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• spellchecker 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random base base: There are two distinct words base in English. Base meaning ‘lower part, foundation’ [14] came either via Old French base or was a direct anglicization of Latin basis (acquired by English in its unaltered form at around the same time). The Latin word in its turn came from Greek básis , which meant originally ‘st
• spellbound 英文词源 spellbound (adj.) "to be bound by or as if by a spell," 1742, from spell (n.1) + bound (adj.1) "fastened," past participle of bind (v.). 中文词源 spellbound ：着魔的，入迷的 spell,符咒，咒语，bound,绑定的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spellbound 词源， spellbound 含义。
• spellbind 英文词源 spellbind (v.) "to bind by or as if by spell," 1808, probably a back-formation from spellbound . Related: Spellbinding ; spellbinder . 中文词源 spellbind ：着魔，入迷 spell,符咒，咒语，bind,绑定。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spellbind 词源， spellbind 含义。
• spell 英文词源 spell spell: English has three distinct words spell , although two of them come from the same ultimate source. Spell ‘name the letters of a word’ [13] was adapted from Old French espeler ‘read out’. This was descended from an earlier * espeldre , which was borrowed from prehistoric Germanic * spellōn . And it was a noun relative of this, * spellam , which gave English spell ‘
• speleology 英文词源 speleology "The study or exploration of caves", Late 19th century: from French spéléologie , via Latin from Greek spēlaion 'cave'. 中文词源 speleology ：洞穴学 来自古希腊语 spelaion,洞穴，词源同 spelunk,洞穴，-logy,学说。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： speleology 词源， speleology 含义。
• speleologist 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random lizard lizard: [14] Lizard goes back to Latin lacertus or lacerta , words of unknown origin. It reached English via Old French lesard . The Latin word was used for ‘muscle’ as well as ‘lizard’, perhaps because the ripple of a muscle beneath the skin reminded people of a lizard’s movement (an exactly parallel developmen
• speedy 英文词源 speedy (adj.) Old English spedig "prosperous, wealthy," from speed (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "moving swiftly" is from late 14c. Related: Speedily ; speediness . Speedy Gonzales , Warner Brothers studios talking cartoon mouse, debuted in a 1953 short directed by Bob McKimson. 中文词源 speedy ：迅速的 speed,速度，迅速，-y,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• speedwell 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random Whig Whig: [17] Whig appears to be short for the now obsolete Scottish term whiggamaire . This presumably originally meant ‘horse-driver’ (it is assumed to have been formed from the Scottish verb whig ‘drive’, whose origins are not known, and maire , a Scottish form of mare ‘female horse’), but its earliest recorded
• speedster 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random shamble shamble: [17] Shamble ‘slouch’ and the noun shambles [15] are probably related. The latter originally meant ‘meat market’. It arose out of the plural of the now obsolete shamble ‘meat stall, meat table’, which represented a semantic specialization of Old English sceamul ‘stool, table’. This was descended
• speedometer 英文词源 speedometer (n.) 1904, from speed + -meter . A Germanic-Greek hybrid and thus much execrated. [T]he ancient Greeks Romans knew what speed was, yet no-one supposes they called it speed , whence it follows that speedo- speedometer are barbarisms. [Fowler] The correct classical formation is tachometer . 中文词源 speedometer ：速度计 speed-,速度，-meter,仪器。 speed-read 快速
