英语词源

• slaver 英文词源 slaver (v.) "dribble from the mouth," early 14c., from Old Norse slafra "to slaver," probably imitative (compare slobber (v.)). Related: Slavered ; slavering . The noun is from early 14c. slaver (n.) "ship in the slave trade," 1830, agent noun from slave (v.). Meaning "person in the slave trade" is from 1842. 中文词源 slaver ：奴隶贩子 slave,贩卖奴隶，-er,人。 该词的英
• Slav 英文词源 Slav (n.) late 14c., Sclave , from Medieval Latin Sclavus (c.800), from Byzantine Greek Sklabos (c.580), from Old Church Slavonic Sloveninu "a Slav," probably related to slovo "word, speech," which suggests the name originally identified a member of a speech community (compare Old Church Slavonic Nemici "Germans," related to nemu "dumb;" and Old English þeode , which meant both "race
• slaughterhouse 英文词源 slaughterhouse (n.) also slaughter-house , late 14c., "place where animals are butchered for market," from slaughter (n.) + house (n.). The Slaughter-house cases in U.S. history were 1873. 中文词源 slaughterhouse ：屠宰场 slaughter,屠宰，house,屋子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： slaughterhouse 词源， slaughterhouse 含义。
• slaughter 英文词源 slaughter slaughter: [13] Slaughter was borrowed from Old Norse * slahtr , which went back to the same prehistoric Germanic base (* slakh - ‘strike’) that produced English slay . Old English appears to have had its own version of the word, * slæht , which survived into the 17th century as slaught . This forms the second syllable of onslaught [17], where it replaced the - slag in
• slaty 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random immerse immerse: see merge 中文词源 slaty ：石板色的，深灰色的 slate,石板，-y,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： slaty 词源， slaty 含义。
• slatted 英文词源 loo loo: [20] Loo presents one of the more celebrated puzzles of English etymology. Not the least of its problematical points is that there is no reliable evidence of its existence before the 1920s, whereas most of its suggested sources have a more dated air than that. Amongst them, the most widely touted is of course gardy loo! , a shout of warning (based on French gardez l’eau ‘
• slather 英文词源 slather (v.) "spread liberally," 1847, of uncertain origin. Early 19c. local glossaries from western England have the word with a sense "to slip or slide." Slather on the manure on all the hoed crops, if you have it; if not buy of your improvident neighbor. ["Genesee Farmer," June 1847] Sometimes said to be from a dialectal noun meaning "large amount" (usually as plural, slathers ), b
• slate 英文词源 slate (n.) mid-14c., from Old French esclate , fem. of esclat "split piece, splinter" (Modern French éclat ; see slat ), so called because the rock splits easily into thin plates. As an adjective, 1510s. As a color, first recorded 1813. Sense of "a writing tablet" (made of slate), first recorded late 14c., led to that of "list of preliminary candidates prepared by party managers," fi
• slat 英文词源 slat slat: [14] Slat was adapted from Old French esclat ‘piece broken off, splinter’. This was derived from the verb esclater ‘shatter’, a descendant of Vulgar Latin * esclatāre or * exclatāre . And this in turn may have been formed from a base * clat suggestive of the sound of breaking. An alternative theory, however, is that it goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * slaitan
• slasher 英文词源 slasher (n.) 1550s, "a bully, a fighter;" 1815, "weapon for slashing," agent noun from slash (v.). As "violent movie" by 1978. 中文词源 slasher ：杀人者，乱砍者，恐怖片 slash,砍，劈，-er,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： slasher 词源， slasher 含义。
• slash 英文词源 slash (v.) 1540s, "to cut with a stroke of a blade or whip;" 1650s, "to strike violently," perhaps from Middle French esclachier "to break," variant of esclater "to break, splinter" (see slat ). Meaning "to clear land" (of trees) is from 1821, American English. In reference to prices, it is attested from 1906. Related: Slashed ; slashing . Slash-and-burn for a method of clearing fores
