英语词源

• sportsman 英文词源 sportsman (n.) 1706, from sports + man (n.). Sportswoman attested from 1754. 中文词源 sportsman ：运动员 sports,体育运动，man,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sportsman 词源， sportsman 含义。
• sportscaster 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random gramophone gramophone: [19] The term gramophone was registered as a trademark in 1887 by the German-born American inventor Emil Berliner for a sound recording and reproducing device he had developed using a disc (as opposed to the cylinder of Edison’s phonograph). He coined it simply by reversing the elements of phonogram , a
• sportscast 英文词源 sportscast (n.) 1938, from sports + ending from broadcast (n.). 中文词源 sportscast ：体育节目 sports,体育运动，cast,广播。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sportscast 词源， sportscast 含义。
• sporting 英文词源 sporting (adj.) c. 1600, "playful;" 1799 as "characterized by conduct constant with that of a sportsman" (as in sporting chance , 1897), present participle adjective from sport (v.). 中文词源 sporting ：体育运动的，有体育风尚的 sport,体育运动，-ing,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sporting 词源， sporting 含义。
• spore 英文词源 spore (n.) "reproductive body in flowerless plants corresponding to the seeds of flowering ones," 1836, from Modern Latin spora , from Greek spora "a seed, a sowing, seed-time," related to sporas "scattered, dispersed," sporos "a sowing," and speirein "to sow, scatter," from PIE *spor- , variant of root *sper- (4) "to strew" (see sprout (v.)). 中文词源 spore ：孢子 来自希腊语
• sporadic 英文词源 sporadic sporadic: [17] Sporadic means etymologically ‘scattered like seed’. It comes via medieval Latin sporadicus from Greek sporadikós , a derivative of the adjective sporás ‘scattered’. This was formed from the same base as produced sporá ‘act of sowing, seed’, ancestor of English diaspora [19] (etymologically ‘dispersal’) and spore [19]. And both were related t
• spoor 英文词源 spoor spoor: see spur spoor (n.) "track, trace," 1823, used originally by travelers in South Africa, from Afrikaans spoor , from Dutch spoor , from Middle Dutch spor , cognate with Old English spor "footprint, track, trace," from Proto-Germanic *spur-am , from PIE *spere- "ankle" (see spurn ). 中文词源 spoor ：野兽的足迹，踪迹 来自南非荷兰语 spoor,来自荷兰语 s
• spoonbill 英文词源 spoonbill (n.) 1670s, from spoon (n.) + bill (n.2); after Dutch lepelaar (from lepel "spoon"). 中文词源 spoonbill ：琵嘴，篦鹭 spoon,勺子，bill,嘴，喙。因这种鸟的喙形如勺子而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spoonbill 词源， spoonbill 含义。
• spool 英文词源 spool (n.) early 14c., "wheel for winding thread upon," from Old North French spole , espole "a spool" (13c.), from Middle Dutch spoele "a spool," from Proto-Germanic *spolon (cognates: Norwegian and Swedish spole , Old High German spuola , German Spule "a spool, bobbin"), from PIE root *spel- "to cleave, split" (see spoil (v.)). spool (v.) c. 1600, from spool (n.). Related: Spooled ;
• spooky 英文词源 spooky (adj.) 1854, "frightening;" 1926, "easily frightened," from spook (n. or v.) + -y (2). Related: Spookily ; spookiness . 中文词源 spooky ：闹鬼的，怪异的，吓人的 spook,鬼怪，-y,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spooky 词源， spooky 含义。
• spook 英文词源 spook (n.) 1801, "spectre, apparition, ghost," from Dutch spook , from Middle Dutch spooc "spook, ghost," from a common Germanic source (German Spuk "ghost, apparition," Middle Low German spok "spook," Swedish spok "scarecrow," Norwegian spjok "ghost, specter," Danish spøg "joke"), of unknown origin. According to Klein's sources, possible outside connections include Lettish spigana "
• spontaneous 英文词源 spontaneous (adj.) 1650s, "occurring without external stimulus," from Late Latin spontaneus "willing, of one's free will," from Latin (sua) sponte "of one's own accord, willingly;" of uncertain origin. Related: Spontaneously ; spontaneousness . Used earlier of persons and characters, with a sense "acting of one's own accord" (c. 1200). Spontaneous combustion first attested 1795. Spont