• speechless 英文词源 speechless (adj.) Old English spæcleas "permanently mute;" see speech + -less . Meaning "mute by effect of astonishment" is from late 14c. Related: Speechlessly ; speechlessness . 中文词源 speechless ：被气得说不出话的，无语的 speech,说话，-less,无，没有。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： speechless 词源， speechless 含义。
• speechify 英文词源 speechify (v.) "talk in a pompous, pontifical way," 1723, from speech + -ify . Related: Speechifying ; speechification . 中文词源 speechify ：装模作样，拿腔拿调 speech,演说，演讲，-fy,使。引申比喻义装模作样，拿腔拿调等。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： speechify 词源， speechify 含义。
• speculum 英文词源 speculum (n.) 1590s, in surgery and medicine, "instrument for rendering a part accessible to observation," from Latin speculum "reflector, looking-glass, mirror" (also "a copy, an imitation"), from specere "to look at, view" (see scope (n.1)). As a type of telescope attachment from 1704. 中文词源 speculum ：窥器，张开器 来自拉丁语 speculum,镜子，反光镜，来自 s
• speculative 英文词源 speculative (adj.) late 14c., "contemplative," also "purely scientific, in theory only" (opposed to practical ), from Old French speculatif "worth great attention; theoretical," or directly from Late Latin speculativus , from past participle stem of speculari (see speculation ). Meaning "given to (financial) speculation" is from 1763. Related: Speculatively . 中文词源 speculative ：
• spectroscopy 英文词源 dextrose (n.) 1867, shortened from dextro-glucose , from dextro- "right" + -ose (2), chemical suffix indicating a sugar. So called because this form of glucose polarizes light to the right in spectroscopy. spectroscope (n.) 1861, from spectro- + -scope . A Greek-Latin hybrid, both elements from the same PIE root. Related: Spectroscopic ; spectroscopy . 中文词源 spectroscopy ：光谱
• spectroscope 英文词源 spectroscope (n.) 1861, from spectro- + -scope . A Greek-Latin hybrid, both elements from the same PIE root. Related: Spectroscopic ; spectroscopy . 中文词源 spectroscope ：光谱镜 spectro-,光谱，-scope,镜。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spectroscope 词源， spectroscope 含义。
• spectrometer 英文词源 spectrometer (n.) 1863, from German Spectrometer (Moritz Meyerstein, 1863); see spectro- + -meter . 中文词源 spectrometer ：光谱仪 spectro-,光谱，-meter,仪器。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spectrometer 词源， spectrometer 含义。
• spectro- 英文词源 spectro- word-forming element meaning "of or by a spectroscope," also "of radiant energy," from comb. form of spectrum . 中文词源 spectro- ：光谱 来自拉丁语 spectrum,出现，显示，来自 specere,看，词源同 spectator,aspect.引申词义光谱。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spectro- 词源， spectro- 含义。
• specter 英文词源 specter (n.) c. 1600, "frightening ghost," from French spectre "an image, figure, ghost" (16c.), from Latin spectrum "appearance, vision, apparition" (see spectrum ). Figurative sense "object of dread" is from 1774. 中文词源 specter ：鬼，幽灵，恐惧，恐慌 来自拉丁语 spectrum,出现，显示，影像，鬼魂，幽灵，来自 specere,看，词源同 spectate,aspect
• spectral 英文词源 spectral (adj.) 1718, "capable of seeing spectres;" 1815, "ghostly;" from spectre + -al (1). Meaning "pertaining to a spectrum" is 1832, from stem of spectrum + -al (1). Related: Spectrally . 中文词源 spectral ：光谱的，鬼的，幽灵的 来自 spectrum,光谱，specter,鬼的，幽灵的，-al,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spectra
• spectate 英文词源 spectate (v.) "to attend (a sporting event, etc.) to watch, not participate," 1929, back-formation from spectator . Related: Spectated ; spectating . Related: Spectation . 中文词源 spectate ：观看，观赏 来自拉丁语 spectare,观看，观赏，反复格于 specere,看，注视，-ct,过去分词格，此处表反复， 词源同 spectator,aspect.-ate,动词后缀。 该词的
• specky 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random inoculate inoculate: [15] Far-fetched as the connection may seem, inoculate actually comes ultimately from Latin oculus ‘eye’ (source of English ocular [16] and oculist [17]). By metaphorical extension oculus was applied to the ‘bud’ of a plant (much like the eye of a potato in English), and the verb inoculāre was coine
