英语词源

• sculptor 英文词源 sculptor (n.) 1630s, from Latin sculptor "one who cuts or carves," agent noun from sculpt- , past participle stem of sculpere "to carve" (see sculpture ). Fem. form sculptress attested from 1660s. 中文词源 sculptor ：雕刻家，雕塑家 sculpt-,雕刻，雕塑，-or,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sculptor 词源， sculptor 含义。
• sculpt 英文词源 sculpt (v.) 1826 (implied in sculpted ), from French sculpter , from Latin sculpt- , past participle stem of sculpere "to carve" (see sculpture ). Related: Sculpting . The older verb form was sculpture (1640s), also sculp (1530s). 中文词源 sculpt ：雕刻，雕塑 来自拉丁语 sculpere,雕刻，雕塑，来自 PIE*skel,砍，切，词源同 scale,scalpel. 该词的英语词源请
• scullery 英文词源 scullery scullery: [15] A scullery is etymologically a place where ‘dishes’ are handled. For it goes back ultimately to Latin scutra ‘wooden dish’. Its diminutive form scutella was used for a sort of square tray or stand for plates, glasses, vases, etc. Association with scūtum ‘shield’ led to this being changed in Vulgar Latin to * scūtella , which passed into Old French
• sculler 英文词源 scullery scullery: [15] A scullery is etymologically a place where ‘dishes’ are handled. For it goes back ultimately to Latin scutra ‘wooden dish’. Its diminutive form scutella was used for a sort of square tray or stand for plates, glasses, vases, etc. Association with scūtum ‘shield’ led to this being changed in Vulgar Latin to * scūtella , which passed into Old French
• scull 英文词源 scull (n.) kind of short, light, spoon-bladed oar, mid-14c., of unknown origin. The verb is from 1620s, from the noun. Related: Sculled ; sculling . 中文词源 scull ：短桨，橹，划船 缩写自拉丁语 scutella,盘子，来自 scutum,盾，圆盾，-ella,小词后缀，词源同 scullery,scuttle. 词源演变比较 paddle,桨，来自拉丁语 patella,盘子，词源同 pan,
• scuffle 英文词源 scuffle (v.) "to push or fight in a disorderly manner," 1570s, probably a frequentative form of scuff , of Scandinavian origin. Related: Scuffled ; scuffling . As a noun c. 1600, from the verb. 中文词源 scuffle ：扭打，争斗 来自 PIE*skeubh,推，挤，词源同 shove,shuffle.-le,表反复。引申比喻义扭打，争斗。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• scuff 英文词源 scuff (v.) 1768, "to walk (through or over something) without raising the feet," from Scottish, probably from a Scandinavian source related to Old Norse skufa , skyfa "to shove, push aside," from PIE *skeubh- "to shove" (see shove (v.)). Meaning "injure the surface of" is from 1897. Related: Scuffed ; scuffing . As a noun from 1824. 中文词源 scuff ：拖着脚走 来自 PIE*skeubh
• scudo 英文词源 scudo (n.) old Italian silver coin, Italian, literally "shield" (in reference to the device it bore), from Latin scutum (see hide (n.1)). 中文词源 scudo ：斯库多 意大利旧银币单位，来自拉丁语 scutum,盾，词源同 scuttle,escudo,ecu,esquire. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： scudo 词源， scudo 含义。
• scud 英文词源 scud scud: see scuttle scud (v.) "to move quickly," 1530s, of uncertain origin, perhaps a variant of Middle English scut "rabbit, rabbit's tail," in reference to its movements (see scut (n.1)), but there are phonetic difficulties. Perhaps rather from a North Sea Germanic source akin to Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schudden "to shake" (see quash ). Related: Scudded ; scudding . As a
• scuba-diving 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random nude nude: see naked 中文词源 scuba-diving ：戴水肺潜水 缩写自 self-contained underwater breathing apparatus. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： scuba-diving 词源， scuba-diving 含义。
• scrutiny 英文词源 scrutiny (n.) early 15c., "a vote to choose someone to decide a question," from Late Latin scrutinium "a search, inquiry" (in Medieval Latin, "a mode of election by ballot"), from Latin scrutari "to examine, investigate, search," from PIE root *skreu- "to cut; cutting tool" (see shred (n.)). Meaning "close examination" first recorded c. 1600. Perhaps the original notion of the Latin w