• slapper 英文词源 slapper (n.) "large or impressive person or thing," 1781, agent noun from slap (v.). Also see whopper . 中文词源 slapper ：荡妇，淫妇 俚语，可能来自 slap,拍，打，啪啪。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： slapper 词源， slapper 含义。
• slapdash 英文词源 slapdash (adv.) 1670s, from slap (v.) + dash (v.). As an adjective, "dashing, offhand, careless," from 1792. As a noun, "rough-coat, coarse plaster," from 1796. 中文词源 slapdash ：仓促的，马虎的 slap,拍，掴，dash,猛冲。引申比喻义仓促的，马虎的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： slapdash 词源， slapdash 含义。
• slanted 英文词源 gibbous (adj.) c. 1400, "bulging, convex," from Late Latin gibbus "hunchbacked," from Latin gibbus "a hump, a hunch," as an adjective, "bulging," from Proto-Italic *gifri- "hump," *gifro- "hump-backed," of uncertain origin. De Vaan suggests a PIE *geibh- , with possible cognates in Lithuanian geibus "gawky, plump," geibstu "become weak;" Norwegian dialect keiv "slanted, wrong," keiva
• slant 英文词源 slant (n.) 1650s, "an oblique direction or plane" (originally of landforms), from slant (v.). Meaning "a way of regarding something" is from 1905. Derogatory slang sense of "a slant-eyed Asian person" is recorded from 1943, from earlier slant-eyes (1929). slant (v.) 1520s, "to strike obliquely" (against something), alteration of slenten "slip sideways" (c. 1300), perhaps via a Scandin
• slangy 英文词源 slangy (adj.) 1822, from slang (n.) + -y (2). Related: Slanginess . Slangular (1852) also was tried. 中文词源 slangy ：满是俚语的 slang,俚语，-y,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： slangy 词源， slangy 含义。
• slang 英文词源 slang slang: [18] Slang is a mystery word. It first appeared in underworld argot of the mid-18th century. It had a range of meanings – ‘cant’, ‘nonsense’, ‘line of business’, and, as a verb, ‘defraud’. Most of these have died out, but ‘cant’ is the lineal ancestor of the word’s modern meaning. It is not clear where it came from, although the use of the verb sla
• slander 英文词源 slander slander: [13] Slander and scandal are ultimately the same word. Both go back to Latin scandalum ‘cause of offence’. This passed into Old French as escandle , which in due course had its consonants switched round to produce esclandre , source of English slander . Scandal was borrowed from the later French form scandale . = scandal slander (n.) late 13c., "state of impaired
• slammer 英文词源 slammer (n.) "jail, prison," 1952, perhaps from earlier U.S. slang sense of "door" (by 1943), agent noun from slam (v.). As "one who slams," from 1892. 中文词源 slammer ：监狱 俚语，来自 slam,关门，猛关，猛摔。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： slammer 词源， slammer 含义。
• slalom 英文词源 slalom (n.) 1921, from Norwegian slalam "skiing race," literally "sloping track," from sla "slope" + lam "track" (related to Norwegian laan "a row of houses;" compare lane ). 中文词源 slalom ：障碍滑雪 来自挪威语 slalam,障碍滑雪比赛，字面意思即陡坡道，来自 sla,陡坡，词源可能同 slope,lam, 小径，小道，词源同 lane. 该词的英语词源请访
• slake 英文词源 slake (v.) late Old English sleacian , slacian "become slack or remiss; slacken an effort" (intransitive); "delay, retard" (transitive), from slæc "lax" (see slack (adj.)). Transitive sense of "make slack" is from late 12c. Sense of "allay, diminish in force, quench, extinguish" (in reference to thirst, hunger, desire, wrath, etc.) first recorded early 14c. via notion of "make slack
• slag 英文词源 slag (n.) "refuse from smelting," 1550s, from Middle Low German slagge (German Schlacke ) "splinter flying off when metal is struck," related to Old High German slahan "to strike, slay" (see slay (v.)). slag (v.) "denigrate," by 1971, from slag (n.) in a secondary sense of "worthless person" (1788). Related: Slagged ; slagging . 中文词源 slag ：炉渣，矿渣 来自中古高地德