• speckle 英文词源 speckle (v.) mid-15c. (implied in speckled ), probably related to Old English specca "small spot, speck" (see speck ) or from a related Middle Dutch or Middle High German word. Related: Speckled ; speckling . The noun is first attested mid-15c. 中文词源 speckle ：斑点，色斑 可能来自 spece,斑点，色斑，-le,小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• speck 英文词源 speck (n.) Old English specca "small spot, stain," of unknown origin; probably related to Dutch speckel "speck, speckle," Middle Dutch spekelen "to sprinkle" (compare speckle (v.)). Meaning "tiny bit" developed c. 1400. As a verb, 1570s, from the noun. Related: Specked . 中文词源 speck ：斑点，污点 来自古英语 specca,斑点，污点。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• specious 英文词源 specious (adj.) late 14c., "pleasing to the sight, fair," from Latin speciosus "good-looking, beautiful, fair," also "showy, pretended, plausible, specious," from species "appearance, form, figure, beauty" (see species ). Meaning "seemingly desirable, reasonable or probable, but not really so; superficially fair, just, or correct" in English is first recorded 1610s. Related: Speciousl
• specifics 英文词源 grampus (n.) a word applied to killer whales and other large, dolphin-like creatures, 1590s, earlier graundepose (1520s), altered (by influence of grand ) from Middle English graspeys (late 13c.), from Anglo-French grampais , from Old French graspois , craspois "whale, (salted) whale meat; blubber; seal," from Medieval Latin craspicis , literally "great fish" or "fat fish," from Latin
• specificity 英文词源 specificity (n.) 1829, from French spécificité or else a native formation from specific + -ity . 中文词源 specificity ：明确性，具体性 specific,明确的，具体的，-ity,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： specificity 词源， specificity 含义。
• speciesist 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random teapoy teapoy: see foot 中文词源 speciesist ：物种歧视者 speciesism,物种歧视，-ist,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： speciesist 词源， speciesist 含义。
• speciesism 英文词源 speciesism (n.) "discrimination against certain animals based on assumption of human superiority," first attested 1975 in Richard D. Ryder's "Victims of Science," from species + -ism . 中文词源 speciesism ：物种歧视 species,物种，-ism,歧视，模式同 sexism,性别歧视。一种认为人比动物重要，因此可以虐待 动物的思想和行为。 该词的英语词源
• specialized 英文词源 account account: [14] Account is of Old French origin. It was formed from compter , conter ‘count’ (which derived from Latin computāre ) and the prefix a -. Its original meaning in English, too, was ‘count’ or ‘count up’; this had disappeared by the end of the 18th century, but its specialized reference to the keeping of financial records is of equal antiquity. Account fo
• specialism 英文词源 specialist (n.) 1852 (originally in the medical sense and much scorned by the GPs); see special (adj.) + -ist . Perhaps immediately from French spécialiste (1842). In general use in English by 1862. Related: Specialism . 中文词源 specialism ：专业化，专长 special,特殊的，专门的，-ism,主义，思想，行为。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• spear 英文词源 spear spear: [OE] Spear is a general Germanic word, with relatives in German and Dutch speer (the Scandinavian forms have died out). Its ultimate ancestry is uncertain, although it may have distant links with English spar and Latin sparus ‘hunting spear’. spear (n.1) "weapon with a penetrating head and a long wooden shaft, meant to be thrust or thrown," Old English spere "spear, j
• speakeasy 英文词源 speakeasy (n.) "unlicensed saloon," 1889 (in the New York "Voice"), from verbal phrase, from speak (v.) + easy (adv.); so called from the practice of speaking quietly about such a place in public, or when inside it, so as not to alert the police and neighbors. The word gained wide currency in U.S. during Prohibition (1920-1932). In early 19c. Irish and British dialect, a speak softly
