under control," 1570s, past participle adjective from restrain . unconstrained (adj.) 1640s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of constrain (v.). Related: Unconstrainedly . unrestrained (adj.) 1580s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of restrain (v.). Related: Unrestrainedly . 中文词源 strained ：紧张的，神色不宁的 strain,压力，受
• straightaway 英文词源 guinea guinea: [17] Guinea first emerged as the name of a section of the West Africa continent in the late 16th century (its origins are not known, but presumably it was based on an African word). In 1663 the Royal Mint began to produce a gold coin valued at 20 shillings ‘for the use of the Company of Royal Adventurers of England trading with Africa’. It had the figure of an eleph
• straggly 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random duke duke: [12] Duke is one of a wide range of English words which come ultimately from the Latin verb dūcere ‘lead’ (see DUCT). In this case its source was the Latin derivative dux ‘leader’ (ancestor also of Italian duce , the title adopted by the 20th-century dictator Benito Mussolini), which passed into English via O
• straggler 英文词源 straggler (n.) 1520s, agent noun from straggle (v.). 中文词源 straggler ：掉队者 straggle,掉队，-er,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： straggler 词源， straggler 含义。
• straggle 英文词源 straggle straggle: see stretch straggle (v.) early 15c., "to wander from the proper path, stray, to rove from one's companions," perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare dialectal Norwegian stragla "to walk laboriously"), or a frequentative of Middle English straken "to move, go." Specifically of soldiers, "be dispersed, be apart from the main body," from 1520s. Related: Straggled
• strafe 英文词源 strafe (v.) 1915, "punish, attack, bomb heavily," picked up by British soldiers from German strafen "to punish" (from Proto-Germanic *stræf- ), in slogan Gott strafe England "May God punish England," current in Germany c. 1914-16 at the start of World War I. The word used for many kinds of attack at first; meaning "shoot up ground positions from low-flying aircraft" emerged as the ma
• straddle 英文词源 straddle straddle: see stride straddle (v.) 1560s, "spread the legs wide," probably an alteration of striddle (mid-15c.), frequentative of striden (see stride (v.)). Transitive sense "place one leg on one side of and the other on the other side of" is from 1670s. U.S. colloquial figurative sense of "take up an equivocal position, appear to favor both sides" is attested from 1838. Rela
• stowage 英文词源 coil coil: [16] Ultimately, coil , cull , and collect are the same word. All come from Latin colligere ‘gather together’. Its past participial stem produced collect , but the infinitive form passed into Old French as coillir , culler , etc, and thence into English. In the case of coil , its original general sense ‘gather, collect’ (of which there is no trace in English) was sp
• stow 英文词源 stow (v.) c. 1300, "to put, place (somewhere)," verbal use of Old English noun stow "a place, spot, site, locality" (common in place names), from Proto-Germanic *stowo- (cognates: Old Frisian sto "place," Middle Low German, Middle Dutch stouwen , Dutch stuwen "to stow," Old High German stouwen "to stop, check," German stauen "to stow, pack; bring to a halt, hem in"), from PIE *stau- "
• stove 英文词源 stove stove: [15] Stove probably goes back ultimately to Vulgar Latin * extūfāre ‘take a steam bath’ (source also of English stew ). From this was derived a noun denoting a ‘heated room used for such baths’, which was disseminated widely throughout the Romance and Germanic languages. In its modern German and Danish descendants, stube and stue , the meaning element ‘heat’
• stout 英文词源 stout stout: [14] Stout originally meant ‘proud, brave’. It came via Anglo-Norman stout from a prehistoric West Germanic * stult - (source also of German stolz ‘proud’), which may have been related to the ancestor of English stilt . The notion of ‘braveness’ led on to that of ‘physical strength’ and ‘powerful physique’, but the word did not go downhill to ‘fat’
• stoup 英文词源 stoup stoup: see steep stoup (n.) late 14c., "jug," especially one made of leather, also a measure for liquid, from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse staup "cup," from Proto-Germanic *staupo- (cognates: Middle Low German stop , Middle Dutch stoop "a cup, vessel," Dutch stoop , Old High German stouf , German Stauf , Old English steap ). 中文词源 stoup ：酒壶，大杯子，圣
• storyline 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random limp limp: English has two words limp , which perhaps share a common ancestry. Neither is particularly old. The verb first crops up in the 16th century (until then the word for ‘walk lamely’ had been halt , which now survives, barely, as an adjective). It was probably adapted from the now obsolete adjective limphalt ‘lame’
