英语词源

• sermon 英文词源 sermon sermon: [12] Latin sermō meant simply ‘talk, conversation, discourse’, but by the time it reached English via Anglo-Norman sermun it had narrowed down to an ‘address given from a pulpit on a religious topic’. It is not clear what its ultimate ancestry is, but probably the favourite candidate as its source is the Indo-European base * swer -, * swar -, which gave English
• seriousness 英文词源 seriousness (n.) 1520s, from serious + -ness . 中文词源 seriousness ：严重，严肃，认真 来自 serious,严重的，严肃的，认真的，-ness,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： seriousness 词源， seriousness 含义。
• seriously 英文词源 seriously (adv.) c. 1500, from serious + -ly (2). To take (something) seriously is from 1782. 中文词源 seriously ：非常，极其 来自 serious,严重的，-ly,副词后缀。引申副词词义非常，极其。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： seriously 词源， seriously 含义。
• serious 英文词源 serious serious: [15] Serious comes ultimately from Latin sērius ‘serious, grave’. From this was derived late Latin sēriōsus , which passed into English via Old French serieux . It is not clear where sērius came from, although some have linked it with German schwer ‘heavy’ (‘seriousness’ and ‘weightiness’ being semantically close). serious (adj.) mid-15c., "express
• serif 英文词源 serif (n.) in typography, 1841, earlier ceref (1827); see sans-serif . 中文词源 serif ：衬线 可能来自荷兰语 schreef,画线，打点，来自拉丁语 scribere,写，划，词源同 scribe,script. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： serif 词源， serif 含义。
• sericulture 英文词源 sericulture (n.) "breeding, rearing and treatment of silkworms, 1839, from French sériciculture (19c.), from Latin sericum (nominative serica ) "silk" (see serge ) + cultura (see culture (n.)). 中文词源 sericulture ：养蚕，蚕丝业 seri-,丝，蚕丝，来自拉丁语 serica,丝，词源同 serge,silk,culture,耕种，养殖。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• serialize 英文词源 serialize (v.) 1852 (implied in serialized ), from serial + -ize . Related: Serializing . 中文词源 serialize ：连载，连播 来自 serial,连续的，连载的，-ize,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： serialize 词源， serialize 含义。
• serge 英文词源 serge serge: [14] The textile term serge is first cousin to silk . It comes via Old French sarge from * sārica , a Vulgar Latin alteration of Latin sērica . This was short for lāna sērica , which meant literally ‘wool of the Seres’. Seres was a name given to a people living in what we would now call China, and it is also the ultimate source of the word silk . = silk serge (n.)
• serfdom 英文词源 serfdom (n.) 1850, from serf + -dom . Earlier in the same sense was serfage (1775). 中文词源 serfdom ：农奴制 serf,农奴，-dom,表状态。引申词义农奴制。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： serfdom 词源， serfdom 含义。
• serene 英文词源 serene serene: see serenade serene (adj.) mid-15c., "clear, calm," from Latin serenus "peaceful, calm, clear" (of weather), figuratively "cheerful, glad, tranquil," of uncertain origin; perhaps from a suffixed variant of PIE *ksero- "dry," source of Greek xeros "dry" (see xerasia ). In English, applied to persons since 1630s. Related: Serenely . 中文词源 serene ：宁静的，平静
• serenade 英文词源 serenade serenade: [17] A serenade is strictly a ‘song sung in the evening’, but in fact historically it has nothing to do with ‘night’ – etymologically it is a ‘serene’ piece of music. The word comes via French sérénade from Italian serenata , a derivative of sereno ‘serene’. The notion of a serenata as a piece of ‘night’ music arose through association with s
• seraphic 英文词源 seraphic (adj.) 1630s, from Church Latin seraphicus , from seraphim (see seraph ). Related: Seraphical (1560s). 中文词源 seraphic ：天使般的 来自 seraph,天使，-ic,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： seraphic 词源， seraphic 含义。