• spay 英文词源 spay spay: see spade spay (v.) early 15c., "stab with a sword, kill," also "remove the ovaries of (a hunting dog)," from Anglo-French espeier "cut with a sword," from Middle French espeer , from Old French espee "sword" (French épée ), from Latin spatha "broad, flat weapon or tool," from Greek spathe "broad blade" (see spade (n.1)). Compare Greek spadon "eunuch." Related: Spayed ; s
• spawn 英文词源 spawn spawn: [14] Spawn is ultimately the same word as expand , and etymologically it denotes the ‘spreading out’ of a fish’s eggs by its shedding them into the water. The word comes from espaundre , an Anglo-Norman variant of Old French espandre ‘spread, shed’. This was descended from Latin expandere ‘spread out’ (source of English expand [15]), a compound verb formed f
• spatulate 英文词源 spatulate (adj.) 1760, from Modern Latin spatulatus , from spatula (see spatula ). 中文词源 spatulate ：铲状的，竹片状的 来自 spatula,锅铲，刮刀，-ate,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spatulate 词源， spatulate 含义。
• spatula 英文词源 spatula spatula: see spade spatula (n.) 1520s (from early 15c. as a type of medical instrument), from Latin spatula "broad piece, spatula," diminutive of spatha "broad, flat tool or weapon," from Greek spathe "broad flat blade (used by weavers)" (see spade (n.1)). Erroneous form spattular is attested from c. 1600. 中文词源 spatula ：锅铲，刮刀 来自拉丁 spatula,锅铲，小
• spatial 英文词源 spatial spatial: see space spatial (adj.) 1840 ( spacial is from 1838), "occupying space," from Latin spatium + adjectival suffix -al (1); formed in English as an adjective to space (n.), to go with temporal . Meaning "of or relating to space" is from 1857. Related: Spatially . 中文词源 spatial ：空间的 来自拉丁语 spatium,空间，词源同 space,spacial.拼写比较 vice
• spate 英文词源 spate (n.) early 15c., originally Scottish and northern English, "a sudden flood, especially one caused by heavy rains or a snowmelt," of unknown origin. Perhaps from Old French espoit "flood," from Dutch spuiten "to flow, spout;" related to spout (v.). Figurative sense of "unusual quantity" is attested from 1610s. 中文词源 spate ：暴洪，发洪水，一连串，接二连三 来自
• spastic 英文词源 spastic (adj.) 1753, from Latin spasticus, from Greek spastikos "afflicted with spasms," literally "drawing, pulling, stretching," from span "draw up" (see spasm (n.)). The noun meaning "a person affected with spastic paralysis" is attested from 1896, used insultingly by 1960s. Related: Spastically ; spasticity . 中文词源 spastic ：痉挛性麻痹的，笨拙的，无能的 spasm
• spasmodic 英文词源 spasmodic (adj.) 1680s, from French spasmodique , from Medieval Latin spasmodicus , from Greek spasmodes "of the nature of a spasm," from spasmos (see spasm ) + -odes "like" (see -oid ). Related: Spasmodically . 中文词源 spasmodic ：痉挛性的，阵发性的 spasm,痉挛，阵发性发作，-odic,形容词后缀，比较 sporadic. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• spasm 英文词源 spasm spasm: [14] A spasm is etymologically a sudden ‘stretching’ of a muscle (although in fact physiologically spasms are contractions of muscle tissue). The word comes via Old French spasme and Latin spasmus from Greek spasmós , a derivative of the verb span ‘pull’. This in turn was descended from the Indo-European base * sp ə- ‘stretch’. The metaphorical notion of ‘
• sparse 英文词源 sparse sparse: see spread sparse (adj.) 1727, from Latin sparsus "scattered," past participle of spargere "to scatter, spread," from PIE root *(s)preg- (2) "to jerk, scatter" (cognates: Sanskrit parjanya- "rain, rain god," Avestan fra-sparega "branch, twig," literally "that which is jerked off a tree," Old Norse freknur "freckles," Swedish dialectal sprygg "brisk, active," Lithuanian
• sparrowhawk 英文词源 sparrowhawk (n.) hawk that preys on small birds, c. 1400, replacing forms from Old English spearhafoc ; see sparrow + hawk (n.). 中文词源 sparrowhawk ：雀鹰 sparrow,麻雀，hawk,鹰，隼。一种小鹰。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sparrowhawk 词源， sparrowhawk 含义。