• scrutinize 英文词源 scrutinize scrutinize: [17] The etymological notion underlying scrutinize is of ragpickers searching through piles of garbage looking for anything of use or value. For its ultimate source is Latin scrūta ‘rubbish’. From this was formed the verb scrūtārī ‘rummage through rubbish’, hence broadly ‘search, examine’. This in turn formed the basis of the noun scrūtinium , s
• scrutineer 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random shrapnel shrapnel: The term shrapnel commemorates the name of General Henry Shrapnel (1761–1842), a British artillery officer who in the course of the Peninsular War, at the beginning of the 19th century, invented an exploding shell that sent bullets flying in all directions 中文词源 scrutineer ：投票监票员 scrutiny,投
• scrupulous 英文词源 scrupulous (adj.) mid-15c., from Anglo-French scrupulus , Middle French scrupuleux , or directly from Latin scrupulosus , from scrupulus (see scruple ). Related: Scrupulously ; scrupulousness . 中文词源 scrupulous ：仔细的，细致的，恪守道德规范的 scruple,顾忌，顾虑，-ous,形容词后缀。引申词义仔细的，细致的等。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• scrunchy 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random darn darn: English has two distinct words darn . The verb ‘mend with stitches’ [16] may come ultimately from an Old English verb diernan ‘hide’, a derivative of the adjective dierne ‘secret’, which in turn was descended from West Germanic * darnjaz . Darn the mild curse [18], which arose in American English, is usual
• scrunch 英文词源 scrunch (v.) 1825, "to bite," intensive form of crunch (v.); ultimately imitative. Meaning "to squeeze" is recorded from 1835 (implied in scrunched ). Related: Scrunching . 中文词源 scrunch ：发出嘎吱声，把纸揉成一团 来自拟声词 crunch 的扩大形式，模仿嘎吱的声音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： scrunch 词源， scrunch 含义。
• scrumpy 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random child child: [OE] For a word of so central importance, child is surprisingly isolated, having no known living relatives in other Germanic languages. Its prehistoric Germanic ancestor has been reconstructed as * kiltham , which some have linked with Gothic kilthei ‘womb’ and even with Sanskrit jathara ‘belly’. The plural
• scruffy 英文词源 scruffy (adj.) 1650s, "covered with scurf," from scruff "dandruff, scurf" (late Old English variant of scurf ) + -y (2). Generalized sense of "rough and dirty" is from 1871. Related: Scruffily ; scruffiness . 中文词源 scruffy ：邋遢的 scruff,邋遢鬼，-y,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： scruffy 词源， scruffy 含义。
• scruff 英文词源 scruff (n.) "nape of the neck," 1790, altered (by influence of scruff "crust") from scuft (1787), probably related to North Frisian skuft "back of the neck of a horse" and Dutch schoft "withers of a horse," from a common Germanic source (compare Old Norse skopt "hair of the head," Gothic skuft , Middle High German schopf , German Schopf ). Another theory holds it to be a variant of sc
• scrubby 英文词源 scrubby (adj.) "stunted, inferior, shabby," 1590s; see scrub (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "covered with scrub" is from 1670s. Related: Scrubbiness . 中文词源 scrubby ：灌木丛生的 scrub,灌木丛，-y,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： scrubby 词源， scrubby 含义。
• scrubber 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random spat spat: English has three words spat (not counting the past form of spit ). The oldest, ‘young of an oyster or similar shellfish’ [17], comes from Anglo-Norman spat , but the origins of that are unknown. Spat ‘shoe covering’ [19] is short for the earlier spatterdash [17]. This was a compound formed from spatter [16] (
• scrub 英文词源 scrub (v.) "rub hard," early 15c., earlier shrubben (c. 1300), perhaps from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German schrubben "to scrub," or from an unrecorded Old English cognate, or from a Scandinavian source (such as Danish skrubbe "to scrub"), probably ultimately from the Proto-Germanic root of shrub , used as a cleaning tool (compare the evolution of broom , brush (n.1)). Meaning "to c
