英语词源

• shebang 英文词源 shebang (n.) 1862, "hut, shed, shelter," popularized among soldiers in the U.S. Civil War, but like other Civil War slang (such as skedaddle ) of uncertain origin. Perhaps an alteration of shebeen (q.v.), but shebang in the sense "tavern," a seemingly necessary transitional sense, is not attested before 1878 and shebeen seems to have been not much used in the U.S. Bartlett's 1877 edit
• sheave 英文词源 sheave (v.) "to gather up in sheaves," 1570s; see sheaf . Related: Sheaved ; sheaving . Earlier verb in this sense was simply sheaf (c. 1500). sheave (n.) "grooved wheel to receive a cord, pulley" (mid-14c.), also "slice of bread" (late 14c.), related to shive (n.). 中文词源 sheave ：使成捆，使成扎 来自 sheaf 的动词形式，比较 proof,prove. 该词的英语词源请访
• sheathe 英文词源 sheathe (v.) c. 1400, "to furnish (a sword, etc.) with a sheath," from sheath ; meaning "to put (a sword, etc.) in a sheath" is attested from early 15c. Related: Sheathed ; sheathing . 中文词源 sheathe ：入鞘 来自 sheath 的动词形式，比较 bath,bathe. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sheathe 词源， sheathe 含义。
• sheath 英文词源 sheath sheath: [OE] A sheath is probably etymologically a ‘split stick’. The word comes from a prehistoric Germanic * skaithiz , which also produced German scheide , Dutch schede , and Danish skede . This seems to have been derived from the base * skaith ‘divide, split’ (source also of English shed ‘give off, drop’ and ski ), in which case the notion underlying it would ha
• sheaf 英文词源 sheaf (n.) Old English sceaf (plural sceafas ) "large bundle of corn," from Proto-Germanic *skauf- (cognates: Old Saxon scof , Middle Dutch scoof , Dutch schoof , Old High German scoub "sheaf, bundle," German Schaub "sheaf;" Old Norse skauf "fox's tail;" Gothic skuft "hair on the head," German Schopf "tuft"), from PIE root *(s)keup- "cluster, tuft, hair of the head." Extended to bundl
• she 英文词源 she she: [12] The Old English word for ‘she’ was hēo . As this evolved during the late Old English period, its main pronunciation stress shifted from the e to the o . The o gradually changed to an e sound, while the original e became transmuted into a y sound, which eventually merged with the h to form sh . The original h survives in her . = he , her , it she (pron.) mid-12c., pr
• shawl 英文词源 shawl shawl: [17] The shawl was originally an Oriental garment – an oblong strip of cloth worn variously over the shoulders, round the waist, or as a turban, and supposedly woven from the hair of a species of Tibetan goat. Versions of it did not begin to be worn in the West until the mid- 18th century. Its name comes via Urdu from Persian shāl , which may be derived from Shāliāt
• shaver 英文词源 shaver (n.) "one who shaves," early 15c., agent noun from shave (v.); sense of "fellow, chap" is slang from 1590s. Meaning "shaving tool" is from 1550s. Mad shaver (1610s) was 17c. slang for "a swashbuckler, roisterer." 中文词源 shaver ：剃须刀 shave,剃须，-er,表物。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： shaver 词源， shaver 含义。
• shave 英文词源 shave shave: see scab shave (v.) Old English sceafan (strong verb, past tense scof , past participle scafen ), "to scrape, shave, polish," from Proto-Germanic *skaban (cognates: Old Norse skafa , Middle Dutch scaven , German schaben , Gothic skaban "scratch, shave, scrape"), from PIE *skabh- , collateral form of root *(s)kep- "to cut, to scrape, to hack" (see scabies ). Related: Shave
• shatter-proof 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random meal meal: [OE] Meal ‘repast’ and meal ‘flour’ are two distinct words. The former originally meant ‘measure’: it goes back via prehistoric Germanic * mǣlaz (source of German mal ‘time, occasion’ and mahl ‘meal’, Dutch maal ‘time, meal’, and Swedish mål ‘meal’) to the Indo-European base * me - ‘mea