• sparrow 英文词源 sparrow (n.) small brownish-gray bird ( Passer domesticus ), Old English spearwa , from Proto-Germanic *sparwan (cognates: Old Norse spörr , Old High German sparo , German Sperling , Gothic sparwa ), from PIE *spor-wo- , from root *sper- (3), forming names of small birds (cognates: Cornish frau "crow;" Old Prussian spurglis "sparrow;" Greek spergoulos "small field bird," psar "starli
• sparky 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random asp asp: see aspic 中文词源 sparky ：有生气的，有活力的 spark,火花，火星，-y,形容词后缀。引申比喻义有活力的，有生气的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sparky 词源， sparky 含义。
• sparkling 英文词源 sparkling (adj.) early 13c., present participle adjective from sparkle (v.). Of eyes and wines from early 15c.; of conversation from 1640s. Related: Sparklingly . 中文词源 sparkling ：闪烁的，闪耀的 sparkle,闪烁火花，-ing,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sparkling 词源， sparkling 含义。
• sparkler 英文词源 sparkler (n.) 1713, "what sparkles" (often of gems, wits, or women), agent noun from sparkle (v.). In the modern hand-held fireworks sense, from 1905. The New York Board of Fire Underwriters has issued a warning against the storage, sale and use of a new form of fireworks now on the market. These are known as "electric sparklers," are made in Germany, and come to this country in metal
• sparkle 英文词源 sparkle (n.) early 14c., from sparkle (v.), or a diminutive of spark (n.). sparkle (v.) c. 1200, "to shine as if giving off sparks," frequentative verb form of Middle English sparke (see spark (v.)). Meaning "emit sparks" is from late 15c. Related: Sparkled ; sparkling . 中文词源 sparkle ：闪烁，闪耀 spark,火花，火星，-le,表反复。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• spark 英文词源 spark (n.) Old English spearca "glowing or fiery particle thrown off," from Proto-Germanic *spark- (cognates: Middle Low German sparke , Middle Dutch spranke , not found in other Germanic languages). Electrical sense dates from 1748. Old French esparque is from Germanic. Slang sense of "a gallant, a showy beau, a roisterer" (c. 1600) is perhaps a figurative use, but also perhaps from
• sparing 英文词源 sparingly (adv.) mid-15c., from sparing , attested from late 14c. as a present participle adjective from spare (v.), + -ly (2). unsparing (adj.) "showing no mercy," 1580s, from un- (1) "not" + sparing , attested from late 14c. as a present participle adjective from spare (v.). Meaning "profuse" is from 1660s. Related: Unsparingly . 中文词源 sparing ：节省的，吝惜的 来自
• spare 英文词源 spare (adj.) "kept in reserve, not used, provided or held for extra need," late 14c., from or from the same root as spare (v.). Old English had spær "sparing, frugal." Also compare Old Norse sparr "(to be) spared." In reference to time, from mid-15c.; sense of "lacking in substance; lean, gaunt; flimsy, thin; poor," is recorded from 1540s. Spare part is attested from 1888. Spare tire
• spar 英文词源 spar (n.1) early 14c., "rafter;" late 14c., "stout pole," from or cognate with Middle Low German or Middle Dutch sparre , from Proto-Germanic *sparron (cognates: Old English *spere "spear, lance," Old Norse sperra "rafter, beam," German Sparren "spar, rafter"), from PIE root *sper- (1) "spear, pole" (see spear (n.1)). Nautical use, in reference to one used as a mast, yard, boom, etc.,
• spanner 英文词源 spanner (n.) 1630s, a tool for winding the spring of a wheel-lock firearm, from German Spanner , from spannen (see span (v.)). Meaning "wrench" is from 1790. Figurative phrase spanner in the works attested from 1921 (Wodehouse). 中文词源 spanner ：扳手，扳钳 来自 span,拃，扎牢，缚住，-er,表物。引申词义扳手，扳钳等。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• spanking 英文词源 spanking (adj.) 1660s, "very big or fine," later (especially of horses) "moving at a lively pace" (1738), of uncertain origin; perhaps from a Scandinavian source (OED compares Danish spanke "to strut"). Probably also related to spanker "something striking" (for size, etc.), 1751; as a kind of sail from 1794. spanking (n.) "act of striking with the open hand," especially as a punishmen