• scrotum 英文词源 scrotum (n.) "purse-like tegumentary investment of the testes and part of the spermatic cord; the cod" [Century Dictionary], 1590s, from Latin scrotum , probably transposed from scortum "a skin, hide" (see corium ), perhaps by influence of scrautum "leather quiver for arrows." "Isn't the sea what Algy calls it: a grey sweet mother? The snotgreen sea. The scrotum-tightening sea. Epi oi
• Scrooge 英文词源 Scrooge (n.) generic for "miser," 1940, from curmudgeonly character in Dickens' 1843 story "A Christmas Carol." It does not appear to be a genuine English surname, but it is an 18c. variant of scrounge . 中文词源 scrooge （吝啬鬼）：狄更斯的名著《圣诞颂歌》中的吝啬鬼 斯克鲁奇（Scrooge）是著名作家狄更斯的《圣诞颂歌》中的主人公，他原
• scroll 英文词源 scroll scroll: [15] Scroll has no family connection with roll , although roll is largely responsible for its present-day form. Etymologically it is actually the same word as shred . Both go back to a prehistoric Germanic * skrautha ‘something cut’. This evolved in a straight line to give English shred , but it was also borrowed through medieval Latin scrōda into Old French as esc
• scrofulous 英文词源 scrofulous (adj.) early 15c., from Medieval Latin scrophulosus ; see scrofula + -ous . Related: Scrofulously ; scrofulousness . 中文词源 scrofulous ：淋巴结核的 scrofula,淋巴结核，-ous,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： scrofulous 词源， scrofulous 含义。
• scrofula 英文词源 scrofula scrofula: see screw scrofula (n.) c. 1400, scrophulas (plural) from Late Latin scrofulæ (plural) "swelling of the glands of the neck," literally "little pigs," from Latin scrofa "breeding sow" (see screw (n.)). The connection may be because the glands associated with the disease resemble the body of a sow or some part of it, or because pigs were thought to be prone to it. Co
• scriptwriter 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random impair impair: [14] If to repair something is to ‘put it right’, it seems logical that to impair something should be to ‘make it wrong’. In fact, though, logic has nothing to do with it, for the two words are quite unrelated. Repair comes ultimately from Latin parāre ‘make ready’, whereas impair goes back via Old Fr
• scripture 英文词源 scripture (n.) early 14c., "the sacred writings of the Bible;" mid-14c., "a writing, an act of writing, written characters," from Late Latin scriptura "the writings contained in the Bible, a passage from the Bible," in classical Latin "a writing, character, inscription," from scriptus , past participle of scribere "write" (see script (n.)). 中文词源 scripture ：经文，经典 sc
• scriptorium 英文词源 scriptorium (n.) "writing room," 1774, from Late Latin scriptorium "place for writing," noun use of neuter of Latin scriptorius "pertaining to writing," from Latin scriptus , past participle of scribere "to write" (see script (n.)). 中文词源 scriptorium ：缮写室，抄写室 script-,写，-orium,表地点，词源同 aquarium. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• scrimp 英文词源 scrimp (v.) "to make too small," 1774, originally in English an adjective, "scant, meager" (1718), possibly from a Scandinavian source (compare Swedish skrumpna "to shrink, shrivel up," Danish skrumpen "shrunken, shriveled"), or from a continental Germanic source akin to Middle High German schrimpfen , German schrumpfen "to shrivel," from Proto-Germanic *skrimp- , from PIE root *(s)ke
• scribbler 英文词源 scribbler (n.) "petty author," 1550s, agent noun from scribble (v.). 中文词源 scribbler ：三流作家，小文人，儿童习字本 scribble,乱写，乱画，-er,人。引申诸相关词义。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： scribbler 词源， scribbler 含义。
• scribble 英文词源 scribble (v.) mid-15c., from Medieval Latin scribillare , diminutive of Latin scribere "to write" (see script (n.)). Related: Scribbled ; scribbling . The noun, "hurried or careless writing," is 1570s, from the verb. 中文词源 scribble ：乱写，乱画 来自 scribe,写，-le,表反复。引申词义乱写，乱画。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： scribbl