• sharpshooter 英文词源 sharpshooter (n.) also sharp-shooter , 1800; see sharp (adj.) + shoot (v.). A translation of German Scharfschütze , from scharf (adj.) "sharp" + schütze "shooter," from schießen "to shoot." Related: Sharpshooting . 中文词源 sharpshooter ：神枪手 sharp,锋利的，shooter,射手。引申词义神射手，神枪手。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sha
• sharpener 英文词源 sharpener (n.) 1630s, agent noun from sharpen . 中文词源 sharpener ：磨具 sharpen,使锋利，-er,表物。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sharpener 词源， sharpener 含义。
• shark 英文词源 shark shark: [16] The origins of the word shark are obscure. It appears to have been introduced to English in the late 1560s by members of Sir John Hawkins’ expedition (a ballad of 1569 recorded ‘There is no proper name for [the fish] that I know, but that certain men of Captain Hawkins’s doth call it a shark’), but it is not known where they got it from. A resemblance to Aust
• shareholding 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random sham sham: see shame 中文词源 shareholding ：持股，持股量 share,股份，hold,持有。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： shareholding 词源， shareholding 含义。
• sharia 英文词源 sharia (n.) Islamic religious law, 1855, from Arabic shari'ah "the revealed law," from shar' "revelation." 中文词源 sharia ：伊斯兰教法 来自阿拉伯语 shari'ah,（神所提示的）法律，法则，字面意思为道路，路径。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sharia 词源， sharia 含义。
• share 英文词源 share share: Share ‘plough-blade’ [OE] and share ‘portion’ [14] are distinct words, but they are ultimately related. The former came from the Germanic base * skar -, * sker - ‘cut’, which also produced English score , shear , short , etc. Its German relative is schar ‘ploughshare’. Share ‘portion’ appears to be a survival of Old English scearu . This is only record
• shard 英文词源 shard (n.) also sherd , Old English sceard "incision, cleft, gap; potshard, a fragment, broken piece," from Proto-Germanic *skardas (cognates: Middle Dutch schaerde "a fragment, a crack," Dutch schaard "a flaw, a fragment," German Scharte "a notch," Danish skaar "chink, potsherd"), a past participle from the root of Old English sceran "to cut" (see shear ). Meaning "fragment of broken
• shapely 英文词源 shapely (adj.) "well-formed, having a regular and pleasing shape," late 14c., from shape (n.) + -ly (1). Related: Shapeliness . 中文词源 shapely ：有曲线美的，标致的 shape,形状，-ly,形容词后缀。引申词义有曲线美的，标致的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： shapely 词源， shapely 含义。
• shapeless 英文词源 shapeless (adj.) c. 1300, from shape (n.) + -less . Related: Shapelessly ; shapelessness . 中文词源 shapeless ：不成形的，不好看的 shape,形状，-less,无，没有。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： shapeless 词源， shapeless 含义。
• shape 英文词源 shape shape: [OE] Shape goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base * skap - ‘form, create’, which also produced German schaffen and Swedish skapa ‘create, make’. ‘Create’ seems to have been a secondary meaning of the base, evolving out of an earlier ‘chop or dig out’, which probably gave rise to English scoop . = scoop shape (v.) Old English scapan , past pa
• shanty 英文词源 shanty shanty: English has two distinct words shanty . The older, ‘shack’ [19], originated in America, and the fact that to begin with it was mainly used for the houses of Irish immigrants suggests that it may have come from Irish sean tig ‘old house’. Shanty ‘sailor’s song’ [19] probably comes from chantez , the imperative plural of French chanter ‘sing’. = canto ,
• shank 英文词源 shank shank: [OE] Shank originally meant ‘leg’, or more specifically ‘shin’ (Edward I of England was nicknamed ‘Longshanks’ on account of his long legs). The word goes back to a prehistoric West Germanic * skangkan , which also produced Dutch schenk ‘leg-bone’ and is closely related to German schinken ‘ham’. Its ultimate origins are not known, although it has been
• Shangri-La 英文词源 Shangri-La "A Tibetan utopia in James Hilton’s novel Lost Horizon (1933)", From Shangri (an invented name) + Tibetan la 'mountain pass'. 中文词源 shangri-la ：香格里拉 Shangri-la或写作Shangri-La，是1933年英国作家James Hilton的小说Lost Horizon（《失去的地平线》）中虚构的喜马拉雅山山谷的名字，那是一处乌托邦式的洞天福地，终年
