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• work-life balance 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random grab grab: [16] Grab is a Germanic word. It was probably borrowed from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German grabben . These were descendants of a prehistoric Germanic * grab -, which could well have been related to the * graip -, * grip - which produced grip , gripe , and grope . = grip , gripe , grope 中文词源 work-life balanc
• work basket 英文词源 cist (n.) "sepulchral chest or chamber," 1804, in some cases from Latin cista "wickerwork basket, box," from Greek kiste "box, chest" (see chest ); according to OED, in some cases from Welsh cist in cist faen "stone coffin," the first element of which is from the Latin word. 中文词源 work basket ：针线筐 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wo
• workaround 英文词源 workaround (n.) also work-around , by 1987, from the verbal phrase, from work (v.) + around (adv.). 中文词源 workaround ：变通方法 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： workaround 词源， workaround 含义。
• workaholic 英文词源 workaholic (n.) 1968, coined from work (n.) with second element abstracted absurdly from alcoholic . This sets up the old Rodney Dangerfield joke: "My old man was a workaholic: every time he thought about work, he got drunk." 中文词源 workaholic ：工作狂 work,工作，-aholic,发狂，着迷，来自alcoholic. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： workaholic 词
• work 英文词源 work work: [OE] Work is at the centre of a small family of English words that go back ultimately to Indo- European * werg -, * worg - ‘do, work’ (other members include energy , organ , and orgy ). From this base was formed the noun * wergon , which passed into prehistoric Germanic as * werkam , and evolved from there into German and Dutch werk , Swedish verk , and English work . W
• wordsmith 英文词源 wordsmith (n.) 1896, from word (n.) + smith (n.). There is a "Mrs. F. Wordsmith" in the Detroit City Directory for 1855-56, but perhaps this is a typo. 中文词源 wordsmith ：文字匠，遣词造句高手 word,字词，smith,铁匠，工匠。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wordsmith 词源， wordsmith 含义。 wordsmith ：文字匠，遣词
• word-perfect 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random rare rare: Rare ‘uncommon’ [15] and rare ‘underdone’ [17] are not the same word. The former was borrowed from Latin rārus , which originally signified ‘having a loose texture, widely separated’ – hence ‘scarce’. It is not known what its ultimate source is. The latter is an alteration of the now obsolete rear ‘
• word 英文词源 word word: [OE] Word and verb are closely related. Both go back ultimately to the Indo-European base * wer - ‘speak, say’, which also produced Greek rhétōr ‘public speaker’ (source of English rhetoric ), Latvian vārds ‘word’, and Lithuanian vardas ‘name’. Its prehistoric Germanic descendant was * wordam , which has given German wort , Dutch woord , Swedish and Danis
• Worcester sauce 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random eternal eternal: [14] Something that is eternal lasts literally for ‘aeons’. The word comes via Old French eternal from aeternālis , a late Latin development of the Latin adjective aeternus ‘eternal’. This in turn was a derivative of aevum ‘age’ (which crops up in English medieval , primeval , etc), a relative of Gr
• wop 英文词源 wop (n.) derogatory for "Italian," 1912, American English slang, apparently from southern Italian dialect guappo "dandy, dude, stud," a greeting among male Neapolitans, said to be from Spanish guapo "bold, dandy," which is from Latin vappa "sour wine," also "worthless fellow;" related to vapidus (see vapid ). It is probably not an acronym , and the usual story that it is one seems to