• screw 英文词源 screw screw: [15] Screw comes ultimately from a Latin word meaning ‘female pig’ – scrōfa (source also of English scrofula [14], a disease to which pigs were once thought to be particularly prone). By the medieval period scrōfa was being used for a ‘screw’, mainly no doubt in allusion to the pig’s curly, corkscrew-like tail, but also perhaps partly prompted by the resembl
• screenplay 英文词源 screenplay (n.) 1916, from screen (n.) in the cinematic sense + play (n.). 中文词源 screenplay ：电影剧本 screen,电影，play,剧本。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： screenplay 词源， screenplay 含义。
• screener 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random pity pity: [13] Latin pius ‘pious’, an adjective of unknown origin which gave English expiate and pious , had a noun derivative pietās . This has come into English in three distinct forms. First to arrive, more or less contemporaneously, were pity and piety [13], which were borrowed from respectively Old French pite and pie
• screen 英文词源 screen screen: [15] Screen goes back ultimately to a Frankish * skrank ‘barrier’, a distant ancestor of German schrank ‘cupboard’. This was taken over into Old Northern French as escran , and it was a variant form of this, escren , that became English screen . screen (n.) mid-14c., "upright piece of furniture providing protection from heat of a fire, drafts, etc.," probably fr
• screed 英文词源 screed (n.) early 14c., "fragment," also "strip of cloth," from northern England dialectal variant of Old English screade (see shred (n.)). Meaning "lengthy speech" is first recorded 1789, from notion of reading from a long list. 中文词源 screed ：碎片，碎布，长篇大论 来自中古英语 screde,碎片，碎布，词源同 shred,切碎，切条。引申词义冗长的文章
• scree 英文词源 scree (n.) "pile of debris at the base of a cliff," 1781, back-formation from screes (plural) "pebbles, small stones," from Old Norse skriða "landslide," from skriða "to creep, crawl;" of a ship, "to sail, glide," also "to slide" (on snow-shoes), from Proto-Germanic *skrithanan (cognates: Old English scriþan "to go, glide," Old Saxon skridan , Dutch schrijden , Old High German scri
• scrawny 英文词源 scrawny (adj.) 1824, apparently a dialectal variant of scranny "lean, thin" (1820), which is of uncertain origin but probably from a Scandinavian source, perhaps Old Norse skrælna "to shrivel." Compare scrannel . 中文词源 scrawny ：瘦巴巴的 拼写变体自方言词 scranny,薄的，瘦的，词源可能同 scraggy,皮包骨的，骨瘦如柴的。 该词的英语词源请访问
• scrawl 英文词源 scrawl (v.) 1610s, "write or draw untidily," of uncertain origin, perhaps from Middle English scrawlen "spread out the limbs, sprawl" (early 15c.), which possibly is an alteration of sprawlen (see sprawl (v.)) or crawl (v.). Related: Scrawled ; scrawling . The noun is recorded from 1690s, from the verb. Meaning "bad handwriting" is from 1710. 中文词源 scrawl ：潦草的写 可能来
• scratchy 英文词源 scratchy (adj.) 1710, "affected with 'the scratch,'" a skin disease, from scratch (n.1) + -y (2). Meaning "composed of scratches" is from 1827; that of "grating" is from 1866. Of sounds (especially in reproduction) from 1889. Related: Scratchiness . 中文词源 scratchy ：刺痒的，扎人的，发出刮擦声的 scratch,抓，挠，-y,形容词后缀。引申诸相关比喻义。 该
• scratch 英文词源 scratch scratch: [15] Early Middle English had two words for ‘scratch’ – scrat and cratch ; and it seems likely that scratch represents a blend of them. Where exactly they came from is not clear, although cratch is no doubt related to German kratzen ‘scratch’, and both probably had their origins in imitation of the sound of scratching. scratch (v.) c. 1400, probably a fusion
• scrapyard 英文词源 scrapyard (n.) also scrap-yard , 1875, from scrap (n.1) + yard (n.1). 中文词源 scrapyard ：废品堆 scrap,碎片，垃圾，yard,码场，场地。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： scrapyard 词源， scrapyard 含义。
• scrappy 英文词源 scrappy (adj.) "consisting of scraps," 1837, from scrap (n.1) + -y (2). Meaning "inclined to fight" (1895) is from scrap (v.2). Related: Scrappily ; scrappiness . 中文词源 scrappy ：散乱的，破碎的 scrap,碎片，垃圾，-y,形容词后缀。引申词义散乱的，破碎的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： scrappy 词源， scrappy 含义。