• shamrock 英文词源 shamrock (n.) 1570s, from Irish seamrog , diminutive of seamar "clover." Compare Gaelic seamrag "trefoil." 中文词源 shamrock ：三叶草（爱尔兰的国花） 来自爱尔兰语 seamrog,来自 semar,三叶草，-og,-ock,小词后缀，词源同 hillock. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： shamrock 词源， shamrock 含义。
• shammy 英文词源 shammy (n.) 1650s, phonetic spelling of chamois . Other bungled spellings include shambo (1610s), shamois , shamoys , shammies . Compare shay from chaise ; shappo (1700) for chapeau ; shapperoon (1620s) for chaperon . 中文词源 shammy ：麂皮革 商标名，拼写变体自 chamois,岩羚羊，麂。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： shammy 词源， shammy 含义
• shameless 英文词源 shameless (adj.) Old English scamleas "shameless, impudent, immodest;" see shame (n.) + -less . Related: Shamelessly ; shamelessness . Similar formation in Old Norse skammlauss , Dutch schaamteloos , Old High German scamalos , German schamlos . 中文词源 shameless ：没有羞耻心的 shame,羞耻，-less,无，没有。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： shame
• shamefaced 英文词源 shamefaced (adj.) "modest, bashful," 1550s, folk etymology alteration of shamefast , from Old English scamfæst "bashful," literally "restrained by shame," or else "firm in modesty," from shame (n.) + -fæst , adjectival suffix (see fast (adj.)). Related: Shamefacedly ; shamefacedness . shamefaced, -fast . It is true that the second is the original form, that -faced is due to a mistak
• shambolic 英文词源 shambolic (adj.) 1961, apparently from shamble in the sense "disorder" (see shambles ), perhaps on model of symbolic . 中文词源 shambolic ：混乱的 来自 shamble,肉摊，混乱，-ic,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： shambolic 词源， shambolic 含义。
• shambles 英文词源 shambles (n.) early 15c., "meat or fish market," from schamil "table, stall for vending" (c. 1300), from Old English scamol , scomul "stool, footstool" (also figurative); "bench, table for vending," an early Proto-Germanic borrowing (Old Saxon skamel "stool," Middle Dutch schamel , Old High German scamel , German schemel , Danish skammel "footstool") from Latin scamillus "low stool, a
• shamble 英文词源 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 from prehistoric Germanic * skamul (source also of German
• shamateur 英文词源 shamateur "A sports player who makes money from sporting activities though classified as amateur", Late 19th century: blend of sham and amateur . 中文词源 shamateur ：冒牌选手，冒牌业余选手 合成自 sham,伪装，冒牌，amateur,业余运动员。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： shamateur 词源， shamateur 含义。
• shaman 英文词源 shaman (n.) 1690s, "priest of the Ural-Altaic peoples," probably via German Schamane , from Russian sha'man , from Tungus saman , which is perhaps from Chinese sha men "Buddhist monk," from Prakrit samaya- , from Sanskrit sramana-s "Buddhist ascetic" [OED]. Related: Shamanic . 中文词源 shaman ：萨满，巫师 来自蒙古语族萨满，来自汉语沙门，来自梵语 sramana,苦
• shalom 英文词源 shalom Jewish word of greeting, Hebrew, literally "peace," properly "completeness, soundness, welfare," from stem of shalam "was intact, was complete, was in good health." Related to Arabic salima "was safe," aslama "surrendered, submitted." 中文词源 shalom ：祝你平安 希伯来见面或告别时问候语，来自希伯来语 shalom,和平，安康，来自闪语三字母根 s
• shallow 英文词源 shallow (adj.) c. 1400, schalowe "not deep," probably from or related to Old English sceald (see shoal (n.)). Of breathing, attested from 1875; of thought or feeling, "superficial," first recorded 1580s. The noun, usually shallows , is first recorded 1570s, from the adjective. 中文词源 shallow ：浅的，浅薄的 来自古英语 sceald,浅的，来自 Proto-Germanic*skalaz,晒干的
• shallot 英文词源 shallot shallot: [17] The shallot is etymologically the onion from ‘Ascalon’, an ancient port in southern Palestine. The Romans called it Ascalōnia caepa ‘Ascalonian onion’, or ascalōnia for short. In Vulgar Latin this became * escalonia , which passed into Old French as escaloigne (source of English scallion [14], still used for ‘spring onion’ in America and elsewhere).