• seraph 英文词源 seraph (n.) 1667, first used by Milton (probably on analogy of cherub/cherubim ), back-formed singular from Old English seraphim (plural), from Late Latin seraphim , from Greek seraphim , from Hebrew seraphim (only in Isa. vi), plural of *saraph (which does not occur in the Bible), probably literally "the burning one," from saraph "it burned." Seraphs were traditionally regarded as bu
• sequoia 英文词源 sequoia (n.) large American coniferous tree, 1857, from Modern Latin tree genus name given 1847 by Austrian botanist Stephan Endlicher (1804-1849), originally to a different tree, the coast redwood, apparently in honor of Sequoya (a.k.a. George Guess, 1760-1843), Cherokee man who invented a system of writing for his people's language, whose name is from Cherokee (Iroquoian) Sikwayi ,
• sequin 英文词源 sequin sequin: [17] When English first adopted sequin , it was the name of a coin. Its ultimate ancestor was Arabic sikkah , which denoted a die from which coins were minted (in Anglo-Indian English from the 17th to the 19th century, a sicca was a newly minted rupee). Italian took the word over as zecca , and created a diminutive form zecchino , referring to a gold coin. The original
• sequestrate 英文词源 sequestrate "Take legal possession of (assets) until a debt has been paid or other claims have been met", Late Middle English (in the sense 'separate from general access'): from late Latin sequestrat- 'given up for safekeeping', from the verb sequestrare (see sequester ). 中文词源 sequestrate ：扣押，没收，强制管理 来自 sequester,使分开，使隔离，-ate,动词后缀
• sequestered 英文词源 devious (adj.) 1590s, "out of the way," from Latin devius "out of the way, remote, off the main road," from de via (see deviate ). Originally in the Latin literal sense; figurative sense of "deceitful" is first recorded 1630s. Related: Deviously ; deviousness . Figurative senses of the Latin word were "retired, sequestered, wandering in the byways, foolish, inconsistent." sequester (v
• sequester 英文词源 sequester (v.) late 14c., "remove" something, "quarantine, isolate" (someone); "excommunicate;" also intransitive, "separate oneself from," from Old French sequestrer (14c.), from Late Latin sequestrare "to place in safekeeping," from Latin sequester "trustee, mediator," noun use of an adjective meaning "intermediate," which probably is related to sequi "to follow" (see sequel ). Mean
• sequel 英文词源 sequel (n.) early 15c., "train of followers," from Old French sequelle (14c.), from Late Latin sequela "that which follows, result, consequence," from sequi "to follow, come after, follow after, attend, follow naturally," from PIE root *sekw- (1) "to follow" (cognates: Sanskrit sacate "accompanies, follows," Avestan hacaiti , Greek hepesthai "to follow," Lithuanian seku "to follow," L
• sepulture 英文词源 sepulture (n.) "burial, interment," late 13c., from Old French sepulture , sepoutre "tomb, coffin" (12c.), from Latin sepultura "burial, funeral obsequies," from sepult- , past participle stem of sepelire "to bury" (see sepulchre ). 中文词源 sepulture ：埋葬，坟墓 来自拉丁语 sepelire,埋葬，举行葬礼，-ure,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• sepulcher 英文词源 sepulchre (n.) also sepulcher , c. 1200, "tomb, burial place," especially the cave where Jesus was buried outside Jerusalem ( Holy Sepulcher or Saint Sepulcher ), from Old French sepulcre "tomb; the Holy Sepulchre" (11c.), from Latin sepulcrum "grave, tomb, place where a corpse is buried," from root of sepelire "to bury, embalm," originally "to perform rituals on a corpse," from PIE *
• sepulchral 英文词源 sepulchral (adj.) 1610s, "pertaining to a burial or place of burial," from Latin sepulcralis "of a tomb, sepulchral," from sepulcrum (see sepulchre ) + -al (1). Transferred sense of "gloomy" is from 1711. Related: Sepulchrally . 中文词源 sepulchral ：阴森的 来自 sepulcher,坟墓，墓穴，-al,形容词后缀。引申词义阴冷的，阴森的。 该词的英语词源请访问