• scraping 英文词源 strike strike: [OE] Strike comes from a prehistoric Germanic base which denoted ‘touch lightly’ – a sense which survived into English (‘That good horse blessed he then, and lovingly struck its mane’, Sir Ferumbras 1380). The more violent modern sense ‘hit hard’ did not begin to encroach until the 13th century. The related stroke retains the original meaning, but another
• scrapie 英文词源 scrapie "A disease of sheep involving the central nervous system, characterized by a lack of coordination causing affected animals to rub against trees and other objects for support, and thought to be caused by a virus-like agent such as a prion", Early 20th century: from the verb scrape + -ie . 中文词源 scrapie ：痒病 一种损伤羊的神经系统的严重疾病，来自 scra
• scraper 英文词源 scraper (n.) "instrument for scraping," 1550s, agent noun from scrape (v.). From 1560s as "miser, money-grubber;" 1610s as "fiddler;" 1792 as "barber." 中文词源 scraper ：刮刀，铲子 scrape,刮，擦，-er,表物。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： scraper 词源， scraper 含义。
• scrapbook 英文词源 scrapbook (n.) also scrap-book , 1821, from scrap (n.1) + book (n.). As a verb, by 1879. Related: Scrapbooked ; scrapbooking . 中文词源 scrapbook ：剪贴簿 scrap,碎片，碎纸，book,书，簿。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： scrapbook 词源， scrapbook 含义。
• scrambler 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random lumbago lumbago: see loin 中文词源 scrambler ：扰码器 scramble,扰乱，扰码，-er,表物。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： scrambler 词源， scrambler 含义。
• scramble 英文词源 scramble (v.) 1580s (intransitive), perhaps a nasalized variant of scrabble (v.), in its sense of "to struggle, to scrape quickly." Transitive sense "to stir or toss together randomly" is from 1822. Broadcasting sense "to make unintelligible" is attested from 1927. Related: Scrambled ; scrambling . Scrambled eggs first recorded 1843. scramble (n.) 1670s, "an eager, rude contest or str
• scram 英文词源 scram (v.) 1928, U.S. slang, either a shortened form of scramble (v.) or from German schramm , imperative singular of schrammen "depart." Related: Scrammed ; scramming . 中文词源 scram ：走开，滚 俚语，可能缩写自 scramble,攀爬，引申词义爬走，滚蛋。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： scram 词源， scram 含义。
• scraggy 英文词源 scraggy (adj.) early 13c., "rough, jagged" (figurative); 1570s, of landscape, "rough, rugged, stumpy;" 1610s, of persons, "gaunt and wasted, lean, thin, bony;" see scrag + -y (2), and compare scroggy , scraggly . In Scottish, scranky . Related: Scragginess . 中文词源 scraggy ：骨瘦如柴的 scrag,皮包骨，-y,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• scrag 英文词源 scrag (n.) 1540s, "lean person or animal, a raw-bones;" perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare Norwegian skragg "a lean person;" dialectal Swedish skraka "a great, dry tree; a long, lean man," skragge "old and torn thing," Danish skrog "hull of a ship, carcass," Icelandic skröggr , a nickname of the fox); perhaps from root of shrink . 中文词源 scrag ：瘦弱的人或动物，
• scrabble 英文词源 scrabble (v.) 1530s, "to scrawl, scribble," from Dutch schrabbelen , frequentative of schrabben "to scratch," from the same root as scrape (v.). Meaning "to struggle, scramble" first recorded 1630s. Related: Scrabbled ; scrabbling . Scrabble (n.) board game, 1949, proprietary name (registered U.S.), probably from scribble-scrabble "hasty writing" (1580s), a reduplication of scribble (
• scout 英文词源 scout scout: [14] Etymologically, a scout is someone who ‘listens’. For the word goes back ultimately to Latin auscultāre ‘listen’, a derivative of the same base that produced Latin auris ‘ear’ (source of English aural [19] and distantly related to English ear ). This passed into Old French as escouter ‘listen’ (its modern descendant is écouter ), which English adopt
• scourge 英文词源 scourge scourge: [13] Scourge comes ultimately from a Latin word for a ‘long strip of leather’, corrigio , which itself was borrowed from Celtic. It had a number of specific applications, including ‘shoelace’, ‘rein’, and ‘whip’, and it was the last that formed the basis of the Vulgar Latin verb * excorrigiāre ‘whip’, which passed into English via Old French escor