• woozy 英文词源 woozy (adj.) "muddled or dazed, as with drink," 1897, American English colloquial, variant of oozy "muddy," or an alteration of boozy . It is recorded in 1896 as student slang, but with a sense "foolish, behind the times," also "pleasant, delightful." 中文词源 woozy ：晕头胀脑的 来自oozy拼写变体，泥泞的，引申义晕头胀脑的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• Woop Woop 英文词源 Woop Woop "A humorous name for a remote outback town or district", 1920s: a jocular use of reduplication, a characteristic of Aboriginal languages. 中文词源 Woop Woop ：偏远城镇 来自澳大利亚土著语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Woop Woop 词源， Woop Woop 含义。
• wool 英文词源 wool wool: [OE] Wool goes back to Indo-European * wlná , which also produced Latin lāna (source of English lanolin [19]), Czech vlna , Polish wełna , and Welsh gwlān (probable source of English flannel ). In prehistoric Germanic it had become * wullō , which evolved into German wolle , Dutch wol , Swedish ull , Danish uld , and English wool . = flannel , lanolin wool (n.) Old Eng
• woofer 英文词源 woofer (n.) "loudspeaker for bass notes," 1935, imitative. 中文词源 woofer ：低音喇叭 来自woof,狗叫声，比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： woofer 词源， woofer 含义。 woofer ：低音喇叭 来自 woof,狗叫声，比喻用法。
• woof 英文词源 woof (n.1) "weft, texture, fabric," Old English owef , from o- "on" + wefan "to weave" (see weave ). With excrescent -w- by influence of warp or weft . woof (n.2) dog bark noise, first recorded 1804, echoic. 中文词源 woof ：狗汪汪声 拟声词，狗叫声。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： woof 词源， woof 含义。
• woodwind 英文词源 woodwind (n.) 1876, from wood (n.) + wind (n.1) in the musical instrument sense. Related: Woodwinds . 中文词源 woodwind ：木管乐器 wood,木头，wind,风管乐器。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： woodwind 词源， woodwind 含义。 woodwind ：木管乐器 wood,木头，wind,风管乐器。
• woodpecker 英文词源 woodpecker (n.) 1520s, from wood (n.) + pecker . 中文词源 woodpecker ：啄木鸟 wood,木头，pecker,啄木鸟。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： woodpecker 词源， woodpecker 含义。 woodpecker ：啄木鸟 wood,木头，pecker,啄木鸟。
• woodcock 英文词源 woodcock (n.) Old English wuducoc, from wudu (see wood (n.)) + coc (see cock (n.1)). 中文词源 woodcock ：丘鹬 wood,木头，cock,公鸡，鸟。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： woodcock 词源， woodcock 含义。 woodcock ：丘鹬 wood,木头，cock,公鸡，鸟。
• woodchuck 英文词源 woodchuck (n.) 1670s, alteration (influenced by wood (n.)) of Cree (Algonquian) otchek or Ojibwa otchig , "marten," the name subsequently transferred to the groundhog. 中文词源 woodchuck ：土拨鼠 wood,木头，chuck,扔。因土拨鼠喜欢扔木头而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： woodchuck 词源， woodchuck 含义。 woodchuck ：土拨鼠
• wood 英文词源 wood wood: [OE] The ancestral meaning of wood is probably ‘collection of trees, forest’; ‘tree’ (now obsolete) and ‘substance from which trees are made’ are secondary developments. The word goes back to prehistoric Germanic * widuz , which also produced Swedish and Danish ved ‘firewood’, and it has Celtic relatives in Gaelic fiodh ‘wood, woods’, Welsh gwydd ‘tree
• woo 英文词源 woo (v.) Old English wogian "to woo, court, marry," of uncertain origin and with no known cognates; perhaps related to woh , wog- "bent, inclined," as with affection. Related: Wooed ; wooing ; wooer . 中文词源 woo ：求爱 词源不详，可能来自古英语wog,弯曲，弯腰，引申义恭敬，求爱。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： woo 词源， woo 含
• wonton 英文词源 wonton (n.) also won ton , 1948, from Cantonese wan t'an , Mandarin hun tun "stuffed dumpling." 中文词源 wonton ：馄饨 来自广东话云吞。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wonton 词源， wonton 含义。
• wont 英文词源 wont wont: see wean wont (adj.) "accustomed," Middle English contraction of Old English wunod , past participle of wunian "to dwell, inhabit, exist; be accustomed, be used to," from Proto-Germanic *wunen "to be content, to rejoice" (cognates: Old Saxon wunon , Old Frisian wonia "to dwell, remain, be used to," Old High German wonen , German wohnen "to dwell;" related to Old English win
• wonky 英文词源 wonky (adj.) "shaky, groggy, unstable," 1919, of unknown origin. German prefix wankel- has a similar sense. Perhaps from surviving dialectal words based on Old English wancol "shaky, tottering" (see wench (n.)). 中文词源 wonky ：摇晃的 校园俚语，可能来自wank,手淫，引申义肾虚，摇晃。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wonky 词源， won