• septum 英文词源 septum (n.) "partition between the nostrils," 1690s, Modern Latin, from Latin saeptum "a fence, enclosure, partition," from neuter past participle of saepire "to hedge in," from saepes "hedge, fence." Related: Septal . 中文词源 septum ：鼻中隔，隔膜，隔片 来自拉丁语 saeptum,栏杆，围栏，围墙，来自 saepire,分开，隔开，词源同 transept.引申诸相 关
• septuagenarian 英文词源 septuagenarian (adj.) "of age 70, seventy-year-old," 1793, from Latin septuagenarius "containing seventy," from septuageni "seventy each," related to septuaginta "seventy" (see Septuagint ). Noun meaning "a 70-year-old person" first recorded 1805. As an adjective, septuagenary is recorded from c. 1600. 中文词源 septuagenarian ：七十至七十九岁的人 sept-,七，词源同 se
• septicemia 英文词源 septicemia (n.) 1857, Modern Latin septicæmia , from French septicoemi , coined irregularly by French physician Pierre-Adolphe Piorry (1794-1879) in 1837 from Greek septikos (see septic ) + haima "blood" (see -emia ). Dr. Piorry, in a second communication, insists upon the fact, that in a great number of cases the decaying contents of the uterus, and the putrid infection of the blood
• septic 英文词源 septic (adj.) c. 1600, from Latin septicus "of or pertaining to putrefaction," from Greek septikos "characterized by putrefaction," from sepein "make rotten or putrid, cause to rot" (see sepsis ). Septic tank is attested from 1902. 中文词源 septic ：脓毒的，腐败的 来自 sepsis,脓毒，-tic,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： septic 词
• septet 英文词源 septet (n.) 1828, from German Septett , from Latin septem "seven" (see seven ). 中文词源 septet ：七重奏，七重唱 sept-,七，词源同 seven,-et,小词后缀。引申词义七重奏，七重唱。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： septet 词源， septet 含义。
• sepsis 英文词源 sepsis (n.) 1876, "putrefaction," from Modern Latin sepsis, from Greek sepsis "putrefaction," from sepein "to rot," of unknown origin. 中文词源 sepsis ：脓毒，脓毒症 来自希腊语 sepsis,腐烂，腐化，来自 sepein,使腐烂，-sis,表状态。引申词义脓毒，脓毒症。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sepsis 词源， sepsis 含义。
• sepia 英文词源 sepia sepia: [14] Sepia originated as a word for a cuttlefish. It comes via Latin from Greek sēpíā . In English it is now rare in that sense, except as a zoological genus name and in various technical derivatives such as sepiacean and sepioid , but a particular attribute of some types of cuttlefish has given it a much wider role: as a term for a reddish-brown pigment made from the
• separator 英文词源 separator (n.) c. 1600, "separatist," agent noun from separate (v.). As a mechanical device for separating, from 1831. 中文词源 separator ：分离器 separate,分开，分离，-or,表物。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： separator 词源， separator 含义。
• separatist 英文词源 separatist c. 1600, from separate + -ist . First used in a denominational religious sense; of political separations from 1871. 中文词源 separatist ：分离主义者 separate,分开，分离，-ist,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： separatist 词源， separatist 含义。
• separated 英文词源 separated (adj.) 1530s, past participle adjective from separate (v.). In reference to married couples deciding to live apart, from 1878. 中文词源 separated ：分开的，分居的 separate,分开，分居，-ed,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： separated 词源， separated 含义。
• separable 英文词源 separable (adj.) late 14c., from Latin separabilis , from separare (see separate (v.)). Related: Separability . 中文词源 separable ：可分开的 separate,分开，分离，-able,表能够。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： separable 词源， separable 含义。
• sepal 英文词源 sepal (n.) "leaf of the calyx," 1821, from French sépal, from Modern Latin sepalum (H.J. de Necker, 1790), coined from Latin separatus "separate, distinct" (see separate (v.)) + petalum "petal" (see petal ). 中文词源 sepal ：萼片 来自法语 sepal,来自现代拉丁语 sepalum,花萼，萼片，合成自传统拉丁语 separatus,分开的， 词源同 separate,+petalum,花瓣，