• scourer 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random gammon gammon: Gammon ‘bacon’ [15] is not related to the gammon [18] of backgammon . It comes from Old Northern French gambon (source also of modern French jambon ‘ham’), which was a derivative of gambe ‘leg’ – hence etymologically ‘leg meat’. This seems to go back ultimately to Greek kampé ‘bend’, which w
• scoundrel 英文词源 scoundrel (n.) 1580s, skowndrell , of unknown origin. One suggestion is Anglo-French escoundre (Old French escondre ) "to hide, hide oneself," from Vulgar Latin *excondere , from Latin condere "to hide" (see abscond ). The main objection to this theory is that hundreds of years lie between the two words. 中文词源 scoundrel ：无赖，恶棍 词源不详，可能改写自苏格兰语
• scotch 英文词源 scotch (v.) "stamp out, crush," 1825, earlier "make harmless for a time" (1798; a sense that derives from an uncertain reading of "Macbeth" III.ii.13), from scocchen "to cut, score, gash, make an incision" (early 15c.), of unknown origin, perhaps [Barnhart] from Anglo-French escocher , Old French cocher "to notch, nick," from coche "a notch, groove," perhaps from Latin coccum "berry o
• Scotch 英文词源 scotch (v.) "stamp out, crush," 1825, earlier "make harmless for a time" (1798; a sense that derives from an uncertain reading of "Macbeth" III.ii.13), from scocchen "to cut, score, gash, make an incision" (early 15c.), of unknown origin, perhaps [Barnhart] from Anglo-French escocher , Old French cocher "to notch, nick," from coche "a notch, groove," perhaps from Latin coccum "berry o
• Scot 英文词源 Scot (n.) Old English Scottas (plural) "inhabitants of Ireland, Irishmen," from Late Latin Scotti (c. 400), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Celtic (but answering to no known tribal name; Irish Scots appears to be a Latin borrowing). The name followed the Irish tribe which invaded Scotland 6c. C.E. after the Romans withdrew from Britain, and after the time of Alfred the Great the Old
• scorpion 英文词源 scorpion (n.) c. 1200, from Old French scorpion (12c.), from Latin scorpionem (nominative scorpio ), extended form of scorpius , from Greek skorpios "a scorpion," from PIE root *(s)ker- (1) "to cut" (see shear (v.)). The Spanish alacran "scorpion" is from Arabic al-'aqrab . 中文词源 scorpion ：蝎子 来自拉丁语 scorpio,蝎子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• Scorpio 英文词源 Scorpio (n.) zodiacal constellation, late 14c., from Latin scorpio (poetic scorpius ) "scorpion," also the zodiac constellation (see scorpion ). The meaning "person born under or ruled by the sign of Scorpio" is recorded from 1968. 中文词源 Scorpio ：天蝎座 来自拉丁语 scorpio,蝎子，来自希腊语 skorpios,蝎子，来自 PIE*sker,砍，切，词源同 scar,shear. 首字
• scornful 英文词源 scornful (adj.) mid-14c.; see scorn (n.) + -ful . Scorny was 19c. U.S. colloquial. Related: Scornfully ; scornfulness . 中文词源 scornful ：嘲笑的，鄙视的 scorn,嘲笑，-ful,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： scornful 词源， scornful 含义。
• scorn 英文词源 scorn scorn: [12] Scorn reached English via Old French, but it is ultimately of Germanic origin. Its immediate source was Old French escharnir , a descendant of Vulgar Latin * escarnīre . This had been borrowed from a prehistoric Germanic * skarnjan ‘mock, deride, make fun of’. A product of the same base was Middle High German scherz ‘joke, jest’, which was borrowed into Ital
• scorer 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random odd odd: [14] The etymological idea underlying odd is of ‘pointing upwards’. Its ultimate ancestor is a prehistoric Indo-European * uzdho -, a compound formed from * uz - ‘up’ and * dho - ‘put, place’ (source of English do ). From the notion of a ‘pointed vertical object’ developed ‘triangle’, which in turn i
• scoreless 英文词源 scoreless (adj.) in games, 1880, from score (n.) + -less . 中文词源 scoreless ：零比零的 score,得分，-less,无，没有。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： scoreless 词源， scoreless 含义。