• wonk 英文词源 wonk (n.) "overly studious person," 1962, earlier "effeminate male" (1954), American English student slang. Perhaps a shortening of British slang wonky "shaky, unreliable," or a variant of British slang wanker "masturbator." It seemed to rise into currency as a synonym for nerd late 1980s from Ivy League slang and was widely popularized 1993 during the presidency of Bill Clinton. Tom
• wonga 英文词源 wonga "Money", 1980s: perhaps from Romany wongar 'coal', also 'money'. 中文词源 wonga ：钱 来自Romani（吉普赛人）语wangar,煤，俚语义钱。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wonga 词源， wonga 含义。
• wondrous 英文词源 wondrous (adj.) c. 1500, from Middle English wonders (adj.), early 14c., originally genitive of wonder (n.), with suffix altered by influence of marvelous , etc. As an adverb from 1550s. Related: Wondrously ; wondrousness . 中文词源 wondrous ：奇异的 来自wonder的形容词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wondrous 词源， wondrous 含义。 wondrou
• wonderland 英文词源 wonderland (n.) "imaginary realm," 1787, from wonder (n.) + land (n.). 中文词源 wonderland ：仙境 wonder,奇迹，幻想，land,土地，引申词义仙境。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wonderland 词源， wonderland 含义。 wonderland ：仙境 wonder,奇迹，幻想，land,土地。引申词义仙境。
• wonderful 英文词源 wonderful (adj.) late Old English wunderfoll ; see wonder (n.) + -ful . Related: Wonderfully . 中文词源 wonderful ：惊奇的 来自wonder,奇迹，惊奇。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wonderful 词源， wonderful 含义。 wonderful ：惊奇的 来自 wonder,奇迹，惊奇。
• wonder 英文词源 wonder wonder: [OE] Wonder is something of a mystery word. It is widespread in the Germanic languages (German has wunder , Dutch wonder , Swedish undran , and Danish undren , but its ultimate ancestry is unknown. wonder (n.) Old English wundor "marvelous thing, miracle, object of astonishment," from Proto-Germanic *wundran (cognates: Old Saxon wundar , Middle Dutch, Dutch wonder , Old
• wombat 英文词源 wombat (n.) marsupial mammal of Australia, 1798, from aboriginal Australian womback, wombar . 中文词源 wombat ：树袋熊 来自澳大利亚土著语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wombat 词源， wombat 含义。
• womb 英文词源 womb (n.) Old English wamb, womb "belly, bowels, heart, uterus," from Proto-Germanic *wambo (cognates: Old Norse vomb , Old Frisian wambe , Middle Dutch wamme , Dutch wam , Old High German wamba , German Wamme "belly, paunch," Gothic wamba "belly, womb," Old English umbor "child"), of unknown origin. 中文词源 womb ：子宫 词源不详。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• womanizing 英文词源 womanise (n.) chiefly British English spelling of womanize . Related: Womanized ; womanizing ; womanizer . womanize (v.) 1590s, "to make effeminate," from woman + -ize . Sense of "to chase women, to go wenching" is attested from 1893. Related: Womanized ; womanizer ; womanizing . 中文词源 womanizing ：沉溺于女色 woman,女人，-ize,动词后缀。引申义沉溺于女色。 该
• woman 英文词源 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 disappearing, giving wiman , and the influence of the w sou
• wolverine 英文词源 wolverine (n.) carnivorous mammal, 1610s, alteration of wolvering (1570s), of uncertain origin, possibly from wolv- , inflectional stem of wolf (n.); or perhaps from wolver "one who behaves like a wolf" (1590s). 中文词源 wolverine ：狼獾 词源同wolf,用于指一种像狼的动物。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wolverine 词源， wolverine 含义。
• wolfhound 英文词源 wolfhound (n.) also wolf-hound , 1799, from wolf (n.) + hound (n.). 中文词源 wolfhound ：猎狼犬 wolf,狼，hound,犬。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wolfhound 词源， wolfhound 含义。 wolfhound ：猎狼犬 wolf,狼，hound,犬。
• wolf 英文词源 wolf wolf: [OE] Wolf is an ancient word, which has been traced back to Indo-European * wlqwos . This, or its variant * lukwos , also produced Greek lúkos (source of English lycanthropy ‘(delusion of) turning into a wolf’ [16]), Latin lupus (source of French loup , Italian lupo , and Spanish lobo , and probably also of English lupin [14]), Sanskrit vrkas , Russian volk , Polish wi