• sentry 英文词源 sentry sentry: [17] Sentry is probably short for the now obsolete centrinell ‘sentry’. This first appeared in the 16th century as a variant of sentinel [16], which came via French sentinelle from Italian sentinella . It is not altogether clear where the Italian noun came from, but it may well have been derived from the verb sentire ‘perceive, watch’, a descendant of Latin sentī
• sentinel 英文词源 sentinel (n.) 1570s, from Middle French sentinelle (16c.), from Italian sentinella "a sentinel." OED says "No convincing etymology of the It. word has been proposed," but perhaps (via a notion of "perceive, watch"), from sentire "to hear," from Latin sentire "feel, perceive by the senses" (see sense (n.)). 中文词源 sentinel ：哨兵 来自中古法语 sentinelle,来自拉丁语 s
• sentimentalize 英文词源 sentimentalize (v.) 1764, intransitive, "indulge in sentiments," from sentimental + -ize . Meaning "to make sentimental" (transitive) is from 1813. Related: Sentimentalized ; sentimentalizing . Think on these things, and let S______ go to Lincoln sessions by himself, and talk classically with country justices. In the meantime we will philosophize and sentimentalize;--the last word is
• sentimentality 英文词源 sentimentality (n.) 1768, from sentimental + -ity . 中文词源 sentimentality ：多愁善感 sentimental,伤感的，多愁善感的，-ity,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sentimentality 词源， sentimentality 含义。
• sentimentalist 英文词源 sentimentalist (n.) 1768, from sentimental + -ist . 中文词源 sentimentalist ：好感伤者 sentimental,伤感的，多愁善感的，-ist,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sentimentalist 词源， sentimentalist 含义。
• sentient 英文词源 sentient (adj.) 1630s, "capable of feeling," from Latin sentientem (nominative sentiens ) "feeling," present participle of sentire "to feel" (see sense (n.)). Meaning "conscious" (of something) is from 1815. 中文词源 sentient ：有感觉能力的，有知觉力的 来自拉丁语 sentire,感觉，感知，词源同 sense.-ent,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• sententious 英文词源 sententious (adj.) mid-15c., "full of meaning," from Middle French sententieux , from Latin sententiosus "full of meaning, pithy," from sententia "thought; expression of a thought" (see sentence (n.)). Meaning "addicted to pompous moralizing" first recorded 1590s. Related: Sententiously ; sententiousness . 中文词源 sententious ：说教的，多格言警句的 sentence,教条，教导
• sentencer 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random concubine concubine: [13] A concubine is etymologically a person with whom one goes to bed. It comes via Old French concubine from Latin concubīna , a compound noun formed from the prefix com - ‘with’ and cub -, the stem of the verb cubāre ‘lie down, go to bed’. Another derivative of this verb was Latin cubiculum , who
• sensor 英文词源 sensor (n.) 1947, from an adjective (1865), a shortened form of sensory (q.v.). 中文词源 sensor ：传感器 来自 sense,感觉，知觉，-or,表物。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sensor 词源， sensor 含义。
• sensationalize 英文词源 sensationalize (v.) 1863, from sensational + -ize . Originally of audiences as well as topics. Related: Sensationalized ; sensationalizing . 中文词源 sensationalize ：夸张宣传，大肆渲染 sensational,哗然的，耸人听闻的，-ize,使。引申词义夸张宣传，大肆渲染等。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sensationalize 词源， sensatio
• sensationalism 英文词源 sensationalism (n.) 1846 in philosophy, "theory that sensation is the only source of knowledge;" 1865, of journalism that aims to excite the feelings, from sensational + -ism . 中文词源 sensationalism ：耸人听闻，哗众取宠 sensational,哗然的，耸人听闻的，-ism,主义，思想，行为。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sensationalism 词源，
• senile 英文词源 senile (adj.) 1660s, "suited to old age," from French sénile (16c.), from Latin senilis "of old age," from senex (genitive senis ) "old, old man," from PIE root *sen- "old" (cognates: Sanskrit sanah "old;" Avestan hana- "old;" Old Persian hanata- "old age, lapse of time;" Armenian hin "old;" Greek enos "old, of last year;" Lithuanian senas "old," senis "an old man;" Gothic sineigs "o