• shall 英文词源 shall shall: [OE] The etymological meaning of shall is ‘owe’. It goes back to a prehistoric Germanic base * skal -, * skul - which also produced German sollen ‘ought to’ and schuld ‘debt’. Its use in English as an auxiliary verb denoting future time evolved via the intermediate senses ‘ought to, must’ and ‘be to’. The notion of obligation survives in should , which
• shale 英文词源 shale shale: see scale shale (n.) 1747, possibly a specialized use of Middle English schale "shell, husk, pod" (late 14c.), also "fish scale," from Old English scealu (see shell (n.)) in its base sense of "thing that divides or separate," in reference to the way the rock breaks apart in layers. Compare Middle English sheel "to shell, to take off the outer husk" (late 15c.). Geological
• Shakespeare 英文词源 Shakespeare surname recorded from 1248; it means "a spearman." This was a common type of English surname ( Shakelance (1275), Shakeshaft (1332)). Shake (v.) in the sense of "to brandish or flourish (a weapon)" is attested from late Old English Heo scæken on heore honden speren swiðe stronge. [Laymon, "Brut," c. 1205] Compare also shake-buckler "a swaggerer, a bully;" shake-rag "ragg
• shaky 英文词源 shaky (adj.) 1840, of handwriting; 1841 of persons, horses, and credit; 1850 of structures; from shake (v.) + -y (2). General sense of "uncertain, of questionable integrity" is from 1834. Earliest of trees or logs, "split, having fissures" (1808). Related: Shakily ; shakiness . 中文词源 shaky ：摇晃的，不稳的 来自 shake,摇动，摇晃，-y,形容词后缀。 该词的英语
• shaker 英文词源 shaker (n.) mid-15c., "one who or which shakes," agent noun from shake (v.). Applied from 1640s (with capital initial) to various Christian sects whose devotional exercises often involved convulsions. The best-known, the American-based "Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing;" so called from 1784; the adjective with reference to furniture styles associated with these Shaker
• shake 英文词源 shake shake: [OE] Shake is a general Germanic verb, although today its only surviving relatives are Swedish skaka and Norwegian skage . It comes from a prehistoric Germanic * skakan , which goes back to the Indo-European base * skeg -, * skek - (source also of Sanskrit khajati ‘agitate, churn’ and Welsh ysgogi ‘move’). shake (v.) Old English sceacan "move (something) quickly t
• shah 英文词源 shah (n.) title of the king of Persia, 1560s, shaw , from Persian shah , shortened from Old Persian xšayathiya "king," from Indo-Iranian *ksayati "he has power over, rules" from PIE *tke- "to gain control of, gain power over" (cognates: Sanskrit ksatram "dominion;" Greek krasthai "to acquire, get," kektesthai "to possess"). His wife is a shahbanu (from banu "lady"); his son is a shah
• shag 英文词源 shag shag: [OE] Shag originally meant ‘rough untidy hair’, a sense now more familiar in its derivative shaggy [16]. Related Old Norse forms such as skegg ‘beard’, skagi ‘promontory’, and skaga ‘project’ suggest that its underlying meaning is ‘something that sticks out’. The bird-name shag , which denotes a relative of the cormorant and was first recorded in the 16t
• shackles 英文词源 fetter fetter: [OE] Etymologically, fetters are shackles for restraining the ‘feet’. The word comes from prehistoric Germanic * feterō , which derived ultimately from the same Indo-European base, * ped -, as produced English foot . The parallel Latin formation, incidentally, was pedica ‘fetter’, from which English gets impeach . = foot , impeach , pedal chignon (n.) "knot or