• wolds 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random talk talk: [13] Talk has only one close relative – East Frisian talken ‘talk, chatter’. This suggests that it may first have seen the light of day just before the Anglo-Saxon peoples first crossed the North Sea to Britain – they were then in close contact with the Frisians. However, there is no record of the verb in Old
• wok 英文词源 wok (n.) 1952, from Cantonese. 中文词源 wok ：锅 广东话。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wok 词源， wok 含义。
• wog 英文词源 wog wog: see golliwog wog (n.) c. 1920, "a lower-class babu shipping clerk" [Partridge]; but popularized in World War II British armed forces slang for "Arab," also "native of India" (especially as a servant or laborer), roughly equivalent to American gook ; possibly shortened from golliwog . Many acronym origins have been proposed, but none has been found satisfactory. Related: Wogla
• woebegone 英文词源 woebegone (adj.) c. 1300, in expressions such as me is wo bigone "woe has beset me," from woe + begon "to beset, surround, overwhelm," from Old English began "go over, traverse; inhabit, occupy; surround, beset, overrun;" from be + go . 中文词源 woebegone ：忧伤的 woe,伤心，begone,包围，来自go的古义包围。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： woe
• woe 英文词源 woe (n.) late 12c., from the interjection, Old English wa! , a common exclamation of lament in many languages (compare Latin væ , Greek oa , German weh , Lettish wai , Old Irish fe , Welsh gwae , Armenian vay ). 中文词源 woe ：伤心，痛苦 感叹词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： woe 词源， woe 含义。
• wodge 英文词源 wodge "A large piece or amount of something", Mid 19th century: alteration of wedge 1 . 中文词源 wodge ：大块 来自wedge拼写变体，引申词义大块。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wodge 词源， wodge 含义。 wodge ：大块 来自 wedge 拼写变体，引申词义大块。
• Woden 英文词源 Woden Anglo-Saxon god, Old English, see Odin . 中文词源 Woden ：日耳曼主神 来自PIE*wet,吹，启迪，唤醒灵魂，词源同wood,vatic,Vatican,引申词义神。常拼作Odin. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Woden 词源， Woden 含义。
• wobbleboard 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random jetty jetty: [15] A jetty is a structure that literally projects or is ‘thrown’ out beyond what surrounds it. The word was borrowed from Old French jetee , where it originated as the past participle of the verb jeter ‘throw’ (source also of English jet , as in ‘jet engine’). It was used originally both for a structur
• wobble 英文词源 wobble wobble: see wave wobble (v.) 1650s, wabble , probably from Low German wabbeln "to wobble;" cognate with Old Norse vafla "hover about, totter," related to vafra "move unsteadily," from Proto-Germanic *wab- "to move back and forth," perhaps from PIE *webh- "to weave" (see waver ). Form with -o- is from 1851. Related: Wobbled ; wobbling . The noun is attested from 1690s. 中文词源
• woad 英文词源 woad (n.) Old English wad "woad," also the blue dye made from its leaves, from Proto-Germanic *waido- (cognates: Danish vaid , Old Frisian wed , Middle Dutch wede , Dutch wede , Old High German weit , German Waid "woad"), perhaps cognate with Latin vitrium "glass" (see vitreous ). Formerly much cultivated; since superseded by indigo. French guède , Italian guado are Germanic loan-wor
• wizened 英文词源 wizened "Shrivelled or wrinkled with age", Early 16th century: past participle of archaic wizen 'shrivel', of Germanic origin. 中文词源 wizened ：干瘪的 来自古词wizen,干枯，枯萎。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wizened 词源， wizened 含义。
• witticism 英文词源 witticism (n.) 1670s, coined by Dryden (as wittycism ) from witty on model of criticism . "That every witticism is an inexact thought: that what is perfectly true is imperfectly witty ...." [Walter Savage Landor, "Imaginary Conversations"] 中文词源 witticism ：妙语 来自wit,智慧，风趣，引申词义妙语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： witticism
• witter 英文词源 witter "Speak at length about trivial matters", Early 19th century (originally Scots and dialect): probably imitative. 中文词源 witter ：唠叨 拟声词。比较natter,mutter,chatter. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： witter 词源， witter 含义。 witter ：唠叨 拟声词。比较 natter,mutter,chatter.