• seneschal 英文词源 seneschal (n.) late 14c., "steward, majordomo, officer in a royal household in charge of ceremonies and feasts," from Old French seneschal , title of a high administrative court officer, from Frankish Latin siniscalcus , from Proto-Germanic *sini-skalk "senior servant;" first element cognate with Latin senex "old" (see senile ); second element from Proto-Germanic *skalkoz "servant" (c
• senescent 英文词源 senescent (adj.) 1650s, from Latin senescentem (nominative scenescens ), present participle of senescere "to grow old," from senex "old" (see senile ). 中文词源 senescent ：衰老的，老年化的 sen-,年老，-esce,表起始，词源同 adolescent.引申词义衰老的，老年化的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： senescent 词源， senescent 含义。
• senescence 英文词源 senescence (n.) 1690s, from senescent + -ence . Related: Scenescency (1660s). 中文词源 senescence ：衰老，老年化 sen-,年老，-esce,表起始，词源同 adolescence.引申词义衰老，老年化。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： senescence 词源， senescence 含义。
• send 英文词源 send send: [OE] English shares send with the other Germanic languages – German senden , Dutch zenden , Swedish sönda , and Danish sende . These all go back to a prehistoric ancestor * santhjan , which originated as a causative derivative of a base denoting ‘go, journey’ – so etymologically send means ‘cause to go’. send (v.) Old English sendan "send, send forth; throw, im
• sen- 英文词源 blood (n.) Old English blod "blood," from Proto-Germanic *blodam "blood" (cognates: Old Frisian blod , Old Saxon blôd , Old Norse bloð , Middle Dutch bloet , Dutch bloed , Old High German bluot , German Blut , Gothic bloþ ), from PIE *bhlo-to- , perhaps meaning "to swell, gush, spurt," or "that which bursts out" (compare Gothic bloþ "blood," bloma "flower"), in which case it would
• semolina 英文词源 semolina semolina: [18] Latin simila meant ‘fine flour’ (it has given English the simnel [13] of simnel cake , which originally denoted ‘bread made from fine flour’). From it was descended Italian semola ‘bran’, whose diminutive form semolino was adapted into English as semolina . = simnel semolina (n.) meal from hard kernels of wheat, 1797, alteration of Italian semolino
• semivowel 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random health health: [OE] Etymologically, health is the ‘state of being whole’. The word was formed in prehistoric Germanic times from the adjective * khailaz , ancestor of modern English whole . To this was added the abstract noun suffix *- itha , producing * khailitha , whence English health . The verb heal [OE] comes from the s
• semiquaver 英文词源 semiquaver (n.) "sixteenth-note," 1570s, from semi- + quaver (n.). 中文词源 semiquaver ：十六分音符 semi-,半，quaver,八分音符。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： semiquaver 词源， semiquaver 含义。
• Semite 英文词源 Semite (n.) 1847, "a Jew, Arab, Assyrian, or Aramaean" (an apparently isolated use from 1797 refers to the Semitic language group), back-formation from Semitic or else from French Sémite (1845), from Modern Latin Semita , from Late Latin Sem "Shem," one of the three sons of Noah (Gen. x:21-30), regarded as the ancestor of the Semites (in old Bible-based anthropology), from Hebrew She
• semination 英文词源 semination (n.) 1530s, "action of sowing, from Latin seminationem (nominative seminato ) "a sowing, propagation," noun of action from past participle stem of seminare "to plant, propagate," from semen (genitive seminis ) "seed" (see semen ). 中文词源 semination ：播种，传播，授精 来自拉丁语 seminare,播种，繁殖，词源同 semen. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• semiotic 英文词源 semiotic (adj.) 1620s, "of symptoms, relating to signs of diseases," from Greek semeiotikos "significant," also "observant of signs," adjective form of semeiosis "indication," from semeioun "to signal, to interpret a sign," from semeion "a sign, mark, token," from sema "sign" (see semantic ). Its use in psychology dates to 1923. Related: Semiotical (1580s). 中文词源 semiotic ：符号