• storm-tossed 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random cauliflower cauliflower: [16] Cauliflower is literally ‘flowered cabbage’. English probably borrowed and adapted the word from Italian cavoli fiori , plural of cavolo fiore ‘cabbage flower’. Cavolo came from late Latin caulus , a variant of Latin caulis ‘cabbage’. This word originally meant ‘stem’, but the notion
• storm 英文词源 storm storm: [OE] Etymologically, a storm is probably a ‘violent disturbance or agitation’; its meteorological connotations appear to be a secondary development. The word comes from a prehistoric Germanic * sturmaz (source also of German sturm and Dutch, Swedish, and Danish storm ). This was probably formed from the base * stur - ‘disturbance, agitation’, which also lies behin
• stork 英文词源 stork stork: [OE] The stork may get its name from its rather stiff-legged gait. The word comes from a prehistoric Germanic * sturkaz , which also produced German storch and Dutch, Swedish, and Danish stork . This may have been formed from the base * sturk -, * stark -, * sterk - ‘rigid’, which also produced English starch and stark . = starch , stare , stark , starve , stereo stor
• storied 英文词源 storied (adj.1) late 15c., "ornamented with scenes from history" (of books, walls, etc.), from past participle of verb form of story (n.1). Meaning "celebrated in history or legend" is from 1725. storied (adj.2) "having stories or floors" of a certain type or number, 1620s, from story (n.2). 中文词源 storied ：广为流传的 story,故事，-ed,形容词后缀。即有故事的，引
• storey 英文词源 storey storey: [14] Storey is etymologically the same word as story . Both come ultimately from Latin historia ‘story’ (source also of English history ). Storey itself was borrowed directly from Anglo- Latin historia , which is known to have been used for ‘picture’, and may also have denoted a ‘row of pictures in the form of stained glass windows or statues, telling a story’
• storehouse 英文词源 storehouse (n.) mid-14c., from store (n.) + house (n.). Figurative use from 1570s. 中文词源 storehouse ：仓库 store,仓库，house,屋子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： storehouse 词源， storehouse 含义。
• storefront 英文词源 storefront (n.) 1853, from store (n.) + front (n.). As an adjective from 1919. 中文词源 storefront ：店面 store,店铺，front,前面。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： storefront 词源， storefront 含义。
• stopwatch 英文词源 stopwatch (n.) also stop-watch , 1737, from stop (v.) + watch (n.). 中文词源 stopwatch ：跑表 stop,停止，watch,手表。引申词义手表。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： stopwatch 词源， stopwatch 含义。
• stopper 英文词源 stopper (n.) late 15c., "one who obstructs," agent noun from stop (v.). From 1590s as "something that obstructs;" specific sense "glass plug for a bottle neck" is from 1660s. As a verb from 1670s. Related: Stoppered . 中文词源 stopper ：瓶塞 stop,塞住，-er,表物。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： stopper 词源， stopper 含义。
• stoppage 英文词源 stoppage (n.) mid-15c., "deduction from payment," from stop (v.) + -age . From late 15c. as "impediment, hindrance, obstruction;" 1650s as "act of stopping." 中文词源 stoppage ：停止，停工 stop,停止，停工，-age,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： stoppage 词源， stoppage 含义。
• stopgap 英文词源 stopgap (n.) also stop-gap , 1680s, from stop (v.) + gap (n.); the notion probably being of something that plugs a leak, but it may be in part from gap (n.) in a specific military sense "opening or breach in defenses by which attack may be made (1540s). Also as an adjective from 1680s. 中文词源 stopgap ：权宜之计 stop,塞住，gap,空隙。引申比喻义权宜之计。 该词的
• stopcock 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random coffee coffee: [16] The word coffee first reached us in a form which we would now recognize in the 17th century, probably via Italian caffè . It is ultimately, however, of Middle Eastern origin, and the earliest spellings recorded in English reflect this: chaoua , cauwa , kahue , cahve , etc are modelled closely on Turkish kahv
• stop 英文词源 stop stop: [14] ‘Close an opening, plug’ is the original meaning of stop . It comes via Old English * stoppian (recorded only in compounds) from a prehistoric Germanic * stoppōn ‘plug up’ (source also of English stuff ). The sense ‘halt’ emerged in Middle English from the notion of ‘preventing a flow by blocking a hole’. = stuff stop (v.) Old English -stoppian (in for
• stooped 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
• stoop 英文词源 stoop stoop: see steep stoop (v.) "bend forward," Old English stupian "to bow, bend," from Proto-Germanic *stup- (cognates: Middle Dutch stupen "to bow, bend," Norwegian stupa "fall, drop"), from PIE *(s)teu- (1) "to push, stick, knock, beat" (see steep (adj.)). Figurative sense of "condescend," especially expressing a lowering of the moral self, is from 1570s. Sense of "swoop" is fir