• spontaneity 英文词源 spontaneity (n.) 1650s, from French spontanéité or a native formation from spontaneous + -ity . 中文词源 spontaneity ：自发性 来自 spontaneous,自发的，-ity,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spontaneity 词源， spontaneity 含义。
• sponsorship 英文词源 sponsorship (n.) 1753, from sponsor (n.) + -ship . 中文词源 sponsorship ：赞助，资助，资助款 sponsor,赞助，资助，-ship,表状态。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sponsorship 词源， sponsorship 含义。
• spongy 英文词源 spongy (adj.) "soft, elastic," 1530s, from sponge (n.) + -y (2). Of hard material (especially bone) "open, porous," 1590s. Related: Sponginess . 中文词源 spongy ：海绵的 spongi-,海绵，-y,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spongy 词源， spongy 含义。
• spongiform 英文词源 spongiform (adj.) "resembling a sponge," 1774, from Latin spongia "sponge" (see sponge (n.)) + forma "form, shape" (see form (n.)). 中文词源 spongiform ：海绵状的 spongi-,海绵，form,形体。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spongiform 词源， spongiform 含义。
• sponger 英文词源 sponger (n.) 1670s, "parasite," agent noun from sponge (v.) in figurative sense. As a job on a cannon crew, by 1828. 中文词源 sponger ：蹭饭者，白吃白喝者 sponge,白吃，白喝，-er,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sponger 词源， sponger 含义。
• sponge 英文词源 sponge (n.) Old English sponge , spunge , from Latin spongia "a sponge," also "sea animal from which a sponge comes," from Greek spongia , related to spongos "sponge," of unknown origin. "Probably a loanword from a non-IE language, borrowed independently into Greek, Latin and Armenian in a form *sphong- " [de Vaan]. The Latin word is the source of Old Saxon spunsia , Middle Dutch spon
• spondee 英文词源 spondee (n.) "metrical foot consisting of two long syllables," late 14c., from Old French spondee (14c.), from Latin spondeus , from Greek spondeios (pous) , the name of the meter originally used in chants accompanying libations, from sponde "solemn libation, a drink-offering," related to spendein "make a drink offering," from PIE root *spend- "to make an offering, perform a rite," he
• spoiliation 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random journey journey: [13] Etymologically, a journey is a ‘day’s’ travel. The word comes via Old French jornee from Vulgar Latin * diurnāta . This in turn was derived from Latin diurnum ‘daily allowance or ration’, a noun use of the adjective diurnus ‘daily’, which was based on diēs ‘day’. The specific notion of a
• spoke 英文词源 spoke spoke: [OE] Like its relatives German speiche and Dutch speek , spoke goes back to prehistoric Germanic * spaikōn . This was derived from the base * spaik -, * speik -, which also produced English spike . = spike spoke (n.) "radius of a wheel," Old English spaca "spoke of a wheel, radius," related to spicing "large nail," from Proto-Germanic *spaikon (cognates: Old Saxon speca
• spoilsport 英文词源 Grinch (n.) "spoilsport;" all usages trace to Dr. Seuss's 1957 book "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." Kipling used grinching (1892) in reference to a harsh, grating noise; and Grinch had been used as the surname of severe characters in fiction since at least 1903. 中文词源 spoilsport ：扫兴的人 spoil,糟蹋，破坏，spoil,运动，游戏。引申词义扫兴的人。 该词的
• spoiler 英文词源 spoiler (n.) 1530s, "one who robs or plunders," agent noun from spoil (v.). Meaning "one who mars another's chance at victory" is attested from 1950 in U.S. politics, perhaps from boxing. Aeronautics sense is from 1928, because the flap thwarts the "lift" on the plane; transferred to structures serving a similar purpose on speedboats (1957) and motor vehicles (1963). Meaning "informat