• semiotics 英文词源 semiotics (n.) study of signs and symbols with special regard to function and origin, 1880, from semiotic ; also see -ics . Medical sense is from 1660s. 中文词源 semiotics ：符号学 semiotic,符号的，-ics,学科。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： semiotics 词源， semiotics 含义。
• seminal 英文词源 seminal (adj.) late 14c., "of seed or semen," from Old French seminal (14c.) and directly from Latin seminalis, from semen (genitive seminis ) "seed" (see semen ). Figurative sense of "full of possibilities" is attested from 1630s. Related: Seminally ; seminality . 中文词源 seminal ：精液的，萌芽的，影响深远的 来自 semen, 精子， 精液，-ar,形容词后缀。 引
• seminar 英文词源 seminar seminar: see seed seminar (n.) 1887, "special group-study class for advanced students," from German Seminar "group of students working with a professor," from Latin seminarium "breeding ground, plant nursery" (see seminary ). Sense of "meeting for discussion of a subject" first recorded 1944. 中文词源 seminar ：研讨会 来自德语 Seminar,研讨会，讨论会，来自拉
• seminary 英文词源 seminary (n.) mid-15c., "plot where plants are raised from seeds," from Latin seminarium "plant nursery, seed plot," figuratively, "breeding ground," from seminarius "of seed," from semen (genitive seminis ) "seed" (see semen ). Meaning "school for training priests" first recorded 1580s; commonly used for any school (especially academies for young ladies) from 1580s to 1930s. 中文词源
• semibreve 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random because because: [14] Because originated in the phrase by cause , which was directly modelled on French par cause . At first it was always followed by of or by a subordinate clause introduced by that or why : ‘The Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified’, St John’s Gospel , 7:39, 1611. But al
• semen 英文词源 semen semen: see seed semen (n.) late 14c., from Latin semen "seed of plants, animals, or men; race, inborn characteristic; posterity, progeny, offspring," figuratively "origin, essence, principle, cause," from PIE *si-so- , reduplication of root *se- (1) "to sow" (cognates: Latin serere "to sow," Old Prussian semen "seed," Lithuanian semens "seed of flax," Old Church Slavonic seme ,
• semblance 英文词源 semblance semblance: see similar semblance (n.) c. 1300, "fact of appearing to view," from Old French semblance , from semblant "likeness, appearance," present participle of sembler "to seem, appear," from Latin simulare "to resemble, imitate," from similis "like" (see similar (adj.)). Meaning "person's appearance or demeanor" is attested from c. 1400; that of "false, assumed or decei
• semaphore 英文词源 semaphore (n.) "apparatus for signaling," 1816, probably via French sémaphore , literally "a bearer of signals," ultimately from Greek sema "sign, signal" (see semantic ) + phoros "bearer," from pherein "to carry" (see infer ). Related: Semaphoric (1808). 中文词源 semaphore ：信号，旗语 sema-,记号，符号，-phor,承载，携带，词源同 bear,infer,phosphor.引申词义
• semantics 英文词源 semantics (n.) "science of meaning in language," 1893, from French sémantique (1883); see semantic (also see -ics ). Replaced semasiology (1847), from German Semasiologie (1829), from Greek semasia "signification, meaning." 中文词源 semantics ：语义学 semantic,语义的，-ics,学科。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： semantics 词源， semantics 含义。
• semantic 英文词源 semantic semantic: [17] Sēma was the Greek word for ‘sign’. It has been widely pressed into service in the modern European languages for coining new terms, including semaphore [19] (a borrowing from French, which etymologically means ‘signal-carrier’), semasiology [19] (a German coinage), and semiology [17]. The adjective derived from sēma was semantikós which reached Engli