• witness 英文词源 witness witness: [OE] Witness originally meant ‘knowledge’ or ‘wisdom’; it was simply an abstract noun formed from wit . This was extended via ‘knowledge gained by observation’ to ‘testimony’ in the Old English period, and by the beginning of the Middle English period ‘person who gives testimony’ was well established. = wit witness (n.) Old English witnes "attestat
• witless 英文词源 witless (adj.) Old English witleas "foolish, mad;" see wit (n.) + -less . Phrase scared witless attested from 1975. Related: Witlessly ; witlessness . 中文词源 witless ：不明事理的 wit,智慧，头脑，-less,没有。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： witless 词源， witless 含义。 witless ：不明事理的 wit,智慧，头脑，-less,没有。
• withy 英文词源 withy (n.) Old English wiðig "willow, willow twig," from Proto-Germanic *with- "willow" (cognates: Old Norse viðir , Danish vidje , Swedish vide , Old High German wida , German Weide "willow"), from PIE root *wei- (1) "to bend, twist" (cognates: Avestan vaeiti- "osier," Greek itea "willow," Latin vitis "vine," Lithuanian vytis "willow twig," Polish witwa , Welsh gwden "willow," Russ
• withstand 英文词源 withstand (v.) Old English wiðstandan "resist, oppose," from wið "against" (see with ) + standan "to stand" (see stand (v.)); perhaps a loan-translation of Latin resistere "to resist" (see resist ). Similar formation in Old Norse viðstanda , Old Frisian withstonda , Old High German widarstan , German widerstehen . In 14c. and early 15c., withsit was in use with the same meaning. Re
• without 英文词源 without (adv., prep.) Old English wiðutan "outside of, from outside," literally "against the outside" (opposite of within ), see with + out (adv.). As a word expressing lack or want of something (opposite of with ), attested from c. 1200. In use by late 14c. as a conjunction, short for without that . 中文词源 without ：没有 with,和，与，out,在外面。 该词的英语词源
• within 英文词源 within (adv., prep.) Old English wiðinnan "within, from within," literally "against the inside," see with + in . 中文词源 within ：在之内 with,和，与，in,在里面。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： within 词源， within 含义。 within ：在之内 with,和，与，in,在里面。
• withhold 英文词源 withhold (v.) c. 1200, from with- "back, away" (see with ) + holden "to hold" (see hold (v.)); probably a loan-translation of Latin retinere "to withhold." Related: Withheld ; withholding . Past participle form withholden was still used 19c. 中文词源 withhold ：拒绝，不给 with-,相反，hold,握，引申词义向后握，拒绝，不给。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• withers 英文词源 withers (n.) 1570s, probably from a dialectal survival of Old English wiðer "against, contrary, opposite" (see with ) + plural suffix. Usually said to be so called because the withers are the parts of the animal that oppose the load. Compare German Widerrist "withers," from wider "against" + Rist "wrist." 中文词源 withers ：肩胛骨 wither,相对，with的原拼写形式，-s,复
• withering 英文词源 marasmus (n.) "wasting away of the body," 1650s, Modern Latin, from Greek marasmos "a wasting away, withering, decay," from marainein "to quench, weaken, wither," from PIE root *mer- "to rub away, harm" (see morbid ). Maras (n.) evidently in the same sense is attested from mid-15c. Related: Marasmic . marcescent (adj.) "withering," 1727, from Latin marcescentem (nominative marcescens
• wither 英文词源 wither wither: see weather wither (v.) 1530s, alteration of Middle English wydderen "dry up, shrivel" (late 14c.), intransitive, apparently a differentiated and special use of wederen "to expose to weather" (see weather (v.)). Compare German verwittern "to become weather-beaten," from Witter "weather." Transitive sense from 1550s. Related: Withered ; withering ; witheringly . 中文词源
• withdrawn 英文词源 precarious precarious: [17] Precarious comes from Latin precārius (source also of English prayer ), which meant ‘obtained by asking or praying’. It was originally used in English as a legal term, in which ‘obtained by asking’ had undergone a slight change in focus to ‘held through the favour of another’. This introduced the notion that the favour might be withdrawn, and t