• spoilage 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random prune prune: English has two distinct words prune . The older, ‘dried plum’ [14], is ultimately the same word as plum , and indeed in the 16th and 17th century was often used for ‘plum’. It comes via Old French prune from Vulgar Latin * prūna , which also gave English (through Germanic) plum . Prune ‘cut off unneeded
• spoil 英文词源 spoil spoil: [13] Latin spolium originally denoted ‘skin stripped from a killed animal’ (it went back ultimately to the Indo-European base * spel - ‘split, burst’, which also produced German spalten ‘split’, and probably English spill and split ). It broadened out metaphorically via ‘weapons stripped from a fallen enemy’ to ‘booty’ in general, which lies behind Eng
• splutter 英文词源 splutter (n.) 1670s, perhaps a variant of sputter , intensified by the consonant cluster of splash , splatter , etc. splutter (v.) 1728, from splutter (n.). Related: Spluttered ; spluttering . 中文词源 splutter ：噼啪声，语无伦次，结结巴巴 可能为拼写变体形式自 sputter,噼啪声，语无伦次。或直接来自拟声词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• splurge 英文词源 splurge (n.) 1828, "ostentatious display," American English, of uncertain origin; originally among the class of words considered characteristic of "Western" (i.e. Kentucky) dialect. Perhaps a blend of splash and surge . The meaning "extravagant indulgence in spending" is first recorded 1928. splurge (v.) "to make an ostentatious display, to put on a splurge" (in the older sense of the
• splotch 英文词源 splotch (n.) c. 1600, "a broad, ill-defined spot," perhaps a blend of spot , blot , and/or botch . Old English had splott "spot, blot; patch of land." Related: Splotchy ; splotchiness . 中文词源 splotch ：污点，污迹 拼写变体自中古英语 splot,来自古英语 splott,斑点，污迹，词源同 spot. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： splotch 词源，
• splitting 英文词源 hair-splitting (n.) "making over-nice distinctions," by 1739, from hair + verbal noun from split (v.). To split hairs "make over-fine distinctions" is first recorded 1650s, as to cut the hair . Hair also being 18c. slang for "female pudendum," hair-splitter was noted in 1811 as slang for "penis." 中文词源 splitting ：头痛欲裂的 来自 split,分开。引申比喻义头痛欲裂
• splitsville 英文词源 splitsville "The termination of a relationship, especially a romantic or sexual one", 1980s: from split + -s- + -ville . 中文词源 splitsville ：分手，散伙 幽默用法，来自 split,分开，'s,所有格，-ville,别墅，村庄，词源同 village. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： splitsville 词源， splitsville 含义。
• split 英文词源 split split: [16] Split was borrowed from Middle Dutch splitten . This, like German spleissen ‘splice’ and English splice [16], goes back to a prehistoric base * spleid -, which may have been related to * spel -, the source of English spill . = splice split (v.) 1580s (transitive and intransitive), not found in Middle English, probably from a Low German source such as Middle Dutch
• splinter 英文词源 splinter (n.) early 14c., from Middle Dutch splinter, splenter "a splinter," related to splinte (see splint ). The adjective (in splinter party , etc.) is first recorded 1935, from the noun. splinter (v.) 1580s (transitive), from splinter (n.). Figurative sense from c. 1600. Intransitive use from 1620s. Middle English had splinder (v.) "to shatter" (of a spear, etc.), mid-15c. Related
• splint 英文词源 splint (n.) c. 1300, "overlapping plate or strip in armor" (made of metal splints), probably from Middle Low German splinte , splente "thin piece of iron," related to Middle Dutch splinte "splint," probably literally "thin piece cut off," and from a Germanic offshoot of PIE *(s)plei- "to split, splice" (see flint ). Cognate with Danish splint "splinter," Swedish splint "wooden peg, we