• selvage 英文词源 selvage (n.) mid-15c., "edge of web or cloth so finished as to prevent raveling," apparently literally "its own edge," a corruption of self + edge (n.); on analogy of Middle Flemish selvegge (compare also Low German sulfegge; Dutch zelfkant , from kant "border;" Middle High German selbende , German Selbend , literally "self-end"). 中文词源 selvage ：织物布边 来自 self edge 讹
• seltzer 英文词源 seltzer 1741, from German Selterser (Wasser), a kind of mineral water, literally "of Selters, " village near Weisbaden in Hesse-Nassau, where the mineral water is found. 中文词源 seltzer ：塞尔兹矿泉水 来自德语 Selterser Wasser,塞尔兹矿泉水，来自 Seltzers,德国地名，因盛产优质矿泉水而闻名， Wasser,水，词源同 water.该地名字面意思可能为
• Sellotape 英文词源 Sellotape (n.) 1949, proprietary name, Great Britain. 中文词源 Sellotape ：透明胶带 商标名，命名基于 cellulose,纤维素，塑料膜，tape,胶带。比较另一个商标名 Cellophane. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Sellotape 词源， Sellotape 含义。
• selkie 英文词源 selkie "A mythical creature that resembles a seal in the water but assumes human form on land", From selch , variant of seal 1 , + -ie.Moreseal from Old English:Rather than signing their name, people formerly stamped a personal seal in wax on a completed letter or other document. The expressions put the seal on, ‘to put the finishing touch to something’, and set your seal to, ‘t
• self-starter 英文词源 self-starter (n.) 1894, of engines, 1960, of persons (especially workers), from self- + starter . Self-starting (adj.), of motors, is attested from 1866. 中文词源 self-starter ：有主见的人 self-,自己的，自身的，starter,启动者，开始者。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： self-starter 词源， self-starter 含义。
• selfsame 英文词源 selfsame "identical," early 15c., from self + same . Written as two words until c. 1600. 中文词源 selfsame ：同样的 self-,自己的，自身的，same,一样的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： selfsame 词源， selfsame 含义。
• self-opinionated 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random gaudy gaudy: [16] Middle English had a colour term gaudy-green ‘yellowish-green’, which originally denoted ‘green produced by dye obtained from the plant dyer’s rocket, Reseda luteola ’, a plant formerly known as weld [14]. The word weld came from a Germanic source which, borrowed into Old French, produced gaude – wh
• self-mutilation 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random serge serge: [14] The textile term serge is first cousin to silk . It comes via Old French sarge from * sārica , a Vulgar Latin alteration of Latin sērica . This was short for lāna sērica , which meant literally ‘wool of the Seres’. Seres was a name given to a people living in what we would now call China, and it is also
• self-love 英文词源 self-love (n.) also self love , 1560s, from self- + love (n.). 中文词源 self-love ：自爱 self-,自己的，自身的，love,爱。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： self-love 词源， self-love 含义。
• selfless 英文词源 selfless (adj.) "devoted to others' welfare or interest and not one's own," 1825, from self + -less . First attested in Coleridge. Related: Selflessly ; selflessness . 中文词源 selfless ：无私的 self-,自己的，自身的，-less,无，没有。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： selfless 词源， selfless 含义。
• self-knowledge 英文词源 pupil (n.2) "center of the eye," early 15c. (in English in Latin form from late 14c.), from Old French pupille (14c.), from Latin pupilla , originally "little girl-doll," diminutive of pupa "girl; doll" (see pupil (n.1)), so called from the tiny image one sees of himself reflected in the eye of another. Greek used the same word, kore (literally "girl"), to mean both "doll" and "pupil