• shackle 英文词源 shackle (n.) Old English sceacel "shackle, fetter," probably also in a general sense "a link or ring of a chain," from Proto-Germanic *skakula- (cognates: Middle Dutch, Dutch schakel "link of a chain, ring of a net," Old Norse skökull "pole of a carriage"), of uncertain origin. According to OED, the common notion of "something to fasten or attach" makes a connection with shake unlike
• shack 英文词源 shack (n.) 1878, American English and Canadian English, of unknown origin, perhaps from Mexican Spanish jacal , from Nahuatl (Aztecan) xacalli "wooden hut." Or perhaps a back-formation from dialectal English shackly "shaky, rickety" (1843), a derivative of shack , a dialectal variant of shake (v.). Another theory derives shack from ramshackle . Slang meaning "house" attested by 1910.
• shabby 英文词源 shabby shabby: [17] Etymologically, shabby means ‘scabby’. It comes from a now obsolete shab , which denoted ‘scab’, and also metaphorically ‘disreputable fellow’. It was the native equivalent to Old Norse * skabbr ‘scab’, from which English gets scab . = scab shabby (adj.) 1660s, of persons, "poorly dressed," with -y (2) + shab "a low fellow" (1630s), literally "scab"
• sexuality 英文词源 sexuality (n.) 1789, "action or fact of being sexual;" see sexual + -ity . Meaning "capability of sexual feelings" is from 1879. Meaning "sexual identity" is by 1980. 中文词源 sexuality ：性行为，性特征 sexual,性的，-ity,表性质。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sexuality 词源， sexuality 含义。
• sextuplet 英文词源 sextuplet (n.) 1852, from adjective sextuple (1620s); patterned on triplet , etc. 中文词源 sextuplet ：六胞胎之一 来自拉丁语 sextus,六分之一，词源同 six.-plet,倍数，词源同 triplet,三胞胎。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sextuplet 词源， sextuplet 含义。
• sexton 英文词源 sexton sexton: [14] Sexton and sacristan [14] are doublets: that is to say, they started out as the same word, but have diverged over the centuries. Both come from medieval Latin sacristānus , a derivative of sacrista ‘person in charge of holy vessels’ (which in turn was based on Latin sacer ‘holy’, source of English sacred ), but whereas sacristan was borrowed directly from
• sextet 英文词源 sextet (n.) 1841, altered (by influence of German Sextett ) from sestet . 中文词源 sextet ：六重奏 来自拉丁语 sextus,六分之一，词源同 six.-et,小词后缀，词源同 septet,七重奏。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sextet 词源， sextet 含义。
• sextant 英文词源 sextant sextant: [17] A sextant is etymologically an instrument based on a ‘sixth’ of a circle. Sextants measure off the angle between the horizon and a celestial body on a graduated scale that is marked on an arc equal to one sixth of a circle. They were first named at the beginning of the 17th century by the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, who used the term sextāns ‘sixth part’
• sexology 英文词源 sexology (n.) 1902, from sex (n.) + -ology . Related: Sexologist . 中文词源 sexology ：性学 sex,性，-logy,学说。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sexology 词源， sexology 含义。
• sexless 英文词源 sexless (adj.) 1590s, from sex (n.) + -less . Related: Sexlessly ; sexlessness . 中文词源 sexless ：无性的，无性行为的 sex,性，-less,无，没有。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sexless 词源， sexless 含义。
• sexist 英文词源 sexist (adj.) 1965, from sex (n.) on model of racist , coined by Pauline M. Leet, director of special programs at Franklin Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S., in a speech which was circulated in mimeograph among feminists. Popularized by use in print in Caroline Bird's introduction to "Born Female" (1968). 中文词源 sexist ：性别歧视者 来自 sexism,性别歧视，
• sexism 英文词源 sexism (n.) 1968; see sexist + -ism . 中文词源 sexism ：性别歧视 sex,性别，-ism,主义，思想，词源同 ageism,老年歧视。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sexism 词源， sexism 含义。