• splicer 英文词源 displease (v.) early 14c., from Old French desplais- , present tense stem of desplaisir "to displease" (13c.), from Latin displicere "displease," from dis- "not" (see dis- ) + placere "to please" (see please ). Related: Displeased ; displeasing . splice (v.) 1520s, originally a sailors' word, from Middle Dutch splissen "to splice" (Dutch splitsen ), from Proto-Germanic *spli- , from P
• splice 英文词源 splice (v.) 1520s, originally a sailors' word, from Middle Dutch splissen "to splice" (Dutch splitsen ), from Proto-Germanic *spli- , from PIE root *(s)plei- "to split, splice" (see flint ). The Dutch word was borrowed in French as épisser . Used of motion picture film from 1912; of DNA from 1975. Related: Spliced ; splicing ; splicer . splice (n.) 1620s (implied in splicing ), first
• splenetic 英文词源 splenetic (adj.) 1540s, "pertaining to the spleen," from Late Latin spleneticus , from splen (see spleen ). Meaning "irritably morose" is from 1590s. Alternative splenic (1610s) is from French splénique (16c.). Gloomy , Sullen , Sulky , Morose , Splenetic . These words are arranged in the order of their intensity and of their degree of activity toward others. [Century Dictionary] 中文
• spleen 英文词源 spleen spleen: [13] Spleen comes via Old French esplen and Latin splēn from Greek splén , which may have been related to Latin liēn ‘spleen’ and Greek splágkhnon ‘entrails’ (source of English splanchnic ‘of the viscera’ [17]). In medieval physiology many internal organs were held to be the seat of a particular emotion, and the spleen was no exception. It had several co
• splay 英文词源 splay (v.) early 14c., "unfold, unfurl;" c. 1400, "to spread out," shortened form of desplayen (see display (v.)). Meaning "to spread out awkwardly" is from 1848. Past participle adjective splayed "spread out" is attested from 1540s. 中文词源 splay ：展开，展开 缩写自 display,展示，展开。比较 sport,缩写自 disport. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• splatter 英文词源 splatter (v.) 1784 (but earlier in splatterdash (1772), variant of spatterdash ); perhaps a blend of spatter and splash . 中文词源 splatter ：噼里啪啦的落下，泼洒 splat,发出噼啪声，-er,表反复。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： splatter 词源， splatter 含义。
• spiv 英文词源 spiv (n.) "petty crook who will turn his hand to anything so long as it does not involve honest work," 1934, British slang, probably dating back to late 19c. and connected with spiff (see spiffy ) in one of its various senses. Being a flashy dresser was a spiv characteristic. The spiv reached his apotheosis during World War II and the succeeding years, when the disrupted economic cond
• spittoon 英文词源 spittoon (n.) also spitoon , 1811, American English, from spit (n.1) + -oon . A rare instance of a word formed in English using this suffix ( octoroon is another). Replaced earlier spitting box (1680s). 中文词源 spittoon ：痰盂 spit,吐，唾，-oon,大词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spittoon 词源， spittoon 含义。
• spittle 英文词源 spittle (n.) "saliva, spit," late 15c., probably an alteration (by influence of spit (n.1)) of Old English spætl , spatl , from Proto-Germanic *spait- (cognates: Old English spætan "to spit"), from PIE root *sp(y)eu- "to spew, spit" (see spew (v.)). 中文词源 spittle ：唾沫 spit,吐，唾，-le,小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spittle 词源
• spit-roast 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random amber amber: [14] Amber was borrowed, via Old French, from Arabic ‘anbar , which originally meant ‘ambergris’ (and in fact until the early 18th century amber was used for ‘ambergris’ too). A perceived resemblance between the two substances had already led in Arabic to ‘amber’ ousting ‘ambergris’ as the main mea
• spiteful 英文词源 spiteful (adj.) mid-15c., from spite (n.) + -ful . Related: Spitefully ; spitefulness . 中文词源 spiteful ：恶意的，怨恨的 spite,恶意，怨恨，-ful,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spiteful 词源， spiteful 含义。