• spaniel 英文词源 spaniel spaniel: [14] The spaniel is etymologically the ‘Spanish’ dog. The word comes via Old French espaigneul ‘Spanish’ and Vulgar Latin * spāniōlus from Latin Hispāniōlus , a derivative of Hispānia ‘Spain’. The breed of dog was of Spanish origin. = spain spaniel (n.) late 13c., as a surname meaning "Spaniard;" as a name for a breed of dog supposedly of Spanish orig
• spangly 英文词源 spangly (adj.) 1753, from spangle (n.) + -y (2). 中文词源 spangly ：衣服装饰小圆片的 spangle,闪光金属片，-y,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spangly 词源， spangly 含义。
• Spanglish 英文词源 Spanglish (n.) "Spanish deformed by English words and idioms," by 1967, probably a nativization of Spanish Espanglish (1954); ultimately from Spanish (n.) + English . 中文词源 Spanglish ：夹杂英语的西班牙语 来自 Spanish 和 English 的合成词。比较 Chinglish,中国式英语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Spanglish 词源， Spanglish 含义
• spangle 英文词源 spangle (n.) early 15c., "small piece of glittering metal," diminutive of spang "glittering ornament, spangle," probably from Middle Dutch spange "brooch, clasp," cognate with Old English spang "buckle, clasp," from Proto-Germanic *spango , from an extended form of the root of span (v.). spangle (v.) 1540s, "cover with spangles," from spangle (n.). Intransitive meaning "glitter, glist
• spandex 英文词源 Spandex (n.) synthetic fiber, 1959, American English, proprietary name, an arbitrary formation from expand + commercial suffix -ex . 中文词源 spandex ：莱卡，莱卡弹性布料 商标名，一种弹性布料，来自 expands 逆序词，拼写受 span 影响。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spandex 词源， spandex 含义。
• span 英文词源 span span: [OE] Span is of Germanic origin, with relatives in German and Dutch spanne , Swedish spann , and Danish spand . It originated in the notion of the distance between the tip of the thumb and the tip of the little finger. The verb span was derived in the 14th century from the noun. Its German relative spannen ‘stretch, tighten’ produced the derived noun spanner , which was
• Spain 英文词源 Spain c. 1200, from Anglo-French Espayne , from Late Latin Spania , from Latin Hispania (see Spaniard ). The usual Old English form was Ispania . 中文词源 Spain ：西班牙 来自晚拉丁语 Spania,来自拉丁语 Hispania,西班牙，词源同 Hispanic.首字母 Hi-脱落，比较 history,story. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Spain 词源， Spain 含义。
• spaghetti 英文词源 spaghetti spaghetti: [19] Spaghetti comes from the plural of Italian spaghetto , a diminutive form of spago ‘string’ (a word of uncertain origin). The earliest record of its use in English is by Eliza Acton in her Modern Cookery 1849, but it was still sufficiently unfamiliar then for her to mis-spell it sparghetti . spaghetti (n.) 1849 (as sparghetti, in Eliza Acton's "Modern Cook
• spadework 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random crack crack: [OE] Old English had the verb cracian ‘make a sudden sharp noise’, but English did not acquire the noun crack until the 14th century. Both are of Germanic origin (modern German has the related krachen , for instance, and Dutch has kraken ), and the verb’s hypothetical ancestor can be reconstructed as * krakoja
• spade 英文词源 spade spade: English has two words spade , but they are ultimately related. Spade for digging [OE] comes from a Low German source, which also produced Dutch spade . This went back to, or shared a common source with, Greek spáthē ‘broad blade’, which was borrowed into Latin as spatha ‘broad flat instrument’ (source of the English botanical term spathe [18]). This in turn pass