• sexagenarian 英文词源 sexagenarian (n.) 1738, "person sixty years old," from Latin sexagenarius "containing sixty," from sexagenarius , from sexageni "sixty each, sixty at a time," from sexaginta "sixty," from comb. form of sex (see six ) + -genaria "ten times," from -ginta "tens," from PIE *dkm-ta- , from *dekm- "ten" (see ten ). As an adjective from 1836. 中文词源 sexagenarian ：六十几岁的人 来
• sewerage 英文词源 sewerage (n.) 1832, from sewer (n.1) + -age . 中文词源 sewerage ：排水系统 来自 sewer,下水道，-age,名词后缀。引申词义排水系统。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sewerage 词源， sewerage 含义。
• sewer 英文词源 sewer sewer: [15] Etymologically, sewer denotes the ‘removal of water’. The word comes via Anglo- Norman sever from Vulgar Latin * exaquāria , a derivative of * exaquāre ‘remove water, drain’. This was a compound verb formed from Latin ex - ‘out’ and aqua ‘water’. The derivatives sewage [19] and sewerage [19] are both native English formations. = aquatic sewer (n.1)
• sewage 英文词源 sewage (n.) 1818, from sew (v.) "to drain, draw off water" (late 15c., from sewer (n.1)) + -age . 中文词源 sewage ：下水道污水，污物 来自 sew,排污，排水，-age,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sewage 词源， sewage 含义。
• sew 英文词源 sew sew: [OE] Sew comes, with its relatives Swedish sy and Danish sye , from a prehistoric Germanic * siwjan . This was descended from an Indo- European base * siw -, * sju - that also produced Latin suere ‘sew’ (source of English suture [16]), Greek humén ‘membrane’ (source of English hymen [17]), and English seam . It is no relation to sow . = hymen , seam , suture sew (v.)
• severance 英文词源 severance (n.) early 15c., from Anglo-French, from Old French sevrance "separation, parting," from sevrer (see sever ). Meaning "discharge from employment contract" is attested from 1941. Severance pay attested by 1942. 中文词源 severance ：中断，断绝 sever,切开，割断，断绝，-ance,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： severance 词源，
• several 英文词源 several several: [15] Etymologically, several means ‘separate’. It comes via Anglo-Norman several from medieval Latin sēparālis , a derivative of Latin sēpar ‘separate’. This in turn was formed from sēparāre ‘separate’ (source of English separate ), whose Vulgar Latin descendant * sēperāre passed into English via Anglo- Norman severer as sever [14]. Several ’s ori
• seven 英文词源 seven seven: [OE] The Indo-European term for ‘seven’ was * septm . This evolved into Latin septem (source of English September ), Greek heptá (source of English heptathlon [20]), and Germanic * sebun . And * sebun in turn has diversified into German sieben , Dutch zeven , Swedish sju , Danish syv , and English seven . = heptathlon , september seven (n.) Old English seofon , from
• settlement 英文词源 settlement (n.) 1620s, "act of fixing or steadying;" from settle (v.) + -ment . Meaning "a colony," especially a new one, "tract of country newly developed" is attested from 1690s; that of "small village on the frontier" is from 1827, American English. Sense of "payment of an account" is from 1729; legal sense "a settling of arrangements" (of divorce, property transfer, etc.) is from
• setting 英文词源 setting (n.) late 14c., "fact or action of setting (something), putting, placing, planting," verbal noun from set (v.). Meaning "place, location, site" is late 14c. Surgical sense, with reference to broken bones, etc., is from early 15c. In reference to heavenly bodies, from c. 1400. Also in Middle English "act of creation; thing created" (c. 1400). In reference to mounts for jewels,