• spit 英文词源 spit spit: English has two words spit in current usage. Spit ‘eject saliva’ [OE] is one of a sizable group of English words beginning sp - which denote ‘ejecting or discharging liquid’. Others include spew [OE], spout [14], spurt [16], and sputter [16]. They all go back ultimately to an Indo- European base * spyēu -, * spyū -, etc, imitative of the sound of spitting, which a
• spissitude 英文词源 spissitude (n.) "density, thickness, compactness," mid-15c., from Latin spissitudo "thickness, density," from spissus "thick, dense, compact, close" (source of Italian spesso , Spanish espeso , Old French espes , French épais ). Related: Spissated . 中文词源 spissitude ：浓度，密度，稠度 来自拉丁语 spipssitudo,厚度，密度，来自 spissus,厚的，密的，紧缩的
• spiritualize 英文词源 spiritualize (v.) 1630s, from spiritual (adj.) + -ize , or from French spiritualiser . Related: Spiritualize ; spiritualizing ; spiritualization . 中文词源 spiritualize ：使灵化，使精神化 spiritual,精神，心灵，-ize,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spiritualize 词源， spiritualize 含义。
• spiritualist 英文词源 spiritualist (n.) 1852, "one who believes in the ability of the living to communicate with the dead via a medium," from spiritual + -ist (also see spirit (n.)). Earlier (1640s) "one with regard for spiritual things." Related Spiritualistic . Every two or three years the Americans have a paroxysm of humbug -- ... at the present time it is Spiritual-ism. [J.Dix, "Transatlantic Tracings,
• spiritualism 英文词源 spiritualism (n.) 1796, "advocacy of a spiritual view" (opposed to materialism ), from spiritual + -ism . Table-rapping sense is from 1853. 中文词源 spiritualism ：招魂术 spiritual,灵魂的，-ism,主义，思想，行为。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spiritualism 词源， spiritualism 含义。
• spire 英文词源 spire (n.) Old English spir "a sprout, shoot, spike, blade, tapering stalk of grass," from Proto-Germanic *spiraz (cognates: Old Norse spira "a stalk, slender tree," Dutch spier "shoot, blade of grass," Middle Low German spir "a small point or top"), from PIE *spei- "sharp point" (see spike (n.1)). Meaning "tapering top of a tower or steeple" first recorded 1590s (a sense attested in
• spirant 英文词源 spirant (n.) breathy consonant, 1862, from Latin spirantem (nominative spirans ) "breathing," present participle of spirare "to breathe, blow" (see spirit (n.)). 中文词源 spirant ：摩擦音 来自拉丁语 spirantem,呼吸，来自 spirare,呼吸，吹，词源同 spirit,perspire.后用于语音学指摩 擦音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spirant 词源
• spiral 英文词源 spiral spiral: [16] Spiral comes via French spiral from medieval Latin spīrālis ‘coiled’, a derivative of Latin spīra . This in turn went back to Greek speira ‘coil’. English also acquired the noun, as spire [16], which is used for the ‘tip of a spiral shell’. It is not the same word as the spire of a church [OE], which originally meant ‘stalk, stem’, and may go bac
• spiny 英文词源 spiny (adj.) 1580s, from spine + -y (2). Related: Spininess . 中文词源 spiny ：多刺的 来自 spine,刺，刺毛。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spiny 词源， spiny 含义。
• spinney 英文词源 spinney (n.) "copse, thicket," 1590s, from Old French espinoi "briar-patch, place full of thorns and brambles" (13c., Modern French épinaie ), from espine or from Latin spinetum "thorn hedge, thicket" (see spine ). 中文词源 spinney ：灌木丛，小树林 来自古法语 espinoi,来自拉丁语 spinetum,灌木丛，来自 spina,刺，尖刺，词源同 spine. 该词的英语词源
• spinner 英文词源 spinner (n.) early 13c., "spider," agent noun from spin (v.). Meaning "person who spins textile thread" is from late 14c. 中文词源 spinner ：蜘蛛，纺纱者 来自 spin,纺织，编织，-er,表物。其词义蜘蛛现已很少使用。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spinner 词源， spinner 含义。