• selfish 英文词源 selfish (adj.) 1630s, from self- + -ish . Said in Hacket's life of Archbishop Williams (1693) to have been coined by Presbyterians. In the 17c., synonyms included self-seeking (1620s), self-ended and self-ful . Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to, because we may then at least have the chance to upset their designs. [Richard Dawkins, "The Selfish Gene," 1976] Related
• self-indulgent 英文词源 self-indulgent (adj.) also self indulgent , 1791, from self- + indulgent . Related: Self-indulgently . 中文词源 self-indulgent ：自我放纵的 self-,自己的，自身的，indulgent,放纵的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： self-indulgent 词源， self-indulgent 含义。
• self-deprecating 英文词源 self-deprecating (adj.) 1835, from self- + deprecating (see deprecate ). 中文词源 self-deprecating ：自我贬低的，自谦的 self-,自己的，自身的，deprecating,反对的，轻视的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： self-deprecating 词源， self-deprecating 含义。
• self-defense 英文词源 self-defense (n.) 1650s, "act of defending oneself," first attested in Hobbes, from self- + defense . In sports sense, first with reference to fencing (1728), then boxing (1820s). 中文词源 self-defense ：自卫 self-,自己的，自身的，defense,防卫。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： self-defense 词源， self-defense 含义。
• self-congratulation 英文词源 self-congratulation (n.) 1630s, from self- + congratulation . 中文词源 self-congratulation ：自鸣得意 self-,自己的，自身的，congratulation,祝贺。引申词义自鸣得意。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： self-congratulation 词源， self-congratulation 含义。
• self- 英文词源 self- word forming element indicating "oneself," also "automatic," from Old English use of self (pron.) in compounds, such as selfbana "suicide," selflice "self-love, pride, vanity, egotism," selfwill "free will." 中文词源 self- ：自己的，自身的 来自 self,自己，自身，本人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： self- 词源， self- 含义。
• self 英文词源 self self: [OE] Self is a general Germanic word, closely related to German selbe , Dutch zelf , Swedish sjelv , and Danish selv . These all point back to a prehistoric Germanic * selba -. Where this came from is not known for certain, although it seems likely to be related in some way to various pronouns denoting ‘oneself’, such as German sich and French se . According to John Hac
• selenium 英文词源 selenium (n.) element name, Modern Latin, from Greek selene "moon" (see Selene ). Named by Berzelius (1818), on analogy of tellurium , with which it had been at first confused, and which was named for the earth. Despite the -ium ending it is not a metal and a more appropriate name selenion has been proposed. 中文词源 selenium ：硒 化学元素，命名来自 Selene,月亮，-ium
• seldom 英文词源 seldom seldom: [OE] Seldom goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * selda -, of which the underlying notion appears to have been ‘strange and rare’. Its modern Germanic relatives include German selten , Dutch zelten , Swedish sällan , and Danish sjelden . seldom (adv.) late Old English seldum , alteration of seldan "seldom, rarely," from Proto-Germanic *selda- "strange, rare" (cogna
• seizure 英文词源 seizure (n.) "act of seizing," late 15c., from seize + -ure . Meaning "sudden attack of illness" is attested from 1779. 中文词源 seizure ：夺取，占领，疾病发病 seize,夺取，占领，-ure,名词后缀。引申词义疾病突然发作。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： seizure 词源， seizure 含义。
• seize 英文词源 seize seize: [13] Seize entered English as a term in the feudal legal system, meaning ‘take possession of property’. It was borrowed from Old French seisir , which went back via a Gallo-Latin * sacīre ‘claim’ to a prehistoric Germanic * sakjan . This in turn was derived from the base * sak - ‘process’, which also produced English sake (one of whose ancestral meanings was ‘
• seismology 英文词源 seismology (n.) 1852, from seismo- + -logy . Related: Seismological (1850). 中文词源 seismology ：地震学 seismo-,地震，-logy,学说。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： seismology 词源， seismology 含义。