• slacker 英文词源 slacker (n.) popularized 1994, but the meaning "person who shirks work" dates to 1897; agent noun from slack (v.). In early use also slackster (1901). Compare Old English sleacornes "laziness," which is not, however, an agent noun. Related: Slackerly ; slackerish . 中文词源 slacker ：偷懒的人 slack,松懈的，懒散的，-er,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• slacken 英文词源 slacken (v.) early 15c., from slack (adj.) + -en (1). Related: Slackened ; slackening . 中文词源 slacken ：使松驰，使松散，放慢，减缓，萧条 slack,松懈的，-en,使。引申诸相关词义。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： slacken 词源， slacken 含义。
• slack 英文词源 slack slack: [OE] In common with Dutch and Swedish slak , slack comes from a prehistoric Germanic * slakaz . This was derived from the same ultimate source that produced Latin laxus ‘loose’ (source of English lax , relax , release , and relish ) and languēre ‘languish’ (source of English languish ). The plural noun slacks was first used for ‘trousers’ in the early 19th ce
• slab 英文词源 slab (n.) late 13c., "large, flat mass," of unknown origin, possibly related to Old French escopel , escalpe "thin fragment of wood," which according to Klein is possibly a Gaulish word (compare Breton scolp , Welsh ysgolp "splinter, chip"). But OED rejects this on formal grounds. Meaning "rectangular block of pre-cast concrete used in building" is from 1927. Slab-sided is "having fla
• sl- 英文词源 curl (v.) mid-15c., metathesis of crulle (c. 1300), probably from an unrecorded Old English word or from Middle Dutch krul "curly," from Proto-Germanic *krusl- (cognates: East Frisian krull "lock of hair," Middle High German krol , Norwegian krull , Danish krølle "curl"). The noun is recorded from c. 1600. slut (n.) c. 1400, "a dirty, slovenly, or untidy woman," according to OED "Of
• skunkweed 英文词源 skunk (n.) 1630s, squunck , from a southern New England Algonquian language (probably Abenaki) seganku , from Proto-Algonquian */šeka:kwa/ , from */šek-/ "to urinate" + */-a:kw/ "fox." As an insult, attested from 1841. Skunk cabbage is attested from 1751; earlier skunkweed (1738). 中文词源 skunkweed ：强效大麻 skunk,臭鼬，weed,草。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请
• skulduggery 英文词源 skulduggery (n.) 1856, apparently an alteration of Scottish sculdudrie "adultery" (1713), sculduddery "bawdry, obscenity" (1821), a euphemism of uncertain origin. 中文词源 skulduggery ：花招，欺骗 来自苏格兰方言 sculduddery,通奸，词源不详。后词义委婉化为花招，欺骗。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： skulduggery 词源， skuld
• skua 英文词源 skua (n.) type of predatory gull, 1670s, from Faeroese skugvur , related to Old Norse skufr "seagull, tuft, tassel," and possibly to skauf "fox's tail." 中文词源 skua ：贼鸥 一种褐色掠食性海鸟，来自法罗群岛某语言 skuvur,来自古诺斯语 skufr,鸥鸟，拟声词，模仿 这种鸟的叫声。现法罗群岛 Skuvoy 岛因这种鸥鸟大量聚居而得名。 该
• skive 英文词源 skive skive: see eschew skive (v.1) "split or cut into strips, pare off, grind away," 1825, from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse skifa "to cut, split," from Proto-Germanic *skif- , from Proto-Indo-European *skei- "to cut, split" (see shed (v.)). Related: Skived ; skiving . skive (v.2) "evade duty," usually with off , 1919, probably from earlier sense "move lightly and quickly,
• skittle 英文词源 skittles (n.) game played with nine pins, 1630s, plural of skittle , the word for the pins used in the game, probably from a Scandinavian source (compare Danish and Norwegian skyttel "shuttle, child's toy"). But OED says there is no evidence of a connection. 中文词源 skittle ：（滚球撞柱游戏中的）木柱，塑料柱 可能来自古义 skit,轻快的跑，-le,小词后缀。
• skittish 英文词源 skittish (adj.) early 15c., "very lively, frivolous," perhaps from Scandinavian base *skyt- (stem of Old Norse skjota "to shoot, launch, move quickly"), from PIE root *skeud- "to shoot, to chase, to throw, to project" (see shoot (v.)). Sense of "shy, nervous, apt to run" first recorded c. 1500, of horses. Related: Skittishly ; skittishness . 中文词源 skittish ：轻浮的，易变的