• spine-tingling 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random timbre timbre: see timpani 中文词源 spine-tingling ：紧张的，刺激的 spine,脊柱，脊椎，tingle,刺痛，痛感。引申比喻义紧张的，刺激的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spine-tingling 词源， spine-tingling 含义。
• spinet 英文词源 spinet spinet: [17] A spinet is a sort of small harpsichord. English acquired the term via early modern French espinette from Italian spinetta , and one version of its origin is that it came from the name of one Giovanni Spinetti, a Venetian who supposedly invented the instrument at the beginning of the 16th century. A more prosaic story is that it was a diminutive form of spina ‘th
• spineless 英文词源 spineless (adj.) 1827 of animals (1805 of plants), from spine + -less . Meaning "lacking moral force" is from 1885. Related: Spinelessly ; spinelessness . 中文词源 spineless ：无脊柱的，无脊梁的，没骨气的 spine,脊柱，脊椎，-less,无，没有。引申比喻义懦弱的，没骨气的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spineless 词源，
• spine 英文词源 spine spine: [14] Spine comes via Old French espine from Latin spīna ‘thorn’, which was probably derived from the same base as spīca ‘ear of corn’ (source of English spike ‘pointed flower head’). The metaphorical extension ‘backbone’ developed in Latin, perhaps via ‘prickle’ and ‘fish bone’. A spinney [16] is etymologically a ‘thorny thicket’. The word co
• spindle 英文词源 spindle spindle: see spin spindle (n.) early 13c., with intrusive -d- , from Old English spinel "small wooden bar used in hand-spinning," properly "an instrument for spinning," from stem of spinnan (see spin (v.)) + instrumental suffix -el (1). Compare handle , thimble , etc. Related to Old Saxon spinnila , Old Frisian spindel , Old High German spinnila , German Spindel . As a type of
• spinal 英文词源 spinal (adj.) 1570s, from Late Latin spinalis "of or pertaining to a thorn or the spine," from Latin spina (see spine ). Spinal tap recorded from 1960. 中文词源 spinal ：脊柱的，脊椎的 spine,脊柱，脊椎，-al,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spinal 词源， spinal 含义。
• spinach 英文词源 spinach spinach: [16] The ultimate origin of the word spinach is Persian aspanākh , which passed via Arabic isfināj , medieval Latin spinachia , and Spanish espinaca into Old French as espinache . Middle Dutch borrowed this as spinaetse , the probable source of English spinach . It has been speculated that the change of form from Arabic to Latin may have been partly motivated by the
• spillover 英文词源 spillover (n.) 1940, from verbal phrase, from spill (v.) + over (adv.). From 1953 as an adjective. 中文词源 spillover ：溢出部分，多余部分 spill,洒出，over,超过。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spillover 词源， spillover 含义。
• spillikins 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random sleigh sleigh: see sledge 中文词源 spillikins ：挑棒游戏 spill,小木条，-kin,小词后缀，-s,复数后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spillikins 词源， spillikins 含义。
• spillage 英文词源 spillage (n.) 1838, from spill (v.) + -age . Shakespeare used spilth "that which has spilled, act of spilling" ("Timon," 1607), which was picked up by Browning, etc. 中文词源 spillage ：洒出物 spill,洒出，-age,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spillage 词源， spillage 含义。
• spill 英文词源 spill spill: Spill ‘let fall’ [OE] and spill ‘thin piece of wood’ are distinct words. The former originally meant ‘destroy, kill’; the modern sense ‘allow liquid to pour out or fall’, which did not emerge until the 14th century, arose as a rather grisly metaphor based on the notion of ‘shedding blood’. The ultimate origins of the word, which has relatives in Dutch
• spiky 英文词源 spiky (adj.) 1720, from spike (n.1) + -y (2). Related: Spikiness . 中文词源 spiky ：有尖刺的 spike,尖刺，-y,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spiky 词源， spiky 含义。