• spacing 英文词源 spacing (n.) "allowing and gauging of intervals between words in setting type," 1680s, verbal noun from space (v.). 中文词源 spacing ：间隔，行距 space,空格，-ing,动名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spacing 词源， spacing 含义。
• spacial 英文词源 spatial (adj.) 1840 ( spacial is from 1838), "occupying space," from Latin spatium + adjectival suffix -al (1); formed in English as an adjective to space (n.), to go with temporal . Meaning "of or relating to space" is from 1857. Related: Spatially . 中文词源 spacial ：空间的，存在于空间的 space,空间，-ial,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• space-time 英文词源 warp (n.) "threads running lengthwise in a fabric," Old English wearp , from Proto-Germanic *warpo- (cognates: Middle Low German warp , Old High German warf "warp," Old Norse varp "cast of a net"), from PIE *werp- "to turn, bend" (see warp (v.)). The warp of fabric is that across which the woof is "thrown." Applied in 20c. astrophysics to the "fabric" of space-time, popularized in nou
• spacesuit 英文词源 spacesuit (n.) also space-suit , 1920, from space (n.) + suit (n.). 中文词源 spacesuit ：宇航服 space,太空，suit,服装。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spacesuit 词源， spacesuit 含义。
• space-age 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random derrick derrick: [16] Around the end of the 16th century there was a famous Tyburn hangman called Derick . His name came to be used as a personification of hangmen in general, and subsequently as a metaphor for the ‘gallows’. Gradually, however, these macabre associations were lost, and by the 18th century derrick had progre
• spa 英文词源 spa spa: [17] The town of Spa, in eastern Belgium, has medicinal mineral springs. They were discovered in the 14th century, and by the early 17th century were well enough known in Britain for the town’s name to be used as a generic term for ‘medicinal springs’. The present-day application to a ‘town containing such springs’ emerged towards the end of the 18th century. spa (n
• sozzled 英文词源 sozzled (adj.) "drunk," 1886, from sozzle "to mix or mingle sloppily" (1836). 中文词源 sozzled ：喝醉的 来自 sozzle,溅出，晃荡。引申比喻义喝醉的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sozzled 词源， sozzled 含义。
• sower 英文词源 sower (n.) Old English sawere , agent noun from sow (v.). 中文词源 sower ：播种机 sow,播种，-er,表物。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sower 词源， sower 含义。
• sow 英文词源 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 back ultimately to Indo-European * sē - (source of English
• Soviet 英文词源 soviet (n.) 1917, from Russian sovet "governing council," literally "council," from Old Russian suvetu "assembly," from su "with" (from *su(n)- "with, together," from PIE *ksun- "with") + vetu "counsel." The whole is a loan-translation of Greek symboulion "council of advisers." As an adjective from 1918. 中文词源 Soviet ：苏联的 来自俄罗斯语 sovet,政府委员会，理事会
• sovereignty 英文词源 sovereignty (n.) mid-14c., "pre-eminence," from Anglo-French sovereynete , Old French souverainete , from soverain (see sovereign (adj.)). Meaning "authority, rule, supremacy of power or rank" is recorded from late 14c.; sense of "existence as an independent state" is from 1715. 中文词源 sovereignty ：最高统治权，主权 sovereign,最高统治权的，主权的，-ty,名词后
• souvenir 英文词源 souvenir (n.) 1775, "a remembrance or memory," from French souvenir (12c.), from Old French noun use of souvenir (v.) "to remember, come to mind," from Latin subvenire "come to mind," from sub- "up from below" (see sub- ) + venire "to come" (see venue ). Meaning "token of remembrance, memento" is first recorded 1782. 中文词源 souvenir ：纪念品，纪念物 来自古法语动词