• withdraw 英文词源 withdraw (v.) early 13c. (transitive), "to take back," from with "away" + drawen "to draw," possibly a loan-translation of Latin retrahere "to retract." Intransitive sense from mid-13c. Sense of "to remove oneself" is recorded from c. 1300. Related: Withdrawn ; withdrawing . 中文词源 withdraw ：撤退，取款 with-,相反，draw,拉。引申词义撤退，取款。 该词的英语
• with 英文词源 with with: [OE] The ancestral meaning of with is ‘against’ (retained by its German relative wider ). It goes back ultimately to the Indo-European base * wi -, which denoted ‘separation’. The notion of ‘accompaniment’ is a secondary development, albeit an ancient one, and the idea of ‘instrumentality’ did not emerge until the 12th century. with (prep.) Old English wið
• Witeout 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random ennui ennui: see annoy 中文词源 Witeout ：惠斯特修正液 品牌名，即white out. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Witeout 词源， Witeout 含义。
• witch-hunt 英文词源 witch hunt (n.) 1853 in the literal sense ( witch-hunting is from 1630s), from witch (n.) + hunt (n.). The extended sense is attested from 1919, American English, later re-popularized in reaction to Cold War anti-Communism. Senator [Lee S.] Overman. What do you mean by witch hunt? Mr. [Raymond] Robins. I mean this, Senator. You are familiar with the old witch-hunt attitude, that when
• witch hazel 英文词源 witch hazel (n.) 1540s, probably from Old English wice "Applied generally or vaguely to various trees having pliant branches" [OED], from wican "to bend," related to weak (see vicarious ) + hæsel , used for any bush of the pine family (see hazel (n.)). The North American bush, from which a soothing lotion is made, was so called from 1670s. This is the source of the verb witch in dows
• witchcraft 英文词源 witchcraft (n.) Old English wiccecræft "witchcraft, magic," from wicce (see witch ) + cræft "power, skill" (see craft ). Witchcraft was declared a crime in English law in 1542; trials there peaked in 1580s and 1640s but fell sharply after 1660. The last, in 1717, ended in acquittal. The Witchcraft Act was repealed 1736. 中文词源 witchcraft ：巫术 witch,巫师，craft,技艺。
• witch 英文词源 witch witch: [OE] The close Germanic relatives of witch have died out, but it seems that it may be related to German weihen ‘consecrate’ and even, distantly, to English victim (etymologically ‘someone killed in a religious ritual’), so the word’s underlying signification is of a ‘priestess’. Wicked was derived from Old English wicca ‘wizard’, the masculine form of wi
• wit 英文词源 wit wit: Both the noun wit [OE] and the verb [OE] go back ultimately to the Indo-European base * woid -, * weid -, * wid -. This originally meant ‘see’, in which sense it has given English visible , vision , etc, but it developed metaphorically to ‘know’, and it is this sense that lies behind English wit . The noun to begin with denoted ‘mind, understanding, judgement, sense’
• wistful 英文词源 wistful (adj.) 1610s, "closely attentive," perhaps from obsolete wistly "intently" (c. 1500), of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed on the model of wishful . Middle English wistful meant "bountiful, well-supplied," from Old English wist "provisions." The meaning of "longingly pensive, musing" is by 1714. Related: Wistfully ; wistfulness . 中文词源 wistful ：伤感的 不确定词源。
• wisteria 英文词源 Wisteria (n.) genus of woody vines, 1819, formed by Thomas Nuttall, English botanist, in recognition of American anatomist Caspar Wistar (1761-1818) of Philadelphia + abstract noun ending -ia . The -e- apparently is a misprint. The Wistar Institute was founded in 1892 by his great-nephew and named for him. 中文词源 wisteria ：紫藤属植物 来自18世纪美国植物学家Caspar