• spike 英文词源 spike spike: English has two etymologically distinct words spike , although they are so similar in meaning that they are commonly regarded as one and the same. Spike ‘long sharp piece’ [13] was probably borrowed from Middle Dutch spīker . It has another relative in Swedish spik ‘nail’, and goes back ultimately to prehistoric Germanic * speik -, * spaik - (source also of Engli
• spigot 英文词源 spigot (n.) late 14c., "plug used to stop the hole of a cask," according to Barnhart probably from Old French *espigot (compare Gascony dialect espigot "core of a fruit, small ear of grain"), diminutive of Old Provençal espiga "ear of grain," from Latin spica "ear of grain" (see spike (n.2)). Meaning "valve for controlling the flow of a liquid" is from 1520s; the connecting notion is
• spiffy 英文词源 spiffy (adj.) 1853, of uncertain origin, probably related to spiff "well-dressed man." Uncertain relationship to spiff (n.) "percentage allowed by drapers to their young men when they effect sale of old fashioned or undesirable stock" (1859), or to spiflicate "confound, overcome completely," a cant word from 1749 that was "common in the 19th century" [OED], preserved in American Engli
• spiffing 英文词源 spiffing "Excellent; splendid", Late 19th century: of unknown origin. 中文词源 spiffing ：漂亮的，出色的 spiff,装扮，打扮，-ing,形容词后缀。引申词义漂亮的，出色的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spiffing 词源， spiffing 含义。
• spidery 英文词源 spidery (adj.) 1823, "long and thin," from spider + -y (2). 中文词源 spidery ：像蛛腿一样细长的 spider,蜘蛛，-y,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spidery 词源， spidery 含义。
• spicy 英文词源 spicy (adj.) 1560s, from spice (n.) + -y (2). In reference to flowers, breezes, etc., "sweet-smelling," from 1640s. Figurative sense of "racy, salacious" dates from 1844. Related: Spiciness . 中文词源 spicy ：加香料的，刺激的 spice,香料，-y,形容词后缀。引申比喻义刺激的，有趣味的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spicy 词源，
• spice 英文词源 spice spice: [13] Spice is ultimately the same word as species . It comes via Old French espice from Latin speciēs ‘appearance, kind’. In late Latin its plural came to be used for ‘goods, wares’, probably from the notion of a particular ‘sort’ of merchandise, and by the time the word reached English its usage had narrowed still further to ‘aromatic plant substances of o
• sphincter 英文词源 sphincter (n.) 1570s, from Middle French sphincter , from Late Latin sphincter "contractile muscle," from Greek sphinkter "band, lace, anything that binds tight," from sphingein "to squeeze, bind," of unknown origin. First used in anatomical sense by Galen. There are several in the body; the one usually meant is the sphincter ani . 中文词源 sphincter ：括约股 来自拉丁语 s
• spheroid 英文词源 spheroid (n.) "body resembling, but not identical with, a sphere," 1560s, from Latin sphaeroides , from Greek sphairoeides "ball-like, spherical," from sphaira (see sphere ) + -oeides "form" (see -oid ). As an adjective from 1767. Related: Spheroidal . 中文词源 spheroid ：类球体，椭球体 sphere,球，球体，-oid,类，相似，词源同 android. 该词的英语词源请访问
• spherical 英文词源 spherical (adj.) 1520s, from sphere + -ical . Related: Spherically . A spherical number (1640s) is one whose powers always terminate in the same digit as the number itself (5, 6, and 10 are the only ones). 中文词源 spherical ：球体的，球形的 sphere,球，球体，-ical,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spherical 词源， spherical 含
• sphagnum 英文词源 sphagnum (n.) genus of mosses, peat-moss, 1741, Modern Latin, from Latin sphagnos , a kind of lichen, from Greek sphagnos "a spiny shrub, a kind of moss," of unknown origin. Related: Sphagnous . 中文词源 sphagnum ：泥炭藓 来自希腊语 sphagnos,泥炭藓，一种像泥炭的苔藓，词源不详。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sphagnum 词源， sph