• skitter 英文词源 skitter (v.) "to run rapidly," 1845, frequentative of skite "to dart, run quickly" (1721), perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse skjota "to shoot, launch, move quickly, avoid (a blow);" Norwegian dialectal skutla "glide rapidly"); see skittish . As a noun from 1905. 中文词源 skitter ：轻快的跑 来自古义 skit,轻快的跑，-er,表反复。 该词的英语词源
• skit 英文词源 skit (n.) "piece of light satire or caricature," 1820, from earlier sense "a satirical remark or reflection" (1727), originally (1570s) "a vain, frivolous, or wanton girl" (originally Scottish, now archaic), related to verb meaning "to shy or be skittish, caper, frolic" (1610s), perhaps from Old Norse skjuta "to shoot, move quickly" (see skittish ). 中文词源 skit ：滑稽短剧，讽
• skirmish 英文词源 skirmish skirmish: [14] English adapted skirmish from eskermiss -, the present stem of Old French eskermir ‘fight with a sword’. This in turn went back to a Frankish * skirmjan , a relative of modern German schirmen . A variant of skirmish arose with the i and r sounds reversed, giving scrimish , which is the source of modern English scrimmage [15] and also of scrummage [19] and i
• skintight 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random plantain plantain: Two entirely unrelated plants have the name plantain . Both get it from their broad leaves. One, an insignificant-looking weed [14], comes via Old French plantain from Latin plantāgō , a derivative of planta ‘sole of the foot’ (source of English plantigrade and possibly plant ). The other, a tropical pla
• skint 英文词源 skint (adj.) "broke, out of money," 1925, slang variant of skinned , past participle of skin (v.). 中文词源 skint ：没钱的，不名一文的 俚语，改写自 skinned,被剥皮的。引申比喻义没钱的，不足一文的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： skint 词源， skint 含义。
• skinny 英文词源 skinny (adj.) c. 1400, "resembling skin," from skin (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "lean, emaciated" is recorded from c. 1600. Of clothes, "tight-fitting" by 1970. In the noun sense of "the truth" it is World War II military slang, perhaps from the notion of the "naked" truth. Related: skinniness . 中文词源 skinny ：皮包骨的，紧身的，低脂肪的 skin,皮肤，-y,形容词后缀。
• skincare 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random client client: [14] The original status of a client was rather lowly: he was someone who was at another’s beck and call, and dependent on them. The word comes from Latin cliēns , an alteration of an earlier cluēns , the present participle of the verb cluēre ‘listen, follow, obey’; hence someone who was cliēns was alway
• skimpy 英文词源 skimpy (adj.) 1842, from skimp (adj.) "scanty" (1775), which perhaps ultimately is from an early 18c. alteration of scrimp or a variant of scamp (v.). Related: Skimpiness . 中文词源 skimpy ：小的，少的，不足的 skimp,节省，吝惜，-y,形容词后缀。引申比喻义小的，少的，不足的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： skimpy 词源，
• skimp 英文词源 skimp (v.) 1879, probably a back-formation of skimpy . Related: Skimped ; skimping . 中文词源 skimp ：节省，吝惜 可能改写自 scrimp,节省，吝惜。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： skimp 词源， skimp 含义。
• skillful 英文词源 skillful (adj.) also skilful , early 14c., from skill + -ful . Related: Skillfully ; skilfully . 中文词源 skillful ：技术好的，熟练的 skill,技术，技能，-ful,形容词后缀。 skim 撇去，掠过，擦过，滑过，浏览 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： skillful 词源， skillful 含义。
• skillet 英文词源 skillet skillet: [15] Skillet may come ultimately from the same source as English scuttle ‘large container’ – Latin scutella , a diminutive form of scutra ‘dish, platter’. This was altered in the postclassical period to * scūtella , which passed into Old French as escuele (source of Middle English skele ‘dish’, recorded only once). A further diminutive form escuelete ‘