• stool 英文词源 stool stool: [OE] Although stools are for sitting on, the word’s etymological meaning is ‘stand’. It comes from a prehistoric Germanic * stōlaz , which was formed from the base * stō -, * sta - ‘stand’ (source of English stand ) using the noun suffix *- l - (in much the same way as saddle was formed from a base meaning ‘sit’). The notion of ‘standing’ no doubt pass
• stonily 英文词源 stony (adj.) also stoney , Old English stænig ; see stone (n.) + -y (2). Similar formation in Old High German steinag , German Steinig , Swedish stenig . Related: Stonily ; stoniness . 中文词源 stonily ：冷漠地，铁石心肠地 来自 stony,石头的，-ly,副词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： stonily 词源， stonily 含义。
• stonewashed 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random wag wag: [13] Wag was derived from the Middle English descendant of Old English wagian ‘totter’, a word related to English wave of the sea. Waggle [15] was based on it. The noun wag ‘comical fellow’, first recorded in the 16th century, is generally taken to be short for waghalter , literally ‘someone who swings to and
• stoneware 英文词源 stoneware (n.) 1680s, from stone (n.) + ware (n.). 中文词源 stoneware ：石制品，石器，粗陶器 stone,石头，ware,器具。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： stoneware 词源， stoneware 含义。
• stonemason 英文词源 stonemason (n.) 1733, from stone (n.) + mason . Another name for the profession was hard-hewer (15c.). Stone-cutter is from 1530s; Old English had stanwyrhta "stone-wright." 中文词源 stonemason ：石匠 stone,石头，mason,石匠，工匠。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： stonemason 词源， stonemason 含义。
• Stonehenge 英文词源 Stonehenge (n.) early 12c., Stanenges , literally "stone gallows," perhaps so called from fancied resemblance to old-style gallows with two posts, with the second element related to the verb hang . Some antiquarians suggest the notion may be of "supported in the air, that which hangs in the air" (compare henge-clif for Latin præruptum ), in reference to the lintel stones, but the ord
• stoneground 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random cunt cunt: [13] The first known reference to the word cunt is in an early medieval Oxford street-name: Gropecuntlane (it was afterwards renamed Magpie lane ). This was around 1230, and from later in the same century there are records of a street of the same name (presumably the haunt of prostitutes) in London, probably around th
• stomatitis 英文词源 stomatitis (n.) "inflammation of the interior of the mouth," 1859, from Greek stomato- (befdore vowels stomat- ), comb. form from stem of stoma "mouth" (see stoma ) + -itis "inflammation." 中文词源 stomatitis ：口腔炎 来自希腊语 stomat-,嘴，口腔，来自 stoma,嘴，口，-itis,炎症。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： stomatitis 词源， stoma
• stomach 英文词源 stomach stomach: [14] Greek stómakhos was derived from stóma ‘mouth’, and originally denoted the ‘throat’ or ‘oesophagus’. It was also applied to the opening or ‘mouth’ of various internal organs, particularly the stomach, and eventually came to be used for the stomach itself. English acquired the word via Latin stomachus and Old French stomaque . stomach (n.) late 1
• stoma 英文词源 stoma (n.) "orifice, small opening in an animal body," 1680s, Modern Latin, from Greek stoma (genitive stomatos ) "mouth; mouthpiece; talk, voice; mouth of a river; any outlet or inlet," from PIE root *stom-en- , denoting various body parts and orifices (cognates: Avestan staman- "mouth" (of a dog), Hittite shtamar "mouth," Middle Breton staffn "mouth, jawbone," Cornish stefenic "pala
• stolidity 英文词源 stolidity (n.) 1560s, from Middle French stolidite and directly from Late Latin stoliditatem (nominative stoliditas ) "dullness, obtuseness, stupidity," from Latin stolidus (see stolid ). 中文词源 stolidity ：迟钝，麻木 来自 stolid,冷漠的，迟钝的，-ity,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： stolidity 词源， stolidity 含义。
• stolid 英文词源 stolid (adj.) c. 1600, back-formation from stolidity , or else from Middle French stolide (16c.), from Latin stolidus "insensible, dull, slow, brutish, rude, stupid," properly "unmovable," related to stultus "foolish," from PIE root *stel- "to put, stand" (see stall (n.1)). 中文词源 stolid ：冷漠的，迟钝的 来自拉丁语 stolidus,冷漠的，迟钝的，无动于衷的，字
• stole 英文词源 stole (n.) Old English stole "long robe, scarf-like garment worn by clergymen," from Latin stola "robe, vestment" (also source of Old French estole , Modern French étole , Spanish estola , Italian stola ), from Greek stole "a long robe;" originally "garment, equipment," from root of stellein "to place, array," with a secondary sense of "to put on" robes, etc., from PIE root *stel- "t
• stoker 英文词源 stoker (n.) 1650s, "one who maintains the fire in a furnace," agent noun from Dutch stoken "to stoke" (see stoke (v.)). 中文词源 stoker ：司炉，烧火工 stoke,添加燃料，-er,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： stoker 词源， stoker 含义。