• spew 英文词源 spew spew: see spit spew (v.) Old English spiwan "spew, spit," from Proto-Germanic *spiew- (cognates: Old Saxon spiwan , Old Norse spyja , Old Frisian spiwa , Middle Dutch spijen , Dutch spuwen , Old High German spiwan , German speien , Gothic spiewan "to spit"), from PIE *sp(y)eu- "to spew, spit," probably ultimately of imitative origin (cognates: Latin spuere ; Greek ptuein , Doric
• spermicide 英文词源 spermicide (n.) 1929; see sperm + -cide . Earlier was spermacide (1908) and spermaticide (1923), from French, where it is recorded by 1876. 中文词源 spermicide ：杀精 spermato-,精子的，-cid,杀，词源同 herbicide. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spermicide 词源， spermicide 含义。
• spermatozoon 英文词源 spermatozoon (n.) (plural spermatozoa ), "male sexual cell," 1836, from spermato- + Greek zoion "animal" (see zoo- ). Related: Spermatozoal . 中文词源 spermatozoon ：精子 spermato-,精子的，-zoon,生命，动物，词源同 zoo. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spermatozoon 词源， spermatozoon 含义。
• spermatogenesis 英文词源 spermatogenesis (n.) 1877, earlier in German, from comb. form of Greek sperma "seed" of an animal or plant (see sperm ) + -genesis "birth, origin, creation." 中文词源 spermatogenesis ：生精，精子生成 spermato-,精子的，-gen,生成，-esis,表状态。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spermatogenesis 词源， spermatogenesis 含义。
• spermato- 英文词源 spermato- before vowels spermat- , word-forming element meaning "seed, sperm," used from 1880s in scientific compounds, from Greek sperma (genitive spermatos "seed" of an animal or plant; see sperm ). 中文词源 spermato- ：精子的，精液的 来自希腊语 spermatos,所有格形式于 sperma,精子，精液。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spermato- 词源
• sperm 英文词源 sperm sperm: [14] Sperm is etymologically something that is ‘sown’, like ‘seed’. The word comes, via late Latin sperma , from Greek spérma ‘seed’. This was a derivative of the same base as produced English diaspora , sporadic , and spore , and it may ultimately be related to English spray . = diaspora , sporadic , spore sperm (n.) "male seminal fluid," late 14c., probably
• spent 英文词源 spent (adj.) "consumed," mid-15c., past participle adjective from spend . Of time, "passed, over," from 1520s; as "worn out, exhausted from overwork," 1560s. 中文词源 spent ：废弃的，失效的 来自 spend 的过去分词，引申比喻义用过的，废弃的，失效的等。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spent 词源， spent 含义。
• spendthrift 英文词源 spendthrift (n.) c. 1600, from spend (v.) + thrift (n.) in sense of "savings, profits, wealth." Replaced earlier scattergood (1570s) and spend-all (1550s). From c. 1600 as an adjective. 中文词源 spendthrift ：挥霍者 spend,花钱，花销，thrift,节省，储蓄。引申词义挥霍者，大手大脚花钱的人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spendth
• spending 英文词源 spending (n.) late Old English, verbal noun from spend (v.). Spending-money is from 1590s. 中文词源 spending ：开支，花销 spend,花钱，花销，-ing,动名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spending 词源， spending 含义。
• spelunking 英文词源 spelunking "The exploration of caves, especially as a hobby", 1940s: from obsolete spelunk 'cave' (from Latin spelunca ) + -ing 1 . 中文词源 spelunking ：洞穴探险 spelunk,洞穴探险，-ing,动名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spelunking 词源， spelunking 含义。
• spelunker 英文词源 spelunker (n.) "a cave bug; one who explores caves as a hobby," 1942, agent noun formed from obsolete spelunk "cave, cavern." The verb spelunk "explore caves" and the verbal noun spelunking are attested from 1946 and appear to be back-formations. 中文词源 spelunker ：洞穴探险者 spelunk,洞穴探险，-er,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spelunker
• spelunk 英文词源 spelunk (n.) "a cave, cavern, a vault," c. 1300, from Old French spelonque (13c.) or directly from Latin spelunca "a cave, cavern, grotto," from Greek spelynx (accusative spelynga , genitive spelyngos ) "a cave, cavern," from spelos "a cave." An adjective, speluncar "of a cave" is recorded from 1855. 中文词源 spelunk ：洞穴，洞穴探险 来自拉丁语 spelunca,来自希腊语