• skiing 英文词源 skiing (n.) 1885, verbal noun from ski (v.). THE new sport which has lately been introduced at Beloit is skeeing. They are long ash planks, carefully and turned up at the end, and are warranted to take down hill quicker than a wink. After some practice performers become very expert, and the speed with which they go is something surprising. [Beloit College, Wisconsin, "Round Table," De
• skiff 英文词源 skiff skiff: see ship skiff (n.) "small boat," 1570s, from French esquif (1540s), from Italian schifo "little boat," from a Germanic source (such as Old High German scif "boat;" see ship (n.)). Originally the small boat of a ship. 中文词源 skiff ：单人小划艇，小帆船 来自意大利语 schifo,小船，词源同 ship.引申词义小划艇，小帆船等。 该词的英语词
• skier 英文词源 skier (n.) 1895, agent noun from ski (v.). 中文词源 skier ：滑雪者 ski,滑雪，-er,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： skier 词源， skier 含义。
• skid 英文词源 skid (n.) c. 1600, "beam or plank on which something rests," especially on which something heavy can be rolled from place to place (1782), of uncertain origin, probably from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse skið "stick of wood" (see ski (n.)). As "a sliding along" from 1890; specifically of motor vehicles from 1903. Skid-mark is from 1914. In the timber regions of the American
• ski 英文词源 ski ski: [19] A ski is etymologically a piece of wood ‘split’ from a tree trunk. The word was borrowed from Norwegian ski , a descendant of Old Norse skíth ‘piece of split wood, ski’. This in turn came from the prehistoric Germanic base * skīth -, * skaith - ‘divide, split’, source also of English sheath , shed , etc. The Norwegian word is pronounced /she/, and that is t
• skewer 英文词源 skewer (n.) 1670s, variant of dialectal skiver (1660s), perhaps from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse skifa "a cut, slice" (of bread, etc.), Swedish skifer "a slate," which are related to shiver (n.1) "small piece." skewer (v.) 1701, from the noun. Related: Skewered ; skewering . 中文词源 skewer ：烹饪用扦子，串肉扦 改写自 skiver,碎片，小片，来自 Proto-
• skewed 英文词源 skew (v.) late 15c., "to turn aside" (intransitive), from Old North French eskiuer "shy away from, avoid," Old French eschiver (see eschew ). Transitive sense of "turn (something) aside" is from 1570s. Meaning "depict unfairly" first recorded 1872, on notion of being "give oblique direction to," hence "to distort, to make slant." Statistical sense dates from 1929. Related: Skewed ; sk
• skew 英文词源 skew skew: see eschew skew (v.) late 15c., "to turn aside" (intransitive), from Old North French eskiuer "shy away from, avoid," Old French eschiver (see eschew ). Transitive sense of "turn (something) aside" is from 1570s. Meaning "depict unfairly" first recorded 1872, on notion of being "give oblique direction to," hence "to distort, to make slant." Statistical sense dates from 1929
• sketchy 英文词源 sketchy (adj.) 1805, "having the form or character of a sketch," from sketch (n.) + -y (2). Colloquial sense of "unsubstantial, imperfect, flimsy" is from 1878, perhaps via the notion of "unfinished." Related: Sketchily ; sketchiness . 中文词源 sketchy ：梗概的，粗略的 sketch,梗概，轮廓，-y,形容词后缀。引申词义粗略的，大概的。 该词的英语词源请
• sketchbook 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random traitor traitor: [13] Traitor and tradition [14] come from the same ultimate source: Latin trādere . This was a compound verb formed from the prefix trāns - ‘across’ and dare ‘give’ (source of English data , date , etc). It originally meant ‘hand over, deliver’, and it is this sense that (via the derivative trādit
• skepticism 英文词源 skepticism (n.) also scepticism , 1640s, from skeptic + -ism . Specifically regarding Christian religion, from 1800. 中文词源 skepticism ：怀疑态度，怀疑主义 skeptical,怀疑的，-ism,主义，思想。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： skepticism 词源， skepticism 含义。