• southpaw 英文词源 southpaw (n.) "lefthander," 1885, originally baseball slang, of pitchers, often said to have been coined by Finley Peter Dunne ("Mr. Dooley"), Chicago sports journalist and humorist, in the days when, it is said, baseball diamonds regularly were laid out with home plate to the west. But south paw "a person's left hand" is attested from 1848 in the slang of pugilism. 中文词源 south
• southern 英文词源 southern Old English suðerne , from suð "south" (see south ) + -erne , suffix denoting direction. A common Germanic compound (Old Frisian suthern , Old Norse suðroenn , Old High German sundroni ). The constellation Southern Cross so called in English by 1756. 中文词源 southern ：南方的 south,南方的，-ern,表方位。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• southerly 英文词源 southerly 1550s (adj.); 1570s (adv.); from southern + -ly . Related: Southerliness . 中文词源 southerly ：南方的 来自 southern,南方的，-ly,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： southerly 词源， southerly 含义。
• southbound 英文词源 southbound (adj.) 1872, originally in railroading, from south + bound (adj.2). 中文词源 southbound ：向南的 south,南方的，bound,朝向。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： southbound 词源， southbound 含义。
• soused 英文词源 soused (adj.) "drunk," 1610s, from past participle of souse (v.), on notion of one "pickled" in liquor. 中文词源 soused ：腌制的 souse,腌制，-ed,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： soused 词源， soused 含义。
• souse 英文词源 souse souse: [14] To souse something is etymologically to steep it in ‘salt’. The word comes via Old French sous from Old Saxon sultia or Old High German sulza ‘brine’, descendants of the prehistoric Germanic base * salt -, * sult - (from which English gets salt ). The notion of pickling something in brine soon broadened out to pickling in other liquids, such as vinegar, and b
• sousaphone 英文词源 sousaphone (n.) 1903, named for U.S. bandleader and composer John Philip Sousa (1854-1932). The first sousaphone was made by C.G. Conn in 1899 expressly for Sousa's band and its bell opened directly upward. The present bell-front type was first made in 1908. ["International Cyclopedia of Music," 1939] 中文词源 sousaphone ：苏萨大号（美国行进乐队用） 大型黄铜吹管乐
• sourpuss 英文词源 sourpuss (n.) 1937, from sour (adj.) + puss (n.2) "face." 中文词源 sourpuss ：阴郁的人 sour,酸的，puss,俚语义脸，可能来自拟声词，模仿鼓起的声音，词源同 pout,撅嘴。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sourpuss 词源， sourpuss 含义。
• sour-faced 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random Waterloo Waterloo: [19] The decisive battle at which the army of Napoleon was finally defeated by British, Dutch, and Prussian forces was fought just outside the village of Waterloo, near Brussels in Belgium, on 18 June 1815. The word Waterloo soon came to be used metaphorically for a ‘final and crushing defeat, something that
• sour 英文词源 sour sour: [OE] Sour is a general Germanic word, with relatives in German sauer , Dutch zuur , and Swedish and Danish sur . Their common ancestor was prehistoric Germanic * sūraz , which was related to Lithuanian sūrus ‘salty’ and Old Church Slavonic syru ‘damp, raw’. Sorrel [14] is etymologically the ‘sour’ plant: its Old French source sorele came ultimately from German
• soupy 英文词源 soupy (adj.) "like soup; wet," 1828 (noted then as a Yorkshire word), from soup (n.) + -y (2). Related: Soupiness . 中文词源 soupy ：汤似的，潮湿难受的 soup,汤，-y,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： soupy 词源， soupy 含义。
• soupcon 英文词源 soupcon (n.) "a slight trace or suggestion," 1766, from French soupçon "suspicion," from Old French sospeçon "suspicion, worry, anxiety" (12c.), from Late Latin suspectionem (see suspicion ). 中文词源 soupcon ：微量，少许 来自法语 soupcon,怀疑，来自古法语 sospecon,怀疑，来自拉丁语 suspectionem,怀疑，词源同 suspect,suspicion.引申比喻义微量，少
• soundly 英文词源 soundly (adv.) c. 1400, "safely;" also "deeply" (of sleep), from sound (adj.) + -ly (2). From 1570s as "thoroughly." 中文词源 soundly ：明智地，可靠地，坚固地，不错地 sound,明智的，可靠的，-ly,副词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： soundly 词源， soundly 含义。