• setter 英文词源 setter (n.) "one who sets (something)," c. 1400, agent noun from set (v.). As a type of hunting-dog (originally a type of spaniel), 1570s, so called because the dog is "set" on game. 中文词源 setter ：蹲伏猎狗 比喻用法，来自 set,放置，设置，-er,表物。用于指蹲伏的猎狗。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： setter 词源， setter 含义
• settee 英文词源 settee (n.) "long seat with back and arms," 1716, perhaps a variant of settle (n.), or a diminutive of set (v.) "act of setting." 中文词源 settee ：长沙发 可能来自 settle 拼写变体，比较 settle,长木凳，高背长椅。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： settee 词源， settee 含义。
• sett 英文词源 sett (n.) see set (n.1). The extra t is an arbitrary addition in various technical senses, from a lawn-tennis to a granite set. Each class of persons has doubtless added it to distinguish the special sense that means most to it from all others ; but so many are the special senses that the distinction is now no more distinctive than an Esq. after a man's name, all would do well to disc
• session 英文词源 session session: [14] Etymologically, a session is simply a ‘sitting’. The word comes via Old French session from Latin sessiō , a derivative of sedēre ‘sit’. Its sense development reflects the symbolic association of ‘sitting down’ with the conducting of business, which can be seen anew in the modern English expression get round a table . Other English descendants of La
• sesame 英文词源 sesame (n.) early 15c., probably from Middle French sisame and directly from Latin sesamum (nominative sesama ), from Greek sesamon (Doric sasamon ) "seed or fruit of the sesame plant," a very early borrowing via Phoenician from Late Babylonian *shawash-shammu (compare Assyrian shamash-shammu "sesame," literally "oil-seed"). First as a magic password in 1785 translation of Galland's "
• servo 英文词源 servo 1910, from servo-motor (1889), from French servo-moteur (1873), ultimately from Latin servus "slave" (see serve (v.)) + motor "mover" (see motor (n.)). 中文词源 servo ：机器的侍服系统 缩写自 servomechanism,侍服机制，词源同 serve. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： servo 词源， servo 含义。
• servitude 英文词源 servitude (n.) early 15c., "condition of being enslaved," from Old French servitude , servitute (13c.) and directly from Late Latin servitudo "slavery," from Latin servus "a slave" (see serve (v.)) + abstract noun suffix. 中文词源 servitude ：奴性，奴役状况 来自拉丁语 servitudo,奴隶身份，奴役，来自 servus,奴隶，奴仆，词源同 serve.-ude,表状态。 该
• servitor 英文词源 servitor "A person who serves or attends on a social superior", Middle English: via Old French from late Latin, from servit- 'served', from the verb servire (see serve ). 中文词源 servitor ：男仆，男侍从 来自 serve,服务，服侍，-or,人，词源同 auditor.引申词义男仆，男侍从。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： servitor 词源， servi
• serving 英文词源 serving (n.) "action of serving," c. 1200, verbal noun from serve (v.). As "a helping of food" from 1769. 中文词源 serving ：一份食物 来自 serve,服务。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： serving 词源， serving 含义。
• serviette 英文词源 serviette (n.) "table napkin," late 15c., from Middle French serviette "napkin, towel" (14c.), of uncertain origin, perhaps from past participle of servir "to serve" (see serve (v.)). Primarily Scottish at first; re-introduced from French 1818. 中文词源 serviette ：餐巾，餐巾纸 缩写自 Serviette de table,餐桌服务，引申词义餐巾，餐巾纸，来自 serve,服务，
• servicing 英文词源 service (v.) 1893, "to provide with service," from service (n.1). Meaning "perform work on" first recorded 1926. Related: Serviced ; servicing . 中文词源 servicing ：检修，维修，保养 service,检修，维修，保养，-ing,动名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： servicing 词源， servicing 含义。
• serviceman 英文词源 serviceman (n.) 1899, from service (n.) + man (n.). 中文词源 serviceman ：军人 service,服役，man,人。引申词义军人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： serviceman 词源， serviceman 含义。