• skeptical 英文词源 skeptical (adj.) also sceptical , 1630s; see skeptic + -al (1). Related: Skeptically . 中文词源 skeptical ：怀疑的 skeptic,怀疑者，-al,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： skeptical 词源， skeptical 含义。
• skeleton 英文词源 skeleton skeleton: [16] A skeleton is etymologically a ‘dried-up’ or ‘withered’ body. The word comes via modern Latin from Greek skeletón , short for sóma skeletón ‘dried-up body’. The adjective skeletós was derived from skéllein ‘dry up, wither’, and was related to sklērós ‘dry, hard’, from which English gets sclerosis [14]. = sclerosis skeleton (n.) 1570s,
• skeletal 英文词源 skeletal (adj.) 1849, from skeleton + -al (1). Related: Skeletally . 中文词源 skeletal ：骨骼的，骨架的 skeleton,骨骼，骨架，-al,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： skeletal 词源， skeletal 含义。
• skein 英文词源 skein (n.) "fixed quantity of yarn doubled over and over and knotted, mid-15c., from Middle French escaigne "a hank of yarn" (Old French escagne , mid-14c., Modern French écagne ), of uncertain origin. Compare Medieval Latin scagna "a skein," Irish sgainne "a skein, clue." 中文词源 skein ：线或纱的一束，一缕 来自中古英语 skeyne,束，缕，可能来自 PIE*skend,分
• skeeter 英文词源 skeeter (n.) colloquial shortening of mosquito , 1839, American English. 中文词源 skeeter ：蚊子 来自 mosquito 的俚语发音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： skeeter 词源， skeeter 含义。
• skedaddle 英文词源 skedaddle (v.) "to run away," 1861, American Civil War military slang, of unknown origin, perhaps connected to earlier use in northern England dialect with a meaning "to spill." Liberman says it "has no connection with any word of Greek, Irish, or Swedish, and it is not a blend" [contra De Vere]. He calls it instead an "enlargement of dial. scaddle 'scare, frighten.'" Related: Skedadd
• skateboard 英文词源 skateboard 1964, noun and verb, from skate (v.) on model of surfboard . The phenomenon began c. 1963 in southern California and was nationwide the following summer. Skateboarding requires only a tapered piece of wood flexibly mounted on roller-skate wheels and a stretch of pavement -- preferably downhill and away from traffic. ["Life," June 5, 1964] 中文词源 skateboard ：溜冰板，
• skate 英文词源 skate skate: English has two words skate . The older is the fish-name [14], which was borrowed from Old Norse skata . Skate used for gliding over ice [17] comes from an Old French word for ‘stilt’ – eschasse . Its northern dialect form was escase . This was borrowed into English in the 16th century as the now obsolete scatch ‘stilt’, and into Middle Dutch as schaetse , its m
• sizzle 英文词源 sizzle (v.) c. 1600, "to burn with a hissing sound," perhaps a frequentative form of Middle English sissen "hiss, buzz" (c. 1300), of imitative origin. The figurative sense is attested from 1859. Related: Sizzled ; sizzling . The noun is first recorded 1823. 中文词源 sizzle ：发咝咝声 sizz-,发咝咝声，拟声词，-le,表反复。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• sizeable 英文词源 sizeable (adj.) also sizable , 1610s, "of relatively good, suitable, or desirable size, usually somewhat large" [Century Dictionary], from size + -able . Related: Sizeably ; sizeableness . 中文词源 sizeable ：上规模的，相当大的 size,大小，规模，-able,形容词后缀。引申比喻义上规模的，相当大的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• size 英文词源 size size: [13] The etymological notion underlying size is of ‘settling’ something, of fixing an amount. The word is a curtailed version of assize , which went back ultimately to Latin assidēre , literally ‘sit beside someone’. By the time it reached English, via Old French, it had acquired connotations of ‘sitting down to make a judgment on something’, such as a law case
• sixty 英文词源 sixty Old English sixtig , from siex (see six ) + -tig (see -ty (1)). Similar formation in Old Norse sextugr , sextögr , sextigir , Old Frisian sextich , Middle Dutch sestig , Dutch zestig , Old High German sehszug , German sechzig . Phrase sixty-four dollar question is 1942, from radio quiz show where that was the top prize. 中文词源 sixty ：六十 six,六，-ty,十。 该词的英