• wisp 英文词源 wisp (n.) early 14c., "handful or bundle of hay, grass, etc.," used for burning or cleaning or as a cushion; perhaps from an unrecorded Old English word, cognate with Norwegian and Swedish visp "wisp," of unknown origin; sometimes said to be connected with whisk or with Middle Low German and Middle Dutch wispel "a measure of grain." Meaning "thin, filmy portion" first attested 1836. 中
• wishy-washy 英文词源 wishy-washy (adj.) 1690s, "feeble or poor in quality," reduplication of washy "thin, watery." Meaning "vacillating" first recorded 1873. 中文词源 wishy-washy ：稀里糊涂的 来自washy的同韵构词，稀释的，薄的，引申词义稀里糊涂的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wishy-washy 词源， wishy-washy 含义。 wishy-washy ：稀里糊涂的
• wishbone 英文词源 wishbone (n.) also wish-bone , 1860, from wish (n.) + bone (n.); so called from the custom of making a wish while pulling the bone in two with another person. The wishbone breaking custom dates to the early 17c., when the bone was a merrythought . 中文词源 wishbone ：叉骨，许愿骨 来自民间习俗吃叉骨的时候许个愿，因此叉骨又名许愿骨。 该词的英语词
• wish 英文词源 wish wish: [OE] Wish comes from a prehistoric Germanic * wunskjan , which also produced German wünschen , Swedish önska , and Danish ønske . Its ultimate ancestor is the Indo-European base * wun -, * wen -, * won -, source also of English wean , ween ‘think, suppose’ [OE] (now archaic except in the derivative overweening [14]), the win - of winsome [OE], and wont ‘accustomed’
• wisecrack 英文词源 wisecrack (n.) 1906, American English, from wise (adj.) + crack in the "boast" sense (see cracker (n.2)). As a verb from 1915. Related: Wisecracking . 中文词源 wisecrack ：俏皮话 wise,聪明的，智慧的，crack,俚语义，吹牛。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wisecrack 词源， wisecrack 含义。 wisecrack ：俏皮话 wise,聪明的，智慧的，
• wiseacre 英文词源 wiseacre wiseacre: [16] Wiseacre has no etymological connection with acres . The word’s ancestral meaning is ‘person who sees or knows things, prophet’. It was borrowed from Middle Dutch wijsseggher , which denoted ‘soothsayer’ (with no derogatory connotations). And this in turn came from Old High German wīssago , an alteration (due to the similarity of wīs ‘wise’ and
• wise 英文词源 wise wise: English has two distinct words wise , but they come from the same ultimate source: the Indo-European base * woid -, * weid -, * wid -. This denoted ‘see’, and hence ‘know’, and it also produced English idea , vision , and wit . From it was formed the past participial adjective * wīttos , which passed into prehistoric Germanic as * wīsaz ‘knowing things, learned’
• wisdom 英文词源 wisdom (n.) Old English wisdom "knowledge, learning, experience," from wis (see wise (adj.)) + -dom . A common Germanic compound (Old Saxon, Old Frisian wisdom , Old Norse visdomr , Old High German wistuom "wisdom," German Weistum "judicial sentence serving as a precedent"). Wisdom teeth so called from 1848 (earlier teeth of wisdom , 1660s), a loan-translation of Latin dentes sapienti
• wiry 英文词源 wiry (adj.) 1580s, "made of wire," from wire (n.) + -y (2). As "resembling wire" from 1590s; of persons, "lean, sinewy," by 1808. Related: Wiriness . 中文词源 wiry ：像金属丝的，瘦而结实的 来自wire,金属丝。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wiry 词源， wiry 含义。
• wiring 英文词源 wiring (n.) "wires collectively," 1809, later especially "electrical wirework" (1887), from present participle of wire (v.). 中文词源 wiring ：线路 wire,电线，-ing,集合名词后缀，词源同bedding,cabling. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wiring 词源， wiring 含义。 wiring ：线路 wire,电线，-ing,集合名词后缀，词源同 bedding,ca
• wiretapping 英文词源 wire-tapping (n.) also wiretapping , "surreptitiously obtaining information by connecting wires to telegraph (later telephone) lines and establishing an intermediate station between two legitimate ones," 1878, from wire (n.) + agent noun from tap (v.2). Earliest references often are to activity during the American Civil War, but the phrase does not seem to have been used at that time.