• serviceable 英文词源 serviceable (adj.) "ready to do service," early 14c., from Old French servicable , from servise (see service (n.1)). Related: Serviceability . Edgar: I know thee well: a serviceable villain, As duteous to the vices of thy mistress As badness would desire. ["King Lear," IV.vi.] 中文词源 serviceable ：可用的 service,服务，-able,表能够。引申词义可用的。 该词的英语
• servery 英文词源 servery (n.) 1893, from serve + -ery . 中文词源 servery ：上菜处 serve,服务，-ery,表地。用于指厨房的上菜处。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： servery 词源， servery 含义。
• server 英文词源 server (n.) late 14c., agent noun from serve (v.). Computer sense by 1992. 中文词源 server ：服务者，服务器 serve,服务，-er,表人或物。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： server 词源， server 含义。
• serum 英文词源 serum (n.) 1670s, "watery animal fluid," from Latin serum "watery fluid, whey," from PIE root *ser- (2) "to run, flow" (cognates: Greek oros "whey;" Sanskrit sarah "flowing," sarit "brook, river"). First applied 1893 to blood serum used in medical treatments. 中文词源 serum ：血清 来自拉丁语 serum,液状物，乳清，乳浆，来自 PIE*ser,流动，词源同 stream,rheum
• serried 英文词源 serried serried: [17] The phrase serried ranks is first recorded in William Wilkie’s Epigoniad 1757, but it was clearly inspired by Milton’s ‘Nor serv’d it to relax their serried files’ in Paradise Lost 1667. It means ‘rows crowded close together’, and serried is the past participle of a now obsolete verb serry ‘press together’. This was borrowed from serré , the pa
• serration 英文词源 serration (n.) "condition of being serrated," 1808, noun of state from serrate (adj.). 中文词源 serration ：锯齿边，锯齿刃 来自 serrate,锯齿状的，-ion,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： serration 词源， serration 含义。
• serrate 英文词源 serrate (adj.) "notched," 1660s, from Latin serratus "sawlike, notched like a saw," from serra "a saw," of unknown origin. Related: Serrated ; serrating . 中文词源 serrate ：使成锯齿状，锯齿状的 来自拉丁语 serra,锯子，可能来自*sec-ra,来自 secare,切，砍，词源同 secateurs,segment. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： serrate 词源，
• serpentine 英文词源 serpentine (n.) c. 1400, "plant reputed to contain antivenom," from Old French serpentin name of a precious stone, noun use of adjective meaning "of a snake, snake-like; sly, deceptive," from Late Latin serpentius "of a serpent," from Latin serpentem (nominative serpens ) "snake" (see serpent ). As the name of a greenish igneous rock consisting mainly of hydrous magnesium silicate, at
• serpent 英文词源 serpent serpent: [14] The serpent is etymologically a ‘crawling’ animal. The word comes via Old French serpent from Latin serpēns , a noun use of the present participle of serpere ‘crawl, creep’. This was a close relative of Greek hérpein ‘creep’, from which English gets herpes [17] (etymologically the ‘creeping’ disease) and herpetology ‘study of reptiles’ [19].
• serotonin 英文词源 serotonin (n.) neurotransmitting chemical, 1948, coined from sero- , comb. form of serum (q.v.) + ton(ic) + chemical suffix -in (2). 中文词源 serotonin ：血清素 来自 serum,血清，toxic,有毒的，-in,素。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： serotonin 词源， serotonin 含义。
• serology 英文词源 serology (n.) 1907, from sero- , comb. form of serum , + -ology . Related: Serological ; serologist . 中文词源 serology ：血清学 来自 serum,血清，-logy,学说。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： serology 词源， serology 含义。
• sermonize 英文词源 sermonize (v.) 1630s, from Medieval Latin sermonizari , from Latin sermo (see sermon ). "Chiefly depreciatory " [OED]. Related: Sermonizing . 中文词源 sermonize ：说教，教训 sermon,说道，布教，-ize,使。引申比喻义说教，教训。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sermonize 词源， sermonize 含义。