• sixth 英文词源 sixth (adj.) 1520s, replacing Middle English sixte (c. 1200), from Old English syxte , from siex (see six ). Compare Old Frisian sexta , Middle Dutch seste , Old High German sehsto , German sechste , Gothic saihsta . With ending conformed to -th (1). Related: Sixthly . The noun meaning "a sixth part" is from 1550s. As a music tone, from 1590s. Sixth sense "supernatural perception of o
• sixteen 英文词源 sixteen Old English sixtyne , from siex (see six ) + -teen . Similar formation in Old Frisian sextine , Middle Dutch sestien , Dutch zestien , German sechszehn , Old Norse sextan . The age of the gods is always sixteen. Sixteen represents the number of perfection, of plenitude. In man it is after the sixteenth year that the first elements of decay begin to appear, and when the moon re
• six 英文词源 six six: [OE] The Indo-European ancestor of six was * seks , which also produced Latin sex (source of English sextant , sextuplet , etc), Greek héx , Welsh chwech , Russian shest’ , etc. The word’s Germanic relatives include German sechs , Dutch zes , and Swedish and Danish sex. = sextant six (n.) Old English siex , six , sex , from Proto-Germanic *sekhs (cognates: Old Saxon and
• situs 英文词源 situs (n.) Latin, "situation, position" (see site ). In technical uses in English, "proper or original position and location of something" (as in in situ ). 中文词源 situs ：位置，地点 来自拉丁语 situs,地点，位置，词源同 site. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： situs 词源， situs 含义。
• sitting 英文词源 sitting (n.) early 13c., verbal noun from sit (v.). Meaning "a meeting of a body" is from c. 1400. Meaning "interval during which one sits" (for some purpose, especially to have one's portrait taken) is from 1706. Sitting-room first recorded 1771. Slang sitting duck "easy target" first recorded 1944; literal sense is from 1867 (it is considered not sporting to shoot at one). 中文词源
• sitophobia 英文词源 sitophobia (n.) "morbid aversion to food" (or certain foods), 1882, from Greek sitos "wheat, corn, meal; food," of unknown origin, + -phobia . Related: Sitophobe ; sitophobic . 中文词源 sitophobia ：厌食症 杜撰词，来自希腊语 sitos,食物，词源同 parasite,寄生虫，-phobia,厌恶。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sitophobia 词源， sitop
• sith 英文词源 sith (adv., conj., prep.) "since" (obsolete), Middle English, reduced from Old English siððan "then, thereupon; continuously, during which; seeing that," from *sið þon "subsequent to that," from sið "after," from Proto-Germanic *sith- "later, after" (cognates: Old Saxon sith "after that, since, later," German seit "since," Gothic seiþus "late"), from PIE *se- (2) "long, late" (s
• sitar 英文词源 sitar (n.) 1845, from Hindi sitar , from Persian sitar "three-stringed," from si "three" (Old Persian thri- ; see three ) + tar "string" (see tenet ). 中文词源 sitar ：西塔尔 一种印度的形似吉他的弦乐器，来自印度语 sitar,三弦琴，来自波斯语 sitar,三弦琴，来自 si, 三，词源同 three,tar,弦，词源同 tenor.该词可能为 guitar 原型。 该词
• Sisyphus 英文词源 Sisyphus King of Corinth, famed as "the craftiest of men," he was condemned in the afterlife to roll uphill a stone which perpetually rolls down again; Greek Sisyphos , a name of unknown origin. Liddell Scott suggest a reduplication of syphos "the crafty" (with Aeolic -u- for -o- ), but Klein calls this folk-etymology. 中文词源 Sisyphus ：西绪福斯 古希腊神话 Corinth 城邦
• Sisyphean 英文词源 Sisyphean (adj.) "pertaining to or resembling the unceasingly recurring and fruitless labors of Sisyphus," 1630s, from Sisyphus + -an . Earlier Sisyphian (1590s). 中文词源 sisyphean （徒劳的）：欺骗神灵而受罚的西西弗斯 西西弗斯(Sisyphus)是古希腊神话中科林斯国王，惯于玩弄诡计，甚至欺骗神灵。冥王派死神去捉拿他。他假装好奇
• sisterly 英文词源 sisterly (adj.) 1560s, from sister + -ly (1). Related: Sisterliness . 中文词源 sisterly ：姐妹般的 sister,姐妹，-ly,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sisterly 词源， sisterly 含义。