• wire 英文词源 wire wire: [OE] Wire probably goes back ultimately to the Indo-European base * wi - ‘plait’. Related forms in other Germanic languages have now largely died out. The adjective wireless is first recorded in 1894 (in the term wireless telephone ); its use as a noun dates from around 1903. wire (n.) Old English wir "metal drawn out into a fine thread," from Proto-Germanic *wira- (cog
• wipe 英文词源 wipe (n.) 1640s, "act of wiping," from wipe (v.). From 1708 as "something used in wiping" (especially a handkerchief); 1971 as "disposable absorbent tissue." wipe (v.) Old English wipian "to wipe, cleanse," from Proto-Germanic *wipjan "to move back and forth" (cognates: Danish vippe , Middle Dutch, Dutch vippen , Old High German wifan "to swing"), from PIE *weip- "to turn, vacillate,
• wintry 英文词源 wintry (adj.) Old English wintrig (see winter (n.) + -y (2)); also winterlic ; "but the modern word appears to be a new formation" [Barnhart]. Similar formation in German wintericht . 中文词源 wintry ：寒冷的 来自winter,冬天，引申词义寒冷。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wintry 词源， wintry 含义。 wintry ：寒冷的 来自 winter,冬天
• winter 英文词源 winter winter: [OE] Winter is a general Germanic word (German and Dutch spell it the same, Swedish and Danish have vinter ). Its prehistoric ancestor was * wentrus , but the ultimate source of this is uncertain. It could well go back to a nasalized version of the Indo-European base * wed -, * wod -, * ud - ‘wet’ (source also of English otter , water and wet ), in which case winter
• winsome 英文词源 winsome winsome: see wish winsome (adj.) Old English wynsum "agreeable, pleasant," from wynn "pleasure, delight," from Proto-Germanic *wunjo- (cognates: Old Saxon wunnia , Old High German wunja , German Wonne "joy, delight;" see win (v.)) + -sum (see -some (1)). Apparently surviving only in northern English dialect for 400 years until revived 18c. by Hamilton, Burns, and other Scottis
• wino 英文词源 wino (n.) 1915, from wine + suffix as in bucko , kiddo . 中文词源 wino ：酒鬼 来自wine,酒。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wino 词源， wino 含义。
• winnow 英文词源 winnow winnow: [OE] Etymologically, to winnow grain is to separate it from the chaff by means of the ‘wind’. The verb was coined in the Old English period from wind . The same notion underlay Latin ventilāre ‘winnow’ (source of English ventilate ), which was derived from ventus ‘wind’ (a relative of English wind ). = wind winnow (v.) late 14c., from Old English windwian "
• Winnebago 英文词源 Winnebago "Siouan people of eastern Wisconsin," 1766, from Potawatomi winepyekoha , literally "person of dirty water," in reference to the muddy or fish-clogged waters of the Fox River below Lake Winnebago. As a type of motor vehicle, attested from 1966. 中文词源 Winnebago ：温内巴戈露营车 原为北美印第安土著族名，后用于露营车的品牌名。 该词的英语词