• scorching 英文词源 east Old English east , eastan (adj., adv.) "east, easterly, eastward;" easte (n.), from Proto-Germanic *aust- "east," literally "toward the sunrise" (cognates: Old Frisian ast "east," aster "eastward," Dutch oost Old Saxon ost , Old High German ostan , German Ost , Old Norse austr "from the east"), from PIE *aus- (1) "to shine," especially of the dawn (cognates: Sanskrit ushas "dawn;
• scorcher 英文词源 scorcher (n.) "very hot day," 1874, agent noun from scorch (v.). It also means or has meant "stinging attack" (1842), "pretty girl" (1881), "line drive in baseball" (1900). 中文词源 scorcher ：大热天，精彩射门 来自 scorch,烧焦，-er,名词后缀。引申词义大热天，比喻义精彩射门等。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： scorcher 词源，
• scorch 英文词源 scorch (v.) "to burn superficially or slightly, but so as to change the color or injure the texture," early 14c., perhaps an alteration of scorrcnenn "make dry, parch" (c. 1200), of obscure origin, perhaps from Old Norse skorpna "to be shriveled," cognate with Old English scrimman "to shrink, dry up." Or perhaps from Old French escorchier "to strip off the skin," from Vulgar Latin exc
• scopophilia 英文词源 scopophilia (n.) "voyeurism," 1924 (in a translation of Freud), from Greek -skopia "observation" (see scope (n.1)) + -philia . In early use often scoptophilia through a mistake by Freud's translators. Modern form by 1937. Related: Scopophiliac . 中文词源 scopophilia ：偷窥癖，窥阴癖 scopo-,看，-philia,爱好，癖好，词源同 zoophilia. 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• scooter 英文词源 scooter (n.) 1825, "one who goes quickly," agent noun from scoot (v.). Also in 19c. a type of plow and a syringe. As a child's toy, from 1919 (but the reference indicates earlier use), as short for motor scooter from 1917. 中文词源 scooter ：小型摩托车 来自 scoot,疾行，快走，猛冲，-er,表物。原指快速行走的人，后指一种小型摩托车。 该词的英语
• scoot 英文词源 scoot (v.) 1758, "run, fly, make off," perhaps originally nautical slang; 1805, "flow or gush out with force" (Scottish), of uncertain origin, possibly from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse skjota "to shoot," related to shoot (v.). Related: Scooted ; scooting . As a noun from 1864. 中文词源 scoot ：疾行，快走，猛冲 可能来自 shoot,投，射出，引申词义疾行
• scoop 英文词源 scoop scoop: [14] Scoop appears to go back ultimately to a prehistoric Germanic base * skap - which originally denoted ‘chop or dig out’ (it was later extended metaphorically to ‘form’, and in that sense has given English shape ). It had a variant form * skōp -, amongst whose derivatives was West Germanic * skōpō . This evolved into Middle Dutch and Middle Low German schōp
• scone 英文词源 scone scone: [16] The word scone first appeared in Scottish English, and does not seem to have made any significant headway south of the border until the 19th century (helped on its way, no doubt, by that great proselytizer of Scottish vocabulary, Sir Walter Scott). It was borrowed from Dutch schoonbrood ‘fine white bread’, a compound formed from schoon ‘beautiful, bright, white’
• scoliosis 英文词源 scoliosis (n.) lateral curvature of the spine, 1706, medical Latin, from Greek skoliosis "crookedness," from skolios "bent, curved," from PIE root *skel- (3) "crooked, curved," with derivatives referring to crooked parts of the body (as in Greek skelos "leg, limb"). Related: Scoliotic . 中文词源 scoliosis ：脊柱侧弯 来自希腊语 skoliosis,弯曲，扭曲，来自 skolios,弯
• scoff 英文词源 scoff (v.) mid-14c., "jest, make light of something;" mid-15c., "make fun of, mock," from the noun meaning "contemptuous ridicule" (c. 1300), from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse skaup , skop "mockery, ridicule," Middle Danish skof "jest, mockery;" perhaps from Proto-Germanic *skub- , *skuf- (cognates: Old English scop "poet," Old High German scoph "fiction, sport, jest, deris
• scleroderma 英文词源 scleroderma (n.) 1866, from Modern Latin, from Greek skleros "hard" (see sclerosis ) + derma "skin" (see derma ). Related: Sclerodermatous ; sclerodermatic . 中文词源 scleroderma ：硬皮病，硬皮症 sclero-,硬的，-derm,皮肤，词源同 dermal,dermatology. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： scleroderma 词源， scleroderma 含义。