• sisterhood 英文词源 sisterhood (n.) "state of being a sister," late 14c., from sister + -hood . Meaning "a society of sisters" (usually a religious order) is from 1590s; sense of "women having some common characteristic or calling" is from c. 1600. 中文词源 sisterhood ：姐妹情谊，修女会 sister,姐妹，-hood,表状态。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sisterhood 词源，
• sissy 英文词源 sissy (n.) 1846, "sister," extended form of sis (q.v.). Meaning "effeminate man" is recorded from 1887; the adjective in this sense is from 1891. Related: Sissiness . Sissy bar is recorded from 1969. 中文词源 sissy ：娘娘腔的男生 来自 sister 昵称，用于指娘娘腔的男生。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sissy 词源， sissy 含义。
• sisal 英文词源 sisal (n.) 1883, short for Sisal hemp or grass (1843), from Sisal , port in Yucatan, from which the rope-making fiber was exported. 中文词源 sisal ：剑麻 缩写自 Sisal hemp,来自 Sisal,墨西哥海港城市，因这种麻绳纤维从该地出口而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sisal 词源， sisal 含义。
• siree 英文词源 sirrah 1520s, term of address used to men or boys expressing anger or contempt, archaic extended form of sir (in U.S., siree , attested from 1823). yessir 1836, representing a quick reply of yes, sir (in 19c. writing typically of restaurant waiters taking orders). Extended form yessiree attested from 1846. 中文词源 siree ：加强语气 来自 sir,先生，阁下。用于语气词表
• sire 英文词源 sire (v.) "to beget, to be the sire of," 1610s, from sire (n.). Used chiefly of beasts, especially of stallions. Related: Sired ; siring . sire (n.) c. 1200, title placed before a name and denoting knighthood, from Old French sire "lord (appellation), sire, my lord," from Vulgar Latin *seior , from Latin senior "older, elder" (see senior (adj.)). Standing alone and meaning "your majes
• siphon 英文词源 siphon (n.) late 14c., from Latin sipho (genitive siphonis ) "a siphon," from Greek siphon "pipe, tube for drawing wine from a cask," of unknown origin. Related: Siphonal . siphon (v.) 1859, from siphon (n.). Figurative sense of "to draw off, divert" is recorded from 1940. Related: Siphoned ; siphoning . 中文词源 siphon ：吸管，虹吸 来自希腊语 siphon,管子，管道，引
• sinusitis 英文词源 sinusitis (n.) "inflammation of the sinuses," 1896; see sinus + -itis "inflammation." 中文词源 sinusitis ：鼻窦炎 sinus,鼻窦，-itis,炎症。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sinusitis 词源， sinusitis 含义。
• sinus 英文词源 sinus sinus: see sine sinus (n.) "hollow curve or cavity in the body," early 15c., from Medieval Latin sinus , from Latin sinus "bend, fold, curve, a bent surface; a bay, bight, gulf; a fold in land;" also "fold of the toga about the breast," hence "bosom," and figuratively "love, affection, intimacy; interior, inmost part;" of unknown origin. 中文词源 sinus ：鼻窦，窦道 来自
• sinuous 英文词源 sinuous sinuous: see sine sinuous (adj.) "full of turns and curves," 1570s, from Latin sinuosus "full of curves, folds, or bendings," from sinus "curve, fold, bend" (see sinus ). Related: Sinuously ; sinuousness . 中文词源 sinuous ：弯曲的，蜿蜒的 来自拉丁语 sinus,弯，曲，转，-ous,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sinuous 词
• sinuate 英文词源 sinuate (adj.) 1680s, from Latin sinuatus , past participle of sinuare (see insinuate ). 中文词源 sinuate ：弯曲，蜿蜒 来自拉丁语 sinus,弯，曲，转，-ate,动词后缀，常见于复合词 insinuate. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sinuate 词源， sinuate 含义。
• Sinophilia 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random saunter saunter: [15] Saunter ’s modern connotations of ‘walking’ did not emerge until the 17th century, but it is presumably the same word as Middle English santer ‘muse’. The origins of this, however, are largely a matter of speculation. One theory is that it is connected with the 15thcentury term sawnterell ‘prete
• Sinophobe 英文词源 Sinophobe (n.) 1919, from Sino- + phobe . Related: Sinophobic ; Sinophobia (1876). 中文词源 Sinophobe ：排华者，中国恐惧症 Sino-,中国，-phobe,厌恶，恐惧。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Sinophobe 词源， Sinophobe 含义。