• sclerosis 英文词源 sclerosis sclerosis: see skeleton sclerosis (n.) "morbid hardening of the tissue," late 14c., from Medieval Latin sclirosis "a hardness, hard tumor," from Greek sklerosis "hardening," from skleros "hard" (see sclero- ). Figurative use by 1954. 中文词源 sclerosis ：软组织硬化症 sclero-,硬的，-osis,表疾病症状。引申词义软组织硬化症。 该词的英语词源请访
• sclero- 英文词源 sclero- before vowels scler- , word-forming element meaning "hard," from Latinized form of Greek sklero- , comb. form of skleros "hard," related to skellein "to dry up, parch," from PIE *skle-ro- , from root *skele- "to parch, wither." 中文词源 sclero- ：硬的 来自希腊语 skleros,硬的，来自 skellein,使干燥，干枯，来自 PIE*skele,使干燥，干枯，词源 同 s
• sclera 英文词源 sclera (n.) 1886, medical Latin, from Greek sklera (menix) "the hard (membrane)," fem. of skleros "hard" (see sclerosis ). 中文词源 sclera ：巩膜 医学名词，眼睛上的一层硬膜，来自希腊语 sklera meninx,硬膜，来自 skleros,硬的，词源同 sclerosis,meninx,膜，词源同 member,meningeal. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sclera 词源，
• scissors 英文词源 scissors scissors: [14] Scissors are etymologically a ‘cutting’ implement. The word comes via Old French cisoires from cīsōria , the plural of late Latin cīsōrium ‘cutting implement’, which was derived from Latin caedere ‘cut’ (source of English concise , decide , incision , etc). The original form of the word in English was sisoures ; the sc - spelling did not come on
• scion 英文词源 scion (n.) c. 1300, "a shoot or twig," especially one for grafting, from Old French sion , cion "descendant; shoot, twig; offspring" (12c., Modern French scion , Picard chion ), of uncertain origin. OED rejects derivation from Old French scier "to saw." Perhaps a diminutive from Frankish *kid- , from Proto-Germanic *kidon- , from PIE *geie- "to sprout, split, open" (see chink (n.1)).
• scintillate 英文词源 scintillate scintillate: see tinsel scintillate (v.) 1620s, from Latin scintillatus , past participle of scintillare "to sparkle, glitter, gleam, flash," from scintilla "spark" (see scintilla ). Related: Scintillated ; scintillating . 中文词源 scintillate ：发光，火花，闪耀智慧 来自 scintilla,火花，火星，-ate,使。引申词义才智，智慧等。 该词的英语
• scintilla 英文词源 scintilla (n.) 1690s, "spark, glimmer," hence "least particle, trace," from figurative use of Latin scintilla "particle of fire, spark, glittering speck, atom," probably from PIE *ski-nto- , from root *skai- "to shine, to gleam" (cognates: Gothic skeinan , Old English scinan "to shine;" see shine (v.)). 中文词源 scintilla ：火花，火星，闪烁，微量，一点点 来自拉丁
• scimitar 英文词源 scimitar (n.) 1540s, cimiterie , from Middle French cimeterre (15c.) or Italian scimitarra , of uncertain origin. Turkish would be the expected source, but no such word has been found there. Perhaps from Persian shimshir (pronounced "shamsher," compare Greek sampsera "a barbarian sword," from this source), but OED finds this "unsatisfactory as to form." Many early variations; the mode
• scientism 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random mystery mystery: [14] Greek múein meant ‘close one’s eyes or mouth’, and hence was used figuratively for ‘keep secret’. Its association with secret initiation ceremonies inspired the formation from it of muein ‘initiate’, whose derivative mústēs meant ‘initiated person’. This in turn formed the basis of musté
• sciatica 英文词源 sciatica (n.) late 14c., from Medieval Latin sciatica , in sciatica passio "sciatic disease," fem. of sciaticus "sciatic," corruption of Latin ischiadicus "of pain in the hip," from Greek iskhiadikos , from iskhias (genitive iskhiados ) "pain in the hips," from iskhion "hip joint." 中文词源 sciatica ：坐骨神经痛 来自拉丁语 sciatica passio,坐骨神经痛，来自 sciati
• sciatic 英文词源 sciatic (adj.) "pertaining to the hip," also in reference to the large nerve from the pelvis to the thigh, 1540s, from Middle French sciatique (14c.), from Medieval Latin sciaticus (see sciatica ). 中文词源 sciatic ：髋部的，坐骨神经的 来自拉丁语 sciaticus,髋部的，坐骨神经的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sciatic 词源， sciatic